2004 IIHF World Championship

2004 IIHF World Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Czech Republic
Dates April 24 - May 9
Teams 16
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions   Canada (23rd title)
Runner-up   Sweden
Third place   United States
Fourth place  Slovakia
Tournament statistics
Matches played 56
Goals scored 286 (5.11 per match)
Attendance 552,097 (9,859 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Canada Dany Heatley
(11 points)
2003
2005

The 2004 Men's Ice Hockey Championship was held between April 24 and May 9, 2004 in Prague and Ostrava, Czech Republic.

It was the 68th ice Hockey World Championships, and was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).

Qualification Tournament

Far Eastern Qualification for the tournament took place between September 6, 2003 in Tokyo, Japan.

Team GP W T L GF GA PTS
 Japan 1100412
 South Korea 1001140

All times local

September 6, 2003
18:00
Japan 4–1
 South Korea

Final tournament

Venues

Prague Ostrava
Sazka Arena
Capacity: 17,360
ČEZ Aréna
Capacity: 9,568

First round

In the First Round, the top 3 teams from each group progressed to the Second Round, whilst the last placed team progressed to the Consolation Round.

Group A

Team GP W T L GF GA PTS
 Czech Republic 33001526
 Latvia 3111553
 Germany 3111683
 Kazakhstan 30033140

All times local

April 24, 2004Latvia 1–3
 Czech Republic
April 24, 2004Germany 4–2
 Kazakhstan
April 26, 2004Germany 1–1
 Latvia
April 26, 2004Czech Republic 7–0
 Kazakhstan
April 27, 2004Kazakhstan 1–3
 Latvia
April 28, 2004Czech Republic 5–1
 Germany

Group B

Team GP W T L GF GA PTS
 Slovakia 32101055
 Finland 32011184
 United States 31111283
 Ukraine 30032140

All times local

April 24, 2004Slovakia 2–0
 Ukraine
April 24, 2004Finland 4–2
 United States
April 26, 2004Finland 5–1
 Ukraine
April 26, 2004United States 3–3
 Slovakia
April 28, 2004Ukraine 1–7
 United States
April 28, 2004Slovakia 5–2
 Finland

Group C

Team GP W T L GF GA PTS
 Sweden 33001346
 Russia 32011464
 Denmark 31027142
 Japan 30035150

All times local

April 24, 2004Denmark 1–5
 Sweden
April 25, 2004Russia 6–2
 Denmark
April 25, 2004Sweden 5–1
 Japan
April 27, 2004Japan 3–4
 Denmark
April 27, 2004Sweden 3–2
 Russia
April 28, 2004Russia 6–1
 Japan

Group D

Team GP W T L GF GA PTS
 Canada 3210835
 Austria 31201264
  Switzerland 31111173
 France 30030150

All times local

April 24, 2004France 0–6
 Austria
April 25, 2004Switzerland  6–0
 France
April 25, 2004Austria 2–2
 Canada
April 27, 2004Canada 3–0
 France
April 27, 2004Switzerland  4–4
 Austria
April 28, 2004Canada 3–1
  Switzerland

Second round

In the Second Round, the top 4 teams from each group progressed to the Final Round, whilst the bottom 2 teams are eliminated.

Group E

Tables and scores below include meetings between teams during the First Round.

Team GP W T L GF GA PTS
 Czech Republic 550019510
 Canada 531115107
 Latvia 5122894
  Switzerland 51228114
 Germany 51136143
 Austria 50239162
April 30, 2004Canada 2–0
 Latvia
April 30, 2004Czech Republic 2–0
 Austria
May 1, 2004Latvia 1–1
  Switzerland
May 1, 2004Austria 1–3
 Germany
May 2, 2004Switzerland  1–3
 Czech Republic
May 2, 2004Canada 6–1
 Germany
May 3, 2004Latvia 5–2
 Austria
May 3, 2004Czech Republic 6–2
 Canada
May 4, 2004Germany 0–1
  Switzerland

Group F

Tables and scores below include meetings between teams during the First Round.

Team GP W T L GF GA PTS
 Slovakia 53201858
 Sweden 53201258
 Finland 53111787
 United States 521217155
 Russia 510410142
 Denmark 50056330
April 30, 2004Sweden 1–1
 Finland
April 30, 2004Slovakia 2–0
 Russia
May 1, 2004Finland 6–0
 Denmark
May 1, 2004Russia 2–3
 United States
May 2, 2004Denmark 0–8
 Slovakia
May 2, 2004Sweden 3–1
 United States
May 3, 2004Finland 4–0
 Russia
May 3, 2004Slovakia 0–0
 Sweden
May 4, 2004United States 8–3
 Denmark

Consolation Round 13-16 Place

Team GP W T L GF GA PTS
 Kazakhstan 32101255
 Ukraine 31201064
 Japan 3021792
 France 30124131
April 30, 2004Kazakhstan 5–0
 France
April 30, 2004Ukraine 2–2
 Japan
May 1, 2004Japan 3–5
 Kazakhstan
May 2, 2004Ukraine 6–2
 France
May 3, 2004Kazakhstan 2–2
 Ukraine
May 4, 2004France 2–2
 Japan

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

Final round

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
May 5        
  Sweden  4
May 8
  Latvia  1  
  Sweden  3
May 5
    United States  2  
  Czech Republic  2
May 9
  United States  3  
  Sweden  3
May 6
    Canada  5
  Canada  5
May 8
  Finland  4  
  Canada  2 Third place
May 6
    Slovakia  1  
  Slovakia  3   United States  1
   Switzerland  1     Slovakia  0
May 9

Quarterfinals

05 MaySweden 4-1
 Latvia
05 MayCzech Republic 2-3 (GWS)
 United States
06 MayCanada 5-4 (OT)
 Finland
06 MaySlovakia 3-1
  Switzerland

Semifinals

08 MaySweden 3-2
 United States
08 MaySlovakia 1-2
 Canada

Match for third place

09 MaySlovakia 0-1 (GWS)
 United States

Final

09 MaySweden 3-5
 Canada

Ranking and Statistics

 
 2004 IIHF World Championship Winners 

Canada
23rd title

Tournament Awards

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

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

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are left out.

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Canada Dany Heatley 9 8 3 11 +3 4 All Star
Finland Ville Peltonen 7 6 4 10 +6 2 F
Czech Republic Jaromír Jágr 7 5 4 9 +2 6 F
Czech Republic Martin Ručinský 7 5 4 9 +5 6 F
Finland Olli Jokinen 7 5 3 8 +6 6 F
United States Richard Park 9 5 3 8 +5 0 F
Slovakia Pavol Demitra 9 4 4 8 +5 4 F
Slovakia Miroslav Šatan 9 4 4 8 +4 4 F
Canada Daniel Brière 9 2 6 8 +2 6 F

Source:

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Slovakia Ján Lašák 538:37 195 9 1.00 95.38 4
Czech Republic Tomáš Vokoun 380:00 126 7 1.11 94.44 2
United States Ty Conklin 300:00 152 10 2.00 93.42 1
Switzerland Martin Gerber 358:20 162 11 1.84 93.21 2
Latvia Artūrs Irbe 300:00 120 9 1.80 92.50 0

Source:

See also

References

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