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The 2004 Men's Ice Hockey Championships were held April 24-May 9, 2004, in Prague and Ostrava, Czech Republic. Games for this Ice Hockey World Championships tournament were played at Sazka Arena and ČEZ Aréna.

Preliminary round

Group A

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Czech Republic	3	3	0	0	15	2	6
Latvia	3	1	1	1	5	5	3
Germany	3	1	1	1	6	8	3
Kazakhstan	3	0	3	0	3	14	0

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

Group B

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Slovakia	3	2	0	1	10	5	5
Finland	3	2	1	0	11	8	4
United States	3	1	1	1	12	8	3
Ukraine	3	0	3	0	2	14	0

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

Group C

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Sweden	3	3	0	0	13	4	6
Russia	3	2	1	0	14	6	4
Denmark	3	1	2	0	7	14	2
Japan	3	0	3	0	5	15	0

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

Group D

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Canada	3	2	0	1	8	3	5
Austria	3	1	0	2	12	6	4
Switzerland	3	1	1	1	11	7	3
France	3	0	3	0	0	15	0

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

Qualification round

Game results against teams from the same group are carried over from the preliminary round.

Group E

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Czech Republic	5	5	0	0	19	5	10
Canada	5	3	1	1	15	10	7
Latvia	5	1	2	2	8	9	4
Switzerland	5	1	2	2	8	11	4
Germany	5	1	3	1	6	14	3
Austria	5	0	3	2	9	16	2

• April 30:  Canada 2–0  Latvia
• April 30:  Czech Republic 2–0  Austria
• May 1:  Latvia 1–1  Switzerland
• May 1:  Austria 1–3  Germany
• May 2:  Switzerland 1–3  Czech Republic
• May 2:  Canada 6–1  Germany
• May 3:  Latvia 5–2  Austria
• May 3:  Czech Republic 6–2  Canada
• May 4:  Germany 0–1  Switzerland

Group F

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Slovakia	5	3	0	2	18	5	8
Sweden	5	3	0	2	12	5	8
Finland	5	3	1	1	17	8	7
United States	5	2	2	1	17	15	5
Russia	5	1	4	0	10	14	2
Denmark	5	0	5	0	6	33	0

• April 30:  Sweden 1–1  Finland
• April 30:  Slovakia 2–0  Russia
• May 1:  Finland 6–0  Denmark
• May 1:  Russia 2–3  United States
• May 2:  Denmark 0–8  Slovakia
• May 2:  Sweden 3–1  United States
• May 3:  Finland 4–0  Russia
• May 3:  Slovakia 0–0  Sweden
• May 4:  United States 8–3  Denmark

Relegation round

Group G

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Kazakhstan	3	2	0	1	12	5	5
Ukraine	3	1	0	2	10	6	4
Japan	3	0	1	2	7	9	2
France	3	0	2	1	4	13	1

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

Final round

Quarter-finals

May 5

Sweden 4	Latvia 1
Goals Höglund Alfredsson Tärnström Axelsson	Goals Ignatjevs

Czech Republic 2	United States 3
Goals Skoula Jágr	Goals Park Westrum Roach

May 6

Canada 5	Finland 4
Goals Heatley Bouwmeester Brewer Staios Heatley (OT)	Goals Peltonen Kallio Niemi Rintanen

Slovakia 3	Switzerland 1
Goals Strbak Chára Demitra	Goals Wichser

Semi-finals

May 8

Slovakia 1	Canada 2
Goals Šatan	Goals Brière Horcoff

United States 2	Sweden 3
Goals Park Halpern	Goals Tärnström Höglund Axelsson

Bronze medal game

May 9

Slovakia 0	United States 1
Goals	Goals Roach (SO)

Gold medal game

May 9

Sweden 3	Canada 5
Goals Höglund Alfredsson Salomonsson	Goals Smyth Heatley R. Niedermayer Bouwmeester Cooke

Scoring leaders

Player	G	A	P
Heatley, DanyDany Heatley	8	3	11
Peltonen, VilleVille Peltonen	4	6	10
Ručínský, MartinMartin Ručínský	5	4	9
Jágr, JaromírJaromír Jágr	5	4	9
Jokinen, OlliOlli Jokinen	5	3	8
Park, RichardRichard Park	5	3	8
Demitra, PavolPavol Demitra	4	4	8
Satan, MiroslavMiroslav Šatan	4	4	8
Brière, DanielDaniel Brière	2	6	8

Goaltending leaders

Player	GAA	SV%
Norrena, FredrikFredrik Norrena	0.00	1.000
Westlund, AlexAlex Westlund	0.00	1.000
Križan, KarolKarol Križan	0.00	1.000
Giguère, Jean-SébastienJean-Sébastien Giguère	0.50	0.975
Lašák, JánJán Lašák	1.00	0.954
Čechmánek, RomanRoman Čechmánek	1.00	0.944
Markkanen, JussiJussi Markkanen	1.00	0.909
Vokoun, TomášTomáš Vokoun	1.11	0.944
Lundqvist, HenrikHenrik Lundqvist	1.64	0.925
Irbe, ArtūrsArtūrs Irbe	1.80	0.925

Division I

Group A

Division I, Group A played at Oslo, Norway, April 4-18.

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Belarus	5	5	0	0	34	9	10
Norway	5	3	1	1	31	14	7
Netherlands	5	2	2	1	21	22	5
Hungary	5	2	2	1	20	24	5
Great Britain	5	1	3	1	18	18	3
Belgium	5	0	5	0	7	44	0

Group B

Division I, Group B played at Gdańsk, Poland, April 12-18.

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Slovenia	5	5	0	0	33	5	10
Italy	5	4	1	0	26	7	8
Poland	5	2	2	1	25	14	5
Estonia	5	2	2	1	26	23	5
Romania	5	1	4	0	9	35	2
South Korea	5	0	5	0	7	42	0

 Belarus and  Slovenia are promoted to the 2005 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships.  Belgium0and  South Korea are demoted to Division II.

Division II

Group A

Division II, Group A played at Jaca, Spain, April 12-18.

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
China	5	4	1	0	39	13	8
Croatia	5	4	1	0	32	6	8
Australia	5	3	1	1	40	18	7
Spain	5	2	2	1	29	13	5
Israel	5	0	4	1	3	28	1
Luxembourg	5	0	4	1	5	70	1

Group B

Division II, Group B played at Elektrenai, Lithuania, April 12-18.

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Lithuania	5	5	0	0	70	7	10
Serbia and Montenegro	5	4	1	0	55	23	8
North Korea	5	3	2	0	22	20	6
Bulgaria	5	2	3	0	20	30	4
New Zealand	5	1	4	0	13	61	2
South Africa	5	0	5	0	9	48	0

 China and  Lithuania are promoted to Division I while  Luxembourg and  South Africa are demoted to Division III.

Division III

Division III was played at Reykjavík, Iceland, March 16-21.

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Iceland	4	3	0	1	46	8	7
Turkey	4	3	1	0	26	14	6
Mexico	4	2	1	1	29	8	5
Ireland	4	1	3	0	23	23	2
Armenia	4	0	4	0	2	73	0

 Iceland and  Turkey are promoted to Division II

External links

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