The 2004 IIHF Women's World Championship was the eighth edition of the Top Division of the Women's Ice Hockey World Championship (the ninth edition overall, if the season when only the lower divisions were played is also counted).

The Top Division tournament was held from March 30 to 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

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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

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Awards and statistics

Scoring leaders

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!width=30|Pos

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!width=20|G

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| 1 || align=left|Jennifer Botterill || align=left| || 5 || 3 || 8 || 11 || +8 || 0

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| 2 || align=left|Natalie Darwitz || align=left| || 5 || 7 || 3 || 10 || +7 || 2

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| 2 || align=left|Jayna Hefford || align=left| || 5 || 7 || 3 || 10 || +6 || 2

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| 4 || align=left|Caroline Ouellette || align=left| || 5 || 3 || 6 || 9 || +10 || 0

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| 5 || align=left|Krissy Wendell || align=left| || 4 || 4 || 3 || 7 || +7 || 0

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| 6 || align=left|Angela Ruggiero || align=left| || 5 || 2 || 5 || 7 || +9 || 2

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| 6 || align=left|Danielle Goyette || align=left| || 5 || 2 || 5 || 7 || +7 || 6

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| 8 || align=left|Cherie Piper || align=left| || 5 || 1 || 6 || 7 || +7 || 4

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| 9 || align=left|Jenny Potter || align=left| || 5 || 3 || 3 || 6 || +6 || 4

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| 10 || align=left|Katie King || align=left| || 5 || 2 || 4 || 6 || +6 || 2

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| 10 || align=left|Elin Holmlöv || align=left| || 5 || 2 || 4 || 6 || −1 || 8

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

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"

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!width=30|Pos

!width=150|Player

!width=120|Country

!width=20|TOI

!width=20|GA

!width=20|GAA

!width=20|Sv%

!width=20|SO

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| 1 || align=left|Kim St. Pierre || align=left| || 179:44 || 3 || 1.00 || 95.16 || 2

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| 2 || align=left|Pam Dreyer || align=left| || 158:39 || 4 || 1.51 || 92.86 || 0

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| 2 || align=left|Chanda Gunn || align=left| || 139:18 || 2 || 0.86 || 92.86 || 2

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| 4 || align=left|Florence Schelling || align=left| || 166:14 || 5 || 1.80 || 92.42 || 1

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| 5 || align=left|Heidi Wiik || align=left| || 240:00 || 5 || 1.25 || 92.19 || 1

|}<small>TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts<br>Source: IIHF.com</small>

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

Source: Passionhockey.com

Scoring leaders

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!width=30|Pos

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| 1 || align=left|Hege Ask || align=left| || 5 || 5 || 3 || 8 || 0 || 2

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| 2 || align=left|Iveta Koka || align=left| || 5 || 2 || 6 || 8 || +7 || 2

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| 3 || align=left|Drahomíra Fialová || align=left| || 5 || 4 || 2 || 6 || +3 || 2

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| 3 || align=left|Eva Holešova || align=left| || 5 || 4 || 2 || 6 || −1 || 4

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| 3 || align=left|Zuzana Králová || align=left| || 5 || 4 || 2 || 6 || +5 || 4

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| 3 || align=left|Christine Duchamp || align=left| || 5 || 4 || 2 || 6 || −1 || 10

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| 7 || align=left|Lyubov Alexeyeva || align=left| || 5 || 3 || 3 || 6 || +10 || 4

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| 8 || align=left|Inese Geca-Miljone || align=left| || 5 || 5 || 0 || 5 || +5 || 4

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| 9 || align=left|Olga Potapova || align=left| || 5 || 4 || 1 || 5 || +10 || 4

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| 10 || align=left|Helene Martinsen || align=left| || 5 || 4 || 1 || 5 || +3 || 14

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

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

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!width=30|Pos

!width=150|Player

!width=120|Country

!width=20|TOI

!width=20|GA

!width=20|GAA

!width=20|Sv%

!width=20|SO

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| 1 || align=left|Yelena Kuznetsova || align=left| || 298:57 || 4 || 0.80 || 95.70 || 3

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| 2 || align=left|Radka Lhotská || align=left| || 180:00 || 5 || 1.67 || 93.06 || 0

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| 3 || align=left|Lolita Andriševska || align=left| || 300:00 || 14 || 2.80 || 92.86 || 0

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| 3 || align=left|Nolwenn Rousselle || align=left| || 300:00 || 11 || 2.20 || 92.86 || 1

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| 5 || align=left|Petra Šmardová || align=left| || 120:00 || 4 || 2.00 || 91.49 || 0

|}<small>TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts<br>Source: IIHF.com</small>

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

Source: Passionhockey.com

Scoring leaders

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!width=30|Pos

!width=150|Player

!width=120|Country

!width=20|GP

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| 1 || align=left|Nicole Bona || align=left| || 5 || 3 || 9 || 12 || +7 || 8

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| 2 || align=left|Maria Leitner || align=left| || 5 || 7 || 4 || 11 || +10 || 2

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| 3 || align=left|Tine Perry || align=left| || 5 || 5 || 5 || 10 || +3 || 6

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| 4 || align=left|Marie Henriksen || align=left| || 5 || 3 || 7 || 10 || +7 || 0

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| 5 || align=left|Sofie Lund || align=left| || 5 || 8 || 1 || 9 || +4 || 2

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| 6 || align=left|Sabina Florian || align=left| || 5 || 6 || 1 || 7 || +6 || 6

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| 7 || align=left|Martina Veličková || align=left| || 5 || 5 || 2 || 7 || +5 || 2

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| 8 || align=left|Zuzana Moravčíková || align=left| || 5 || 4 || 2 || 6 || +10 || 2

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| 9 || align=left|Natalie Babonyová || align=left| || 5 || 3 || 3 || 6 || +5 || 6

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| 10 || align=left|Maria Olausson || align=left| || 5 || 5 || 0 || 5 || +7 || 2

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

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

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!width=30|Pos

!width=150|Player

!width=120|Country

!width=20|TOI

!width=20|GA

!width=20|GAA

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| 1 || align=left|Andrea Risova || align=left| || 120:00 || 1 || 0.50 || 95.00 || 1

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| 2 || align=left|Debora Montanari || align=left| || 247:10 || 4 || 0.97 || 94.81 || 3

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| 3 || align=left|Camilla Bedmar || align=left| || 240:00 || 6 || 1.50 || 93.18 || 1

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| 4 || align=left|Helena Kysela || align=left| || 300:00 || 13 || 2.60 || 93.16 || 1

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| 5 || align=left|Vicky Robbins || align=left| || 245:39 || 19 || 4.54 || 91.88 || 0

|}<small>TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts<br>Source: IIHF.com</small>

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

Source: Passionhockey.com

Scoring leaders

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!width=30|Pos

!width=150|Player

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!width=20|GP

!width=20|G

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!width=30|PIM

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| 1 || align=left|Jasmina Rošar || align=left| || 5 || 11 || 6 || 17 || +9 || 8

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| 2 || align=left|Ina Prezelj || align=left| || 5 || 9 || 8 || 17 || +9 || 4

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| 3 || align=left|Denise Altmann || align=left| || 5 || 6 || 5 || 11 || +14 || 10

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| 4 || align=left|Eva Maria Schwarzler || align=left| || 5 || 6 || 3 || 9 || +14 || 2

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| 5 || align=left|Pia Pren || align=left| || 5 || 4 || 3 || 7 || +9 || 2

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| 6 || align=left|Esther Kantor || align=left| || 5 || 3 || 3 || 6 || +10 || 4

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| 7 || align=left|Cacilia Reichel || align=left| || 5 || 3 || 3 || 6 || +9 || 0

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| 8 || align=left|Sonja Ban || align=left| || 5 || 4 || 1 || 5 || +10 || 0

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| 8 || align=left|Kerstin Oberhuber || align=left| || 5 || 4 || 1 || 5 || +12 || 2

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| 8 || align=left|Edit Darányi || align=left| || 5 || 4 || 1 || 5 || +1 || 6

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| 8 || align=left|Tímea Tóvölgyi || align=left| || 5 || 4 || 1 || 5 || +1 || 2

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

Goaltending leaders

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!width="230px"| Player

!width="60px" | Mins

!width="50px" | GA

!width="50px" | SOG

!width="50px" | GAA

!width="60px" | SV%

|- align=center

|align=left| Nina Geyer

|151:13||2|| 58||0.79||96.55

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|align=left| Hedvika Korbar

|239:30||3|| 64||0.75||95.31

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|align=left| Beata Antal

|293:13||18|| 231||3.68||92.21

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|align=left| Doris Abele

|148:47||2|| 24||0.81||91.67

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|align=left| Eszter Kökényesi

|280:00||15|| 142||3.21||89.44

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Citations

References

  • Complete results
  • IIHF results index for 2004