The 2004 IIHF World U18 Championships were held in

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. 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.

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defeated the

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3–2 in the final to claim the gold medal, while the

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defeated

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3–2 to capture the bronze medal.

Championship results

Preliminary round

Group A

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Group B

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Relegation round

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Final round

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

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Fifth place game

Bronze medal game

Final

Final standings

and are relegated to Division I for the

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Statistics

Scoring leaders

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Goaltending leaders

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; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO =

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Awards

*Best players selected by the Directorate: **Best

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Marek Schwarz Marek Schwarz (born April 1, 1986) is a Czech professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the HC Sparta Prague. Playing career As a youth, Schwarz played in the 2000 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a team from ...

**Best

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: Zach Jones **Best

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Anton Khudobin Anton Valerievich Khudobin (russian: Антон Валерьевич Худобин; born 7 May 1986) is a Kazakhstani-born Russian professional ice hockey goaltender for the Texas Stars of the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract w ...

**Defencemen:

Andy Rogers Andy Rogers (born August 25, 1986) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He was drafted in the first round, 30th overall, by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. Playing career Rogers played for the Western Ho ...

Ladislav Šmíd Ladislav Šmíd (, born February 1, 1986) is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman who formerly played for HC Bílí Tygři Liberec of the Czech Extraliga (ELH). Before he moved to the ELH, he played in the National Hockey League (N ...

**Forwards:

Liam Reddox Liam Reddox (born January 27, 1986) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He most notably played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Edmonton Oilers and Captained the Växjö Lakers of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). He h ...

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Division I

Division I consisted of two separate tournaments. The Group A tournament was held between 27 March and 2 April 2004 in Amstetten, Austria and the Group B tournament was held between 29 March and 4 April 2004 in

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, Italy.

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and

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won the Group A and Group B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to the Championship Division for the

. While

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finished last in Group A and

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last in Group B and were both relegated to Division II for 2005. ;Final standings Group A # — ''promoted to the Championship Division for 2005'' # # # # # — ''relegated to Division II for 2004'' Group B # — ''promoted to the Championship Division for 2004'' # # # # # — ''relegated to Division II for 2004''

Division II

Division II consisted of two separate tournaments. The Group A tournament was held between 28 March and 3 April 2004 in

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and the Group B tournament was held between 1 and 7 March 2004 in

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and

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and

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won the Group A and Group B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to Division I for the

. While

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finished last in Group A and

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last in Group B and were both relegated to Division III for 2005. ;Final standings Group A # — ''promoted to Division I for 2005'' # # # # # — ''relegated to Division III for 2005'' Group B # — ''promoted to Division I for 2005'' # # # #

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# — ''relegated to Division III for 2005''

Division III

The Division III tournament was held between 6 and 14 March 2004 in

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and

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finished first and second respectively and both gained promotion to Division II for the

. While

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and

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finished sixth and seventh respectively and were relegated to the Division III Qualification tournament for 2005. ;Final standings # — ''promoted to Division II for 2005'' # — ''promoted to Division II for 2005'' # # # # — ''relegated to Division III Qualification for 2005'' # — ''relegated to Division III Qualification for 2005''

References

External links

Official Championship results and statistics
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