Ice Hockey World Championship for U18 Juniors 2004

	U18 Junior World Championship
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	Winner: Russia

The 6th ice hockey world championships of the U18 juniors of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF were the ice hockey world championships of 2004 in the age group of under-eighteen year olds (U18). Between March 1 and April 18, 2004, a total of 41 national teams took part in the six tournaments of the top division and divisions I to III.

The world champion became the team of Russia for the second time , which defeated the arch-rivals from the United States 3-2 in the final . The German team was able with the victory in Group B of Division I move up to the top division - from which they 2002 had been staying - ensure that Switzerland took first place in Group A of Division I and thus also rose again in Division I. Austria was third in Group A of Division I.

Overview U18 Junior World Championships

competition	place	date	sub- contractor	viewers total	Games	O
Top division	Minsk	0Apr 8, 2004 - Apr 18, 2004	10	76,650	31	2,472
Division IA	Amstetten	27 Mar 2004 - Apr 2, 2004 0	6th	3,724	15th	248
Division IB	Asiago	29 Mar 2004 - Apr 4, 2004 0	6th	11,020	15th	734
Division II A	Debrecen	28 Mar 2004 - Apr 3, 2004 0	6th	16,800	15th	1,120
Division II B	Elektrėnai Kaunas	01st Mar 2004 - March 7th 2004 0	6th	9,960	15th	664
Division III	Sofia	0Apr 6, 2004 - Apr 14, 2004	7th	not known	21st	-

Participants, venues and periods

• Top division: April 8th to 18th, 2004 in Minsk , Belarus

  Participants: Denmark (promoted) , Finland, Canada (defending champion) , Norway (promoted) , Russia, Sweden, Slovakia, Czech Republic, USA, Belarus

• Division I.
  • Group A: March 27 to April 2, 2004 in Amstetten , Austria

    Participants: Latvia, Austria, Poland, Slovenia, Romania (promoted) , Switzerland (relegated)

  • Group B: March 29 to April 4, 2004 in Asiago , Italy

    Participants: Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan (relegated) , South Korea (promoted)

• Division II
  • Group A: March 28 to April 3, 2004 in Debrecen , Hungary

    Participants: Belgium, Iceland (promoted) , Netherlands, Spain, Ukraine (relegated) , Hungary

  • Group B: March 1-7 , 2004 in Elektrėnai and Kaunas , Lithuania

    Participants: Australia (promoted) , Estonia, Great Britain (relegated) , Croatia, Lithuania, Serbia and Montenegro

• Division III: April 6-14, 2004 in Sofia , Bulgaria

  Participants: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria (relegated) , Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, South Africa (relegated) , Turkey

Top division

2004 U18 Junior World Cup
Number of nations	10
World Champion	Russia
silver	United States
bronze	Czech Republic
Relegated	Norway Belarus
Venue (s)	Minsk , Belarus
opening	April 8, 2004
Endgame	April 18, 2004
spectator	76,650 (2,472 per game)
Gates	186 (6.00 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Marek Black
Best defender	Zach Jones
Best striker	Yevgeny Malkin
Top scorer	Lauri Korpikoski Petteri Nokelainen Lauri Tukonen Roman Woloshenko (11 points each)

The U18 World Championship was held from April 8th to 18th, 2004 in the Belarusian capital Minsk . The games were played in the Minsk Sports Palace (3,311 seats) and the Minsk Ice Palace with 1,823 seats.

Ten national teams took part in the tournament, playing in two groups of five teams each. Russia secured the world title by beating the United States 3-2 in the final. It was the second title for the Russians.

Group A	Group B
Canada	Slovakia
United States	Russia
Sweden	Czech Republic
Belarus	Finland
Denmark	Norway

mode

After the group matches in the preliminary round, the two group winners qualify directly for the semi-finals. The runners-up and thirds in the group each play a qualifying game for participation in the semi-finals. The fourth and fifth of the group games contest - if the result of the direct encounter from the preliminary round is taken with them - the relegation round and determine two relegated to Division I.

Venues

Minsk
Minsk Sports Palace Capacity: 3,311	Minsk World championship venue	Ice Palace Minsk Capacity: 1,823

Preliminary round

Group A

April 8, 2004 3:00 p.m.	Denmark	2: 5 (0: 0, 1: 3, 1: 2)	United States	Sports Palace, Minsk Spectators: 1,200
April 8, 2004 7:00 p.m.	Sweden	0: 5 (0: 1, 0: 1, 0: 3)	Canada	Sports Palace, Minsk Spectators: 3,400
April 9, 2004 7:00 p.m.	Belarus	1: 4 (0: 1, 1: 2, 0: 1)	Denmark	Sports Palace, Minsk Spectators: 3,500
April 10, 2004 3:00 p.m.	United States	6: 2 (3: 0, 3: 1, 0: 1)	Sweden	Sports Palace, Minsk Spectators: 3,000
April 10, 2004 7:00 p.m.	Canada	7: 2 (3: 1, 2: 1, 2: 0)	Belarus	Sports Palace, Minsk Spectators: 3,500
April 11, 2004 5:00 p.m.	Denmark	1: 2 (1: 1, 0: 1, 0: 0)	Canada	Sports Palace, Minsk Spectators: 3,150
April 12, 2004 3:00 p.m.	Sweden	2: 1 (0: 0, 1: 0, 1: 1)	Denmark	Sports Palace, Minsk Spectators: 2,800
April 12, 2004 7:00 p.m.	United States	9: 0 (2: 0, 4: 0, 3: 0)	Belarus	Sports Palace, Minsk Spectators: 3,500
April 13, 2004 3:00 p.m.	Canada	1: 2 (0: 0, 1: 0, 0: 2)	United States	Sports Palace, Minsk Spectators: 3,200
April 13, 2004 7:00 p.m.	Belarus	0: 4 (0: 2, 0: 0, 0: 2)	Sweden	Sports Palace, Minsk Spectators: 3,500

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	United States	4th	4th	0	0	22: 05	8th
2.	Canada	4th	3	0	1	15: 05	6th
3.	Sweden	4th	2	0	2	08:12	4th
4th	Denmark	4th	1	0	3	08:10	2
5.	Belarus	4th	0	0	4th	03:24	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats
Explanations: semi-final qualifier , quarter-final qualifier , relegation round qualifier

Group B

April 8, 2004 3:00 p.m.	Norway	4: 8 (1: 2, 1: 3, 2: 3)	Russia	Ice Palace, Minsk Spectators: 1,400
April 8, 2004 7:00 p.m.	Czech Republic	1: 1 (0: 0, 1: 0, 0: 1)	Slovakia	Ice Palace, Minsk Spectators: 1,400
April 9, 2004 3:00 p.m.	Finland	9: 0 (1: 0, 4: 0, 4: 0)	Norway	Ice Palace, Minsk Spectators: 1,750
April 10, 2004 3:00 p.m.	Russia	1: 1 (0: 0, 1: 0, 0: 1)	Czech Republic	Ice Palace, Minsk Spectators: 1,800
April 10, 2004 7:00 p.m.	Slovakia	2: 2 (0: 1, 1: 1, 1: 0)	Finland	Ice Palace, Minsk Spectators: 1,100
April 11, 2004 3:00 p.m.	Norway	2: 8 (0: 2, 1: 2, 1: 4)	Slovakia	Ice Palace, Minsk Spectators: 1,800
April 12, 2004 3:00 p.m.	Czech Republic	7: 0 (4: 0, 1: 0, 2: 0)	Norway	Ice Palace, Minsk Spectators: 1,600
April 12, 2004 7:00 p.m.	Russia	5: 2 (2: 0, 0: 1, 3: 1)	Finland	Ice Palace, Minsk Spectators: 2,000
April 13, 2004 3:00 p.m.	Finland	1: 1 (1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1)	Czech Republic	Ice Palace, Minsk Spectators: 1,700
April 13, 2004 7:00 p.m.	Slovakia	2: 2 (2: 0, 0: 1, 0: 1)	Russia	Ice Palace, Minsk Spectators: 1,750

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Russia	4th	2	2	0	16: 09	6th
2.	Czech Republic	4th	1	3	0	10: 03	5
3.	Slovakia	4th	1	3	0	13: 07	5
4th	Finland	4th	1	2	1	14: 08	4th
5.	Norway	4th	0	0	4th	06:32	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats
Explanations: semi-final qualifier , quarter-final qualifier , relegation round qualifier

Relegation round

April 15, 2004 3:00 p.m.	Denmark	7: 4 (3: 1, 0: 1, 4: 2)	Norway	Ice Palace, Minsk Spectators: 1,500
April 15, 2004 7:00 p.m.	Finland	5: 2 (2: 1, 2: 0, 1: 1)	Belarus	Ice Palace, Minsk Spectators: 1,600
April 16, 2004 3:00 p.m.	Denmark	1: 4 (1: 2, 0: 1, 0: 1)	Finland	Ice Palace, Minsk Spectators: 1,600
April 16, 2004 7:00 p.m.	Belarus	4: 3 (0: 1, 1: 1, 3: 1)	Norway	Ice Palace, Minsk Spectators: 1,500

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Finland	3	3	0	0	18: 03	6th
2.	Denmark	3	2	0	1	12: 09	4th
3.	Belarus	3	1	0	2	07:12	2
4th	Norway	3	0	0	3	07:20	0

Note: The preliminary round matches Belarus - Denmark (1: 4) and Finland - Norway (9: 0) are included in the table.
Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: Relegated to Division I.

Final round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

A1

United States

3

B2

Czech Republic

5

B2

Czech Republic

2

A3

Sweden

1

A1

United States

2

B1

Russia

3

B1

Russia

5

A2

Canada

3

A2

Canada

2

3rd place match

B3

Slovakia

1

B2

Czech Republic

3

A2

Canada

2

Play for 5th place

B3

Slovakia

4th

A3

Sweden

5

Quarter finals

April 15, 2004 3:00 p.m.	Canada	3: 1 (2: 0, 0: 1, 1: 0)	Slovakia	Sports Palace, Minsk Spectators: 3,200
April 15, 2004 7:00 p.m.	Czech Republic	5: 1 (1: 1, 2: 0, 2: 0)	Sweden	Sports Palace, Minsk Spectators: 3,300

Play for 5th place

April 17, 2004 3:00 p.m.

Slovakia

4: 5 (2: 2, 1: 2, 1: 1)

Sweden

Sports Palace, Minsk Spectators: 3,000

Semifinals

April 16, 2004 3:00 p.m.	United States	3: 2 (1: 0, 2: 2, 0: 0)	Czech Republic	Sports Palace, Minsk Spectators: 3,400
April 16, 2004 7:00 p.m.	Russia	5: 2 (3: 1, 1: 0, 1: 1)	Canada	Sports Palace, Minsk Spectators: 3,500

3rd place match

April 18, 2004 1 p.m.

Czech Republic

3: 2 (1: 0, 1: 2, 1: 0)

Canada

Sports Palace, Minsk Spectators: 3,500

final

April 18, 2004 5:00 p.m.

United States

2: 3 (1: 0, 0: 1, 1: 2)

Russia

Sports Palace, Minsk Spectators: 3,500

statistics

Best scorer

Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points, +/- = plus / minus , SM = penalty minutes; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Lauri Korpikoski	Finland	6th	5	6th	11	+7	2
Petteri Nokelainen	Finland	6th	5	6th	11	+5	16
Lauri Tukonen	Finland	6th	5	6th	11	+7	10
Roman Voloshenko	Russia	6th	5	6th	11	+6	18th
Phil Kessel	United States	6th	7th	3	10	+3	6th
Peter Regin	Denmark	6th	5	4th	9	+6	0
Roman Tománek	Slovakia	6th	7th	1	8th	+6	6th
Yevgeny Malkin	Russia	6th	4th	4th	8th	+4	31
Marek Zagrapan	Slovakia	6th	4th	4th	8th	+9	8th
Morten Madsen	Denmark	6th	3	5	8th	+5	2

Best goalkeeper

Abbreviations: GP = games, TOI = ice time (in minutes), GA = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , Sv% = shots saved (in%), GAA = goals conceded; Fat: tournament best

player	team	GP	TOI	GA	SO	Sv%	ATM
Marek Black	Czech Republic	7th	419: 21	9	1	93.92	1.29
Cory Schneider	United States	6th	350: 31	10	1	92.91	1.71
Tuukka Rask	Finland	5	298: 42	8th	1	92.73	1.61
Devan Dubnyk	Canada	6th	356: 50	12	1	91.72	2.02
Anton Chudobin	Russia	6th	360: 00	13	0	91.45	2.17

Final placements

Pl.	team
1	Russia
2	United States
3	Czech Republic
4th	Canada
5	Sweden
6th	Slovakia
7th	Finland
8th	Denmark
9	Belarus
10	Norway

Title, promotion and relegation

World Champion Russia

Alexander Aksjonenko , Anton Below , Yevgeny Biryukov , Anton Chudobin , Adgur Dschugelija , Rinat Ibragimov , Alexei Jemelin , Mikhail Junkow , Sergei Karetin , Ivan Kassutin , Nikolai Kuljomin , Enver Lisin , Kirill Ljamin , Evgeni Malkin , Sergei Ogorodnikov , Denis Parshin , Alexander Pljuschtschew , Alexander Radulow , Sergei Salnikow , Sergei Schirokow , Dmitri Schitikow , Roman Woloshenko Coach: Valeri Bragin

Silver USA

Matt Auffrey , Brett Bevis , Mike Brennan , Nathan Davis , Jason DeSantis , Jeff Frazee , Tom Fritsche , Nathan Gerbe , Joe Grimaldi , Nate Hagemo , Jack Johnson , Zach Jones , Phil Kessel , Chad Kolarik , Bryan Lerg , Jarod Palmer , Geoff Paukovich , Kevin Porter , Brandon Scero , Cory Schneider , Jack Skille , Kevin Swallow Trainers: John Hynes

Bronze Czech Republic

Zdeněk Bahenský , Stanislav Balán , Michal Birner , January Daněček , Michael Frolík , Michal Gulaši , Karel Hromas , David Krejci , Jakub Lev , Adam Lukačovič , Tomáš Mertl , Jaroslav Mrázek , Roman Polák , Michal Pšurný , Roman Pšurný , Marek Schwarz , Jakub Šindel , Ondřej Šmach , Ladislav Šmíd , Radek Smoleňák , Vladimír Sobotka , Lubomír Štach Trainers: Jaromír Šindel

Relegated to Division I:	Norway, Belarus
Promoted to the top division:	Germany, Switzerland

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
align = "left" | Best goalkeeper	Marek Black	Czech Republic
align = "left" | Best defender	Zach Jones	United States
align = "left" | Best striker	Yevgeny Malkin	Russia

All-Star Team

Attack:	Liam Reddox - Yevgeny Malkin - Phil Kessel
Defense:	Andy Rogers - Ladislav Šmíd
Goal:	Anton Chudobin

Division I.

Group A in Amstetten, Austria

Teams	SUI	SLO	AUT	LAT	POLE	ROME	Gates	Pt.
1. Switzerland		6: 2	4: 1	6: 2	7: 4	12: 1	35:10	10-0
2. Slovenia	2: 6		7: 2	3: 3	2: 1	6: 1	20:13	7: 3
3. Austria	1: 4	2: 7		6: 3	4: 3	8: 1	21:18	6: 4
4. Latvia	2: 6	3: 3	3: 6		5: 2	14: 0	27:17	5: 5
5. Poland	4: 7	1: 2	3: 4	2: 5		2: 2	12:20	1: 9
6. Romania	1:12	1: 6	1: 8	0:14	2: 2		5:42	1: 9

Division I winning team: Switzerland

Division I promoted Switzerland

Simon Bachmann , Matthias Bieber , Eric Blum , Dario Bürgler , Alessandro Chiesa , Raphael Diaz , Leonardo Genoni , Jordane Hauert , Mathias Joggi , Florian Kindschi , Simon Lüthi , Jonathan Mercier , Stephan Moser , Alexandre Posse , Joël Sassi , Micha Schär , Roman Schild , Nico Spolidoro , Julien Sprunger , Janick Steinmann , Vladimir Villard , Julian Walker Trainer: Charly Oppliger

Group B in Asiago, Italy

Teams	GER	JPN	ITA	KAZ	FRA	COR	Gates	Pt.
1. Germany		11: 4	7: 1	10: 4	2: 1	8: 2	38:12	10-0
2. Japan	4:11		2: 1	2: 1	2-0	4: 1	14:14	8: 2
3. Italy	1: 7	1: 2		3: 2	4: 4	5: 1	14:16	5: 5
4. Kazakhstan	4:10	1: 2	2: 3		3: 2	2: 2	12:19	3: 7
5. France	1: 2	0: 2	4: 4	2: 3		7: 2	14:13	3: 7
6. South Korea	2: 8	1: 4	1: 5	2: 2	2: 7		8:26	1: 9

Division I winning team: Germany

Division I promoted Germany

Michael Baindl , David Cespiva , Simon Danner , Robert Dietrich , Thomas Greiss , Christoph Gawlik , Nikolai Goc , Philip Gogulla , Philipp Haug , Michael Hrstka , Justin Krueger , Norman Martens , Moritz Müller , Florian Ondruschka , Thomas Pielmeier , Daniel Pietta , Anton Saal , André Schietzold , Philipp Schlager , Mats Schöbel , Thomas Wilhelm , Youri Ziffzer Trainer: Jim Setters

Moved up and down

Promoted to the World Cup group:	Germany, Switzerland
Relegated from the World Cup group:	Norway, Belarus
Relegated from Division I:	South Korea, Romania
Promoted to Division I:	Ukraine, UK

Division II

Group A in Debrecen, Hungary

Teams	UKR	HUN	NED	ESP	ISL	BEL	Gates	Pt.
1. Ukraine		5: 2	11: 1	11: 2	21: 0	14: 2	62: 7	10-0
2. Hungary	2: 5		5: 5	8: 1	13: 4	13: 3	41:18	7: 3
3. Netherlands	1:11	5: 5		9: 6	11: 1	15: 1	41:24	7: 3
4. Spain	2:11	1: 8	6: 9		9: 5	3: 3	21:36	3: 7
5. Iceland	0:21	4:13	1:11	5: 9		4: 3	14:57	2: 8
6. Belgium	2:14	3:13	1:15	3: 3	3: 4		12:49	1: 9

Group B in Elektrėnai and Kaunas, Lithuania

Teams	GBR	EST	CRO	LTU	SEM	OUT	Gates	Pt.
1. Great Britain		2: 1	7: 1	2: 1	5: 3	14: 0	30: 6	10-0
2. Estonia	1: 2		5: 1	4: 2	10-0	15: 1	35: 6	8: 2
3. Croatia	1: 7	1: 5		4: 1	5: 1	6-0	17:14	6: 4
4. Lithuania	1: 2	2: 4	1: 4		4: 3	2: 2	10:15	3: 7
5. Serbia-Montenegro	3: 5	0:10	1: 5	3: 4		5: 2	12:26	2: 8
6. Australia	0:14	1:15	0: 6	2: 2	2: 5		5:42	1: 9

Moved up and down

Promoted to Division I:	Ukraine, UK
Relegated from Division I:	South Korea, Romania
Relegated from Division II:	Australia, Belgium
Promoted to Division II:	Mexico, South Africa

Division III

in Sofia, Bulgaria

Teams	MEX	RSA	NZL	BUL	ISR	DOOR	BIH	Gates	Pt.
1. Mexico		4: 2	2-0	6: 1	10-0	9-0	10: 1	41: 4	12: 0
2. South Africa	2: 4		2: 2	6-0	6: 4	10: 1	14: 0	40:11	9: 3
3. New Zealand	0: 2	2: 2		4: 1	3: 1	8-0	11: 0	28: 6	9: 3
4. Bulgaria	1: 6	0: 6	1: 4		7: 1	6: 3	7: 2	22:22	6: 6
5. Israel	0:10	4: 6	1: 3	1: 7		4: 1	5: 1	15:28	4: 8
6. Turkey	0: 9	1:10	0: 8	3: 6	1: 4		7: 3	12:40	2:10
7. Bosnia-Herzegovina	1:10	0:14	0:11	2: 7	1: 5	3: 7		7:54	0:12

Moved up and down

Promoted to Division II:	Mexico, South Africa
Relegated from Division II:	Australia, Belgium

Web links

• Internet presence of the IIHF (International Ice Hockey Federation) (English)
• Cadres and tournament statistics (English)

See also

• Ice Hockey World Championship 2004
• Men's Ice Hockey World Championship 2004
• 2004 Women's Ice Hockey World Championship
• Ice Hockey World Championship for U20 Juniors 2004