2004 Women's Ice Hockey World Championship

	Ice Hockey World Championship for women
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	Winner: Canada

The women's ice hockey world championships in 2004 were held in four tournaments between March 14th and April 6th, in which a total of 27 teams took part. The eighth edition of the top division took place from March 30th to April 6th, 2004 in the Canadian cities of Halifax and Dartmouth .

The Canadian women's national ice hockey team became world champions, ahead of the United States and Finland . For Canada it was the eighth title win at the eighth World Cup. However, there was the first World Cup defeat for the Canadians against the USA in the preliminary round.

Overview of women's world championships

competition	place	date	sub- contractor	viewers total	Games	O
Top division	Halifax , Dartmouth	30th Mar 2004 - Apr 6, 2004 0	9	89,461	20th	4,473
Division I.	Ventspils	14 Mar 2004 - March 20 2004	6th	-	15th	-
Division II	Sterzing	14 Mar 2004 - March 20 2004	6th	-	15th	-
Division III	Maribor	21 Mar 2004 - Mar 28 2004	6th	6,816	15th	454

Top division

2004 Women's World Cup
Number of nations	9
World Champion	Canada
silver	United States
bronze	Finland
Relegated	Switzerland, Japan
Venues	Halifax and Dartmouth , Canada
Beginning	March 20, 2004
Endgame	April 6, 2004
spectator	94,001 (4,700 per game)
Gates	130 (6.5 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Kim St-Pierre
Best defender	Angela Ruggiero
Best striker	Jayna Herford
Top scorer	Jennifer Botterill
MVP	Jennifer Botterill

From March 30th to April 6th, 2004 , the top division of the Women's World Championship was held in Halifax and Dartmouth , Canada. The game was played at the Halifax Metro Center and the Dartmouth Sportsplex . Due to the World Cup that was canceled last year , nine teams took part in this tournament this year.

mode

The game was played in three preliminary round groups A – C. The first in the preliminary round played the finalists in qualifying round D, the second in the preliminary round fought for the second participant in the game for third place (against the third in qualifying round D) and in qualifying round F the third in the preliminary round played against relegation and for placement. Since the World Cup group was to be reduced to eight teams again, there were two relegated teams with only one promoted team this year.

Attendees

5 from Europe	Germany	Finland	Sweden	Russia	Switzerland
2 from North America	Canada	United States
2 from Asia	China	Japan

Preliminary round

Group A

The Group A games were played in Halifax.

March 30, 2004 8:00 p.m.	People's Republic of China	0:11 (0: 4, 0: 3, 0: 4)	Canada	Halifax Metro Center, Halifax Spectators: 5,447
March 31, 2004 8:00 p.m.	Germany	4: 2 (0: 1, 1: 1, 3: 0)	People's Republic of China	Halifax Metro Center, Halifax Spectators: 3,507
April 1, 2004 8:00 p.m.	Canada	13: 0 (8: 0, 3: 0, 2: 0)	Germany	Halifax Metro Center, Halifax Spectators: 7,251

Pl	country	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Canada	2	2	0	0	24: 0	4th
2.	Germany	2	1	0	1	04:15	2
3.	People's Republic of China	2	0	0	2	02:15	0

Group B

The Group B games were played in Halifax.

March 30, 2004 4:00 p.m.	Switzerland Daniela Diaz (16:09)	1: 9 (1: 1, 0: 4, 0: 4) statistics	USA Jenny Potter (15:13) Natalie Darwitz (20:24)	Halifax Metro Center, Halifax Spectators: 4,900
March 31, 2004 4:00 p.m.	Russia Ija Gavrilowa (10:18) Marina Borissowa (36:34)	2: 1 (1: 0, 1: 0, 0: 1) statistics	Switzerland Stefanie Marty (57:23)	Halifax Metro Center, Halifax Spectators: 3,274
April 1, 2004 4:00 p.m.	United States	8: 0 (2: 0, 2: 0, 4: 0)	Russia	Halifax Metro Center, Halifax Spectators: 6,185

Pl	country	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	United States	2	2	0	0	17: 1	4th
2.	Russia	2	1	0	1	02: 9	2
3.	Switzerland	2	0	0	2	02:11	0

Group C

The Group C games were played in Dartmouth.

March 30, 2004 6:00 p.m.	Japan	2: 8 (0: 2, 2: 4, 0: 2)	Sweden	Dartmouth Sportsplex, Dartmouth Spectators: 1,238
March 31, 2004 6:00 p.m.	Finland	1: 0 (1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0)	Japan	Dartmouth Sportsplex, Dartmouth Spectators: 1,221
April 1, 2004 6:00 p.m.	Sweden	2: 2 (2: 0, 0: 1, 0: 1)	Finland	Dartmouth Sportsplex, Dartmouth Spectators: 1,412

Pl	country	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Sweden	2	1	1	0	10: 4	3
2.	Finland	2	1	1	0	03: 2	3
3.	Japan	2	0	0	2	02: 9	0

Intermediate round

Group D

The final round of the top three winners was held in the Halifax Metro Center . The teams in first and second place qualified for the final game, while the third-placed team played for the bronze medal.

April 3, 2004 4:10 pm	Canada	1: 3 (1: 2, 0: 1, 0: 0)	United States	Halifax Metro Center, Halifax Spectators: 8,505
April 4, 2004 8:10 pm	Sweden	1: 7 (1: 0, 0: 4, 0: 3)	Canada	Halifax Metro Center, Halifax Spectators: 5,816
April 5, 2004 8:00 p.m.	United States	9: 2 (3: 1, 1: 1, 5: 0)	Sweden	Halifax Metro Center, Halifax Spectators: 4,971

Pl	country	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	United States	2	2	0	0	12: 3	4th
2.	Canada	2	1	0	1	08: 4	2
3.	Sweden	2	0	0	2	03:16	0

Group E

The qualifying round, in which the three runners-up from the preliminary round took part, was also played in the Metro Center.

April 3, 2004 8:00 p.m.	Germany	2: 4 (0: 1, 2: 2, 0: 1)	Russia	Halifax Metro Center, Halifax Spectators: 4,144
April 5, 2004 4:00 p.m.	Finland	4: 0 (2: 0, 1: 0, 1: 0)	Germany	Halifax Metro Center, Halifax Spectators: 6,599
April 5, 2004 4:00 p.m.	Russia	1: 2 (1: 0, 0: 2, 0: 0)	Finland	Halifax Metro Center, Halifax Spectators: 5,976

Pl	country	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Finland	2	2	0	0	06: 1	4th
2.	Russia	2	1	0	1	05: 4	2
3.	Germany	2	0	0	2	02: 8	0

Group F.

The relegation round of the last three placed was held at Dartmouth Sportsplex . Since the Chinese team won their two games, it remains in the top division of the World Cup, while the Swiss and Japanese teams are relegated to Division I.

April 3, 2004 6:00 p.m.	People's Republic of China	6: 3 (2: 1, 3: 1, 1: 1)	Switzerland	Dartmouth Sportsplex, Dartmouth Spectators: 1,197
April 5, 2004 6:00 p.m.	Japan	2: 5 (0: 2, 0: 1, 2: 2)	People's Republic of China	Dartmouth Sportsplex, Dartmouth Spectators: 1,205
April 5, 2004 6:00 p.m.	Switzerland	4: 0 (0: 0, 1: 0, 3: 0)	Japan	Dartmouth Sportsplex, Dartmouth Spectators: 996

Pl	country	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	People's Republic of China	2	2	0	0	11: 5	4th
2.	Switzerland	2	1	0	1	07: 6	2
3.	Japan	2	0	0	2	02: 9	0

Finals

3rd place match

April 6, 2004 4:00 p.m.

Finland S. Sirviö (18:36) S. Fisk (27:04) M. Saarinen (48:49)

3: 2 (1: 0, 1: 2, 1: 0)

Sweden E. Holst (25:56) A.-L. Edstrand (27:57)

Halifax Metro Center, Halifax Spectators: 5,111

final

April 6, 2004 8:10 pm

United States

0: 2 (0: 0, 0: 1, 0: 1)

Canada H. Wickenheiser (24:17) D. Collins (41:37)

Halifax Metro Center, Halifax Spectators: 10,506

Final placement of the World Cup

Pl	team
1	Canada
2	United States
3	Finland
4th	Sweden
5	Russia
6th	Germany
7th	People's Republic of China
8th	Switzerland
9	Japan

Relegated:	Switzerland , Japan
Climbers	Kazakhstan

World Champion Canada	Kim St-Pierre , Sami Jo Small - Becky Kellar , Colleen Sostorics , Thérèse Brisson , Cherie Piper , Gillian Ferrari , Gillian Apps , Cheryl Pounder , Caroline Ouellette , Danielle Goyette , Jayna Hefford , Jennifer Botterill , Hayley Wickenheiser , Dana Antal , Kelly Béchard , Gina Kingsbury , Delaney Collins , Vicky Sunohara , Cassie Campbell Trainers : Karen Hughes , Ken Dufton , Dave Jamieson
Silver medal USA	Chanda Gunn , Pam Dreyer - Molly Engstrom , Angela Ruggiero , Julianne Vasichek , Kelly Stephens , Kerry Weiland , Andrea Kilbourne , Kim Insalaco , Jenny Potter , Julie Chu , Shelley Looney , Krissy Wendell , Kathleen Kauth , Kristin King , Katie King , Cammi Granato , Natalie Darwitz , Tricia Dunn , Kelli Halcisak Trainers : Ben Smith , Mike Gilligan , Alana Blahoski
Bronze medal Finland	Heidi Wiik , Minna Halonen - Hanna Kuoppala , Emma Laaksonen , Jenni Hiirikoski , Merita Bruun , Satu Tuominen , Terhi Mertanen , Sari Fisk , Vilja Lipsonen , Satu Hoikkala , Mari Saarinen , Nora Tallus , Saija Sirviö , Eveliina Simila , Saara Tuominen , Kati Kovalainen , Henna Savikuja , Katja Riipi , Karoliina Rantamäki Trainers : Hannu Saintula , Sami Aaltonen, Matti Koivula

statistics

Best scorers

Source: iihf.com
Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, A = assists , pts = points, +/- = plus / minus , SM = penalty minutes; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	T	A.	Pt	SM	+/-
Jennifer Botterill	Canada	5	3	8th	11	0	+8
Natalie Darwitz	United States	5	7th	3	10	2	+7
Jayna Hefford	Canada	5	7th	3	10	2	+6
Caroline Ouellette	Canada	5	3	6th	9	0	+10
Krissy Wendell	United States	4th	4th	3	7th	0	+7
Angela Ruggiero	United States	5	2	5	7th	2	+9
Danielle Goyette	Canada	5	2	5	7th	6th	+7
Cherie Piper	Canada	5	1	6th	7th	4th	+7
Jenny Potter	United States	5	3	3	6th	4th	+6
Katie King	United States	5	2	4th	6th	2	+6

Best goalkeepers

Abbreviations: Sp = games, Min = ice time (in minutes), SaT = shots on goal, GT = goals conceded, SVS = shots saved, SO = shutouts , Sv% = shots saved (in%), GTS = goals against goal ; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	Min	SaT	GT	SVS	SO	S%	GTS
Kim St-Pierre	Canada	4th	180	62	3	59	3	95.16	1.00
Pam Dreyer	United States	3	159	56	4th	52	0	92.86	1.51
Chanda Gunn	United States	3	139	28	2	26th	0	92.86	0.86
Florence Schelling	Switzerland	3	166	66	5	61	1	92.42	1.80
Heidi Wiik	Finland	4th	240	64	5	59	1	92.19	1.25
Irina Gaschennikova	Russia	4th	240	155	13	142	0	91.61	3.25
Tomoko Fujimoto	Japan	3	155	71	6th	65	0	91.55	2.32
Guo Hong	China	4th	239	166	19th	147	0	88.55	4.77
Stephanie Wartosch-Kürten	Germany	3	167	103	14th	89	0	86.41	5.04
Kim Martin	Sweden	5	280	131	18th	113	0	86.26	3.86

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Best goalkeeper	Kim St-Pierre	Canada
Best defender	Angela Ruggiero	United States
Best striker	Jayna Hefford	Canada
Most valuable player	Jennifer Botterill	Canada

All-Star Team

Attack:	Jennifer Botterill - Natalie Darwitz - Jayna Hefford
Defense:	Gunilla Andersson - Angela Ruggiero
Goal:	Pam Dreyer

Division I.

From March 14th to 20th, 2004 , the Division I World Championship tournament took place in Ventspils , Latvia . Six teams took part. The winner was promoted directly to the World Cup group. As there were two relegated teams from the World Cup this year, the last two were relegated to Division II this year.

March 14, 2004 1:00 p.m.

Norway

3: 3 (1: 2, 2: 0, 0: 1) game report

France

Ventspils spectators: 110

March 14, 2004 4:30 p.m.

Latvia

1: 4 (0: 1, 1: 3, 0: 0) match report

Czech Republic

Ventspils spectators: 600

March 14, 2004 8:00 p.m.

North Korea

1: 4 (0: 0, 1: 4, 0: 0) game report

Kazakhstan

Ventspils spectators: 050

March 15, 2004 1:00 p.m.

Czech Republic

4: 3 (2: 2, 0: 0, 2: 1) game report

Norway

Ventspils audience: 030

March 15, 2004 4:30 p.m.

France

6: 0 (3: 0, 3: 0, 0: 0) game report

North Korea

Ventspils spectators: 027

March 15, 2004 8:00 p.m.

Kazakhstan

3: 3 (3: 0, 0: 1, 0: 2) game report

Latvia

Ventspils spectators: 500

March 17, 2004 1 p.m.

Kazakhstan

1: 0 (1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0) game report

Norway

Ventspils spectators: 034

March 17, 2004 4:30 p.m.

Czech Republic

3: 3 (1: 1, 1: 1, 1: 1) game report

France

Ventspils

March 17, 2004 8:00 p.m.

North Korea

1: 4 (0: 0, 0: 1, 1: 3) game report

Latvia

Ventspils spectators: 450

March 18, 2004 1 p.m.

France

0: 4 (0: 2, 0: 0, 0: 2) game report

Kazakhstan

Ventspils spectators: 032

March 18, 2004 4:30 p.m.

Czech Republic

8: 1 (0: 1, 6: 0, 2: 0) game report

North Korea

Ventspils spectators: 020

March 18, 2004 8:00 p.m.

Latvia

7: 5 (4: 0, 0: 2, 3: 3) game report

Norway

Ventspils spectators: 700

March 20, 2004 1:00 p.m.

Norway

7: 2 (2: 0, 3: 1, 2: 1) game report

North Korea

Ventspils spectators: 042

March 20, 2004 4:30 p.m.

France

2: 3 (1: 0, 1: 1, 0: 2) game report

Latvia

Ventspils spectators: 550

March 20, 2004 8:00 p.m.

Kazakhstan

3: 0 (1: 0, 1: 0, 1: 0) game report

Czech Republic

Ventspils spectators: 300

Pl	country	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Kazakhstan	5	4th	1	0	15: 4	9
2.	Czech Republic	5	3	1	1	19:11	7 1
3.	Latvia	5	3	1	1	18:15	7 1
4th	France	5	1	2	2	14:13	4th
5.	Norway	5	1	1	3	18:17	3
6th	North Korea	5	0	0	5	05:29	0

Note: ¹ In the event of a tie, the comparison decided against each other

Moved up and down

Promoted to the World Cup group:	Kazakhstan
Relegated from the World Cup group:	Japan, Switzerland
Relegated from Division I:	North Korea, Norway
Promoted to Division I:	Denmark

Division II

From March 14th to 20th, 2004 the World Championship tournament of Division II took place in Sterzing (Italian: Vipiteno ) in Italy . Six teams took part. The winner went straight to Division I. Since there were two relegated teams from Division I this year, the last two were relegated to Division III this year.

March 14, 2004 1:00 p.m.

Netherlands

1: 5 (0: 0, 1: 3, 0: 2) game report

Slovakia

Sterzing spectators: 300

March 14, 2004 4:30 p.m.

Great Britain

2: 3 (0: 1, 2: 1, 0: 1) game report

Denmark

Sterzing spectators: 200

March 14, 2004 8:00 p.m.

Australia

0: 7 (0: 1, 0: 2, 0: 4) game report

Italy

Sterzing spectators: 600

March 15, 2004 1:00 p.m.

Denmark

4: 1 (1: 0, 1: 0, 2: 1) game report

Netherlands

Sterzing spectators: k. A.

March 15, 2004 4:30 p.m.

Slovakia

8: 1 (2: 0, 3: 1, 3: 0) game report

Australia

Sterzing spectators: 100

March 15, 2004 8:00 p.m.

Italy

10: 2 (2: 1, 3: 1, 5: 0) game report

Great Britain

Sterzing spectators: 300

March 17, 2004 1 p.m.

Denmark

10: 0 (1: 0, 5: 0, 4: 0) game report

Australia

Sterzing spectators: 150

March 17, 2004 4:30 p.m.

Great Britain

1: 0 (1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0) game report

Netherlands

Sterzing spectators: 100

March 17, 2004 8:00 p.m.

Slovakia

1: 2 (1: 1, 0: 1, 0: 0) match report

Italy

Sterzing spectators: 1,000

March 18, 2004 1 p.m.

Netherlands

5: 1 (2: 0, 0: 1, 3: 0) game report

Australia

Sterzing spectators: k. A.

March 18, 2004 4:30 p.m.

Slovakia

11: 0 (4: 0, 3: 0, 4: 0) game report

Great Britain

Sterzing spectators: k. A.

March 18, 2004 8:00 p.m.

Italy

1: 4 (0: 1, 0: 2, 1: 1) game report

Denmark

Sterzing spectators: 1,000

March 20, 2004 1:00 p.m.

Denmark

3: 3 (0: 0, 1: 2, 2: 1) game report

Slovakia

Sterzing spectators: 200

March 20, 2004 4:30 p.m.

Australia

4: 2 (1: 0, 0: 0, 3: 2) game report

Great Britain

Sterzing spectators: 200

March 20, 2004 8:00 p.m.

Italy

4: 0 (1: 0, 2: 0, 1: 0) game report

Netherlands

Sterzing spectators: 1,000

Pl	country	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Denmark	5	4th	1	0	24: 7	9
2.	Italy	5	4th	0	1	24: 7	8th
3.	Slovakia	5	3	1	1	28: 7	7th
4th	Netherlands	5	2	0	3	08:14	4th
5.	Australia	5	1	0	4th	06:32	2
6th	Great Britain	5	0	0	5	06:29	0

Moved up and down

Promoted to Division I:	Denmark
Relegated from Division I:	North Korea, Norway
Relegated from Division II:	UK, Australia
Promoted to Division II:	Austria

Division III

From March 21 to March 28, 2004 , the Division III World Championship tournament took place in Maribor , Slovenia . Six teams took part. The winner went straight to Division II. Since there were two relegated teams from Division II this year, the last two were relegated to Division IV, which was set up for the first time in the coming year.

March 21, 2004 12:00 p.m.

Austria

8: 1 (2: 0, 1: 0, 5: 1) game report

Hungary

Maribor spectators: 350

March 21, 2004 3:30 p.m.

South Korea

1: 2 (0: 0, 0: 1, 1: 1) game report

Belgium

Maribor spectators: 330

March 21, 2004 7:00 p.m.

Romania

0: 5 (0: 1, 0: 1, 0: 3) game report

Slovenia

Maribor spectators: 650

March 22, 2004 12:00 p.m.

Belgium

1:10 (0: 5, 1: 3, 0: 2) game report

Austria

Maribor spectators: 350

March 22, 2004 3:30 p.m.

Hungary

3: 0 (0: 0, 0: 0, 3: 0) game report

Romania

Maribor spectators: 340

March 22, 2004 7:00 p.m.

Slovenia

10: 1 (1: 1, 5: 0, 4: 0) game report

South Korea

Maribor spectators: 620

March 24, 2004 12:00 p.m.

Romania

4: 3 (0: 0, 1: 1, 3: 2) game report

Korea

Maribor spectators: 356

March 24, 2004 3:30 p.m.

Belgium

3: 4 (1: 1, 1: 2, 1: 1) match report

Hungary

Maribor spectators: 320

March 24, 2004 7:00 p.m.

Slovenia

2: 3 (0: 1, 1: 1, 0: 1) game report

Austria

Maribor spectators: 770

March 25, 2004 12:00 p.m.

Belgium

6: 0 (2: 0, 1: 0, 3: 0) game report

Romania

Maribor spectators: 320

March 25, 2004 2:30 p.m.

South Korea

1:10 (1: 2, 0: 4, 0: 4) match report

Austria

Maribor spectators: 345

March 25, 2004 7:00 p.m.

Hungary

3: 8 (0: 4, 3: 2, 0: 2) game report

Slovenia

Maribor spectators: 650

March 27, 2004 12:00 p.m.

Hungary

4: 1 (2: 1, 1: 0, 1: 0) game report

South Korea

Maribor spectators: 340

March 27, 2004 3:30 p.m.

Austria

4: 0 (1: 0, 1: 0, 2: 0) game report

Romania

Maribor audience: 355

March 27, 2004 7:00 p.m.

Slovenia

4: 1 (1: 0, 1: 1, 2: 0) game report

Belgium

Maribor audience: 720

Pl	country	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Austria	5	5	0	0	35: 4	10
2.	Slovenia	5	4th	0	1	28: 8	8th
3.	Hungary	5	3	0	2	15:20	6th
4th	Belgium	5	2	0	3	13:19	4th
5.	Romania	5	1	0	4th	04:21	2
6th	South Korea	5	0	0	5	07:30	0

Moved up and down

Promoted to Division II:	Austria
Relegated from Division II:	UK, Australia
Relegated from Division III:	Romania, South Korea
Promoted to Division III:	South Africa (set)

See also

• Ice Hockey World Championship 2004 (overview)
• Men's Ice Hockey World Championship 2004
• Ice Hockey World Championship for U18 Juniors 2004
• Ice Hockey World Championship for U20 Juniors 2004

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Scoring Leaders (PDF; 63 kB)
2. ↑ Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-10, p.544, Andrew Podnieks, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55468-621-6

Web links

• 2004 IIHF World Womens Championship at hockeycanada.ca
• 2004 IIHF World Womens Championship at iihf.com
• Championnats du monde féminins 2004 at hockeyarchives.info