1989 IIHF European Women Championships

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1989 IIHF European Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host country West Germany
DatesApril 4 - April 9
Teams8
Venue(s)Düsseldorf, Ratingen (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svg Finland (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored220 (11 per match)

The 1989 IIHF European Women Championships (ice hockey) was held April 4–9, 1989, in West Germany, the first European Championship to be held. Finland won their first title with a 7–1 victory over neighbours Sweden in the Final. The hosts West Germany picked up the bronze after edging past Norway on penalty shots.

Qualification tournament[]

Ten teams entered the championship. Of these, the top six ranked teams received a bye to the final tournament. These were:

The final four sides played in Qualification matches. A two-leg aggregate playoff was played with the winners of the two matches taking the final two places.

March 6, 1989Great Britain 2 – 4
( 0 - 0 , 1 - 2 , 1 - 2 )		 NetherlandsChelmsford
March 7, 1989Great Britain 2 – 4
( 0 - 3 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 1 )		 NetherlandsChelmsford
  • The Netherlands won the qualifier 8-4 on aggregate.
March 18, 1989Czechoslovakia 1 – 1
( 0 - 0 , 1 - 1 , 0 - 0 )		 FrancePlzeň
March 19, 1989Czechoslovakia 4 – 1
( 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 2 - 1 )		 FranceBeroun
  • Czechoslovakia won the qualifier 5-2 on aggregate.

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[]

     Teams proceed to Final round
     Teams sent to Consolation round

Group A[]

Standings[]

Rk. Team GP W T L GF GA DIF PTS
1.  Sweden 3 3 0 0 24 3 +21 6
2.  Norway 3 1 1 1 18 6 +12 3
3.   Switzerland 3 1 1 1 24 15 +9 3
4.  Netherlands 3 0 0 3 1 43 -42 0

Results[]

All times local (GMT+4)

April 4, 1989Sweden 12 – 0
( 3 - 0 , 7 - 0 , 2 - 0 )		 NetherlandsDüsseldorf
April 4, 1989Switzerland  4 – 4
( 1 - 0 , 2 - 1 , 1 - 3 )		 NorwayRatingen
April 5, 1989Switzerland  17 – 1
( 6 - 1 , 2 - 0 , 9 - 0 )		 NetherlandsRatingen
April 5, 1989Sweden 2 – 0
( 0 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 )		 NorwayDüsseldorf
April 6, 1989Sweden 10 – 3
( 5 - 0 , 4 - 1 , 1 - 2 )		  SwitzerlandDüsseldorf
April 6, 1989Norway 14 – 0
( 5 - 0 , 2 - 0 , 7 - 0 )		 NetherlandsRatingen

Group B[]

Standings[]

Rk. Team GP W T L GF GA DIF PTS
1.  Finland 3 3 0 0 57 0 +57 6
2.  Germany 3 2 0 1 17 5 +12 4
3.  Denmark 3 1 0 2 6 20 -14 2
4.  Czechoslovakia 3 0 0 3 0 55 -55 0

Results[]

All times local (GMT+4)

April 4, 1989Finland 34 – 0
( 12 - 0 , 12 - 0 , 10 - 0 )		 CzechoslovakiaRatingen
April 4, 1989Germany 2 – 0
( 0 - 0 , 0 - 0 , 2 - 0 )		 DenmarkDüsseldorf
April 5, 1989Denmark 6 – 0
( 2 - 0 , 3 - 0 , 1 - 0 )		 CzechoslovakiaDüsseldorf
April 5, 1989Finland 5 – 0
( 0 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 4 - 0 )		 GermanyRatingen
April 6, 1989Finland 18 – 0
( 4 - 0 , 6 - 0 , 8 - 0 )		 DenmarkRatingen
April 6, 1989Germany 15 – 0
( 3 - 0 , 7 - 0 , 5 - 0 )		 CzechoslovakiaDüsseldorf

Playoff Round[]

Consolation Round 5-8 Place[]

April 8, 1989Denmark 2 – 1
( 1 - 0 , 1 - 1 , 0 - 0 )		 NetherlandsRatingen
April 8, 1989Switzerland  9 – 3
( 3 - 3 , 3 - 0 , 3 - 0 )		 CzechoslovakiaDüsseldorf

Consolation Round 7-8 Place[]

April 9, 1989Czechoslovakia 7 – 1
( 3 - 0 , 3 - 0 , 1 - 1 )		 NetherlandsDüsseldorf

Consolation Round 5-6 Place[]

April 9, 1989Switzerland  3 – 1
( 0 - 0, 1 - 1, 2 - 0 )		 DenmarkRatingen

Final round[]

  Semi finals
8 April 1989 		    Finals
9 April 1989
                 
  A1  Finland 9   Gold Medal Game
  B2  Norway 1    
       Finland 7
       Sweden 1
  B1  Sweden 4    
  A2  Germany 3   Bronze Medal Game (APS)
 
 Germany 2
   Norway 1

Semifinals[]

April 8, 1989Finland 9 – 1
( 2 - 0 , 5 - 1 , 2 - 0 )		 NorwayDüsseldorf
April 8, 1989Sweden 4 – 3
( 2 - 1 , 2 - 1 , 0 - 1 )		 GermanyRatingen

Match for 3-4 Place[]

April 9, 1989Germany 2 – 1
(0-0, 1-1, 0-0, 0-0, 1-0)		 NorwayDüsseldorf

Final[]

April 9, 1989Finland 7 – 1
( 4 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 2 - 1 )		 SwedenRatingen

Champions[]

 1989 IIHF European Women Championship Winners 

Finland
1st title

Final standings[]

Rk. Team Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Finland Qualified for 1990 World Championship
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Sweden Qualified for 1990 World Championship
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Germany Qualified for 1990 World Championship
4.  Norway Qualified for 1990 World Championship
5.   Switzerland Qualified for 1990 World Championship
6.  Denmark
7.  Czechoslovakia
8.  Netherlands
9.  France
10.  Great Britain

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