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2004 IIHF World U18 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Flag of Belarus Belarus
Dates April 8 – April 18, 2004
Teams 10
Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank Flag of Russia Russia (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 31
Goals scored 186 (6 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Finland Lauri Korpikoski (11 points)
Flag of Finland Lauri Tukonen (11 points)
Flag of Finland Petteri Nokelainen (11 points)
Flag of Russia Roman Voloshenko (11 points)

The 2004 IIHF World U18 Championships were held in Minsk, Belarus. The championships began on April 8, 2004, and finished on April 18, 2004. Games were played at the Ice Palace and Palace sport in Minsk. Russia defeated the United States 3–2 in the final to claim the gold medal, while the Czech Republic defeated Canada 3–2 to capture the bronze medal.

Championship results[]

Preliminary round[]

Group A[]

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
Flag of the United States United States 4 4 0 0 22 5 8
Flag of Canada Canada 4 3 1 0 15 5 6
Flag of Sweden Sweden 4 2 2 0 8 12 4
Flag of Denmark Denmark 4 1 3 0 8 10 2
Flag of Belarus Belarus 4 0 4 0 3 24 0

Group B[]

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
Flag of Russia Russia 4 2 0 2 16 9 6
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 4 1 0 3 10 3 5
Flag of Slovakia Slovakia 4 1 0 3 13 7 5
Flag of Finland Finland 4 1 1 2 14 8 4
Flag of Norway Norway 4 0 4 0 6 32 0

Relegation round[]

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
Flag of Finland Finland 3 3 0 0 18 3 4
Flag of Denmark Denmark 3 2 1 0 12 9 2
Flag of Belarus Belarus 3 1 2 0 7 12 2
Flag of Norway Norway 3 0 3 0 7 20 0

Note: Matches Flag of Finland Finland 9-0 Flag of Norway Norway and Flag of Belarus Belarus 1–4 Flag of Denmark Denmark from the preliminary round (both on April 9, 2004) are included as well since these results carry forward.

Final round[]

  Quarter finals     Semi finals     Final
                           
      B1  Flag of Russia Russia 5  
  A2  Flag of Canada Canada 3     A2  Flag of Canada Canada 2    
  B3  Flag of Slovakia Slovakia 1         A1  Flag of the United States United States 2
      B1  Flag of Russia Russia 3
      A1  Flag of the United States United States 3    
  B2  Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 5     B2  Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 2   Third place
  A3  Flag of Sweden Sweden 1   B2  Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 3
  A2  Flag of Canada Canada 2

Quarterfinals[]

April 15, 2004 Flag of Canada Canada 3–1
Flag of Slovakia Slovakia Palace sport, Minsk
April 15, 2004 Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 5–1
Flag of Sweden Sweden Palace sport, Minsk

Semifinals[]

April 16, 2004 Flag of the United States United States 3–2
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic Palace sport, Minsk
April 16, 2004 Flag of Russia Russia 5–2
Flag of Canada Canada Palace sport, Minsk

Fifth place game[]

April 17, 2004 Flag of Slovakia Slovakia 4–5
Flag of Sweden Sweden Palace sport, Minsk

Bronze medal game[]

April 18, 2004 Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 3–2
Flag of Canada Canada Palace sport, Minsk

Gold medal game[]

April 18, 2004 Flag of the United States United States 2–3
Flag of Russia Russia Palace sport, Minsk

Final standings[]

Rk. Team
Gold medal icon Flag of Russia Russia
Silver medal icon Flag of the United States United States
Bronze medal icon Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic
4 Flag of Canada Canada
5 Flag of Sweden Sweden
6 Flag of Slovakia Slovakia
7 Flag of Finland Finland
8 Flag of Denmark Denmark
9 Flag of Belarus Belarus
10 Flag of Norway Norway

Flag of Belarus Belarus and Flag of Norway Norway are relegated to Division I for the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Scoring leaders[]

Player Country GP G A Pts PIM
Lauri Korpikoski Flag of Finland Finland 6 5 6 11 2
Lauri Tukonen Flag of Finland Finland 6 5 6 11 10
Petteri Nokelainen Flag of Finland Finland 6 5 6 11 16
Roman Voloshenko Flag of Russia Russia 6 5 6 11 18
Phil Kessel Flag of the United States United States 6 7 3 10 6
Peter Regin Flag of Denmark Denmark 6 5 4 9 0
Roman Tomanek Flag of Slovakia Slovakia 6 7 1 8 6
Marek Zagrapan Flag of Slovakia Slovakia 6 4 4 8 8
Evgeni Malkin Flag of Russia Russia 6 4 4 8 31
Morten Madsen Flag of Denmark Denmark 6 3 5 8 2
Bryan Lerg Flag of the United States United States 6 2 6 8 2
Brandon Scero Flag of the United States United States 6 2 6 8 2
Kevin Porter Flag of the United States United States 6 2 6 8 4

Goaltending leaders[]

(Minimum 60 minutes played)

Player Country MINS GA Sv% GAA SO
Karri Rämö Flag of Finland Finland 60:00 1 .923 1.00 0
Marek Schwarz Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 419:21 9 .939 1.29 1
Tuukka Rask Flag of Finland Finland 298:42 8 .927 1.61 1
Cory Schneider Flag of the United States United States 350:31 10 .929 1.71 1
Justin Pogge Flag of Canada Canada 60:00 2 .875 2.00 0

External links[]


Preceded by
2003 World U18
IIHF World U18 Championships
2004
Succeeded by
2005 World U18
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