1997 IIHF Women's World Championship

none IIHF Women's World Championship 1997 1997 IIHF Women's World Championship.png 200px Canada March 31 – April 6, 1997 Roméo LeBlanc 8 Brantford, Brampton, Hamilton, Kitchener, London, Mississauga, North York 7 ihw Canada USA FIN CHN 4 20 129 60418 FIN Riikka Nieminen 10 points 1994 1999 The 1997 IIHF Women's World Championships was held March 31 – April 6, 1997, in seven Canadian cities all in the Province of Ontario.September 2022 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.https://teamusa.usahockey.com/page/show/4286764-1997-iihf-women-s-world-championship 1997 - IIHF Women's World Championship 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 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. Pacific Rim Championship: CAN CHN USA European Championship: FIN NOR RUS SUI SWE Final tournament 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 Group A Standings main WDL Q 2 CAN CAN CHN CHN RUS RUS SUI SUI 3 0 0 22 2 2 0 1 18 12 0 1 2 6 18 0 1 2 6 20 #ccffcc Advanced to Final round A A red1 Sent to Consolation round R R complete Results All times local #eeeeee March 31, 1997 7:00 pm CHN 6 – 2 (3 - 0, 2 - 2, 1 - 0) RUS Hong S. 7:36Guo W. 11:22Yang 12:26Hong D. 27:23Hong D. 37:03Hong Sang 40:36 E. Pashkevich 20:06L. Mishina 33:51 Hamilton 750 #eeffff March 31, 1997 7:30 pm CAN 6 – 0 (1 - 0, 2 - 0, 3 - 0) SUI V. Sunohara 07:36H. Wickenheiser 21:25D. Goyette 32:04N. Drolet 58:28A. James 59:36R. Fahey 59:51 Kitchener 3,889 #eeeeee April 1, 1997 7:00 pm CHN 11 – 3 (5 - 2, 3 - 0, 3 - 1) SUI Zhang 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. 59:17 M. Walder 9:42D. Wyss 19:26Penalty Shot 59:17 Mississauga 1,207 #eeffff April 1, 1997 7:30 pm CAN 9 – 1 (3 - 0, 3 - 0, 3 - 1) RUS J. 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 45:49 M. Misropian 48:43 Kitchener 5,559 #eeeeee April 3, 1997 7:30 pm SUI 3 – 3 (1 - 0, 2 - 3, 0 - 0) RUS M. Noethiger 8:20R. Kuenzle 25:19M. Baechler 27:01 E. Pachkevitch 28:31V. Simanova 34:03E. Bialkovskaya 36:52 North York 1,089 #eeffff April 3, 1997 7:30 pm CAN 7 – 1 (5 - 0, 1 - 0, 1 - 1) CHN C. Campbell 8:34L. Dupuis 9:30H. Wickenheiser 12:29V. Sunohara 13:36C. Campbell 14:56G. Heaney 23:20L. Dupuis 56:55 Guo W. 44:48 Kitchener 5,457 Group B Standings main WDL Q 2 USA USA FIN FIN SWE SWE NOR NOR 2 1 0 20 3 2 1 0 18 3 0 1 2 2 17 0 1 2 2 19 #ccffcc Advanced to Final round A A red1 Sent to Consolation round R R complete Results All times local #eeeeee March 31, 1997 4:00 pm NOR 0 – 7 (0 - 2, 0 - 3, 0 - 2) USA S. Looney 1:51S. O'Sullivian 5:19L. Baker 26:55C. Granato 29:05K. O'Leary 34:25G. Ulion 42:19S. Looney 46:21 Kitchener 3,100 #eeffff March 31, 1997 4:00 pm FIN 5 – 0 (3 - 0, 1 - 0, 1 - 0) SWE T. Reima 00:37P. Salo 03:58T. Paananen 04:51M. Ihalainen 20:32T. Reima 56:09 Brampton #eeeeee April 1, 1997 4:00 pm NOR 2 – 2 (2 - 0, 0 - 1, 0 - 1) SWE T. Larson 08:59B. Lersbryggen 17:17 M. Rooth 36:56G. Andersson 58:00 Kitchener 3,068 #eeffff April 1, 1997 7:00 pm FIN 3 – 3 (1 - 2, 0 - 1, 2 - 0) USA T. Reima 17:38R. Nieminen 51:56S. Krooks 54:36 T. Dunn 4:27C. Granato 19:18C. Granato 31:11 Brantford #eeeeee April 3, 1997 7:00 pm NOR 0 – 10 (0 - 3, 0 - 3, 0 - 4) FIN R. Nieminen 03:13R. Nieminen 11:06J. Ikonen 16:12M. Ihalainen 33:43K. Riipi 34:47K. Hänninen 37:12R. Nieminen 40:52A. Haanpää 47:43T. Reima 52:11A. Haanpää 59:55 Kitchener 3,401 #eeffff April 3, 1997 7:00 pm USA 10 – 0 (4 - 0, 3 - 0, 3 - 0) SWE K. 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 50:36 London 3,472 Playoff round Consolation round 5–8 place #eeeeee April 4, 1997 4:00 pm SWE 7 – 1 (2 - 0, 1 - 1, 4 - 0) SUI M. Rooth 1:49Å. Elfving 08:24E. Holst 35:49Å. Elfving 43:38E. Holst 49:36K. Bergstrand 53:50G. Andersson 54:07 R. Fuhrer 21:07 Kitchener 3,301 #eeffff April 4, 1997 7:30 pm RUS 2 – 1 (1 - 1, 1 - 0, 0 - 0) NOR O. Tretiakova 8:07E. Pashkevich 38:38 B. Lersbryggen 17:15 Kitchener 2,849 Consolation round 7–8 place #eeeeee April 6, 1997 2:00 pm SUI 1 – 0 (0 - 0, 0 - 0, 1 - 0) NOR K. Lehmann 46:47 Kitchener 565 Consolation round 5–6 place #eeffff April 6, 1997 1:00 pm RUS 1 – 3 (1 - 0, 0 - 2, 0 - 1) SWE S. Nikolaeva 1:10 G. Andersson 23:33C. Kempe 23:33C. Kempe 50:29 Kitchener 2,471 Final round auto Semi finals5 April 1997 Finals6 April 1997 Gold Medal Game (OT) Bronze Medal Game A1 CAN 2 B2 FIN 1 B1 USA 6 A2 CHN 0 CAN 4 USA 3 FIN 3 CHN 0 Semifinals #eeeeee April 5, 1997 1:00 pm CAN 2 – 1 (0 - 1, 1 - 0, 1 - 0) FIN H. Wickenheiser 25:27V. Sunohara 59:36 K. Hänninen 7:00 Kitchener 4,963 #eeffff April 5, 1997 5:00 pm USA 6 – 0 (2 - 0, 2 - 0, 2 - 0) CHN S. LooneyT. MounseyK. ByeS. O'SullvianL. BakerG. Ulion Kitchener 3,832 Match for third place #FFDAB9 April 6, 1997 4:00 pm FIN 3 – 0 (0 - 0, 0 - 0, 3 - 0) CHN T. Paananen 53:37UnknownUnknown Kitchener Final #F7F6A8 April 6, 1997 CAN 4 – 3 (1-0, 1-2, 1-1, 1-0) 1-0 / 1-1 / 2-1 / 2-2 / 3-2 / 3-3 / 4-3 USA N. Drolet (S. Wilson, J. Diduck) - 19:36A. James (C. Campbell, H. Wickenheiser) (PP) - 29:21N. Drolet (J. Hefford, G. Heaney) (PP) - 40:11N. Drolet (H. Wickenheiser, C. Campbell) - 72:59 27:15 - A. Blahoski (L. Baker, K. King)34:14 - S. O'Sullivan (C. Granato, Mounsey) (PP)42:26 - K. King (C. Granato, A. Blahoski) 35 27 Kitchener 6,247 SUI Sandra Dombrowskihttps://www.iihf.com/en/news/40893/iihf_honours_international_mix_for_hall_of_fame_23 IIHF honours international mix for Hall of Fame '23 Podnieks Andrew Andrew Podnieks 9 December 2022 International Ice Hockey Federation 28 December 2022 Champions ihw 1997 IIHF World Women Championship winners Canada 4th Tournament Awards The following was selected as the All-Star team of the tournament: Goaltender - Patricia Sautter SUI Defence - Cassie Campbell CAN Defence - Kelly O'Leary USA Forward - Hayley Wickenheiser CAN Forward - Cammi Granato USA Forward - Riikka Nieminen FIN Final standings Rk.TeamNotes CAN Qualified for the 1998 Winter Olympic Games USA Qualified for the 1998 Winter Olympic Games FIN Qualified for the 1998 Winter Olympic Games 4. CHN Qualified for the 1998 Winter Olympic Games 5. SWE Qualified for the 1998 Winter Olympic Games 6. RUS Qualified for the 1999 World Championships Qualification Tournament 7. SUI Qualified for the 1999 World Championships Qualification Tournament 8. NOR Qualified for the 1999 World Championships Qualification Tournament Scoring leaders Player GP G A PtsFIN Riikka Nieminen55510CAN Hayley Wickenheiser5459USA Cammi Granato5538FIN Tiia Reima5448CAN Cassie Campbell5268CAN Nancy Drolet5426USA Shelley Looney5426USA Karyn Bye5426CHN Liu Hongmei5336CHN Guo Wei5336 References 30em Duplacey James Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League 1998 Total Sports 0-8362-7114-9 487–9 registration https://archive.org/details/totalhockeyoffic0000unse/page/487 Podnieks Andrew IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011 2010 Moydart Press 26–7,229–30 External links Summary from the Women's Hockey Net Detailed summary from passionhockey.com World Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Canada World Category:IIHF Women's World Championship Category:March 1997 sports events in Canada Category:April 1997 sports events in Canada Category:Women's ice hockey competitions in Canada Category:1997 in sports in Ontario Category:Sports in Brantford Category:Sports in Brampton Category:Ice hockey competitions in Hamilton, Ontario Category:20th century in Hamilton, Ontario Category:Sports competitions in Kitchener, Ontario Category:Ice hockey competitions in London, Ontario Category:Sports competitions in Mississauga Category:1990s in London, Ontario Category:Women's sports in Ontario