1989 IIHF European Women Championships

The 1989 IIHF European Women Championships (ice hockey) was held April 4–9, 1989, in West Germany, the first European Championship to be held. Finland won their first title with a 7–1 victory over neighbours Sweden in the Final. The hosts West Germany picked up the bronze after edging past Norway on penalty shots.

1989 IIHF European Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host country West Germany
DatesApril 4 - April 9
Teams8
Venue(s)Düsseldorf, Ratingen (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Finland (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored220 (11 per match)

Qualification tournament

Ten teams entered the championship. Of these, the top six ranked teams received a bye to the final tournament. These were:

The final four sides played in Qualification matches. A two-leg aggregate playoff was played with the winners of the two matches taking the final two places.

March 6, 1989Great Britain 2 4
( 0 - 0 , 1 - 2 , 1 - 2 )
 NetherlandsChelmsford
March 7, 1989Great Britain 2 4
( 0 - 3 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 1 )
 NetherlandsChelmsford
  • The Netherlands won the qualifier 8-4 on aggregate.
March 18, 1989Czechoslovakia 1 1
( 0 - 0 , 1 - 1 , 0 - 0 )
 FrancePlzeň
March 19, 1989Czechoslovakia 4 1
( 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 2 - 1 )
 FranceBeroun
  • Czechoslovakia won the qualifier 5-2 on aggregate.

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

Standings

Rk. Team GP W T L GF GA DIF PTS
1.  Sweden 3300243+216
2.  Norway 3111186+123
3.   Switzerland 31112415+93
4.  Netherlands 3003143-420

Results

All times local (GMT+4)

April 4, 1989Sweden 12 0
( 3 - 0 , 7 - 0 , 2 - 0 )
 NetherlandsDüsseldorf
April 4, 1989Switzerland  4 4
( 1 - 0 , 2 - 1 , 1 - 3 )
 NorwayRatingen
April 5, 1989Switzerland  17 1
( 6 - 1 , 2 - 0 , 9 - 0 )
 NetherlandsRatingen
April 5, 1989Sweden 2 0
( 0 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 )
 NorwayDüsseldorf
April 6, 1989Sweden 10 3
( 5 - 0 , 4 - 1 , 1 - 2 )
  SwitzerlandDüsseldorf
April 6, 1989Norway 14 0
( 5 - 0 , 2 - 0 , 7 - 0 )
 NetherlandsRatingen

Standings

Rk. Team GP W T L GF GA DIF PTS
1.  Finland 3300570+576
2.  Germany 3201175+124
3.  Denmark 3102620-142
4.  Czechoslovakia 3003055-550

Results

All times local (GMT+4)

April 4, 1989Finland 34 0
( 12 - 0 , 12 - 0 , 10 - 0 )
 CzechoslovakiaRatingen
April 4, 1989Germany 2 0
( 0 - 0 , 0 - 0 , 2 - 0 )
 DenmarkDüsseldorf
April 5, 1989Denmark 6 0
( 2 - 0 , 3 - 0 , 1 - 0 )
 CzechoslovakiaDüsseldorf
April 5, 1989Finland 5 0
( 0 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 4 - 0 )
 GermanyRatingen
April 6, 1989Finland 18 0
( 4 - 0 , 6 - 0 , 8 - 0 )
 DenmarkRatingen
April 6, 1989Germany 15 0
( 3 - 0 , 7 - 0 , 5 - 0 )
 CzechoslovakiaDüsseldorf

Playoff Round

Consolation Round 5-8 Place

April 8, 1989Denmark 2 1
( 1 - 0 , 1 - 1 , 0 - 0 )
 NetherlandsRatingen
April 8, 1989Switzerland  9 3
( 3 - 3 , 3 - 0 , 3 - 0 )
 CzechoslovakiaDüsseldorf

Consolation Round 7-8 Place

April 9, 1989Czechoslovakia 7 1
( 3 - 0 , 3 - 0 , 1 - 1 )
 NetherlandsDüsseldorf

Consolation Round 5-6 Place

April 9, 1989Switzerland  3 1
( 0 - 0, 1 - 1, 2 - 0 )
 DenmarkRatingen

Final round

  Semi finals
8 April 1989
    Finals
9 April 1989
                 
  A1  Finland 9   Gold Medal Game
  B2  Norway 1    
       Finland 7
       Sweden 1
  B1  Sweden 4    
  A2  Germany 3   Bronze Medal Game (APS)
 
 Germany 2
   Norway 1

Semifinals

April 8, 1989Finland 9 1
( 2 - 0 , 5 - 1 , 2 - 0 )
 NorwayDüsseldorf
April 8, 1989Sweden 4 3
( 2 - 1 , 2 - 1 , 0 - 1 )
 GermanyRatingen

Match for 3-4 Place

April 9, 1989Germany 2 1
(0-0, 1-1, 0-0, 0-0, 1-0)
 NorwayDüsseldorf

Final

April 9, 1989Finland 7 1
( 4 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 2 - 1 )
 SwedenRatingen

Champions

 1989 IIHF European Women Championship Winners 

Finland
1st title

Final standings

Rk. Team Notes
 FinlandQualified for 1990 World Championship
 SwedenQualified for 1990 World Championship
 GermanyQualified for 1990 World Championship
4. NorwayQualified for 1990 World Championship
5.  SwitzerlandQualified for 1990 World Championship
6. Denmark
7. Czechoslovakia
8. Netherlands
9. France
10. Great Britain

See also

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