The 2004 Bandy World Championship was a competition among 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 in Budapest, Hungary, from 25 to 28 February 2004. Finland won the championship for the first time.The entire finalThe decisive goal 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).
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
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
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
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
Play-off matches Match for 3rd place 28 February Hungary v Canada 5–1
Final 28 February USA v Belarus 7–0
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