2004 Rink Hockey Men's B World Championship

The 2004 Rink Hockey Men's B World Championship was the 36th edition of the Rink Hockey B World Championship, held from October 16 to 23, in Macau.

2012 2004 FIRS B-World Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Macao
Dates	24 November-1 December
Teams	11 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	(in Macao host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Catalonia
Runners-up	England
Third place	Andorra
Tournament statistics
Matches played	39
Goals scored	461 (11.82 per match)
← 2002 2006 →

The champion was Catalonia, that had obtained a FIRS provisional membership few months before the tournament. However, FIRS did not endorse final acceptance of Catalonia for subsequent editions, being a sporting scandal known as the Fresno Case.

Format

Competition's schedule included 11 countries, divided in two groups, but North Korea withdrew a few days before the opening.

Matches

All times are Macau local time (UTC+8).

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Macau	4	4	0	0	54	11	+43	12
Andorra	4	3	0	1	56	9	+47	9
New Zealand	4	2	0	2	32	28	+4	6
Chinese Taipei	4	1	0	3	18	48	−30	3
China	4	0	0	4	10	74	−64	0

Source:

16 October 2004

19:30

Macau	25 – 4	China

Macau Forum

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16 October 2004

22:15

Andorra	19 – 0	Chinese Taipei

Macau Forum

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17 October 2004

17:30

New Zealand	3 – 8	Andorra

Macau Forum

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17 October 2004

18:45

Chinese Taipei	3 – 14	Macau

Macau Forum

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18 October 2004

08:00

China	2 – 15	New Zealand

Macau Forum

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18 October 2004

10:30

Andorra	3 – 4	Macau

Macau Forum

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18 October 2004

15:30

New Zealand	13 – 7	Chinese Taipei

Macau Forum

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18 October 2004

20:00

China	2 – 26	Andorra

Macau Forum

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19 October 2004

09:15

Chinese Taipei	8 – 2	China

Macau Forum

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19 October 2004

18:30

Macau	11 – 1	New Zealand

Macau Forum

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Catalonia	5	5	0	0	52	0	+52	15
England	5	4	0	1	35	16	+19	12
Australia	5	2	1	2	23	25	−2	7
Austria	5	2	1	2	16	19	−3	7
Japan	5	1	0	4	14	30	−16	3
North Korea	5	0	0	5	0	50	−50	0

Source:
Notes:

16 October 2004

21:00

Austràlia	0 – 11	Catalonia

Macau Forum

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17 October 2004

09:15

England	14 – 0	Japan

Macau Forum

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17 October 2004

10:30

Austria	10 – 0 *	North Korea

Macau Forum

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17 October 2004

20:00

North Korea	0 – 10 *	England

Macau Forum

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17 October 2004

20:05

Catalonia	12 – 0	Austria

Macau Forum

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17 October 2004

21:45

Japan	4 – 6	Australia

Macau Forum

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18 October 2004

11:45

Australia	10 – 0 *	North Korea

Macau Forum

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18 October 2004

18:45

Catalonia	8 – 0	Japan

Macau Forum

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18 October 2004

21:15

England	4 – 1	Austria

Macau Forum

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19 October 2004

08:00

Japan	10 – 0 *	North Korea

Macau Forum

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19 October 2004

10:30

Austria	3 – 3	Australia

Macau Forum

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19 October 2004

11:45

England	0 – 11	Catalonia

Macau Forum

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19 October 2004

19:45

Austria	2 – 0	Japan

Macau Forum

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19 October 2004

21:00

Australia	4 – 7	England

Macau Forum

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19 October 2004

22:15

Catalonia	10 – 0 *	North Korea

Macau Forum

9th and 10th places

21 October 2004

China	0 – 16	Japan

Macau Forum

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21 October 2004

Japan	11 – 1	China

Macau Forum

5th place bracket

	Semi-finals				Fifth place
	October 22 – Macau
	New Zealand	6
					October 23 – Macau
	Austria	7
					Australia	5
	October 22 – Macau
					Austria	4
	Australia	8
	Chinese Taipei	2
					Seventh place
					October 23 – Macau
					New Zealand	2
					Chinese Taipei	0

Championship Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	October 21 – Macau
	New Zealand	4
					October 22 – Macau
	England	18
					England	9
	October 21 – Macau
					Macau	4
	Macau	6
									October 23 – Macau
	Austria	3
									England	0
	October 21 – Macau
									Catalonia	6
	Andorra	4
					October 22 – Macau
	Australia	2
					Andorra	0
	October 21 – Macau
					Catalonia	8			Third place
	Chinese Taipei	1
									October 23 – Macau
	Catalonia	12
									Andorra	2
									Macau	0

2004 Rink Hockey Men's B World champions
Catalonia

Final standings

Place	Team
1	Catalonia
2	England
3	Andorra
4	Macau
5	Australia
6	Austria
7	New Zealand
8	Chinese Taipei
9	Japan
10	China
11	North Korea