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2004 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Finland
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
DatesDecember 26, 2003 – January 5, 2004
Teams10
Final positions
Champions    United States (1st title)
Runner-up    Canada
Third place    Finland
Fourth place  Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played31
Goals scored190 (6.13 per game)
Attendance116,556 (3,760 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Canada Nigel Dawes (11 points)
MVP United States Zach Parise
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The 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2004 WJHC) was held between December 26, 2003, and January 5, 2004, in Helsinki and Hämeenlinna, Finland. [1] The United States won their first ever gold medal, defeating Canada 4–3 in the final.

Venues

Helsinki Ice Arena
Capacity: 8,200 		Hameenlinna Ice Arena
Capacity: 5,360
  Finland – Helsinki   Finland – Hämeenlinna

Rosters

Main article: 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters

Top Division

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   United States 4 4 0 0 21 4 +17 8 Semifinals
2   Slovakia 4 2 1 1 9 7 +2 5 Quarterfinals
3   Russia 4 2 1 1 11 10 +1 5
4   Sweden 4 1 0 3 13 10 +3 2 Relegation round
5   Austria 4 0 0 4 1 24 −23 0
Source: [ citation needed]

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
Game reference
Jaroslav HalákGoalies Konstantin BarulinReferee:
Canada Derek Herman
Linesmen:
Finland Stefan Fonselius
Finland Seppo Lindroos
0 – 102:43 – PP1 – Ovechkin ( Shkotov, Pestunov)
Ružička ( Bulík, Špirko) – 21:021 – 1
1 – 240:30 – Shkotov (Ovechkin, Korneev)
Šagát ( Baláž) – 50:372 – 2
12 minPenalties6 min
28Shots33
December 26, 2003
18:30		 Austria 0–8
(0–2, 0–3, 0–3)		  United States Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 3,947
Game reference
Mathias LangeGoalies Al MontoyaReferee:
Russia Sergej Kafrabanov
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Stanislav Barvir
Canada Derek Doucette
0 – 102:09 – PP1 – Wisniewski ( Parise)
0 – 208:12 – Sterling ( Stuart, Montoya)
0 – 330:49 – PP2 – Parise ( Richmond, Eaves)
0 – 431:05 – PP1 – Kesler (Eaves)
0 – 534:46 – SH1 – Eaves ( Likens)
0 – 648:55 – Parise ( Fritsche)
0 – 752:17 – PP1 – Parise (Wisniewski)
0 – 854:14 – Sterling (Stuart)
14 minPenalties18 min
15Shots61
December 27, 2003
16:00		 Sweden 7–0
(1–0, 1–0, 5–0)		  Austria Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 741
Game reference
Joakim LundstromGoalies Mathias LangeReferee:
Finland Jyri Petteri Ronn
Linesmen:
Norway Thomas Geinke
Germany Christian Neubert
Blomdahl ( Björk, Eckerblom) – 10:471 – 0
Kalgoum ( Salmonsson) – 32:192 – 0
Johnsson (Eckerblom, Andersson) – 46:533 – 0
Steen ( Eriksson) – 47:424 – 0
Danielsson ( Tang) – PP1 - 54:025 – 0
Fransson ( Nilsson, Andersson) – 54:326 – 0
Fransson ( Blomqvist, Danielsson) – PP2 – 58:557 – 0
10 minPenalties24 min
43Shots16
December 28, 2003
15:00		 United States 5–0
(1–0, 1–0, 3–0)		  Slovakia Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 3,938
Game reference
Al MontoyaGoalies Jaroslav HalákReferee:
Czech Republic Vladimír Šindler
Linesmen:
Canada Derek Doucette
Finland Stefan Fonselius
Booth ( Dowell) - 08:051 – 0
Murray ( Richmond) – PP1 – 27:002 – 0
Murray – 44:323 – 0
Kesler – PP1 – 48:154 – 0
Werner ( Parise) – 50:235 – 0
16 minPenalties28 min
43Shots18
December 28, 2003
18:30		 Russia 5–3
(2–0, 0–2, 3–1)		  Sweden Helsinki
Attendance: 2,801
Game reference
Konstantin BarulinGoalies Joakim LundströmReferee:
Germany Wilhelm Schimm
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Stanislav Barvir
Finland Seppo Lindroos
Semin ( Malkin, Anshakov) – PP1 – 07:071 – 0
Ovechkin ( Korneev, Malkin) – PP1 – 18:302 – 0
2 – 135:08 – Andersson ( Valdix)
2 – 236:15 – Kalgoum ( Hult)
Anshakov (Malkin) – 46:383 – 2
3 – 350:55 – PP1 – Nilsson ( Björk, Tang)
Anshakov ( Spiridonov, Semin) – 56:354 – 3
Shkotov (Ovechkin, Pestunov) – ENG – 59:595 – 3
10 minPenalties20 min
29Shots26
December 29, 2003
18:30		 Austria 1–3
(0–1, 1–1, 0–1)		  Russia Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 831
Game reference
Mathias Lange
Thomas Innerwinkler		Goalies Denis KhudyakovReferee:
Canada Derek Herman
Linesmen:
Finland Stefan Fonselius
Germany Christian Neubert
0 – 117:38 – Anshakov ( Gimaev, Semin)
Vanek ( Latusa, Harand) – 26:551 – 1
1 – 231:32 – Malkin ( Spiridonov, Khudyakov)
1 – 353:14 – Ovechkin ( Korneev, Shkotov)
12 minPenalties8 min
17Shots50
December 30, 2003
16:00		 United States 4–3
(2–0, 1–2, 1–1)		  Sweden Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 3,948
Game reference
Al MontoyaGoalies Magnus Åkerlund
Joakim Lundström		Referee:
Canada Derek Herman
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Stanislav Barvir
Finland Seppo Lindroos
Werner ( Wisniewski, Parise) – PP1 – 05:261 – 0
Carle ( Dowell, Stafford) – 11:292 – 0
2 – 125:34 – Steen
Sterling ( Moore, Suter) – 33:213 – 1
3 – 235:22 – Fransson ( Valdix, Andersson)
3 – 347:25 – PP1 – Meijer ( Enström)
Werner (Parise, Wisniewski) – SH1 – 48:424 – 3
12 minPenalties14 min
40Shots25
December 30, 2003
19:30		 Slovakia 6–0
(1–0, 4–0, 1–0)		  Austria Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 3,935
Game reference
Jaroslav HalákGoalies Mathias Lange
Thomas Innerwinkler		Referee:
Finland Jyri Petteri Ronn
Linesmen:
Norway Thomas Gienke
Finland Seppo Lindroos
Meszároš ( Pokrivčák, Špirko) – PP1 – 08:211 – 0
Ružička ( Stehlík) – 29:212 – 0
Stehlík ( Biermann, Lukáč) – 29:293 – 0
Ružička – 31:414 – 0
Troliga (Špirko, Baranka) – 33:495 – 0
Špirko ( Hruška, Pokrivčák) – 50:126 – 0
10 minPenalties6 min
42Shots21
December 31, 2003
16:00		 Russia 1–4
(0–3, 0–1, 1–0)		  United States Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 3,874
Game reference
Konstantin Barulin
Denis Khudyakov		Goalies Al MontoyaReferee:
Czech Republic Vladimír Šindler
Linesmen:
Canada Derek Doucette
Czech Republic Stanislav Barvir
0 – 109:45 – PP1 – O'Sullivan ( Eaves, Suter)
0 – 218:48 – PP2 – Parise (Eaves)
0 – 319:21 – PP1 – Werner (Parise)
0 – 435:57 – SH1 – Parise
Anshakov ( Gimaev, Spiridonov) – PP2 – 50:451 – 4
34 minPenalties24 min
30Shots35
December 31, 2003
19:30		 Sweden 0–1
(0–0, 0–0, 0–1)		  Slovakia Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 3,860
Game reference
Joakim LundströmGoalies Jaroslav HalákReferee:
Finland Jyri Petteri Ronn
Linesmen:
Finland Seppo Lindroos
Finland Stefan Fonselius
0 – 159:24 – ENG – Fábry ( Ružička, Bulík)
4 minPenalties4 min
28Shots24

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Canada 4 4 0 0 25 4 +21 8 Semifinals
2   Finland 4 3 0 1 19 6 +13 6 Quarterfinals
3   Czech Republic 4 2 0 2 14 9 +5 4
4    Switzerland 4 1 0 3 14 11 +3 2 Relegation round
5   Ukraine 4 0 0 4 1 43 −42 0
Source: [ citation needed]

All times local ( EET/UTC+2).

December 26, 2003
15:00		 Czech Republic 8–0
(4–0, 4–0, 0–0)		  Ukraine Helsinki
Game reference
December 26, 2003
18:30		 Canada 3–0
(1–0, 1–0, 1–0)		  Finland Helsinki
Attendance: 3,947
Game reference
Referee:
Sweden Thomas Andersson
Linesmen:
Slovakia Miroslav Halecký
Sweden Mikael Ljungqvist
Phaneuf ( Stewart, Dawes) – 15:521 – 0
Paille ( Talbot) – 32:412 – 0
Stewart ( Richards) – 44:273 – 0
8 minPenalties4 min
December 27, 2003
16:00		 Switzerland 11–0
(3–0, 5–0, 3–0)		  Ukraine Helsinki
Game reference
December 28, 2003
15:00		 Canada 7–2
(3–1, 1–0, 3–1)		   Switzerland Helsinki
Attendance: 1,320
Game reference
Marc-André FleuryGoalies Daniel ManzatoReferee:
Slovakia Peter Ország
Linesmen:
Germany Christian Neubert
Norway Thomas Gienke
0 – 104:43 – Grauwiler ( Bärtschi)
Richards – PS – 08:131 – 1
Coburn ( Burns) – 10:462 – 1
Getzlaf ( Seabrook) – PP1 – 16:243 – 1
Getzlaf ( Carter, Burns) – 23:354 – 1
Stewart ( Dawes) – 41:415 – 1
5 – 243:09 – Ehrensperger
Stewart (Dawes) – 52:576 – 2
Crosby ( Phaneuf, Stewart) – 59:467 – 2
6 minPenalties6 min
42Shots23
December 28, 2003
18:30		 Finland 3–2
(0–2, 1–0, 2–0)		  Czech Republic Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 4,418
Game reference
Konstantin BarulinGoalies Joakim LundströmReferee:
Russia Sergej Karabanov
Linesmen:
Russia Konstantin Gordenko
United States Allen Stensland
0 – 1 Olesz ( Hudler, Chvátal) – 12:36
0 – 2Olesz ( Kašpar) – 17:42
39:32 – Töykkälä1 – 2
40:17 – PP1 – Lepisto ( Salmela, Filppula)2 – 2
55:40 – Filppula ( Bergenheim)3 – 2
39 minPenalties20 min
35Shots24
December 29, 2003
18:30		 Ukraine 0–10
(0–3, 0–6, 0–1)		  Canada Helsinki
Attendance: 992
Game reference
Yevgeniy Galyuk
Illia Tarankov		Goalies Josh HardingReferee:
Vladimír Šindler
Linesmen:
United States Allen Stensland
Norway Thomas Gienke
0 – 100:33 – Carter ( Burns)
0 – 201:17 – Stewart ( Richards, Seabrook)
0 – 314:17 – PP1 – Seabrook ( Getzlaf, Gorges)
0 – 423:10 – Tambellini ( Dixon)
0 – 528:25 – Crosby (Tambellini)
0 – 629:54 – Dawes (Carter, Stewart)
0 – 732:05 – Brent ( Talbot)
0 – 832:56 – Dawes (Gorges)
0 – 937:12 – PP1 – Paille (Talbot, Brent)
0 – 1054:50 – PP1 – Paille (Tambellini, Belle)
14 minPenalties8 min
11Shots55
December 30, 2003
16:00		 Switzerland 1–2
(1–1, 0–0, 0–1)		  Czech Republic Helsinki
Game reference
December 30, 2003
19:30		 Ukraine 1–14
(0–4, 1–4, 0–6)		  Finland Helsinki
Attendance: 4,271
Game reference
Illia TarankovGoalies Mikael VuorioReferee:
Slovakia Peter Ország
Linesmen:
Germany Christian Neubert
Slovakia Miroslav Halecký
0 – 105:50 – Tukonen ( Oksa)
0 – 211:13 – Kontiola (Tukonen)
0 – 312:34 – Lepistö ( Filppula, Bergenheim)
0 – 418:16 – Lepistö ( Immonen, Marjamäki)
0 – 520:59 – PP1 – Immonen ( Kantee)
0 – 629:31 – Jalasvaara ( Töykkälä)
Lubnin ( Katrych, Kyrychenko) – PP1 – 32:311 – 6
1 – 738:26 – PP2 – Filppula ( Varakas, Bergenheim)
1 – 839:13 – PP2 – Lepistö ( Salmela)
1 – 943:43 – Salmela (Töykkälä, Immonen)
1 – 1048:59 – SH1 – Filppula
1 – 1151:18 – PP1 – Bergenheim (Lepistö)
1 – 1253:28 – Piispanen ( Nurmi)
1 – 1354:11 – Immonen (Varakas)
1 – 1459:41 – Nurmi ( Kalteva)
14 minPenalties10 min
15Shots60
December 31, 2003
16:00		 Czech Republic 2–5
(0–3, 1–2, 1–0)		  Canada Helsinki
Attendance: 2,816
Game reference
Marek Schwarz
Tomáš Pöpperle		Goalies Marc-André FleuryReferee:
Sweden Thomas Andersson
Linesmen:
Sweden Mikael Ljungqvist
United States Allen Stensland
0 – 106:53 – Tambellini ( Crosby)
0 – 216:01 – Carter ( Getzlaf, Burns)
0 – 319:30 – PP2 – Dawes ( Stewart, Meech)
0 – 429:59 – PP1 – Phaneuf (Getzlaf)
Ovčáčík ( Kanko, Koreis) – 34:471 – 4
1 – 539:41 – Carter (Phaneuf)
Šmíd ( Hudler) – PP1 – 50:182 – 5
12 minPenalties24 min
29Shots30
December 31, 2003
19:30		 Finland 2–0
(1–0, 0–0, 1–0)		   Switzerland Helsinki
Attendance: 3,680
Game reference
Hannu ToivonenGoalies Michael ToblerReferee:
Germany Wilhelm Schimm
Linesmen:
Russia Konstantin Gordenko
Slovakia Miroslav Halecký
Nokelainen ( Filppula) – 19:111 – 0
Junnila ( Varakas) – 55:372 – 0
2 minPenalties4 min
40Shots8

Relegation round

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1   Sweden 3 3 0 0 15 3 +12 6
2    Switzerland 3 2 0 1 20 6 +14 4
3   Austria 3 0 1 2 4 15 −11 1 Relegated to the 2005 Division I
4   Ukraine 3 0 1 2 2 17 −15 1
Source: [ citation needed]

(all games at Hämeenlinna)

January 2

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

January 3

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

Playoff round

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
A1   United States 2
B2   Finland 4 B2   Finland 1
A3   Russia 3 A1   United States 4
B1   Canada 3
B1   Canada 7
A2   Slovakia 2 B3   Czech Republic 1
B3   Czech Republic 4 Third place
B2   Finland 2
B3   Czech Republic 1

Quarterfinals

2 January 2004
16:00		 Slovakia 2–4
(1–1, 1–3, 0–0)		  Czech Republic Helsinki Ice Arena, Helsinki
Attendance: 4,502
Game reference
12 minPenalties14 min
32Shots47
2 January 2004
20:00		 Finland 4–3
(1–1, 1–1, 2–1)		  Russia Helsinki Ice Arena, Helsinki
Attendance: 5,720
Game reference
8 minPenalties12 min
36Shots22

Semifinals

3 January 2004
15:00		 Canada 7–1
(2–1, 1–0, 4–0)		  Czech Republic Helsinki Ice Arena, Helsinki
Attendance: 4,911
Game reference
35 minPenalties10 min
34Shots16
3 January 2004
19:00		 United States 2–1
(1–0, 0–0, 1–1)		  Finland Helsinki Ice Arena, Helsinki
Attendance: 6,965
Game reference
10 minPenalties8 min
29Shots26

Fifth place game

4 January 2004
15:00		 Russia 3–2
(0–0, 2–1, 1–1)		  Slovakia Helsinki Ice Arena, Helsinki
Attendance: 1,940
Game reference
33 minPenalties14 min
28Shots21

Bronze medal game

5 January 2004
15:00		 Czech Republic 1–2
(0–0, 1–0, 0–2)		  Finland Helsinki Ice Arena, Helsinki
Game reference
10 minPenalties4 min
17Shots30

Final

5 January 2004
19:00		 Canada 3–4
(1–1, 2–0, 0–3)		  United States Helsinki Ice Arena, Helsinki
Attendance: 7,364
Game reference
6 minPenalties6 min
30Shots28

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

Pos Player Country GP G A Pts
1 Nigel Dawes   Canada 6 6 5 11
2 Zach Parise   United States 6 5 6 11
2 Anthony Stewart   Canada 6 5 6 11
4 Valtteri Filppula   Finland 7 4 5 9
5 Sami Lepistö   Finland 7 4 4 8
6 Patrik Bärtschi    Switzerland 6 3 5 8
7 Sergei Anshakov   Russia 6 5 2 7
7 Jeff Carter   Canada 6 5 2 7
7 Gianni Ehrensperger    Switzerland 6 5 2 7
7 Alexander Ovechkin   Russia 6 5 2 7

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes

Goaltending leaders

Minimum 40% of team's ice time.

Rank Player Country TOI SOG GA GAA Saves Sv % SO
1 Al Montoya   United States 360:00 144 8 1.33 136 94.44 2
2 Joakim Lundström   Sweden 299:08 105 7 1.40 98 93.33 1
3 Denis Khudyakov   Russia 160:00 58 4 1.50 54 93.10 0
4 Jaroslav Halák   Slovakia 360:00 194 14 2.33 180 92.78 2
5 Hannu Toivonen   Finland 357:25 137 11 1.85 126 91.97 1

Tournament awards

IIHF Directorate Awards Media All-Star Team
Goaltender United States Al Montoya United States Al Montoya
Defencemen Finland Sami Lepistö Canada Dion Phaneuf
Finland Sami Lepistö
Forwards United States Zach Parise Finland Valtteri Filppula
Canada Jeff Carter
United States Zach Parise

Most Valuable Player

United States Zach Parise

Final standings

Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)   United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s)   Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)   Finland
4   Czech Republic
5   Russia
6   Slovakia
7   Sweden
8    Switzerland
9   Austria
10   Ukraine

Division I

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

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1   Germany 5 3 2 0 29 10 +19 8 Promoted to the 2005 Top Division
2   Denmark 5 3 1 1 23 16 +7 7
3   Slovenia 5 3 0 2 18 19 −1 6
4   Latvia 5 2 2 1 35 19 +16 6
5   Kazakhstan 5 1 1 3 16 19 −3 3
6   Hungary 5 0 0 5 8 46 −38 0 Relegated to the 2005 Division II
Source: [ citation needed]

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1   Belarus 5 5 0 0 34 11 +23 10 Promoted to the 2005 Top Division
2   Norway 5 3 0 2 21 10 +11 6
3   France 5 3 0 2 22 16 +6 6
4   Italy 5 3 0 2 15 18 −3 6
5   Estonia 5 1 0 4 9 33 −24 2
6   Japan 5 0 0 5 9 22 −13 0 Relegated to the 2005 Division II
Source: [ citation needed]

Division II

The Division II Championships were played on December 28, 2003 – January 3, 2004 in Sosnowiec, Poland (Group A) and on January 5–11, 2004 in Kaunas and Elektrėnai, Lithuania (Group B).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1   Poland 5 5 0 0 59 4 +55 10 Promoted to the 2005 Division I
2   Romania 5 3 1 1 44 16 +28 7
3   Netherlands 5 3 0 2 32 19 +13 6
4   Spain 5 2 1 2 21 32 −11 5
5   Belgium 5 1 0 4 16 31 −15 2
6   Iceland 5 0 0 5 10 80 −70 0 Relegated to the 2005 Division III
Source: [ citation needed]

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1   Great Britain 5 5 0 0 38 5 +33 10 Promoted to the 2005 Division I
2   South Korea 5 4 0 1 45 7 +38 8
3   Croatia 5 2 0 3 18 18 0 4
4   Serbia and Montenegro 5 2 0 3 15 21 −6 4
5   Lithuania 5 2 0 3 12 25 −13 4
6   South Africa 5 0 0 5 4 56 −52 0 Relegated to the 2005 Division III
Source: [ citation needed]

Division III

The Division III Championship was played on January 5–11, 2004 in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1   Australia 5 5 0 0 42 13 +29 10 Promoted to the 2005 Division II
2   China 5 4 0 1 41 10 +31 8
3   Mexico 5 3 0 2 25 16 +9 6
4   Turkey 5 1 0 4 10 38 −28 2
5   Bulgaria 5 1 0 4 13 34 −21 2
6   New Zealand 5 1 0 4 10 30 −20 2
Source: [ citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "2004 IIHF World U20 Championship statistics". Archived from the original on 2023-01-16. Retrieved 2023-01-16.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link)
  • Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. pp. 26–32, 171.
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