1999 IIHF Women's World Championship

1999 IIHF World Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Finland
Dates	March 8 - March 14
Teams	8
Venue(s)	Espoo, Vantaa (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Canada (5th title)
Runner-up	United States
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	138 (6.9 per match)
Attendance	25,234 (1,262 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Jenny Schmidgall 12 points
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The 1999 IIHF World Women's Championships was held between March 8-March 14, 1999 in the city of Espoo in Finland. Team Canada won their 5th consecutive gold medal at the World Championships defeating the United States in a repeat of the previous four finals. Canada skated to a solid 3-1 victory in the final to take the gold with a solid performance that saw them winning all five games.

Finland picked up their fifth consecutive bronze medal, with a win over Sweden who had their strongest performance since 1992.

Qualification

Main article: 1999 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships Qualification

The 1999 tournament created the format that has remained to the present, as the World Championships was greatly expanded to incorporate the European Championships and the Pacific Qualification Tournaments. There were a series of Qualification Tournaments Held to assign teams places in this first year, with the standard Promotion and Relegation model following after that. The top five nations from the Nagano Olympics were joined by three qualifiers.^[1]

Top five at the Olympics:
- United States
- Canada
- Finland
- China
- Sweden
Qualifiers from world tournaments:
- Germany - Final Qualification group A winner
- Switzerland - Final Qualification group B winner
- Russia - Won playoff against Norway for final spot

World Championship Group A

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.	United States	3	3	0	0	27	2	+20	6
2.	Sweden	3	2	0	1	10	12	-2	4
3.	China	3	1	0	2	4	11	-7	2
4.	Russia	3	0	0	3	4	20	-16	0

Results

All times local

March 8, 1999
4:30 pm

United States

10 – 2
( 2 - 2, 4 - 0, 4 - 0)



	Looney 08:08 Schmidgall 17:57 Granato 26:03 Bye 31:53 Schmidgall 34:43 Wendell 35:29 Looney 44:02 King 46:11 Fisher 53:35 Dunn 53:51		Tsareva 14:22 Bourina 16:01

March 8, 1999
4:30 pm

1 – 3

Sweden

March 9, 1999
8:00 pm

0 – 11
( 0 - 3, 0 - 4, 0 - 4)

United States



			Ruggiero 00:58 Schmidgall 6:35 O'Sullivan 19:33 Bye 27:05 Merz 29:05 Grantato 34:50 King 36:34 Dunn 43:27 Granato 44:11 King 46:21 Wendell 58:11

March 9, 1999
4:30 pm

China

3 – 2

March 11, 1999
4:30 pm

0 – 7

Sweden

March 11, 1999
8:00 pm

United States

6 – 0
( 1 - 0, 2 - 0, 3 - 0)



	King 12:15 Schmidgall 25:59 Bye 36:52 Bye 42:20 Fisher 56:33 Bye 58:36

Group B

Standings

Rk.	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1.	Canada	3	3	0	0	24	0	+24	6
2.	Finland	3	2	0	1	16	1	+15	4
3.	Germany	3	1	0	2	5	26	-21	2
4.	Switzerland	3	0	0	3	4	22	-18	0

Results

All times local

March 8, 1999
8:00 pm

Canada

10 – 0
( 2 - 0 , 6 - 0 , 2 - 0 )



	Wickenheiser 13:00 Goyette 13:30 Wickenheiser 27:56 Hefford 30:50 Sunohara 31:34 Campbell 31:45 Dupuis 37:38 Benoit 38:27 Campbell 45:55 Hefford 49:43

March 8, 1999
8:00 pm

Finland

9 – 0

March 9, 1999
4:30 pm

0 – 13
( 0 - 4 , 0 - 6 , 0 - 3 )

Canada



			Drolet 03:43 Wickenheiser 06:43 Ouellette 08:23 St-Louis 10:34 Drolet 22:05 Hefford 27:52 Kellar 31:16 Heaney 33:50 Hefford 35:13 Heaney 39:30 Rivard 51:41 Goyette 54:46 Botterill 57:07

March 9, 1999
8:00 pm

Finland

7 – 0

March 11, 1999
8:00 pm

4 – 5
( 0 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 0 - 0 )

Germany

March 11, 1999
8:00 pm

Canada

1 – 0



	Sunohara 26:00

Playoff Round

Consolation Round 5-8 Place

March 12, 1999
4:30 pm

Germany

2 – 6

March 12, 1999
7:30 pm

China

3 – 2

Consolation Round 7-8 Place

March 14, 1999
4:00 pm

Germany

3 – 0

Consolation Round 5-6 Place

March 14, 1999
2:00 pm

1 – 4

China

Final round

Semi finals

Finals

13 March 1999

14 March 1999

Group A

1st

United States

3

Group B

2nd

1

Gold Medal Game

Canada

3

1

Group B

1st

Canada

4

Group A

2nd

1

Bronze Medal Game

Finland

8

2

Semifinals

March 13, 1999
2:00 pm

Canada

4 – 1
( 1 - 0 , 1 - 1 , 2 - 0 )



	Drolet 18:14 Drolet 30:18 Hefford 47:27 St-Louis 57:10		Mansson 26:17

March 13, 1999
7:30 pm

United States

3 – 1
( 0 - 1 , 2 - 0 , 1 - 0)



	Darwitz 26:46 Darwitz 36:27 Wendell 55:00		Hanninen 19:58

Match for third place

March 14, 1999
2:00 pm

Finland

8 – 2

Final

March 14, 1999
6:00 pm

Canada

3 – 1

Champions

1999 IIHF World Women Championship Winners
Canada 5th title

Scoring leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-
Jenny Schmidgall	5	5	7	12	0	9
Jayna Hefford	5	5	6	11	0	8
Kirsi Hanninen	5	5	5	10	2	6
Petra Vaarakallio	5	3	7	10	4	4
Sari Fisk	5	4	5	9	0	3
Karyn Bye	5	5	3	8	2	6
Nancy Drolet	5	4	4	8	0	6
Cammi Granato	5	3	5	8	0	9
Hayley Wickenheiser	5	3	5	8	8	5
Katie King	5	4	3	7	2	6

Goaltending leaders^[2]

Player	Mins	GA	SOG	GAA	SV%
Sami Jo Small	180:00	1	56	0.33	98.21
Kim St-Pierre	120:00	1	34	0.50	97.06
Erin Whitten	179:03	4	72	1.34	94.44
Tuula Puputti	237:27	6	89	1.52	93.26
Laurie Beliveau	120:00	2	23	1.00	91.30

Final standings

Rk.	Team	Notes
01 !	Canada
02 !	United States
03 !	Finland
4.	Sweden
5.	China
6.	Russia
7.	Germany
8.	Switzerland	Relegated to the 2000 World Championships Group B

World Championship Group B

Main article: 1999 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships (Lower Divisions)

In addition to the main World Championships, this year saw the first running of World Championship Group B, which replaced the European Championships. Eight further teams played in this competition, hosted by France in the town of Colmar. Japan won the tournament defeating Norway in the final 7-1 to win the competition and to ensure their Promotion to the main World Championship in 2000.

Directorate Awards

Goalie: Sami Jo Small, (Canada)
Defender: Kirsi Hanninen, (Finland)
Forward: Jenny Schmidgall, (United States)^[3]

References

↑ detailed qualification summary
↑ Group A goaltending leaders
↑ Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-10, p.542, 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, 230.

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