{{Infobox international hockey competition | year = 2004 | other_titles = | image = 2004 Bandy World Championship logo.jpg | size = 200px | country = Sweden | country2 = Hungary | dates = 1–8 February (A)<br>25–28 February (B) | num_teams = 11 | venues = | cities = | type = bandy | winners = FIN | count = 1 | second = SWE | third = RUS | fourth = KAZ | games = 31 | goals = | attendance = | scoring_leader = Ari Holopainen, Finland | points = 10 | mvp = | prevseason = [[2003 Bandy World Championship|Arkhangelsk 2003]] | nextseason = [[2005 Bandy World Championship|Kazan 2005]] }} The '''2004 Bandy World Championship''' was a competition among [[bandy]] playing nations. The men's tournament was played in Sweden from 1 to 8 February 2004 for Group A, while Group B was played at the [[City Park Ice Rink]] in [[Budapest]], Hungary, from 25 to 28 February 2004. Finland won the championship for the first time.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu3fR5hkPVo The entire final]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vcvxd9vgRQ The decisive goal]</ref> 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).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bandysidan.nu/tavlinginfo.php?EVID=5&sprak=eng&land=3|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160403065551/http://www.bandysidan.nu/tavlinginfo.php?EVID=5&sprak=eng&land=3|archive-date = 2016-04-03|title = Bandysidan.nu - Evenemang}}</ref>
Finland became world champions. For the first time ever (and, as of 2025, still the only time) the championship went to a team other than Soviet Union/Russia or Sweden.
==Group A== *{{Bandy|FIN}} *{{Bandy|SWE}} *{{Bandy|RUS}} *{{Bandy|KAZ}} *{{Bandy|NOR}}
===First round=== * 1 February : Sweden v Kazakhstan 14–2 : Russia v Norway 6–3
* 2 February : Kazakhstan v Russia 3–10 : Sweden v Finland 7–1
* 3 February : Finland v Norway 5–3 : Sweden v Russia 4–3
* 4 February : Kazakhstan v Norway 4–4 : Russia v Finland 3–4
* 5 February : Finland v Kazakhstan 3–7 : Sweden v Norway 6–6
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===Final round=== ====Semifinals==== * 7 February : Sweden v Kazakhstan 10–3 : Russia v Finland 3–4
====Match for 3rd place==== * 8 February : Russia v Kazakhstan 5–2
====Final==== * 8 February : Sweden v Finland 4–5 (aet)
==Group B== [[File:Műjegpalyabp.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Group B was played in Budapest]] *{{Bandy|USA}} *{{Bandy|BLR}} *{{Bandy|HUN}} *{{Bandy|CAN}} *{{Bandy|NED}} *{{Bandy|EST}}
===First round=== * 25 February : Canada v USA 3–4 : Hungary v Estonia 2–3 : Belarus v Netherlands 7–0 : Estonia v Canada 2–6 : Hungary v USA 1–10
* 26 February : Belarus v Estonia 2–1 : Netherlands v USA 0–12 : Belarus v Canada 3–2 : Estonia v USA 0–10 : Hungary v Netherlands 4–1
* 27 February : Hungary v Belarus 4–2 : Netherlands v Canada 1–6 : Belarus v USA 1–6 : Netherlands v Estonia 0–6 : Hungary v Canada 3–3
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===Play-off matches=== ====Match for 3rd place==== * 28 February : Hungary v Canada 5–1
====Final==== * 28 February : USA v Belarus 7–0
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Bandy World Championships}}
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