2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Template:Short description Template:Infobox international ice hockey competition The 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2004 WJHC) was held between December 26, 2003, and January 5, 2004, in Helsinki and Hämeenlinna, Finland.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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
Template:Flagcountry – Helsinki	Template:Flagcountry – Hämeenlinna

Rosters

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Top Division

Preliminary round

Group A

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Group B

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Relegation round

Results from any games played during the preliminary round were carried forward to the relegation round. {{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL |res_col_header=R |winpoints=2

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(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

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

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts
1	Nigel Dawes	Template:Ihj	6	6	5	11
2	Zach Parise	Template:Ihj	6	5	6	11
2	Anthony Stewart	Template:Ihj	6	5	6	11
4	Valtteri Filppula	Template:Ihj	7	4	5	9
5	Sami Lepistö	Template:Ihj	7	4	4	8
6	Patrik Bärtschi	Template:Ihj	6	3	5	8
7	Sergei Anshakov	Template:Ihj	6	5	2	7
7	Jeff Carter	Template:Ihj	6	5	2	7
7	Gianni Ehrensperger	Template:Ihj	6	5	2	7
7	Alexander Ovechkin	Template:Ihj	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	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Saves	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
1	Al Montoya	Template:Ihj	360:00	144	8	1.33	136	94.44	2
2	Joakim Lundström	Template:Ihj	299:08	105	7	1.40	98	93.33	1
3	Denis Khudyakov	Template:Ihj	160:00	58	4	1.50	54	93.10	0
4	Jaroslav Halák	Template:Ihj	360:00	194	14	2.33	180	92.78	2
5	Hannu Toivonen	Template:Ihj	357:25	137	11	1.85	126	91.97	1

Tournament awards

	IIHF Directorate Awards	Media All-Star Team
Goaltender	Template:Flagicon Al Montoya	Template:Flagicon Al Montoya
Defencemen	Template:Flagicon Sami Lepistö	Template:Flagicon Dion Phaneuf Template:Flagicon Sami Lepistö
Forwards	Template:Flagicon Zach Parise	Template:Flagicon Valtteri Filppula Template:Flagicon Jeff Carter Template:Flagicon Zach Parise

Most Valuable Player

Template:Flagicon Zach Parise

Final standings

	Team
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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

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Group B

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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

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Group B

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Division III

The Division III Championship was played on January 5–11, 2004 in Sofia, Bulgaria. {{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL |res_col_header=P |winpoints=2

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References

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