1989 IIHF European Women Championships

1989 IIHF European Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host country  West Germany
Dates April 4 - April 9
Teams 8
Venue(s) Düsseldorf, Ratingen (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions   Finland (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 20
Goals scored 220 (11 per match)

The 1989 IIHF European Women Championships (ice hockey) was held April 4-April 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.

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, 1989 Great Britain  2 4
( 0 - 0 , 1 - 2 , 1 - 2 )
 Netherlands Chelmsford
March 7, 1989 Great Britain  2 4
( 0 - 3 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 1 )
 Netherlands Chelmsford
March 18, 1989 Czechoslovakia  1 1
( 0 - 0 , 1 - 1 , 0 - 0 )
 France Plzeň
March 19, 1989 Czechoslovakia  4 1
( 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 2 - 1 )
 France Beroun

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.  Sweden 3300243+216
2.  Norway 3111186+123
3.   Switzerland 31112415+93
4.  Netherlands 3003143-420

Results

All times local (GMT+4)

April 4, 1989 Sweden  12 0
( 3 - 0 , 7 - 0 , 2 - 0 )
 Netherlands Düsseldorf
April 4, 1989 Switzerland   4 4
( 1 - 0 , 2 - 1 , 1 - 3 )
 Norway Ratingen
April 5, 1989 Switzerland   17 1
( 6 - 1 , 2 - 0 , 9 - 0 )
 Netherlands Ratingen
April 5, 1989 Sweden  2 0
( 0 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 )
 Norway Düsseldorf
April 6, 1989 Sweden  10 3
( 5 - 0 , 4 - 1 , 1 - 2 )
  Switzerland Düsseldorf
April 6, 1989 Norway  14 0
( 5 - 0 , 2 - 0 , 7 - 0 )
 Netherlands Ratingen

Group B

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, 1989 Finland  34 0
( 12 - 0 , 12 - 0 , 10 - 0 )
 Czechoslovakia Ratingen
April 4, 1989 Germany  2 0
( 0 - 0 , 0 - 0 , 2 - 0 )
 Denmark Düsseldorf
April 5, 1989 Denmark  6 0
( 2 - 0 , 3 - 0 , 1 - 0 )
 Czechoslovakia Düsseldorf
April 5, 1989 Finland  5 0
( 0 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 4 - 0 )
 Germany Ratingen
April 6, 1989 Finland  18 0
( 4 - 0 , 6 - 0 , 8 - 0 )
 Denmark Ratingen
April 6, 1989 Germany  15 0
( 3 - 0 , 7 - 0 , 5 - 0 )
 Czechoslovakia Düsseldorf

Playoff Round

Consolation Round 5-8 Place

April 8, 1989 Denmark  2 1
( 1 - 0 , 1 - 1 , 0 - 0 )
 Netherlands Ratingen
April 8, 1989 Switzerland   9 3
( 3 - 3 , 3 - 0 , 3 - 0 )
 Czechoslovakia Düsseldorf

Consolation Round 7-8 Place

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

Consolation Round 5-6 Place

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

Final round

Semi finals Finals
8 April 1989 9 April 1989
                 
     
Group A 1st  Finland 9
 
Group B 2nd  Norway 1   Gold Medal Game
   Finland 7
     
   Sweden 1
Group B 1st  Sweden 4
 
Group A 2nd  Germany 3  
  Bronze Medal Game (APS)
 Germany 2
 Norway 1

Semifinals

April 8, 1989 Finland  9 1
( 2 - 0 , 5 - 1 , 2 - 0 )
 Norway Düsseldorf
April 8, 1989 Sweden  4 3
( 2 - 1 , 2 - 1 , 0 - 1 )
 Germany Ratingen

Match for 3-4 Place

April 9, 1989 Germany  2 1
(0-0, 1-1, 0-0, 0-0, 1-0)
 Norway Düsseldorf

Final

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

Champions

 1989 IIHF European Women Championship Winners 

Finland
1st title

Final standings

Rk. Team Notes
1st  Finland Qualified for 1990 World Championship
2nd  Sweden Qualified for 1990 World Championship
3rd  Germany Qualified for 1990 World Championship
4.  Norway Qualified for 1990 World Championship
5.   Switzerland Qualified for 1990 World Championship
6.  Denmark
7.  Czechoslovakia
8.  Netherlands
9.  France
10.  Great Britain

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