1992 IIHF Women's World Championship

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1992 IIHF World Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host country Finland
DatesApril 20–26, 1992
Officially opened byMauno Koivisto
Teams8
Arena(s) (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svg Canada (2nd title)
Runner-up Silver medal blank.svg United States
Third place Bronze medal blank.svg Finland
Fourth place Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored163 (8.15 per match)
Attendance18,540 (927 per match)
Scoring leader(s)United States Cammi Granato (8+2=10pts)
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The 1992 IIHF World Women's Championships was held April 20–26, 1992, in Tampere in Finland. The Team Canada won their second gold medal at the World Championships, defeating the United States.[1]

Qualification[]

The tournament was held between eight teams. Canada and the United States received automatic qualification to the tournament. In addition, the top five teams from the 1991 European Championship would be joined by the winner of the 1992 Asian Qualification Tournament.

  •  Canada – Automatically Qualified
  •  China - Winner - 1992 Asian Qualification Tournament
  •  Denmark – 3rd Place – 1991 European Championship
  •  Finland – Winner – 1991 European Championship
  •  Norway – 4th Place – 1991 European Championship
  •   Switzerland – 5th Place – 1991 European Championship
  •  Sweden – 2nd Place – 1991 European Championship
  •  United States – Automatically Qualified

Asian Qualification Tournament (China)[]

1 January 1991China 10-0 JapanBaqu Arena, Harbin
3 January 1991China 7-3 JapanBaqu Arena, Harbin

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.  Canada 3 3 0 0 24 1 +23 6
2.  Sweden 3 2 0 1 11 9 +2 4
3.  China 3 1 0 2 7 16 −9 2
4.  Denmark 3 0 0 3 3 19 −16 0

Results[]

All times local (UTC+4)

April 20, 1992Canada 8–0
( 3 – 0 , 4 – 0 , 1 – 0 )		 ChinaTampere, Finland
April 20, 1992Sweden 4–1
( 2 – 1 , 1 – 0 , 1 – 0 )		 DenmarkTampere, Finland
April 21, 1992China 2–6
( 1 – 1 , 1 – 2 , 0 – 3 )		 SwedenTampere, Finland
April 21, 1992Denmark 0–10
( 0 – 4 , 0 – 2 , 0 – 4 )		 CanadaTampere, Finland
April 23, 1992Denmark 2–5
( 0 – 0 , 1 – 2 , 1 – 3 )		 ChinaTampere, Finland
April 23, 1992Canada 6–1
( 2 – 0 , 1 – 0 , 3 – 1 )		 SwedenTampere, Finland

Group B[]

Standings[]

Rk. Team GP W T L GF GA DIF PTS
1.  United States 3 3 0 0 31 4 +27 6
2.  Finland 3 2 0 1 27 9 +18 4
3.  Norway 3 1 0 2 8 21 −13 2
4.   Switzerland 3 0 0 3 2 34 −32 0

Results[]

All times local (UTC+4)

April 20, 1992United States 17–0
( 6 – 0 , 4 – 0 , 7 – 0 )		  SwitzerlandTampere, Finland
April 20, 1992Finland 11–3
( 6 – 1 , 2 – 2 , 3 – 0 )		 NorwayTampere, Finland
April 21, 1992Norway 1–9
( 1 – 1 , 0 – 4 , 0 – 4 )		 United StatesTampere, Finland
April 21, 1992Switzerland  1–13
( 0 – 2 , 0 – 8 , 1 – 3 )		 FinlandTampere, Finland
April 23, 1992Norway 4–1
( 1 – 0 , 2 – 0 , 1 – 1 )		  SwitzerlandTampere, Finland
April 23, 1992Finland 3–5
( 2 – 1 , 1 – 1 , 0 – 3 )		 United StatesTampere, Finland

Playoff Round[]

Consolation Round 5–8 Place[]

April 24, 1992China 2–1
(1–0, 0–1, 0–1, 0–0, 1–0 )		  SwitzerlandTampere, Finland
April 24, 1992Norway 2–0
( 1 – 0 , 1 – 0 , 0 – 0 )		 DenmarkTampere, Finland

Consolation Round 7–8 Place[]

April 26, 1992Denmark 4–3
( 2 – 2, 0 – 1, 1 – 0, 1 – 0 )		  SwitzerlandTampere, Finland

Consolation Round 5–6 Place[]

April 26, 1992Norway 1–2
( 0 – 1 , 0 – 0 , 1 – 1 )		 ChinaTampere, Finland

Final round[]

  Semi finals
25 April 1992 		    Finals
26 April 1992
                 
  A1  Canada 6   Gold Medal Game
  B2  Finland 2    
       Canada 8
       United States 0
  B1  United States 6    
  A2  Sweden 4   Bronze Medal Game (GWS)
 
 Sweden 4
   Finland 5

Semifinals[]

April 25, 1992Canada 6–2
( 4 – 0 , 2 – 2 , 0 – 0 )		 FinlandTampere, Finland
April 25, 1992United States 6–4
( 2 – 2 , 2 – 0 , 2 – 2 )		 SwedenTampere, Finland

Match for third place[]

April 26, 1992Sweden 4–5
(1 – 1, 1 – 2, 2 – 1, 0 – 0, 0 – 1)		 FinlandTampere, Finland

Final[]

April 26, 1992Canada 8–0
( 3 – 0 , 2 – 0 , 3 – 0 )		 United StatesTampere, Finland

Champions[]

 1992 IIHF World Women Championship Winners 

Canada
2nd title

Scoring leaders[]

Player GP G A Pts PIM
United States Cammi Granato 5 8 2 10 2
Canada Danielle Goyette 5 3 7 10 2
Canada Andria Hunter 5 5 4 9 0
United States Lisa Brown 5 2 7 9 8
United States Shelley Looney 5 1 8 9 2
Finland Riikka Nieminen 5 6 2 8 0
Canada France St. Louis 5 5 3 8 2
Canada Nancy Drolet 5 4 4 8 0
United States Jeanine Sobek 5 3 5 8 0
United States Karyn Bye 5 3 5 8 2

Goaltending leaders[]

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player Mins GA GAA SV%
Canada 120 1 0.50 95.83
Canada Manon Rheaume 180 2 0.67 95.74
Sweden Annica Åhlén 190 8 2.53 91.58
Denmark 305 24 4.72 88.35
Finland Katariina Ahonen 149 5 2.01 88.10

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

Final standings[]

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

Directorate Awards[]

References[]

  1. ^ "1992 - IIHF Women's World Championship".
  2. ^ Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009–10, p.540, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55468-621-6

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