International Hockey Wiki
Advertisement

The format remained unchanged from the previous year, with promoted Russia replacing Denmark who were relegated from the 1995 tournament

The Pool A tournament was held in Yaroslavl, Russia, while Pool B took place in Trnava and Piešťany in Slovakia. The tournament was the final European Championship ever to be held, with the IIHF revamping the World Championships to create yearly tiered divisions.

European Championship Group A[]

1996 IIHF European Women's Championship
Pool A
Tournament details
Host nation Flag of Russia.svg Russia
Dates March 23 - March 29
Teams 6
Venue(s) Yaroslavl (in 1 host city)
Champions Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (1 title)
Tournament statistics
Games played 15
Goals scored 95  (6.33 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Ekaterina Pashkevich (6+3=9pts)

Teams & Format[]

Six teams completed in Pool A, with Russia joining the group after winning the 1995 Pool B tournament. The teams were:

A single round robin was played between the teams, with the top ranked team winning the championship.

Final Round[]

Standings[]

Rk. Team GP W T L GF GA DIF PTS
1. Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 5 4 1 0 20 11 +9 9
2. Flag of Russia.svg Russia 5 4 0 1 17 15 +2 8
3. Flag of Finland.svg Finland 5 3 0 2 26 5 +21 6
4. Flag of Norway.svg Norway 5 2 0 3 14 21 -7 4
5. Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland 5 1 0 4 11 23 -12 2
6. Flag of Germany.svg Germany 5 0 1 4 7 20 -13 1

Results[]

March 23, 1996 Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg 6 – 3
( 2 - 0, 3 - 1, 2 - 1 )
Flag of Norway.svg Norway Yaroslavl
March 23, 1996 Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg 3 – 2
( 1 - 0, 0 - 1, 2 - 1 )
Flag of Germany.svg Germany Yaroslavl
March 23, 1996 Russia Flag of Russia.svg 3 – 2
( 0 - 2, 2 - 0, 1 - 0 )
Flag of Finland.svg Finland Yaroslavl
March 24, 1996 Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg 2 – 2
( 0 - 0, 0 - 1, 2 - 1 )
Flag of Germany.svg Germany Yaroslavl
March 24, 1996 Finland Flag of Finland.svg 7 – 0
( 3 - 0, 1 - 0, 3 - 0 )
Flag of Norway.svg Norway Yaroslavl
March 24, 1996 Russia Flag of Russia.svg 4 – 3
( 1 - 0, 3 - 1, 0 - 2 )
Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland Yaroslavl
March 26, 1996 Finland Flag of Finland.svg 8 – 0
( 2 - 0, 3 - 0, 3 - 0 )
Flag of Germany.svg Germany Yaroslavl
March 26, 1996 Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg 6 – 3
( 2 - 1, 0 - 1, 4 - 1 )
Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland Yaroslavl
March 26, 1996 Russia Flag of Russia.svg 5 – 4
( 1 - 1, 1 - 2, 3 - 1 )
Flag of Norway.svg Norway Yaroslavl
March 27, 1996 Finland Flag of Finland.svg 8 – 0
( 3 - 0, 2 - 0, 3 - 0 )
Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland Yaroslavl
March 27, 1996 Norway Flag of Norway.svg 4 – 1
( 3 - 0, 0 - 0, 1 - 1 )
Flag of Germany.svg Germany Yaroslavl
March 27, 1996 Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg 4 – 2
( 2 - 0, 1 - 1, 1 - 1 )
Flag of Russia.svg Russia Yaroslavl
March 29, 1996 Norway Flag of Norway.svg 3 – 2
( 1 - 1, 1 - 0, 1 - 1 )
Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland Yaroslavl
March 29, 1996 Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg 2 – 1
( 1 - 0, 1 - 0, 0 - 1 )
Flag of Finland.svg Finland Yaroslavl
March 29, 1996 Russia Flag of Russia.svg 3 – 2
( 2 - 0, 1 - 2, 0 - 0 )
Flag of Germany.svg Germany Yaroslavl

Champions[]

 1996 IIHF European Women Championship Winners 
Flag of Sweden.svg
Sweden
1st title

European Championship Group B[]

1996 IIHF European Women's Championship
Pool B
Tournament details
Host nation Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia
Dates March 12 - March 16
Teams 8
Venue(s) Trnava, Piešťany (in 3 host cities)
Champions Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (2 titles)
Tournament statistics
Games played 16
Goals scored 103  (6.44 per game)
Attendance 13,225  (827 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Marion Pepels (5+4=9pts)

Teams & Format[]

The eight teams that competed in Pool B were:

Kazakhstan replaced Ukraine after they withdrew from the competition.

The teams were split into two groups of four teams as below. At the end of the group stage, the teams would play the team that finished in the same position in the opposite group in a playoff match, i.e. Winner of Group A played Winner of Group B for the Gold Medal.

First round[]

Group A[]

Standings[]

Rk. Team GP W T L GF GA DIF PTS
1. Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia 3 3 0 0 11 4 +7 6
2. Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia 3 2 0 1 9 7 +2 4
3. Flag of France.svg France 3 1 0 2 9 12 -3 2
4. Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan 3 0 0 3 5 11 -6 0

Results[]

March 12, 1996
11:30 am
Latvia Flag of Latvia.svg 4 – 2
( 2 - 0, 1 - 2, 1 - 0 )
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan Trnava
March 12, 1996
6:30 pm
Slovakia Flag of Slovakia.svg 6 – 3
( 3 - 1, 1 - 2, 2 - 1 )
Flag of France.svg France Trnava
March 13, 1996
3:00 pm
France Flag of France.svg 1 – 4
( 0 - 3, 1 - 1, 0 - 0 )
Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia Trnava
March 13, 1996
6:30 pm
Slovakia Flag of Slovakia.svg 2 – 1
( 1 - 1, 0 - 0, 1 - 0 )
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan Trnava
March 15, 1996
10:00 am
Kazakhstan Flag of Kazakhstan.svg 2 – 5
( 0 - 3, 1 - 0, 1 - 2 )
Flag of France.svg France Trnava
March 15, 1996
5:00 pm
Latvia Flag of Latvia.svg 3 – 1
( 1 - 0, 1 - 0, 1 - 1 )
Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia Trnava

Group B[]

Standings[]

Rk. Team GP W T L GF GA DIF PTS
1. Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 3 3 0 0 13 4 +9 6
2. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 3 1 1 1 14 10 +4 3
3. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 3 1 1 1 12 8 +4 3
4. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 3 0 0 3 2 19 -17 0

Results[]

March 12, 1996
3:00 pm
Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 4 – 4
( 2 - 1, 2 - 2, 0 - 1 )
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Trnava
March 12, 1996 Denmark Flag of Denmark.svg 5 – 0
( 0 - 0, 3 - 0, 2 - 0 )
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain Piešťany
March 13, 1996
2:30 pm
Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands.svg 1 – 3
( 1 - 1, 1 - 2, 0 - 1 )
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Piešťany
March 13, 1996
5:30 pm
Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 7 – 1
( 1 - 0, 0 - 1, 6 - 0 )
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain Piešťany
March 15, 1996
1:30 pm
Denmark Flag of Denmark.svg 5 – 3
( 2 - 0, 2 - 1, 1 - 2 )
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic Trnava
March 15, 1996
4:00 pm
Great Britain Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 1 – 7
( 1 - 1, 0 - 2, 0 - 4 )
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Piešťany

Playoff Round[]

Consolation Round 7-8 Place[]

March 16, 1996
11:00 am
Great Britain Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 4 – 5 OT
( 2 - 1, 1 - 2, 1 - 1, 0 - 1 )
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan Trnava

Consolation Round 5-6 Place[]

March 16, 1996
3:00 pm
France Flag of France.svg 7 – 3
( 3 - 1, 1 - 0, 3 - 2 )
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Piešťany

Match for third place[]

March 16, 1996
2:45 pm
Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 5 – 2
( 0 - 1, 4 - 1, 1 - 0 )
Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia Trnava

Final[]

March 16, 1996
6:30 pm
Latvia Flag of Latvia.svg 0 – 3
( 0 - 2, 0 - 1, 0 - 0 )
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Trnava

Final standings[]

Rk. Team Notes
Gold medal icon Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Qualified for the 1997 World Championships
Silver medal icon Flag of Russia.svg Russia Qualified for the 1997 World Championships
Bronze medal icon Flag of Finland.svg Finland Qualified for the 1997 World Championships
4. Flag of Norway.svg Norway Qualified for the 1997 World Championships
5. Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland Qualified for the 1997 World Championships
6. Flag of Germany.svg Germany Qualified for the 1999 World Championships Qualification Tournament
7. Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Qualified for the 1999 World Championships Qualification Tournament
8. Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia Qualified for the 1999 World Championships Qualification Tournament
9. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic Qualified for the 1999 World Championships Pre-Qualification Tournament
10. Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia Qualified for the 1999 World Championships Pre-Qualification Tournament
11. Flag of France.svg France Qualified for the 1999 World Championships Pre-Qualification Tournament
12. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Qualified for the 1999 World Championships Pre-Qualification Tournament
13. Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan Qualified for the 2000 World Championships Pool B Qualification Tournament
14. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain Qualified for the 2000 World Championships Pool B Qualification Tournament

External links[]

See also[]


IIHF Women's Ice_Hockey championships
Olympic tournaments

1998 - 2002 - 2006 - 2010 - 2014

World Women's Championships

1990 - 1992 - 1994 - 1997 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016

World Women's U18 Championships

2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016

European Women Championships

1989 - 1991 - 1993 - 1995 - 1996

Women's Pacific Rim Championship

1995 - 1996

Elite Women's Hockey League

2004 - 2005–06 - 2006–07 - 2007–08 - 2008–09 - 2009–10 - 2010–11 - 2011–12 - 2012–13 - 2013–14 - 2014–15 - 2015–16

European Women's Champions Cup

2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007–08 - 2008–09 - 2009–10 - 2010–11 - 2011–12 - 2012–13 - 2013–14 - 2014–15

4 Nations Cup

1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015

Meco Cup

2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015

This page uses Creative Commons Licensed content from Wikipedia (view authors).
Advertisement