# 2004 Rink Hockey Men's B World Championship

The 2004 Rink Hockey Men's B World Championship was the 36th edition of the Rink Hockey B World Championship, held from October 16 to 23, in Macau.
The champion was Catalonia, that had obtained a FIRS provisional membership few months before the tournament. However, FIRS did not endorse final acceptance of Catalonia for subsequent editions, being a sporting scandal known as the Fresno Case.

## Format

Competition's schedule included 11 countries, divided in two groups, but North Korea withdrew a few days before the opening.

## Matches

All times are Macau local time (UTC+8).

### Group stage
#### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Macau | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 11 | +43 | 12 |
| Andorra | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 9 | +47 | 9 |
| New Zealand | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 6 |
| Chinese Taipei | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 48 | −30 | 3 |
| China | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 74 | −64 | 0 |

#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Catalonia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 0 | +52 | 15 |
| England | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 16 | +19 | 12 |
| Australia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 25 | −2 | 7 |
| Austria | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 19 | −3 | 7 |
| Japan | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 30 | −16 | 3 |
| North Korea | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 50 | −50 | 0 |
* ↑ North Korea lost all their matches 0-10 after withdrawing competition.

### 5th place bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| October 22 – Macau | October 22 – Macau |
| New Zealand | 6 |
| New Zealand | 6 | October 23 – Macau | October 23 – Macau |
| Austria | 7 | October 23 – Macau | October 23 – Macau |
| Austria | 7 | Australia | 5 |
| October 22 – Macau | October 22 – Macau | | Australia | 5 |
| October 22 – Macau | October 22 – Macau | Austria | 4 |
| Australia | 8 | Austria | 4 |
| Chinese Taipei | 2 | | |
| Chinese Taipei | 2 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | October 23 – Macau | October 23 – Macau |
| | | New Zealand | 2 |
| | | Chinese Taipei | 0 |

### Championship Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| October 21 – Macau | October 21 – Macau | | | |
| New Zealand | 4 | | | |
| New Zealand | 4 | October 22 – Macau | October 22 – Macau | | |
| England | 18 | October 22 – Macau | October 22 – Macau | |
| England | 18 | England | 9 | |
| October 21 – Macau | October 21 – Macau | | England | 9 | |
| October 21 – Macau | October 21 – Macau | Macau | 4 | |
| Macau | 6 | Macau | 4 | |
| Macau | 6 | | | | October 23 – Macau | October 23 – Macau |
| Austria | 3 | | | | October 23 – Macau | October 23 – Macau |
| Austria | 3 | | | | England | 0 |
| October 21 – Macau | October 21 – Macau | | | | | England | 0 |
| October 21 – Macau | October 21 – Macau | | | | Catalonia | 6 |
| Andorra | 4 | | | | Catalonia | 6 |
| Andorra | 4 | October 22 – Macau | October 22 – Macau | | | |
| Australia | 2 | October 22 – Macau | October 22 – Macau | | | |
| Australia | 2 | Andorra | 0 | | | |
| October 21 – Macau | October 21 – Macau | | Andorra | 0 | | | |
| October 21 – Macau | October 21 – Macau | Catalonia | 8 | | Third place | Third place |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 | Catalonia | 8 | | Third place | Third place |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 | | | | October 23 – Macau | October 23 – Macau |
| Catalonia | 12 | | | | October 23 – Macau | October 23 – Macau |
| Catalonia | 12 | | | | Andorra | 2 |
| | | | | | Macau | 0 |
* 2004 Rink Hockey Men's B World champions
* Catalonia

## Final standings

| Place | Team |
| 1 | Catalonia |
| 2 | England |
| 3 | Andorra |
| 4 | Macau |
| 5 | Australia |
| 6 | Austria |
| 7 | New Zealand |
| 8 | Chinese Taipei |
| 9 | Japan |
| 10 | China |
| 11 | North Korea |