The 2004
IIHF World Women's Championships
The IIHF World Women's Championship (WW or WWC), officially the IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship, is the premier international tournament in women's ice hockey. It is governed by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).
The offi ...
were held March 30 – April 6, 2004 in
Halifax and
Dartmouth,
Canada
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at the
Halifax Metro Centre
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(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
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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
Torino 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
Awards and statistics
Scoring leaders
''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes''
Source
IIHF.com
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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 = Shutout
In team sports, a shutout ( US) or clean sheet ( UK) is a game in which one team prevents the other from scoring any points. While possible in most major sports, they are highly improbable in some sports, such as basketball.
Shutouts are usuall ...
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Source
IIHF.com
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Directorate Awards
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Goaltender
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:
Kim St. Pierre
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Defenceman
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:
Angela Ruggiero
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*
Forward
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:
Jayna Hefford
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During her career, she won multiple medals at the Winter Olympics and IIHF World Women's C ...
*Most Valuable Player:
Jennifer Botterill
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All-Star team
*Goaltender:
Pam Dreyer
*Defencemen:
Gunilla Andersson
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, Angela Ruggiero
*Forwards: Jennifer Botterill,
Natalie Darwitz
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, Jayna Hefford
Division I
The Division I IIHF World Women's Championships were held March 14–20, 2004 in
Ventspils
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,
Latvia
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'' 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
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, (Kazakhstan)
*Defender:
Olga Konysheva, (Kazakhstan)
*Forward:
Iveta Koka
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, (Latvia)
Source
Passionhockey.com
Scoring leaders
''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes''
Source
IIHF.com
/small>
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 = Shutout
In team sports, a shutout ( US) or clean sheet ( UK) is a game in which one team prevents the other from scoring any points. While possible in most major sports, they are highly improbable in some sports, such as basketball.
Shutouts are usuall ...
s''
Source
IIHF.com
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Division II
The Division II IIHF World Women's Championships will be held March 14–20, 2004 in
Sterzing
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The town traces its roots to 14 B.C., when Nero Claudius ...
,
Italy
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'' 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
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*Defender:
Jana Kapustová
*Forward:
Maria Leitner
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Source
Passionhockey.com
Scoring leaders
''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes''
Source
IIHF.com
/small>
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 = Shutout
In team sports, a shutout ( US) or clean sheet ( UK) is a game in which one team prevents the other from scoring any points. While possible in most major sports, they are highly improbable in some sports, such as basketball.
Shutouts are usuall ...
s''
Source
IIHF.com
/small>
Division III
The Division III IIHF Women World Championships were held March 21–28, 2004 in
Maribor
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, 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:
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, (Austria)
*Defender:
Kerstin Oberhuber, (Austria)
*Forward:
Jasmina Rosar, (Slovenia)
Source
Passionhockey.com
Scoring leaders
''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes''
Source: IIHF.com/small>
Goaltending leaders
Citations
References
Complete results*
IIHF results index for 2004
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