Year: | 2004 |
Size: | 200px |
Country: | Sweden |
Country2: | Hungary |
Dates: | 1 – 8 and 25 – 28 February |
Num Teams: | 11 |
Type: | bandy |
Winners: | FIN |
Second: | SWE |
Third: | RUS |
Fourth: | KAZ |
Games: | 31 |
Scoring Leader: | Ari Holopainen, Finland |
Points: | 10 |
Prevseason: | Arkhangelsk 2003 |
Nextseason: | Kazan 2005 |
The 2004 Bandy World Championship was a competition among bandy playing nations. The men's tournament was played in Sweden on 1–8 February 2004 for Group A and Group B was played at the City Park Ice Rink in Hungary on 25–28 February 2004. Finland won the championship for the 1st time.[1] [2] Eleven bandy playing countries participated in the 2004 championships: Finland, Kazakhstan, Norway, Russia, Sweden (group A) and Belarus, Canada, Estonia, Hungary, Netherlands and United States (group B).[3]
Finland became champion. For the first time ever the championship went to a team other than Soviet Union/Russia or Sweden.
Sweden–Kazakhstan 14–2
Russia–Norway 6–3
Kazakhstan–Russia 3–10
Sweden–Finland 7–1
Finland–Norway 5–3
Sweden–Russia 4–3
Kazakhstan–Norway 4–4
Russia–Finland 3–4
Finland–Kazakhstan 3–7
Sweden–Norway 6–6
Sweden–Kazakhstan 10–3
Russia–Finland 3–4
Russia–Kazakhstan 5–2
Sweden–Finland 4–5 (aet)
Canada–USA 3–4
Hungary–Estonia 2–3
Belarus–Netherlands 7–0
Estonia–Canada 2–6
Hungary–USA 1–10
Belarus–Estonia 2–1
Netherlands–USA 0–12
Belarus–Canada 3–2
Estonia–USA 0–10
Hungary–Netherlands 4–1
Hungary–Belarus 4–2
Netherlands–Canada 1–6
Belarus–USA 1–6
Netherlands–Estonia 0–6
Hungary–Canada 3–3
Hungary–Canada 5–1
USA–Belarus 7–0