1987 World Women's Hockey Tournament

1987 World Women's Hockey Tournament
Tournament details
Host country  Canada
Dates April 21 - April 26
Teams 7
Venue(s) North York (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions   Canada (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 27
Goals scored 247 (9.15 per match)
Scoring leader(s) France Saint-Louis (CAN)
MVP Dawn McGuire (CAN)

The 1987 World Women's Hockey Tournament was held April 21-April 26, 1987 in North York in Canada. This was the first major world tournament for the Women's game, and was the first unofficial tournament before the IIHF launched their world championship in 1990. The Ontario Women's Hockey Association hosted the tournament. During the tournament, representatives from participating nations met to establish a strategy to lobby the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) for the creation of a Women's World Championship.[1]Team Canada won the tournament defeating the Province of Ontario by 4-0 in the final game.

Contents

Teams

The following teams played at the tournament. It is assumed that these teams were selected on an invitational basis, but that is not confirmed.

Format

The seven participating teams played in a single round robin format. The top four teams from the group proceeded to the Medal Round, while the remaining teams played in the placing games.

Group stage

     Teams proceed to Medal round
     Teams sent to Placing round

Round robin

Standings

Rk. Team GP W T L GF GA DIF PTS
1.  Canada 6 6 0 0 51 2 +49 12
2.  United States 6 5 0 1 64 5 +59 10
3.  Ontario 6 4 0 2 59 9 +50 8
4.  Sweden 6 3 0 3 13 22 -9 6
5.  Switzerland 6 2 0 4 12 49 -37 4
6.  Japan 6 1 0 5 9 52 -43 2
7.  Netherlands 6 0 0 3 6 75 -69 0

Results

April 21, 1987 Canada  10 – 0
 Switzerland North York, Canada
April 21, 1987 Netherlands  2 – 5
 Japan North York, Canada
April 21, 1987 Ontario 8 – 0
 Sweden North York, Canada
April 21, 1987 Canada  2 – 1
 United States North York, Canada
April 22, 1987 Ontario 16 – 0
 Switzerland North York, Canada
April 22, 1987 Canada  11 – 0
 Japan North York, Canada
April 22, 1987 Sweden  0 – 10
 United States North York, Canada
April 22, 1987 Ontario 19 – 0
 Netherlands North York, Canada
April 23, 1987 Japan  4 – 6
 Switzerland North York, Canada
April 23, 1987 Canada  19 – 1
 Netherlands North York, Canada
April 23, 1987 Switzerland  0 – 3
 Sweden North York, Canada
April 23, 1987 Ontario 14 – 0
 Japan Port Credit, Canada
April 23, 1987 United States  20 – 0
 Netherlands North York, Canada
April 24, 1987 Japan  0 – 16
 United States North York, Canada
April 24, 1987 Sweden  7 – 0
 Netherlands North York, Canada
April 24, 1987 Canada  5 – 0
 Ontario North York, Canada
April 24, 1987 United States  13 – 1
 Switzerland North York, Canada
April 25, 1987 Canada  4 – 0
 Sweden North York, Canada
April 25, 1987 Switzerland  5 – 3
 Netherlands North York, Canada
April 25, 1987 Japan  0 – 3
 Sweden North York, Canada
April 25, 1987 United States  4 – 2
 Ontario North York, Canada

Playoff stage

Placing Round

April 25, 1987 Japan  4 – 0
 Netherlands North York, Canada

5th/6th Place Game

April 26, 1987 Switzerland  4 – 0
 Japan North York, Canada

Medal Round

  Semi-finals Final
25 April – North York
  Canada  7  
  Sweden  2  
 
26 April – North York
      Canada  4
    Ontario  0
Third place
25 April - North York 26 April - North York
  United States  2   United States  5
  Ontario  5     Sweden  0

Semi-Finals

April 25, 1987 Canada  7 – 2
 Sweden North York, Canada
April 25, 1987 United States  2 – 5
 Ontario North York, Canada

Bronze Medal Game

April 26, 1987 United States  5 – 0
 Sweden North York, Canada

Final

April 26, 1987 Canada  4 – 0
 Ontario North York, Canada

Champions

 1987 Women's World Tournament Winners 

Canada
1st title

Final standings

Rk. Team
 Canada
 Ontario
 United States
4.  Sweden
5.  Switzerland
6.  Japan
7.  Netherlands

References