2004 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships

The 3rd IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships was held between April 13, 2004 and April 24, 2004 at Kempehallen in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. Örnsköldsvik was also the host of the first Paralympic Winter Games in 1976. Participating countries: 104 athletes from eight nations Canada, Estonia, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Norway, Sweden, United States. The USA, Norway and Sweden were automatically qualified for their performance at the Salt Lake 2002 Paralympic Winter Games, while the other five teams were selected through regional championships.
==Final Rankings==
( Rosters are not yet complete )
Gold:	Silver:	Bronze	4th	5th	6th
---- Eskil Hagen Atle Haglund Lloyd Remi Johansen Roger Johansen Rolf Einar Pedersen Tommy Rovelstad Kjell Vidar Røyne Geir Arne Skogstad Stig Tore Svee Arne Vik Morten Værnes	
---- Dave Conklin Bradley Emmerson Manuel Guerra Jr. Lonnie Hannah Joe HowardAhmad KarimzadaAndrew "Taylor" Lipsett Christopher Manns Bruce Nelson Alexi Salamone Francis "Kip" St. Germaine 
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---- Björn Ferber C Aron Andersson Magnus Carlsson Marcus Holm Niklas Ingvarsson Kenth Jonsson Göran Karlsson Jens Kask Peter Melander Leif Norgren Frank Pedersen	
---- Jeremy Booker Bradley Bowden Billy Bridges Marc Dorion Raymond Grassi Jean Labonte Herve Lord Shawn Matheson Graeme Murray Todd Nicholson Mark Noot Paul Rosen Benoit St.Amand Dany Verner Greg Westlake	
---- Ian Warner C Richard Whitehead Nathan Stephens Karl Nicholson Russell Willey David French Steven Thomas A Simon James Berry A Mark Briggs Gary Farmer Phil Saunders Gary Vaughan Matt Lloyd	
---- Takayuki Endo Shinobu Fukushima Tadanobu Go Naohiko IshidaTadashi Kato Taku Kobiyama Mitsuru Nagase Kanichi Naito Mamoru Ogiso Taimei Shiba Satoru Sudo Kazuhiro TakahashiToshifumi Takeuchi Daisuke Uehara Mamoru Yoshikawa C	
*7th ( Gerd Bleidorn, Marius Hattendorf, Sebastian Kessler, Robert Pabst, Raimund Patzelt, Udo Segreff, Head coach: Michael Gursinsky, Coach: Wolfgang Kempe )
*8th ( Valeri Falkenberg, Vladimir Karandašev, Ivar Liiv, Andrei Sokolov, Vladimir Savolainen, Sergei Vesselov, Kaido Kalm C, Aleksander Jarlõkov, Arvi Piirioja, Imre Tiitsu, Tarmo Eerma, Maksim Vedernikov, Jüri Tammleht, Head coach: Nikolai Lopassov, Coach: Olle Sildre )
==Preliminary round==
=== Group A===
Team	Played	Wins	Ties	Losses	GF	GA	Points
 	3 	3 	0 	0 	9 	5 	9
 	3 	2 	0 	1 	14	3 	6
 	3 	1 	0 	2 	6 	10	3
 	3 	0 	0 	3 	1 	12	0
====Preliminary round summary====
Team	 	 	 	
 	 	2-1 	4-3 	3-1
 	1-2 	 	6-1 	7-0
 	3-4 	1-6 	 	2-0
 	1-3 	0-7 	0-2 	 
;Schedule
All times are local (UTC+2)
===Group B===
Team	Played	Wins	Ties	Losses	GF	GA	Points
 	3 	3 	0 	0 	13	1 	9
 	3 	1 	1 	1 	7 	7 	4
 	3 	1 	0 	2 	4 	11	3
 	3 	0 	1 	2 	5 	7 	1
====Preliminary round summary====
Team	 	 	 	
 	 	3-1 	6-0 	4-0
 	1-3 	 	3-1 	3-3
 	0-6 	1-3 	 	3-2
 	0-4 	3-3 	2-3 	 
;Schedule
All times are local (UTC+2)
==Final round==
;5th to 8th Place Playoff
;Semifinals
;7th Place Playoff
;5th Place Playoff
;Bronze Medal Game
;Gold Medal Game
==See also==
* Ice sledge hockey
* Ice hockey#Sledge hockey
* Ice sledge hockey at the 2006 Winter Paralympics
* 2008 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships
* 1976 First winter Paralympics in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
==External links==
* Official Results
* Paralympic.org Press Releases - IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships Take to the Ice
* Norway Victorious in Ice Sledge Hockey World Champs
IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships
Category:World Para Ice Hockey Championships
Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Sweden
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