2004 IIHF World U18 Championships

The 2004 IIHF World U18 Championships were held in Minsk, Belarus. 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. Russia defeated the United States 3–2 in the final to claim the gold medal, while the Czech Republic defeated Canada 3–2 to capture the bronze medal.

2004 IIHF World U18 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Belarus
Venues	2 (in 1 host city)
Dates	8–18 April 2004
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Russia (2nd title)
Runners-up	United States
Third place	Czech Republic
Fourth place	Canada
Tournament statistics
Games played	31
Goals scored	186 (6 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Lauri Korpikoski Petteri Nokelainen Lauri Tukonen Roman Voloshenko (11 points)
← 2003 2005 →

Championship results

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	4	4	0	0	22	5	+17	8	Semifinals
2	Canada	4	3	0	1	15	5	+10	6	Quarterfinals
3	Sweden	4	2	0	2	8	12	−4	4
4	Denmark	4	1	0	3	8	10	−2	2	Relegation round
5	Belarus (H)	4	0	0	4	3	24	−21	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

8 April 2004 15:00

Denmark

2–5 (0–0, 1–3, 1–2)

United States

Minsk Sports Palace, Minsk Attendance: 1,200

Game reference

8 April 2004 19:00

Sweden

0–5 (0–1, 0–1, 0–3)

Canada

Minsk Sports Palace, Minsk Attendance: 3,400

Game reference

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9 April 2004 19:00

Belarus

1–4 (0–1, 1–2, 0–1)

Denmark

Minsk Sports Palace, Minsk Attendance: 3,500

Game reference

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10 April 2004 15:00

United States

6–2 (3–0, 3–1, 0–1)

Sweden

Minsk Sports Palace, Minsk Attendance: 3,000

Game reference

10 April 2004 19:00

Canada

7–2 (3–1, 2–1, 2–0)

Belarus

Minsk Sports Palace, Minsk Attendance: 3,500

Game reference

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11 April 2004 17:00

Denmark

1–2 (1–1, 0–1, 0–0)

Canada

Minsk Sports Palace, Minsk Attendance: 3,150

Game reference

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12 April 2004 15:00

Sweden

2–1 (0–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Denmark

Minsk Sports Palace, Minsk Attendance: 2,800

Game reference

12 April 2004 15:00

United States

9–0 (2–0, 4–0, 3–0)

Belarus

Minsk Sports Palace, Minsk Attendance: 3,500

Game reference

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13 April 2004 15:00

Canada

1–2 (0–0, 1–0, 0–2)

United States

Minsk Sports Palace, Minsk Attendance: 3,200

Game reference

13 April 2004 19:00

Belarus

0–4 (0–2, 0–0, 0–2)

Sweden

Minsk Sports Palace, Minsk Attendance: 3,500

Game reference

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	4	2	2	0	16	9	+7	6	Semifinals
2	Czech Republic	4	1	3	0	10	3	+7	5[a]	Quarterfinals
3	Slovakia	4	1	3	0	13	7	+6	5[a]
4	Finland	4	1	2	1	14	8	+6	4	Relegation round
5	Norway	4	0	0	4	6	32	−26	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Czech Republic 1–1 Slovakia

8 April 2004 15:00

Norway

4–8 (1–2, 1–3, 2–3)

Russia

Minsk Ice Palace, Minsk Attendance: 1,400

Game reference

8 April 2004 19:00

Czech Republic

1–1 (0–0, 1–0, 0–1)

Slovakia

Minsk Ice Palace, Minsk Attendance: 1,400

Game reference

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9 April 2004 15:00

Finland

9–0 (1–0, 4–0, 4–0)

Norway

Minsk Ice Palace, Minsk Attendance: 1,750

Game reference

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10 April 2004 15:00

Russia

1–1 (0–0, 1–0, 0–1)

Czech Republic

Minsk Ice Palace, Minsk Attendance: 1,800

Game reference

10 April 2004 19:00

Slovakia

2–2 (0–1, 1–1, 1–0)

Finland

Minsk Ice Palace, Minsk Attendance: 1,100

Game reference

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11 April 2004 15:00

Norway

2–8 (0–2, 1–2, 1–4)

Slovakia

Minsk Ice Palace, Minsk Attendance: 1,800

Game reference

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12 April 2004 15:00

Czech Republic

7–0 (4–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Norway

Minsk Ice Palace, Minsk Attendance: 1,600

Game reference

12 April 2004 19:00

Russia

5–2 (2–0, 0–1, 3–1)

Finland

Minsk Ice Palace, Minsk Attendance: 2,000

Game reference

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13 April 2004 15:00

Finland

1–1 (1–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Czech Republic

Minsk Ice Palace, Minsk Attendance: 1,700

Game reference

13 April 2004 19:00

Slovakia

2–2 (2–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Russia

Minsk Ice Palace, Minsk Attendance: 1,750

Game reference

Relegation round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
7	Finland	3	3	0	0	18	3	+15	6
8	Denmark	3	2	0	1	12	9	+3	4
9	Belarus (H)	3	1	0	2	7	12	−5	2	2005 Division I
10	Norway	3	0	0	3	7	20	−13	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

15 April 2004 15:00

Denmark

7–4 (3–1, 0–1, 4–2)

Norway

Minsk Ice Palace, Minsk Attendance: 1,500

Game reference

15 April 2004 19:00

Finland

5–2 (2–1, 2–0, 1–1)

Belarus

Minsk Ice Palace, Minsk Attendance: 1,600

Game reference

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16 April 2004 15:00

Denmark

1–4 (1–2, 0–1, 0–1)

Finland

Minsk Ice Palace, Minsk Attendance: 1,600

Game reference

16 April 2004 19:00

Belarus

4–3 (0–1, 1–1, 3–1)

Norway

Minsk Ice Palace, Minsk Attendance: 1,500

Game reference

Final round

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

A1

United States

3

B2

Czech Republic

5

B2

Czech Republic

2

A3

Sweden

1

A1

United States

2

B1

Russia

3

B1

Russia

5

A2

Canada

3

A2

Canada

2

B3

Slovakia

1

Third place

B2

Czech Republic

3

A2

Canada

2

Quarterfinals

15 April 2004 15:00

Canada

3–1 (2–0, 0–1, 1–0)

Slovakia

Minsk Sports Palace, Minsk Attendance: 3,200

Game reference
	Devan Dubnyk	Goalies	Michal Valent	Referee: Milan Minář Linesmen: Joseph Ross Anders Karlberg
	Chipchura (McGrath, Garlock) (PP2) – 08:44 1–0 Chipchura (Sigalet) (PP) – 16:21 2–0 2–1 31:22 – Tománek (Zagrapan) McGrath (Byers) – 44:44 3–1
	18 min	Penalties	28 min
	21	Shots	34

15 April 2004 19:00

Czech Republic

5–1 (1–1, 2–0, 2–0)

Sweden

Minsk Sports Palace, Minsk Attendance: 3,300

Game reference
	Marek Schwarz	Goalies	Magnus Åkerlund	Referee: Terry Hobor Linesmen: Chris De Haan Miroslav Valach
	Birner (Krejčí) – 12:30 1–0 1–1 13:12 – Bergfors (Olausson) Birner (Bahenský) – 20:34 2–1 Krejčí (Šmíd) – 21:29 3–1 M. Pšurný – 44:28 4–1 M. Pšurný (R. Pšurný, Šindel)– 49:56 5–1
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	36	Shots	20

Semifinals

16 April 2004 15:00

United States

3–2 (1–0, 2–2, 0–0)

Czech Republic

Minsk Sports Palace, Minsk Attendance: 3,400

Game reference
	Cory Schneider	Goalies	Marek Schwarz	Referee: Anatoli Zakharov Linesmen: Miroslav Valach Chris De Haan
	Lerg (Gerbe) (PP) – 10:25 1–0 1–1 21:09 – Gulasi (Krejčí, Šindel) Fritsche (Porter, Scero) (PP) – 28:25 2–1 Kessel (Skille, Auffrey) – 33:42 3–1 3–2 36:35 – Daneček (Balán) (PP)
	24 min	Penalties	12 min
	21	Shots	36

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16 April 2004 19:00

Russia

5–2 (1–0, 2–2, 0–0)

Canada

Minsk Sports Palace, Minsk Attendance: 3,500

Game reference
	Anton Khudobin	Goalies	Devan Dubnyk	Referee: David Hansen Linesmen: Anders Karlberg Joseph Ross
	Shitikov (Malkin) (PP) – 10:48 1–0 1–1 12:23 – Lammers (Sigalet) (PP) Belov (Dzhugelia, Voloshenko) (PP) – 14:36 2–1 Shirokov (Malkin, Radulov) – 18:36 3–1 Voloshenko (Yunkov, Radulov) – 29:30 4–1 Malkin (Radulov, Voloshenko) – 41:02 5–1 5–2 47:15 – Berti (Garlock) (PP)
	53 min	Penalties	28 min
	21	Shots	29

Fifth place game

17 April 2004 15:00

Slovakia

4–5 (2–2, 1–2, 1–1)

Sweden

Minsk Sports Palace, Minsk Attendance: 3,000

Game reference
	Michal Valent	Goalies	Daniel Larsson	Referee: David Hansen Linesmen: Jaromír Bláha Valeri Gotsoulia
	Zagrapan (Handlovský) – 05:54 1–0 1–1 08:23 – Karlsson (Wikner) Tománek (Zagrapan) – 14:15 2–1 2–2 18:20 – Enström (Bergfors) (PP) 2–3 26:30 – Hedman (Enström, Hellström) (PP) 2–4 30:36 – J. Andersson (Näslund) Sekera (Valábik) (PP) – 32:14 3–4 3–5 49:33 – Enström (Hellström, Demén-Willaume) Handlovský (Ščurko) – 50:46 4–5
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	30	Shots	22

Bronze medal game

18 April 2004 13:00

Czech Republic

3–2 (1–0, 1–2, 1–0)

Canada

Minsk Sports Palace, Minsk Attendance: 3,500

Game reference
	Marek Schwarz	Goalies	Devan Dubnyk	Referee: Anatoli Zakharov Linesmen: Tobias Wehrli Andrei Vasko
	Šindel (Šmíd, Birner) (PP) – 08:33 1–0 Birner (Krejčí) (SH) – 26:08 2–0 2–1 34:57 – Garlock (Rogers) (PP) 2–2 35:29 – Reddox (Cabana) R. Pšurný (Balán) – 46:13 3–2
	20 min	Penalties	20 min
	24	Shots	29

Final

18 April 2004 17:00

United States

2–3 (1–0, 0–1, 1–2)

Russia

Minsk Sports Palace, Minsk Attendance: 3,500

Game reference
	Cory Schneider	Goalies	Anton Khudobin	Referee: Milan Minář Linesmen: Chris De Haan Miroslav Valach
	Hagemo (Porter) (PP) – 15:57 1–0 1–1 26:53 – Lyamin (Parshin) 1–2 44:54 – Voloshenko (Yunkov) 1–3 46:00 – Shitikov (Malkin) Kessel (Hagemo) (PP) – 58:22 2–3
	30 min	Penalties	28 min
	25	Shots	26

Final standings

Rk.	Team
	Russia
	United States
	Czech Republic
4	Canada
5	Sweden
6	Slovakia
7	Finland
8	Denmark
9	Belarus
10	Norway

 Belarus and  Norway are relegated to Division I for the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Lauri Korpikoski	Finland	6	5	6	11	+7	2
1	Lauri Tukonen	Finland	6	5	6	11	+7	10
1	Petteri Nokelainen	Finland	6	5	6	11	+5	16
1	Roman Voloshenko	Russia	6	5	6	11	+6	18
5	Phil Kessel	United States	6	7	3	10	+3	6
6	Peter Regin	Denmark	6	5	4	9	+6	0
7	Roman Tománek	Slovakia	6	7	1	8	+6	6
8	Marek Zagrapan	Slovakia	6	4	4	8	+9	8
8	Evgeni Malkin	Russia	6	4	4	8	+4	31
10	Morten Madsen	Denmark	6	3	5	8	+5	2

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes
Source: IIHF

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
1	Marek Schwarz	Czech Republic	419:21	9	1.29	148	93.92	1
2	Cory Schneider	United States	350:31	10	1.71	141	92.91	1
3	Tuukka Rask	Finland	298:42	8	1.61	110	92.73	1
4	Devan Dubnyk	Canada	356:50	12	2.02	145	91.72	1
5	Anton Khudobin	Russia	360:00	13	2.17	152	91.45	0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF

Awards

• Best players selected by the Directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Marek Schwarz
  • Best Defenceman: Zach Jones
  • Best Forward: Evgeni Malkin

Source: IIHF

• Media All-Stars:
  • Goaltender: Anton Khudobin
  • Defencemen: Andy Rogers / Ladislav Šmíd
  • Forwards: Liam Reddox / Evgeni Malkin / Phil Kessel

Division I

Main article: 2004 IIHF World U18 Championship 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 Asiago, Italy. Switzerland and Germany won the Group A and Group B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to the Championship Division for the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships. While Romania finished last in Group A and South Korea last in Group B and were both relegated to Division II for 2005.^[1][2]

Final standings

Group A   Switzerland — promoted to the Championship Division for 2005  Slovenia  Austria  Latvia  Poland  Romania — relegated to Division II for 2004

Group B  Germany — promoted to the Championship Division for 2004  Japan  Italy  Kazakhstan  France  South Korea — relegated to Division II for 2004

Division II

Main article: 2004 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II

Division II consisted of two separate tournaments. The Group A tournament was held between 28 March and 3 April 2004 in Debrecen, Hungary and the Group B tournament was held between 1 and 7 March 2004 in Elektrėnai and Kaunas, Lithuania. Ukraine and Great Britain won the Group A and Group B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to Division I for the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships. While Belgium finished last in Group A and Australia last in Group B and were both relegated to Division III for 2005.^[3][4]

Final standings

Group A  Ukraine — promoted to Division I for 2005  Hungary  Netherlands  Spain  Iceland  Belgium — relegated to Division III for 2005

Group B  Great Britain — promoted to Division I for 2005  Estonia  Croatia  Lithuania Serbia and Montenegro  Australia — relegated to Division III for 2005

Division III

Main article: 2004 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III

The Division III tournament was held between 6 and 14 March 2004 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Mexico and South Africa finished first and second respectively and both gained promotion to Division II for the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships. While Turkey and Bosnia and Herzegovina finished sixth and seventh respectively and were relegated to the Division III Qualification tournament for 2005.^[5]

Final standings

1.  Mexico — promoted to Division II for 2005
2.  South Africa — promoted to Division II for 2005
3.  New Zealand
4.  Bulgaria
5.  Israel
6.  Turkey — relegated to Division III Qualification for 2005
7.  Bosnia and Herzegovina — relegated to Division III Qualification for 2005