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.

Preliminary round

Group A

Results:
*March 30: ihw|JPN 2-8 ihw|SWE
*March 31: ihw|FIN 1-0 ihw|JPN
*April 1: ihw|SWE 2-2 ihw|FIN

Qualifying Round

Group D

Results:
*April 3: ihw|CHN 6-4 ihw|SUI
*April 4: ihw|JPN 2-5 ihw|CHN
*April 5: ihw|SUI 4-0 ihw|JPN

Finals

"All finals on April 6"
*Gold medal final: ihw|USA 0-2 ihw|CAN
*Bronze medal final: ihw|FIN 3-2 ihw|SWE

Leading scorers

#Jennifer Botterill, ihw|CAN (3 goals, 8 assists, 11 points)
#Natalie Darwitz, ihw|USA (7 goals, 3 assists, 10 points)
#Jayna Hefford, ihw|CAN (7 goals, 3 assists, 10 points)
#Caroline Ouellette, ihw|CAN (3 goals, 6 assists, 9 points)
#Krissy Wendell, ihw|USA (4 goals, 3 assists, 7 points)
#Angela Ruggiero, ihw|USA (2 goals, 5 assists, 7 points)
#Danielle Goyette, ihw|CAN (2 goals, 5 assists, 7 points)
#Cherie Piper, ihw|CAN (1 goal, 6 assists, 7 points)
#Jenny Potter, ihw|USA (3 goals, 3 assists, 6 points)

"ihw|SUI and ihw|JPN 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

"ihw|Austria is promoted to Division II at the 2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships."