2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

Official puck 2004 IIHF World Ice Hockey Championships
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]

Contents

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

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 3 1 1 1 12 8 3
 Ukraine 3 0 3 0 2 14 0

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

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

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

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 5 2 2 1 17 15 5
 Russia 5 1 4 0 10 14 2
 Denmark 5 0 5 0 6 33 0

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

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

Goals

  1. Ignatjevs
 Czech Republic 2  United States 3

Goals

  1. Skoula
  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. Strbak
  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
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
 Great Britain 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

References

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