# 2004 Bandy World Championship

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International ice hockey competition

2004 Bandy World Championship Tournament details Host countries Sweden Hungary Dates 1–8 February (A) 25–28 February (B) Teams 11 Final positions Champions Finland (1st title) Runners-up Sweden Third place Russia Fourth place Kazakhstan Tournament statistics Games played 31 Scoring leader(s) Ari Holopainen, Finland (10 points) ← Arkhangelsk 2003 Kazan 2005 →

The **2004 Bandy World Championship** was a competition among [bandy](/source/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](/source/City_Park_Ice_Rink) in [Budapest](/source/Budapest), Hungary, from 25 to 28 February 2004. Finland won the championship for the first 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 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

- [Finland](/source/Finland_national_bandy_team)

- [Sweden](/source/Sweden_national_bandy_team)

- [Russia](/source/Russia_national_bandy_team)

- [Kazakhstan](/source/Kazakhstan_national_bandy_team)

- [Norway](/source/Norway_national_bandy_team)

### 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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Sweden 4 3 1 0 31 12 +19 7 Semifinals 2 Russia 4 2 0 2 22 14 +8 4 3 Finland 4 2 0 2 13 20 −7 4 4 Kazakhstan 4 1 1 2 16 31 −15 3 5 Norway 4 0 2 2 16 21 −5 2

Source: [*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

### 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

Group B was played in Budapest

- [United States](/source/United_States_national_bandy_team)

- [Belarus](/source/Belarus_national_bandy_team)

- [Hungary](/source/Hungary_national_bandy_team)

- [Canada](/source/Canada_national_bandy_team)

- [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands_national_bandy_team)

- [Estonia](/source/Estonia_national_bandy_team)

### 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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 United States 5 5 0 0 42 5 +37 10 Final 2 Belarus 5 3 0 2 15 13 +2 6 3 Canada 5 2 1 2 20 13 +7 5 Match for 3rd place 4 Hungary 5 2 1 2 14 19 −5 5 5 Estonia 5 2 0 3 12 20 −8 4 6 Netherlands 5 0 0 5 2 35 −33 0

Source: [*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

### Play-off matches

#### Match for 3rd place

- 28 February

- Hungary v Canada 5–1

#### Final

- 28 February

- USA v Belarus 7–0

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [The entire final](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu3fR5hkPVo)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [The decisive goal](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vcvxd9vgRQ)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Bandysidan.nu - Evenemang"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160403065551/http://www.bandysidan.nu/tavlinginfo.php?EVID=5&sprak=eng&land=3). Archived from [the original](http://www.bandysidan.nu/tavlinginfo.php?EVID=5&sprak=eng&land=3) on 2016-04-03.

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