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 at the Halifax Metro Centre (now known as Scotiabank Centre), and the Dartmouth Sportsplex (now known as Zatzman Sportsplex). 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 US 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.

2004 IIHF Women's World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	March 30 – April 6, 2004
Opened by	Adrienne Clarkson
Teams	9
Final positions
Champions	Canada (8th title)
Runner-up	United States
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Sweden
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)
Awards
MVP	Jennifer Botterill
← 2003 2005 →

In addition to being the qualifications for the 2005 world tournaments, this year also finalized the qualification for the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Top Division

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada (H)	2	2	0	0	24	0	+24	4	Group D
2	Germany	2	1	0	1	4	15	−11	2	Group E
3	China	2	0	0	2	2	15	−13	0	Group F

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

30 March 2004 20:00

China

0–11 (0–4, 0–3, 0–4)

Canada

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 5,447

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	12	Shots	52

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31 March 2004 20:00

Germany

4–2 (0–1, 1–1, 3–0)

China

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 3,507

Game reference
	16 min	Penalties	14 min
	38	Shots	24

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1 April 2004 20:00

Canada

13–0 (8–0, 3–0, 2–0)

Germany

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 7,251

Game reference
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	64	Shots	9

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	2	2	0	0	17	1	+16	4	Group D
2	Russia	2	1	0	1	2	9	−7	2	Group E
3	Switzerland	2	0	0	2	2	11	−9	0	Group F

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

30 March 2004 16:00

Switzerland

1–9 (1–1, 0–4, 0–4)

United States

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 4,900

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	11	Shots	50

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31 March 2004 16:00

Russia

2–1 (1–0, 1–0, 0–1)

Switzerland

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 3,274

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	33	Shots	27

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1 April 2004 16:00

United States

8–0 (2–0, 2–0, 4–0)

Russia

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 6,185

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	68	Shots	4

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	2	1	1	0	10	4	+6	3	Group D
2	Finland	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	3	Group E
3	Japan	2	0	0	2	2	9	−7	0	Group F

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

30 March 2004 18:00

Japan

2–8 (0–2, 2–4, 0–2)

Sweden

Dartmouth Sportsplex, Dartmouth Attendance: 1,238

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	22 min
	10	Shots	39

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31 March 2004 18:00

Finland

1–0 (1–0, 0–0, 0–0)

Japan

Dartmouth Sportsplex, Dartmouth Attendance: 1,221

Game reference
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	27	Shots	11

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1 April 2004 18:00

Sweden

2–2 (2–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Finland

Dartmouth Sportsplex, Dartmouth Attendance: 1,412

Game reference
	16 min	Penalties	14 min
	23	Shots	20

Qualifying round

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	2	2	0	0	12	3	+9	4	Final
2	Canada (H)	2	1	0	1	8	4	+4	2
3	Sweden	2	0	0	2	3	16	−13	0	Bronze medal game

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

3 April 2004 16:10

Canada

1–3 (1–2, 0–1, 0–0)

United States

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 8,505

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	27	Shots	24

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4 April 2004 20:10

Sweden

1–7 (1–0, 0–4, 0–3)

Canada

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 5,816

Game reference
	26 min	Penalties	16 min
	13	Shots	54

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5 April 2004 20:00

United States

9–2 (3–1, 1–1, 5–0)

Sweden

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 4,972

Game reference
	2 min	Penalties	16 min
	45	Shots	15

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
4	Finland	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	4	Bronze medal game
5	Russia	2	1	0	1	5	4	+1	2
6	Germany	2	0	0	2	2	8	−6	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

3 April 2004 20:00

Germany

2–4 (0–1, 2–2, 0–1)

Russia

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 4,144

Game reference
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	26	Shots	34

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4 April 2004 16:00

Finland

4–0 (2–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Germany

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 6,599

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	33	Shots	17

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5 April 2004 16:00

Russia

1–2 (1–0, 0–2, 0–0)

Finland

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 5,976

Game reference
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	13	Shots	34

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
7	China	2	2	0	0	11	5	+6	4
8	Switzerland	2	1	0	1	7	6	+1	2	Relegation to 2005 Division I
9	Japan	2	0	0	2	2	9	−7	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

3 April 2004 18:00

China

6–3 (2–1, 3–1, 1–1)

Switzerland

Dartmouth Sportsplex, Dartmouth Attendance: 1,197

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	21	Shots	44

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4 April 2004 18:00

Japan

2–5 (0–2, 0–1, 2–2)

China

Dartmouth Sportsplex, Dartmouth Attendance: 1,205

Game reference
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	33	Shots	38

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5 April 2004 18:00

Switzerland

4–0 (0–0, 1–0, 3–0)

Japan

Dartmouth Sportsplex, Dartmouth Attendance: 996

Game reference
	14 min	Penalties	18 min
	22	Shots	17

Final round

Bronze medal game

6 April 2004 16:00

Finland

3–2 (1–0, 1–2, 1–0)

Sweden

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 5,111

Game reference
	Heidi Wiik	Goalies	Kim Martin	Referee: Stephanie Normand Linesmen: Kelli O'Brian Christine Pellerin
	Sirviö (Hoikkala, Savikuja) – 18:36 1–0 1–1 25:56 – Holst (Rooth, Holmlöv) (PP) Fisk (Riipi, Kovalainen) – 27:04 2–1 2–2 27:57 – Edstrand (Sjölander) Saarinen – 48:49 3–2
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	24	Shots	17

Final

6 April 2004 20:10

United States

0–2 (0–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Canada

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,506

Game reference
	Pam Dreyer	Goalies	Kim St-Pierre	Referee: Anu Hirvonen Linesmen: Ilse Robben Johanna Suban
	0–1 24:17 – Wickenheiser (Goyette, Brisson) 0–2 41:37 – Collins
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	26	Shots	27

Final standings

	Canada
	United States
	Finland
4	Sweden
5	Russia
6	Germany
7	China
8	Switzerland
9	Japan

Awards and statistics

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Jennifer Botterill	Canada	5	3	8	11	+8	0
2	Natalie Darwitz	United States	5	7	3	10	+7	2
2	Jayna Hefford	Canada	5	7	3	10	+6	2
4	Caroline Ouellette	Canada	5	3	6	9	+10	0
5	Krissy Wendell	United States	4	4	3	7	+7	0
6	Angela Ruggiero	United States	5	2	5	7	+9	2
6	Danielle Goyette	Canada	5	2	5	7	+7	6
8	Cherie Piper	Canada	5	1	6	7	+7	4
9	Jenny Potter	United States	5	3	3	6	+6	4
10	Katie King	United States	5	2	4	6	+6	2
10	Elin Holmlöv	Sweden	5	2	4	6	−1	8

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Kim St. Pierre	Canada	179:44	3	1.00	95.16	2
2	Pam Dreyer	United States	158:39	4	1.51	92.86	0
2	Chanda Gunn	United States	139:18	2	0.86	92.86	2
4	Florence Schelling	Switzerland	166:14	5	1.80	92.42	1
5	Heidi Wiik	Finland	240:00	5	1.25	92.19	1

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Directorate Awards

• Goaltender: Kim St. Pierre
• Defenceman: Angela Ruggiero
• Forward: Jayna Hefford
• Most Valuable Player: Jennifer Botterill^[1]

All-Star team

• Goaltender: Pam Dreyer
• Defencemen: Gunilla Andersson, Angela Ruggiero
• Forwards: Jennifer Botterill, Natalie Darwitz, Jayna Hefford

Division I

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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kazakhstan	5	4	1	0	15	4	+11	9
Czech Republic	5	3	1	1	19	11	+8	7
Latvia	5	3	1	1	18	15	+3	7
France	5	1	2	2	14	13	+1	4
Norway	5	1	1	3	18	17	+1	3
North Korea	5	0	0	5	5	29	−24	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

 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

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14 March 2004

Latvia

1–4

Czech Republic

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14 March 2004

North Korea

1–4

Kazakhstan

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15 March 2004

Czech Republic

4–3

Norway

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15 March 2004

France

6–0

North Korea

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15 March 2004

Kazakhstan

3–3

Latvia

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17 March 2004

Kazakhstan

1–0

Norway

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17 March 2004

Czech Republic

3–3

France

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17 March 2004

North Korea

1–4

Latvia

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18 March 2004

France

0–4

Kazakhstan

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18 March 2004

Czech Republic

8–1

North Korea

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18 March 2004

Latvia

7–5

Norway

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20 March 2004

Norway

7–2

North Korea

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20 March 2004

France

2–3

Latvia

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20 March 2004

Kazakhstan

3–0

Czech Republic

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Awards and statistics

Directorate Awards

• Goalie: Yelena Kuznetsova, (Kazakhstan)
• Defender: Olga Konysheva, (Kazakhstan)
• Forward: Iveta Koka, (Latvia)

Source: Passionhockey.com

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Hege Ask	Norway	5	5	3	8	0	2
2	Iveta Koka	Latvia	5	2	6	8	+7	2
3	Drahomíra Fialová	Czech Republic	5	4	2	6	+3	2
3	Eva Holešova	Czech Republic	5	4	2	6	−1	4
3	Zuzana Králová	Czech Republic	5	4	2	6	+5	4
3	Christine Duchamp	France	5	4	2	6	−1	10
7	Lyubov Alexeyeva	Kazakhstan	5	3	3	6	+10	4
8	Inese Geca-Miljone	Latvia	5	5	0	5	+5	4
9	Olga Potapova	Kazakhstan	5	4	1	5	+10	4
10	Helene Martinsen	Norway	5	4	1	5	+3	14

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Yelena Kuznetsova	Kazakhstan	298:57	4	0.80	95.70	3
2	Radka Lhotská	Czech Republic	180:00	5	1.67	93.06	0
3	Lolita Andriševska	Latvia	300:00	14	2.80	92.86	0
3	Nolwenn Rousselle	France	300:00	11	2.20	92.86	1
5	Petra Šmardová	Czech Republic	120:00	4	2.00	91.49	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Division II

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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Denmark	5	4	1	0	24	7	+17	9
Italy	5	4	0	1	24	7	+17	8
Slovakia	5	3	1	1	28	7	+21	7
Netherlands	5	2	0	3	8	14	−6	4
Australia	5	1	0	4	6	32	−26	2
Great Britain	5	0	0	5	6	29	−23	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

 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

Awards and statistics

Directorate Awards

• Goalie: Zuzana Tomčíková
• Defender: Jana Kapustová
• Forward: Maria Leitner

Source: Passionhockey.com

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Nicole Bona	Italy	5	3	9	12	+7	8
2	Maria Leitner	Italy	5	7	4	11	+10	2
3	Tine Perry	Denmark	5	5	5	10	+3	6
4	Marie Henriksen	Denmark	5	3	7	10	+7	0
5	Sofie Lund	Denmark	5	8	1	9	+4	2
6	Sabina Florian	Italy	5	6	1	7	+6	6
7	Martina Veličková	Slovakia	5	5	2	7	+5	2
8	Zuzana Moravčíková	Slovakia	5	4	2	6	+10	2
9	Natalie Babonyová	Slovakia	5	3	3	6	+5	6
10	Maria Olausson	Denmark	5	5	0	5	+7	2

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Andrea Risova	Slovakia	120:00	1	0.50	95.00	1
2	Debora Montanari	Italy	247:10	4	0.97	94.81	3
3	Camilla Bedmar	Denmark	240:00	6	1.50	93.18	1
4	Helena Kysela	Netherlands	300:00	13	2.60	93.16	1
5	Vicky Robbins	Great Britain	245:39	19	4.54	91.88	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Division III

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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Austria	5	5	0	0	35	4	+31	10
Slovenia	5	4	0	1	28	8	+20	8
Hungary	5	3	0	2	15	20	−5	6
Belgium	5	2	0	3	13	19	−6	4
Romania	5	1	0	4	4	21	−17	2
South Korea	5	0	0	5	7	30	−23	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

 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

Awards and statistics

Directorate Awards

• Goalie: Nina Geyer, (Austria)
• Defender: Kerstin Oberhuber, (Austria)
• Forward: Jasmina Rosar, (Slovenia)

Source: Passionhockey.com

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Jasmina Rošar	Slovenia	5	11	6	17	+9	8
2	Ina Prezelj	Slovenia	5	9	8	17	+9	4
3	Denise Altmann	Austria	5	6	5	11	+14	10
4	Eva Maria Schwarzler	Austria	5	6	3	9	+14	2
5	Pia Pren	Slovenia	5	4	3	7	+9	2
6	Esther Kantor	Austria	5	3	3	6	+10	4
7	Cacilia Reichel	Austria	5	3	3	6	+9	0
8	Sonja Ban	Austria	5	4	1	5	+10	0
8	Kerstin Oberhuber	Austria	5	4	1	5	+12	2
8	Edit Darányi	Hungary	5	4	1	5	+1	6
8	Tímea Tóvölgyi	Hungary	5	4	1	5	+1	2

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: [ IIHF.com]

Goaltending leaders

Player	Mins	GA	SOG	GAA	SV%
Nina Geyer	151:13	2	58	0.79	96.55
Hedvika Korbar	239:30	3	64	0.75	95.31
Beata Antal	293:13	18	231	3.68	92.21
Doris Abele	148:47	2	24	0.81	91.67
Eszter Kökényesi	280:00	15	142	3.21	89.44