2004 IIHF Women's World Championship
The 2004 IIHF Women's World Championship was the eighth edition of the Top Division of the Women's Ice Hockey World Championship.
The Top Division tournament was held from March 30 to April 6, 2004 in Halifax and Dartmouth, Canada at the Halifax Metro Centre, and the Dartmouth 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.
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
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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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Awards and statistics
Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource:
Goaltending leaders
| Pos | Player | Country | TOI | GA | GAA | Sv% | SO |
| 1 | Kim St. Pierre | 179:44 | 3 | 1.00 | 95.16 | 2 | |
| 2 | Pam Dreyer | 158:39 | 4 | 1.51 | 92.86 | 0 | |
| 2 | Chanda Gunn | 139:18 | 2 | 0.86 | 92.86 | 2 | |
| 4 | Florence Schelling | 166:14 | 5 | 1.80 | 92.42 | 1 | |
| 5 | Heidi Wiik | 240:00 | 5 | 1.25 | 92.19 | 1 |
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Directorate Awards
- Goaltender: Kim St. Pierre
- Defenceman: Angela Ruggiero
- Forward: Jayna Hefford
- Most Valuable Player: Jennifer Botterill
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'' is promoted to the 2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships, and are demoted to Division II''
Awards and statistics
Directorate Awards
- Goalie: Yelena Kuznetsova,
- Defender: Olga Konysheva,
- Forward: Iveta Koka,
Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource:
Goaltending leaders
| Pos | Player | Country | TOI | GA | GAA | Sv% | SO |
| 1 | Yelena Kuznetsova | 298:57 | 4 | 0.80 | 95.70 | 3 | |
| 2 | Radka Lhotská | 180:00 | 5 | 1.67 | 93.06 | 0 | |
| 3 | Lolita Andriševska | 300:00 | 14 | 2.80 | 92.86 | 0 | |
| 3 | Nolwenn Rousselle | 300:00 | 11 | 2.20 | 92.86 | 1 | |
| 5 | Petra Šmardová | 120:00 | 4 | 2.00 | 91.49 | 0 |
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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
- Goalie: Zuzana Tomčíková
- Defender: Jana Kapustová
- Forward: Maria Leitner
Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource:
Goaltending leaders
| Pos | Player | Country | TOI | GA | GAA | Sv% | SO |
| 1 | Andrea Risova | 120:00 | 1 | 0.50 | 95.00 | 1 | |
| 2 | Debora Montanari | 247:10 | 4 | 0.97 | 94.81 | 3 | |
| 3 | Camilla Bedmar | 240:00 | 6 | 1.50 | 93.18 | 1 | |
| 4 | Helena Kysela | 300:00 | 13 | 2.60 | 93.16 | 1 | |
| 5 | Vicky Robbins | 245:39 | 19 | 4.54 | 91.88 | 0 |
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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
- Goalie: Nina Geyer,
- Defender: Kerstin Oberhuber,
- Forward: Jasmina Rosar,
Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource: