2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship
2004 WJHC logo.gif
Tournament details
Host nation  Finland
Dates December 26 - January 5
Teams 10
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions  United States (1 title)
Tournament statistics
Games played 31
Goals scored 190  (6.13 per game)
Attendance 100,551  (3,244 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Canada Nigel Dawes
MVP Flag of United States Zach Parise

The 2004 World Junior (Under 20) Ice Hockey Championships (2004 WJHC) was held between December 26, 2003, and January 5, 2004, in Helsinki and Hämeenlinna, Finland. The United States won its first ever gold medal, defeating Canada 4–3 in the Final.[1]

Top Division

Preliminary round

Group A

Team GP W T L GF GA Pts
 United States 4 4 0 0 21 4 8
 Slovakia 4 2 1 1 9 7 5
 Russia 4 2 1 1 11 10 5
 Sweden 4 1 0 3 13 10 2
 Austria 4 0 0 4 1 24 0

All times local (EET/UTC+2).

December 26, 2003
15:00 		Slovakia  2 – 2
(0–1, 1–0, 0–1) 		 Russia Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 3,884
December 26, 2003
18:30 		Austria  0 – 8
(0–2, 0–3, 0–3) 		 United States Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 3,947
December 27, 2003
16:00 		Sweden  7 – 0
(1–0, 1–0, 5–0) 		 Austria Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 741
December 28, 2003
15:00 		United States  5 – 0
(1–0, 1–0, 3–0) 		 Slovakia Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 3,938
December 28, 2003
18:30 		Russia  5 – 3
(2–0, 0–2, 3–1) 		 Sweden Helsinki
Attendance: 2,801
December 29, 2003
18:30 		Austria  1 – 3
(0–1, 1–1, 0–1) 		 Russia Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 831
December 30, 2003
16:00 		United States  4 – 3
(2–0, 1–2, 1–1) 		 Sweden Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 3,948
December 30, 2003
19:30 		Slovakia  6 – 0
(1–0, 4–0, 1–0) 		 Austria Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 3,935
December 31, 2003
16:00 		Russia  1 – 4
(0–3, 0–1, 1–0) 		 United States Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 3,874
December 31, 2003
19:30 		Sweden  0 – 1
(0–0, 0–0, 0–1) 		 Slovakia Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 3,860

Group B

Team GP W T L GF GA Pts
 Canada 4 4 0 0 25 4 8
 Finland 4 3 0 1 19 6 6
 Czech Republic 4 2 0 2 14 9 4
 Switzerland 4 1 0 3 14 11 2
 Ukraine 4 0 0 4 1 43 0

All times local (EET/UTC+2).

December 26, 2003
15:00 		Czech Republic  8 – 0
(4–0, 4–0, 0–0) 		 Ukraine Helsinki
December 26, 2003
18:30 		Canada  3 – 0
(1–0, 1–0, 1–0) 		 Finland Helsinki
Attendance: 3,947
December 27, 2003
16:00 		Switzerland  11 – 0
(3–0, 5–0, 3–0) 		 Ukraine Helsinki
December 28, 2003
15:00 		Canada  7 – 2
(3–1, 1–0, 3–1) 		 Switzerland Helsinki
Attendance: 1,320
December 28, 2003
18:30 		Finland  3 – 2
(0–2, 1–0, 2–0) 		 Czech Republic Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 4,418
December 29, 2003
18:30 		Ukraine  0 – 10
(0–3, 0–6, 0–1) 		 Canada Helsinki
Attendance: 992
December 30, 2003
16:00 		Switzerland  1 – 2
(1–1, 0–0, 0–1) 		 Czech Republic Helsinki
December 30, 2003
19:30 		Ukraine  1 – 14
(0–4, 1–4, 0–6) 		 Finland Helsinki
Attendance: 4,271
December 31, 2003
16:00 		Czech Republic  2 – 5
(0–3, 1–2, 1–0) 		 Canada Helsinki
Attendance: 2,816
December 31, 2003
19:30 		Finland  2 – 0
(1–0, 0–0, 1–0) 		 Switzerland Helsinki
Attendance: 3,680

Relegation Round

Results from any games played during the preliminary round were carried forward to the relegation round.

Team GP W T L GF GA Pts
 Sweden 3 3 0 0 15 3 6
 Switzerland 3 2 0 1 20 6 4
 Austria 3 0 1 2 4 15 1
 Ukraine 3 0 1 2 2 17 1

(all games at Hämeenlinna)

January 2

  • Sweden 4-0 Ukraine
  • Switzerland 6-2 Austria

January 3

  • Austria 2-2 Ukraine
  • Sweden 4-3 Switzerland

Austria and Ukraine are relegated to Division I for the 2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Playoff round

(all games at Helsinki)

Quarter-finals

January 2

  • Czech Republic 4-2 Slovakia
  • Finland 4-3 Russia

Semi-finals

January 3

  • United States 2-1 Finland
  • Canada 7-1 Czech Republic

5th place game

January 4

  • Russia 3-2 Slovakia

Bronze medal game

January 5

  • Finland 2-1 Czech Republic

Gold medal game

January 5

  • United States 4-3 Canada
  • Team USA beat Team Canada 4-3 to win the gold medal at the World Junior Championship. The loss, however, still nets Canada silver, making this the sixth consecutive year Team Canada as won a medal at the tournament-the only country to record such an achievement.

The victory gave the US its first WJC gold medal ever, and its first hardware since a silver medal in 1997 when it lost 2-0 to Canada in the final. The US has also earned two bronze medals in tournament history, in 1992 and 1986.

Canada had a 3-1 lead going into the third period, with two goals from Nigel Dawes and Anthony Stewart. Stewart also had two assists. Canadian forward Ryan Getzlaf almost made it 4-1 early in the third before Patrick O'Sullivan scored for the US to narrow Canada's lead to 3-2 at 4:39.

Ryan Kesler evened the score for Team USA at 6:58 on quick shot in close that hit Canadian goalie Marc-André Fleury and flew in the air, over his shoulder and into the net.

O'Sullivan scored his second of the night, the winner at 14:48, when he chased a loose puck heading toward Canada's goal. Fleury came out to clear the puck, but it hit defenceman Braydon Coburn and bounced into the net. Fleury faced 28 shots on the night, while US goalie Al Montoya faced 30.

[2]

Final standings

Team
1  United States
1  Canada
1  Finland
4  Czech Republic
5  Russia
6  Slovakia
7  Sweden
8  Switzerland
9  Austria
10  Ukraine

Division I Standings

The Division I Championships were played December 14-December 20, 2003 in Berlin, Germany (Group A) and December 13-December 19, 2003 in Briançon, France (Group B).

Group A

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Germany 5 3 0 2 29 10 8
 Denmark 5 3 1 1 23 16 7
 Slovenia 5 3 2 0 18 19 6
 Latvia 5 2 1 2 35 19 6
 Kazakhstan 5 1 3 1 16 19 3
 Hungary 5 0 5 0 8 46 0

Group B

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Belarus 5 5 0 0 34 11 10
 Norway 5 3 2 0 21 10 6
 France 5 3 2 0 22 16 6
 Italy 5 3 2 0 15 18 6
 Estonia 5 1 4 0 9 33 2
 Japan 5 0 5 0 9 22 0

Germany and Belarus advance to the 2005 World Junior Championships, Hungary and Japan are relegated to Division II

Division II Standings

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

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Poland 5 5 0 0 59 4 10
 Romania 5 3 1 1 44 16 7
 Netherlands 5 3 2 0 32 19 6
 Spain 5 2 2 1 21 32 5
 Belgium 5 1 4 0 16 31 2
 Iceland 5 0 5 0 10 80 0

Group B

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Great Britain 5 5 0 0 38 5 10
 South Korea 5 4 1 0 45 7 8
 Croatia 5 2 3 0 18 18 4
 Serbia and Montenegro 5 2 3 0 15 21 4
 Lithuania 5 2 3 0 12 25 4
 South Africa 5 0 5 0 4 56 0

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 Standings

The Division III Championships were held January 5-January 11, 2004 in Sofia, Bulgaria

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Australia 5 5 0 0 42 13 10
 China 5 4 1 0 41 20 8
 Mexico 5 3 2 0 25 16 6
 Turkey 5 1 4 0 10 38 2
 Bulgaria 5 1 4 0 13 34 2
 New Zealand 5 1 4 0 10 30 2

Australia and the People's Republic of China advance to 2005 Division II Championships

See also

Preceded by
2003 World Juniors 		World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

See also: 2004 World Championships 		Succeeded by
2005 World Juniors

References

  1. ↑ "2004 IIHF World U20 Championship". IIHF. http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments/output/W20/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=6. Retrieved 2014-11-14. 
  2. ↑ http://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/Team-Canada/Men/Junior/2004/Home


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