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.

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

Source:
(H) Hosts
30 March 2004
20:00		China 0–11
(0–4, 0–3, 0–4)		 CanadaHalifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 5,447
Game reference
8 minPenalties12 min
12Shots52
31 March 2004
20:00		Germany 4–2
(0–1, 1–1, 3–0)		 ChinaHalifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 3,507
Game reference
16 minPenalties14 min
38Shots24
1 April 2004
20:00		Canada 13–0
(8–0, 3–0, 2–0)		 GermanyHalifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 7,251
Game reference
4 minPenalties10 min
64Shots9

Group B

Source:
30 March 2004
16:00		Switzerland 1–9
(1–1, 0–4, 0–4)		 United StatesHalifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 4,900
Game reference
6 minPenalties14 min
11Shots50
31 March 2004
16:00		Russia 2–1
(1–0, 1–0, 0–1)		  SwitzerlandHalifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 3,274
Game reference
10 minPenalties14 min
33Shots27
1 April 2004
16:00		United States 8–0
(2–0, 2–0, 4–0)		 RussiaHalifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 6,185
Game reference
8 minPenalties10 min
68Shots4

Group C

Source:
30 March 2004
18:00		Japan 2–8
(0–2, 2–4, 0–2)		 SwedenDartmouth Sportsplex, Dartmouth
Attendance: 1,238
Game reference
12 minPenalties22 min
10Shots39
31 March 2004
18:00		Finland 1–0
(1–0, 0–0, 0–0)		 JapanDartmouth Sportsplex, Dartmouth
Attendance: 1,221
Game reference
14 minPenalties12 min
27Shots11
1 April 2004
18:00		Sweden 2–2
(2–0, 0–1, 0–1)		 FinlandDartmouth Sportsplex, Dartmouth
Attendance: 1,412
Game reference
16 minPenalties14 min
23Shots20

Qualifying round

Group D

Source:
(H) Hosts
3 April 2004
16:10		Canada 1–3
(1–2, 0–1, 0–0)		 United StatesHalifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 8,505
Game reference
10 minPenalties10 min
27Shots24
4 April 2004
20:10		Sweden 1–7
(1–0, 0–4, 0–3)		 CanadaHalifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 5,816
Game reference
26 minPenalties16 min
13Shots54
5 April 2004
20:00		United States 9–2
(3–1, 1–1, 5–0)		 SwedenHalifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 4,972
Game reference
2 minPenalties16 min
45Shots15

Group E

Source:
3 April 2004
20:00		Germany 2–4
(0–1, 2–2, 0–1)		 RussiaHalifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 4,144
Game reference
4 minPenalties4 min
26Shots34
4 April 2004
16:00		Finland 4–0
(2–0, 1–0, 1–0)		 GermanyHalifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 6,599
Game reference
8 minPenalties14 min
33Shots17
5 April 2004
16:00		Russia 1–2
(1–0, 0–2, 0–0)		 FinlandHalifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 5,976
Game reference
2 minPenalties6 min
13Shots34

Group F

Source:
3 April 2004
18:00		China 6–3
(2–1, 3–1, 1–1)		  SwitzerlandDartmouth Sportsplex, Dartmouth
Attendance: 1,197
Game reference
10 minPenalties8 min
21Shots44
4 April 2004
18:00		Japan 2–5
(0–2, 0–1, 2–2)		 ChinaDartmouth Sportsplex, Dartmouth
Attendance: 1,205
Game reference
2 minPenalties8 min
33Shots38
5 April 2004
18:00		Switzerland 4–0
(0–0, 1–0, 3–0)		 JapanDartmouth Sportsplex, Dartmouth
Attendance: 996
Game reference
14 minPenalties18 min
22Shots17

Final round

Bronze medal game

6 April 2004
16:00		Finland 3–2
(1–0, 1–2, 1–0)		 SwedenHalifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 5,111
Game reference
Heidi WiikGoaliesKim MartinReferee:
CanadaStephanie Normand
Linesmen:
United StatesKelli O'Brian
CanadaChristine Pellerin
Sirviö (Hoikkala, Savikuja) – 18:361–0
1–125:56 – Holst (Rooth, Holmlöv) (PP)
Fisk (Riipi, Kovalainen) – 27:042–1
2–227:57 – Edstrand (Sjölander)
Saarinen – 48:493–2
6 minPenalties12 min
24Shots17

Final

6 April 2004
20:10		United States 0–2
(0–0, 0–1, 0–1)		 CanadaHalifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,506
Game reference
Pam DreyerGoaliesKim St-PierreReferee:
FinlandAnu Hirvonen
Linesmen:
NetherlandsIlse Robben
FinlandJohanna Suban
0–124:17 – Wickenheiser (Goyette, Brisson)
0–241:37 – Collins
12 minPenalties8 min
26Shots27

Final standings

Awards and statistics

Scoring leaders

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)

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

Directorate Awards

All-Star team

Division I

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

Source:

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

14 March 2004Norway 3–3 France
Game reference
14 March 2004Latvia 1–4 Czech Republic
Game reference
14 March 2004North Korea 1–4 Kazakhstan
Game reference
15 March 2004Czech Republic 4–3 Norway
Game reference
15 March 2004France 6–0 North Korea
Game reference
15 March 2004Kazakhstan 3–3 Latvia
Game reference
17 March 2004Kazakhstan 1–0 Norway
Game reference
17 March 2004Czech Republic 3–3 France
Game reference
17 March 2004North Korea 1–4 Latvia
Game reference
18 March 2004France 0–4 Kazakhstan
Game reference
18 March 2004Czech Republic 8–1 North Korea
Game reference
18 March 2004Latvia 7–5 Norway
Game reference
20 March 2004Norway 7–2 North Korea
Game reference
20 March 2004France 2–3 Latvia
Game reference
20 March 2004Kazakhstan 3–0 Czech Republic
Game reference

Awards and statistics

Directorate Awards

Source: Passionhockey.com

Scoring leaders

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)

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

Source:

 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 2004Netherlands 1–5 Slovakia
14 March 2004Great Britain 2–3 Denmark
14 March 2004Italy 7–0 Australia
15 March 2004Denmark 4–1 Netherlands
15 March 2004Slovakia 8–1 Australia
15 March 2004Italy 10–2 Great Britain
17 March 2004Denmark 10–0 Australia
17 March 2004Great Britain 0–1 Netherlands
17 March 2004Italy 2–1 Slovakia
18 March 2004Netherlands 5–1 Australia
18 March 2004Slovakia 11–0 Great Britain
18 March 2004Italy 1–4 Denmark
20 March 2004Denmark 3–3 Slovakia
20 March 2004Australia 4–2 Great Britain
20 March 2004Italy 4–0 Netherlands

Awards and statistics

Directorate Awards

Source: Passionhockey.com

Scoring leaders

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)

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.

Source:

 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 2004Austria 8–1 Hungary
21 March 2004South Korea 1–2 Belgium
21 March 2004Slovenia 5–0 Romania
22 March 2004Belgium 1–10 Austria
22 March 2004Hungary 3–0 Romania
22 March 2004Slovenia 10–1 South Korea
24 March 2004Romania 4–3 South Korea
24 March 2004Belgium 3–4 Hungary
24 March 2004Slovenia 1–3 Austria
25 March 2004Belgium 6–0 Romania
25 March 2004South Korea 1–10 Austria
25 March 2004Slovenia 8–3 Hungary
27 March 2004Hungary 4–1 South Korea
27 March 2004Austria 4–0 Romania
27 March 2004Slovenia 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

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

Goaltending leaders

Citations

References

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2004_IIHF_Women%27s_World_Championship&oldid=1274611212"
Uses material from the Wikipedia article 2004 IIHF Women's World Championship, released under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.