2004 IIHF Women's World Championship

2004 IIHF Women's World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Dates	March 30 – April 6
Officially opened by	Adrienne Clarkson
Teams	9
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Canada (8th title)
Runner-up	United States
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	129 (6.45 per match)
Attendance	89,461 (4,473 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Jennifer Botterill (11 points)
MVP	Jennifer Botterill
← 2003 2005 →

The 2004 IIHF World Women's 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 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[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada (H)	2	2	0	0	24	0	+24	4	Group D
2	Germany	2	1	0	1	4	15	−11	2	Group E
3	China	2	0	0	2	2	15	−13	0	Group F

30 March 2004 20:00

China

0–11 (0–4, 0–3, 0–4)

Canada

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 5,447

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	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	12	Shots	52

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31 March 2004 20:00

Germany

4–2 (0–1, 1–1, 3–0)

China

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 3,507

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	16 min	Penalties	14 min
	38	Shots	24

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1 April 2004 20:00

Canada

13–0 (8–0, 3–0, 2–0)

Germany

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 7,251

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	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	64	Shots	9

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	2	2	0	0	17	1	+16	4	Group D
2	Russia	2	1	0	1	2	9	−7	2	Group E
3	Switzerland	2	0	0	2	2	11	−9	0	Group F

30 March 2004 16:00

Switzerland

1–9 (1–1, 0–4, 0–4)

United States

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 4,900

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	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	11	Shots	50

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31 March 2004 16:00

Russia

2–1 (1–0, 1–0, 0–1)

Switzerland

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 3,274

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	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	33	Shots	27

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1 April 2004 16:00

United States

8–0 (2–0, 2–0, 4–0)

Russia

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 6,185

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	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	68	Shots	4

Group C[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	2	1	1	0	10	4	+6	3	Group D
2	Finland	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	3	Group E
3	Japan	2	0	0	2	2	9	−7	0	Group F

30 March 2004 18:00

Japan

2–8 (0–2, 2–4, 0–2)

Sweden

Dartmouth Sportsplex, Dartmouth Attendance: 1,238

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	12 min	Penalties	22 min
	10	Shots	39

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31 March 2004 18:00

Finland

1–0 (1–0, 0–0, 0–0)

Japan

Dartmouth Sportsplex, Dartmouth Attendance: 1,221

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	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	27	Shots	11

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1 April 2004 18:00

Sweden

2–2 (2–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Finland

Dartmouth Sportsplex, Dartmouth Attendance: 1,412

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	16 min	Penalties	14 min
	23	Shots	20

Qualifying round[]

Group D[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	2	2	0	0	12	3	+9	4	Final
2	Canada (H)	2	1	0	1	8	4	+4	2
3	Sweden	2	0	0	2	3	16	−13	0	Bronze medal game

3 April 2004 16:10

Canada

1–3 (1–2, 0–1, 0–0)

United States

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 8,505

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	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	27	Shots	24

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4 April 2004 20:10

Sweden

1–7 (1–0, 0–4, 0–3)

Canada

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 5,816

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	26 min	Penalties	16 min
	13	Shots	54

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5 April 2004 20:00

United States

9–2 (3–1, 1–1, 5–0)

Sweden

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 4,972

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	2 min	Penalties	16 min
	45	Shots	15

Group E[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
4	Finland	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	4	Bronze medal game
5	Russia	2	1	0	1	5	4	+1	2
6	Germany	2	0	0	2	2	8	−6	0

3 April 2004 20:00

Germany

2–4 (0–1, 2–2, 0–1)

Russia

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 4,144

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	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	26	Shots	34

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4 April 2004 16:00

Finland

4–0 (2–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Germany

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 6,599

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	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	33	Shots	17

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5 April 2004 16:00

Russia

1–2 (1–0, 0–2, 0–0)

Finland

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 5,976

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	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	13	Shots	34

Group F[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
7	China	2	2	0	0	11	5	+6	4
8	Switzerland	2	1	0	1	7	6	+1	2	Relegation to 2005 Division I
9	Japan	2	0	0	2	2	9	−7	0

3 April 2004 18:00

China

6–3 (2–1, 3–1, 1–1)

Switzerland

Dartmouth Sportsplex, Dartmouth Attendance: 1,197

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	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	21	Shots	44

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4 April 2004 18:00

Japan

2–5 (0–2, 0–1, 2–2)

China

Dartmouth Sportsplex, Dartmouth Attendance: 1,205

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	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	33	Shots	38

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5 April 2004 18:00

Switzerland

4–0 (0–0, 1–0, 3–0)

Japan

Dartmouth Sportsplex, Dartmouth Attendance: 996

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	14 min	Penalties	18 min
	22	Shots	17

Final round[]

Bronze medal game[]

6 April 2004 16:00

Finland

3–2 (2–0, 1–0, 4–0)

Sweden

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 5,111

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		Goalies	Kim Martin	Referee: Stephanie Normand Linesmen: Kelli O'Brian Christine Pellerin
	Sirviö (Hoikkala, Savikuja) – 18:36 1–0 1–1 25:56 – Holst (Rooth, Holmlöv) (PP) Fisk (Riipi, Kovalainen) – 27:04 2–1 2–2 27:57 – Edstrand (Sjölander) Saarinen – 48:49 3–2
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	24	Shots	17

Final[]

6 April 2004 20:10

United States

0–2 (0–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Canada

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,506

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	Pam Dreyer	Goalies	Kim St-Pierre	Referee: Anu Hirvonen Linesmen: Ilse Robben Johanna Suban
	0–1 24:17 – Wickenheiser (Goyette, Brisson) 0–2 41:37 – Collins
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	26	Shots	27

Final standings[]

	Canada
	United States
	Finland
4	Sweden
5	Russia
6	Germany
7	China
8	Switzerland
9	Japan

Awards and statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Jennifer Botterill	Canada	5	3	8	11	+8	0
2	Natalie Darwitz	United States	5	7	3	10	+7	2
2	Jayna Hefford	Canada	5	7	3	10	+6	2
4	Caroline Ouellette	Canada	5	3	6	9	+10	0
5	Krissy Wendell	United States	4	4	3	7	+7	0
6	Angela Ruggiero	United States	5	2	5	7	+9	2
6	Danielle Goyette	Canada	5	2	5	7	+7	6
8	Cherie Piper	Canada	5	1	6	7	+7	4
9	Jenny Potter	United States	5	3	3	6	+6	4
10	Katie King	United States	5	2	4	6	+6	2
10	Elin Holmlöv	Sweden	5	2	4	6	−1	8

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders[]

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Kim St. Pierre	Canada	179:44	3	1.00	95.16	2
2	Pam Dreyer	United States	158:39	4	1.51	92.86	0
2	Chanda Gunn	United States	139:18	2	0.86	92.86	2
4	Florence Schelling	Switzerland	166:14	5	1.80	92.42	1
5		Finland	240:00	5	1.25	92.19	1

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Directorate Awards[]

• Goaltender: Kim St. Pierre
• Defenceman: Angela Ruggiero
• Forward: Jayna Hefford
• Most Valuable Player: Jennifer Botterill^[1]

All-Star team[]

• Goaltender: Pam Dreyer
• Defencemen: Gunilla Andersson, Angela Ruggiero
• Forwards: Jennifer Botterill, Natalie Darwitz, Jayna Hefford

Division I[]

The Division I IIHF World Women's Championships were held March 14–20, 2004 in Ventspils, Latvia

	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Kazakhstan	5	4	1	0	15	4	9
Czech Republic	5	3	1	1	19	11	7
Latvia	5	3	1	1	18	15	7
France	5	1	2	2	14	13	4
Norway	5	1	1	3	18	17	3
North Korea	5	0	0	5	5	29	0

 Kazakhstan is promoted to the 2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships,  Norway and  North Korea are demoted to Division II

14 March 2004

Norway

3–3

France

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14 March 2004

Latvia

1–4

Czech Republic

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14 March 2004

North Korea

1–4

Kazakhstan

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15 March 2004

Czech Republic

4–3

Norway

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15 March 2004

France

6–0

North Korea

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15 March 2004

Kazakhstan

3–3

Latvia

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17 March 2004

Kazakhstan

1–0

Norway

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17 March 2004

Czech Republic

3–3

France

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17 March 2004

North Korea

1–4

Latvia

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18 March 2004

France

0–4

Kazakhstan

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18 March 2004

Czech Republic

8–1

North Korea

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18 March 2004

Latvia

7–5

Norway

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20 March 2004

Norway

7–2

North Korea

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20 March 2004

France

2–3

Latvia

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20 March 2004

Kazakhstan

3–0

Czech Republic

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Awards and statistics[]

Directorate Awards[]

• Goalie: , (Kazakhstan)
• Defender: Olga Konysheva, (Kazakhstan)
• Forward: Iveta Koka, (Latvia)

Source: Passionhockey.com

Scoring leaders[]

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1		Norway	5	5	3	8	0	2
2	Iveta Koka	Latvia	5	2	6	8	+7	2
3		Czech Republic	5	4	2	6	+3	2
3		Czech Republic	5	4	2	6	−1	4
3		Czech Republic	5	4	2	6	+5	4
3		France	5	4	2	6	−1	10
7	Lyubov Alexeyeva	Kazakhstan	5	3	3	6	+10	4
8	Inese Geca-Miljone	Latvia	5	5	0	5	+5	4
9	Olga Potapova	Kazakhstan	5	4	1	5	+10	4
10		Norway	5	4	1	5	+3	14

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders[]

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1		Kazakhstan	298:57	4	0.80	95.70	3
2		Czech Republic	180:00	5	1.67	93.06	0
3		Latvia	300:00	14	2.80	92.86	0
3		France	300:00	11	2.20	92.86	1
5		Czech Republic	120:00	4	2.00	91.49	0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Division II[]

The Division II IIHF World Women's Championships will be held March 14–20, 2004 in Sterzing, Italy

	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Denmark	5	4	1	0	24	7	9
Italy	5	4	0	1	24	7	8
Slovakia	5	3	1	1	28	7	7
Netherlands	5	2	0	3	8	14	4
Australia	5	1	0	4	6	32	2
Great Britain	5	0	0	5	6	29	0

 Denmark is promoted to Division I while  Australia and  Great Britain are demoted to Division III in the 2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships

14 March 2004

Netherlands

1–5

Slovakia

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14 March 2004

Great Britain

2–3

Denmark

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14 March 2004

Italy

7–0

Australia

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15 March 2004

Denmark

4–1

Netherlands

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15 March 2004

Slovakia

8–1

Australia

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15 March 2004

Italy

10–2

Great Britain

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17 March 2004

Denmark

10–0

Australia

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17 March 2004

Great Britain

0–1

Netherlands

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17 March 2004

Italy

2–1

Slovakia

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18 March 2004

Netherlands

5–1

Australia

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18 March 2004

Slovakia

11–0

Great Britain

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18 March 2004

Italy

1–4

Denmark

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20 March 2004

Denmark

3–3

Slovakia

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20 March 2004

Australia

4–2

Great Britain

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20 March 2004

Italy

4–0

Netherlands

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Awards and statistics[]

Directorate Awards[]

• Goalie: Zuzana Tomčíková
• Defender: Jana Kapustová
• Forward: Maria Leitner

Source: Passionhockey.com

Scoring leaders[]

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1		Italy	5	3	9	12	+7	8
2	Maria Leitner	Italy	5	7	4	11	+10	2
3		Denmark	5	5	5	10	+3	6
4		Denmark	5	3	7	10	+7	0
5		Denmark	5	8	1	9	+4	2
6	Sabina Florian	Italy	5	6	1	7	+6	6
7	Martina Veličková	Slovakia	5	5	2	7	+5	2
8	Zuzana Moravčíková	Slovakia	5	4	2	6	+10	2
9	Natalie Babonyová	Slovakia	5	3	3	6	+5	6
10		Denmark	5	5	0	5	+7	2

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders[]

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1		Slovakia	120:00	1	0.50	95.00	1
2	Debora Montanari	Italy	247:10	4	0.97	94.81	3
3		Denmark	240:00	6	1.50	93.18	1
4		Netherlands	300:00	13	2.60	93.16	1
5		Great Britain	245:39	19	4.54	91.88	0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

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
Austria	5	5	0	0	35	4	10
Slovenia	5	4	0	1	28	8	8
Hungary	5	3	0	2	15	20	6
Belgium	5	2	0	3	13	19	4
Romania	5	1	0	4	4	21	2
South Korea	5	0	0	5	7	30	0

 Austria was promoted to Division II at the 2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships, while both  Romania and  South Korea were relegated to the newly formed Division IV.

21 March 2004

Austria

8–1

Hungary

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21 March 2004

South Korea

1–2

Belgium

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21 March 2004

Slovenia

5–0

Romania

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22 March 2004

Belgium

1–10

Austria

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22 March 2004

Hungary

3–0

Romania

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22 March 2004

Slovenia

10–1

South Korea

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24 March 2004

Romania

4–3

South Korea

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24 March 2004

Belgium

3–4

Hungary

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24 March 2004

Slovenia

1–3

Austria

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25 March 2004

Belgium

6–0

Romania

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25 March 2004

South Korea

1–10

Austria

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25 March 2004

Slovenia

8–3

Hungary

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27 March 2004

Hungary

4–1

South Korea

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27 March 2004

Austria

4–0

Romania

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27 March 2004

Slovenia

4–1

Belgium

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Awards and statistics[]

Directorate Awards[]

• Goalie: , (Austria)
• Defender: , (Austria)
• Forward: , (Slovenia)

Source: Passionhockey.com

Scoring leaders[]

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1		Slovenia	5	11	6	17	+9	8
2		Slovenia	5	9	8	17	+9	4
3	Denise Altmann	Austria	5	6	5	11	+14	10
4		Austria	5	6	3	9	+14	2
5		Slovenia	5	4	3	7	+9	2
6		Austria	5	3	3	6	+10	4
7		Austria	5	3	3	6	+9	0
8		Austria	5	4	1	5	+10	0
8		Austria	5	4	1	5	+12	2
8		Hungary	5	4	1	5	+1	6
8		Hungary	5	4	1	5	+1	2

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: [ IIHF.com]

Goaltending leaders[]

Player	Mins	GA	SOG	GAA	SV%
	151:13	2	58	0.79	96.55
	239:30	3	64	0.75	95.31
	293:13	18	231	3.68	92.21
	148:47	2	24	0.81	91.67
	280:00	15	142	3.21	89.44

Citations[]

References[]

• Complete results
• Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press.
• IIHF results index for 2004