Grängesberg, Sandviken, Stockholm, Uppsala and Västerås (Group A) 1-8 February
Budapest (Group B) 25-28 February.
The 2004 Bandy World Championship was played in Sweden on 1–8 February for Group A in Grängesberg, Sandviken, Stockholm, Uppsala 
and Västerås. Group B was played at the City Park Ice Rink in Budapest, Hungary on 25–28 February. It was an historic tournament as Finland won the championship and got World Champion for the first time. 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 won the first game ever in a World Championship against Russia. It happened in Grängesberg 4 February. The final against Sweden was an exciting game that ended 4-4. Finland won the World Championship on a Golden Goal!
The B-group was won by USA and the team also won the qualification game to advance to Group A against Belarus 7-0.