1993 IIHF European Women Championships

The 1993 IIHF European Women Championships were held between March 22–27, 1993. In a break with the previous format, the IIHF split the teams into two separate divisions A and B and introduced a Promotion and Relegation format between them.

The top six teams from the 1991 tournament qualified for the Pool A tournament in Esbjerg, Denmark, while the remaining nations played in  Ukraine who were entering their first tournament.

European Championship Group A

1993 IIHF European Women's Championship
Pool A
Tournament details
Host country  Denmark
Dates March 24 - March 27
Teams 6
Venue(s) Esbjerg (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions   Finland (3rd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 9
Goals scored 89 (9.89 per match)

Teams & Format

The six teams, qualified from being the top six teams from the 1991 tournament were:

The teams were divided into two groups of three teams. Each team played each other once within the group. The teams then played a playoff game against the team with the same position in the opposing group, i.e. the Group Winners played off for Gold, 2nd place, for Bronze etc.

First round

Group 1

Standings

Rk. Team GP W T L GF GA DIF PTS
1.  Finland 2200254+214
2.  Norway 2101810-22
3.   Switzerland 2002322-190

Results

March 24, 1993Norway 5 – 2
( 1 - 2 , 2 - 0 , 2 - 0 )		  SwitzerlandEsbjerg
March 25, 1993Finland 17 – 1
( 10 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 6 - 1 )		  SwitzerlandEsbjerg
March 26, 1993Finland 8 – 3
( 2 - 1 , 4 - 0 , 2 - 2 )		 NorwayEsbjerg

Group 2

Standings

Rk. Team GP W T L GF GA DIF PTS
1.  Sweden 2200163+134
2.  Germany 2101914-52
3.  Denmark 2002412-80

Results

March 24, 1993Germany 6 – 4
( 2 - 3 , 0 - 1 , 4 - 0 )		 DenmarkEsbjerg
March 25, 1993Sweden 10 – 3
( 3 - 0 , 2 - 2 , 5 - 1 )		 GermanyEsbjerg
March 26, 1993Sweden 6 – 0
( 3 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 2 - 0 )		 DenmarkEsbjerg

Playoff Round

Consolation Round 5-6 Place

March 27, 1993Switzerland  4 – 1
( 0 - 0 , 3 - 1 , 1 - 0 )		 DenmarkEsbjerg

Match for third place

March 27, 1993Norway 6 – 3
(1 - 1, 3 - 1, 2 - 1)		 GermanyEsbjerg

Final

March 27, 1993Finland 8 – 2
( 3 - 2 , 3 - 0 , 2 - 0 )		 SwedenEsbjerg

Champions

 1993 IIHF European Women Championship Winners 

Finland
3rd title

European Championship Group B

1993 IIHF European Women's Championship
Pool B
Tournament details
Host country  Ukraine
Dates March 22 - March 27
Teams 5
Venue(s) Kiev (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions   Latvia (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 10
Goals scored 36 (3.6 per match)

Teams & Format

The five teams that playing the first Pool B were:

The teams were placed in one group containing all the teams playing in a single round robin format, with the final placings determining the final standing without any final games.

Final round

Standings

Rk. Team GP W T L GF GA DIF PTS
1.  Latvia 4301105+56
2.  Czech Republic 421186+25
3.  France 4202139+44
4.  Great Britain 4112411-73
5.  Ukraine 410315-42

Results

March 22, 1993Latvia 4 – 3
( 2 - 0 , 1 - 1 , 1 - 2 )		 FranceKiev
March 22, 1993Czech Republic 3 – 0
( 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 )		 UkraineKiev
March 23, 1993Latvia 3 – 1
( 1 - 0 , 0 - 0 , 2 - 1 )		 Czech RepublicKiev
March 23, 1993Great Britain 1 – 0
( 1 - 0 , 0 - 0 , 0 - 0 )		 UkraineKiev
March 24, 1993France 7 – 2
( 3 - 1 , 3 - 0 , 1 - 1 )		 Great BritainKiev
March 25, 1993Ukraine 1 – 0
( 0 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 0 - 0 )		 LatviaKiev
March 26, 1993Latvia 3 – 0
( 1 - 0 , 2 - 0 , 0 - 0 )		 Great BritainKiev
March 26, 1993Czech Republic 3 – 2
( 1 - 1 , 2 - 0 , 0 - 1 )		 FranceKiev
March 27, 1993Czech Republic 1 – 1
( 1 - 1 , 0 - 0 , 0 - 0 )		 Great BritainKiev
March 27, 1993France 1 – 0
( 1 - 0 , 0 - 0 , 0 - 0 )		 UkraineKiev

Final standings

Rk. Team Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)  Finland Qualified for 1994 World Championship
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Sweden Qualified for 1994 World Championship
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Norway Qualified for 1994 World Championship
4.  Germany Qualified for 1994 World Championship
5.   Switzerland Qualified for 1994 World Championship
6.  Denmark Relegated to Pool B for 1995 European Championship
7.  Latvia Promoted to Pool A for 1995 European Championship
8.  Czech Republic
9.  France
10.  Great Britain
11.  Ukraine

See also

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