# 2004 World Cup of Hockey

The 2004 World Cup of Hockey was an international ice hockey tournament. It was the second installment of the National Hockey League (NHL)-sanctioned competition, eight years after the inaugural 1996 World Cup of Hockey. It was held from August 30 to September 14, 2004, and took place in various venues in North America and Europe. Canada won the championship, defeating Finland in the final, held in Toronto.
The tournament directly preceded the NHL lockout, as the NHL announced they were locking out players during 2004–05 season two days after the tournament final was played, pending the adoption of a new Collective Bargaining Agreement.

## Team participants

| North American pool | European pool |
| Canada (roster, statistics) | Czech Republic (roster, statistics) |
| Russia (roster, statistics) | Finland (roster, statistics) |
| Slovakia (roster, statistics) | Germany (roster, statistics) |
| United States (roster, statistics) | Sweden (roster, statistics) |

## Venues
### North American pool and quarterfinals, semifinals and final

* Air Canada Centre – Toronto, Ontario, Canada
* Bell Centre – Montreal, Quebec, Canada
* Xcel Energy Center – St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.

### European pool and quarterfinals

* Globen – Stockholm, Sweden
* Hartwall Areena – Helsinki, Finland
* Kölnarena – Cologne, Germany
* Sazka Arena – Prague, Czech Republic

## Pre-tournament games

* Russia–Germany 3–3 (Cologne)
* Sweden–Slovakia 2–0 (Bratislava)
* Finland–Czech Republic 1–1 (Prague)
* Canada–United States 1–3 (Columbus)
* Finland–Sweden 1–2 OT (Stockholm)
* Czech Republic–Germany 7–4 (Cologne)
* United States–Canada 1–3 (Ottawa)
* Germany–Finland 2–4 (Helsinki)
* Sweden–Czech Republic 3–5 (Prague)
* Russia–United States 0–2 (Columbus)
* Slovakia–Canada 2–2 (Ottawa)
* Slovakia–Russia 0–0 (Ottawa)

## Preliminary round
### North American pool

| Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 6 |
| Russia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 4 |
| United States | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 2 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 0 |
All times are local (UTC-5 / UTC-4).

### European pool

| Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Finland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 5 |
| Sweden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 5 |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 |
| Germany | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 0 |
All times are local (UTC+2 / UTC+3).

## Playoff round
### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| E1 | Finland | 2 | | | | | | |
| E4 | Germany | 1 | | | | | | |
| E4 | Germany | 1 | E1 | Finland | 2 | | | |
| | | | NA3 | United States | 1 | | | |
| NA3 | United States | 5 | NA3 | United States | 1 | | | |
| NA2 | Russia | 3 | | | | | | |
| NA2 | Russia | 3 | | | | E1 | Finland | 2 |
| | | | | | | NA1 | Canada | 3 |
| NA1 | Canada | 5 | | | | | | | NA1 | Canada | 3 |
| NA4 | Slovakia | 0 | | | | | | |
| NA4 | Slovakia | 0 | NA1 | Canada | 4 | | | |
| | | | E3 | Czech Republic | 3 | | | |
| E3 | Czech Republic | 6 | E3 | Czech Republic | 3 | | | |
| E2 | Sweden | 1 | | | | | | |

### Quarter-finals

All times are local (UTC+3 / UTC+2 / UTC-5 / UTC-4).

### Semi-finals

All times are local (UTC-5 / UTC-4).

### Final

Time is Eastern Daylight-Saving Time (UTC-4).

## Ranking and statistics

* 2004 World Cup of Hockey winners
* Canada 1st title

### Tournament awards

* Tournament MVP
** Vincent Lecavalier
* All-star team
** Goaltender: Martin Brodeur
** Defence: Adam Foote, Kimmo Timonen
** Forwards: Vincent Lecavalier, Saku Koivu, Fredrik Modin

### Final standings

| 1 | Canada |
| 2 | Finland |
| 3 | Czech Republic |
| 4 | United States |
| 5 | Sweden |
| 6 | Russia |
| 7 | Slovakia |
| 8 | Germany |

### Scoring leaders

| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Fredrik Modin | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| Vincent Lecavalier | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 |
| Keith Tkachuk | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 23 |
| Martin Havlat | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| Joe Sakic | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| Kimmo Timonen | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| Mike Modano | 5 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Daniel Alfredsson | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 |
| Milan Hejduk | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Patrik Elias | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |

### Leading goaltenders

| Player | MIP | GA | GAA | SVS% |
| Martin Brodeur | 300 | 5 | 1.00 | 0.961 |
| Rick DiPietro | 60 | 1 | 1.00 | 0.941 |
| Miikka Kiprusoff | 365 | 9 | 1.50 | 0.939 |
| Tommy Salo | 60 | 2 | 2.00 | 0.895 |
| Ilya Bryzgalov | 180 | 7 | 2.34 | 0.897 |
| Robert Esche | 238 | 10 | 2.53 | 0.909 |
| Roberto Luongo | 64 | 3 | 2.82 | 0.925 |
| Tomas Vokoun | 302 | 15 | 2.98 | 0.881 |
| Maxim Sokolov | 60 | 3 | 3.01 | 0.893 |
| Olaf Kolzig | 180 | 10 | 3.34 | 0.905 |