the defending champion was sigurd pettersen. six other competitors had also previously won the four hills tournament: andreas goldberger in 1992-93 and 1994-95, janne ahonen in 1998-99 and 2002-03, primož peterka in 1996-97, kazuyoshi funaki in 1997-98, andreas widhölzl in 1999-00 and adam małysz in 2000-01.