1990 IIHF Women's World Championship

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1990 IIHF Women's World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation  Canada
Dates 19–25 March
Teams 8
Champions  Canada (1 title)
Tournament statistics
Games played 20
Goals scored 237  (11.85 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of United States Cindy Curley (23 points)

The 1990 IIHF World Women's Championships were held March 19 to 25, 1990, at the Civic Centre in Ottawa, Canada. The Canadian team won the gold medal, the United States won silver, and Finland won bronze. This was the first IIHF-sanctioned international tournament in women's ice hockey. Fran Rider helped to organize the championships with no financial support from the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association. [1]

For unknown reasons, the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association decided that the Canadian team should wear pink and white uniforms instead of the expected red and white.[2] While the experiment only lasted for this tournament, Ottawa was taken over by a "pink craze" during the championships. Restaurants had pink-coloured food on special, and pink became a popular colour for flowers and bow ties.[2]

Qualification Tournament

The United States and Canadian teams qualified automatically.[3] A tournament in Hong Kong took place between South Korea, Japan, China, India and Hong Kong. China won the tournament but declined their invitation, Japan went in their place.[4] The 1989 IIHF European Women Championships served as the qualification tournament for this championship. The top five finishers in the top pool qualified. They were Finland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and West Germany.[3]

Final tournament

Group stage

Group A

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
1  Canada 3 3 0 0 50 - 01 6
2  Sweden 3 2 0 1 19 - 19 4
3  West Germany 3 1 0 2 04 - 25 2
4  Japan 3 0 0 3 05 - 33 0
19 March Canada  15-1
 Sweden
19 March West Germany  4-1
 Japan
21 March Canada  17-0
 West Germany
21 March Japan  4-11
 Sweden
22 March Canada  18-0
 Japan
22 March Sweden  7-0
 West Germany

Group B

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
1  United States 3 3 0 0 38 - 07 6
2  Finland 3 2 0 1 24 - 06 4
3  Switzerland 3 1 0 2 11 - 29 2
4  Norway 3 0 0 3 04 - 35 0
19 March Norway  1-10
 Finland
19 March United States  16-3
 Switzerland
21 March United States  17-0
 Norway
21 March Finland  10-0
 Switzerland
22 March Switzerland  8-3
 Norway
22 March Finland  4-5
 United States

Consolation round

5-8 place

24 March Switzerland  5-4
 Japan
24 March Norway  6-3
 West Germany

7-8 place

25 March West Germany  9-2
 Japan

5-6 place

25 March Switzerland  7-6
 Norway

Final round

Semifinals

24 March United States  10-3
 Sweden
24 March Canada  6-5
 Finland

3-4 place

25 March Finland  6-3
 Sweden

Final

25 March Canada  5-2
 United States

Rankings and statisctics

Final rankings

  1.  Canada
  2.  United States
  3.  Finland
  4.  Sweden
  5.  Switzerland
  6.  Norway
  7.  West Germany
  8.  Japan

Bodychecking

This is the only major international tournament in women's ice hockey to allow bodychecking.[5] Before the tournament, bodychecking had been allowed in women's ice hockey in Europe. The European teams, knowing that they were less competitive than the North American teams, asked for bodychecking to be included.[5] For some reason, the Europeans failed to realize that while European women learned to play with other women, most North American players learned to play with men. Consequently, North American players were bigger than European players and were used to playing a rougher game. This added to the already significant mismatch between the squads.

After this tournament, the International Ice Hockey Federation disallowed bodychecking in women's ice hockey.

See also

Notes

  1. On the Edge: Women Making Hockey History, p.81, by Elizabeth Etue and Megan K. Williams, Second Story Press, Toronto, Ontario, 1996, ISBN 0-929005-79-1
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kelly p. 88.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Andria Hunter Women's Hockey Net page on the IIHF World Women's Championships accessed July 16, 2006.
  4. Championnats du monde feminins 1990 accessed January 7, 2011.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Kelly, p. 89.

References

  • Malcolm G. Kelly, "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Canadian Sports History and Trivia", Alpha Books, ISBN 0-13-014658-7.
  • 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, 26–7,227–8. 

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