2004 IIHF World Championship
2004 edition of the 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.
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country |  Czech Republic |
| Venues | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Dates | 24 April – 9 May |
| Opened by | Václav Klaus |
| Teams | 16 |
| Final positions | |
Champions  |  Canada (23rd title) |
Runners-up  |  Sweden |
Third place  |  United States |
| Fourth place |  Slovakia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 56 |
| Goals scored | 286 (5.11 per game) |
| Attendance | 552,097 (9,859 per game) |
| Scoring leader | Dany Heatley (11 points) |
It was the 68th ice Hockey World Championships, and was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).
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
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
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czech Republic (H) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 6 | Qualifying round |
| 2 |  Latvia |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 |  Germany |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Kazakhstan |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 0 | Relegation round |
| 24 April 2004 16:15 | Latvia | 1–3 (0–3, 0–0, 1–0) | Czech Republic | Sazka Arena, Prague |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||
| 24 | Shots | 38 | ||
| 24 April 2004 20:15 | Germany | 4–2 (0–0, 2–1, 2–1) | Kazakhstan | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 14,310 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||
| 32 | Shots | 21 | ||
| 26 April 2004 16:15 | Germany | 1–1 (0–1, 1–0, 0–0) | Latvia | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 14,150 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||
| 24 | Shots | 23 | ||
| 26 April 2004 20:15 | Czech Republic | 7–0 (5–0, 0–0, 2–0) | Kazakhstan | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 15,056 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 min | Penalties | 22 min | ||
| 36 | Shots | 18 | ||
| 27 April 2004 20:15 | Kazakhstan | 1–3 (0–0, 1–0, 0–3) | Latvia | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 8,388 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||
| 15 | Shots | 30 | ||
| 28 April 2004 20:15 | Czech Republic | 5–1 (1–0, 0–1, 4–0) | Germany | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,360 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 min | Penalties | 20 min | ||
| 32 | Shots | 11 | ||
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slovakia |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 5 | Qualifying round |
| 2 |  Finland |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 4 | |
| 3 | United States |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Ukraine |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 0 | Relegation round |
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 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||
| 31 | Shots | 22 | ||
| 24 April 2004 20:15 | Finland | 4–2 (0–2, 2–0, 2–0) | United States | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 7,478 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||
| 34 | Shots | 17 | ||
| 26 April 2004 16:15 | Finland | 5–1 (2–1, 1–0, 2–0) | Ukraine | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,306 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 min | Penalties | 32 min | ||
| 52 | Shots | 11 | ||
| 26 April 2004 20:15 | United States | 3–3 (0–1, 3–2, 0–0) | Slovakia | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,310 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 min | Penalties | 16 min | ||
| 32 | Shots | 36 | ||
| 28 April 2004 12:15 | Ukraine | 1–7 (0–3, 0–2, 1–2) | United States | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 2,587 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||
| 17 | Shots | 32 | ||
| 28 April 2004 20:15 | Slovakia | 5–2 (2–1, 1–1, 2–0) | Finland | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 7,751 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||
| 32 | Shots | 21 | ||
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 6 | Qualifying round |
| 2 |  Russia |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Denmark |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 2 | |
| 4 | Japan |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 0 | Relegation round |
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 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 min | Penalties | 14 min | ||
| 15 | Shots | 29 | ||
| 25 April 2004 16:15 | Russia | 6–2 (2–0, 2–2, 2–0) | Denmark | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 4,624 |
| Game reference | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maxim Sokolov | Goalies | Jan Jensen Peter Hirsch | Referee: Hannu Henriksson Linesmen: Dean Laschowski Lars Kronborg | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 12 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 28 | Shots | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 25 April 2004 20:15 | Sweden | 5–1 (2–1, 2–0, 1–0) | Japan | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 4,498 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 min | Penalties | 14 min | ||
| 45 | Shots | 14 | ||
| 27 April 2004 16:15 | Japan | 3–4 (2–2, 1–1, 0–1) | Denmark | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 4,569 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 min | Penalties | 30 min | ||
| 26 | Shots | 32 | ||
| 27 April 2004 20:15 | Sweden | 3–2 (1–0, 0–2, 2–0) | Russia | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 7,428 |
| Game reference | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henrik Lundqvist | Goalies | Maxim Sokolov | Referee: Vladimír Šindler Linesmen: Lars Kronborg Thomas Gemeinhardt | ||||||||||||||
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| 16 min | Penalties | 14 min | |||||||||||||||
| 23 | Shots | 26 | |||||||||||||||
| 28 April 2004 16:15 | Russia | 6–1 (4–1, 1–0, 1–0) | Japan | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 4,040 |
| Game reference | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yegor Podomatsky | Goalies | Jiro Nihei | Referee: Danny KurmannLinesmen:  Paweł Meszyński Karol Popovic | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 33 | Shots | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 5 | Qualifying round |
| 2 |  Austria |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 4 | |
| 3 | Switzerland |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 3 | |
| 4 |  France |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | −15 | 0 | Relegation round |
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 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||
| 16 | Shots | 30 | ||
| 25 April 2004 16:15 | Switzerland | 6–0 (0–0, 4–0, 2–0) | France | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 8,712 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 min | Penalties | 24 min | ||
| 42 | Shots | 20 | ||
| 25 April 2004 20:15 | Austria | 2–2 (1–0, 1–0, 0–2) | Canada | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 10,486 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 min | Penalties | 16 min | ||
| 21 | Shots | 28 | ||
| 27 April 2004 12:15 | Canada | 3–0 (2–0, 1–0, 0–0) | France | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 6,629 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 min | Penalties | 18 min | ||
| 38 | Shots | 19 | ||
| 27 April 2004 16:15 | Switzerland | 4–4 (0–0, 1–4, 3–0) | Austria | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 8,909 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||
| 32 | Shots | 31 | ||
| 28 April 2004 16:15 | Canada | 3–1 (0–0, 2–0, 1–1) | Switzerland | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 14,892 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 min | Penalties | 28 min | ||
| 34 | Shots | 22 | ||
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
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czech Republic (H) |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | +14 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Canada |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 7 | |
| 3 | Latvia |
5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Switzerland |
5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 4 | |
| 5 | Germany |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 3 | |
| 6 | Austria |
5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 2 |
| 30 April 2004 16:15 | Canada | 2–0 (1–0, 1–0, 0–0) | Latvia | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 13,533 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||
| 32 | Shots | 33 | ||
| 30 April 2004 20:15 | Czech Republic | 2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0) | Austria | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 16,505 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 min | Penalties | 14 min | ||
| 28 | Shots | 14 | ||
| 1 May 2004 16:15 | Latvia | 1–1 (0–0, 0–0, 1–1) | Switzerland | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 11,870 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 min | Penalties | 14 min | ||
| 23 | Shots | 25 | ||
| 1 May 2004 20:15 | Austria | 1–3 (0–1, 0–1, 1–1) | Germany | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 12,120 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||
| 33 | Shots | 30 | ||
| 2 May 2004 16:15 | Switzerland | 1–3 (0–0, 1–2, 0–1) | Czech Republic | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,100 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 min | Penalties | 22 min | ||
| 18 | Shots | 44 | ||
| 2 May 2004 20:15 | Canada | 6–1 (3–0, 2–1, 1–0) | Germany | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 14,015 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 min | Penalties | 14 min | ||
| 39 | Shots | 21 | ||
| 3 May 2004 16:15 | Latvia | 5–2 (0–1, 3–1, 2–0) | Austria | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 14,261 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 min | Penalties | 29 min | ||
| 26 | Shots | 18 | ||
| 3 May 2004 20:15 | Czech Republic | 6–2 (2–0, 1–1, 3–1) | Canada | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,360 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 min | Penalties | 20 min | ||
| 34 | Shots | 23 | ||
| 4 May 2004 16:15 | Germany | 0–1 (0–0, 0–1, 0–0) | Switzerland | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 8,556 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 min | Penalties | 14 min | ||
| 27 | Shots | 23 | ||
Group F
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slovakia |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | +13 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Sweden |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 8 | |
| 3 | Finland |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 7 | |
| 4 | United States |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 15 | +2 | 5 | |
| 5 | Russia |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 2 | |
| 6 | Denmark |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 33 | −27 | 0 |
Source: IIHF
| 30 April 2004 16:15 | Sweden | 1–1 (0–0, 0–1, 1–0) | Finland | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 7,097 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||
| 29 | Shots | 15 | ||
| 30 April 2004 20:15 | Slovakia | 2–0 (0–0, 2–0, 0–0) | Russia | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 7,568 |
| Game reference | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ján Lašák | Goalies | Maxim Sokolov | Referee: Christer Lärking Linesmen:  Matthew Folka Thomas Gemeinhardt | |||||
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| 12 min | Penalties | 24 min | ||||||
| 23 | Shots | 18 | ||||||
| 1 May 2004 16:15 | Finland | 6–0 (2–0, 2–0, 2–0) | Denmark | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 5,492 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||
| 41 | Shots | 17 | ||
| 1 May 2004 20:15 | Russia | 2–3 (0–1, 2–0, 0–2) | United States | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 6,512 |
| Game reference | |||||||||||||||||
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| Maxim Sokolov | Goalies | Ty Conklin | Referee: Vladimír Šindler Linesmen: Petr Blümel Dean Laschowski | ||||||||||||||
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| 12 min | Penalties | 12 min | |||||||||||||||
| 35 | Shots | 35 | |||||||||||||||
| 2 May 2004 16:15 | Denmark | 0–8 (0–3, 0–4, 0–1) | Slovakia | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 7,345 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||
| 15 | Shots | 53 | ||
| 2 May 2004 20:15 | Sweden | 3–1 (1–0, 0–1, 2–0) | United States | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 6,205 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 min | Penalties | 16 min | ||
| 40 | Shots | 21 | ||
| 3 May 2004 16:15 | Finland | 4–0 (0–0, 1–0, 3–0) | Russia | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 6,944 |
| Game reference | ||||||||||||||
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| Mika Noronen | Goalies | Yegor Podomatsky | Referee: Nicolas Dutil Linesmen: Lars Kronborg Karol Popovic | |||||||||||
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| 24 min | Penalties | 14 min | ||||||||||||
| 27 | Shots | 19 | ||||||||||||
| 3 May 2004 20:15 | Slovakia | 0–0 (0–0, 0–0, 0–0) | Sweden | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 7,962 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 min | Penalties | 14 min | ||
| 21 | Shots | 19 | ||
| 4 May 2004 20:15 | United States | 8–3 (4–3, 4–0, 0–0) | Denmark | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 8,612 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||
| 55 | Shots | 23 | ||
Relegation round
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kazakhstan |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 5 | |
| 2 | Ukraine |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 4 | |
| 3 | Japan |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 2 | IIHF World Championship Division I |
| 4 | France |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 1 |
Source: IIHF
| 30 April 2004 12:15 | Kazakhstan | 5–0 (2–0, 3–0, 0–0) | France | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 2,402 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||
| 25 | Shots | 34 | ||
| 30 April 2004 12:15 | Ukraine | 2–2 (0–0, 1–0, 1–2) | Japan | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 681 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||
| 39 | Shots | 19 | ||
| 1 May 2004 12:15 | Japan | 3–5 (2–1, 0–3, 1–1) | Kazakhstan | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 3,620 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||
| 23 | Shots | 23 | ||
| 2 May 2004 12:15 | Ukraine | 6–2 (2–1, 0–0, 4–1) | France | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 4,203 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||
| 22 | Shots | 28 | ||
| 3 May 2004 12:15 | Kazakhstan | 2–2 (1–1, 0–0, 1–1) | Ukraine | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 3,110 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||
| 22 | Shots | 21 | ||
| 4 May 2004 12:15 | France | 2–2 (0–2, 2–0, 0–0) | Japan | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 3,050 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||
| 29 | Shots | 28 | ||
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 |
| Game reference | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henrik Lundqvist | Goalies | Artūrs Irbe | Referee: Nicolas Dutil Linesmen: Lars Kronborg Milan Mášik | ||||||||||||||
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| 22 min | Penalties | 18 min | |||||||||||||||
| 38 | Shots | 24 | |||||||||||||||
| 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 |
| Game reference | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tomáš Vokoun | Goalies | Ty Conklin | Referee: Hannu Henriksson Linesmen: Juha Kautto Dean Laschowski | |||||||||||
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| Shootout |  Roach | |||||||||||||
| 10 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||||||||||||
| 43 | Shots | 37 | ||||||||||||
| 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 |
| Game reference | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Roberto Luongo | Goalies | Mika Noronen | Referee: Richard Schütz Linesmen: Petr Blümel Leo Takula | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 12 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 37 | Shots | 41 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 |
| Game reference | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ján Lašák | Goalies | Roberto Luongo | Referee: Rick Looker Linesmen: Peter Feola Lars Kronborg | ||||||||
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| 6 min | Penalties | 12 min | |||||||||
| 29 | Shots | 16 | |||||||||
| 8 May 2004 20:15 | United States | 2–3 (0–2, 1–1, 1–0) | Sweden | Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,215 |
| Game reference | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Dunham | Goalies | Henrik Lundqvist | Referee: Nicolas Dutil Linesmen: Petr Blümel Juha Kautto | ||||||||||||||
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| 12 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||||||||
| 24 | Shots | 28 | |||||||||||||||
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 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Referee: Christer Lärking Linesmen: Leo Takula Dean Laschowski | ||||
| Shootout | Roach | |||
| 14 min | Penalties | 16 min | ||
| 25 | Shots | 35 | ||
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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| Henrik Lundqvist | Goalies | Roberto Luongo | Referee: Hannu Henriksson Linesmen: Petr Blümel Juha Kautto | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 6 min | Penalties | 20 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 31 | Shots | 27 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ranking and statistics
| 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: Dany Heatley
- Best Goaltender:
- Media All-Star Team:
- Goaltender: Henrik Lundqvist
- Defence:
Zdeno Chára, Dick Tärnström - Forwards: Dany Heatley,
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.
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dany Heatley | 9 | 8 | 3 | 11 | +3 | 4 | F |
| Ville Peltonen | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 | +6 | 2 | F |
| Jaromír Jágr | 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 | +2 | 6 | F |
| Martin Ručinský | 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 | +5 | 6 | F |
| Olli Jokinen | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +6 | 6 | F |
| Richard Park | 9 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +5 | 0 | F |
| Pavol Demitra | 9 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +5 | 4 | F |
| Miroslav Šatan | 9 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +4 | 4 | F |
| Daniel Brière | 9 | 2 | 6 | 8 | +2 | 6 | F |
| Shawn Horcoff | 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +4 | 8 | F |
| Václav Prospal | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +5 | 2 | F |
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.
| Player | MIP | SOG | GA | GAA | SVS% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ján Lašák | 538:37 | 195 | 9 | 1.00 | 95.38 | 4 |
| Tomáš Vokoun | 380:00 | 126 | 7 | 1.11 | 94.44 | 2 |
| Ty Conklin | 300:00 | 152 | 10 | 2.00 | 93.42 | 1 |
| Martin Gerber | 358:20 | 162 | 11 | 1.84 | 93.21 | 2 |
| Artūrs Irbe | 300:00 | 120 | 9 | 1.80 | 92.50 | 0 |
Source: IIHF.com
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]