2004 IIHF Men's InLine Hockey World Championship

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.

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)
← 2003
2005 →

Tournament Format edit

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 edit

Groups are based on the results of the previous World Championships and Qualifying Series

Top Division edit

Preliminary round edit

Group A edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

Play-off round edit

Draw edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

5th-place game edit

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

7th-place game edit

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

Bronze-medal game edit

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

Gold-medal game edit

July 17, 2004
v
Finland  5 - 9  United States

Ranking and statistics edit

Division I edit

Qualification edit

European Zone edit

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 edit

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 edit

Played in Taiwan

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

European-Asian Final edit

Played in Bad Tölz, Germany

July 10, 2004Belgium  10 - 7  Chinese Taipei

Preliminary round edit

Group C edit

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 edit

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 edit

Draw edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

5th-place game edit

July 16, 2004
v
Australia  9 - 3  New Zealand

7th-place game edit

July 16, 2004
v
Belgium  5 - 4  Argentina

Bronze-medal game edit

July 17, 2004
v
Hungary  5 - 7  Japan

Gold-medal game edit

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

Ranking and statistics edit

External links edit

References edit