2004 World Ice Hockey Championships

2004 World Hockey Championship

Prague & Ostrava, Czech Republic
Apr 24 - May 9, 2004

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History of International Hockey

Canada Wins World Championship

Canada won the second straight championship with a 5-3 victory over Sweden in the Final of the 2004 World Championship

USA beat Slovakia 1-0 after a penalty shootout in the bronze-medal game.

Final round:

Quarterfinal
Sweden - Latvia 4-1 (3-0, 0-0, 1-1)	Semifinal
Quarterfinal	USA - Sweden 2-3 (0-2, 1-1, 1-0)
Czech Republic - USA 2-3 (0-0, 2-1, 0-1, 0-1)		Final
Quarterfinal		Sweden - Canada 3-5 (2-1, 1-2, 0-2)
Canada - Finland 5-4 (0-2, 3-1, 1-1, 1-0)	Semifinal
Quarterfinal	Slovakia - Canada 1-2 (0-0, 1-1, 0-1)
Slovakia - Switzerland 3-1 (0-1, 2-0, 1-0)

Teams were divided to four groups (A, B, C, D) for round-robin Preliminary Round.
Top three teams of each group advanced to the Qualifying Round in two groups (E,F).
Top four teams of each group advanced to Quarterfinals.

Note: Results from the Preliminary round among advancing teams carry over to the Qualifying round.

Qualifying Round:

Apr 30
Canada - Latvia	2-0 (1-0, 1-0, 0-0)
Sweden - Finland	1-1 (0-0, 0-1, 1-0)
Czech Republic - Austria	2-0 (0-0, 1-0, 1-0)
Slovakia - Russia	2-0 (0-0, 2-0, 0-0)
May 1
Latvia - Switzerland	1-1 (0-0, 0-0, 1-1)
Finland - Denmark	6-0 (2-0, 2-0, 2-0)
Austria - Germany	1-3 (0-1, 0-1, 1-1)
Russia - USA	2-3 (0-1, 2-0, 0-2)
May 2
Switzerland - Czech Republic	1-3 (0-0, 1-2, 0-1)
Denmark - Slovakia	0-8 (0-3, 0-4, 0-1)
Canada - Germany	6-1 (3-0, 2-1, 1-0)
Sweden - USA	3-1 (1-0, 0-1, 2-0)
May 3
Latvia - Austria	5-2 (0-1, 3-1, 2-0)
Finland - Russia	4-0 (0-0, 1-0, 3-0)
Czech Republic - Canada	6-2 (2-0, 1-1, 3-1)
Slovakia - Sweden	0-0 (0-0, 0-0, 0-0)
May 4
Germany - Switzerland	0-1 (0-0, 0-1, 0-0)
USA - Denmark	8-3 (4-3, 4-0, 0-0)

Qualifying Round Standings:
Group E

TEAM	GP	W	L	T	GF - GA	P
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

Group F

TEAM GP W L T GF - GA P

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 4 1 2 1 9 - 12 3

Russia 5 1 4 0 10 - 14 2

Denmark 4 0 4 0 3 - 25 0

Preliminary Round:

Apr 24
France - Austria	0-6 (0-2, 0-1, 0-3)
Slovakia - Ukraine	2-0 (2-0, 0-0, 0-0)
Latvia - Czech Republic	1-3 (0-3, 0-0, 1-0)
Denmark - Sweden	1-5 (1-2, 0-1, 0-2)
Germany - Kazakhstan	4-2 (0-0, 2-1, 2-1)
Finland - USA	4-2 (0-2, 2-0, 2-0)
Apr 25
Switzerland - France	6-0 (0-0, 4-0, 2-0)
Russia - Denmark	6-2 (2-0, 2-2, 2-0)
Austria - Canada	2-2 (1-0, 1-0, 0-2)
Sweden - Japan	5-1 (2-1, 2-0, 1-0)
Apr 26
Germany - Latvia	1-1 (0-1, 1-0, 0-0)
Finland - Ukraine	5-1 (2-1, 1-0, 2-0)
Czech Republic - Kazakhstan	7-0 (5-0, 0-0, 2-0)
USA - Slovakia	3-3 (0-1, 3-2, 0-0)
Apr 27
Canada - France	3-0 (2-0, 1-0, 0-0)
Switzerland - Austria	4-4 (0-0, 1-4, 3-0)
Japan - Denmark	3-4 (2-2, 1-1, 0-1)
Kazakhstan - Latvia	1-3 (0-0, 1-0, 0-3)
Sweden - Russia	3-2 (1-0, 0-2, 2-0)
Apr 28
Ukraine - USA	1-7 (0-3, 0-2, 1-2)
Canada - Switzerland	3-1 (0-0, 2-0, 1-1)
Russia - Japan	6-1 (4-1, 1-0, 1-0)
Czech Republic - Germany	5-1 (1-0, 0-1, 4-0)
Slovakia - Finland	5-2 (2-1, 1-1, 2-0)

Relegation round

Preliminary Round Standings:
Group A

TEAM	GP	W	L	T	GF - GA	P
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

Group B

TEAM GP W L T GF - GA P

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

Group C

TEAM GP W L T GF - GA P

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

Group D

TEAM GP W L T GF - GA P

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

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