2004 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships

2004 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships
Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Dates	March 30 - April 6
Teams	9
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Canada (8th title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	130 (6.5 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Jennifer Botterill (11 points)

The 2004 IIHF World Women Championships were held March 30-April 6, 2004 in Halifax and Dartmouth, Canada. The Canadian national women's hockey team won their eighth straight World Championships. The event had 9 teams, because the 2003 event was cancelled due to the SARS epidemic, therefore the winners of the 2002 and 2003 Division I tournaments qualified.

Top Division[]

Preliminary round[]

Group A[]

	GP	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
Canada	2	2	0	24	0	4
Germany	2	1	1	4	15	2
China	2	0	2	2	15	0

Results:

March 30: China 0-11 Canada
March 31: Germany 4-2 China
April 1: Canada 13-0 Germany

Group B[]

	GP	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
United States of America	2	2	0	17	1	4
Russia	2	1	1	2	9	2
Switzerland	2	0	2	2	11	0

Results:

March 30: Switzerland 1-9 United States of America
March 31: Russia 2-1 Switzerland
April 1: United States of America 8-0 Russia

Group C[]

	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Sweden	2	1	1	0	10	4	3
Finland	2	1	1	0	3	2	3
Japan	2	0	0	2	2	9	0

Results:

March 30: Japan 2-8 Sweden
March 31: Finland 1-0 Japan
April 1: Sweden 2-2 Finland

Qualifying round[]

Group D (1-3 Place)[]

	GP	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
United States of America	2	2	0	12	3	4
Canada	2	1	1	8	4	2
Sweden	2	0	2	3	16	0

Results:

April 3: Canada 1-3 United States of America
April 4: Sweden 1-7 Canada
April 5: United States of America 9-2 Sweden

Group E (4-6 Place)[]

	GP	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
Finland	2	2	0	6	1	4
Russia	2	1	1	5	4	2
Germany	2	0	2	2	8	0

Results:

April 3: Germany 2-4 Russia
April 4: Finland 4-0 Germany
April 5: Russia 1-2 Finland

Group F (7-9 Place)[]

	GP	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
China	2	2	0	11	5	4
Switzerland	2	1	1	7	6	2
Japan	2	0	2	2	9	0

Results:

April 3: China 6-4 Switzerland
April 4: Japan 2-5 China
April 5: Switzerland 4-0 Japan

Finals[]

All finals on April 6

Gold medal final: United States of America 0-2 Canada
Bronze medal final: Finland 3-2 Sweden

Leading scorers[]

Jennifer Botterill, Canada (3 goals, 8 assists, 11 points)
Natalie Darwitz, United States of America (7 goals, 3 assists, 10 points)
Jayna Hefford, Canada (7 goals, 3 assists, 10 points)
Caroline Ouellette, Canada (3 goals, 6 assists, 9 points)
Krissy Wendell, United States of America (4 goals, 3 assists, 7 points)
Angela Ruggiero, United States of America (2 goals, 5 assists, 7 points)
Danielle Goyette, Canada (2 goals, 5 assists, 7 points)
Cherie Piper, Canada (1 goal, 6 assists, 7 points)
Jenny Potter, United States of America (3 goals, 3 assists, 6 points)

Switzerland and Japan are demoted to Division I at the 2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships

Division I[]

The Division I IIHF World Women Championships were held March 14-20 , 2004 in Ventspils, Latvia

	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Kazakhstan	5	4	1	0	15	4	9
Czech Republic	5	3	1	1	19	11	7
Latvia	5	3	1	1	18	15	7
France	5	1	2	2	14	13	4
Norway	5	1	1	3	18	17	3
North Korea	5	0	0	5	5	29	0

Kazakhstan is promoted to the 2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships, Norway and North Korea are demoted to Division II

14 March 2004
	Norway	3-3	France

14 March 2004
	Latvia	1-4	Czech Republic

14 March 2004
	North Korea	1-4	Kazakhstan

15 March 2004
	Czech Republic	4-3	Norway

15 March 2004
	France	6-0	North Korea

15 March 2004
	Latvia	3-3	Kazakhstan

17 March 2004
	Kazakhstan	1-0	Norway

17 March 2004
	Czech Republic	3-3	France

17 March 2004
	Latvia	4-1	North Korea

18 March 2004
	France	0-4	Kazakhstan

18 March 2004
	Czech Republic	8-1	North Korea

18 March 2004
	Latvia	7-5	Norway

20 March 2004
	Norway	7-2	North Korea

20 March 2004
	Latvia	3-2	France

20 March 2004
	Kazakhstan	3-0	Czech Republic

Division II[]

The Division II IIHF World Women Championships will be held March 14-20 , 2004 in Sterzing, Italy

	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Denmark	5	4	1	0	24	7	9
Italy	5	4	0	1	24	7	8
Slovakia	5	3	1	1	28	7	7
Netherlands	5	2	0	3	8	14	4
Australia	5	1	0	4	6	32	2
Great Britain	5	0	0	5	6	29	0

Denmark is promoted to Division I while Australia and United Kingdom are demoted to Division III in the 2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships

14 March 2004
	Netherlands	1-5	Slovakia

14 March 2004
	United Kingdom	2-3	Denmark

14 March 2004
	Italy	7-0	Australia

15 March 2004
	Denmark	4-1	Netherlands

15 March 2004
	Slovakia	8-1	Australia

15 March 2004
	Italy	10-2	United Kingdom

17 March 2004
	Denmark	10-0	Australia

17 March 2004
	United Kingdom	0-1	Netherlands

17 March 2004
	Italy	2-1	Slovakia

18 March 2004
	Netherlands	5-1	Australia

18 March 2004
	Slovakia	11-0	United Kingdom

18 March 2004
	Italy	1-4	Denmark

20 March 2004
	Denmark	3-3	Slovakia

20 March 2004
	Australia	4-2	United Kingdom

20 March 2004
	Italy	4-0	Netherlands

Division III[]

The Division III IIHF Women World Championships were held March 21-28 , 2004 in Maribor, Slovenia.

	GP	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
Austria	5	5	0	35	4	10
Slovenia	4	4	1	28	8	8
Hungary	5	3	2	15	20	6
Belgium	5	2	3	13	19	4
Romania	5	1	4	4	21	2
South Korea	5	0	5	7	30	0

Austria is promoted to Division II at the 2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships.

21 March 2004
	Austria	8-1	Hungary

21 March 2004
	South Korea	1-2	Belgium

21 March 2004
	Slovenia	5-0	Romania

22 March 2004
	Belgium	1-10	Austria

22 March 2004
	Hungary	3-0	Romania

22 March 2004
	Slovenia	10-1	South Korea

24 March 2004
	Romania	4-3	South Korea

24 March 2004
	Belgium	3-4	Hungary

24 March 2004
	Slovenia	1-3	Austria

25 March 2004
	Belgium	6-0	Romania

25 March 2004
	South Korea	1-10	Austria

25 March 2004
	Slovenia	8-3	Hungary

27 March 2004
	Hungary	4-1	South Korea

27 March 2004
	Austria	4-0	Romania

27 March 2004
	Slovenia	4-1	Belgium

Awards and honors[]

Directorate Awards[]

Goalie: Kim St. Pierre, (Canada)
Defender: Angela Ruggiero, (United States)
Forward: Jayna Hefford, (Canada)
Most Valuable Player: Jennifer Botterill, Canada^[1]

All-Star team[]

Goaltender: Pam Dreyer, (United States)
Defender: Gunilla Andersson, (Sweden)
Defender: Angela Ruggiero, (United States)
Forward: Jennifer Botterill, (Canada)
Forward: Natalie Darwitz, (United States)
Forward: Jayna Hefford, (Canada)

References[]

↑ Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-10, p.544, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55468-621-6

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[1] Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-10, p.544, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55468-621-6

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