2004 IIHF Men's InLine Hockey World Championship

2004 IIHF Men's InLine Hockey World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Germany
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates10–17 July 2004
Teams16
Final positions
Champions  United States (4th title)
Runner-up  Finland
Third place  Sweden
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)United States Ernie Hartlieb (19 points)
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The 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was the ninth 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 four 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 fourth 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

Top Division

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD 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
Source: [citation needed]

Group loser sent to compete in qualification round

July 10, 2004
19:00		Germany 3 - 5 FinlandBad Tölz, Germany
July 11, 2004
18:00		Germany 6 - 7 Czech RepublicBad Tölz, Germany
July 11, 2004
20:00		Finland 9 - 3 AustriaBad Tölz, Germany
July 12, 2004
16:00		Czech Republic 2 - 3 AustriaBad Tölz, Germany
July 13, 2004
18:00		Finland 10 - 4 Czech RepublicBad Tölz, Germany
July 13, 2004
20:00		Austria 2 - 5 GermanyBad Tölz, Germany

Group B

Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD 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 −15 1
Source: [citation needed]

Group loser sent to compete in qualification round

July 11, 2004United States 7 - 3 SlovakiaBad Tölz, Germany
July 11, 2004Sweden 13 - 2 SloveniaBad Tölz, Germany
July 12, 2004United States 6 - 3 SloveniaBad Tölz, Germany
July 12, 2004Slovakia 1 - 9 SwedenBad Tölz, Germany
July 13, 2004Slovenia 5 - 6 (OT) SlovakiaBad Tölz, Germany
July 13, 2004Sweden 4 - 5 (OT) United StatesBad Tölz, Germany

Qualifying round

July 14, 2004Slovenia 15 - 0 BrazilBad Tölz, Germany
July 13, 2004Austria 11 - 4 Great BritainBad Tölz, Germany

Play-off round

Draw

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
A3  Czech Republic 7
B2  Sweden 9
QF1  Sweden 2
QF2  Finland 5
QRW1  Slovenia 2
A1  Finland 9
SF2  Finland 5
SF1  United States 9
B3  Slovakia 3
A2  Germany 6
QF3  Germany 2 Bronze-medal game
QF4  United States 5
QRW2  Austria 5 SF1  Sweden 3
B1  United States 6 SF2  Germany 2

Quarter-finals

July 15, 2004Sweden 9 - 7 Czech Republic
July 15, 2004United States 6 - 5 (OT) Austria
July 15, 2004Germany 6 - 3 Slovakia
July 15, 2004Finland 9 - 2 Slovenia

Semi-finals

July 16, 2004United States 5 - 2 Germany
July 16, 2004Finland 5 - 2 Sweden

5th-place game

July 16, 2004
v		Slovakia 4 - 3 (OT) Czech Republic

7th-place game

July 16, 2004
v		Slovenia 3 - 4 (OT) Austria

Bronze-medal game

July 17, 2004
v		Sweden 3 - 2 (OT) Germany

Gold-medal game

July 17, 2004
v		Finland 5 - 9 United States

Ranking and statistics

Division I

Qualification

European Zone

Played in Loverval, Belgium

Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
 Belgium 2 2 0 0 0 26 5 +21 4
 Liechtenstein 2 1 0 0 1 18 11 +7 2
 Portugal 2 0 0 0 2 3 31 −28 0
Source: [citation needed]
February 20, 2004Belgium 8 - 5 Liechtenstein
February 21, 2004Belgium 18 - 0 Portugal
February 22, 2004Liechtenstein 13 - 3 Portugal

Southern Hemisphere Zone

Played in South Africa

Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
 Argentina 2 2 0 0 0 15 1 +14 4
 South Africa 2 1 0 0 1 5 10 −5 2
 Namibia 2 0 0 0 2 3 12 −9 0
Source: [citation needed]
February 20, 2004Argentina 7 - 1 Namibia
February 21, 2004South Africa 5 - 2 Namibia
February 22, 2004Argentina 8 - 0 South Africa

Asian Zone

Played in Taiwan

February 20, 2004Chinese Taipei 18 - 2 Hong Kong
February 21, 2004Chinese Taipei 12 - 1 Hong Kong

European-Asian Final

Played in Bad Tölz, Germany

July 10, 2004Belgium 10 - 7 Chinese Taipei

Preliminary round

Group C

Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD 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
 Belgium 3 0 0 0 3 8 40 −32 0
Source: [citation needed]

Group Winner sent to compete in qualification round

July 11, 2004Hungary 3 - 9 Great BritainBad Tölz, Germany
July 11, 2004Japan 16 - 3 BelgiumBad Tölz, Germany
July 12, 2004Hungary 9 - 4 BelgiumBad Tölz, Germany
July 12, 2004Great Britain 7 - 4 JapanBad Tölz, Germany
July 13, 2004Japan 3 - 4 HungaryBad Tölz, Germany
July 13, 2004
20:00		Belgium 1 - 15 Great BritainBad Tölz, Germany

Group B

Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD 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
Source: [citation needed]

Group winner sent to compete in qualification round

July 11, 2004Australia 7 - 6 New ZealandBad Tölz, Germany
July 11, 2004Brazil 5 - 0 ArgentinaBad Tölz, Germany
July 12, 2004Australia 11 - 4 ArgentinaBad Tölz, Germany
July 12, 2004New Zealand 5 - 7 BrazilBad Tölz, Germany
July 13, 2004Argentina 1 - 10 New ZealandBad Tölz, Germany
July 13, 2004
20:00		Brazil 5 - 3 AustraliaBad Tölz, Germany

Play-off round

Draw

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
C3  Japan 10
D2  Australia 2
QF1  Japan 5
QF2  Great Britain 8
D4  Argentina 3
C1  Great Britain 8
SF2  Great Britain 5
SF1  Brazil 4
D3  New Zealand 0
C2  Hungary '10
QF3  Hungary 4 Bronze-medal game
QF4  Brazil 5
C4  Belgium 3 SF1  Japan 7
D1  Brazil 8 SF2  Hungary 5

Quarter-finals

July 15, 2004Australia 2 - 10 Japan
July 15, 2004Hungary 10 - 0 New Zealand
July 15, 2004Brazil 8 - 3 Belgium
July 15, 2004Great Britain 8 - 3 Argentina

Semi-finals

July 16, 2004Brazil 5 - 4 (OT) Hungary
July 16, 2004Great Britain 8 - 5 Japan

5th-place game

July 16, 2004
v		Australia 9 - 3 New Zealand

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

July 17, 2004
v		Great Britain 5 - 4 (OT) Brazil

Ranking and statistics

References

  1. ^ a b And the 2004 Directorate Award winners are Archived 2012-02-10 at the Wayback Machine