- 2004 IIHF Men's InLine Hockey World Championship
Infobox International Inline Hockey Competition
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year = 2004
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country = Germany
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num_teams = 16
venues = 1
cities = 1
winners = United States
count = 4
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scoring_leader = flagicon|USAErnie Hartlieb (19 points)
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updated =The 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was the 9th such event hosted by the
International Ice Hockey Federation . It took place betweenJuly 10 andJuly 17 ,2004 .Tournament Format
The preliminary round will be played in 4 groups (A-D) with 4 teams each. The groups A and B form the Top Division, the groups C and D form Division I. The two last-placed teams of the groups A and B and the two first-placed teams of the groups C and D play for 4th place in group A and B to participate in the Top Division playoffs. The losers of those games play as first placed teams in group C and D to participate in the Division I playoffs. Playoffs starting with the quarterfinals and placement games will be played both in the Top Division and in Division I.
All games in the preliminary round and in the playoffs will be played with 5-minute sudden-death overtime and a penalty shootout in case of a tie. The final games will be played with a 12- minute sudden-death overtime, followed by a penalty shootout competition in case of a tie.
Teams will be awarded points on the following system:
* Win after regular time = 3 points
* Win after overtime or shootout = 2 points
* Loss after overtime or shootout = 1 point
* Loss after regular time = 0 pointsParticipating teams
"Groups are based on the results of the previous World Championships and Qualifying Series";Group A - Top Division
*iih|FIN
*iih|CZE
*iih|GER
*iih|AUT;Group B - Top Division
*iih|SWE
*iih|USA
*iih|SLO
*iih|SVK;Group C - Division I
*iih|JPN
*iih|HUN
*iih|GBR
*iih|Belgium;Group D - Division I
*iih|BRA
*iih|AUS
*iih|NZL
*iih|ARGTop Division
Preliminary Round
Group A
Tournament Awards
*Best players selected by the directorate: [http://imanager.ip-finland.com/iihf/wc2004/headlines.php?we_objectID=903 And the 2004 Directorate Award winners are ] ]
**Best Goalkeeper:Ari Luostarinen flagicon|FIN
**Best Defenseman:Ernie Hartlieb flagicon|USA
**Best Forward:Dejan Matejic flagicon|SWEDivision I
Preliminary Round
Group C
Tournament Awards
*Best players selected by the directorate:
**Best Goalkeeper:Rodrigo Santos flagicon|BRA
**Best Defenseman:Mark Thomas flagicon|GBR
**Best Forward:John Dolan flagicon|GBRExternal Links
* [http://imanager.ip-finland.com/iihf/ Official Site 2004 IIHF World Inline Championships]
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