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The 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2004 WJHC) was held between December 26, 2003, and January 5, 2004, in Helsinki and Hämeenlinna, Finland.[1] The United States won their first ever gold medal, after defeating Canada 4–3 in the final.

Host country Finland
Venues2 (in 2 host cities)
DatesDecember 26, 2003 – January 5, 2004
Teams10
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2004 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Finland
Venues2 (in 2 host cities)
DatesDecember 26, 2003 – January 5, 2004
Teams10
Final positions
Champions  United States (1st title)
Runners-up  Canada
Third place  Finland
Fourth place Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played31
Goals scored190 (6.13 per game)
Attendance116,556 (3,760 per game)
Scoring leaderCanada Nigel Dawes (11 points)
Awards
MVPUnited States Zach Parise
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Venues

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Helsinki Ice Arena
Capacity: 8,200		 Hameenlinna Ice Arena
Capacity: 5,360
 Finland – Helsinki  Finland – Hämeenlinna
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Rosters

Main article: 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters

Top Division

Preliminary round

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 4 4 0 0 21 4 +17 8 Semifinals
2  Slovakia 4 2 1 1 9 7 +2 5 Quarterfinals
3  Russia 4 2 1 1 11 10 +1 5
4  Sweden 4 1 0 3 13 10 +3 2 Relegation round
5  Austria 4 0 0 4 1 24 −23 0
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All times local (EET/UTC+2).

December 26, 2003
15:00		Slovakia 2–2
(0–1, 1–0, 0–1)		 RussiaHämeenlinna
Attendance: 3,884
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Jaroslav HalákGoaliesKonstantin BarulinReferee:
Canada Derek Herman
Linesmen:
Finland Stefan Fonselius
Finland Seppo Lindroos
0 – 102:43 – PP1 – Ovechkin (Shkotov, Pestunov)
Ružička (Bulík, Špirko) – 21:021 – 1
1 – 240:30 – Shkotov (Ovechkin, Korneev)
Šagát (Baláž) – 50:372 – 2
12 minPenalties6 min
28Shots33
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December 26, 2003
18:30		Austria 0–8
(0–2, 0–3, 0–3)		 United StatesHämeenlinna
Attendance: 3,947
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Mathias LangeGoaliesAl MontoyaReferee:
Russia Sergej Kafrabanov
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Stanislav Barvir
Canada Derek Doucette
0 – 102:09 – PP1 – Wisniewski (Parise)
0 – 208:12 – Sterling (Stuart, Montoya)
0 – 330:49 – PP2 – Parise (Richmond, Eaves)
0 – 431:05 – PP1 – Kesler (Eaves)
0 – 534:46 – SH1 – Eaves (Likens)
0 – 648:55 – Parise (Fritsche)
0 – 752:17 – PP1 – Parise (Wisniewski)
0 – 854:14 – Sterling (Stuart)
14 minPenalties18 min
15Shots61
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December 27, 2003
16:00		Sweden 7–0
(1–0, 1–0, 5–0)		 AustriaHämeenlinna
Attendance: 741
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Joakim LundstromGoaliesMathias LangeReferee:
Finland Jyri Petteri Ronn
Linesmen:
Norway Thomas Geinke
Germany Christian Neubert
Blomdahl (Björk, Eckerblom) – 10:471 – 0
Kalgoum (Salmonsson) – 32:192 – 0
Johnsson (Eckerblom, Andersson) – 46:533 – 0
Steen (Eriksson) – 47:424 – 0
Danielsson (Tang) – PP1 - 54:025 – 0
Fransson (Nilsson, Andersson) – 54:326 – 0
Fransson (Blomqvist, Danielsson) – PP2 – 58:557 – 0
10 minPenalties24 min
43Shots16
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December 28, 2003
15:00		United States 5–0
(1–0, 1–0, 3–0)		 SlovakiaHämeenlinna
Attendance: 3,938
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Al MontoyaGoaliesJaroslav HalákReferee:
Czech Republic Vladimír Šindler
Linesmen:
Canada Derek Doucette
Finland Stefan Fonselius
Booth (Dowell) - 08:051 – 0
Murray (Richmond) – PP1 – 27:002 – 0
Murray – 44:323 – 0
Kesler – PP1 – 48:154 – 0
Werner (Parise) – 50:235 – 0
16 minPenalties28 min
43Shots18
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December 28, 2003
18:30		Russia 5–3
(2–0, 0–2, 3–1)		 SwedenHelsinki
Attendance: 2,801
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Konstantin BarulinGoaliesJoakim LundströmReferee:
Germany Wilhelm Schimm
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Stanislav Barvir
Finland Seppo Lindroos
Semin (Malkin, Anshakov) – PP1 – 07:071 – 0
Ovechkin (Korneev, Malkin) – PP1 – 18:302 – 0
2 – 135:08 – Andersson (Valdix)
2 – 236:15 – Kalgoum (Hult)
Anshakov (Malkin) – 46:383 – 2
3 – 350:55 – PP1 – Nilsson (Björk, Tang)
Anshakov (Spiridonov, Semin) – 56:354 – 3
Shkotov (Ovechkin, Pestunov) – ENG – 59:595 – 3
10 minPenalties20 min
29Shots26
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December 29, 2003
18:30		Austria 1–3
(0–1, 1–1, 0–1)		 RussiaHämeenlinna
Attendance: 831
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Mathias Lange
Thomas Innerwinkler		GoaliesDenis KhudyakovReferee:
Canada Derek Herman
Linesmen:
Finland Stefan Fonselius
Germany Christian Neubert
0 – 117:38 – Anshakov (Gimaev, Semin)
Vanek (Latusa, Harand) – 26:551 – 1
1 – 231:32 – Malkin (Spiridonov, Khudyakov)
1 – 353:14 – Ovechkin (Korneev, Shkotov)
12 minPenalties8 min
17Shots50
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December 30, 2003
16:00		United States 4–3
(2–0, 1–2, 1–1)		 SwedenHämeenlinna
Attendance: 3,948
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Al MontoyaGoaliesMagnus Åkerlund
Joakim Lundström		Referee:
Canada Derek Herman
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Stanislav Barvir
Finland Seppo Lindroos
Werner (Wisniewski, Parise) – PP1 – 05:261 – 0
Carle (Dowell, Stafford) – 11:292 – 0
2 – 125:34 – Steen
Sterling (Moore, Suter) – 33:213 – 1
3 – 235:22 – Fransson (Valdix, Andersson)
3 – 347:25 – PP1 – Meijer (Enström)
Werner (Parise, Wisniewski) – SH1 – 48:424 – 3
12 minPenalties14 min
40Shots25
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December 30, 2003
19:30		Slovakia 6–0
(1–0, 4–0, 1–0)		 AustriaHämeenlinna
Attendance: 3,935
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Jaroslav HalákGoaliesMathias Lange
Thomas Innerwinkler		Referee:
Finland Jyri Petteri Ronn
Linesmen:
Norway Thomas Gienke
Finland Seppo Lindroos
Meszároš (Pokrivčák, Špirko) – PP1 – 08:211 – 0
Ružička (Stehlík) – 29:212 – 0
Stehlík (Biermann, Lukáč) – 29:293 – 0
Ružička – 31:414 – 0
Troliga (Špirko, Baranka) – 33:495 – 0
Špirko (Hruška, Pokrivčák) – 50:126 – 0
10 minPenalties6 min
42Shots21
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December 31, 2003
16:00		Russia 1–4
(0–3, 0–1, 1–0)		 United StatesHämeenlinna
Attendance: 3,874
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Konstantin Barulin
Denis Khudyakov		GoaliesAl MontoyaReferee:
Czech Republic Vladimír Šindler
Linesmen:
Canada Derek Doucette
Czech Republic Stanislav Barvir
0 – 109:45 – PP1 – O'Sullivan (Eaves, Suter)
0 – 218:48 – PP2 – Parise (Eaves)
0 – 319:21 – PP1 – Werner (Parise)
0 – 435:57 – SH1 – Parise
Anshakov (Gimaev, Spiridonov) – PP2 – 50:451 – 4
34 minPenalties24 min
30Shots35
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December 31, 2003
19:30		Sweden 0–1
(0–0, 0–0, 0–1)		 SlovakiaHämeenlinna
Attendance: 3,860
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Joakim LundströmGoaliesJaroslav HalákReferee:
Finland Jyri Petteri Ronn
Linesmen:
Finland Seppo Lindroos
Finland Stefan Fonselius
0 – 159:24 – ENG – Fábry (Ružička, Bulík)
4 minPenalties4 min
28Shots24
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Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 4 4 0 0 25 4 +21 8 Semifinals
2  Finland 4 3 0 1 19 6 +13 6 Quarterfinals
3  Czech Republic 4 2 0 2 14 9 +5 4
4   Switzerland 4 1 0 3 14 11 +3 2 Relegation round
5  Ukraine 4 0 0 4 1 43 −42 0
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Source: [citation needed]

All times local (EET/UTC+2).

December 26, 2003
15:00		Czech Republic 8–0
(4–0, 4–0, 0–0)		 UkraineHelsinki
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December 26, 2003
18:30		Canada 3–0
(1–0, 1–0, 1–0)		 FinlandHelsinki
Attendance: 3,947
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Referee:
Sweden Thomas Andersson
Linesmen:
Slovakia Miroslav Halecký
Sweden Mikael Ljungqvist
Phaneuf (Stewart, Dawes) – 15:521 – 0
Paille (Talbot) – 32:412 – 0
Stewart (Richards) – 44:273 – 0
8 minPenalties4 min
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December 27, 2003
16:00		Switzerland 11–0
(3–0, 5–0, 3–0)		 UkraineHelsinki
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December 28, 2003
15:00		Canada 7–2
(3–1, 1–0, 3–1)		  SwitzerlandHelsinki
Attendance: 1,320
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Marc-André FleuryGoaliesDaniel ManzatoReferee:
Slovakia Peter Ország
Linesmen:
Germany Christian Neubert
Norway Thomas Gienke
0 – 104:43 – Grauwiler (Bärtschi)
Richards – PS – 08:131 – 1
Coburn (Burns) – 10:462 – 1
Getzlaf (Seabrook) – PP1 – 16:243 – 1
Getzlaf (Carter, Burns) – 23:354 – 1
Stewart (Dawes) – 41:415 – 1
5 – 243:09 – Ehrensperger
Stewart (Dawes) – 52:576 – 2
Crosby (Phaneuf, Stewart) – 59:467 – 2
6 minPenalties6 min
42Shots23
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December 28, 2003
18:30		Finland 3–2
(0–2, 1–0, 2–0)		 Czech RepublicHämeenlinna
Attendance: 4,418
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Konstantin BarulinGoaliesJoakim LundströmReferee:
Russia Sergej Karabanov
Linesmen:
Russia Konstantin Gordenko
United States Allen Stensland
0 – 1Olesz (Hudler, Chvátal) – 12:36
0 – 2Olesz (Kašpar) – 17:42
39:32 – Töykkälä1 – 2
40:17 – PP1 – Lepisto (Salmela, Filppula)2 – 2
55:40 – Filppula (Bergenheim)3 – 2
39 minPenalties20 min
35Shots24
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December 29, 2003
18:30		Ukraine 0–10
(0–3, 0–6, 0–1)		 CanadaHelsinki
Attendance: 992
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Yevgeniy Galyuk
Illia Tarankov		GoaliesJosh HardingReferee:
Vladimír Šindler
Linesmen:
United States Allen Stensland
Norway Thomas Gienke
0 – 100:33 – Carter (Burns)
0 – 201:17 – Stewart (Richards, Seabrook)
0 – 314:17 – PP1 – Seabrook (Getzlaf, Gorges)
0 – 423:10 – Tambellini (Dixon)
0 – 528:25 – Crosby (Tambellini)
0 – 629:54 – Dawes (Carter, Stewart)
0 – 732:05 – Brent (Talbot)
0 – 832:56 – Dawes (Gorges)
0 – 937:12 – PP1 – Paille (Talbot, Brent)
0 – 1054:50 – PP1 – Paille (Tambellini, Belle)
14 minPenalties8 min
11Shots55
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December 30, 2003
16:00		Switzerland 1–2
(1–1, 0–0, 0–1)		 Czech RepublicHelsinki
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December 30, 2003
19:30		Ukraine 1–14
(0–4, 1–4, 0–6)		 FinlandHelsinki
Attendance: 4,271
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Illia TarankovGoaliesMikael VuorioReferee:
Slovakia Peter Ország
Linesmen:
Germany Christian Neubert
Slovakia Miroslav Halecký
0 – 105:50 – Tukonen (Oksa)
0 – 211:13 – Kontiola (Tukonen)
0 – 312:34 – Lepistö (Filppula, Bergenheim)
0 – 418:16 – Lepistö (Immonen, Marjamäki)
0 – 520:59 – PP1 – Immonen (Kantee)
0 – 629:31 – Jalasvaara (Töykkälä)
Lubnin (Katrych, Kyrychenko) – PP1 – 32:311 – 6
1 – 738:26 – PP2 – Filppula (Varakas, Bergenheim)
1 – 839:13 – PP2 – Lepistö (Salmela)
1 – 943:43 – Salmela (Töykkälä, Immonen)
1 – 1048:59 – SH1 – Filppula
1 – 1151:18 – PP1 – Bergenheim (Lepistö)
1 – 1253:28 – Piispanen (Nurmi)
1 – 1354:11 – Immonen (Varakas)
1 – 1459:41 – Nurmi (Kalteva)
14 minPenalties10 min
15Shots60
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December 31, 2003
16:00		Czech Republic 2–5
(0–3, 1–2, 1–0)		 CanadaHelsinki
Attendance: 2,816
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Marek Schwarz
Tomáš Pöpperle		GoaliesMarc-André FleuryReferee:
Sweden Thomas Andersson
Linesmen:
Sweden Mikael Ljungqvist
United States Allen Stensland
0 – 106:53 – Tambellini (Crosby)
0 – 216:01 – Carter (Getzlaf, Burns)
0 – 319:30 – PP2 – Dawes (Stewart, Meech)
0 – 429:59 – PP1 – Phaneuf (Getzlaf)
Ovčáčík (Kanko, Koreis) – 34:471 – 4
1 – 539:41 – Carter (Phaneuf)
Šmíd (Hudler) – PP1 – 50:182 – 5
12 minPenalties24 min
29Shots30
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December 31, 2003
19:30		Finland 2–0
(1–0, 0–0, 1–0)		  SwitzerlandHelsinki
Attendance: 3,680
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Hannu ToivonenGoaliesMichael ToblerReferee:
Germany Wilhelm Schimm
Linesmen:
Russia Konstantin Gordenko
Slovakia Miroslav Halecký
Nokelainen (Filppula) – 19:111 – 0
Junnila (Varakas) – 55:372 – 0
2 minPenalties4 min
40Shots8
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Relegation round

Results from any games played during the preliminary round were carried forward to the relegation round.

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1  Sweden 3 3 0 0 15 3 +12 6
2   Switzerland 3 2 0 1 20 6 +14 4
3  Austria 3 0 1 2 4 15 −11 1 Relegated to the 2005 Division I
4  Ukraine 3 0 1 2 2 17 −15 1
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Source: [citation needed]

(all games at Hämeenlinna)

January 2

  • Sweden 4–0 Ukraine
  • Switzerland 6–2 Austria

January 3

  • Austria 2–2 Ukraine
  • Sweden 4–3 Switzerland

Playoff round

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
A1  United States 2
B2  Finland 4 B2  Finland 1
A3  Russia 3 A1  United States 4
B1  Canada 3
B1  Canada 7
A2  Slovakia 2 B3  Czech Republic 1
B3  Czech Republic 4 Third place
B2  Finland 2
B3  Czech Republic 1

Quarterfinals

2 January 2004
16:00		Slovakia 2–4
(1–1, 1–3, 0–0)		 Czech RepublicHelsinki Ice Arena, Helsinki
Attendance: 4,502
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12 minPenalties14 min
32Shots47
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2 January 2004
20:00		Finland 4–3
(1–1, 1–1, 2–1)		 RussiaHelsinki Ice Arena, Helsinki
Attendance: 5,720
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8 minPenalties12 min
36Shots22
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Semifinals

3 January 2004
15:00		Canada 7–1
(2–1, 1–0, 4–0)		 Czech RepublicHelsinki Ice Arena, Helsinki
Attendance: 4,911
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35 minPenalties10 min
34Shots16
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3 January 2004
19:00		United States 2–1
(1–0, 0–0, 1–1)		 FinlandHelsinki Ice Arena, Helsinki
Attendance: 6,965
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10 minPenalties8 min
29Shots26
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Fifth place game

4 January 2004
15:00		Russia 3–2
(0–0, 2–1, 1–1)		 SlovakiaHelsinki Ice Arena, Helsinki
Attendance: 1,940
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33 minPenalties14 min
28Shots21
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Bronze medal game

5 January 2004
15:00		Czech Republic 1–2
(0–0, 1–0, 0–2)		 FinlandHelsinki Ice Arena, Helsinki
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10 minPenalties4 min
17Shots30
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Final

5 January 2004
19:00		Canada 3–4
(1–1, 2–0, 0–3)		 United StatesHelsinki Ice Arena, Helsinki
Attendance: 7,364
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6 minPenalties6 min
30Shots28
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The victory gave the United States its first WJC gold medal ever, and its first medal since a silver medal in 1997 when it lost 2–0 to Canada in the final.

Scoring leaders

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Pos Player Country GP G A Pts
1Nigel Dawes Canada66511
2Zach Parise United States65611
2Anthony Stewart Canada65611
4Valtteri Filppula Finland7459
5Sami Lepistö Finland7448
6Patrik Bärtschi  Switzerland6358
7Sergei Anshakov Russia6527
7Jeff Carter Canada6527
7Gianni Ehrensperger  Switzerland6527
7Alexander Ovechkin Russia6527
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GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes

Goaltending leaders

Minimum 40% of team's ice time.

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Rank Player Country TOI SOG GA GAA Saves Sv % SO
1Al Montoya United States360:0014481.3313694.442
2Joakim Lundström Sweden299:0810571.409893.331
3Denis Khudyakov Russia160:005841.505493.100
4Jaroslav Halák Slovakia360:00194142.3318092.782
5Hannu Toivonen Finland357:25137111.8512691.971
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Tournament awards

More information IIHF Directorate Awards, Media All-Star Team ...
IIHF Directorate AwardsMedia All-Star Team
Goaltender United States Al MontoyaUnited States Al Montoya
Defencemen Finland Sami LepistöCanada Dion Phaneuf
Finland Sami Lepistö
Forwards United States Zach PariseFinland Valtteri Filppula
Canada Jeff Carter
United States Zach Parise
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Most Valuable Player

United States Zach Parise

Final standings

More information Team ...
Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Finland
4 Czech Republic
5 Russia
6 Slovakia
7 Sweden
8  Switzerland
9 Austria
10 Ukraine
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Division I

The Division I Championships were played on December 14–20, 2003 in Berlin, Germany (Group A) and on December 13–19, 2003 in Briançon, France (Group B).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Germany 5 3 2 0 29 10 +19 8 Promoted to the 2005 Top Division
2  Denmark 5 3 1 1 23 16 +7 7
3  Slovenia 5 3 0 2 18 19 −1 6
4  Latvia 5 2 2 1 35 19 +16 6
5  Kazakhstan 5 1 1 3 16 19 −3 3
6  Hungary 5 0 0 5 8 46 −38 0 Relegated to the 2005 Division II
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Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Belarus 5 5 0 0 34 11 +23 10 Promoted to the 2005 Top Division
2  Norway 5 3 0 2 21 10 +11 6
3  France 5 3 0 2 22 16 +6 6
4  Italy 5 3 0 2 15 18 −3 6
5  Estonia 5 1 0 4 9 33 −24 2
6  Japan 5 0 0 5 9 22 −13 0 Relegated to the 2005 Division II
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Division II

The Division II Championships were played on December 28, 2003 – January 3, 2004 in Sosnowiec, Poland (Group A) and on January 5–11, 2004 in Kaunas and Elektrėnai, Lithuania (Group B).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Poland 5 5 0 0 59 4 +55 10 Promoted to the 2005 Division I
2  Romania 5 3 1 1 44 16 +28 7
3  Netherlands 5 3 0 2 32 19 +13 6
4  Spain 5 2 1 2 21 32 −11 5
5  Belgium 5 1 0 4 16 31 −15 2
6  Iceland 5 0 0 5 10 80 −70 0 Relegated to the 2005 Division III
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Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Great Britain 5 5 0 0 38 5 +33 10 Promoted to the 2005 Division I
2  South Korea 5 4 0 1 45 7 +38 8
3  Croatia 5 2 0 3 18 18 0 4
4  Serbia and Montenegro 5 2 0 3 15 21 −6 4
5  Lithuania 5 2 0 3 12 25 −13 4
6  South Africa 5 0 0 5 4 56 −52 0 Relegated to the 2005 Division III
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Source: [citation needed]

Division III

The Division III Championship was played on January 5–11, 2004 in Sofia, Bulgaria.

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1  Australia 5 5 0 0 42 13 +29 10 Promoted to the 2005 Division II
2  China 5 4 0 1 41 10 +31 8
3  Mexico 5 3 0 2 25 16 +9 6
4  Turkey 5 1 0 4 10 38 −28 2
5  Bulgaria 5 1 0 4 13 34 −21 2
6  New Zealand 5 1 0 4 10 30 −20 2
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Source: IIHF

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