The 2004 Bandy World Championship was a competition among 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.
[1][2] 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).
For the first time ever the championship went to a team other than Soviet Union/Russia or Sweden.