2004 World Championship

2004 World Championship

Official puck 2004 IIHF World Ice Hockey Championships

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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.

Championship

Preliminary round

Group A

	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

	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 of America	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 of America
• April 26: Finland 5–1 Ukraine
• April 26: United States of America 3–3 Slovakia
• April 28: Ukraine 1–7 United States of America
• April 28: Slovakia 5–2 Finland

Group C

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

	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

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

Group E

	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

	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 of America	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 of America
• May 2: Denmark 0–8 Slovakia
• May 2: Sweden 3–1 United States of America
• May 3: Finland 4–0 Russia
• May 3: Slovakia 0–0 Sweden
• May 4: United States of America 8–3 Denmark

Relegation round

Group G

	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

Quarter-finals

May 5

Sweden 4	Latvia 1
Goals Höglund Alfredsson Tärnström Axelsson	Goals Ignatjevs

Czech Republic 2	United States of America 3
Goals Skoula Jágr	Goals Park Westrum Roach

May 6

Canada 5	Finland 4
Goals Heatley Bouwmeester Brewer Staios Heatley (OT)	Goals Peltonen Kallio Niemi Rintanen

Slovakia 3	Switzerland 1
Goals Strbak Chára Demitra	Goals Wichser

Semi-finals

May 8

Slovakia 1	Canada 2
Goals Šatan	Goals Brière Horcoff

United States of America 2	Sweden 3
Goals Park Halpern	Goals Tärnström Höglund Axelsson

Bronze medal game

May 9

Slovakia 0	United States of America 1
Goals	Goals Roach (SO)

Gold medal game

May 9

Sweden 3	Canada 5
Goals Höglund Alfredsson Salomonsson	Goals Smyth Heatley R. Niedermayer Bouwmeester Cooke

Scoring leaders

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

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

Group A

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
United Kingdom	5	1	3	1	18	18	3
Belgium	5	0	5	0	7	44	0

Group B

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

Group A

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

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

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

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

Division III

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

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