2004 IIHF Women's World Championship


The 2004 IIHF World Women's 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 no teams were relegated and the winners of the 2002 and 2003 Division I tournaments qualified. Canada won their 37th consecutive World Championship game before losing 3–1 in their third game. They later avenged their loss to the USA by defeating them in the Gold Medal game 2–1. Sweden and Finland also met each other twice, with Finland winning the Bronze Medal game 3–2 improving on the earlier draw.
In addition to being the qualifications for the 2005 world tournaments, this year also finalized the qualification for the Torino Olympics.

Top Division

Preliminary round

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Qualifying round

Group D

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Group E

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Group F

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Final round

Bronze medal game

Final

Final standings

Awards and statistics

Scoring leaders

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
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Goaltending leaders

PosPlayerCountryTOIGAGAASv%SO
1Kim St. Pierre179:4431.0095.162
2Pam Dreyer158:3941.5192.860
2Chanda Gunn139:1820.8692.862
4Florence Schelling166:1451.8092.421
5Heidi Wiik240:0051.2592.191
TOI = Time On Ice ; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
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Directorate Awards

The Division I IIHF World Women's Championships were held March 14–20, 2004 in Ventspils, Latvia
is promoted to the 2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships, and are demoted to Division II

Awards and statistics

Directorate Awards

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Scoring leaders

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
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Goaltending leaders

PosPlayerCountryTOIGAGAASv%SO
1Yelena Kuznetsova298:5740.8095.703
2Radka Lhotská180:0051.6793.060
3Lolita Andriševska300:00142.8092.860
3Nolwenn Rousselle300:00112.2092.861
5Petra Šmardová120:0042.0091.490
TOI = Time On Ice ; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
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Division II

The Division II IIHF World Women's Championships will be held March 14–20, 2004 in Sterzing, Italy
is promoted to Division I while and are demoted to Division III in the 2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships

Awards and statistics

Directorate Awards

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Scoring leaders

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
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Goaltending leaders

PosPlayerCountryTOIGAGAASv%SO
1Andrea Risova120:0010.5095.001
2Debora Montanari247:1040.9794.813
3Camilla Bedmar240:0061.5093.181
4Helena Kysela300:00132.6093.161
5Vicky Robbins245:39194.5491.880
TOI = Time On Ice ; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
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Division III

The Division III IIHF Women World Championships were held March 21–28, 2004 in Maribor, Slovenia.
was promoted to Division II at the 2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships, while both and were relegated to the newly formed Division IV.

Awards and statistics

Directorate Awards

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Scoring leaders

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
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Goaltending leaders

Citations