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1997 IIHF Women's World Championship

The 1997 IIHF Women's World Championships was held March 31 – April 6, 1997, in seven Canadian cities all in the Province of Ontario.[where?] Team Canada won their fourth consecutive gold medal at the World Championships defeating the United States, however this time the United States took Canada in the closest final so far, losing in overtime. Finland picked up their fourth consecutive bronze medal, with a win over China who made the Semi-Final for the second consecutive year.[1]

1997 IIHF Women's World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Canada
DatesMarch 31 – April 6, 1997
Officially opened byRoméo LeBlanc
Teams8
Venue(s)Brantford, Brampton, Hamilton, Kitchener, London, Mississauga, North York (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Canada (4th title)
Runner-up  United States
Third place  Finland
Fourth place China
Tournament statistics
Games played20
Goals scored129 (6.45 per game)
Attendance60,418 (3,021 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Riikka Nieminen 10 points
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This tournament also served as the qualifier for the Nagano Olympics, with the top five finishers joining host Japan. Sweden defeated first Switzerland, then Russia, in the consolation round to join the four semi-finalists in the Olympics.

Qualification edit

The following teams participated in the championship. Qualification was the top three from the 1996 Pacific Rim Championship, and the top five from the 1996 European Championship.

Final tournament edit

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 edit

Group A edit

Standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Canada 3 3 0 0 22 2 +20 6 Advanced to Final round
2   China 3 2 0 1 18 12 +6 4
3   Russia 3 0 1 2 6 18 −12 1 Sent to Consolation round
4    Switzerland 3 0 1 2 6 20 −14 1

Results edit

All times local

March 31, 1997
7:00 pm
China  6 – 2
( 3 - 0, 2 - 2, 1 - 0)
  RussiaHamilton
Attendance: 750
Hong S. 7:36
Guo W. 11:22
Yang 12:26
Hong D. 27:23
Hong D. 37:03
Hong Sang 40:36
GoalsE. Pashkevich 20:06
L. Mishina 33:51
March 31, 1997
7:30 pm
Canada  6 – 0
( 1 - 0 , 2 - 0 , 3 - 0 )
   SwitzerlandKitchener
Attendance: 3,889
V. Sunohara 07:36
H. Wickenheiser 21:25
D. Goyette 32:04
N. Drolet 58:28
A. James 59:36
R. Fahey 59:51
Goals
April 1, 1997
7:00 pm
China  11 – 3
( 5 - 2 , 3 - 0 , 3 - 1 )
   SwitzerlandMississauga
Attendance: 1,207
Zhang L. 4:06
Liu H. 7:44
Zhang L. 8:27
Guo L. 8:54
Gong M. 11:47
Zhang J. 28:47
Wang W. 30:24
Liu H. 38:19
Guo W. 50:52
Liu H. 54:38
Yang X. 59:17
GoalsM. Walder 9:42
D. Wyss 19:26
Penalty Shot 59:17
April 1, 1997
7:30 pm
Canada  9 – 1
( 3 - 0 , 3 - 0 , 3 - 1 )
  RussiaKitchener
Attendance: 5,559
J. Hefford 11:06
V. Sunohara 14:19
L. Letendre 19:49
S. Wilson 23:52
L. Schuller 24:57
H. Wickenheiser 36:54
K. Nyrstrom 42:53
D. Goyette 44:49
F. St. Louis 45:49
GoalsM. Misropian 48:43
April 3, 1997
7:30 pm
Switzerland  3 – 3
( 1 - 0 , 2 - 3 , 0 - 0 )
  RussiaNorth York
Attendance: 1,089
M. Noethiger 8:20
R. Kuenzle 25:19
M. Baechler 27:01
GoalsE. Pachkevitch 28:31
V. Simanova 34:03
E. Bialkovskaya 36:52
April 3, 1997
7:30 pm
Canada  7 – 1
( 5 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 1 )
  ChinaKitchener
Attendance: 5,457

Group B edit

Standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   United States 3 2 1 0 20 3 +17 5 Advanced to Final round
2   Finland 3 2 1 0 18 3 +15 5
3   Sweden 3 0 1 2 2 17 −15 1 Sent to Consolation round
4   Norway 3 0 1 2 2 19 −17 1

Results edit

All times local

March 31, 1997
4:00 pm
Norway  0 – 7
( 0 - 2 , 0 - 3 , 0 - 2 )
  United StatesKitchener
Attendance: 3,100
GoalsS. Looney 1:51
S. O'Sullivian 5:19
L. Baker 26:55
C. Granato 29:05
K. O'Leary 34:25
G. Ulion 42:19
S. Looney 46:21
March 31, 1997
4:00 pm
Finland  5 – 0
( 3 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 )
  SwedenBrampton
T. Reima 00:37
P. Salo 03:58
T. Paananen 04:51
M. Ihalainen 20:32
T. Reima 56:09
Goals
April 1, 1997
4:00 pm
Norway  2 – 2
( 2 - 0 , 0 - 1 , 0 - 1 )
  SwedenKitchener
Attendance: 3,068
T. Larson 08:59
B. Lersbryggen 17:17
GoalsM. Rooth 36:56
G. Andersson 58:00
April 1, 1997
7:00 pm
Finland  3 – 3
( 1 - 2 , 0 - 1 , 2 - 0 )
  United StatesBrantford
T. Reima 17:38
R. Nieminen 51:56
S. Krooks 54:36
GoalsT. Dunn 4:27
C. Granato 19:18
C. Granato 31:11
April 3, 1997
7:00 pm
Norway  0 – 10
( 0 - 3 , 0 - 3 , 0 - 4 )
  FinlandKitchener
Attendance: 3,401
April 3, 1997
7:00 pm
United States  10 – 0
( 4 - 0 , 3 - 0 , 3 - 0 )
  SwedenLondon
Attendance: 3,472
K. King 5:06
L. Brown-Miller 11:22
C. Granato 12:24
K. Bye 18:08
C. Granato 20:20
S. Whyte 20:37
K. Bye 39:09
S. Looney 42:25
T. Mounsey 46:05
K. Bye 50:36
Goals

Playoff round edit

Consolation round 5–8 place edit

April 4, 1997
4:00 pm
Sweden  7 – 1
( 2 - 0 , 1 - 1 , 4 - 0 )
   SwitzerlandKitchener
Attendance: 3,301
M. Rooth 1:49
Å. Elfving 08:24
E. Holst 35:49
Å. Elfving 43:38
E. Holst 49:36
K. Bergstrand 53:50
G. Andersson 54:07
GoalsR. Fuhrer 21:07
April 4, 1997
7:30 pm
Russia  2 – 1
( 1 - 1 , 1 - 0 , 0 - 0 )
  NorwayKitchener
Attendance: 2,849
O. Tretiakova 8:07
E. Pashkevich 38:38
GoalsB. Lersbryggen 17:15

Consolation round 7–8 place edit

April 6, 1997
2:00 pm
Switzerland  1 – 0
( 0 - 0 , 0 - 0 , 1 - 0 )
  NorwayKitchener
Attendance: 565
K. Lehmann 46:47Goals

Consolation round 5–6 place edit

April 6, 1997
1:00 pm
Russia  1 – 3
( 1 - 0 , 0 - 2 , 0 - 1 )
  SwedenKitchener
Attendance: 2,471
S. Nikolaeva 1:10GoalsG. Andersson 23:33
C. Kempe 23:33
C. Kempe 50:29

Final round edit

Semi finals
5 April 1997
Finals
6 April 1997
      
A1   Canada 2
B2   Finland 1
  Canada 4
  United States 3
B1   United States 6
A2   China 0 Bronze Medal Game
  Finland 3
  China 0

Semifinals edit

April 5, 1997
1:00 pm
Canada  2 – 1
( 0 - 1 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 )
  FinlandKitchener
Attendance: 4,963
April 5, 1997
5:00 pm
United States  6 – 0
( 2 - 0 , 2 - 0 , 2 - 0)
  ChinaKitchener
Attendance: 3,832

Match for third place edit

April 6, 1997
4:00 pm
Finland  3 – 0
( 0 - 0 , 0 - 0 , 3 - 0 )
  ChinaKitchener
T. Paananen 53:37
Unknown
Unknown
Goals

Final edit

April 6, 1997Canada  4 – 3
(1-0 , 1-2 , 1-1 , 1-0)
  United StatesKitchener
Attendance: 6,247
Referee:
  Sandra Dombrowski[2]
N. Drolet (S. Wilson, J. Diduck) - 19:361-0
1-127:15 - A. Blahoski (L. Baker, K. King)
A. James (C. Campbell, H. Wickenheiser) (PP) - 29:212-1
2-234:14 - S. O'Sullivan (C. Granato, Mounsey) (PP)
N. Drolet (J. Hefford, G. Heaney) (PP) - 40:113-2
3-342:26 - K. King (C. Granato, A. Blahoski)
N. Drolet (H. Wickenheiser, C. Campbell) - 72:594-3
35Shots27

Champions edit

 1997 IIHF World Women Championship winners 
 
Canada
4th title

Tournament Awards edit

The following was selected as the All-Star team of the tournament:

Final standings edit

Rk. Team Notes
    Canada Qualified for the 1998 Winter Olympic Games
    United States Qualified for the 1998 Winter Olympic Games
    Finland Qualified for the 1998 Winter Olympic Games
4.   China Qualified for the 1998 Winter Olympic Games
5.   Sweden Qualified for the 1998 Winter Olympic Games
6.   Russia Qualified for the 1999 World Championships Qualification Tournament
7.    Switzerland Qualified for the 1999 World Championships Qualification Tournament
8.   Norway Qualified for the 1999 World Championships Qualification Tournament

Scoring leaders edit

Player GP G A Pts
  Riikka Nieminen 5 5 5 10
  Hayley Wickenheiser 5 4 5 9
  Cammi Granato 5 5 3 8
  Tiia Reima 5 4 4 8
  Cassie Campbell 5 2 6 8
  Nancy Drolet 5 4 2 6
  Shelley Looney 5 4 2 6
  Karyn Bye 5 4 2 6
  Liu Hongmei 5 3 3 6
  Guo Wei 5 3 3 6

References edit

  1. ^ "1997 - IIHF Women's World Championship".
  2. ^ Podnieks, Andrew (9 December 2022). "IIHF honours international mix for Hall of Fame '23". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  • 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, 229–30.

External links edit

  • Summary from the Women's Hockey Net
  • Detailed summary from passionhockey.com

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The 1997 IIHF Women s World Championships was held March 31 April 6 1997 in seven Canadian cities all in the Province of Ontario where Team Canada won their fourth consecutive gold medal at the World Championships defeating the United States however this time the United States took Canada in the closest final so far losing in overtime Finland picked up their fourth consecutive bronze medal with a win over China who made the Semi Final for the second consecutive year 1 1997 IIHF Women s World ChampionshipTournament detailsHost country CanadaDatesMarch 31 April 6 1997Officially opened byRomeo LeBlancTeams8Venue s Brantford Brampton Hamilton Kitchener London Mississauga North York in 7 host cities Final positionsChampions Canada 4th title Runner up United StatesThird place FinlandFourth place ChinaTournament statisticsGames played20Goals scored129 6 45 per game Attendance60 418 3 021 per match Scoring leader s Riikka Nieminen 10 points 19941999 This tournament also served as the qualifier for the Nagano Olympics with the top five finishers joining host Japan Sweden defeated first Switzerland then Russia in the consolation round to join the four semi finalists in the Olympics Contents 1 Qualification 2 Final tournament 3 First round 3 1 Group A 3 1 1 Standings 3 1 2 Results 3 2 Group B 3 2 1 Standings 3 2 2 Results 4 Playoff round 4 1 Consolation round 5 8 place 4 2 Consolation round 7 8 place 4 3 Consolation round 5 6 place 4 4 Final round 4 5 Semifinals 4 6 Match for third place 4 7 Final 5 Champions 6 Tournament Awards 7 Final standings 8 Scoring leaders 9 References 10 External linksQualification editThe following teams participated in the championship Qualification was the top three from the 1996 Pacific Rim Championship and the top five from the 1996 European Championship Pacific Rim Championship nbsp Canada nbsp China nbsp United States European Championship nbsp Finland nbsp Norway nbsp Russia nbsp Switzerland nbsp SwedenFinal tournament editThe 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 editGroup A edit Standings edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 nbsp Canada 3 3 0 0 22 2 20 6 Advanced to Final round2 nbsp China 3 2 0 1 18 12 6 43 nbsp Russia 3 0 1 2 6 18 12 1 Sent to Consolation round4 nbsp Switzerland 3 0 1 2 6 20 14 1Source citation needed Results edit All times local March 31 19977 00 pmChina nbsp 6 2 3 0 2 2 1 0 nbsp RussiaHamilton Attendance 750Hong S 7 36Guo W 11 22Yang 12 26Hong D 27 23Hong D 37 03Hong Sang 40 36GoalsE Pashkevich 20 06L Mishina 33 51March 31 19977 30 pmCanada nbsp 6 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 nbsp SwitzerlandKitchener Attendance 3 889V Sunohara 07 36H Wickenheiser 21 25D Goyette 32 04N Drolet 58 28A James 59 36R Fahey 59 51GoalsApril 1 19977 00 pmChina nbsp 11 3 5 2 3 0 3 1 nbsp SwitzerlandMississauga Attendance 1 207Zhang L 4 06Liu H 7 44Zhang L 8 27Guo L 8 54Gong M 11 47Zhang J 28 47Wang W 30 24Liu H 38 19Guo W 50 52Liu H 54 38Yang X 59 17GoalsM Walder 9 42D Wyss 19 26Penalty Shot 59 17April 1 19977 30 pmCanada nbsp 9 1 3 0 3 0 3 1 nbsp RussiaKitchener Attendance 5 559J Hefford 11 06V Sunohara 14 19L Letendre 19 49S Wilson 23 52L Schuller 24 57H Wickenheiser 36 54K Nyrstrom 42 53D Goyette 44 49F St Louis 45 49GoalsM Misropian 48 43April 3 19977 30 pmSwitzerland nbsp 3 3 1 0 2 3 0 0 nbsp RussiaNorth York Attendance 1 089M Noethiger 8 20R Kuenzle 25 19M Baechler 27 01GoalsE Pachkevitch 28 31V Simanova 34 03E Bialkovskaya 36 52April 3 19977 30 pmCanada nbsp 7 1 5 0 1 0 1 1 nbsp ChinaKitchener Attendance 5 457C Campbell 8 34L Dupuis 9 30H Wickenheiser 12 29V Sunohara 13 36C Campbell 14 56G Heaney 23 20L Dupuis 56 55GoalsGuo W 44 48Group B edit Standings edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 nbsp United States 3 2 1 0 20 3 17 5 Advanced to Final round2 nbsp Finland 3 2 1 0 18 3 15 53 nbsp Sweden 3 0 1 2 2 17 15 1 Sent to Consolation round4 nbsp Norway 3 0 1 2 2 19 17 1Source citation needed Results edit All times local March 31 19974 00 pmNorway nbsp 0 7 0 2 0 3 0 2 nbsp United StatesKitchener Attendance 3 100GoalsS Looney 1 51S O Sullivian 5 19L Baker 26 55C Granato 29 05K O Leary 34 25G Ulion 42 19S Looney 46 21March 31 19974 00 pmFinland nbsp 5 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 nbsp SwedenBramptonT Reima 00 37P Salo 03 58T Paananen 04 51M Ihalainen 20 32T Reima 56 09GoalsApril 1 19974 00 pmNorway nbsp 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 nbsp SwedenKitchener Attendance 3 068T Larson 08 59B Lersbryggen 17 17GoalsM Rooth 36 56G Andersson 58 00April 1 19977 00 pmFinland nbsp 3 3 1 2 0 1 2 0 nbsp United StatesBrantfordT Reima 17 38R Nieminen 51 56S Krooks 54 36GoalsT Dunn 4 27C Granato 19 18C Granato 31 11April 3 19977 00 pmNorway nbsp 0 10 0 3 0 3 0 4 nbsp FinlandKitchener Attendance 3 401GoalsR Nieminen 03 13R Nieminen 11 06J Ikonen 16 12M Ihalainen 33 43K Riipi 34 47K Hanninen 37 12R Nieminen 40 52A Haanpaa 47 43T Reima 52 11A Haanpaa 59 55April 3 19977 00 pmUnited States nbsp 10 0 4 0 3 0 3 0 nbsp SwedenLondon Attendance 3 472K King 5 06L Brown Miller 11 22C Granato 12 24K Bye 18 08C Granato 20 20S Whyte 20 37K Bye 39 09S Looney 42 25T Mounsey 46 05K Bye 50 36GoalsPlayoff round editConsolation round 5 8 place edit April 4 19974 00 pmSweden nbsp 7 1 2 0 1 1 4 0 nbsp SwitzerlandKitchener Attendance 3 301M Rooth 1 49A Elfving 08 24E Holst 35 49A Elfving 43 38E Holst 49 36K Bergstrand 53 50G Andersson 54 07GoalsR Fuhrer 21 07April 4 19977 30 pmRussia nbsp 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 nbsp NorwayKitchener Attendance 2 849O Tretiakova 8 07E Pashkevich 38 38GoalsB Lersbryggen 17 15Consolation round 7 8 place edit April 6 19972 00 pmSwitzerland nbsp 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 nbsp NorwayKitchener Attendance 565K Lehmann 46 47GoalsConsolation round 5 6 place edit April 6 19971 00 pmRussia nbsp 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 nbsp SwedenKitchener Attendance 2 471S Nikolaeva 1 10GoalsG Andersson 23 33C Kempe 23 33C Kempe 50 29Final round edit Semi finals5 April 1997Finals6 April 1997 A1 nbsp Canada2B2 nbsp Finland1 nbsp Canada4 nbsp United States3B1 nbsp United States6A2 nbsp China0Bronze Medal Game nbsp Finland3 nbsp China0Semifinals edit April 5 19971 00 pmCanada nbsp 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 nbsp FinlandKitchener Attendance 4 963H Wickenheiser 25 27V Sunohara 59 36GoalsK Hanninen 7 00April 5 19975 00 pmUnited States nbsp 6 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 nbsp ChinaKitchener Attendance 3 832S LooneyT MounseyK ByeS O SullvianL BakerG UlionGoalsMatch for third place edit April 6 19974 00 pmFinland nbsp 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 nbsp ChinaKitchenerT Paananen 53 37UnknownUnknownGoalsFinal edit April 6 1997Canada nbsp 4 3 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 nbsp United StatesKitchener Attendance 6 247Referee nbsp Sandra Dombrowski 2 N Drolet S Wilson J Diduck 19 361 01 127 15 A Blahoski L Baker K King A James C Campbell H Wickenheiser PP 29 212 12 234 14 S O Sullivan C Granato Mounsey PP N Drolet J Hefford G Heaney PP 40 113 23 342 26 K King C Granato A Blahoski N Drolet H Wickenheiser C Campbell 72 594 335Shots27Champions edit 1997 IIHF World Women Championship winners nbsp Canada4th titleTournament Awards editThe following was selected as the All Star team of the tournament Goaltender Patricia Sautter Switzerland nbsp Defence Cassie Campbell Canada nbsp Defence Kelly O Leary United States nbsp Forward Hayley Wickenheiser Canada nbsp Forward Cammi Granato United States nbsp Forward Riikka Nieminen Finland nbsp Final standings editRk Team Notes nbsp nbsp Canada Qualified for the 1998 Winter Olympic Games nbsp nbsp United States Qualified for the 1998 Winter Olympic Games nbsp nbsp Finland Qualified for the 1998 Winter Olympic Games4 nbsp China Qualified for the 1998 Winter Olympic Games5 nbsp Sweden Qualified for the 1998 Winter Olympic Games6 nbsp Russia Qualified for the 1999 World Championships Qualification Tournament7 nbsp Switzerland Qualified for the 1999 World Championships Qualification Tournament8 nbsp Norway Qualified for the 1999 World Championships Qualification TournamentScoring leaders editPlayer GP G A Pts nbsp Riikka Nieminen 5 5 5 10 nbsp Hayley Wickenheiser 5 4 5 9 nbsp Cammi Granato 5 5 3 8 nbsp Tiia Reima 5 4 4 8 nbsp Cassie Campbell 5 2 6 8 nbsp Nancy Drolet 5 4 2 6 nbsp Shelley Looney 5 4 2 6 nbsp Karyn Bye 5 4 2 6 nbsp Liu Hongmei 5 3 3 6 nbsp Guo Wei 5 3 3 6References edit 1997 IIHF Women s World Championship Podnieks Andrew 9 December 2022 IIHF honours international mix for Hall of Fame 23 International Ice Hockey Federation Retrieved 28 December 2022 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 amp Record Book 2011 Moydart Press pp 26 7 229 30 External links editSummary from the Women s Hockey Net Detailed summary from passionhockey com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1997 IIHF Women 27s World Championship 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