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The 2004 World Junior (Under 20) Ice Hockey Championships (2004 WJHC) was held between December 26, 2003 and January 5, 2004 in Helsinki and Hämeenlinna, Finland. The United States won its first ever gold medal, defeating Canada 4-3 in the Final.

Contents 1 Final standings 1.1 Group A 1.1.1 December 26 1.1.2 December 27 1.1.3 December 28 1.1.4 December 29 1.1.5 December 30 1.1.6 December 31 1.2 Group B 1.2.1 December 26 1.2.2 December 27 1.2.3 December 28 1.2.4 December 29 1.2.5 December 30 1.2.6 December 31 1.3 Relegation Round 1.3.1 January 2 1.3.2 January 3 1.4 Playoff round 1.4.1 Quarter-finals 1.4.2 Semi-finals 1.4.3 5th place game 1.4.4 Bronze medal game 1.4.5 Gold medal game 1.5 Scoring leaders 1.6 Awards 1.6.1 All-Star Team 1.6.2 Most Valuable Player 2 Division I Standings 2.1 Group A 2.2 Group B 3 Division II Standings 3.1 Group A 3.2 Group B 4 Division III Standings 5 See also

Final standings

Group A

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
United States	4	4	0	0	21	4	8
Slovakia	4	2	1	1	9	7	5
Russia	4	2	1	1	11	10	5
Sweden	4	1	3	0	13	10	2
Austria	4	0	4	0	1	24	0

All games at Hämeenlinna unless otherwise stated

December 26

• Slovakia 2-2 Russia
• United States 8-0 Austria

December 27

• Sweden 7-0 Austria

December 28

• Russia 5-3 Sweden (at Helsinki)
• United States 5-0 Slovakia

December 29

• Russia 3-1 Austria

December 30

• United States 4-3 Sweden
• Slovakia 6-0 Austria

December 31

• United States 4-1 Russia
• Slovakia 1-0 Sweden

Group B

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Canada	4	4	0	0	25	4	8
Finland	4	3	1	0	19	6	6
Czech Republic	4	2	2	0	14	9	4
Switzerland	4	1	3	0	14	11	2
Ukraine	4	0	4	0	1	43	0

All games at Helsinki unless otherwise noted

December 26

• Czech Republic 8-0 Ukraine (4-0, 4-0, 0-0)
• Canada 3-0 Finland

December 27

• Switzerland 11-0 Ukraine

December 28

• Canada 7-2 Switzerland
• Finland 3-2 Czech Republic (at Hämeenlinna)

December 29

• Canada 10-0 Ukraine

December 30

• Czech Republic 2-1 Switzerland
• Finland 14-1 Ukraine

December 31

• Canada 5-2 Czech Republic
• Finland 2-0 Switzerland

Relegation Round

(all games at Hämeenlinna)

January 2

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

January 3

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

Austria and Ukraine are relegated to Division I for the 2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Playoff round

(all games at Helsinki)

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

A1

United States of America

2

B2

Finland

4

B2

Finland

1

A3

Russia

3

A1

United States of America

4

B1

Canada

3

B1

Canada

7

A2

Slovakia

2

B3

Czech Republic

1

Third place

B3

Czech Republic

4

B2

Finland

2

B3

Czech Republic

1

Quarter-finals

January 2

• Czech Republic 4-2 Slovakia
• Finland 4-3 Russia

Semi-finals

January 3

• United States 2-1 Finland
• Canada 7-1 Czech Republic

5th place game

January 4

• Russia 3-2 Slovakia

Bronze medal game

January 5

• Finland 2-1 Czech Republic

Gold medal game

January 5

• United States 4-3 Canada

Scoring leaders

	G	A	Pts
Nigel Dawes	6	5	11
Zach Parise	5	6	11
Anthony Stewart	5	6	11
Valtteri Filppula	4	5	9
Sami Lepistö	4	4	8

Awards

All-Star Team

Goaltender: Al Montoya

Defense: Dion Phaneuf, Sami Lepistö

Forwards: Zach Parise, Valtteri Filppula, Jeff Carter

Most Valuable Player

Zach Parise

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The Division I Championships were played December 14-December 20, 2003 in Berlin, Germany (Group A) and December 13-December 19, 2003 in Briancon, France (Group B)

Division I Standings

Group A

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Germany	5	3	0	2	29	10	8
Denmark	5	3	1	1	23	16	7
Slovenia	5	3	2	0	18	19	6
Latvia	5	2	1	2	35	19	6
Kazakhstan	5	1	3	1	16	19	3
Hungary	5	0	5	0	8	46	0

Group B

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Belarus	5	5	0	0	34	11	10
Norway	5	3	2	0	21	10	6
France	5	3	2	0	22	16	6
Italy	5	3	2	0	15	18	6
Estonia	5	1	4	0	9	33	2
Japan	5	0	5	0	9	22	0

Germany and Belarus advance to the 2005 World Junior Championships, Hungary and Japan are relegated to Division II

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

Division II Standings

Group A

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Poland	5	5	0	0	59	4	10
Romania	5	3	1	1	44	16	7
Netherlands	5	3	2	0	32	19	6
Spain	5	2	2	1	21	32	5
Belgium	5	1	4	0	16	31	2
Iceland	5	0	5	0	10	80	0

Group B

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
United Kingdom	5	5	0	0	38	5	10
South Korea	5	4	1	0	45	7	8
Croatia	5	2	3	0	18	18	4
File:Flag of Serbia and Montenegro.svg Serbia and Montenegro	5	2	3	0	15	21	4
Lithuania	5	2	3	0	12	25	4
South Africa	5	0	5	0	4	56	0

Poland and the United Kingdom advance to the 2005 Division I Championships, Iceland and South Africa are relegated to the 2005 Division III Championships'

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The Division III Championships were held January 5-January 11, 2004 in Sofia, Bulgaria

Division III Standings

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Australia	5	5	0	0	42	13	10
China	5	4	1	0	41	20	8
Mexico	5	3	2	0	25	16	6
Turkey	5	1	4	0	10	38	2
Bulgaria	5	1	4	0	13	34	2
New Zealand	5	1	4	0	10	30	2

Australia and the People's Republic of China advance to 2005 Division II Championships

See also

Preceded by 2003 World Juniors

World Junior Ice Hockey Championships See also: 2004 World Championships

Succeeded by 2005 World Juniors

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