2004 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships

The 2004 IIHF World Women Championships were held March 30-April 6, 2004 in Halifax and Dartmouth, Canada. 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 the winners of the 2002 and 2003 Division I tournaments qualified. 
==Top Division==
==Preliminary round==
===Group A===
　 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
 	2 	2	0	0	24	0 	4
 	2 	1	0	1	4 	15	2
 	2 	0	0	2	2 	15	0
Results:
*March 30: 0-11 
*March 31: 4-2 
*April 1: 13-0 
===Group B===
　 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
 	2 	2	0	0	17	1 	4
 	2 	1	0	1	2 	9 	2
 	2 	0	0	2	2 	11	0
Results:
*March 30: 1-9 
*March 31: 2-1 
*April 1: 8-0 
===Group C===
　 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
 	2 	1	1	0	10	4 	3
 	2 	1	1	0	3 	2 	3
 	2 	0	0	2	2 	9 	0
Results:
*March 30: 2-8 
*March 31: 1-0 
*April 1: 2-2 
==Qualifying round==
===Group D (1-3 Place)===
　 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
 	2 	2	0	0	12	3 	4
 	2 	1	0	1	8 	4 	2
 	2 	0	0	2	3 	16	0
Results:
*April 3: 1-3 
*April 4: 1-7 
*April 5: 9-2 
===Group E (4-6 Place)===
　 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
 	2 	2	0	0	6 	1 	4
 	2 	1	0	1	5 	4 	2
 	2 	0	0	2	2 	8 	0
Results:
*April 3: 2-4 
*April 4: 4-0 
*April 5: 1-2 
===Group F (7-9 Place)===
　 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
 	2 	2	0	0	11	5 	4
 	2 	1	0	1	7 	6 	2
 	2 	0	0	2	2 	9 	0
Results:
*April 3: 6-4 
*April 4: 2-5 
*April 5: 4-0 
===Finals===
All finals on April 6
*Gold medal final: 0-2 
*Bronze medal final: 3-2 
===Leading scorers===
#Jennifer Botterill, (3 goals, 8 assists, 11 points)
#Natalie Darwitz, (7 goals, 3 assists, 10 points)
#Jayna Hefford, (7 goals, 3 assists, 10 points)
#Caroline Ouellette, (3 goals, 6 assists, 9 points)
#Krissy Wendell, (4 goals, 3 assists, 7 points)
#Angela Ruggiero, (2 goals, 5 assists, 7 points)
#Danielle Goyette, (2 goals, 5 assists, 7 points)
#Cherie Piper, (1 goal, 6 assists, 7 points)
#Jenny Potter, (3 goals, 3 assists, 6 points)
 and are demoted to Division I at the 2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships
==Division I==
The Division I IIHF World Women Championships were held March 14-20 , 2004 in Ventspils, Latvia
　 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
 	5 	4	1	0	15	4 	9
 	5 	3	1	1	19	11	7
 	5 	3	1	1	18	15	7
 	5 	1	2	2	14	13	4
 	5 	1	1	3	18	17	3
 	5 	0	0	5	5 	29	0
 is promoted to the 2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships, and are demoted to Division II
==Division II==
The Division II IIHF World Women Championships will be held March 14-20 , 2004 in Sterzing, Italy
　 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
 	5 	4	1	0	24	7 	9
 	5 	4	0	1	24	7 	8
 	5 	3	1	1	28	7 	7
 	5 	2	0	3	8 	14	4
 	5 	1	0	4	6 	32	2
 	5 	0	0	5	6 	29	0
 is promoted to Division I while and are demoted to Division III in the 2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships
==Division III==
The Division III IIHF Women World Championships were held March 21-28 , 2004 in Maribor, Slovenia. 
　 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
 	5 	5	0	0	35	4 	10
 	4 	4	0	1	28	8 	8
 	5 	3	0	2	15	20	6
 	5 	2	0	3	13	19	4
 	5 	1	0	4	4 	21	2
 	5 	0	0	5	7 	30	0
 is promoted to Division II at the 2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships.
==Awards and honors==
===Directorate Awards===
*Goalie: Kim St. Pierre, (Canada)
*Defender: Angela Ruggiero, (United States)
*Forward: Jayna Hefford, (Canada)
*Most Valuable Player: Jennifer Botterill, CanadaCollins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-10, p.544, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55468-621-6
===All-Star team===
*Goaltender: Pam Dreyer, (United States)
*Defender: Gunilla Andersson, (Sweden)
*Defender: Angela Ruggiero, (United States)
*Forward: Jennifer Botterill, (Canada)
*Forward: Natalie Darwitz, (United States)
*Forward: Jayna Hefford, (Canada)
==References==
Category:IIHF Women's World Ice Hockey Championships
Category:2004 in hockey