2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 2004 World Junior (Under 20) Ice Hockey Championships (2004 WJHC) was held between December 26, 2003 and January 5, 2004 in Helsinki

Helsinki

Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...

and Hämeenlinna

Hämeenlinna

Hämeenlinna is a city and municipality of about inhabitants in the heart of the historical province of Häme in the south of Finland and is the birthplace of composer Jean Sibelius. Today, it belongs to the region of Tavastia Proper, and until 2010 it was the residence city for the Governor of the...

, Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

. The United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

won its first ever gold medal, defeating Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

4-3 in the Final.

Group A


4	4	0	0	21	4	8
4	2	1	1	9	7	5
4	2	1	1	11	10	5
4	1	0	3	13	10	2
4	0	0	4	1	24	0

All times local (EET

Eastern European Time

Eastern European Time is one of the names of UTC+02:00 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. It is used in some European countries that also use Eastern European Summer Time as a summer daylight saving time.- Usage :...

/UTC+2).

Group B


4	4	0	25	4	8
4	3	1	19	6	6
4	2	2	14	9	4
4	1	3	14	11	2
4	0	4	1	43	0

All times local (EET

Eastern European Time

/UTC+2).

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

2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was held between December 25, 2004, and January 4, 2005, at the Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and at the Ralph Engelstad Arena in Thief River Falls, Minnesota, United States...

Playoff round

(all games at Helsinki

Helsinki

)

Scoring leaders

	G	A	Pts
Nigel Dawes Nigel Dawes Nigel Dawes is a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger for Barys Astana. Before joining Barys, he played for the Montreal Canadiens, the Atlanta Thrashers and the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League...	6	5	11
Zach Parise Zach Parise Zachary Justin Parise is an American professional ice hockey left winger of French-Canadian origin and captain of the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League . Parise's father, J. P...	5	6	11
Anthony Stewart	5	6	11
Valtteri Filppula Valtteri Filppula Valtteri Filppula is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward, currently playing for the Detroit Red Wings of the NHL...	4	5	9
Sami Lepistö Sami Lepistö Sami Lepistö is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently playing for the Chicago Blackhawks. He is the son of former Jokerit captain and youth international defenceman Jussi Lepistö...	4	4	8

All-Star Team

Goaltender:

Al Montoya

Álvaro "Al" Montoya is an American professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League . He was drafted by the New York Rangers in the first round of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft after a three-year career with the University of Michigan...

Defense:

Dion Phaneuf

Dion Phaneuf is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman and captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League...

Sami Lepistö

Sami Lepistö is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently playing for the Chicago Blackhawks. He is the son of former Jokerit captain and youth international defenceman Jussi Lepistö...

Forwards:

Zach Parise

Zachary Justin Parise is an American professional ice hockey left winger of French-Canadian origin and captain of the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League . Parise's father, J. P...

Valtteri Filppula

Valtteri Filppula is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward, currently playing for the Detroit Red Wings of the NHL...

Jeff Carter

Jeff Carter is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre, an alternate captain for the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League...

Most Valuable Player

Zach Parise

Zachary Justin Parise is an American professional ice hockey left winger of French-Canadian origin and captain of the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League . Parise's father, J. P...

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The Division I Championships were played December 14-December 20, 2003 in Berlin

Berlin

Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

(Group A) and December 13-December 19, 2003 in Briancon

Briançon

Briançon a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department....

, France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

(Group B)

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
	5	1	3	1	16	19	3
Hungary	5	0	5	0	8	46	0

Group B

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

Sosnowiec

Sosnowiec is a city in Zagłębie Dąbrowskie in southern Poland, near Katowice. It is one of the central districts of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - a metropolis with a combined population of over two million people located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Brynica river .It is situated in...

, Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

(Group A) and January 5-January 11, 2004 in Kaunas

Kaunas

Kaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania and has historically been a leading centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the biggest city and the center of a powiat in Trakai Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1413. During Russian Empire occupation...

and Elektrenai

Elektrenai

Elektrėnai is a city of about 14,000 inhabitants in Lithuania; since 2000 it is the capital of the Elektrėnai municipality. It is situated between the two largest cities in Lithuania – Vilnius and Kaunas.-Name:Elektrėnai is the Lithuanian name of the city...

, Lithuania

Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

(Group B)

Group A

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Poland	5	5	0	0	59	4	10
Kingdom of 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	GF	GA	Pts
United Kingdom	5	5	0	38	5	10
South Korea	5	4	1	45	7	8
Independent State of Croatia	5	2	3	18	18	4
Serbia and Montenegro	5	2	3	15	21	4
Lithuania	5	2	3	12	25	4
South Africa	5	0	5	4	56	0

Poland and the Great Britain 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

Sofia

Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...

, Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...