The 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (''2004 WJHC'') was held between December 26, 2003, and January 5, 2004, in
Helsinki
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and
Hämeenlinna
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, Finland. The United States won its first ever gold medal, defeating Canada 4–3 in the final.
Venues
Rosters
Top Division
Preliminary round
Group A
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Group B
''All times local (EET
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Relegation Round
''Results from any games played during the preliminary round were carried forward to the relegation round.''
(all games at
Hämeenlinna
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)
January 2
*Sweden 4–0 Ukraine
*Switzerland 6–2 Austria
January 3
*Austria 2–2 Ukraine
*Sweden 4–3 Switzerland
''Austria and Ukraine were relegated to Division I for the
2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships''
Playoff round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Fifth place game
Bronze medal game
Final
The victory gave the United States its first WJC gold medal ever, and its first medal since a silver medal in 1997 when it lost 2–0 to Canada in the final.
Scoring leaders
''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes''
Goaltending leaders
''Minimum 40% of team's ice time.''
Tournament awards
Most Valuable Player
Zach Parise
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Final standings
Division I
The Division I Championships were played December 14-December 20, 2003 in Berlin, Germany (Group A) and December 13-December 19, 2003 in
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, France (Group B).
Group A
Group B
''Germany and Belarus advance to the 2005 World Junior Championships, Hungary and Japan are relegated to Division II''
Division II
The Division II Championships were played December 28, 2003 – January 3, 2004 in
Sosnowiec, Poland (Group A) and January 5-January 11, 2004 in
Kaunas and
Elektrenai,
Lithuania (Group B)
Group A
Group B
''Poland and the Great Britain advance to the 2005 Division I Championships, Iceland and South Africa are relegated to the 2005 Division III Championships
Division III
The Division III Championships were held January 5-January 11, 2004 in
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,
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''Australia and the People's Republic of China advance to 2005 Division II Championships''
References
Archived version of official site with links to stats leaders and award winners*
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