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1992 IIHF Women's World Championship

1992 IIHF Women's World Championship

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The 1992 IIHF Women's World Championships was held April 20–26, 1992, in Tampere in Finland.[where?] Team Canada won their second gold medal at the World Championships, defeating the United States.[1]

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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

Group A

Standings

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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

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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
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
Referee:
Sandra Dombrowski[2]

Champions

 1992 IIHF World Women Championship winners 

Canada
2nd title

Scoring leaders

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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.

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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

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Directorate Awards

The international media voted on the tournament all-star team at the conclusion of the event. The following players were named:[4]

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References

  1. [1]
    "1992 - IIHF Women's World Championship".
  2. [2]
    Podnieks, Andrew (9 December 2022). "IIHF honours international mix for Hall of Fame '23". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  3. [3]
    Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009–10, p.540, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55468-621-6
  4. [4]
    "No Sweat For Canada", The Ottawa Citizen, April 27, 1992, John MacKinnon
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