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{{Infobox international hockey competition
 | tourney_name =IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships
 | year = 2004
 | other_titles =
 | image = 
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 | country = Sweden
 | dates = April 13–24, 2004
 | num_teams = 8
 | venues = 1
 | cities = 1
 | type = ish
 | winners = Norway
 | count = 
 | games = 20
 | goals = 85
 | attendance = 
 | scoring_leader = 
 | mvp = 
 | prevseason = [[2000 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships|2000]]
 | nextseason = [[2008 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships|2008]]
}}

The '''2004 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships''' was the third [[IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships]] held between April 13, 2004 and April 24, 2004 at [[Kempehallen]] in [[Örnsköldsvik]], Sweden. Örnsköldsvik was also the host of the first [[1976 Winter Paralympics|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 [[2002 Winter Paralympics|Salt Lake 2002 Paralympic Winter Games]], while the other five teams were selected through regional championships.

==Final rankings==
''( Rosters are not yet complete )''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!style="background-color:gold;"|Gold
!style="background-color:silver;"|Silver
!style="background-color:#CC9966;"|Bronze
! 4th
! 5th
! 6th
|- valign=top
|{{ish|NOR}}
---- [[Eskil Hagen]]<br> [[Atle Haglund]]<br> [[Lloyd Remi Johansen]]<br> [[Roger Johansen (sledge hockey)|Roger Johansen]]<br> [[Rolf Einar Pedersen]]<br> [[Tommy Rovelstad]]<br> [[Kjell Vidar Røyne]]<br> [[Geir Arne Skogstad]]<br> [[Stig Tore Svee]]<br> [[Arne Vik]]<br> [[Morten Værnes]]
|{{ish|USA}}
---- [[Dave Conklin]]<br> [[Bradley Emmerson]]<br> [[Manuel Guerra Jr.]]<br> [[Lonnie Hannah]]<br> [[Joe Howard (sledge hockey)|Joe Howard]]<br>[[Ahmad Karimzada]]<br>[[Taylor Lipsett|Andrew "Taylor" Lipsett]]<br> [[Christopher Manns]]<br> [[Bruce Nelson (sledge hockey)|Bruce Nelson]]<br> [[Alexi Salamone]]<br> [[Francis "Kip" St. Germaine]]

----{{ish|SWE}}
---- [[Björn Ferber]] '''C'''<br> [[Aron Andersson]]<br> [[Magnus Carlsson (sledge hockey)|Magnus Carlsson]]<br> [[Marcus Holm]]<br> [[Niklas Ingvarsson]]<br> [[Kenth Jonsson]]<br> [[Göran Karlsson]]<br> [[Jens Kask]]<br> [[Peter Melander]]<br> [[Leif Norgren]]<br>  [[Frank Pedersen]]
|{{ish|CAN}}
---- [[Jeremy Booker]]<br> [[Bradley Bowden]]<br> [[Billy Bridges]]<br> [[Marc Dorion]]<br> [[Raymond Grassi]]<br> [[Jean Labonte]]<br> [[Herve Lord]]<br> [[Shawn Matheson]]<br> [[Graeme Murray]]<br> [[Todd Nicholson]]<br> [[Mark Noot]]<br> [[Paul Rosen]]<br> [[Benoit St.Amand]]<br> [[Dany Verner]]<br> [[Greg Westlake]]
|{{ish|GBR}}
---- [[Ian Warner (sledge hockey)|Ian Warner]] '''C'''<br> [[Richard Whitehead (athlete)|Richard Whitehead]]<br> [[Nathan Stephens]]<br> [[Karl Nicholson]]<br> [[Russell Willey]]<br> [[David French (sledge hockey)|David French]]<br> [[Steven Thomas (sledge hockey)|Steven Thomas]] '''A''' <br> [[Simon James Berry]] '''A''' <br> [[Mark Briggs (sledge hockey)|Mark Briggs]]<br> [[Gary Farmer (sledge hockey)|Gary Farmer]]<br>  [[Phil Saunders (sledge hockey)|Phil Saunders]]<br> [[Gary Vaughan]]<br> [[Matt Lloyd (sledge hockey)|Matt Lloyd]]
|{{ish|JPN}}
---- [[Takayuki Endo]]<br> [[Shinobu Fukushima]]<br> [[Tadanobu Go]]<br> [[Naohiko Ishida]]<br>Tadashi Kato<br> [[Taku Kobiyama]]<br> [[Mitsuru Nagase]]<br> [[Kanichi Naito]]<br> [[Mamoru Ogiso]]<br> [[Taimei Shiba]]<br> [[Satoru Sudo]]<br> [[Kazuhiro Takahashi (sledge hockey)|Kazuhiro Takahashi]]<br>[[Toshifumi Takeuchi]]<br>  [[Daisuke Uehara]]<br> [[Mamoru Yoshikawa]] '''C'''
|-
|}

*'''7th''' {{ish|GER}} ( [[Gerd Bleidorn]], [[Marius Hattendorf]], [[Sebastian Kessler]], [[Robert Pabst]], [[Raimund Patzelt]], [[Udo Segreff]], Head coach: Michael Gursinsky, Coach: Wolfgang Kempe )
*'''8th''' {{ish|EST}} ( [[Valeri Falkenberg]], [[Vladimir Karandašev]], [[Ivar Liiv]], [[Andrei Sokolov (sledge hockey)|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===
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;Schedule
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===Group B===
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|win_SWE=1|draw_SWE=1|loss_SWE=1|gf_SWE=7|ga_SWE=7
|win_GER=1|draw_GER=0|loss_GER=2|gf_GER=4|ga_GER=11
|win_EST=0|draw_EST=1|loss_EST=2|gf_EST=5|ga_EST=10

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|team2 =  {{ish|EST}}
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|team2 =   {{ish|EST}}
|goals1 = [[Sebastian Kessler|S. Kessler]] 15:31, 40:00 <br>  [[Udo Segreff|U. Segreff]] 19:00
|goals2 = [[Imre Tiitsu|I. Tiitsu]]
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==Final round==

;5th to 8th Place Playoff
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|date = April 21, 2004
|time = 16:00 ([[UTC+2]])
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|time = 20:00 ([[UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{ish|GER}} B3
|score = 4 – 5
|periods = ( 0 - 0, 3 - 0, 0 - 3, 0 - 0 [[Sudden death (sport)|SD]], 4 - 5 Penalty shots )
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;Semifinals
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|time = 16:00 ([[UTC+2]])
|team1 = '''{{ish|USA}}''' A1
|score = 2 – 0
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|time = 20:00 ([[UTC+2]])
|team1 = '''{{ish|NOR}}''' B1
|score = 1 – 0
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|goals1 = 
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;7th Place Playoff
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|date = April 23, 2004
|time = 16:00 ([[UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{ish|EST}}
|score = 2 – 3
|periods = ( 0 - 2, 1 - 1, 1 - 0 )
|team2 =  '''{{ish|GER}}'''
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = [[Sebastian Kessler|S. Kessler]] <br> [[Raimund Patzelt|R. Patzelt]] <br> [[Udo Segreff|U. Segreff]]
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;5th Place Playoff
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|date = April 23, 2004
|time = 20:00 ([[UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{ish|JPN}}
|score = 0 – 1
|periods = ( 0 - 1, 0 - 0, 0 - 0 )
|team2 =  '''{{ish|GBR}}'''
|goals1 = 
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|attendance = 
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;Bronze Medal Game

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|date = April 24, 2004
|time = 12:00 ([[UTC+2]])
|team1 = '''{{ish|SWE}}'''
|score = 3 – 0
|periods = ( 2 - 0, 1 - 0, 0 - 0 )
|team2 =  {{ish|CAN}}
|goals1 =  [[Peter Melander|P. Melander]] <br> [[Aron Andersson|A. Andersson]] <br> [[Marcus Holm|M. Holm]]
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Kempehallen]], [[Örnsköldsvik]]
|attendance = 
|referee = 
}}

;Gold Medal Game
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|bg = #F7F6A8
|date = April 24, 2004
|time = 16:00 ([[UTC+2]])
|team1 = {{ish|USA}}
|score = 1 – 2
|periods = ( 1 - 0, 0 - 0, 0 - 2 )
|team2 = '''{{ish|NOR}}'''
|goals1 = [[Joe Howard (sledge hockey)|J. Howard]] 00:23 (ES)
|goals2 = 37:00 (ES) [[Rolf E Pedresen|R. Pedresen]] <br> 43:00 (ES) [[Tommy Rovelstad|T. Rovelstad]]
|stadium = [[Kempehallen]], [[Örnsköldsvik]]
|attendance = 
|referee = 
}}

==See also==
* [[Ice sledge hockey]]
* [[Ice hockey#Sledge hockey]]
* [[Ice sledge hockey at the 2006 Winter Paralympics]]
* [[2008 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships]]
* [[1976 Winter Paralympics|1976 First winter Paralympics in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden]]

==External links==
* [http://www.paralympic.org/release/Main_Sections_Menu/Sports/Results/championships_events.html?champ_id=63&sport_id=36 Official Results]
* [http://www.paralympic.org/release/Main_Sections_Menu/News/Press_Releases/2004_04_08_a.html Paralympic.org Press Releases - IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships Take to the Ice]
* [http://www.paralympic.org/release/Main_Sections_Menu/News/Current_Affairs/2004_04_27_a.html Norway Victorious in Ice Sledge Hockey World Champs]

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