1992 IIHF Women's World Championship

1992 IIHF World Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Finland
Dates April 20 - April 26
Teams 8
Venue(s)  (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions   Canada (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 20
Goals scored 158 (7.9 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Cammi Granato (8+2=10pts)

The 1992 IIHF World Women's Championships was held April 20-April 26, 1992 in Tampere in Finland. The Team Canada won their 2nd gold medal at the World Championships, in a repeat of the 1990 Final defeating the United States.

Contents

Qualification Tournament

The tournament was held between eight teams. Canada and the United States as the top two ranked teams received automatic qualification for 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.

Asian Qualification Tournament

10 March 1992 China  5-0
  Japan
11 March 1992 China  5-0
  Japan

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 12 9 +3 4
3.  China 3 1 0 2 7 16 -9 2
4.  Denmark 3 0 0 3 3 20 -17 0

Results

All times local (GMT+4)

April 20, 1992 Canada  8 – 0
( 3 - 0 , 4 - 0 , 1 - 0 )		  China Tampere, Finland
April 20, 1992 Sweden  4 – 1
( 2 - 1 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 )		  Denmark Tampere, Finland
April 21, 1992 China  2 – 6
( 1 - 1 , 1 - 2 , 0 - 3 )		  Sweden Tampere, Finland
April 21, 1992 Denmark  0 – 10
( 0 - 4 , 0 - 2 , 0 - 4 )		  Canada Tampere, Finland
April 23, 1992 Denmark  2 – 5
( 0 - 0 , 1 - 2 , 1 - 3 )		  China Tampere, Finland
April 23, 1992 Canada  6 – 1
( 2 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 3 - 1 )		  Sweden Tampere, 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 4 15 -11 0

Results

All times local (GMT+4)

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

Playoff Round

Consolation Round 5-8 Place

April 24, 1992 China  2 – 1
(1-0, 0-1, 0-1, 0-0, 1-0 )		  Switzerland Tampere, Finland
April 24, 1992 Norway  2 – 0
( 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 0 - 0 )		  Denmark Tampere, Finland

Consolation Round 7-8 Place

April 26, 1992 Denmark  4 – 3
( 2 - 2, 0 - 1, 1 - 0, 1 - 0 )		  Switzerland Tampere, Finland

Consolation Round 5-6 Place

April 26, 1992 Norway  1 – 2
( 0 - 1 , 0 - 0 , 1 - 1 )		  China Tampere, Finland

Final round

Semi finals Finals
25 April 1992 26 April 1992
                 
     
Group A 1st  Canada 6
 
Group B 2nd  Finland 2   Gold Medal Game
   Canada 8
     
   United States 0
Group B 1st  United States 6
 
Group A 2nd  Sweden 4  
  Bronze Medal Game (APS)
 Sweden 4
 Finland 5

Semifinals

April 25, 1992 Canada  6 – 2
( 4 - 0 , 2 - 2 , 0 - 0 )		  Finland Tampere, Finland
April 25, 1992 United States  6 – 4
( 2 - 2 , 2 - 0 , 2 - 2 )		  Sweden Tampere, Finland

Match for third place

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

Final

April 26, 1992 Canada  8 – 0
( 3 - 0 , 2 - 0 , 3 - 0 )		  United States Tampere, Finland

Champions

 1992 IIHF World Women Championship Winners 

Canada
2nd title

Scoring leaders

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

Goaltending leaders

Player Mins GA GAA SV%
Marie Claude Roy 120 1 0.50 .958
Manon Rheaume 180 2 0.67 .957
Annica Åhlén 190 8 2.53 .916
Lane Rasmussen 305 24 4.72 .884
Katariina Ahonen 149 5 2.01 .881
Guo Hong 310 18 3.48 .872
Helen Johansson 119 12 6.05 .861
Kari Fjellhammer 299 23 4.61 .859
Erin Whitten 228 14 3.68 .851
Lissa-Maria Sneck 157 14 5.35 .771

Final standings

Rk. Team
 Canada
 United States
 Finland
4.  Sweden
5.  China
6.  Norway
7.  Denmark
8.  Switzerland

Directorate Awards

References

  1. ^ 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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