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) Canada Dany Heatley
MVP Canada Dany Heatley
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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 at this tournament set a record, with an overall attendance at 552,097.[1] This record lasted until the 2014 tournament in Belarus.

Championship

Preliminary round

Group A

　 GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Czech Republic 33001526
 Latvia 3111553
 Germany 3111683
 Kazakhstan 30303140

Group B

　 GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Slovakia 32011055
 Finland 32101184
 United States 31111283
 Ukraine 30302140

Group C

　 GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Sweden 33001346
 Russia 32101464
 Denmark 31207142
 Japan 30305150

Group D

　 GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Canada 3201835
 Austria 31021264
  Switzerland 31111173
 France 30300150

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 550019510
 Canada 531115107
 Latvia 5122894
  Switzerland 51228114
 Germany 51316143
 Austria 50329162

Group F

　 GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Slovakia 53021858
 Sweden 53021258
 Finland 53111787
 United States 522117155
 Russia 514010142
 Denmark 50506330

Relegation round

Group G

　 GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Kazakhstan 32011255
 Ukraine 31021064
 Japan 3012792
 France 30214131

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

Final round

Quarter-finals

May 5

 Sweden 4  Latvia 1

Goals

  1. Höglund
  2. Alfredsson
  3. Tärnström
  4. Axelsson

Goals

  1. Ignatjevs


 Czech Republic 2  United States 3

Goals

  1. Škoula
  2. Jágr

Goals

  1. Park
  2. Westrum
  3. Roach


May 6

 Canada 5  Finland 4

Goals

  1. Heatley
  2. Bouwmeester
  3. Brewer
  4. Staios
  5. Heatley (OT)

Goals

  1. Peltonen
  2. Kallio
  3. Niemi
  4. Rintanen


 Slovakia 3   Switzerland 1

Goals

  1. Štrbák
  2. Chára
  3. Demitra

Goals

  1. Wichser

Semi-finals

May 8

 Slovakia 1  Canada 2

Goals

  1. Šatan

Goals

  1. Brière
  2. Horcoff


 United States 2  Sweden 3

Goals

  1. Park
  2. Halpern

Goals

  1. Tärnström
  2. Höglund
  3. Axelsson

Bronze medal game

May 9

 Slovakia 0  United States 1

Goals

Goals

  1. Roach (SO)

Gold medal game

May 9

 Sweden 3  Canada 5

Goals

  1. Höglund
  2. Alfredsson
  3. Salomonsson

Goals

  1. Smyth
  2. Heatley
  3. R. Niedermayer
  4. Bouwmeester
  5. Cooke

Scoring leaders

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

Goaltending leaders

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

Division I

Group A

Played at Oslo, Norway, April 4–18.

　 GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Belarus 550034910
 Norway 531131147
 Netherlands 522121225
 Hungary 522120245
 Great Britain 513118183
 Belgium 50507440

Group B

Played at Gdańsk, Poland, April 12–18.

　 GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Slovenia 550033510
 Italy 54102678
 Poland 522125145
 Estonia 522126235
 Romania 51409352
 South Korea 50507420

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

Division II

Group A

Played at Jaca, Spain, April 12–18.

　 GP W L T GF GA Pts
 China 541039138
 Croatia 54103268
 Australia 531140187
 Spain 522129135
 Israel 50413281
 Luxembourg 50415701

Group B

Played at Elektrenai, Lithuania, April 12–18.

　 GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Lithuania 550070710
 Serbia and Montenegro 541055238
 North Korea 532022206
 Bulgaria 523020304
 New Zealand 514013612
 South Africa 50509480

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

Division III

Played at Reykjavík, Iceland, March 16–21.

　 GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Iceland 43014687
 Turkey 431026146
 Mexico 42112985
 Ireland 413023232
 Armenia 40402730

 Iceland and  Turkey were promoted to Division II.

References

  1. ↑ Mistrovství světa v ledním hokeji 2004 | Praha | Ostrava

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