The 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was the ninth such event hosted by the

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. It took place between July 10 and July 17, 2004.

Tournament Format

The preliminary round will be played in four groups (A-D) with 4 teams each. The groups A and B form the Top Division, the groups C and D form Division I. The two last-placed teams of the groups A and B and the two first-placed teams of the groups C and D play for fourth place in group A and B to participate in the Top Division playoffs. The losers of those games play as first placed teams in group C and D to participate in the Division I playoffs. Playoffs starting with the quarterfinals and placement games will be played both in the Top Division and in Division I. All games in the preliminary round and in the playoffs will be played with 5-minute sudden-death overtime and a penalty shootout in case of a tie. The final games will be played with a 12- minute sudden-death overtime, followed by a penalty shootout competition in case of a tie. Teams will be awarded points on the following system: * Win after regular time = 3 points * Win after overtime or shootout = 2 points * Loss after overtime or shootout = 1 point * Loss after regular time = 0 points

Participating teams

''Groups are based on the results of the previous World Championships and Qualifying Series'' ;Group A - Top Division * * * * ;Group B - Top Division * * * * ;Group C - Division I * * * * ;Group D - Division I * * * *

Top Division

Preliminary round

Group A

''Group loser sent to compete in qualification round''

Group B

''Group loser sent to compete in qualification round''

Qualifying round

Play-off round

Draw

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

5th-place game

7th-place game

Bronze-medal game

Gold-medal game

Ranking and statistics

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to

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Tournament awards

*Best players selected by the directorate:And the 2004 Directorate Award winners are
**Best Goalkeeper: Ari Luostarinen **Best Defenseman:

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**Best Forward: Dejan Matejic

Division I

Qualification

European Zone

Played in

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, Belgium

Southern Hemisphere Zone

Played in

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Asian Zone

Played in

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European-Asian Final

Played in

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, Germany

Preliminary round

Group C

''Group Winner sent to compete in qualification round''

Group B

''Group winner sent to compete in qualification round''

Play-off round

Draw

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

5th-place game

7th-place game

Bronze-medal game

Gold-medal game

Ranking and statistics

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to

Tournament awards

*Best players selected by the directorate: **Best Goalkeeper: Rodrigo Santos **Best Defenseman:

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**Best Forward: John Dolan

External links

Official Site 2004 IIHF World Inline Championships

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:2004 Iihf Men's Inline Hockey World Championship IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Iihf Mens Inline Hockey World Championship, 2004 IIHF Men's InLine Hockey World Championship IIHF Men's InLine Hockey World Championship World Championship, 2004 International sports competitions hosted by Germany