1991 IIHF European Women Championships

1991 IIHF European Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Czechoslovakia
Dates March 15 - March 23
Teams 10
Venue(s) Frydek-Mistek, Havirov (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions   Finland (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 25
Goals scored 239 (9.56 per match)

The 1991 IIHF European Women Championships was held March 15 March 23, 1989 in Czechoslovakia. Finland skated to their 2nd consecutive tournament with a 2-1 victory of Sweden in the final, after trailing 1-0 at the end of the 2nd Period.

Denmark picked up the bronze medal with a victory over Norway in the 3rd place game. The tournament holds the record for the most teams competing in a single IIHF Women's tournament (10) and most games played at the tournament (25).

Teams & Format

Ten teams entered the championship. All of the teams were entered into the final tournament without any qualification. These were:

The teams were divided into two groups of five teams. Each team played each other once within the group. The teams then played a play-off game against the team with the same position in the opposing group, i.e. the Group Winners played off for Gold and Silver, 2nd place in each group, for Bronze and 4th place etc.

First round

Group A

Standings

Rk. Team GP W T L GF GA DIF PTS
1.  Finland 4400710+718
2.  Norway 43013114+176
3.   Switzerland 42022420+44
4.  France 4103553-482
5.  Netherlands 4004246-440

Results

All times local (GMT+4)

March 15, 1991Norway 14 0
( 5 - 0 , 3 - 0 , 6 - 0 )
 NetherlandsHavirov
March 15, 1991Switzerland  14 0
( 1 - 0 , 7 - 0 , 6 - 0 )
 FranceHavirov
March 17, 1991Finland 20 0
( 9 - 0 , 6 - 0 , 5 - 0 )
 NetherlandsHavirov
March 17, 1991Norway 10 1
( 2 - 1 , 4 - 0 , 4 - 0 )
 FranceHavirov
March 18, 1991Finland 28 0
( 10 - 0 , 11 - 0 , 7 - 0 )
 FranceHavirov
March 18, 1991Norway 7 2
( 2 - 0 , 3 - 1 , 2 - 1 )
  SwitzerlandHavirov
March 20, 1991Finland 12 0
( 2 - 0 , 5 - 0 , 5 - 0 )
  SwitzerlandHavirov
March 20, 1991France 4 1
( 0 - 0 , 2 - 1 , 2 - 0 )
 NetherlandsHavirov
March 21, 1991Finland 11 0
( 7 - 0 , 2 - 0 , 2 - 0 )
 NorwayHavirov
March 21, 1991Switzerland  8 1
( 1 - 0 , 2 - 1 , 5 - 0 )
 NetherlandsHavirov

Group B

Standings

Rk. Team GP W T L GF GA DIF PTS
1.  Sweden 4400532+518
2.  Denmark 43011114-36
3.  Germany 42021814+44
4.  Czechoslovakia 4013329-261
5.  Great Britain 4013228-261

Results

All times local (GMT+4)

March 15, 1991Germany 9 1
( 2 - 0 , 5 - 1 , 2 - 0 )
 CzechoslovakiaFrydek-Mistek
March 15, 1991Denmark 4 0
( 2 - 0 , 2 - 0 , 0 - 0 )
 Great Britain
March 16, 1991Sweden 15 0
( 8 - 0 , 5 - 0 , 2 - 0 )
 CzechoslovakiaFrydek-Mistek
March 16, 1991Germany 6 0
( 4 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 )
 Great BritainFrydek-Mistek
March 18, 1991Sweden 16 0
( 4 - 0 , 4 - 0 , 8 - 0 )
 Great BritainFrydek-Mistek
March 18, 1991Denmark 3 2
( 2 - 0 , 1 - 2 , 0 - 0 )
 GermanyFrydek-Mistek
March 19, 1991Sweden 12 1
( 4 - 1 , 3 - 0 , 5 - 0 )
 DenmarkFrydek-Mistek
March 19, 1991 Czechoslovakia2 2
( 0 - 2 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 )
 Great BritainFrydek-Mistek
March 21, 1991Sweden 10 1
( 3 - 1 , 2 - 0 , 5 - 0 )
 GermanyFrydek-Mistek
March 21, 1991Denmark 3 0
( 2 - 0 , 0 - 0 , 1 - 0 )
 CzechoslovakiaFrydek-Mistek

Playoff Round

Consolation Round 9-10 Place

March 23, 1991Great Britain 3 0
( 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 )
 NetherlandsFrydek-Mistek

Consolation Round 7-8 Place

March 23, 1991France 2 1
( 0 - 1 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 )
 CzechoslovakiaHavirov

Consolation Round 5-6 Place

March 23, 1991Switzerland  6 2
( 2 - 1 , 3 - 0 , 1 - 1 )
 GermanyFrydek-Mistek

Match for third place

March 23, 1991Denmark 2 1
(0 - 1, 0 - 0, 2 - 0)
 NorwayHavirov

Final

March 23, 1991Finland 2 1
( 0 - 1 , 0 - 0 , 2 - 0 )
 SwedenFrydek-Mistek

Champions

 1991 IIHF European Women Championship Winners 

Finland
2nd title

Final standings

Rk. Team Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)  Finland Qualified for 1992 World Championship
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Sweden Qualified for 1992 World Championship
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Denmark Qualified for 1992 World Championship
4.  Norway Qualified for 1992 World Championship
5.   Switzerland Qualified for 1992 World Championship
6.  Germany
7.  France Compete in Group B in 1993
8.  Czechoslovakia Compete in Group B in 1993
9.  Great Britain Compete in Group B in 1993
10.  Netherlands Compete in Group B in 1993

External links

See also

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 3/26/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.