2004 IIHF Women's World Championship

2004 IIHF Women's World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Canada
Dates	March 30 - April 6
Teams	9
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Canada (8 titles)
Tournament statistics
Games played	20
Goals scored	129  (6.45 per game)
Attendance	89,461  (4,473 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Jennifer Botterill (11 points)
MVP	Jennifer Botterill

The 2004 IIHF World Women's Championships were held March 30-April 6, 2004 in Halifax and Dartmouth, Canada. Canada 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. Canada won their 37th consecutive World Championship game before losing three to one in their third game. They later avenged their loss to the USA by defeating them in the Gold Medal game two to zero. Sweden and Finland also met each other twice, with Finland winning the Bronze Medal game three to two 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.

Preliminary round

Group A

	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Canada	2	2	0	0	24	0	4
Germany	2	1	0	1	4	15	2
China	2	0	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	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
United States	2	2	0	0	17	1	4
Russia	2	1	0	1	2	9	2
Switzerland	2	0	0	2	2	11	0

Results:

• March 30: Switzerland 1-9 United States
• March 31: Russia 2-1 Switzerland
• April 1: United States 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	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
United States	2	2	0	0	12	3	4
Canada	2	1	0	1	8	4	2
Sweden	2	0	0	2	3	16	0

Results:

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

Group E (4-6 Place)

	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Finland	2	2	0	0	6	1	4
Russia	2	1	0	1	5	4	2
Germany	2	0	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	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
China	2	2	0	0	11	5	4
Switzerland	2	1	0	1	7	6	2
Japan	2	0	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 0-2 Canada
• Bronze medal final: Finland 3-2 Sweden

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's 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's 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 Great Britain are demoted to Division III in the 2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships

14 March 2004

Netherlands

1-5

Slovakia

14 March 2004

Great Britain

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

Great Britain

17 March 2004

Denmark

10-0

Australia

17 March 2004

Great Britain

0-1

Netherlands

17 March 2004

Italy

2-1

Slovakia

18 March 2004

Netherlands

5-1

Australia

18 March 2004

Slovakia

11-0

Great Britain

18 March 2004

Italy

1-4

Denmark

20 March 2004

Denmark

3-3

Slovakia

20 March 2004

Australia

4-2

Great Britain

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

Austria was promoted to Division II at the 2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships, while both Romania and South Korea were relegated to the newly formed Division IV.

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

References

• Complete results
• Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. 
• IIHF results index for 2004

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