Tournament details | |
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Host countries | Sweden Hungary |
Dates | 1 – 8 and 25 – 28 February |
Teams | 11 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Finland |
Runner-up | Sweden |
Third place | Russia |
Fourth place | Kazakhstan |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 31 |
Scoring leader(s) | Ari Holopainen, Finland (10 points) |
The 2004 Bandy World Championship was a competition among bandy playing nations. The men's tournament was played in Sweden on 1–8 February 2004 for Group A and Group B was played at the City Park Ice Rink in Hungary on 25–28 February 2004. Finland won the championship for the 1st 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]