# 2004 IIHF World Championship

The 2004 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship was held between 24 April and 9 May 2004 in Prague and Ostrava, Czech Republic.
It was the 68th ice Hockey World Championships, and was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).

## Qualification

Far Eastern Qualification for the tournament was held on 6 September 2003 in Tokyo, Japan.
All times are local.

## Final tournament
### Venues

| Prague | PragueOstrava | Ostrava |
| Sazka Arena Capacity: 17,360 | PragueOstrava | ČEZ Arena Capacity: 9,568 |

### Preliminary round

Sixteen participating teams were placed in the following four groups. After playing a round-robin, the top three teams in each group advanced to the qualifying round while the last team competed in the relegation round.
All times are local (UTC+2).

#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Czech Republic (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 6 | Qualifying round |
| 2 | Latvia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | Qualifying round |
| 3 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 3 | Qualifying round |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 0 | Relegation round |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Slovakia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 5 | Qualifying round |
| 2 | Finland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 4 | Qualifying round |
| 3 | United States | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 3 | Qualifying round |
| 4 | Ukraine | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 0 | Relegation round |

#### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sweden | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 6 | Qualifying round |
| 2 | Russia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 4 | Qualifying round |
| 3 | Denmark | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 2 | Qualifying round |
| 4 | Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 0 | Relegation round |

#### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Canada | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 5 | Qualifying round |
| 2 | Austria | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 4 | Qualifying round |
| 3 | Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 3 | Qualifying round |
| 4 | France | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | −15 | 0 | Relegation round |

### Qualifying round

The top three teams in the standings of each group of the preliminary round advance to the qualifying round, and are placed in two groups: teams from Groups A and D compete in Group E, while teams from Groups B and C compete in Group F.
Each team is to play three games in this round, one against each of the three teams from the other group with which they have been paired. These three games, along with the two games already played against the other two advancing teams from the same group in the preliminary round, will count in the qualifying round standings.
The top four teams in both groups E and F advanced to the Playoff round.

#### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Czech Republic (H) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | +14 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Canada | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 7 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Latvia | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Switzerland | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Germany | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 3 | |
| 6 | Austria | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 2 | |

#### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Slovakia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | +13 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Sweden | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Finland | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 7 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | United States | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 15 | +2 | 5 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Russia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 2 | |
| 6 | Denmark | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 33 | −27 | 0 | |

### Relegation round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 5 | |
| 2 | Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 4 | |
| 3 | Japan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 2 | IIHF World Championship Division I |
| 4 | France | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 1 | IIHF World Championship Division I |

### Playoff round
#### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| 5 May | 5 May | | | |
| Czech Republic | 2 | | | |
| Czech Republic | 2 | 8 May | 8 May | | |
| United States (GWS) | 3 | 8 May | 8 May | |
| United States (GWS) | 3 | United States | 2 | |
| 5 May | 5 May | | United States | 2 | |
| 5 May | 5 May | Sweden | 3 | |
| Sweden | 4 | Sweden | 3 | |
| Sweden | 4 | | | | 9 May | 9 May |
| Latvia | 1 | | | | 9 May | 9 May |
| Latvia | 1 | | | | Sweden | 3 |
| 6 May | 6 May | | | | | Sweden | 3 |
| 6 May | 6 May | | | | Canada | 5 |
| Slovakia | 3 | | | | Canada | 5 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 8 May | 8 May | | | |
| Switzerland | 1 | 8 May | 8 May | | | |
| Switzerland | 1 | Slovakia | 1 | | | |
| 6 May | 6 May | | Slovakia | 1 | | | |
| 6 May | 6 May | Canada | 2 | | Third place | Third place |
| Canada (OT) | 5 | Canada | 2 | | Third place | Third place |
| Canada (OT) | 5 | | | | 9 May | 9 May |
| Finland | 4 | | | | 9 May | 9 May |
| Finland | 4 | | | | Slovakia | 0 |
| | | | | | United States (GWS) | 1 |

#### Gold medal game
## Ranking and statistics

* 2004 IIHF World Championship winners
* Canada 23rd title

### Tournament Awards

* Best players selected by the directorate:
** Best Goaltender: Ty Conklin
** Best Defenceman: Dick Tärnström
** Best Forward: Dany Heatley
** Most Valuable Player: Dany Heatley
* Media All-Star Team:
** Goaltender: Henrik Lundqvist
** Defence: Zdeno Chára, Dick Tärnström
** Forwards: Dany Heatley, Jaromír Jágr, Ville Peltonen

### Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:
| | Canada |
| | Sweden |
| | United States |
| 4 | Slovakia |
| 5 | Czech Republic |
| 6 | Finland |
| 7 | Latvia |
| 8 | Switzerland |
| 9 | Germany |
| 10 | Russia |
| 11 | Austria |
| 12 | Denmark |
| 13 | Kazakhstan |
| 14 | Ukraine |
| 15 | Japan |
| 16 | France |

### Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are left out.
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
| Dany Heatley | 9 | 8 | 3 | 11 | +3 | 4 | F |
| Ville Peltonen | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 | +6 | 2 | F |
| Jaromír Jágr | 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 | +2 | 6 | F |
| Martin Ručinský | 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 | +5 | 6 | F |
| Olli Jokinen | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +6 | 6 | F |
| Richard Park | 9 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +5 | 0 | F |
| Pavol Demitra | 9 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +5 | 4 | F |
| Miroslav Šatan | 9 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +4 | 4 | F |
| Daniel Brière | 9 | 2 | 6 | 8 | +2 | 6 | F |
| Shawn Horcoff | 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +4 | 8 | F |
| Václav Prospal | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +5 | 2 | F |
Source: IIHF.com

### Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.
| Player | MIP | SOG | GA | GAA | SVS% | SO |
| Ján Lašák | 538:37 | 195 | 9 | 1.00 | 95.38 | 4 |
| Tomáš Vokoun | 380:00 | 126 | 7 | 1.11 | 94.44 | 2 |
| Ty Conklin | 300:00 | 152 | 10 | 2.00 | 93.42 | 1 |
| Martin Gerber | 358:20 | 162 | 11 | 1.84 | 93.21 | 2 |
| Artūrs Irbe | 300:00 | 120 | 9 | 1.80 | 92.50 | 0 |
Source: IIHF.com