2004 IIHF Women's World Championship

2004 IIHF Women's World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	March 30 – April 6, 2004
Opened by	Adrienne Clarkson
Teams	9
Final positions
Champions	Canada (8th title)
Runner-up	United States
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Games played	20
Goals scored	129 (6.45 per game)
Attendance	89,461 (4,473 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Jennifer Botterill (11 points)
MVP	Jennifer Botterill
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The 2004 IIHF World Women's Championships were held March 30 – 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 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.