1992 IIHF Women's World Championship

The 1992 IIHF World Women's Championships was held April 20–26, 1992, in Tampere in Finland. The Team Canada won their second gold medal at the World Championships, defeating the United States.[1]

1992 IIHF World Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host country Finland
DatesApril 20–26, 1992
Teams8
Arena(s) (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Canada (2nd title)
Runner-up  United States
Third place  Finland
Fourth place Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored163 (8.15 per match)
Attendance18,540 (927 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Cammi Granato (8+2=10pts)
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Qualification

The tournament was held between eight teams. Canada and the United States received automatic qualification to 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.

  •  Canada – Automatically Qualified
  •  China - Winner - 1992 Asian Qualification Tournament
  •  Denmark – 3rd Place – 1991 European Championship
  •  Finland – Winner – 1991 European Championship
  •  Norway – 4th Place – 1991 European Championship
  •   Switzerland – 5th Place – 1991 European Championship
  •  Sweden – 2nd Place – 1991 European Championship
  •  United States – Automatically Qualified

Asian Qualification Tournament (China)
1 January 1991China 10-0 JapanBaqu Arena, Harbin
3 January 1991China 7-3 JapanBaqu Arena, Harbin

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.  Canada 3300241+236
2.  Sweden 3201119+34
3.  China 3102716−92
4.  Denmark 3003320−170

Results

All times local (UTC+4)

April 20, 1992Canada 8–0
( 3 – 0 , 4 – 0 , 1 – 0 )		 ChinaTampere, Finland
April 20, 1992Sweden 4–1
( 2 – 1 , 1 – 0 , 1 – 0 )		 DenmarkTampere, Finland
April 21, 1992China 2–6
( 1 – 1 , 1 – 2 , 0 – 3 )		 SwedenTampere, Finland
April 21, 1992Denmark 0–10
( 0 – 4 , 0 – 2 , 0 – 4 )		 CanadaTampere, Finland
April 23, 1992Denmark 2–5
( 0 – 0 , 1 – 2 , 1 – 3 )		 ChinaTampere, Finland
April 23, 1992Canada 6–1
( 2 – 0 , 1 – 0 , 3 – 1 )		 SwedenTampere, Finland

Standings
Rk. Team GP W T L GF GA DIF PTS
1.  United States 3300314+276
2.  Finland 3201279+184
3.  Norway 3102821−132
4.   Switzerland 3003234−320

Results

All times local (UTC+4)

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

Playoff Round

Consolation Round 5–8 Place
April 24, 1992China 2–1
(1–0, 0–1, 0–1, 0–0, 1–0 )		  SwitzerlandTampere, Finland
April 24, 1992Norway 2–0
( 1 – 0 , 1 – 0 , 0 – 0 )		 DenmarkTampere, Finland

Consolation Round 7–8 Place
April 26, 1992Denmark 4–3
( 2 – 2, 0 – 1, 1 – 0, 1 – 0 )		  SwitzerlandTampere, Finland

Consolation Round 5–6 Place
April 26, 1992Norway 1–2
( 0 – 1 , 0 – 0 , 1 – 1 )		 ChinaTampere, Finland

Final round
  Semi finals
25 April 1992		     Finals
26 April 1992
                 
  A1  Canada 6   Gold Medal Game
  B2  Finland 2    
       Canada 8
       United States 0
  B1  United States 6    
  A2  Sweden 4   Bronze Medal Game (GWS)
 
 Sweden 4
   Finland 5

Semifinals
April 25, 1992Canada 6–2
( 4 – 0 , 2 – 2 , 0 – 0 )		 FinlandTampere, Finland
April 25, 1992United States 6–4
( 2 – 2 , 2 – 0 , 2 – 2 )		 SwedenTampere, Finland

Match for third place
April 26, 1992Sweden 4–5
(1 – 1, 1 – 2, 2 – 1, 0 – 0, 0 – 1)		 FinlandTampere, Finland

Final
April 26, 1992Canada 8–0
( 3 – 0 , 2 – 0 , 3 – 0 )		 United StatesTampere, Finland

Champions
 1992 IIHF World Women Championship Winners 

Canada
2nd title

Scoring leaders
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Cammi Granato 582102
Danielle Goyette 537102
Andria Hunter 55490
Lisa Brown 52798
Shelley Looney 51892
Riikka Nieminen 56280
France St. Louis 55382
Nancy Drolet 54480
Jeanine Sobek 53580
Karyn Bye 53582

Goaltending leaders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player Mins GA GAA SV%
Marie Claude Roy 12010.5095.83
Manon Rheaume 18020.6795.74
Annica Åhlén 19082.5391.58
Lane Rasmussen 305244.7288.35
Katariina Ahonen 14952.0188.10

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com

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

Directorate Awards

References
  1. https://teamusa.usahockey.com/page/show/4286766-1992-iihf-women-s-world-championship
  2. 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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