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2004 IIHF World Championship
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The 2004 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship was held between 24 April and 9 May 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).
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Qualification
Far Eastern Qualification for the tournament was held on 6 September 2003 in Tokyo, Japan.
All times are local.
| 6 September 2003 18:00 | Japan  | 4–1 (1–1, 1–0, 2–0) |  South Korea | Tokyo |
Final tournament
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Venues
| Prague | Ostrava | |
| Sazka Arena Capacity: 17,360 |
ČEZ Arena Capacity: 9,568 | |
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Preliminary round
Sixteen participating teams were placed in the following four groups. After playing a round-robin, the top three teams in each group advanced to the qualifying round while the last team competed in the relegation round.
All times are local (UTC+2).
Group A
| 24 April 2004 16:15 | Latvia  | 1–3 (0–3, 0–0, 1–0) |  Czech Republic | Sazka Arena, Prague |
| 24 April 2004 20:15 | Germany  | 4–2 (0–0, 2–1, 2–1) |  Kazakhstan | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 14,310 |
| 26 April 2004 16:15 | Germany | 1–1 (0–1, 1–0, 0–0) | Latvia | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 14,150 |
| 26 April 2004 20:15 | Czech Republic | 7–0 (5–0, 0–0, 2–0) | Kazakhstan | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 15,056 |
| 27 April 2004 20:15 | Kazakhstan | 1–3 (0–0, 1–0, 0–3) | Latvia | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 8,388 |
| 28 April 2004 20:15 | Czech Republic | 5–1 (1–0, 0–1, 4–0) | Germany | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,360 |
Group B
Source: Global Sports Archive
| 24 April 2004 12:15 | Slovakia  | 2–0 (2–0, 0–0, 0–0) |  Ukraine | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 7,797 |
| 24 April 2004 20:15 | Finland  | 4–2 (0–2, 2–0, 2–0) |  United States | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 7,478 |
| 26 April 2004 16:15 | Finland | 5–1 (2–1, 1–0, 2–0) | Ukraine | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,306 |
| 26 April 2004 20:15 | United States | 3–3 (0–1, 3–2, 0–0) | Slovakia | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,310 |
| 28 April 2004 12:15 | Ukraine | 1–7 (0–3, 0–2, 1–2) | United States | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 2,587 |
| 28 April 2004 20:15 | Slovakia | 5–2 (2–1, 1–1, 2–0) | Finland | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 7,751 |
Group C
Source: Global Sports Archive
| 24 April 2004 16:15 | Denmark  | 1–5 (1–2, 0–1, 0–2) |  Sweden | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 6,204 |
| 25 April 2004 16:15 | Russia  | 6–2 (2–0, 2–2, 2–0) | Denmark | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 4,624 |
| 25 April 2004 20:15 | Sweden | 5–1 (2–1, 2–0, 1–0) | Japan | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 4,498 |
| 27 April 2004 16:15 | Japan | 3–4 (2–2, 1–1, 0–1) | Denmark | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 4,569 |
| 27 April 2004 20:15 | Sweden | 3–2 (1–0, 0–2, 2–0) | Russia | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 7,428 |
| 28 April 2004 16:15 | Russia | 6–1 (4–1, 1–0, 1–0) | Japan | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 4,040 |
Group D
Source: Global Sports Archive
| 24 April 2004 12:15 | France  | 0–6 (0–2, 0–1, 0–3) |  Austria | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 3,609 |
| 25 April 2004 16:15 | Switzerland  | 6–0 (0–0, 4–0, 2–0) | France | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 8,712 |
| 25 April 2004 20:15 | Austria | 2–2 (1–0, 1–0, 0–2) |  Canada | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 10,486 |
| 27 April 2004 12:15 | Canada | 3–0 (2–0, 1–0, 0–0) | France | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 6,629 |
| 27 April 2004 16:15 | Switzerland | 4–4 (0–0, 1–4, 3–0) | Austria | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 8,909 |
| 28 April 2004 16:15 | Canada | 3–1 (0–0, 2–0, 1–1) | Switzerland | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 14,892 |
Qualifying round
The top three teams in the standings of each group of the preliminary round advance to the qualifying round, and are placed in two groups: teams from Groups A and D compete in Group E, while teams from Groups B and C compete in Group F.
Each team is to play three games in this round, one against each of the three teams from the other group with which they have been paired. These three games, along with the two games already played against the other two advancing teams from the same group in the preliminary round, will count in the qualifying round standings.
The top four teams in both groups E and F advanced to the Playoff round.
Group E
| 30 April 2004 16:15 | Canada | 2–0 (1–0, 1–0, 0–0) | Latvia | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 13,533 |
| 30 April 2004 20:15 | Czech Republic | 2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0) | Austria | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 16,505 |
| 1 May 2004 16:15 | Latvia | 1–1 (0–0, 0–0, 1–1) | Switzerland | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 11,870 |
| 1 May 2004 20:15 | Austria | 1–3 (0–1, 0–1, 1–1) | Germany | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 12,120 |
| 2 May 2004 16:15 | Switzerland | 1–3 (0–0, 1–2, 0–1) | Czech Republic | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,100 |
| 2 May 2004 20:15 | Canada | 6–1 (3–0, 2–1, 1–0) | Germany | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 14,015 |
| 3 May 2004 16:15 | Latvia | 5–2 (0–1, 3–1, 2–0) | Austria | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 14,261 |
| 3 May 2004 20:15 | Czech Republic | 6–2 (2–0, 1–1, 3–1) | Canada | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,360 |
| 4 May 2004 16:15 | Germany | 0–1 (0–0, 0–1, 0–0) | Switzerland | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 8,556 |
Group F
Source: IIHF
| 30 April 2004 16:15 | Sweden | 1–1 (0–0, 0–1, 1–0) | Finland | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 7,097 |
| 30 April 2004 20:15 | Slovakia | 2–0 (0–0, 2–0, 0–0) | Russia | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 7,568 |
| 1 May 2004 16:15 | Finland | 6–0 (2–0, 2–0, 2–0) | Denmark | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 5,492 |
| 1 May 2004 20:15 | Russia | 2–3 (0–1, 2–0, 0–2) | United States | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 6,512 |
| 2 May 2004 16:15 | Denmark | 0–8 (0–3, 0–4, 0–1) | Slovakia | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 7,345 |
| 2 May 2004 20:15 | Sweden | 3–1 (1–0, 0–1, 2–0) | United States | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 6,205 |
| 3 May 2004 16:15 | Finland | 4–0 (0–0, 1–0, 3–0) | Russia | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 6,944 |
| 3 May 2004 20:15 | Slovakia | 0–0 (0–0, 0–0, 0–0) | Sweden | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 7,962 |
| 4 May 2004 20:15 | United States | 8–3 (4–3, 4–0, 0–0) | Denmark | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 8,612 |
Relegation round
Source: IIHF
| 30 April 2004 12:15 | Kazakhstan | 5–0 (2–0, 3–0, 0–0) | France | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 2,402 |
| 30 April 2004 12:15 | Ukraine | 2–2 (0–0, 1–0, 1–2) | Japan | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 681 |
| 1 May 2004 12:15 | Japan | 3–5 (2–1, 0–3, 1–1) | Kazakhstan | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 3,620 |
| 2 May 2004 12:15 | Ukraine | 6–2 (2–1, 0–0, 4–1) | France | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 4,203 |
| 3 May 2004 12:15 | Kazakhstan | 2–2 (1–1, 0–0, 1–1) | Ukraine | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 3,110 |
| 4 May 2004 12:15 | France | 2–2 (0–2, 2–0, 0–0) | Japan | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 3,050 |
Playoff round
Bracket
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| 5 May | ||||||||||
| Czech Republic | 2 | |||||||||
| 8 May | ||||||||||
| United States (GWS) | 3 | |||||||||
| United States | 2 | |||||||||
| 5 May | ||||||||||
| Sweden | 3 | |||||||||
| Sweden | 4 | |||||||||
| 9 May | ||||||||||
| Latvia | 1 | |||||||||
| Sweden | 3 | |||||||||
| 6 May | ||||||||||
| Canada | 5 | |||||||||
| Slovakia | 3 | |||||||||
| 8 May | ||||||||||
| Switzerland | 1 | |||||||||
| Slovakia | 1 | |||||||||
| 6 May | ||||||||||
| Canada | 2 | Third place | ||||||||
| Canada (OT) | 5 | |||||||||
| 9 May | ||||||||||
| Finland | 4 | |||||||||
| Slovakia | 0 | |||||||||
| United States (GWS) | 1 | |||||||||
Quarterfinals
| 5 May 2004 16:15 | Sweden | 4–1 (3–0, 0–0, 1–1) | Latvia | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 15,920 |
| 5 May 2004 20:15 | Czech Republic | 2–3 GWS (0–0, 2–1, 0–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1) | United States | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,360 |
| 6 May 2004 16:15 | Canada | 5–4 OT (0–2, 3–1, 1–1) (OT: 1–0) | Finland | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 15,615 |
| 6 May 2004 20:15 | Slovakia | 3–1 (0–1, 2–0, 1–0) | Switzerland | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 16,905 |
Semifinals
| 8 May 2004 16:15 | Slovakia | 1–2 (0–0, 1–1, 0–1) | Canada | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,204 |
| 8 May 2004 20:15 | United States | 2–3 (0–2, 1–1, 1–0) | Sweden | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,215 |
Bronze medal game
| 9 May 2004 16:15 | Slovakia | 0–1 GWS (0–0, 0–0, 0–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1) | United States | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 16,152 |
Gold medal game
| 9 May 2004 20:30 | Sweden | 3–5 (2–1, 1–2, 0–2) | Canada | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,360 |
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Ranking and statistics
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| 2004 IIHF World Championship winners |
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 Canada 23rd title |
Tournament Awards
- Best players selected by the directorate:
- Best Goaltender:
Ty Conklin
- Best Defenceman:
Dick Tärnström
- Best Forward:
Dany Heatley
- Most Valuable Player:
- Best Goaltender:
- Media All-Star Team:
- Goaltender:
- Defence:
Zdeno Chára,
- Forwards:
Jaromír Jágr,
Ville Peltonen
- Goaltender:
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.
Source: IIHF.com
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.
Source: IIHF.com
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IIHF honors and awards
The 2004 IIHF Hall of Fame induction ceremony has held in Prague during the World Championships.[1] Aggie Kukulowicz of Canada was given the Paul Loicq Award for outstanding contributions to international ice hockey.[2]
IIHF Hall of Fame inductees
- Rudi Ball, Germany[3][4]
- Mike Buckna, Canada[1][5]
- Ove Dahlberg, Sweden[6]
- Vitali Davydov, Russia[7]
- Ladislav Horský, Slovakia[8]
- Yury Karandin, Russia[9]
- Tsutomu Kawabuchi, Japan[10]
- Lou Nanne, United States[1][11]
- Ronald Pettersson, Sweden[6]
- Nikolai Sologubov, Russia[12]
- Miroslav Šubrt, Czech Republic[13]
- František Tikal, Czech Republic[14]
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