2004 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships

2004 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships

Tournament details
Host country	Sweden
Dates	April 13–24, 2004
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	85 (4.25 per match)
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The 3rd IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships was held between April 13, 2004 and April 24, 2004 at Kempehallen in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. Örnsköldsvik was also the host of the first Paralympic Winter Games in 1976. Participating countries: 104 athletes from eight nations Canada, Estonia, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Norway, Sweden, United States. The USA, Norway and Sweden were automatically qualified for their performance at the Salt Lake 2002 Paralympic Winter Games, while the other five teams were selected through regional championships.

Final Rankings

( Rosters are not yet complete )

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze	4th	5th	6th
Norway Eskil Hagen Atle Haglund Lloyd Remi Johansen Roger Johansen Rolf Einar Pedersen Tommy Rovelstad Kjell Vidar Røyne Geir Arne Skogstad Stig Tore Svee Arne Vik Morten Værnes	United States Dave Conklin Bradley Emmerson Manuel Guerra Jr. Lonnie Hannah Joe Howard Andrew "Taylor" Lipsett Christopher Manns Bruce Nelson Alexi Salamone Francis "Kip" St. Germaine	Sweden Björn Ferber C Aron Andersson Magnus Carlsson Marcus Holm Niklas Ingvarsson Kenth Jonsson Göran Karlsson Jens Kask Peter Melander Leif Norgren Frank Pedersen	Canada Jeremy Booker Bradley Bowden Billy Bridges Marc Dorion Raymond Grassi Jean Labonte Herve Lord Shawn Matheson Graeme Murray Todd Nicholson Mark Noot Paul Rosen Benoit St.Amand Dany Verner Greg Westlake	United Kingdom Ian Warner C Richard Whitehead Nathan Stephens Karl Nicholson Russell Willey David French Steven Thomas A Simon James Berry A Mark Briggs Gary Farmer Phil Saunders Gary Vaughan Matt Lloyd	Japan Takayuki Endo Shinobu Fukushima Tadanobu Go Naohiko Ishida Tadashi Kato Taku Kobiyama Mitsuru Nagase Kanichi Naito Mamoru Ogiso Taimei Shiba Satoru Sudo Kazuhiro Takahashi Toshifumi Takeuchi Daisuke Uehara Mamoru Yoshikawa C

• 7th  Germany ( Gerd Bleidorn, Marius Hattendorf, Sebastian Kessler, Robert Pabst, Raimund Patzelt, Udo Segreff, Head coach: Michael Gursinsky, Coach: Wolfgang Kempe )
• 8th  Estonia ( Valeri Falkenberg, Vladimir Karandašev, Ivar Liiv, Andrei Sokolov, Vladimir Savolainen, Sergei Vesselov, Kaido Kalm C, Aleksander Jarlõkov, Arvi Piirioja, Imre Tiitsu, Tarmo Eerma, Maksim Vedernikov, Jüri Tammleht, Head coach: Nikolai Lopassov, Coach: Olle Sildre )

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Played	Wins	Ties	Losses	GF	GA	Points
United States	3	3	0	0	9	5	9
Canada	3	2	0	1	14	3	6
Japan	3	1	0	2	6	10	3
United Kingdom	3	0	0	3	1	12	0

Preliminary round summary

Team	United States	Canada	Japan	United Kingdom
United States		2-1	4-3	3-1
Canada	1-2		6-1	7-0
Japan	3-4	1-6		2-0
United Kingdom	1-3	0-7	0-2

Schedule

All times are local (UTC+2)

April 17, 2004 11:00 (UTC+2)

United States

3 – 1 ( 0 - 1 , 3 - 0 , 0 - 0 )

United Kingdom

Kempehallen, Örnsköldsvik

April 17, 2004 17:00 (UTC+2)

Canada

6 – 1 ( 2 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 3 - 1 )

Japan

Kempehallen, Örnsköldsvik

April 18, 2004 11:00 (UTC+2)

Canada

7 – 0 ( 1 - 0 , 4 - 0 , 2 - 0 )

United Kingdom

Kempehallen, Örnsköldsvik

April 18, 2004 20:00 (UTC+2)

Japan

3 – 4 ( 1 - 0 , 1 - 1 , 1 - 3 )

United States

Kempehallen, Örnsköldsvik

April 19, 2004 14:00 (UTC+2)

United Kingdom

0 – 2 ( 0 - 1 , 0 - 1 , 0 - 0 )

Japan

Kempehallen, Örnsköldsvik

April 19, 2004 17:00 (UTC+2)

United States

2 – 1 ( 0 - 0 , 0 - 1 , 2 - 0 )

Canada

Kempehallen, Örnsköldsvik

Group B

Team	Played	Wins	Ties	Losses	GF	GA	Points
Norway	3	3	0	0	13	1	9
Sweden	3	1	1	1	7	7	4
Germany	3	1	0	2	4	11	3
Estonia	3	0	1	2	5	7	1

Preliminary round summary

Team	Norway	Sweden	Germany	Estonia
Norway		3-1	6-0	4-0
Sweden	1-3		3-1	3-3
Germany	0-6	1-3		3-2
Estonia	0-4	3-3	2-3

Schedule

All times are local (UTC+2)

April 17, 2004 14:00 (UTC+2)

Norway

6 – 0 ( 3 - 0 , 2 - 0 , 1 - 0 )

Germany

Kempehallen, Örnsköldsvik

April 17, 2004 20:00 (UTC+2)

Sweden

3 – 3 ( 2 - 0 , 0 - 1 , 1 - 2 )

Estonia

Kempehallen, Örnsköldsvik

April 18, 2004 14:00 (UTC+2)

Estonia

0 – 4 ( 0 - 1 , 0 - 2 , 0 - 1 )

Norway

Kempehallen, Örnsköldsvik

April 18, 2004 17:00 (UTC+2)

Sweden

3 – 1 ( 0 - 0 , 1 - 1 , 2 - 0 )

Germany

Kempehallen, Örnsköldsvik

April 19, 2004 11:00 (UTC+2)

Germany

3 – 2 ( 0 - 1 , 2 - 0 , 1 - 1 )

Estonia

Kempehallen, Örnsköldsvik

April 19, 2004 20:00 (UTC+2)

Norway

3 – 1 ( 1 - 0 , 1 - 1 , 1 - 0 )

Sweden

Kempehallen, Örnsköldsvik

Final round

5th to 8th Place Playoff

April 21, 2004 16:00 (UTC+2)

Japan A3

2 – 0 ( 1 - 0 , 0 - 0 , 1 - 0 )

B4  Estonia

Kempehallen, Örnsköldsvik

April 21, 2004 20:00 (UTC+2)

Germany B3

4 – 5 ( 0 - 0 , 3 - 0 , 0 - 3 , 0 - 0 SD , 4 - 5 Penalty shots )

A4  United Kingdom

Kempehallen, Örnsköldsvik

Semifinals

April 22, 2004 16:00 (UTC+2)

United States A1

2 – 0 ( 0 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 )

B2  Sweden

Kempehallen, Örnsköldsvik

April 22, 2004 20:00 (UTC+2)

Norway B1

1 – 0 ( 0 - 0 , 0 - 0 , 0 - 0 , 1 - 0 SD )

A2  Canada

Kempehallen, Örnsköldsvik

7th Place Playoff

April 23, 2004 16:00 (UTC+2)

Estonia

2 – 3 ( 0 - 2 , 1 - 1 , 1 - 0 )

Germany

Kempehallen, Örnsköldsvik

5th Place Playoff

April 23, 2004 20:00 (UTC+2)

Japan

0 – 1 ( 0 - 1 , 0 - 0 , 0 - 0 )

United Kingdom

Kempehallen, Örnsköldsvik

Bronze Medal Game

April 24, 2004 12:00 (UTC+2)

Sweden

3 – 0 ( 2 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 0 - 0 )

Canada

Kempehallen, Örnsköldsvik

Gold Medal Game

April 24, 2004 16:00 (UTC+2)

United States

1 – 2 ( 1 - 0 , 0 - 0 , 0 - 2 )

Norway

Kempehallen, Örnsköldsvik

See also

• Sledge hockey
• Ice hockey#Sledge hockey
• Ice sledge hockey at the 2006 Winter Paralympics
• 2008 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships
• 1976 First winter Paralympics in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden

External links

• Official Results
• Paralympic.org Press Releases - IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships Take to the Ice
• Norway Victorious in Ice Sledge Hockey World Champs