1997 IIHF Women's World Championship

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1997 IIHF World Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host nation  Canada
Dates March 31 - April 6
Teams 8
Champions Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada (4 titles)
Tournament statistics
Games played 20
Goals scored 129  (6.45 per game)
Attendance 60,418  (3,021 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Finland Riikka Nieminen 10 points

The 1997 IIHF World Women's Championships was held March 31-April 6, 1997 in seven Canadian cities all in the Province of Ontario. Team Canada won their 4th consecutive gold medal at the World Championships defeating the United States in a repeat of the previous three finals, however this time the United States took Canada in the closest final so far, losing in overtime. Finland picked up their fourth consecutive bronze medal, with a win over China who made the Semi-Final for the second consecutive year.

This tournament also served as the qualifier for the Nagano Olympics, with the top five finishers joining host Japan. Sweden defeated first Switzerland, then Russia, in the consolation round to join the four semi-finalists in the Olympics.

Qualification

The following teams participated in the championship. Qualification was the top three from the 1996 Pacific Rim Championship, and the top five from the 1996 IIHF European Women Championships.

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

Group A

Standings

Rk. Team GP W T L GF GA DIF PTS
1. Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada 3 3 0 0 22 2 +20 6
2. Flag of China.svg.png China 3 2 0 1 18 12 +6 4
3. Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia 3 0 1 2 6 18 -12 1
4. Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland 3 0 1 2 6 20 -14 1

Results

All times local

March 31, 1997
7:00 pm 		China Flag of China.svg.png 6 – 2
( 3 - 0, 2 - 2, 1 - 0) 		Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia
Attendance: 750
March 31, 1997
7:30 pm 		Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 6 – 0
( 1 - 0 , 2 - 0 , 3 - 0 ) 		Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland
Attendance: 3,889
April 1, 1997
7:00 pm 		China Flag of China.svg.png 11 – 3
( 5 - 2 , 3 - 0 , 3 - 1 ) 		Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland
Attendance: 1,207
April 1, 1997
7:30 pm 		Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 9 – 1
( 3 - 0 , 3 - 0 , 3 - 1 ) 		Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia
Attendance: 5,559
April 3, 1997
7:30 pm 		Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg.png 3 – 3
( 1 - 0 , 2 - 3 , 0 - 0 ) 		Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia
Attendance: 1,089
April 3, 1997
7:30 pm 		Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 7 – 1
( 5 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 1 ) 		Flag of China.svg.png China
Attendance: 5,457

Group B

Standings

Rk. Team GP W T L GF GA DIF PTS
1. Flag of the United States.svg.png United States 3 2 1 0 20 3 +17 5
2. Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland 3 2 1 0 18 3 +15 5
3. Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden 3 0 1 2 2 17 -15 1
4. Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway 3 0 1 2 2 19 -17 1

Results

All times local

March 31, 1997
4:00 pm 		Norway Flag of Norway.svg.png 0 – 7
( 0 - 2 , 0 - 3 , 0 - 2 ) 		Flag of the United States.svg.png United States
Attendance: 3,100
March 31, 1997
4:00 pm 		Finland Flag of Finland.svg.png 5 – 0
( 3 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 ) 		Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden
April 1, 1997
4:00 pm 		Norway Flag of Norway.svg.png 2 – 2
( 2 - 0 , 0 - 1 , 0 - 1 ) 		Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden
Attendance: 3,068
April 1, 1997
7:00 pm 		Finland Flag of Finland.svg.png 3 – 3
( 1 - 2 , 0 - 1 , 2 - 0 ) 		Flag of the United States.svg.png United States
April 3, 1997
7:00 pm 		Norway Flag of Norway.svg.png 0 – 10
( 0 - 3 , 0 - 3 , 0 - 4 ) 		Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland
Attendance: 3,401
April 3, 1997
7:00 pm 		United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 10 – 0
( 4 - 0 , 3 - 0 , 3 - 0 ) 		Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden
Attendance: 3,472

Playoff Round

Consolation Round 5-8 Place

April 4, 1997
4:00 pm 		Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg.png 7 – 1
( 2 - 0 , 1 - 1 , 4 - 0 ) 		Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland
Attendance: 3,301
April 4, 1997
7:30 pm 		Russia Flag of Russia.svg.png 2 – 1
( 1 - 1 , 1 - 0 , 0 - 0 ) 		Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway
Attendance: 2,849

Consolation Round 7-8 Place

April 6, 1997
2:00 pm 		Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg.png 1 – 0
( 0 - 0 , 0 - 0 , 1 - 0 ) 		Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway
Attendance: 565

Consolation Round 5-6 Place

April 6, 1997
1:00 pm 		Russia Flag of Russia.svg.png 1 – 3
( 1 - 0 , 0 - 2 , 0 - 1 ) 		Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden
Attendance: 2,471

Semifinals

April 5, 1997
1:00 pm 		Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 2 – 1
( 0 - 1 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 ) 		Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland
Attendance: 4,963
April 5, 1997
5:00 pm 		United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 6 – 0
( 2 - 0 , 2 - 0 , 2 - 0) 		Flag of China.svg.png China
Attendance: 3,832

Match for third place

April 6, 1997
4:00 pm 		Finland Flag of Finland.svg.png 3 – 0
( 0 - 0 , 0 - 0 , 3 - 0 ) 		Flag of China.svg.png China

Final

April 6, 1997 Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 4 – 3 OT
( 1 - 0 , 1 - 2 , 1 - 1 , 1 - 0 ) 		Flag of the United States.svg.png United States
Attendance: 6,247

Champions

 1997 IIHF World Women Championship Winners 

Canada
4th title

Final standings

Rk. Team Notes
Gold medal icon.png Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada Qualified for the 1998 Winter Olympic Games
Silver medal icon.png Flag of the United States.svg.png United States Qualified for the 1998 Winter Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon.png Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland Qualified for the 1998 Winter Olympic Games
4. Flag of China.svg.png China Qualified for the 1998 Winter Olympic Games
5. Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden Qualified for the 1998 Winter Olympic Games
6. Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia Qualified for the 1999 World Championships Qualification Tournament
7. Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland Qualified for the 1999 World Championships Qualification Tournament
8. Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway Qualified for the 1999 World Championships Qualification Tournament

References

  • Duplacey, James (1998). Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports, 487–9. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9. 
  • Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press, 26–7,229–30. 

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