1991 IIHF European Women Championships

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1991 IIHF European Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host country Czechoslovakia
DatesMarch 15 - March 23
Teams10
Venue(s)Frydek-Mistek, Havirov (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svg Finland (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played25
Goals scored239 (9.56 per match)

The 1991 IIHF European Women Championships was held March 15 – March 23, 1991, in Czechoslovakia. Finland skated to their 2nd consecutive tournament with a 2–1 victory of Sweden in the final, after trailing 1–0 at the end of the 2nd Period.

Denmark picked up the bronze medal with a victory over Norway in the 3rd place game. The tournament holds the record for the most teams competing in a single IIHF Women's tournament (10) and most games played at the tournament (25).

Teams & Format[]

Ten teams entered the championship. All of the teams were entered into the final tournament without any qualification. These were:

The teams were divided into two groups of five teams. Each team played each other once within the group. The teams then played a play-off game against the team with the same position in the opposing group, i.e. the Group Winners played off for Gold and Silver, 2nd place in each group, for Bronze and 4th place etc.

First round[]

Group A[]

Standings[]

Rk. Team GP W T L GF GA DIF PTS
1.  Finland 4 4 0 0 71 0 +71 8
2.  Norway 4 3 0 1 31 14 +17 6
3.   Switzerland 4 2 0 2 24 20 +4 4
4.  France 4 1 0 3 5 53 -48 2
5.  Netherlands 4 0 0 4 2 46 -44 0

Results[]

All times local (GMT+4)

March 15, 1991Norway 14 – 0
( 5 - 0 , 3 - 0 , 6 - 0 )		 NetherlandsHavirov
March 15, 1991Switzerland  14 – 0
( 1 - 0 , 7 - 0 , 6 - 0 )		 FranceHavirov
March 17, 1991Finland 20 – 0
( 9 - 0 , 6 - 0 , 5 - 0 )		 NetherlandsHavirov
March 17, 1991Norway 10 – 1
( 2 - 1 , 4 - 0 , 4 - 0 )		 FranceHavirov
March 18, 1991Finland 28 – 0
( 10 - 0 , 11 - 0 , 7 - 0 )		 FranceHavirov
March 18, 1991Norway 7 – 2
( 2 - 0 , 3 - 1 , 2 - 1 )		  SwitzerlandHavirov
March 20, 1991Finland 12 – 0
( 2 - 0 , 5 - 0 , 5 - 0 )		  SwitzerlandHavirov
March 20, 1991France 4 – 1
( 0 - 0 , 2 - 1 , 2 - 0 )		 NetherlandsHavirov
March 21, 1991Finland 11 – 0
( 7 - 0 , 2 - 0 , 2 - 0 )		 NorwayHavirov
March 21, 1991Switzerland  8 – 1
( 1 - 0 , 2 - 1 , 5 - 0 )		 NetherlandsHavirov

Group B[]

Standings[]

Rk. Team GP W T L GF GA DIF PTS
1.  Sweden 4 4 0 0 53 2 +51 8
2.  Denmark 4 3 0 1 11 14 -3 6
3.  Germany 4 2 0 2 18 14 +4 4
4.  Czechoslovakia 4 0 1 3 3 29 -26 1
5.  Great Britain 4 0 1 3 2 28 -26 1

Results[]

All times local (GMT+4)

March 15, 1991Germany 9 – 1
( 2 - 0 , 5 - 1 , 2 - 0 )		 CzechoslovakiaFrydek-Mistek
March 15, 1991Denmark 4 – 0
( 2 - 0 , 2 - 0 , 0 - 0 )		 Great BritainFrydek-Mistek
March 16, 1991Sweden 15 – 0
( 8 - 0 , 5 - 0 , 2 - 0 )		 CzechoslovakiaFrydek-Mistek
March 16, 1991Germany 6 – 0
( 4 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 )		 Great BritainFrydek-Mistek
March 18, 1991Sweden 16 – 0
( 4 - 0 , 4 - 0 , 8 - 0 )		 Great BritainFrydek-Mistek
March 18, 1991Denmark 3 – 2
( 2 - 0 , 1 - 2 , 0 - 0 )		 GermanyFrydek-Mistek
March 19, 1991Sweden 12 – 1
( 4 - 1 , 3 - 0 , 5 - 0 )		 DenmarkFrydek-Mistek
March 19, 1991Czechoslovakia 2 – 2
( 0 - 2 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 )		 Great BritainFrydek-Mistek
March 21, 1991Sweden 10 – 1
( 3 - 1 , 2 - 0 , 5 - 0 )		 GermanyFrydek-Mistek
March 21, 1991Denmark 3 – 0
( 2 - 0 , 0 - 0 , 1 - 0 )		 CzechoslovakiaFrydek-Mistek

Playoff Round[]

Consolation Round 9-10 Place[]

March 23, 1991Great Britain 3 – 0
( 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 )		 NetherlandsFrydek-Mistek

Consolation Round 7-8 Place[]

March 23, 1991France 2 – 1
( 0 - 1 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 )		 CzechoslovakiaHavirov

Consolation Round 5-6 Place[]

March 23, 1991Switzerland  6 – 2
( 2 - 1 , 3 - 0 , 1 - 1 )		 GermanyFrydek-Mistek

Match for third place[]

March 23, 1991Denmark 2 – 1
(0 - 1, 0 - 0, 2 - 0)		 NorwayHavirov

Final[]

March 23, 1991Finland 2 – 1
( 0 - 1 , 0 - 0 , 2 - 0 )		 SwedenFrydek-Mistek

Champions[]

 1991 IIHF European Women Championship Winners 

Finland
2nd title

Final standings[]

Rk. Team Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Finland Qualified for 1992 World Championship
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Sweden Qualified for 1992 World Championship
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Denmark Qualified for 1992 World Championship
4.  Norway Qualified for 1992 World Championship
5.   Switzerland Qualified for 1992 World Championship
6.  Germany
7.  France Compete in Group B in 1993
8.  Czechoslovakia Compete in Group B in 1993
9.  Great Britain Compete in Group B in 1993
10.  Netherlands Compete in Group B in 1993

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