1994 IIHF Women's World Championship

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1994 IIHF Women's World Championship
Tournament details
Host country 
Riikka Nieminen (4+9=13pts)

The 1994

China.[1]

Qualification

The tournament was held between eight teams. Canada and the United States received automatic qualification for the tournament. In addition, the top five teams from the 1993 European Championship would be joined by the winner of the 1994 Asian Qualification Tournament.[2]

  •  Canada - Automatically Qualified
  •  China - Winner - 1994 Asian Qualification Tournament
  •  Finland - Winner - 1993 European Championship
  •  Germany - 4th place - 1993 European Championship
  •  Norway - 3rd Place - 1993 European Championship
  •   Switzerland - 5th place - 1993 European Championship
  •  Sweden - 2nd Place - - 1993 European Championship
  •  United States - Automatically Qualified

Asian Qualification Tournament (Japan)

11 March 1994Japan 2-6 China
12 March 1994Japan 1-7 China

Venue

The tournament took place at the Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, New York, in the United States.

Lake Placid, New York, United States
Host Venue Details
Herb Brooks Arena

Herb Brooks Arena interior, 2010 		Location: United States Lake Placid, New York, in the United States
Broke ground: Spring 1975
Opened: September 20, 1979

Capacity:

Final tournament

The eight participating teams were divided up into two seeded groups as below. The teams played each other once in a single round robin format. The top two teams from the group proceeded to the Final Round, while the remaining teams played in the consolation round.

First round

Group A

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 3 3 0 0 27 3 +24 6 Advanced to Final round
2  China 3 1 1 1 13 12 +1 3
3  Sweden 3 1 1 1 9 13 −4 3 Sent to Consolation round
4  Norway 3 0 0 3 2 23 −21 0
Source: [citation needed]

Results

All times local

April 11, 1994
2:00 pm		Sweden 3 – 1 NorwayPad 1932, Lake Placid, New York
April 11, 1994
4:00 pm		Canada 7 – 1 ChinaPad 1980, Lake Placid, New York
April 12, 1994
3:00 pm		Sweden 4 – 4 ChinaPad 1980, Lake Placid, New York
April 12, 1994
7:00 pm		Norway 0 – 12 CanadaPad 1980, Lake Placid, New York
April 14, 1994
3:00 pm		Canada 8 – 2 SwedenPad 1980, Lake Placid, New York
April 14, 1994
7:00 pm		China 8 – 1
( 2 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 3 - 1 )		 NorwayPad 1932, Lake Placid, New York

Group B

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 0 24 1 +23 6 Advanced to Final round
2  Finland 3 2 0 1 31 3 +28 4
3   Switzerland 3 1 0 2 2 20 −18 2 Sent to Consolation round
4  Germany 3 0 0 3 2 35 −33 0
Source: [citation needed]

Results

All times local

April 11, 1994
2:00 pm		Finland 17 – 1 GermanyPad 1932, Lake Placid, New York
April 11, 1994
8:00 pm		United States 6 – 0  SwitzerlandPad 1980, Lake Placid, New York
April 12, 1994
4:00 pm		Finland 13 – 0  SwitzerlandPad 1932, Lake Placid, New York
April 12, 1994
8:00 pm		Germany 0 – 16 United StatesPad 1932, Lake Placid, New York
April 14, 1994
1:00 pm		Germany 1 – 2  SwitzerlandPad 1932, Lake Placid, New York
April 14, 1994
7:00 pm		United States 2 – 1 FinlandPad 1980, Lake Placid, New York

Playoff round

Consolation round 5–8 place

April 16, 1994
8:00 pm		Sweden 7 – 1 GermanyPad 1980, Lake Placid, New York
April 16, 1994
8:00 pm		Norway 7 – 4  SwitzerlandPad 1932, Lake Placid, New York

Consolation round 7–8 place

April 17, 1994
9:00 am		Switzerland 4 – 3 GermanyPad 1932, Lake Placid, New York

Consolation round 5–6 place

April 17, 1994
1:00 pm		Sweden 6 – 3 NorwayPad 1932, Lake Placid, New York

Final round

Semi finals
15 April 1994 		Finals
17 April 1994
      
A1  Canada 4
B2  Finland 1
 Canada 6
 United States 3
B1  United States 14
A2  China 3 Bronze Medal Game
 Finland 8
 China 1

Semifinals

April 15, 1994
5:00 pm		Canada 4 – 1 FinlandPad 1980, Lake Placid, New York
April 15, 1994United States 14 – 3 ChinaPad 1980, Lake Placid, New York

Match for third place

April 17, 1994
11:15 am		Finland 8 – 1 ChinaPad 1980, Lake Placid, New York

Final

April 17, 1994Canada 6 – 3 United StatesPad 1980, Lake Placid, New York
Referee:
Sandra Dombrowski[3]

Champions

 1994 IIHF World Women Championship winners 

Canada
3rd title

Scoring leaders

Player GP G A Pts
Riikka Nieminen
 5 4 9 13
Canada Danielle Goyette 5 9 3 12
Karyn Bye
 5 6 6 12
United States Cammi Granato 5 5 7 12
China Liu Hongmei 5 8 3 11
Finland Tiia Reima 5 7 4 11
Finland Sari Krooks 5 3 7 10
United States Stephanie O'Sullivan 5 3 7 10
Finland Hanna Terrijoki 5 5 4 9
United States Gretchen Ulion 5 5 4 9

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Player GPI Mins GA SOG SV% GAA
Finland Liisa-Maria Sneck 4 220 7 85 91.8 1.91
United States Kelly Dyer 2 129 3 24 87.5 1.50
Canada Manon Rhéaume 4 209 6 44 86.4 1.72
Patricia Sautter
 3 180 10 139 92.8 3.33
Erin Whitten
 3 180 7 52 86.4 2.33

Final standings

Rk. Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Finland
4.  China
5.  Sweden
6.  Norway
7.   Switzerland
8.  Germany

Directorate Awards

The international media voted on the tournament all-star team at the conclusion of the event. The following players were named:[5]

Position Player Team
G Manon Rhéaume  Canada
D
Therese Brisson
  Canada
D Kelly O'Leary  United States
F Riika Nieminen  Finland
F Danielle Goyette  Canada
F
Karyn Bye
  United States

References

  1. ^ "1994 - IIHF Women's World Championship".
  2. ^ 1994 Asian qualifier details
  3. ^ Podnieks, Andrew (December 9, 2022). "IIHF honours international mix for Hall of Fame '23". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  4. ISBN 978-1-55468-621-6
  5. ^ "Gold Medal", Value News, April 18, 1994, John Kekis

External links
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