1992 IIHF Women's World Championship

1992 IIHF World Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Finland
Dates	April 20 - April 26
Teams	8
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 played	20
Goals scored	163 (8.15 per match)
Attendance	18,540 (927 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Cammi Granato (8+2=10pts)
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The 1992 IIHF World Women's Championships was held April 20-April 26, 1992 in Tampere in Finland. The Team Canada won their 2nd gold medal at the World Championships, in a repeat of the 1990 Final defeating the United States.

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 China.

Canada - Automatically Qualified
China -
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

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.	Canada	3	3	0	0	24	1	+23	6
2.	Sweden	3	2	0	1	11	9	+3	4
3.	China	3	1	0	2	7	16	-9	2
4.	Denmark	3	0	0	3	3	20	-17	0

Results

All times local (GMT+4)

April 20, 1992

Canada

8 – 0
( 3 - 0 , 4 - 0 , 1 - 0 )

Tampere, Finland

April 20, 1992

Sweden

4 – 1
( 2 - 1 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 )

Tampere, Finland

April 21, 1992

2 – 6
( 1 - 1 , 1 - 2 , 0 - 3 )

Sweden

Tampere, Finland

April 21, 1992

0 – 10
( 0 - 4 , 0 - 2 , 0 - 4 )

Canada

Tampere, Finland

April 23, 1992

2 – 5
( 0 - 0 , 1 - 2 , 1 - 3 )

China

Tampere, Finland

April 23, 1992

Canada

6 – 1
( 2 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 3 - 1 )

Tampere, Finland

Group B

Standings

Rk.	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1.	United States	3	3	0	0	31	4	+27	6
2.	Finland	3	2	0	1	27	9	+18	4
3.	Norway	3	1	0	2	8	21	-13	2
4.	Switzerland	3	0	0	3	2	34	-32	0

Results

All times local (GMT+4)

April 20, 1992

United States

17 – 0
( 6 - 0 , 4 - 0 , 7 - 0 )

Tampere, Finland

April 20, 1992

Finland

11 – 3
( 6 - 1 , 2 - 2 , 3 - 0 )

Tampere, Finland

April 21, 1992

1 – 9
( 1 - 1 , 0 - 4 , 0 - 4 )

United States

Tampere, Finland

April 21, 1992

1 – 13
( 0 - 2 , 0 - 8 , 1 - 3 )

Finland

Tampere, Finland

April 23, 1992

Norway

4 – 1
( 1 - 0 , 2 - 0 , 1 - 1 )

Tampere, Finland

April 23, 1992

3 – 5
( 2 - 1 , 1 - 1 , 0 - 3 )

United States

Tampere, Finland

Playoff Round

Consolation Round 5-8 Place

April 24, 1992

China

2 – 1
(1-0, 0-1, 0-1, 0-0, 1-0 )

Tampere, Finland

April 24, 1992

Norway

2 – 0
( 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 0 - 0 )

Tampere, Finland

Consolation Round 7-8 Place

April 26, 1992

Denmark

4 – 3
( 2 - 2, 0 - 1, 1 - 0, 1 - 0 )

Tampere, Finland

Consolation Round 5-6 Place

April 26, 1992

1 – 2
( 0 - 1 , 0 - 0 , 1 - 1 )

China

Tampere, Finland

Final round

Semi finals

Finals

25 April 1992

26 April 1992

Group A

1st

Canada

6

Group B

2nd

2

Gold Medal Game

Canada

8

0

Group B

1st

United States

6

Group A

2nd

4

Bronze Medal Game (GWS)

4

Finland

5

Semifinals

April 25, 1992

Canada

6 – 2
( 4 - 0 , 2 - 2 , 0 - 0 )

Tampere, Finland

April 25, 1992

United States

6 – 4
( 2 - 2 , 2 - 0 , 2 - 2 )

Tampere, Finland

Match for third place

April 26, 1992

4 – 5
(1 - 1, 1 - 2, 2 - 1, 0 - 0, 0 - 1)

Finland

Tampere, Finland

Final

April 26, 1992

Canada

8 – 0
( 3 - 0 , 2 - 0 , 3 - 0 )

Tampere, Finland

Champions

1992 IIHF World Women Championship Winners
Canada 2nd title

Scoring leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Cammi Granato	5	8	2	10	2
Danielle Goyette	5	3	7	10	2
Andria Hunter	5	5	4	9	0
Lisa Brown	5	2	7	9	8
Shelley Looney	5	1	8	9	2
Riikka Nieminen	5	6	2	8	0
France St. Louis	5	5	3	8	2
Nancy Drolet	5	4	4	8	0
Jeanine Sobek	5	3	5	8	0
Karyn Bye	5	3	5	8	2

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	120	1	0.50	95.83
Manon Rheaume	180	2	0.67	95.74
Annica Åhlén	190	8	2.53	91.58
Lane Rasmussen	305	24	4.72	88.35
Katariina Ahonen	149	5	2.01	88.10

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
01 !	Canada
02 !	United States
03 !	Finland
4.	Sweden
5.	China
6.	Norway
7.	Denmark
8.	Switzerland

Directorate Awards

Goalie: Annica Ahlen (Sweden)
Defender: Geraldine Heaney (Canada)
Forward: Cammi Granato, (United States)^[1]

References

↑ Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-10, p.540, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55468-621-6

Duplacey, James (1998). Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports. pp. 487–9. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9.
Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. pp. 26–7,228.

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