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International ice hockey competition
1994 IIHF World Women's Championship Host country United States Venue(s) Lake Placid (in 1 host city) Dates April 11 - April 17 Teams 8 Champions Canada (3rd title) Runner-up United States Third place Finland Fourth place China Games played 20 Goals scored 185 (9.25 per game) Scoring leader(s) Rikka Nieminen (4+9=13pts)
The 1994 IIHF World Women's Championships was held April 11-April 17, 1994 at the Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, New York in the United States . The Team Canada won their 3rd consecutive gold medal at the World Championships defeating the United States in a repeat of the previous two finals. Finland picked up their 3rd consecutive bronze medal, with a win over Semi-Final debutants, China .
Qualification The tournament was held between eight teams. Canada and the United States received automatic qualification for the tournament. In addition, the top five teams from the 1993 European Championship would be joined by the winner of the 1994 Asian Qualification Tournament.[1]
Canada - Automatically QualifiedChina - Winner - 1994 Asian Qualification TournamentFinland - Winner - 1993 European ChampionshipGermany - 4th Place - 1993 European ChampionshipNorway - 3rd Place - 1993 European ChampionshipSwitzerland - 5th Place - 1993 European ChampionshipSweden - 2nd Place - - 1993 European ChampionshipUnited States - Automatically QualifiedAsian Qualification Tournament (Japan) 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
27
3
+24
6
2.
China
3
1
1
1
13
12
+1
3
3.
Sweden
3
1
1
1
9
13
-4
3
4.
Norway
3
0
0
3
2
23
-21
0
Results All times local
Group B Standings Results All times local
Playoff Round Consolation Round 5-8 Place Consolation Round 7-8 Place Consolation Round 5-6 Place Final round Template:Semi-2-no-groups
Semifinals Match for third place Final Champions
1994 IIHF World Women Championship Winners
Canada
Scoring leaders Goaltending leaders (minimum 40% team's total ice time)
Final standings Directorate Awards Goalie: Erin Whitten (United States)
Defender: Geraldine Heaney (Canada)
Forward: Riikka Nieminen, (Finland)[2] References
^ 1994 Asian qualifier details ^ Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-10, p.541, 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, 228–9. External links
Current champions (2024): Canada Tournaments Championships
Qualification Division I Division II Division III
United States
Canada (3rd title)
Finland
China
Canada - Automatically Qualified
China - Winner - 1994 Asian Qualification Tournament
Finland - Winner - 1993 European Championship
Germany - 4th Place - 1993 European Championship
Norway - 3rd Place - 1993 European Championship
Switzerland - 5th Place - 1993 European Championship
Sweden - 2nd Place - - 1993 European Championship
United States - Automatically Qualified
Sweden
Norway
Switzerland
Germany
Canada