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)

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.

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