1991 IIHF European Women Championships

1991 IIHF European Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host country Czechoslovakia
Venue(s)Frýdek-Místek, Havířov (in 2 host cities)
Dates15–23 March
Teams10
Final positions
Champions  Finland (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
Games played25
Goals scored239 (9.56 per game)
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1993 →

The 1991 IIHF European Women Championships was held from 15 to 23 March 1991 in Czechoslovakia. Finland skated to their 2nd consecutive tournament with a 2–1 victory of Sweden in the final, after trailing 1–0 at the end of the 2nd period.

Denmark picked up the bronze medal with a victory over Norway in the 3rd place game. The tournament holds the record for the most teams competing in a single IIHF Women's tournament (10) and most games played at the tournament (25).

Teams & format

Ten teams entered the championship. All of the teams were entered into the final tournament without any qualification. These were:

The teams were divided into two groups of five teams. Each team played each other once within the group. The teams then played a play-off game against the team with the same position in the opposing group, i.e. the Group Winners played off for Gold and Silver, 2nd place in each group, for Bronze and 4th place etc.

First round

Group A

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Finland 4 4 0 0 71 0 +71 8
2  Norway 4 3 0 1 31 14 +17 6
3   Switzerland 4 2 0 2 24 20 +4 4
4  France 4 1 0 3 5 53 −48 2
5  Netherlands 4 0 0 4 2 46 −44 0
Source: [citation needed]

Results

All times local (GMT+4)

15 March 1991Norway 14 – 0
( 5 - 0 , 3 - 0 , 6 - 0 )		 NetherlandsHavířov
15 March 1991Switzerland 14 – 0
( 1 - 0 , 7 - 0 , 6 - 0 )		 FranceHavířov
17 March 1991Finland 20 – 0
( 9 - 0 , 6 - 0 , 5 - 0 )		 NetherlandsHavířov
17 March 1991Norway 10 – 1
( 2 - 1 , 4 - 0 , 4 - 0 )		 FranceHavířov
18 March 1991Finland 28 – 0
( 10 - 0 , 11 - 0 , 7 - 0 )		 FranceHavířov
18 March 1991Norway 7 – 2
( 2 - 0 , 3 - 1 , 2 - 1 )		  SwitzerlandHavířov
20 March 1991Finland 12 – 0
( 2 - 0 , 5 - 0 , 5 - 0 )		  SwitzerlandHavířov
20 March 1991France 4 – 1
( 0 - 0 , 2 - 1 , 2 - 0 )		 NetherlandsHavířov
21 March 1991Finland 11 – 0
( 7 - 0 , 2 - 0 , 2 - 0 )		 NorwayHavířov
21 March 1991Switzerland 8 – 1
( 1 - 0 , 2 - 1 , 5 - 0 )		 NetherlandsHavířov

Group B

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Sweden 4 4 0 0 53 2 +51 8
2  Denmark 4 3 0 1 11 14 −3 6
3  Germany 4 2 0 2 18 14 +4 4
4  Czechoslovakia 4 0 1 3 3 29 −26 1
5  Great Britain 4 0 1 3 2 28 −26 1
Source: [citation needed]

Results

All times local (GMT+4)

15 March 1991Germany 9 – 1
( 2 - 0 , 5 - 1 , 2 - 0 )		 CzechoslovakiaFrýdek-Místek
15 March 1991Denmark 4 – 0
( 2 - 0 , 2 - 0 , 0 - 0 )		 Great BritainFrýdek-Místek
16 March 1991Sweden 15 – 0
( 8 - 0 , 5 - 0 , 2 - 0 )		 CzechoslovakiaFrýdek-Místek
16 March 1991Germany 6 – 0
( 4 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 )		 Great BritainFrýdek-Místek
18 March 1991Sweden 16 – 0
( 4 - 0 , 4 - 0 , 8 - 0 )		 Great BritainFrýdek-Místek
18 March 1991Denmark 3 – 2
( 2 - 0 , 1 - 2 , 0 - 0 )		 GermanyFrýdek-Místek
19 March 1991Sweden 12 – 1
( 4 - 1 , 3 - 0 , 5 - 0 )		 DenmarkFrýdek-Místek
19 March 1991Czechoslovakia 2 – 2
( 0 - 2 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 )		 Great BritainFrýdek-Místek
21 March 1991Sweden 10 – 1
( 3 - 1 , 2 - 0 , 5 - 0 )		 GermanyFrýdek-Místek
21 March 1991Denmark 3 – 0
( 2 - 0 , 0 - 0 , 1 - 0 )		 CzechoslovakiaFrýdek-Místek

Playoff round

Consolation round 9–10 place

23 March 1991Great Britain 3 – 0
( 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 )		 NetherlandsFrýdek-Místek

Consolation round 7–8 place

23 March 1991France 2 – 1
( 0 - 1 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 )		 CzechoslovakiaHavířov

Consolation round 5–6 place

23 March 1991Switzerland 6 – 2
( 2 - 1 , 3 - 0 , 1 - 1 )		 GermanyFrýdek-Místek

Match for third place

23 March 1991Denmark 2 – 1
(0 - 1, 0 - 0, 2 - 0)		 NorwayHavířov

Final

23 March 1991Finland 2 – 1
( 0 - 1 , 0 - 0 , 2 - 0 )		 SwedenFrýdek-Místek

Champions

 1991 IIHF European Women Championship winners 

Finland
2nd title

Final standings

Rk. Team Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Finland Qualified for 1992 World Championship
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Sweden Qualified for 1992 World Championship
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Denmark Qualified for 1992 World Championship
4.  Norway Qualified for 1992 World Championship
5.   Switzerland Qualified for 1992 World Championship
6.  Germany
7.  France Compete in Group B in 1993
8.  Czechoslovakia Compete in Group B in 1993
9.  Great Britain Compete in Group B in 1993
10.  Netherlands Compete in Group B in 1993

See also