2004 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships
# 2004 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

The 2004 Men's Ice Hockey Championships was the 68th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams participated at several levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for division placements in the 2005 competition.

## Championship

### Final standings

* Canada
* Sweden
* United States
* Slovakia
* Czech Republic
* Finland
* Latvia
* Switzerland
* Germany
* Russia
* Austria
* Denmark
* Kazakhstan
* Ukraine
* Japan — relegated to Division I for 2005
* France — relegated to Division I for 2005

## Division I

### Group A

Played at Oslo, Norway, April 4–18.

| Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Belarus | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 9 | +25 | 10 |
| Norway | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 14 | +17 | 7 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 22 | −1 | 5 |
| Hungary | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 24 | −4 | 5 |
| Great Britain | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 3 |
| Belgium | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 44 | −37 | 0 |

### Group B

Played at Gdańsk, Poland, April 12–18.

| Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Slovenia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 5 | +28 | 10 |
| Italy | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 7 | +19 | 8 |
| Poland | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 14 | +11 | 5 |
| Estonia | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 23 | +3 | 5 |
| Romania | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 35 | −26 | 2 |
| South Korea | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 42 | −35 | 0 |

Belarus and Slovenia were promoted to the 2005 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships. Belgium0and South Korea were demoted to Division II.

## Division II

### Group A

Played at Jaca, Spain, April 12–18.

| Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| China | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 13 | +26 | 8 |
| Croatia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 6 | +26 | 8 |
| Australia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 18 | +22 | 7 |
| Spain | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 13 | +16 | 5 |
| Israel | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 28 | −25 | 1 |
| Luxembourg | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 70 | −65 | 1 |

### Group B

Played at Elektrenai, Lithuania, April 12–18.

| Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lithuania | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 7 | +63 | 10 |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 23 | +32 | 8 |
| North Korea | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 20 | +2 | 6 |
| Bulgaria | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 30 | −10 | 4 |
| New Zealand | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 61 | −48 | 2 |
| South Africa | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 48 | −39 | 0 |

China and Lithuania were promoted to Division I while Luxembourg and South Africa were demoted to Division III.

## Division III

Played at Reykjavík, Iceland, March 16–21.

| Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Iceland | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 8 | +38 | 7 |
| Turkey | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 14 | +12 | 6 |
| Mexico | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 8 | +21 | 5 |
| Ireland | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 2 |
| Armenia | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 73 | −71 | 0 |

Iceland and Turkey were promoted to Division II.

