The 1999 IIHF Women's World Championships was held between March 8–14, 1999, in Espoo and Vantaa in Finland. Team Canada won their fifth consecutive gold medal at the World Championships defeating the United States. 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.[1]
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.[2]
Russia - Won playoff against Norway for final spot
World Championship Group Aedit
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.
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.
^Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-10, p.542, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, ISBN978-1-55468-621-6
Duplacey, James (1998). Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports. pp. 487–9. ISBN0-8362-7114-9.
Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. pp. 26–7, 230.
External linksedit
Summary from the Women's Hockey Net
Detailed summary from passionhockey.com
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The 1999 IIHF Women s World Championships was held between March 8 14 1999 in Espoo and Vantaa in Finland Team Canada won their fifth consecutive gold medal at the World Championships defeating the United States 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 1 1999 IIHF Women s World ChampionshipTournament detailsHost country FinlandVenue s 2 in 2 host cities DatesMarch 8 14 1999Opened byMartti AhtisaariTeams8Final positionsChampions Canada 5th title Runner up United StatesThird place FinlandFourth place SwedenTournament statisticsGames played20Goals scored138 6 9 per game Attendance25 234 1 262 per game Scoring leader s Jenny Schmidgall 12 points 19972000 Finland picked up their fifth consecutive bronze medal with a win over Sweden who had their strongest performance since 1992 Contents 1 Qualification 2 World Championship Group A 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 Scoring leaders 7 Goaltending leaders 8 Final standings 9 World Championship Group B 10 Directorate Awards 11 References 12 External linksQualification editMain 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 2 Top five at the Olympics nbsp United States nbsp Canada nbsp Finland nbsp China nbsp Sweden Qualifiers from world tournaments nbsp Germany Final Qualification group A winner nbsp Switzerland Final Qualification group B winner nbsp Russia Won playoff against nbsp Norway for final spotWorld Championship Group A 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 Qualification 1 nbsp United States 3 3 0 0 27 2 25 6 Advanced to Final round 2 nbsp Sweden 3 2 0 1 10 12 2 4 3 nbsp China 3 1 0 2 4 11 7 2 Sent to Consolation round 4 nbsp Russia 3 0 0 3 4 20 16 0Source citation needed Results edit All times local March 8 19994 30 pmUnited States nbsp 10 2 2 2 4 0 4 0 nbsp RussiaEspooLooney 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 51GoalsTsareva 14 22 Bourina 16 01 March 8 19994 30 pmChina nbsp 1 3 nbsp SwedenVantaa March 9 19998 00 pmSweden nbsp 0 11 0 3 0 4 0 4 nbsp United StatesVantaaGoalsRuggiero 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 19994 30 pmChina nbsp 3 2 nbsp RussiaVantaa March 11 19994 30 pmRussia nbsp 0 7 nbsp SwedenEspoo March 11 19998 00 pmUnited States nbsp 6 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 nbsp ChinaVantaaKing 12 15 Schmidgall 25 59 Bye 36 52 Bye 42 20 Fisher 56 33 Bye 58 36Goals Group B edit Standings edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 nbsp Canada 3 3 0 0 24 0 24 6 Advanced to Final round 2 nbsp Finland 3 2 0 1 16 1 15 4 3 nbsp Germany 3 1 0 2 5 26 21 2 Sent to Consolation round 4 nbsp Switzerland 3 0 0 3 4 22 18 0Source citation needed Results edit All times local March 8 19998 00 pmCanada nbsp 10 0 2 0 6 0 2 0 nbsp SwitzerlandVantaaWickenheiser 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 43Goals March 8 19998 00 pmFinland nbsp 9 0 nbsp GermanyEspoo March 9 19994 30 pmGermany nbsp 0 13 0 4 0 6 0 3 nbsp CanadaEspooGoalsDrolet 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 19998 00 pmFinland nbsp 7 0 nbsp SwitzerlandEspoo March 11 19998 00 pmSwitzerland nbsp 4 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 nbsp GermanyVantaa March 11 19998 00 pmCanada nbsp 1 0 nbsp FinlandEspooSunohara 26 00GoalsPlayoff round editConsolation round 5 8 place edit March 12 19994 30 pmGermany nbsp 2 6 nbsp RussiaVantaa March 12 19997 30 pmChina nbsp 3 2 nbsp SwitzerlandVantaa Consolation round 7 8 place edit March 14 19994 00 pmGermany nbsp 3 0 nbsp SwitzerlandVantaa Consolation round 5 6 place edit March 14 19992 00 pmRussia nbsp 1 4 nbsp ChinaVantaa Final round edit Semi finals13 March 1999Finals14 March 1999 A1 nbsp United States3B2 nbsp Finland1 nbsp Canada3 nbsp United States1B1 nbsp Canada4A2 nbsp Sweden1Bronze Medal Game nbsp Finland8 nbsp Sweden2 Semifinals edit March 13 19992 00 pmCanada nbsp 4 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 nbsp SwedenEspooDrolet 18 14 Drolet 30 18 Hefford 47 27 St Louis 57 10GoalsMansson 26 17 March 13 19997 30 pmUnited States nbsp 3 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 nbsp FinlandEspooDarwitz 26 46 Darwitz 36 27 Wendell 55 00GoalsHanninen 19 58 Match for third place edit March 14 19992 00 pmFinland nbsp 8 2 nbsp SwedenEspoo Final edit March 14 19996 00 pmCanada nbsp 3 1 nbsp United StatesEspooChampions edit 1999 IIHF World Women Championship winners nbsp Canada5th titleScoring leaders editPlayer GP G A Pts PIM nbsp Jenny Schmidgall 5 5 7 12 0 9 nbsp Jayna Hefford 5 5 6 11 0 8 nbsp Kirsi Hanninen 5 5 5 10 2 6 nbsp Petra Vaarakallio 5 3 7 10 4 4 nbsp Sari Fisk 5 4 5 9 0 3 nbsp Karyn Bye 5 5 3 8 2 6 nbsp Nancy Drolet 5 4 4 8 0 6 nbsp Cammi Granato 5 3 5 8 0 9 nbsp Hayley Wickenheiser 5 3 5 8 8 5 nbsp Katie King 5 4 3 7 2 6Goaltending leaders editPlayer Mins GA SOG GAA SV nbsp Sami Jo Small 180 00 1 56 0 33 98 21 nbsp Kim St Pierre 120 00 1 34 0 50 97 06 nbsp Erin Whitten 179 03 4 72 1 34 94 44 nbsp Tuula Puputti 237 27 6 89 1 52 93 26 nbsp Laurie Beliveau 120 00 2 23 1 00 91 30 3 Final standings editRk Team Notes nbsp nbsp Canada nbsp nbsp United States nbsp nbsp Finland 4 nbsp Sweden 5 nbsp China 6 nbsp Russia 7 nbsp Germany 8 nbsp Switzerland Relegated to the 2000 World Championships Group BWorld Championship Group B editMain 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 nbsp Japan won the tournament defeating nbsp Norway in the final 7 1 to win the competition and to ensure their Promotion to the main World Championship in 2000 Directorate Awards editGoalie Sami Jo Small Canada Defender Kirsi Hanninen Finland Forward Jenny Schmidgall United States 4 References edit 1999 IIHF Women s World Championship 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 amp Record Book 2011 Moydart Press pp 26 7 230 External links editSummary from the Women s Hockey Net Detailed summary from passionhockey com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1999 IIHF Women 27s World Championship amp oldid 1173291200, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
