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 3âÂÂ1 in their third game. They later avenged their loss to the US by defeating them in the gold medal game 2âÂÂ1. Sweden and Finland also met each other twice, with Finland winning the bronze medal game 3âÂÂ2 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.
<small>GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/â = P PlusâÂÂminus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes<br>Source: IIHF.com</small>
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
<small>TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts<br>Source: IIHF.com</small>
The Division I IIHF World Women's Championships were held March 14âÂÂ20, 2004 in Ventspils, Latvia
is promoted to the 2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships, and are demoted to Division II
Source: Passionhockey.com
<small>GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/â = P PlusâÂÂminus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes<br>Source: IIHF.com</small>
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
<small>TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts<br>Source: IIHF.com</small>
The Division II IIHF World Women's Championships will be held March 14âÂÂ20, 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
Source: Passionhockey.com
<small>GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/â = P PlusâÂÂminus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes<br>Source: IIHF.com</small>
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
<small>TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts<br>Source: IIHF.com</small>
The Division III IIHF Women World Championships were held March 21âÂÂ28, 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.
Source: Passionhockey.com
<small>GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/â = P PlusâÂÂminus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes<br>Source: [ IIHF.com]</small>