2004 IIHF Men's InLine Hockey World Championship

The 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was the 9th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It took place between July 10 and July 17, 2004. 
==Tournament Format==
The preliminary round will be played in 4 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 4th 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 ==
Groups are based on the results of the previous World Championships and Qualifying Series
;Group A - Top Division
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;Group B - Top Division
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;Group C - Division I
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;Group D - Division I
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==Top Division==
===Preliminary Round===
==== Group A ====
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	24	10	14 	9
 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	14	14	0 	3
 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	13	19	-6 	3
 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	8 	16	-8 	3
Group loser sent to compete in qualification round
==== Group B ====
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
 	3 	2	1 	0 	0	18	10	8 	8
 	3 	2	0 	1 	0	26	8 	18 	7
 	3 	0	1 	0 	2	9 	20	-11	2
 	3 	0	0 	1 	2	9 	24	-14	1
Group loser sent to compete in qualification round
=== Qualifying Round ===
===Play-off round===
==== Draw ====
==== Quarter-finals ====
 
==== Semi-finals ====
====5th Place Game====
====7th Place Game====
==== Bronze Medal Game ====
==== Gold Medal Game ====
===Ranking and statistics===
====Final standings====
The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:
Rk.	Team
 	
 	
 	
4. 	
5. 	
6. 	
7. 	
8. 	
====Tournament Awards====
*Best players selected by the directorate:And the 2004 Directorate Award winners are 
**Best Goalkeeper: Ari Luostarinen 
**Best Defenseman: Ernie Hartlieb 
**Best Forward: Dejan Matejic 
==Division I==
===Qualification===
====European Zone====
Played in Loverval, Belgium
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
 	2 	2	0 	0 	0	26	5 	21 	4
 	2 	1	0 	0 	1	18	11	7 	2
 	2 	0	0 	0 	2	3 	31	-28	0
====Southern Hemisphere Zone====
Played in South Africa
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
 	2 	2	0 	0 	0	15	1 	21 	4
 	2 	1	0 	0 	1	5 	10	-5 	2
 	2 	0	0 	0 	2	3 	12	-9 	0
====Asian Zone====
Played in Taiwan
====European-Asian Final====
Played in Bad Tölz, Germany
===Preliminary Round===
==== Group C ====
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	31	8 	23 	9
 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	16	16	0 	6
 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	23	14	9 	3
 	3 	0	0 	0 	3	8 	40	-32	0
Group Winner sent to compete in qualification round
==== Group B ====
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	17	8 	9 	9
 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	21	15	6 	6
 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	21	15	6 	3
 	3 	0	0 	0 	3	5 	26	-21	0
Group winner sent to compete in qualification round
===Play-off round===
==== Draw ====
==== Quarter-finals ====
 
==== Semi-finals ====
====5th Place Game====
====7th Place Game====
==== Bronze Medal Game ====
==== Gold Medal Game ====
===Ranking and statistics===
====Final standings====
The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:
Rk.	Team
 	
 	
 	
4. 	
5. 	
6. 	
7. 	
8. 	
====Tournament Awards====
*Best players selected by the directorate:
**Best Goalkeeper: Rodrigo Santos 
**Best Defenseman: Mark Thomas 
**Best Forward: John Dolan 
==External links==
*Official Site 2004 IIHF World Inline Championships
== References ==
Category:IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship
Iihf Mens Inline Hockey World Championship, 2004