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1990 IIHF Women's World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Flag of Canada.svg Canada
Dates 19–25 March
Teams 8
Champions Flag of Canada.svg Canada (1 title)
Tournament statistics
Games played 20
Goals scored 237  (11.85 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of United States Cindy Curley (23 points)

The 1990 IIHF World Women's Championships were held March 19 to 25, 1990, at the Civic Centre in Ottawa, Canada. The Canadian team won the gold medal, the United States won silver, and Finland won bronze. This was the first IIHF-sanctioned international tournament in women's ice hockey. Fran Rider helped to organize the championships with no financial support from the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association. [1]

For unknown reasons, the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association decided that the Canadian team should wear pink and white uniforms instead of the expected red and white.[2] While the experiment only lasted for this tournament, Ottawa was taken over by a "pink craze" during the championships. aurants had pink-coloured food on special, and pink became a popular colour for flowers and bow ties.[2]

Qualification Tournament[]

The United States and Canadian teams qualified automatically.[3] A tournament in Hong Kong took place between South Korea, Japan, China, India and Hong Kong. China won the tournament but declined their invitation, Japan went in their place.[4] The 1989 IIHF European Women Championships served as the qualification tournament for this championship. The top five finishers in the top pool qualified. They were Finland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and West Germany.[3]

Final tournament[]

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
1 Flag of Canada.svg Canada 3 3 0 0 50 - 01 6
2 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 3 2 0 1 19 - 19 4
3 Flag of Germany.svg West Germany 3 1 0 2 04 - 25 2
4 Flag of Japan.svg Japan 3 0 0 3 05 - 33 0
19 March Canada Flag of Canada.svg 15-1
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
19 March West Germany Flag of Germany.svg 4-1
Flag of Japan.svg Japan
21 March Canada Flag of Canada.svg 17-0
Flag of Germany.svg West Germany
21 March Japan Flag of Japan.svg 4-11
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
22 March Canada Flag of Canada.svg 18-0
Flag of Japan.svg Japan
22 March Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg 7-0
Flag of Germany.svg West Germany

Group B[]

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
1 Flag of the United States.svg United States 3 3 0 0 38 - 07 6
2 Flag of Finland.svg Finland 3 2 0 1 24 - 06 4
3 Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland 3 1 0 2 11 - 29 2
4 Flag of Norway.svg Norway 3 0 0 3 04 - 35 0
19 March Norway Flag of Norway.svg 1-10
Flag of Finland.svg Finland
19 March United States Flag of the United States.svg 16-3
Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland
21 March United States Flag of the United States.svg 17-0
Flag of Norway.svg Norway
21 March Finland Flag of Finland.svg 10-0
Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland
22 March Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg 8-3
Flag of Norway.svg Norway
22 March Finland Flag of Finland.svg 4-5
Flag of the United States.svg United States

Consolation round[]

5-8 place[]

24 March Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg 5-4
Flag of Japan.svg Japan
24 March Norway Flag of Norway.svg 6-3
Flag of Germany.svg West Germany

7-8 place[]

25 March West Germany Flag of Germany.svg 9-2
Flag of Japan.svg Japan

5-6 place[]

25 March Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg 7-6
Flag of Norway.svg Norway

Final round[]

Semifinals[]

24 March United States Flag of the United States.svg 10-3
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
24 March Canada Flag of Canada.svg 6-5
Flag of Finland.svg Finland

3-4 place[]

25 March Finland Flag of Finland.svg 6-3
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden

Final[]

25 March Canada Flag of Canada.svg 5-2
Flag of the United States.svg United States

Rankings and statisctics[]

Final rankings[]

  1. Flag of Canada.svg Canada
  2. Flag of the United States.svg United States
  3. Flag of Finland.svg Finland
  4. Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
  5. Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland
  6. Flag of Norway.svg Norway
  7. Flag of Germany.svg West Germany
  8. Flag of Japan.svg Japan

Bodychecking[]

This is the only major international tournament in women's ice hockey to allow bodychecking.[5] Before the tournament, bodychecking had been allowed in women's ice hockey in Europe. The European teams, knowing that they were less competitive than the North American teams, asked for bodychecking to be included.[5] For some reason, the Europeans failed to realize that while European women learned to play with other women, most North American players learned to play with men. Consequently, North American players were bigger than European players and were used to playing a rougher game. This added to the already significant mismatch between the squads.

After this tournament, the International Ice Hockey Federation disallowed bodychecking in women's ice hockey.

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. On the Edge: Women Making Hockey History, p.81, by Elizabeth Etue and Megan K. Williams, Second Story Press, Toronto, Ontario, 1996, ISBN 0-929005-79-1
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kelly p. 88.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Andria Hunter Women's Hockey Net page on the IIHF World Women's Championships accessed July 16, 2006.
  4. Championnats du monde feminins 1990 accessed January 7, 2011.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Kelly, p. 89.

References[]

  • Malcolm G. Kelly, "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Canadian Sports History and Trivia", Alpha Books, ISBN 0-13-014658-7.
  • Duplacey, James (1998). Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports, 487–9. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9. 
  • Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press, 26–7,227–8. 

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