2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

The 2004 Men's Ice Hockey Championship was held between April 24 and May 9, 2004 in Prague and Ostrava, Czech Republic.
It was the 68th ice Hockey World Championships, and was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).
==Qualification Tournament==
Far Eastern Qualification for the tournament took place between September 6, 2003 in Tokyo, Japan.
Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	1 	1	0	0	4 	1 	2
 	1 	0	0	1	1 	4 	0
All times local
==Final tournament==
===First round===
In the First Round, the top 3 teams from each group progressed to the Second Round, whilst the last placed team progressed to the Consolation Round.
====Group A====
Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	3 	3	0	0	15	2 	6
 	3 	1	1	1	5 	5 	3
 	3 	1	1	1	6 	8 	3
 	3 	0	0	3	3 	14	0
All times local
====Group B====
Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	3 	2	1	0	10	5 	5
 	3 	2	0	1	11	8 	4
 	3 	1	1	1	12	8 	3
 	3 	0	0	3	2 	14	0
All times local
====Group C====
Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	3 	3	0	0	13	4 	6
 	3 	2	0	1	14	6 	4
 	3 	1	0	2	7 	14	2
 	3 	0	0	3	5 	15	0
All times local
====Group D====
Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	3 	2	1	0	8 	3 	5
 	3 	1	2	0	12	6 	4
 	3 	1	1	1	11	7 	3
 	3 	0	0	3	0 	15	0
All times local
===Second round===
In the Second Round, the top 4 teams from each group progressed to the Final Round, whilst the bottom 2 teams are eliminated.
====Group E====
Tables and scores below include meetings between teams during the First Round.
Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	5 	5	0	0	19	5 	10
 	5 	3	1	1	15	10	7
 	5 	1	2	2	8 	9 	4
 	5 	1	2	2	8 	11	4
 	5 	1	1	3	6 	14	3
 	5 	0	2	3	9 	16	2
====Group F====
Tables and scores below include meetings between teams during the First Round.
Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	5 	3	2	0	18	5 	8
 	5 	3	2	0	12	5 	8
 	5 	3	1	1	17	8 	7
 	5 	2	1	2	17	15	5
 	5 	1	0	4	10	14	2
 	5 	0	0	5	6 	33	0
===Consolation Round 13-16 Place===
Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	3 	2	1	0	12	5 	5
 	3 	1	2	0	10	6 	4
 	3 	0	2	1	7 	9 	2
 	3 	0	1	2	4 	13	1
Note: and are demoted to Division I at the 2005 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships.
===Final round===
===Quarterfinals===
===Semifinals===
===Match for third place===
===Final===
see also: 2004 IIHF World Championship Final
==Ranking and Statistics==
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===Final standings===
The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:
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==Division I==
===Group A===
Played at Oslo, Norway, April 4–18.
* - 10:0
* - 3:5
* - 8:0
* - 6:4
* - 7:2
* - 4:4
* - 5:4
* - 11:2
* - 6:4
* - 1:4
* - 7:1
* - 11:1
* - 6:0
* - 4:4
* - 2:5 
　 	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
 	5 	5	0	0	34	9 	10
 	5 	3	1	1	31	14	7
 	5 	2	2	1	21	22	5
 	5 	2	2	1	20	24	5
 	5 	1	3	1	18	18	3
 	5 	0	5	0	7 	44	0
===Group B===
Played at Gdańsk, Poland, April 12–18.
* - 6:3
* - 10:2
* - 0:4
* - 11:0
* - 4:0
* - 9:0
* - 8:0
* - 7:1
* - 6:6
* - 8:1
* - 7:2
* - 9:0
* - 5:4
* - 7:1
* - 1:4 
　 	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
 	5 	5	0	0	33	5 	10
 	5 	4	1	0	26	7 	8
 	5 	2	2	1	25	14	5
 	5 	2	2	1	26	23	5
 	5 	1	4	0	9 	35	2
 	5 	0	5	0	7 	42	0
 and were promoted to the 2005 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships. and were demoted to Division II.
==Division II==
===Group A===
Played at Jaca, Spain, April 12–18.
* - 5:6
* - 11:0
* - 8:0
* - 8:2
* - 5:0
* - 16:0
* - 7:0
* - 22:0
* - 1:6
* - 19:3
* - 0:3
* - 6:1
* - 2:2
* - 3:4
* - 4:4 
　 	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
 	5 	4	1	0	39	13	8
 	5 	4	1	0	32	6 	8
 	5 	3	1	1	40	18	7
 	5 	2	2	1	29	13	5
 	5 	0	4	1	3 	28	1
 	5 	0	4	1	5 	70	1
===Group B===
Played at Elektrenai, Lithuania, April 12–18.
* - 5:2
* - 7:2
* - 21:2
* - 16:3
* - 11:3
* - 9:0
* - 7:2
* - 9:2
* - 16:1
* - 20:2
* - 7:1
* - 10:1
* - 2:4
* - 6:1
* - 14:3 
　 	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
 	5 	5	0	0	70	7 	10
 	5 	4	1	0	55	23	8
 	5 	3	2	0	22	20	6
 	5 	2	3	0	20	30	4
 	5 	1	4	0	13	61	2
 	5 	0	5	0	9 	48	0
 and were promoted to Division I while and were demoted to Division III.
==Division III==
Played at Reykjavík, Iceland, March 16–21.
* - 8:3
* - 7:5
* - 15:1
* - 2:3
* - 30:0
* - 7:1
* - 7:4
* - 17:0
* - 11:1
* - 2:2
　 	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
 	4 	3	0	1	46	8 	7
 	4 	3	1	0	26	14	6
 	4 	2	1	1	29	8 	5
 	4 	1	3	0	23	23	2
 	4 	0	4	0	2 	73	0
 and were promoted to Division II.
==External links==
* Official site
* IIHF Website
* Complete results at Passionhockey.com
* 
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