2004 IIHF Men's InLine Hockey World Championship
2004 IIHF Men's InLine Hockey World Championship| Tournament details |
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| Host country |
 Germany |
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| Teams |
16 |
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| Venue(s) |
1 (in 1 host city) |
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| Final positions |
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Champions  |
 United States (4th title) |
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| Scoring leader(s) |
Ernie Hartlieb (19 points) |
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The 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was the 9th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It took place between July 10 and July 17, 2004.
Tournament Format
The preliminary round will be played in 4 groups (A-D) with 4 teams each. The groups A and B form the Top Division, the groups C and D form Division I. The two last-placed teams of the groups A and B and the two first-placed teams of the groups C and D play for 4th place in group A and B to participate in the Top Division playoffs. The losers of those games play as first placed teams in group C and D to participate in the Division I playoffs. Playoffs starting with the quarterfinals and placement games will be played both in the Top Division and in Division I.
All games in the preliminary round and in the playoffs will be played with 5-minute sudden-death overtime and a penalty shootout in case of a tie. The final games will be played with a 12- minute sudden-death overtime, followed by a penalty shootout competition in case of a tie.
Teams will be awarded points on the following system:
- Win after regular time = 3 points
- Win after overtime or shootout = 2 points
- Loss after overtime or shootout = 1 point
- Loss after regular time = 0 points
Participating teams
Groups are based on the results of the previous World Championships and Qualifying Series
- Group A - Top Division
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- Group B - Top Division
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- Group C - Division I
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- Group D - Division I
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Top Division
Preliminary Round
Group A
| Team |
GP |
W |
OTW |
OTL |
L |
GF |
GA |
DIF |
PTS |
 Finland |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 14 | 9 |
| Germany |
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 3 |
 Czech Republic |
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 19 | -6 | 3 |
 Austria |
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 3 |
Group loser sent to compete in qualification round
Group B
| Team |
GP |
W |
OTW |
OTL |
L |
GF |
GA |
DIF |
PTS |
| United States |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 8 |
 Sweden |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 18 | 7 |
 Slovakia |
3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 20 | -11 | 2 |
 Slovenia |
3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 24 | -14 | 1 |
Group loser sent to compete in qualification round
Qualifying Round
Play-off Round
Draw
Quarter-finals
| July 15, 2004 | Germany | 6 - 3
| Slovakia | |
| July 15, 2004 | Finland | 9 - 2
| Slovenia | |
Semi-finals
5th Place Game
7th Place Game
July 16, 2004
v | Slovenia | 3 - 4 (OT)
| Austria | |
Bronze Medal Game
Gold Medal Game
Ranking and statistics
Final standings
The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:
Tournament Awards
- Best players selected by the directorate:[1]
- Best Goalkeeper: Ari Luostarinen
- Best Defenseman: Ernie Hartlieb
- Best Forward: Dejan Matejic
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Division I
Preliminary Round
Group C
| Team |
GP |
W |
OTW |
OTL |
L |
GF |
GA |
DIF |
PTS |
 Great Britain |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 8 | 23 | 9 |
 Hungary |
3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 6 |
 Japan |
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 3 |
.svg.png) Belgium |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 40 | -32 | 0 |
Group Winner sent to compete in qualification round
Group B
| Team |
GP |
W |
OTW |
OTL |
L |
GF |
GA |
DIF |
PTS |
 Brazil |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
 Australia |
3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 6 |
 New Zealand |
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 3 |
 Argentina |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 26 | -21 | 0 |
Group winner sent to compete in qualification round
Play-off Round
Draw
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Quarterfinal |
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C3 |
Japan |
10 |
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D2 |
Australia |
2 |
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Semifinal |
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QF1 |
Japan |
5 |
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Quarterfinal |
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QF2 |
Great Britain |
8 |
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D4 |
Argentina |
3 |
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C1 |
Great Britain |
8 |
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Final |
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SF2 |
Great Britain |
5 |
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Quarterfinal |
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SF1 |
Brazil |
4 |
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D3 |
New Zealand |
0 |
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C2 |
Hungary |
'10 |
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Semifinal |
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Bronze medal game |
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QF3 |
Hungary |
4 |
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SF1 |
Japan |
7 |
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Quarterfinal |
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QF4 |
Brazil |
5 |
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SF2 |
Hungary |
5 |
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C4 |
Belgium |
3 |
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D1 |
Brazil |
8 |
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Quarter-finals
| July 15, 2004 | Hungary | 10 - 0
| New Zealand | |
| July 15, 2004 | Brazil | 8 - 3
| Belgium | |
Semi-finals
| July 16, 2004 | Brazil | 5 - 4 (OT)
| Hungary | |
5th Place Game
7th Place Game
July 16, 2004
v | Belgium | 5 - 4
| Argentina | |
Bronze Medal Game
July 17, 2004
v | Hungary | 5 - 7
| Japan | |
Gold Medal Game
Ranking and statistics
External links
References
- 1 2 And the 2004 Directorate Award winners are
