2004 IIHF Men's InLine Hockey World Championship

2004 IIHF Men's InLine Hockey World Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Germany
Teams 16
Venue(s) (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions   United States (4th title)
Champions  (4th title)
Scoring leader(s) Ernie Hartlieb (19 points)

The 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was the 9th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It took place between July 10 and July 17, 2004.

Contents

Tournament Format

The preliminary round will be played in 4 groups (A-D) with 4 teams each. The groups A and B form the Top Division, the groups C and D form Division I. The two last-placed teams of the groups A and B and the two first-placed teams of the groups C and D play for 4th place in group A and B to participate in the Top Division playoffs. The losers of those games play as first placed teams in group C and D to participate in the Division I playoffs. Playoffs starting with the quarterfinals and placement games will be played both in the Top Division and in Division I.

All games in the preliminary round and in the playoffs will be played with 5-minute sudden-death overtime and a penalty shootout in case of a tie. The final games will be played with a 12- minute sudden-death overtime, followed by a penalty shootout competition in case of a tie.

Teams will be awarded points on the following system:

Participating teams

Groups are based on the results of the previous World Championships and Qualifying Series

Group A - Top Division
Group B - Top Division
Group C - Division I
Group D - Division I
  •  Brazil
  •  Australia
  •  New Zealand
  •  Argentina

Top Division

Preliminary Round

Group A

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Finland 3 3 0 0 0 24 10 14 9
 Germany 3 1 0 0 2 14 14 0 3
 Czech Republic 3 1 0 0 2 13 19 -6 3
 Austria 3 1 0 0 2 8 16 -8 3

Group loser sent to compete in qualification round

July 10, 2004
19:00
Germany  3 - 5
 Finland Bad Tölz, Germany
July 11, 2004
18:00
Germany  6 - 7
 Czech Republic Bad Tölz, Germany
July 11, 2004
20:00
Finland  9 - 3
 Australia Bad Tölz, Germany
July 12, 2004
16:00
Czech Republic  2 - 3
 Austria Bad Tölz, Germany
July 13, 2004
18:00
Finland  10 - 4
 Czech Republic Bad Tölz, Germany
July 13, 2004
20:00
Austria  2 - 5
 Germany Bad Tölz, Germany

Group B

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 United States 3 2 1 0 0 18 10 8 8
 Sweden 3 2 0 1 0 26 8 18 7
 Slovakia 3 0 1 0 2 9 20 -11 2
 Slovenia 3 0 0 1 2 9 24 -14 1

Group loser sent to compete in qualification round

July 11, 2004 United States  7 - 3
 Slovakia Bad Tölz, Germany
July 11, 2004 Sweden  13 - 2
 Slovenia Bad Tölz, Germany
July 12, 2004 United States  6 - 3
 Slovenia Bad Tölz, Germany
July 12, 2004 Slovakia  1 - 9
 Sweden Bad Tölz, Germany
July 13, 2004 Slovenia  5 - 6 (OT)
 Slovakia Bad Tölz, Germany
July 13, 2004 Sweden  4 - 5 (OT)
 United States Bad Tölz, Germany

Qualifying Round

July 14, 2004 Slovenia  15 - 0
 Brazil Bad Tölz, Germany
July 13, 2004 Austria  11 - 4
 Great Britain Bad Tölz, Germany

Play-off Round

Draw

  Quarterfinal                    
  A3   Czech Republic 7  
  B2   Sweden 9   Semifinal
      QF1   Sweden 2  
  Quarterfinal   QF2   Finland 5  
  QRW1   Slovenia 2
  A1   Finland 9         Final
              SF2   Finland 5
  Quarterfinal             SF1   United States 9
  B3   Slovakia 3      
  A2   Germany '6   Semifinal   Bronze medal game
      QF3   Germany 2   SF1   Sweden 3
  Quarterfinal   QF4   United States 5     SF2   Germany 2
  QRW2   Austria 5
  B1   United States 6  

Quarter-finals

July 15, 2004 Sweden  9 - 7
 Czech Republic
July 15, 2004 United States  6 - 5 (OT)
 Austria
July 15, 2004 Germany  6 - 3
 Slovakia
July 15, 2004 Finland  9 - 2
 Slovenia

Semi-finals

July 16, 2004 United States  5 - 2
 Germany
July 16, 2004 Finland  5 - 2
 Sweden

5th Place Game

July 16, 2004
v
Slovakia  4 - 3 (OT)
 Czech Republic

7th Place Game

July 16, 2004
v
Slovenia  3 - 4 (OT)
 Austria

Bronze Medal Game

July 17, 2004
v
Sweden  3 - 2 (OT)
 Germany

Gold Medal Game

July 17, 2004
v
Finland  5 - 9
 United States

Ranking and statistics

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

Rk. Team
 United States
 Finland
 Sweden
4.  Germany
5.  Slovakia
6.  Czech Republic
7.  Austria
8.  Slovenia

Tournament Awards

  • Best players selected by the directorate:[1]
    • Best Goalkeeper: Ari Luostarinen
    • Best Defenseman: Ernie Hartlieb
    • Best Forward: Dejan Matejic

Division I

Preliminary Round

Group C

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Great Britain 3 3 0 0 0 31 8 23 9
 Hungary 3 2 0 0 1 16 16 0 6
 Japan 3 1 0 0 2 23 14 9 3
 Belgium 3 0 0 0 3 8 40 -32 0

Group Winner sent to compete in qualification round

July 11, 2004 Hungary  3 - 9
 Great Britain Bad Tölz, Germany
July 11, 2004 Japan  16 - 3
 Belgium Bad Tölz, Germany
July 12, 2004 Hungary  9 - 4
 Belgium Bad Tölz, Germany
July 12, 2004 Great Britain  7 - 4
 Japan Bad Tölz, Germany
July 13, 2004 Japan  3 - 4
 Hungary Bad Tölz, Germany
July 13, 2004
20:00
Belgium  1 - 15
 Great Britain Bad Tölz, Germany

Group B

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Brazil 3 3 0 0 0 17 8 9 9
 Australia 3 2 0 0 1 21 15 6 6
 New Zealand 3 1 0 0 2 21 15 6 3
 Argentina 3 0 0 0 3 5 26 -21 0

Group winner sent to compete in qualification round

July 11, 2004 Australia  7 - 6
 New Zealand Bad Tölz, Germany
July 11, 2004 Brazil  5 - 0
 Argentina Bad Tölz, Germany
July 12, 2004 Australia  11 - 4
 Argentina Bad Tölz, Germany
July 12, 2004 New Zealand  5 - 7
 Brazil Bad Tölz, Germany
July 13, 2004 Argentina  1 - 10
 New Zealand Bad Tölz, Germany
July 13, 2004
20:00
Brazil  5 - 3
 Australia Bad Tölz, Germany

Play-off Round

Draw

  Quarterfinal                    
  C3   Japan 10  
  D2   Australia 2   Semifinal
      QF1   Japan 5  
  Quarterfinal   QF2   Great Britain 8  
  D4   Argentina 3
  C1   Great Britain 8         Final
              SF2   Great Britain 5
  Quarterfinal             SF1   Brazil 4
  D3   New Zealand 0      
  C2   Hungary '10   Semifinal   Bronze medal game
      QF3   Hungary 4   SF1   Japan 7
  Quarterfinal   QF4   Brazil 5     SF2   Hungary 5
  C4   Belgium 3
  D1   Brazil 8  

Quarter-finals

July 15, 2004 Australia  2 - 10
 Japan
July 15, 2004 Hungary  10 - 0
 New Zealand
July 15, 2004 Brazil  8 - 3
 Belgium
July 15, 2004 Great Britain  8 - 3
 Argentina

Semi-finals

July 16, 2004 Brazil  5 - 4 (OT)
 Hungary
July 16, 2004 Great Britain  8 - 5
 Japan

5th Place Game

July 16, 2004
v
Australia  9 - 3
 New Zealand

7th Place Game

July 16, 2004
v
Belgium  5 - 4
 Argentina

Bronze Medal Game

July 17, 2004
v
Hungary  5 - 7
 Japan

Gold Medal Game

July 17, 2004
v
Great Britain  5 - 4 (OT)
 Brazil

Ranking and statistics

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

Rk. Team
 Great Britain
 Brazil
 Japan
4.  Hungary
5.  Australia
6.  New Zealand
7.  Belgium
8.  Argentina

Tournament Awards

  • Best players selected by the directorate:[1]
    • Best Goalkeeper: Rodrigo Santos
    • Best Defenseman: Mark Thomas
    • Best Forward: John Dolan

External links

References

  1. ^ a b And the 2004 Directorate Award winners are