1999 IIHF Women's World Championship
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |
 Finland |
| Dates | March 8 - March 14 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Venue(s) | Espoo, Vantaa (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
Champions  |
 Canada (5th title) |
Runner-up  |
 United States |
Third place  |
Finland |
| Fourth place |
 Sweden |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 20 |
| Goals scored | 138 (6.9 per match) |
| Attendance | 25,234 (1,262 per match) |
| Scoring leader(s) |
Jenny Schmidgall 12 points |
|
← 1997 2000 → | |
The 1999 IIHF World Women's Championships was held between March 8-March 14, 1999 in the city of Espoo in Finland. Team Canada won their 5th consecutive gold medal at the World Championships defeating the United States in a repeat of the previous four finals. Canada skated to a solid 3-1 victory in the final to take the gold with a solid performance that saw them winning all five games.
Finland picked up their fifth consecutive bronze medal, with a win over Sweden who had their strongest performance since 1992.
Qualification
The 1999 tournament created the format that has remained to the present, as the World Championships was greatly expanded to incorporate the European Championships and the Pacific Qualification Tournaments. There were a series of Qualification Tournaments Held to assign teams places in this first year, with the standard Promotion and Relegation model following after that. The top five nations from the Nagano Olympics were joined by three qualifiers.[1]
- Top five at the Olympics:
- Qualifiers from world tournaments:
Germany - Final Qualification group A winner
Switzerland - Final Qualification group B winner
Russia - Won playoff against 
Norway for final spot
World Championship Group A
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. | United States |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | +20 | 6 |
| 2. | Sweden |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 4 |
| 3. |  China |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 | -7 | 2 |
| 4. | Russia |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 20 | -16 | 0 |
Results
All times local
| March 8, 1999 4:30 pm |
United States |
10 – 2 ( 2 - 2, 4 - 0, 4 - 0) |
Russia |
Espoo |
| Looney 08:08 Schmidgall 17:57 Granato 26:03 Bye 31:53 Schmidgall 34:43 Wendell 35:29 Looney 44:02 King 46:11 Fisher 53:35 Dunn 53:51 |
Tsareva 14:22 Bourina 16:01 | |||
| March 8, 1999 4:30 pm |
China |
1 – 3 |
Sweden |
Vantaa |
| March 9, 1999 8:00 pm |
Sweden |
0 – 11 ( 0 - 3, 0 - 4, 0 - 4) |
United States |
Vantaa |
| Ruggiero 00:58 Schmidgall 6:35 O'Sullivan 19:33 Bye 27:05 Merz 29:05 Grantato 34:50 King 36:34 Dunn 43:27 Granato 44:11 King 46:21 Wendell 58:11 | ||||
| March 9, 1999 4:30 pm |
China |
3 – 2 |
Russia |
Vantaa |
| March 11, 1999 4:30 pm |
Russia |
0 – 7 |
Sweden |
Espoo |
| March 11, 1999 8:00 pm |
United States |
6 – 0 ( 1 - 0, 2 - 0, 3 - 0) |
China |
Vantaa |
| King 12:15 Schmidgall 25:59 Bye 36:52 Bye 42:20 Fisher 56:33 Bye 58:36 |
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Group B
Standings
| Rk. | Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | DIF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Canada |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | +24 | 6 |
| 2. | Finland |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 1 | +15 | 4 |
| 3. | Germany |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 26 | -21 | 2 |
| 4. | Switzerland |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 22 | -18 | 0 |
Results
All times local
| March 8, 1999 8:00 pm |
Canada |
10 – 0 ( 2 - 0 , 6 - 0 , 2 - 0 ) |
Switzerland |
Vantaa |
| Wickenheiser 13:00 Goyette 13:30 Wickenheiser 27:56 Hefford 30:50 Sunohara 31:34 Campbell 31:45 Dupuis 37:38 Benoit 38:27 Campbell 45:55 Hefford 49:43 |
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| March 8, 1999 8:00 pm |
Finland |
9 – 0 |
Germany |
Espoo |
| March 9, 1999 4:30 pm |
Germany |
0 – 13 ( 0 - 4 , 0 - 6 , 0 - 3 ) |
Canada |
Espoo |
| Drolet 03:43 Wickenheiser 06:43 Ouellette 08:23 St-Louis 10:34 Drolet 22:05 Hefford 27:52 Kellar 31:16 Heaney 33:50 Hefford 35:13 Heaney 39:30 Rivard 51:41 Goyette 54:46 Botterill 57:07 | ||||
| March 9, 1999 8:00 pm |
Finland |
7 – 0 |
Switzerland |
Espoo |
| March 11, 1999 8:00 pm |
Switzerland |
4 – 5 ( 0 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 0 - 0 ) |
Germany |
Vantaa |
| March 11, 1999 8:00 pm |
Canada |
1 – 0 |
Finland |
Espoo |
| Sunohara 26:00 | ||||
Playoff Round
Consolation Round 5-8 Place
| March 12, 1999 4:30 pm |
Germany |
2 – 6 |
Russia |
Vantaa |
| March 12, 1999 7:30 pm |
China |
3 – 2 |
Switzerland |
Vantaa |
Consolation Round 7-8 Place
| March 14, 1999 4:00 pm |
Germany |
3 – 0 |
Switzerland |
Vantaa |
Consolation Round 5-6 Place
| March 14, 1999 2:00 pm |
Russia |
1 – 4 |
China |
Vantaa |
Final round
| Semi finals | Finals | |||||||||
| 13 March 1999 | 14 March 1999 | |||||||||
| Group A | 1st | United States |
3 | |||||||
| Group B | 2nd | Finland |
1 | Gold Medal Game | ||||||
| Canada |
3 | |||||||||
| United States |
1 | |||||||||
| Group B | 1st | Canada |
4 | |||||||
| Group A | 2nd | Sweden |
1 | |||||||
| Bronze Medal Game | ||||||||||
| Finland |
8 | |||||||||
| Sweden |
2 | |||||||||
Semifinals
| March 13, 1999 2:00 pm |
Canada |
4 – 1 ( 1 - 0 , 1 - 1 , 2 - 0 ) |
Sweden |
Espoo |
| Drolet 18:14 Drolet 30:18 Hefford 47:27 St-Louis 57:10 |
Mansson 26:17 | |||
| March 13, 1999 7:30 pm |
United States |
3 – 1 ( 0 - 1 , 2 - 0 , 1 - 0) |
Finland |
Espoo |
| Darwitz 26:46 Darwitz 36:27 Wendell 55:00 |
Hanninen 19:58 | |||
Match for third place
| March 14, 1999 2:00 pm |
Finland |
8 – 2 |
Sweden |
Espoo |
Final
| March 14, 1999 6:00 pm |
Canada |
3 – 1 |
United States |
Espoo |
Champions
| 1999 IIHF World Women Championship Winners |
|---|
Canada 5th title |
Scoring leaders
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jenny Schmidgall |
5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 9 |
| Jayna Hefford |
5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 8 |
| Kirsi Hanninen |
5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 6 |
| Petra Vaarakallio |
5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 4 |
| Sari Fisk |
5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 3 |
| Karyn Bye |
5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 6 |
| Nancy Drolet |
5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 6 |
| Cammi Granato |
5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 9 |
| Hayley Wickenheiser |
5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 |
| Katie King |
5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 6 |
Goaltending leaders[2]
| Player | Mins | GA | SOG | GAA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sami Jo Small |
180:00 | 1 | 56 | 0.33 | 98.21 |
| Kim St-Pierre |
120:00 | 1 | 34 | 0.50 | 97.06 |
| Erin Whitten |
179:03 | 4 | 72 | 1.34 | 94.44 |
| Tuula Puputti |
237:27 | 6 | 89 | 1.52 | 93.26 |
| Laurie Beliveau |
120:00 | 2 | 23 | 1.00 | 91.30 |
Final standings
| Rk. | Team | Notes |
|---|---|---|
 | Canada | |
 | United States | |
 | Finland | |
| 4. | Sweden | |
| 5. | China | |
| 6. | Russia | |
| 7. | Germany | |
| 8. | Switzerland | Relegated to the 2000 World Championships Group B |
World Championship Group B
In addition to the main World Championships, this year saw the first running of World Championship Group B, which replaced the European Championships. Eight further teams played in this competition, hosted by France in the town of Colmar. 
Japan won the tournament defeating Norway in the final 7-1 to win the competition and to ensure their Promotion to the main World Championship in 2000.
Directorate Awards
- Goalie: Sami Jo Small, (Canada)
- Defender: Kirsi Hanninen, (Finland)
- Forward: Jenny Schmidgall, (United States)[3]
References
- ↑ detailed qualification summary
- ↑ Group A goaltending leaders
- ↑ Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-10, p.542, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55468-621-6
- Duplacey, James (1998). Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports. pp. 487–9. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9.
- Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. pp. 26–7, 230.