2004 IIHF Men's InLine Hockey World Championship

The 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was the ninth such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It took place between July 10 and July 17, 2004.

Tournament Format
The preliminary round will be played in four groups (A-D) with 4 teams each. The groups A and B form the Top Division, the groups C and D form Division I. The two last-placed teams of the groups A and B and the two first-placed teams of the groups C and D play for fourth place in group A and B to participate in the Top Division playoffs. The losers of those games play as first placed teams in group C and D to participate in the Division I playoffs. Playoffs starting with the quarterfinals and placement games will be played both in the Top Division and in Division I.

All games in the preliminary round and in the playoffs will be played with 5-minute sudden-death overtime and a penalty shootout in case of a tie. The final games will be played with a 12- minute sudden-death overtime, followed by a penalty shootout competition in case of a tie.

Teams will be awarded points on the following system:
 * Win after regular time = 3 points
 * Win after overtime or shootout = 2 points
 * Loss after overtime or shootout = 1 point
 * Loss after regular time = 0 points

Participating teams
Groups are based on the results of the previous World Championships and Qualifying Series


 * Group A - Top Division


 * Group B - Top Division


 * Group C - Division I


 * Group D - Division I

Group A
Group loser sent to compete in qualification round

Group B
Group loser sent to compete in qualification round

Final standings
The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

Tournament awards

 * Best players selected by the directorate: 
 * Best Goalkeeper:  Ari Luostarinen 🇫🇮
 * Best Defenseman: Ernie Hartlieb    🇺🇸
 * Best Forward: Dejan Matejic   🇸🇪

European Zone
Played in Loverval, Belgium

Southern Hemisphere Zone
Played in South Africa

Asian Zone
Played in Taiwan

European-Asian Final
Played in Bad Tölz, Germany

Group C
Group Winner sent to compete in qualification round

Group B
Group winner sent to compete in qualification round

Final standings
The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

Tournament awards

 * Best players selected by the directorate: 
 * Best Goalkeeper:  Rodrigo Santos 🇧🇷
 * Best Defenseman: Mark Thomas    🇬🇧
 * Best Forward: John Dolan   🇬🇧