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.
Championship results
Preliminary round
Group A
Group B
Relegation round
Final round
Bracket
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Fifth place game
Bronze medal game
Final
Final standings Rk.Team45678910 and are relegated to Division I for the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships.
Statistics
Scoring leaders PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts+/−PIM 1 Lauri Korpikoski 6 5 6 11 +7 2 1 Lauri Tukonen 6 5 6 11 +7 10 1 Petteri Nokelainen 6 5 6 11 +5 16 1 Roman Voloshenko 6 5 6 11 +6 18 5 Phil Kessel 6 7 3 10 +3 6 6 Peter Regin 6 5 4 9 +6 0 7 Roman Tománek 6 7 1 8 +6 6 8 Marek Zagrapan 6 4 4 8 +9 8 8 Evgeni Malkin 6 4 4 8 +4 31 10 Morten Madsen 6 3 5 8 +5 2 GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties in minutesSource: IIHF
Goaltending leaders (minimum 40% team's total ice time)
PosPlayerCountryTOIGAGAASASv%SO 1 Marek Schwarz 419:21 9 1.29 148 93.92 1 2 Cory Schneider 350:31 10 1.71 141 92.91 1 3 Tuukka Rask 298:42 8 1.61 110 92.73 1 4 Devan Dubnyk 356:50 12 2.02 145 91.72 1 5 Anton Khudobin 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 = ShutoutsSource: 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
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.
Final standings
Group A — promoted to the Championship Division for 2005
— relegated to Division II for 2004
Group B — promoted to the Championship Division for 2004
— relegated to Division II for 2004
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.
Final standings
Group A — promoted to Division I for 2005
— relegated to Division III for 2005
Group B — promoted to Division I for 2005
Serbia and Montenegro — relegated to Division III for 2005
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.
Final standings — promoted to Division II for 2005 — promoted to Division II for 2005
— relegated to Division III Qualification for 2005 — relegated to Division III Qualification for 2005
References
External links Official Championship results and statistics