2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
	; Official puck 2004 IIHF World Ice Hockey Championships
Tournament details
Host country	Czech Republic
Dates	April 24 - May 9, 2004
Teams	16
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Canada (17th title)
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Slovakia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	56
Goals scored	285 (5.09 per match)
Attendance	552,097 (9,859 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Dany Heatley
MVP	Dany Heatley
	← 2003 2005 →

The 2004 Men's Ice Hockey Championships were held April 24-May 9, 2004, in Prague and Ostrava, Czech Republic. Games for this Ice Hockey World Championships tournament were played at Sazka Arena and ČEZ Aréna. The attendance set at this tournament was a record that still stands, with an overall attendance at 552,097, and the record for the most average spectators per game at 9,858.^[1]

Championship [edit]

Main article: 2004 IIHF World Championship

Preliminary round [edit]

Group A [edit]

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Czech Republic	3	3	0	0	15	2	6
Latvia	3	1	1	1	5	5	3
Germany	3	1	1	1	6	8	3
Kazakhstan	3	0	3	0	3	14	0

April 24: Latvia 1–3 Czech Republic
April 24: Germany 4–2 Kazakhstan
April 26: Germany 1–1 Latvia
April 26: Czech Republic 7–0 Kazakhstan
April 27: Kazakhstan 1–4 Latvia
April 28: Czech Republic 5–1 Germany

Group B [edit]

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Slovakia	3	2	0	1	10	5	5
Finland	3	2	1	0	11	8	4
United States	3	1	1	1	12	8	3
Ukraine	3	0	3	0	2	14	0

April 24: Slovakia 2–0 Ukraine
April 24: Finland 4–2 United States
April 26: Finland 5–1 Ukraine
April 26: United States 3–3 Slovakia
April 28: Ukraine 1–7 United States
April 28: Slovakia 5–2 Finland

Group C [edit]

	GP	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
Sweden	3	3	0	13	4	6
Russia	3	2	1	14	6	4
Denmark	3	1	2	7	14	2
Japan	3	0	3	5	15	0

April 24: Denmark 1–5 Sweden
April 25: Russia 6–2 Denmark
April 25: Sweden 5–1 Japan
April 27: Japan 3–4 Denmark
April 27: Sweden 3–2 Russia
April 28: Russia 6–1 Japan

Group D [edit]

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Canada	3	2	0	1	8	3	5
Austria	3	1	0	2	12	6	4
Switzerland	3	1	1	1	11	7	3
France	3	0	3	0	0	15	0

April 24: France 0–6 Austria
April 25: Switzerland 6–0 France
April 25: Austria 2–2 Canada
April 27: Canada 3–0 France
April 27: Switzerland 4–4 Austria
April 28: Canada 3–1 Switzerland

Qualification round [edit]

Game results against teams from the same group are carried over from the preliminary round.

Group E [edit]

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Czech Republic	5	5	0	0	19	5	10
Canada	5	3	1	1	15	10	7
Latvia	5	1	2	2	8	9	4
Switzerland	5	1	2	2	8	11	4
Germany	5	1	3	1	6	14	3
Austria	5	0	3	2	9	16	2

April 30: Canada 2–0 Latvia
April 30: Czech Republic 2–0 Austria
May 1: Latvia 1–1 Switzerland
May 1: Austria 1–3 Germany
May 2: Switzerland 1–3 Czech Republic
May 2: Canada 6–1 Germany
May 3: Latvia 5–2 Austria
May 3: Czech Republic 6–2 Canada
May 4: Germany 0–1 Switzerland

Group F [edit]

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Slovakia	5	3	0	2	18	5	8
Sweden	5	3	0	2	12	5	8
Finland	5	3	1	1	17	8	7
United States	5	2	2	1	17	15	5
Russia	5	1	4	0	10	14	2
Denmark	5	0	5	0	6	33	0

April 30: Sweden 1–1 Finland
April 30: Slovakia 2–0 Russia
May 1: Finland 6–0 Denmark
May 1: Russia 2–3 United States
May 2: Denmark 0–8 Slovakia
May 2: Sweden 3–1 United States
May 3: Finland 4–0 Russia
May 3: Slovakia 0–0 Sweden
May 4: United States 8–3 Denmark

Relegation round [edit]

Group G [edit]

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Kazakhstan	3	2	0	1	12	5	5
Ukraine	3	1	0	2	10	6	4
Japan	3	0	1	2	7	9	2
France	3	0	2	1	4	13	1

Note: France and Japan are demoted to Division I at the 2005 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships.

Final round [edit]

Quarter-finals [edit]

May 5

Sweden 4

Latvia 1

Goals

Ignatjevs

Czech Republic 2

United States 3

Goals

Skoula
Jágr

Goals

May 6

Canada 5

Finland 4

Goals

Slovakia 3

Switzerland 1

Goals

Wichser

Semi-finals [edit]

May 8

Slovakia 1

Canada 2

Goals

Šatan

Goals

United States 2

Sweden 3

Goals

Park
Halpern

Goals

Bronze medal game [edit]

May 9

Slovakia 0

United States 1

Goals

Roach (SO)

Gold medal game [edit]

May 9

Sweden 3

Canada 5

Goals

Scoring leaders [edit]

Player	G	A	P
Heatley, DanyDany Heatley	8	3	11
Peltonen, VilleVille Peltonen	4	6	10
Ručínský, MartinMartin Ručínský	5	4	9
Jágr, JaromírJaromír Jágr	5	4	9
Jokinen, OlliOlli Jokinen	5	3	8
Park, RichardRichard Park	5	3	8
Demitra, PavolPavol Demitra	4	4	8
Satan, MiroslavMiroslav Šatan	4	4	8
Brière, DanielDaniel Brière	2	6	8

Goaltending leaders [edit]

Player	GAA	SV%
Norrena, FredrikFredrik Norrena	0.00	1.000
Westlund, AlexAlex Westlund	0.00	1.000
Križan, KarolKarol Križan	0.00	1.000
Giguère, Jean-SébastienJean-Sébastien Giguère	0.50	0.975
Lašák, JánJán Lašák	1.00	0.954
Čechmánek, RomanRoman Čechmánek	1.00	0.944
Markkanen, JussiJussi Markkanen	1.00	0.909
Vokoun, TomášTomáš Vokoun	1.11	0.944
Lundqvist, HenrikHenrik Lundqvist	1.64	0.925
Irbe, ArtūrsArtūrs Irbe	1.80	0.925

Division I [edit]

Group A [edit]

Division I, Group A played at Oslo, Norway, April 4–18.

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Belarus	5	5	0	0	34	9	10
Norway	5	3	1	1	31	14	7
Netherlands	5	2	2	1	21	22	5
Hungary	5	2	2	1	20	24	5
Great Britain	5	1	3	1	18	18	3
Belgium	5	0	5	0	7	44	0

Group B [edit]

Division I, Group B played at Gdańsk, Poland, April 12–18.

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Slovenia	5	5	0	0	33	5	10
Italy	5	4	1	0	26	7	8
Poland	5	2	2	1	25	14	5
Estonia	5	2	2	1	26	23	5
Romania	5	1	4	0	9	35	2
South Korea	5	0	5	0	7	42	0

Belarus and Slovenia are promoted to the 2005 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships. Belgium0and South Korea are demoted to Division II.

Division II [edit]

Group A [edit]

Division II, Group A played at Jaca, Spain, April 12–18.

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
China	5	4	1	0	39	13	8
Croatia	5	4	1	0	32	6	8
Australia	5	3	1	1	40	18	7
Spain	5	2	2	1	29	13	5
Israel	5	0	4	1	3	28	1
Luxembourg	5	0	4	1	5	70	1

Group B [edit]

Division II, Group B played at Elektrenai, Lithuania, April 12–18.

	GP	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
Lithuania	5	5	0	70	7	10
Serbia and Montenegro	5	4	1	55	23	8
North Korea	5	3	2	22	20	6
Bulgaria	5	2	3	20	30	4
New Zealand	5	1	4	13	61	2
South Africa	5	0	5	9	48	0

China and Lithuania are promoted to Division I while Luxembourg and South Africa are demoted to Division III.

Division III [edit]

Division III was played at Reykjavík, Iceland, March 16–21.

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Iceland	4	3	0	1	46	8	7
Turkey	4	3	1	0	26	14	6
Mexico	4	2	1	1	29	8	5
Ireland	4	1	3	0	23	23	2
Armenia	4	0	4	0	2	73	0

Iceland and Turkey are promoted to Division II

References [edit]

^ Mistrovství světa v ledním hokeji 2004 | Praha | Ostrava

External links [edit]

Official site
IIHF Website
Complete results at Passionhockey.com
Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. pp. 170–2.

[1] Mistrovství světa v ledním hokeji 2004 | Praha | Ostrava

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Tournament details
Official puck 2004 IIHF World Ice Hockey Championships
Host country	Czech Republic
Dates	April 24 - May 9, 2004
Teams	16
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Canada (17th title)
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Slovakia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	56
Goals scored	285 (5.09 per match)
Attendance	552,097 (9,859 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Dany Heatley
MVP	Dany Heatley
← 2003 2005 →

2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

Contents

Championship [edit]

Preliminary round [edit]

Group A [edit]

Group B [edit]

Group C [edit]

Group D [edit]

Qualification round [edit]

Group E [edit]

Group F [edit]

Relegation round [edit]

Group G [edit]

Final round [edit]

Quarter-finals [edit]

Semi-finals [edit]

Bronze medal game [edit]

Gold medal game [edit]

Scoring leaders [edit]

Goaltending leaders [edit]

Division I [edit]

Group A [edit]

Group B [edit]

Division II [edit]

Group A [edit]

Group B [edit]

Division III [edit]

References [edit]

External links [edit]

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