Men's Ice Hockey World Championship 2004

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	Winner: Canada

The 68th World Ice Hockey Championships the men in 2004 the IIHF took place on the following dates and at the following locations.

Top division: April 24th to May 9th in Prague and Ostrava ( Czech Republic )

Division I, Group A: 12. bis 18th April in Oslo ( Norway )

Division I, Group B: April 12th to 18th in Gdansk ( Poland )

Division II, Group A: April 12th to 18th in Jaca ( Spain )

Division II, Group B: 12. bis 18th April in Elektrėnai ( Lithuania )

Division III: 16th bis 21st March in Reykjavik ( Iceland )

A total of 45 teams took part in these world championships, which meant a new participation record.

Far East qualification for top division

Only two teams took part in the qualification this year, alongside Japan the representation of South Korea, while the ice hockey team of China decided not to participate. The venue for the only qualifier was Tokyo .

Sat September 6, 2003

Tokyo

Japan

-

South Korea

4: 1 (1: 1.1: 0.2: 0)

Qualified for the World Cup:

Japan

The 2004 World Cup was the last where a place was reserved for a team from the Far East. Japan celebrated its best placement with 15th place, but has not been promoted to the top division so far (as of 2020). South Korea, on the other hand, was able to qualify for the top division 2018 on its own .

Top division

The tournament of the men's top division in the Czech Republic lasted from April 24 to May 9, 2004 . The venues were the Sazka Arena in Prague and the ČEZ Aréna in Ostrava . The 2004 tournament was of particular importance, as the teams that were ranked 1-8 in the IIHF world rankings after the tournament were directly qualified for the 2006 Olympic ice hockey tournament. Canada became world champion again and successfully defended its title and achieved its 23rd title win in history.

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Official puck for the 2004 top division world championship

16 teams took part. In addition to the host Czech Republic , the remaining 12 best teams from the last World Cup , the two promoted teams from Division I (Kazakhstan, France) and the Asian representative who played in an extra qualification (see above). The mode of competition was almost the same as in the previous year ; The game was played in four preliminary round groups A – D, each with four teams. The first three then played in the intermediate round groups E and F, the last group played in the relegation round (group G). The results of the qualified teams among each other in the preliminary rounds were transferred to the intermediate round. This was followed by the play-offs with the quarter, half and final games as well as the game for 3rd place. There was a slight change in the promotion and relegation rules. The possibility of a Far East representative to qualify for the respective world championship through an extra qualification has been abolished. The last two of the relegation round had to be relegated to Division I in 2005, this also applies to the Japanese team, the runner-up in the relegation round was allowed to remain in the World Cup group, unlike in previous years.

In the point games, the 2-point rule (2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a defeat) was scored. As usual in ice hockey, if there is a tie, the direct comparison first decides and only then the goal difference. (If a decision had not yet been made, the next criterion would be the number of goals scored. If these were also the same, there would be a decisive penalty shootout.)

In the play-offs, except for the final, in the event of a tie after 60 minutes, all games were extended 1 × 10 minutes, with the number of field players per team reduced to four. In the final, the extension would have lasted a maximum of 20 minutes. If a goal is scored, the game is over ( sudden death ), if no goal is scored, a penalty shoot-out occurs.

Preliminary round

Group A

In Group A: the Czech Republic, Germany, Latvia and Kazakhstan played. The games took place in Prague .

Sat April 24, 2004	Prague	Czech Republic	-	Latvia	3: 1 (3: 0.0: 0.0: 1)
Sat April 24, 2004	Prague	Germany	-	Kazakhstan	4: 2 (0: 0.2: 1.2: 1)
Mon April 26, 2004	Prague	Czech Republic	-	Kazakhstan	7: 0 (5: 0.0: 0.2: 0)
Mon April 26, 2004	Prague	Germany	-	Latvia	1: 1 (0: 1.1: 0.0: 0)
Wed. April 28, 2004	Prague	Czech Republic	-	Germany	5: 1 (1: 0.0: 1.4: 0)
Wed. April 28, 2004	Prague	Kazakhstan	-	Latvia	1: 3 (0: 0.1: 0.0: 3)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Czech Republic	3	3	0	0	15: 2	+13	6-0
2	Latvia	3	1	1	1	5: 5	0	3: 3
3	Germany	3	1	1	1	6: 8	- 2nd	3: 3
4th	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	3:14	-11	0: 6

Group B

In Group B: Slovakia, Finland, Ukraine and the USA played. The games took place in Ostrava .

Sat April 24, 2004	Ostrava	Ukraine	-	Slovakia	0: 2 (0: 2.0: 0.0: 0)
Sat April 24, 2004	Ostrava	Finland	-	United States	4: 2 (0: 2.2: 0.2: 0)
Mon April 26, 2004	Ostrava	Slovakia	-	United States	3: 3 (1: 0.2: 3.0: 0)
Mon April 26, 2004	Ostrava	Finland	-	Ukraine	4: 1 (2: 1.1: 0.1: 0)
Wed. April 28, 2004	Ostrava	Slovakia	-	Finland	5: 2 (2: 1.1: 1.2: 0)
Wed. April 28, 2004	Ostrava	United States	-	Ukraine	7: 1 (3: 0.2: 0.2: 1)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Slovakia	3	2	1	0	10: 5	+ 5	5: 1
2	Finland	3	2	0	1	11: 8	+ 3	4: 2
3	United States	3	1	1	1	12: 8	+ 4	3: 3
4th	Ukraine	3	0	0	3	2:14	-12	0: 6

Group C

In Group C: Sweden, Russia, Denmark and Japan played. The games took place in Ostrava .

Sat April 24, 2004	Ostrava	Denmark	-	Sweden	1: 5 (1: 2.0: 1.0: 2)
April 25, 2004	Ostrava	Sweden	-	Japan	5: 1 (2: 1.2: 0.1: 0)
April 25, 2004	Ostrava	Russia	-	Denmark	6: 2 (2: 0.2: 2.2: 0)
April 27, 2004	Ostrava	Japan	-	Denmark	3: 4 (2: 2.1: 1.0: 1)
April 27, 2004	Ostrava	Sweden	-	Russia	3: 2 (1: 0.0: 2.2: 0)
Wed. April 28, 2004	Ostrava	Russia	-	Japan	6: 1 (4: 1.1: 0.1: 0)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Sweden	3	3	0	0	13: 4	+ 9	6-0
2	Russia	3	2	0	1	14: 6	+ 8	4: 2
3	Denmark	3	1	0	2	7:14	- 7th	2: 4
4th	Japan	3	0	0	3	5:15	-10	0: 6

Group D

In group D played: Canada, Switzerland, Austria and France. The games took place in Prague .

Sat April 24, 2004	Prague	France	-	Austria	0: 6 (0: 2.0: 1.0: 3)
April 25, 2004	Prague	Austria	-	Canada	2: 2 (1: 0.1: 0.0: 2)
April 25, 2004	Prague	Switzerland	-	France	6: 0 (0: 0.4: 0.2: 0)
April 27, 2004	Prague	Canada	-	France	3: 0 (2: 0.1: 0.0: 0)
April 27, 2004	Prague	Switzerland	-	Austria	4: 4 (0: 0.1: 4.3: 0)
Wed. April 28, 2004	Prague	Canada	-	Switzerland	3: 1 (0: 0.2: 0.1: 1)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Canada	3	2	1	0	8: 3	+ 5	5: 1
2	Austria	3	1	2	0	12: 6	+ 6	4: 2
3	Switzerland	3	1	1	1	11: 7	+ 4	3: 3
4th	France	3	0	0	3	0:15	-15	0: 6

Relegation round for places 13–16, group G

Group G matches, with the exception of the Ukraine-Japan match, took place in Prague .

April 30, 2004	Prague	Kazakhstan (A4)	-	France (D4)	5: 0 (2: 0.3: 0.0: 0)
April 30, 2004	Ostrava	Ukraine (B4)	-	Japan (C4)	2: 2 (0: 0.1: 0.1: 2)
Sat May 1, 2004	Prague	Japan (C4)	-	Kazakhstan (A4)	3: 5 (2: 1.0: 3.1: 1)
May 2, 2004	Prague	Ukraine (B4)	-	France (D4)	6: 2 (2: 1.0: 0.4: 1)
Mon May 3, 2004	Prague	Kazakhstan (A4)	-	Ukraine (B4)	2: 2 (1: 1.0: 0.1: 1)
Tuesday May 4, 2004	Prague	France (D4)	-	Japan (C4)	2: 2 (0: 2.2: 0.0: 0)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Kazakhstan	3	2	1	0	12: 5	+7	5: 1
2	Ukraine	3	1	2	0	10: 6	+4	4: 2
3	Japan	3	0	2	1	7: 9	-2	2: 4
4th	France	3	0	1	2	4:13	-9	1: 5

Intermediate round

Group E

The games took place in Prague . The direct comparison from the preliminary round has been adopted.

April 30, 2004	Prague	Canada (D1)	-	Latvia (A2)	2: 0 (1: 0.1: 0.0: 0)
April 30, 2004	Prague	Czech Republic (A1)	-	Austria (D2)	2: 0 (0: 0.1: 0.1: 0)
Sat May 1, 2004	Prague	Latvia (A2)	-	Switzerland (D3)	1: 1 (0: 0.0: 0.1: 1)
Sat May 1, 2004	Prague	Austria (D2)	-	Germany (A3)	1: 3 (0: 1.0: 1.1: 1)
May 2, 2004	Prague	Czech Republic (A1)	-	Switzerland (D3)	3: 1 (0: 0.2: 1.1: 0)
May 2, 2004	Prague	Canada (D1)	-	Germany (A3)	6: 1 (3: 0.2: 1.1: 0)
Mon May 3, 2004	Prague	Latvia (A2)	-	Austria (D2)	5: 2 (0: 1.3: 1.2: 0)
Mon May 3, 2004	Prague	Czech Republic (A1)	-	Canada (D1)	6: 2 (2: 0.1: 1.3: 1)
Tuesday May 4, 2004	Prague	Germany (A3)	-	Switzerland (D3)	0: 1 (0: 0.0: 1.0: 0)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Czech Republic	5	5	0	0	19: 5	+14	10-0
2	Canada	5	3	1	1	15:10	+ 5	7: 3
3	Latvia	5	1	2	2	8: 9	- 1	4: 6
4th	Switzerland	5	1	2	2	8:11	- 3	4: 6
5	Germany	5	1	1	3	6:14	- 8th	3: 7
6th	Austria	5	0	2	3	9:16	- 7th	2: 8

Group F.

With the exception of the USA-Denmark game, the Group F games took place in Ostrava . The direct comparison from the preliminary round has been adopted.

April 30, 2004	Ostrava	Sweden (C1)	-	Finland (B2)	1: 1 (0: 0.0: 1.1: 0)
April 30, 2004	Ostrava	Slovakia (B1)	-	Russia (C2)	2: 0 (0: 0.2: 0.0: 0)
Sat May 1, 2004	Ostrava	Finland (B2)	-	Denmark (C3)	6: 0 (2: 0.2: 0.2: 0)
Sat May 1, 2004	Ostrava	Russia (C2)	-	USA (B3)	2: 3 (0: 1.2: 0.0: 2)
May 2, 2004	Ostrava	Denmark (C3)	-	Slovakia (B1)	0: 8 (0: 3.0: 4.0: 1)
May 2, 2004	Ostrava	Sweden (C1)	-	USA (B3)	3: 1 (1: 0.0: 1.2: 0)
Mon May 3, 2004	Ostrava	Finland (B2)	-	Russia (C2)	4: 0 (0: 0.1: 0.3: 0)
Mon May 3, 2004	Ostrava	Slovakia (B1)	-	Sweden (C1)	0: 0 (0: 0.0: 0.0: 0)
Tuesday May 4, 2004	Prague	USA (B3)	-	Denmark (C3)	8: 3 (4: 3.4: 0.0: 0)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Slovakia	5	3	2	0	18: 5	+13	8: 2
2	Sweden	5	3	2	0	13: 5	+ 8	8: 2
3	Finland	5	3	1	1	17: 8	+ 9	7: 3
4th	United States	5	2	1	2	17:15	+ 2	5: 5
5	Russia	5	1	0	4th	10:14	- 4th	2: 8
6th	Denmark	5	0	0	5	6:33	-27	0:10

Play-offs

The play-off games all took place in Prague .

Quarter finals
Wed May 5, 2004	Prague	Sweden (C1)	-	Latvia (A2)	4: 1 (3: 0.0: 0.1: 1)
Wed May 5, 2004	Prague	Czech Republic (A1)	-	USA (B3)	n.P. 2: 3 (0: 0.2: 1.0: 1.0: 0.0: 1)
Thursday May 6, 2004	Prague	Canada (D1)	-	Finland (B2)	n.V. 5: 4 (0: 2.3: 1.1: 1.1: 0)
Thursday May 6, 2004	Prague	Slovakia (B1)	-	Switzerland (D3)	3: 1 (0: 1.2: 0.1: 0)
Semifinals
Sat May 8, 2004	Prague	Canada	-	Slovakia	2: 1 (0: 0.1: 1.1: 0)
Sat May 8, 2004	Prague	Sweden	-	United States	3: 2 (2: 0.1: 1.0: 1)
3rd place match
Sun May 9, 2004	Prague	Slovakia	-	United States	n.P. 0: 1 (0: 0.0: 0.0: 0.0: 0.0: 1)
Andy Roach converted the decisive penalty .
final
Sun May 9, 2004	Prague	Canada	-	Sweden	5: 3 (1: 2.2: 1.2: 0)

After the Swedes took the lead in the third minute through Jonas Höglund and increased to 2-0 in the 8th minute through Daniel Alfredsson, the match seemed almost over. After the 2-1 goal by Ryan Smith (14th), the Swedes were able to restore the 2-goal lead by Andreas Salomonsson in the 25th minute with a double strike in the 35th / 36th. Minute through Dany Heatley and Rob Niedermayer , however, the Canadians were able to equalize and subsequently found their way into the game. For the first time since 1958/59, the Canadians managed to successfully defend the world championship title.

Final placement of the World Cup

RF	team
1	Canada
2	Sweden
3	United States
4th	Slovakia
5	Czech Republic
6th	Finland
7th	Latvia
8th	Switzerland
9	Germany
10	Russia
11	Austria
12	Denmark
13	Kazakhstan
14th	Ukraine
15th	Japan
16	France

Relegated:	France , Japan
Climbers	Belarus , Slovenia

Master teams

World Champion Canada	Marc Denis , Jean-Sébastien Giguère , Roberto Luongo - Eric Brewer , Jay Bouwmeester , Jamie Heward , Willie Mitchell , Derek Morris , Scott Niedermayer , Nick Schultz , Steve Staios - Brendan Morrison , Shawn Horcoff , Justin Williams , Jeff Friesen , Dany Heatley , Jean-Pierre Dumont , Brenden Morrow , Matt Cooke , Glen Murray , Jeff Shantz , Patrice Bergeron , Rob Niedermayer , Daniel Brière , Ryan Smyth Coaching staff : Mike Babcock , Tom Renney , Todd Woodcroft
Silver Sweden	Daniel Henriksson , Stefan Liv , Henrik Lundqvist - Christian Bäckman , Per Hållberg , Niclas Hävelid , Nicklas Lidström , Ronnie Sundin , Daniel Tjärnqvist , Dick Tärnström - Niklas Andersson , Daniel Alfredsson , Per-Johan Axelsson , Johan Davidsson , Peter Forsberg , Jonathan Hedström , Jonas Höglund , Andreas Johansson , Jörgen Jönsson , Magnus Kahnberg , Michael Nylander , Samuel Påhlsson , Andreas Salomonsson , Fredrik Sjöström , Mathias Tjärnqvist Coaching staff : Hardy Nilsson , Ulf Dahlén , Tommy Samuelsson
Bronze USA	Mike Dunham , Ty Conklin , Alex Westlund - Brett Hauer , Aaron Miller , Eric Weinrich , Andy Roach , Hal Gill , Paul Mara , Keith Ballard , Blake Sloan , Jeff Jillson - Erik Westrum , Dustin Brown , Jeff Hamilton , Jeff Halpern , Ryan Malone , Bates Battaglia , Andy Hilbert , Matt Cullen , Richard Park , Chris Drury , Mike Grier , Adam Hall Staff : Peter Laviolette , Jay Leach

Awards

Player trophies

Best goalkeeper	Ty Conklin
Best defender	Dick Tärnström
Best striker	Dany Heatley
Most Valuable Player	Dany Heatley

All-Star Team (A)

goalkeeper	Henrik Lundqvist
defense	Dick Tärnström - Zdeno Chára
Storm	Dany Heatley - Ville Peltonen - Jaromír Jágr

All-Star Team (B)

goalkeeper	Ján Lašák
defense	Scott Niedermayer - Richard Lintner
Storm	Daniel Alfredsson - Pavol Demitra - Richard Park

Top scorer

space	player	Gates	Assists	Points
1.	Dany Heatley	8th	3	11
2.	Ville Peltonen	4th	6th	10
3.	Jaromír Jágr	5	4th	9
3.	Martin Ručínský	5	4th	9
5.	Olli Jokinen	5	3	8th
5.	Richard Park	5	3	8th
7th	Pavol Demitra	4th	4th	8th
7th	Miroslav Šatan	4th	4th	8th
9.	Daniel Brière	2	6th	8th
10.	Václav Prospal	3	4th	7th

Division I.

Division I, Group A

The Group A games of Division I took place from April 12th to 18th in Oslo , Norway . In Group A played: Belarus (A group relegated), Great Britain, Hungary, the Netherlands, Norway, Belgium (promoted division II)

Games

Mon April 12, 2004	Oslo	Belarus	-	Belgium	10: 0 (2: 0.0: 0.8: 0)
Mon April 12, 2004	Oslo	Great Britain	-	Hungary	3: 5 (1: 1.0: 1.2: 3)
Mon April 12, 2004	Oslo	Norway	-	Netherlands	8: 0 (2: 0.1: 0.5: 0)
April 13, 2004	Oslo	Hungary	-	Belgium	6: 4 (3: 2.1: 2.2: 0)
April 13, 2004	Oslo	Belarus	-	Netherlands	7: 2 (3: 1.1: 1.3: 0)
April 13, 2004	Oslo	Norway	-	Great Britain	4: 4 (1: 2.0: 1.3: 1)
Thursday April 15, 2004	Oslo	Belarus	-	Great Britain	5: 4 (2: 0.2: 2.1: 2)
Thursday April 15, 2004	Oslo	Netherlands	-	Belgium	11: 2 (3: 0.5: 0.3: 2)
Thursday April 15, 2004	Oslo	Norway	-	Hungary	6: 4 (2: 3.0: 0.4: 1)
April 16, 2004	Oslo	Great Britain	-	Netherlands	1: 4 (0: 0.0: 2.1: 2)
April 16, 2004	Oslo	Belarus	-	Hungary	7: 1 (2: 1.1: 0.4: 0)
April 16, 2004	Oslo	Norway	-	Belgium	11: 1 (2: 0.6: 0.3: 1)
April 18, 2004	Oslo	Great Britain	-	Belgium	6: 0 (4: 0.1: 0.1: 0)
April 18, 2004	Oslo	Netherlands	-	Hungary	4: 4 (2: 1.1: 1.1: 2)
April 18, 2004	Oslo	Norway	-	Belarus	2: 5 (2: 2.0: 1.0: 2)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Belarus	5	5	0	0	34: 9	+25	10-0
2	Norway	5	3	1	1	31:14	+17	7: 3
3	Netherlands	5	2	1	2	21:22	- 1	5: 5
4th	Hungary	5	2	1	2	20:24	- 4th	5: 5
5	Great Britain	5	1	1	3	18:18	0	3: 7
6th	Belgium	5	0	0	5	7:44	-37	0:10

Division I, Group B

The games of Group B of Division I took place from April 12th to 18th in Gdansk , Poland . In group B: Slovenia (A group relegated), Italy, Romania, Estonia, Poland, South Korea (promoted division II)

Games

Mon April 12, 2004	Danzig	Estonia	-	Romania	6: 3 (3: 2.0: 0.3: 1)
Mon April 12, 2004	Danzig	Slovenia	-	South Korea	10: 2 (4: 0.4: 1.2: 1)
Mon April 12, 2004	Danzig	Poland	-	Italy	0: 4 (0: 1.0: 2.0: 1)
April 13, 2004	Danzig	Estonia	-	South Korea	11: 0 (3: 0.2: 0.6: 0)
April 13, 2004	Danzig	Slovenia	-	Italy	4: 0 (3: 0.1: 0.0: 0)
April 13, 2004	Danzig	Poland	-	Romania	9: 0 (2: 0.3: 0.4: 0)
Thursday April 15, 2004	Danzig	Slovenia	-	Romania	8: 0 (1: 0.3: 0.4: 0)
Thursday April 15, 2004	Danzig	Italy	-	South Korea	7: 1 (3: 1.3: 0.1: 0)
Thursday April 15, 2004	Danzig	Poland	-	Estonia	6: 6 (3: 2.1: 1.2: 3)
April 16, 2004	Danzig	Italy	-	Romania	8: 1 (2: 1.2: 0.4: 0)
April 16, 2004	Danzig	Slovenia	-	Estonia	7: 2 (4: 0.2: 1.1: 1)
April 16, 2004	Danzig	Poland	-	South Korea	9: 0 (4: 0.4: 0.1: 0)
April 18, 2004	Danzig	Romania	-	South Korea	5: 4 (0: 0.0: 1.5: 3)
April 18, 2004	Danzig	Italy	-	Estonia	7: 1 (4: 0.2: 1.1: 0)
April 18, 2004	Danzig	Poland	-	Slovenia	1: 4 (0: 2.0: 2.1: 0)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Slovenia	5	5	0	0	33: 5	+28	10-0
2	Italy	5	4th	0	1	26: 7	+19	8: 2
3	Poland	5	2	1	2	25:14	+11	5: 5
4th	Estonia	5	2	1	2	26:23	+ 3	5: 5
5	Romania	5	1	0	4th	9:35	-26	2: 8
6th	South Korea	5	0	0	5	7:42	-35	0:10

Moved up and down

Promoted to the World Cup group:	Belarus, Slovenia
Relegated from the World Cup group:	Japan, France
Relegated to Division II:	Belgium, South Korea
Promoted from Division II:	Lithuania, China

Division II

Division II, Group A

The Group A games of Division II took place from April 12th to 18th in Jaca , Spain . In group A played: Croatia (relegated division I), China, Australia, Spain, Israel, Luxembourg (relegated division III)

Games

Mon April 12, 2004	Jaca	China	-	Australia	5: 6 (2: 1.1: 5.2: 0)
Mon April 12, 2004	Jaca	Croatia	-	Luxembourg	11: 0 (3: 0.3: 0.5: 0)
Mon April 12, 2004	Jaca	Spain	-	Israel	8: 0 (1: 0.2: 0.5: 0)
Wed. April 14, 2004	Jaca	Croatia	-	Australia	8: 2 (2: 1.5: 0.1: 1)
Wed. April 14, 2004	Jaca	China	-	Israel	5: 0 (2: 0.1: 0.2: 0)
Wed. April 14, 2004	Jaca	Spain	-	Luxembourg	16: 0 (7: 0.3: 0.6: 0)
Thursday April 15, 2004	Jaca	Croatia	-	Israel	7: 0 (1: 0.5: 0.1: 0)
Thursday April 15, 2004	Jaca	Australia	-	Luxembourg	22: 0 (5: 0.7: 0.10: 0)
Thursday April 15, 2004	Jaca	Spain	-	China	1: 6 (0: 3.1: 3.0: 0)
April 17, 2004	Jaca	China	-	Luxembourg	19: 3 (9: 2.7: 0.3: 1)
April 17, 2004	Jaca	Spain	-	Croatia	0: 3 (0: 2.0: 1.0: 0)
April 17, 2004	Jaca	Australia	-	Israel	6: 1 (1: 1.3: 0.2: 0)
April 18, 2004	Jaca	Israel	-	Luxembourg	2: 2 (2: 0.0: 0.0: 2)
April 18, 2004	Jaca	Croatia	-	China	3: 4 (2: 0.1: 1.0: 3)
April 18, 2004	Jaca	Spain	-	Australia	4: 4 (2: 2.1: 1.1: 1)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	People's Republic of China	5	4th	0	1	39:13	+26	8: 2
2	Croatia	5	4th	0	1	32: 6	+26	8: 2
3	Australia	5	3	1	1	40:18	+22	7: 3
4th	Spain	5	2	1	2	29:13	+16	5: 5
5	Israel	5	0	1	4th	3:28	-25	1: 9
6th	Luxembourg	5	0	1	4th	5:70	-65	1: 9

Division II, Group B

The Group B games of Division II took place from April 12th to 18th in Elektrėnai , Lithuania . In Group B played: Lithuania (relegated Division I), Serbia-Montenegro, North Korea, Bulgaria, South Africa, New Zealand (relegated Division III)

Games

Mon April 12, 2004	Elektrėnai	Bulgaria	-	South Africa	5: 2 (2: 0.3: 1.0: 1)
Mon April 12, 2004	Elektrėnai	Serbia-Montenegro	-	North Korea	7: 2 (2: 0.3: 1.2: 1)
Mon April 12, 2004	Elektrėnai	Lithuania	-	New Zealand	21: 2 (11: 0.4: 2.6: 0)
April 13, 2004	Elektrėnai	Serbia-Montenegro	-	South Africa	16: 3 (5: 0.5: 2.6: 1)
April 13, 2004	Elektrėnai	Bulgaria	-	New Zealand	11: 3 (3: 2.3: 0.5: 1)
April 13, 2004	Elektrėnai	Lithuania	-	North Korea	9: 0 (4: 0.3: 0.2: 0)
Thursday April 15, 2004	Elektrėnai	North Korea	-	New Zealand	7: 2 (3: 1.1: 1.3: 0)
Thursday April 15, 2004	Elektrėnai	Serbia-Montenegro	-	Bulgaria	9: 2 (3: 0.2: 1.4: 1)
Thursday April 15, 2004	Elektrėnai	Lithuania	-	South Africa	16: 1 (6: 0.7: 1.3: 0)
April 16, 2004	Elektrėnai	Serbia-Montenegro	-	New Zealand	20: 2 (2: 1.8: 1.10: 0)
April 16, 2004	Elektrėnai	North Korea	-	South Africa	7: 1 (3: 1.2: 0.2: 0)
April 16, 2004	Elektrėnai	Lithuania	-	Bulgaria	10: 1 (3: 0.4: 1.3: 0)
April 18, 2004	Elektrėnai	South Africa	-	New Zealand	2: 4 (2: 1.0: 0.0: 3)
April 18, 2004	Elektrėnai	North Korea	-	Bulgaria	6: 1 (1: 1.4: 0.1: 0)
April 18, 2004	Elektrėnai	Lithuania	-	Serbia-Montenegro	14: 3 (3: 0.4: 2.7: 1)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Lithuania	5	5	0	0	70: 7	+63	10-0
2	Serbia and Montenegro	5	4th	0	1	55:23	+32	8: 2
3	North Korea	5	3	0	2	22:20	+ 2	6: 4
4th	Bulgaria	5	2	0	3	20:30	-10	4: 6
5	New Zealand	5	1	0	4th	13:61	-48	2: 8
6th	South Africa	5	0	0	5	9:48	-39	0:10

Moved up and down

Promoted to Division I:	China, Lithuania
Relegated from Division I:	Belgium, South Korea
Relegated to Division III:	Luxembourg, South Africa
Promoted from Division III:	Iceland, Turkey

Division III

The games of the Division III took place from 16th bis 21st March in Reykjavik on Iceland instead. In Division III, Iceland, Mexico (both relegated to Division I), Turkey, Ireland and Armenia played.

Games

March 16, 2004	Reykjavík	Mexico	-	Ireland	8: 3 (2: 2.4: 1.2: 0)
March 16, 2004	Reykjavík	Iceland	-	Turkey	7: 5 (5: 2.1: 1.1: 2)
Wed March 17, 2004	Reykjavík	Ireland	-	Armenia	15: 1 (3: 1.5: 0.7: 0)
Thursday, March 18, 2004	Reykjavík	Mexico	-	Turkey	2: 3 (0: 1.1: 0.1: 2)
Thursday, March 18, 2004	Reykjavík	Iceland	-	Armenia	30: 0 (13: 0.13: 0.4: 0)
March 19, 2004	Reykjavík	Iceland	-	Ireland	7: 1 (1: 1.6: 0.0: 0)
Sat March 20, 2004	Reykjavík	Turkey	-	Ireland	7: 4 (2: 1.4: 0.1: 3)
Sat March 20, 2004	Reykjavík	Mexico	-	Armenia	17: 0 (3: 0.9: 0.5: 0)
Sun March 21, 2004	Reykjavík	Turkey	-	Armenia	11: 1 (7: 0.3: 1.1: 0)
Sun March 21, 2004	Reykjavík	Iceland	-	Mexico	2: 2 (1: 1.0: 0.1: 1)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Iceland	4th	3	1	0	46: 8	+38	7: 1
2	Turkey	4th	3	0	1	26:14	+12	6: 2
3	Mexico	4th	2	1	1	29: 8	+21	5: 3
4th	Ireland	4th	1	0	3	23:23	0	2: 6
5	Armenia	4th	0	0	4th	2:73	-71	0: 8

Moved up and down

Promoted to Division II:	Iceland Turkey
Relegated from Division II:	Luxembourg, South Africa

See also

• Ice Hockey World Championship 2004 (overview)
• 2004 Women's Ice Hockey World Championship
• Ice Hockey World Championship for U18 Juniors 2004
• Ice Hockey World Championship for U20 Juniors 2004

Web links

• 2004 IIHF World Championship (Engl.)
• World Senior Championship Pool A at hokej.snt.cz