The 2004 Bandy World Championship was a competition between 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. There were 11 bandy playing countries participating in the 2004 championships: Finland, Kazakhstan, Norway, Russia, Sweden (group A) and Belarus, Canada, Estonia, Hungary, Netherlands and United States (group B).
Results
Finland became champion. For the first time ever the championship went to a team other than Soviet Union/Russia or Sweden.
Group A
First round
1 February
Sweden–Kazakhstan 14–2
Russia–Norway 6–3
2 February
Kazakhstan–Russia 3–10
Sweden–Finland 7–1
3 February
Finland–Norway 5–3
Sweden–Russia 4–3
4 February
Kazakhstan–Norway 4–4
Russia–Finland 3–4
5 February
Finland–Kazakhstan 3–7
Sweden–Norway 6–6
Final round
Semifinals
7 February
Sweden–Kazakhstan 10–3
Russia–Finland 3–4
Match for 3rd place
8 February
Russia–Kazakhstan 5–2
Final
8 February
Sweden–Finland 4–5 (aet)