# 2004 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships

The 2004 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships was the third IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships held between April 13, 2004 and April 24, 2004 at Kempehallen in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. Örnsköldsvik was also the host of the first Paralympic Winter Games in 1976. Participating countries: 104 athletes from eight nations Canada, Estonia, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Norway, Sweden, United States. The USA, Norway and Sweden were automatically qualified for their performance at the Salt Lake 2002 Paralympic Winter Games, while the other five teams were selected through regional championships.

## Final rankings

( Rosters are not yet complete )
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | 4th | 5th | 6th |
| Norway Eskil Hagen Atle Haglund Lloyd Remi Johansen Roger Johansen Rolf Einar Pedersen Tommy Rovelstad Kjell Vidar Røyne Geir Arne Skogstad Stig Tore Svee Arne Vik Morten Værnes | United States Dave Conklin Bradley Emmerson Manuel Guerra Jr. Lonnie Hannah Joe Howard Ahmad Karimzada Andrew "Taylor" Lipsett Christopher Manns Bruce Nelson Alexi Salamone Francis "Kip" St. Germaine  Sweden Björn Ferber C Aron Andersson Magnus Carlsson Marcus Holm Niklas Ingvarsson Kenth Jonsson Göran Karlsson Jens Kask Peter Melander Leif Norgren Frank Pedersen | Canada Jeremy Booker Bradley Bowden Billy Bridges Marc Dorion Raymond Grassi Jean Labonte Herve Lord Shawn Matheson Graeme Murray Todd Nicholson Mark Noot Paul Rosen Benoit St.Amand Dany Verner Greg Westlake | Great Britain Ian Warner C Richard Whitehead Nathan Stephens Karl Nicholson Russell Willey David French Steven Thomas A Simon James Berry A Mark Briggs Gary Farmer Phil Saunders Gary Vaughan Matt Lloyd | Japan Takayuki Endo Shinobu Fukushima Tadanobu Go Naohiko Ishida Tadashi Kato Taku Kobiyama Mitsuru Nagase Kanichi Naito Mamoru Ogiso Taimei Shiba Satoru Sudo Kazuhiro Takahashi Toshifumi Takeuchi Daisuke Uehara Mamoru Yoshikawa C |
* 7th Germany ( Gerd Bleidorn, Marius Hattendorf, Sebastian Kessler, Robert Pabst, Raimund Patzelt, Udo Segreff, Head coach: Michael Gursinsky, Coach: Wolfgang Kempe )
* 8th Estonia ( Valeri Falkenberg, Vladimir Karandašev, Ivar Liiv, Andrei Sokolov, Vladimir Savolainen, Sergei Vesselov, Kaido Kalm C, Aleksander Jarlõkov, Arvi Piirioja, Imre Tiitsu, Tarmo Eerma, Maksim Vedernikov, Jüri Tammleht, Head coach: Nikolai Lopassov, Coach: Olle Sildre )

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | USA | CAN | JPN | GBR |
| United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 9 | — | 2–1 | 4–3 | 3–1 |
| Canada | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 6 | 1–2 | — | 6–1 | 7–0 |
| Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 3 | 3–4 | 1–6 | — | 2–0 |
| Great Britain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 0 | 1–3 | 0–7 | 0–2 | — |

#### Schedule

All times are local (UTC+2)

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | NOR | SWE | GER | EST |
| Norway | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 9 | — | 3–1 | 6–0 | 4–0 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1–3 | — | 3–1 | 3–3 |
| Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 3 | 0–6 | 1–3 | — | 3–2 |
| Estonia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 1 | 0–4 | 3–3 | 2–3 | — |

#### Schedule

All times are local (UTC+2)
| Goals | 31:00 V. Savolainen 39.00 V. Savolainen 43:00 M. Vedernikov |
| S. Kessler 15:31, 40:00 U. Segreff 19:00 | Goals | I. Tiitsu |

## Final round
### 7th Place Playoff

| Goals | S. Kessler R. Patzelt U. Segreff |

### Bronze Medal Game

| P. Melander A. Andersson M. Holm | Goals |

### Gold Medal Game

| J. Howard 00:23 (ES) | Goals | 37:00 (ES) R. Pedresen 43:00 (ES) T. Rovelstad |