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

Contents

Final standings

Group A

December 26

December 27

December 28

December 29

December 30

December 31

Group B

December 26

December 27

December 28

December 29

December 30

December 31

Relegation Round

January 2

January 3

Playoff round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

5th place game

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Scoring leaders

Awards

All-Star Team

Most Valuable Player

Division I Standings

Group A

Group B

Division II Standings

Group A

Group B

Division III Standings

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

★ 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)

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'
	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'
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'
People's Republic of 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''