2004 IIHF World U18 Championships

The 2004 IIHF World U18 Championships were held in Minsk, Belarus. The championships began on April 8, 2004, and finished on April 18, 2004. Games were played at the Ice Palace and Palace sport in Minsk. Russia defeated the United States 3–2 in the final to claim the gold medal, while the Czech Republic defeated Canada 3–2 to capture the bronze medal.
==Championship results==
===Preliminary round===
====Group A====
Team 	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
 	4 	4	0	0	22	5 	8
Canada	4 	3	1	0	15	5 	6
 	4 	2	2	0	8 	12	4
 	4 	1	3	0	8 	10	2
 	4 	0	4	0	3 	24	0
====Group B====
Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
 	4 	2	0	2	16	9 	6
 	4 	1	0	3	10	3 	5
 	4 	1	0	3	13	7 	5
 	4 	1	1	2	14	8 	4
 	4 	0	4	0	6 	32	0
===Relegation round===
Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
 	3 	3	0	0	18	3 	4
 	3 	2	1	0	12	9 	2
 	3 	1	2	0	7 	12	2
 	3 	0	3	0	7 	20	0
Note: Matches 9-0 and 1–4 from the preliminary round (both on April 9, 2004) are included as well since these results carry forward.
===Final round===
====Quarterfinals====
====Semifinals====
====Fifth place game====
====Bronze medal game====
====Gold medal game====
===Final standings===
Rk. 	Team
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4 	Canada
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 and are relegated to Division I for the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships.
===Scoring leaders===
Player 	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Lauri Korpikoski 	 	6 	5	6	11 	2
Lauri Tukonen 	 	6 	5	6	11 	10
Petteri Nokelainen	 	6 	5	6	11 	16
Roman Voloshenko 	 	6 	5	6	11 	18
Phil Kessel 	 	6 	7	3	10 	6
Peter Regin 	 	6 	5	4	9 	0
Roman Tomanek 	 	6 	7	1	8 	6
Marek Zagrapan 	 	6 	4	4	8 	8
Evgeni Malkin 	 	6 	4	4	8 	31
Morten Madsen 	 	6 	3	5	8 	2
Bryan Lerg 	 	6 	2	6	8 	2
Brandon Scero 	 	6 	2	6	8 	2
Kevin Porter 	 	6 	2	6	8 	4
===Goaltending leaders===
(Minimum 60 minutes played)
Player 	Country	MINS 	GA	Sv% 	GAA 	SO
Karri Rämö 	 	60:00 	1 	.923	1.00	0
Marek Schwarz 	 	419:21	9 	.939	1.29	1
Tuukka Rask 	 	298:42	8 	.927	1.61	1
Cory Schneider	 	350:31	10	.929	1.71	1
Justin Pogge 	Canada 	60:00 	2 	.875	2.00	0
==External links==
*Official Championship results and statistics
Category:2004 in hockey
Category:IIHF World U18 Championships