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{{Infobox International Ice Hockey Competition
| tourney_name = IIHF World Women's Championship
| year = 1997
| other_titles =
| image =
| size =
| caption =
| country = Canada
| dates = March 31 - April 6
| num_teams = 8
| cities = 7
| winners_women = Canada
| second_other = {{ihw|USA}}
| third_other = {{ihw|FIN}}
| fourth_other = {{ihw|CHN}}
| count = 4
| games = 20
| goals = 129
| attendance =60418
| scoring_leader = {{flagicon|FIN}} Riikka Nieminen 10 points
| prevseason = [[1994 IIHF Women's World Championship|1994]]
| nextseason = [[1999 IIHF Women's World Championship|1999]]
| mvp =
}}

The '''1997 [[IIHF World Women's Championships]]''' was held March 31-April 6, 1997 in seven Canadian cities all in the Province of Ontario. [[Canada|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 [[1998 Winter Olympics|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 Women's Pacific Rim Championship|1996 Pacific Rim Championship]], and the top five from the [[1996 IIHF European Women Championships]].

*Pacific Rim Championship:
**{{ihw|CAN}}
**{{ihw|CHN}}
**{{ihw|USA}}
*European Championship:
**{{ihw|FIN}}
**{{ihw|NOR}}
**{{ihw|RUS}}
**{{ihw|SUI}}
**{{ihw|SWE}}

==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==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| style="background: #ccffcc;" |     
|Teams proceed to Final round
|-
| style="background: #ffccff;" |     
|Teams sent to Consolation round
|}

===Group A===

====Standings====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=20|Rk.
!width=165|Team
!width=40|GP
!width=40|W
!width=40|T
!width=40|L
!width=40|GF
!width=40|GA
!width=40|DIF
!width=40|PTS
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|1.
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihw|CAN}}
|3||3||0||0||22||2||+20||'''6'''
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|2.
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihw|CHN}}
|3||2||0||1||18||12||+6||'''4'''
|- style="background:#ffccff;"
|3.
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihw|RUS}}
|3||0||1||2||6||18||-12||'''1'''
|- style="background:#ffccff;"
|4.
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihw|SUI}}
|3||0||1||2||6||20||-14||'''1'''
|}

====Results====
All times local
{{Hockeybox2
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = March 31, 1997
|time = 7:00 pm
|team1 = '''{{ihw-rt|CHN}}'''
|score = 6 – 2
|periods = ( 3 - 0, 2 - 2, 1 - 0)
|team2 = {{ihw|RUS}}
|attendance = 750
|referee =
}}
{{Hockeybox2
|bg = #eeffff
|date = March 31, 1997
|time = 7:30 pm
|team1 = '''{{ihw-rt|CAN}}'''
|score = 6 – 0
|periods = ( 1 - 0 , 2 - 0 , 3 - 0 )
|team2 = {{ihw|SUI}}
|attendance = 3,889
|referee =
}}
{{Hockeybox2
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = April 1, 1997
|time = 7:00 pm
|team1 = '''{{ihw-rt|CHN}}'''
|score = 11 – 3
|periods = ( 5 - 2 , 3 - 0 , 3 - 1 )
|team2 = {{ihw|SUI}}
|attendance = 1,207
|referee =
}}
{{Hockeybox2
|bg = #eeffff
|date = April 1, 1997
|time = 7:30 pm
|team1 = '''{{ihw-rt|CAN}}'''
|score = 9 – 1
|periods = ( 3 - 0 , 3 - 0 , 3 - 1 )
|team2 = {{ihw|RUS}}
|attendance = 5,559
|referee =
}}
{{Hockeybox2
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = April 3, 1997
|time = 7:30 pm
|team1 = '''{{ihw-rt|SUI}}'''
|score = 3 – 3
|periods = ( 1 - 0 , 2 - 3 , 0 - 0 )
|team2 = '''{{ihw|RUS}}'''
|attendance = 1,089
|referee =
}}
{{Hockeybox2
|bg = #eeffff
|date = April 3, 1997
|time = 7:30 pm
|team1 = '''{{ihw-rt|CAN}}'''
|score = 7 – 1
|periods = ( 5 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 1 )
|team2 = {{ihw|CHN}}
|attendance = 5,457
|referee =
}}

===Group B===

====Standings====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=20|Rk.
!width=165|Team
!width=40|GP
!width=40|W
!width=40|T
!width=40|L
!width=40|GF
!width=40|GA
!width=40|DIF
!width=40|PTS
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|1.
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihw|USA}}
|3||2||1||0||20||3||+17||'''5'''
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|2.
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihw|FIN}}
|3||2||1||0||18||3||+15||'''5'''
|- style="background:#ffccff;"
|3.
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihw|SWE}}
|3||0||1||2||2||17||-15||'''1'''
|- style="background:#ffccff;"
|4.
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihw|NOR}}
|3||0||1||2||2||19||-17||'''1'''
|}

====Results====
All times local

{{Hockeybox2
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = March 31, 1997
|time = 4:00 pm
|team1 = {{ihw-rt|NOR}}
|score = 0 – 7
|periods = ( 0 - 2 , 0 - 3 , 0 - 2 )
|team2 = '''{{ihw|USA}}'''
|attendance = 3,100
|referee =
}}

{{Hockeybox2
|bg = #eeffff
|date = March 31, 1997
|time = 4:00 pm
|team1 = '''{{ihw-rt|FIN}}'''
|score = 5 – 0
|periods = ( 3 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 )
|team2 = {{ihw|SWE}}
|attendance =
|referee =
}}

{{Hockeybox2
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = April 1, 1997
|time = 4:00 pm
|team1 = '''{{ihw-rt|NOR}}'''
|score = 2 – 2
|periods = ( 2 - 0 , 0 - 1 , 0 - 1 )
|team2 = '''{{ihw|SWE}}'''
|attendance = 3,068
|referee =
}}

{{Hockeybox2
|bg = #eeffff
|date = April 1, 1997
|time = 7:00 pm
|team1 = '''{{ihw-rt|FIN}}'''
|score = 3 – 3
|periods = ( 1 - 2 , 0 - 1 , 2 - 0 )
|team2 = '''{{ihw|USA}}'''
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
{{Hockeybox2
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = April 3, 1997
|time = 7:00 pm
|team1 = {{ihw-rt|NOR}}
|score = 0 – 10
|periods = ( 0 - 3 , 0 - 3 , 0 - 4 )
|team2 = '''{{ihw|FIN}}'''
|attendance = 3,401
|referee =
}}

{{Hockeybox2
|bg = #eeffff
|date = April 3, 1997
|time = 7:00 pm
|team1 = '''{{ihw-rt|USA}}'''
|score = 10 – 0
|periods = ( 4 - 0 , 3 - 0 , 3 - 0 )
|team2 = {{ihw|SWE}}
|attendance = 3,472
|referee =
}}

==Playoff Round==

===Consolation Round 5-8 Place===
{{Hockeybox2
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = April 4, 1997
|time = 4:00 pm
|team1 = '''{{ihw-rt|SWE}}'''
|score = 7 – 1
|periods = ( 2 - 0 , 1 - 1 , 4 - 0 )
|team2 = {{ihw|SUI}}
|attendance = 3,301
|referee =
}}
{{Hockeybox2
|bg = #eeffff
|date = April 4, 1997
|time = 7:30 pm
|team1 = '''{{ihw-rt|RUS}}'''
|score = 2 – 1
|periods = ( 1 - 1 , 1 - 0 , 0 - 0 )
|team2 = {{ihw|NOR}}
|attendance = 2,849
|referee =
}}

===Consolation Round 7-8 Place===
{{Hockeybox2
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = April 6, 1997
|time = 2:00 pm
|team1 = '''{{ihw-rt|SUI}}'''
|score = 1 – 0
|periods = ( 0 - 0 , 0 - 0 , 1 - 0 )
|team2 = {{ihw|NOR}}
|attendance = 565
|referee =
}}

===Consolation Round 5-6 Place===

{{Hockeybox2
|bg = #eeffff
|date = April 6, 1997
|time = 1:00 pm
|team1 = {{ihw-rt|RUS}}
|score = 1 – 3
|periods = ( 1 - 0 , 0 - 2 , 0 - 1 )
|team2 = '''{{ihw|SWE}}'''
|attendance = 2,471
|referee =
}}

===Semifinals===
{{Hockeybox2
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = April 5, 1997
|time = 1:00 pm
|team1 = '''{{ihw-rt|CAN}}'''
|score = 2 – 1
|periods = ( 0 - 1 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 )
|team2 = {{ihw|FIN}}
|attendance = 4,963
|referee =
}}
{{Hockeybox2
|bg = #eeffff
|date = April 5, 1997
|time = 5:00 pm
|team1 = '''{{ihw-rt|USA}}'''
|score = 6 – 0
|periods = ( 2 - 0 , 2 - 0 , 2 - 0)
|team2 = {{ihw|CHN}}
|attendance = 3,832
|referee =
}}

===Match for third place===
{{Hockeybox2
|bg = #FFDAB9
|date = April 6, 1997
|time = 4:00 pm
|team1 = '''{{ihw-rt|FIN}}'''
|score = 3 – 0
|periods = ( 0 - 0 , 0 - 0 , 3 - 0 )
|team2 = {{ihw|CHN}}
|attendance =
|referee =
}}

===Final===
{{Hockeybox2
|bg = #F7F6A8
|date = April 6, 1997
|time =
|team1 = '''{{ihw-rt|CAN}}'''
|score = 4 – 3 OT
|periods = ( 1 - 0 , 1 - 2 , 1 - 1 , 1 - 0 )
|team2 = {{ihw|USA}}
|attendance = 6,247
|referee =
}}

==Champions==
{{winners|ihw|1997 IIHF World Women Championship Winners|Canada|4th}}

==Final standings==

{| class="wikitable" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" style="border:1px solid #AAAAAA;font-size:90%"
|-bgcolor="#E4E4E4"
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" width=40|Rk.
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" width=120|Team
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" width=400|Notes
|- bgcolor="#F7F6A8"
| align="center" style="height:23px"| {{goca}} || '''{{ihw|CAN}}''' || Qualified for the 1998 Winter Olympic Games
|- bgcolor="#DCE5E5"
| align="center" style="height:23px"| {{sica}} || {{ihw|USA}} || Qualified for the 1998 Winter Olympic Games
|- bgcolor="#FFDAB9"
| align="center" style="height:23px"| {{Brca}} || {{ihw|FIN}} || Qualified for the 1998 Winter Olympic Games
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|align="center"| 4. || {{ihw|CHN}} || Qualified for the 1998 Winter Olympic Games
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|align="center"| 5. || {{ihw|SWE}} || Qualified for the 1998 Winter Olympic Games
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|align="center"| 6. || {{ihw|RUS}} || Qualified for the 1999 World Championships Qualification Tournament
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|align="center"| 7. || {{ihw|SUI}} || Qualified for the 1999 World Championships Qualification Tournament
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|align="center"| 8. || {{ihw|NOR}} || Qualified for the 1999 World Championships Qualification Tournament
|}

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}
*{{cite book |last=Duplacey |first=James |title=Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League |year=1998 |publisher=Total Sports |isbn=0-8362-7114-9|pages=487–9}}
*{{cite book |last=Podnieks |first=Andrew |title=IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011 |year=2010 |publisher=Moydart Press |pages=26–7,229–30}}
==External links==
* [http://www.whockey.com/int/wwc/1997/ Summary from the Women's Hockey Net]
* [http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/mondefem1997.htm Detailed summary from passionhockey.com]

{{IIHF Women's Ice Hockey championships}}
{{Wikipedia}}

[[Category:1997 in ice hockey]]
[[Category:IIHF Women's World Ice Hockey Championships]]

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