2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
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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
. The attendance set at this tournament was a record that still stands, with an overall attendance at 552,097, and the record for the most average spectators per game at 9,858.
Note: and are demoted to Division I at the 2005 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
.
May 6
, Norway
, April 4-18.
, Poland
, April 12-18.
and are promoted to the 2005 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
. and are demoted to Division II.
, Spain
, April 12-18.
, Lithuania
, April 12-18.
and are promoted to Division I while and are demoted to Division III.
, Iceland
, March 16-21.
and are promoted to Division II
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
and Ostrava
Ostrava
Ostrava is the third largest city in the Czech Republic and the second largest urban agglomeration after Prague. Located close to the Polish border, it is also the administrative center of the Moravian-Silesian Region and of the Municipality with Extended Competence. Ostrava was candidate for the...
, Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
. Games for this Ice Hockey World Championships
Ice Hockey World Championships
The Ice Hockey World Championships are an annual ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation . First officially held at the 1920 Summer Olympics, it is the sport's highest profile annual international tournament. The IIHF was created in 1908 while the European...
tournament were played at Sazka Arena and ČEZ Aréna
CEZ Aréna
The ČEZ Aréna is an indoor arena used mainly for ice hockey matches, in Ostrava-Jih, Ostrava, Czech Republic. It opened in 1986 and underwent a €23.3 million reconstruction in 2003–2004. The capacity of the arena is 9,568, plus 18 skyboxes...
. The attendance set at this tournament was a record that still stands, with an overall attendance at 552,097, and the record for the most average spectators per game at 9,858.
Group A
| GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 6 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 |
- April 24: 1–3
- April 24: 4–2
- April 26: 1–1
- April 26: 7–0
- April 27: 1–4
- April 28: 5–1
Group B
| GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 4 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 |
- April 24: 2–0
- April 24: 4–2
- April 26: 5–1
- April 26: 3–3
- April 28: 1–7
- April 28: 5–2
Group C
| GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 6 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 4 | |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 2 | |
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 0 |
- April 24: 1–5
- April 25: 6–2
- April 25: 5–1
- April 27: 3–4
- April 27: 3–2
- April 28: 6–1
Group D
| GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 4 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
- April 24: 0–6
- April 25: 6–0
- April 25: 2–2
- April 27: 3–0
- April 27: 4–4
- April 28: 3–1
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 10 | |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 7 | |
| 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | |
| 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 4 | |
| 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 3 | |
| 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 2 |
- April 30: 2–0
- April 30: 2–0
- May 1: 1–1
- May 1: 1–3
- May 2: 1–3
- May 2: 6–1
- May 3: 5–2
- May 3: 6–2
- May 4: 0–1
Group F
| GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 8 | |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 8 | |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 7 | |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 15 | 5 | |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 2 | |
| 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 33 | 0 |
- April 30: 1–1
- April 30: 2–0
- May 1: 6–0
- May 1: 2–3
- May 2: 0–8
- May 2: 3–1
- May 3: 4–0
- May 3: 0–0
- May 4: 8–3
Group G
| GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 4 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | |
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 1 |
Note: and are demoted to Division I at the 2005 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
2005 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
The 2005 Men's Ice Hockey Championships were held March 7 - May 15, 2005, in 7 cities in 6 countries: Vienna and Innsbruck, Austria ; Debrecen, Hungary ; Eindhoven, the Netherlands ; Zagreb, Croatia ; Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro ; Mexico City, Mexico...
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Quarter-finals
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May 6
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Semi-finals
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Bronze medal game
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Gold medal game
May 9Goals
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Scoring leaders
| Player | G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to... | A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal... | P Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one... |
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8 | 3 | 11 |
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4 | 6 | 10 |
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5 | 4 | 9 |
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5 | 4 | 9 |
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5 | 3 | 8 |
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5 | 3 | 8 |
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4 | 4 | 8 |
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4 | 4 | 8 |
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2 | 6 | 8 |
Goaltending leaders
| Player | GAA Goals against average Goals Against Average is a statistic used in ice hockey, water polo, lacrosse, and soccer that is the mean of goals allowed per game by a goaltender.... | SV% Save percentage Save percentage is an ice hockey and lacrosse statistic that represents the percentage of shots on goal a goaltender stops... |
|---|---|---|
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0.00 | 1.000 |
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0.00 | 1.000 |
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0.00 | 1.000 |
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0.50 | 0.975 |
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1.00 | 0.954 |
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1.00 | 0.944 |
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1.00 | 0.909 |
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1.11 | 0.944 |
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1.64 | 0.925 |
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1.80 | 0.925 |
Group A
Division I, Group A played at OsloOslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
, April 4-18.
| GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 9 | 10 | |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 14 | 7 | |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 22 | 5 | |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 24 | 5 | |
| 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 18 | 3 | |
| 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 44 | 0 |
Group B
Division I, Group B played at GdańskGdansk
Gdańsk is a Polish city on the Baltic coast, at the centre of the country's fourth-largest metropolitan area.The city lies on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay , in a conurbation with the city of Gdynia, spa town of Sopot, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, April 12-18.
| GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 5 | 10 | |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 8 | |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 5 | |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 23 | 5 | |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 35 | 2 | |
| 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 42 | 0 |
and are promoted to the 2005 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
2005 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
The 2005 Men's Ice Hockey Championships were held March 7 - May 15, 2005, in 7 cities in 6 countries: Vienna and Innsbruck, Austria ; Debrecen, Hungary ; Eindhoven, the Netherlands ; Zagreb, Croatia ; Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro ; Mexico City, Mexico...
. and are demoted to Division II.
Group A
Division II, Group A played at JacaJaca
Jaca is a city of northeastern Spain near the border with France, in the midst of the Pyrenees in the province of Huesca...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, April 12-18.
| GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 13 | 8 | |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 6 | 8 | |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 18 | 7 | |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 5 | |
| 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 1 | |
| 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 70 | 1 |
Group B
Division II, Group B played at ElektrenaiElektrenai
Elektrėnai is a city of about 14,000 inhabitants in Lithuania; since 2000 it is the capital of the Elektrėnai municipality. It is situated between the two largest cities in Lithuania – Vilnius and Kaunas.-Name:Elektrėnai is the Lithuanian name of the city...
, Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
, April 12-18.
| GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 7 | 10 | |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 23 | 8 | |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 20 | 6 | |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 30 | 4 | |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 61 | 2 | |
| 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 48 | 0 |
and are promoted to Division I while and are demoted to Division III.
Division III
Division III was played at ReykjavíkReykjavík
Reykjavík is the capital and largest city in Iceland.Its latitude at 64°08' N makes it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói Bay...
, Iceland
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...
, March 16-21.
| GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 8 | 7 | |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 14 | 6 | |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 8 | 5 | |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 2 | |
| 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 73 | 0 |
and are promoted to Division II