1996 IIHF European Women Championships

August 2022 October 2008 The 1996 IIHF European Women Championships were the sixth and final holding of the IIHF European Women Championships. The tournaments were held in March 1996, with Pool A playing in Yaroslavl, Russia during 23–29 March and Pool B playing in Trnava and Piešťany, Slovakia during 12–16 March. The format remained unchanged from the previous year, with promoted Russia replacing relegated Denmark in the Pool A tournament. The tournament was the final European Championship ever to be held, as the International Ice Hockey Federation expanded the World Championships to include tiered divisions. European Championship Group A IIHF European Women's Championship 1996 Pool A Russia 23–29 March 6 1 1 ihw Sweden 1 RUS FIN NOR 15 95 RUS Yekaterina Pashkevich (6+3=9) Teams & Format Six teams completed in Pool A, with Russia joining the group after winning the 1995 Pool B tournament. The teams were: FIN GER NOR RUS SUI SWE A single round-robin tournament was played between the teams, with the top ranked team winning the championship. Tournament Standings main WDL 2 SWE SWE RUS RUS FIN FIN NOR NOR SUI SUI GER GER 4 1 0 20 11 4 0 1 17 15 3 0 2 26 5 2 0 3 14 21 1 0 4 11 23 0 1 4 7 20 complete Results #eeeeee 23 March 1996 SWE 3 – 6 (0 – 2, 1 – 3, 2 – 1) NOR Yaroslavl #eeffff 23 March 1996 SUI 2 – 3 (0 – 1, 1 – 0, 1 – 2) GER Yaroslavl #eeeeee 23 March 1996 RUS 2 – 3 (2 – 0, 0 – 2, 0 – 1) FIN Yaroslavl #eeffff 24 March 1996 SWE 2 – 2 (0 – 0, 0 – 1, 2 – 1) GER Yaroslavl #eeeeee 24 March 1996 FIN 7 – 0 (3 – 0, 1 – 0, 3 – 0) NOR Yaroslavl #eeffff 24 March 1996 RUS 3 – 4 (0 – 1, 1 – 3, 2 – 0) SUI Yaroslavl #eeeeee 26 March 1996 FIN 0 – 8 (0 – 2, 0 – 3, 0 – 3) GER Yaroslavl #eeffff 26 March 1996 SWE 6 – 3 (2 – 1, 0 – 1, 4 – 1) SUI Yaroslavl #eeeeee 26 March 1996 RUS 5 – 4 (1 – 1, 1 – 2, 3 – 1) NOR Yaroslavl #eeffff 27 March 1996 FIN 0 – 8 (0 – 3, 0 – 2, 0 – 3) SUI Yaroslavl #eeeeee 27 March 1996 NOR 4 – 1 (3 – 0, 0 – 0, 1 – 1) GER Yaroslavl #eeffff 27 March 1996 SWE 4 – 2 (2 – 0, 1 – 1, 1 – 1) RUS Yaroslavl #eeeeee 29 March 1996 NOR 2 – 3 (1 – 1, 0 – 1, 1 – 1) SUI Yaroslavl #eeffff 29 March 1996 SWE 1 – 2 (0 – 1, 0 – 1, 1 – 0) FIN Yaroslavl #eeeeee 29 March 1996 RUS 3 – 2 (2 – 0, 1 – 2, 0 – 0) GER Yaroslavl Champions ihw 1996 IIHF European Women Championship winners SWE 1st Awards and statistics Awards Best player selected by the Directorate Position Player Goaltender SUI Patricia Sautter Defenceman SWE Pernilla Burholm Forward FIN Sanna Lankosaari All-Star team Position Player Goaltender RUS Irina GashennikovaDefenceman FIN Johanna Ikonen FIN Anne HaanpääForward SWE Åsa Elfving RUS Yekaterina Pashkevich FIN Sanna Lankosaari Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. PlayerGPGAPtsPOSRUS Yekaterina Pashkevich 5 6 3 9 FFIN Sanna Lankosaari 5 7 1 8 FSUI Kathrin Lehmann 5 7 0 7 FNOR Camilla Hille 5 3 4 7 FFIN Petra Vaarakallio 5 3 4 7 FRUS Yulia Perova 5 4 2 6 FSWE Tina Månsson 5 3 3 6 DFIN Tiia Reima 5 3 3 6 F GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position Source:Biller Philippe Championnats d'Europe féminins 1996 de hockey sur glace https://www.hockeyarchives.info/eurofem1996.htm HockeyArchives.info 2022-08-16 fr Rosters Medal Team Players SWE Annica Åhlén, Lotta Almblad, Gunilla Andersson, Pernilla Burholm, Susanne Ceder, Minna Dunder, Ann-Louise Edstrand, Joa Elfsberg, Åsa Elfving, Anne Ferm, Charlotte Götesson, Ann-Sofie Gustafsson, Erika Holst, Marita Johansson, Camilla Kempe, Åsa Lidström, Tina Månsson, Pia Morelius, Ann-Britt Nordqvist, Maria Rooth RUS Irina Gashennikova, Svetlana Gavrilova, Nataliya Kozlova, Tatyana Malysheva, Rada Maslennikova, Larisa Mishina, Mariya Misropyan, Svetlana Nikolayeva, Yelena Osipova, Yekaterina Pashkevich, Yuliya Perova, Lyudmila Reshetnikova, Elena Rodikova, Zhanna Shchelchkova, Violetta Simonova, Svetlana Trefilova, Tatyana Tsareva, Yuliya Voronina, Irina Votintseva, Lyudmila Yurlova FIN Kati Ahonen, Sari Fisk, Anne Haanpaa, Päivi Halonen, Kirsi Hänninen, Johanna Hirvinen, Satu Huotari, Marianne Ihalainen, Johanna Ikonen, Kati Kovalainen, Tuija Kuusisto, Sanna Lankosaari, Marika Lehtimäki, Katri-Helena Luomajoki, Jonna Norppa-Rahkola, Marja-Helena Pälvilä, Tiia Reima, Maria Selin, Petra Vaarakallio European Ice Hockey Championship Results: Since 1910 Tomasz Malolepszy Rowman & Littlefield 2013 158 European Championship Group B IIHF European Women's Championship 1996 Pool B Slovakia 12–16 March 8 2 2 ihw Denmark LAT CZE SVK 2 16 103 13225 NED Marion Pepels (5+4=9) Teams & Format The eight teams that competed in Pool B were: CZE DEN FRA GBR LAT KAZ NED SVK 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. Group A Standings main WDL 2 LAT LAT SVK SVK FRA FRA KAZ KAZ 3 0 0 11 4 2 0 1 9 7 1 0 2 9 12 0 0 3 5 11 complete Results #eeeeee 12 March 1996 11:30 am LAT 4 – 2 (2 – 0, 1 – 2, 1 – 0) KAZ Trnava #eeffff 12 March 1996 6:30 pm SVK 6 – 3 (3 – 1, 1 – 2, 2 – 0) FRA Trnava #eeeeee 13 March 1996 3:00 pm FRA 1 – 4 (0 – 3, 1 – 1, 0 – 0) LAT Trnava #eeffff 13 March 1996 6:30 pm SVK 2 – 1 (1 – 1, 0 – 0, 1 – 0) KAZ Trnava #eeeeee 15 March 1996 10:00 am KAZ 2 – 5 (0 – 3, 1 – 0, 1 – 2) FRA Trnava #eeffff 15 March 1996 5:00 pm LAT 3 – 1 (1 – 0, 1 – 0, 1 – 1) SVK Trnava Group B Standings main WDL 2 DEN DEN CZE CZE NED NED GBR GBR 3 0 0 13 4 1 1 1 14 10 1 1 1 12 8 0 0 3 2 19 complete Results #eeeeee 12 March 1996 3:00 pm CZE 4 – 4 (2 – 1, 2 – 2, 0 – 1) NED Trnava #eeffff 12 March 1996 DEN 5 – 0 (0 – 0, 3 – 0, 2 – 0) GBR Piešťany #eeeeee 13 March 1996 2:30 pm NED 1 – 3 (1 – 1, 1 – 2, 0 – 1) DEN Piešťany #eeffff 13 March 1996 5:30 pm CZE 7 – 1 (1 – 0, 0 – 1, 6 – 0) GBR Piešťany #eeeeee 15 March 1996 1:30 pm DEN 5 – 3 (2 – 0, 2 – 1, 1 – 2) CZE Trnava #eeffff 15 March 1996 4:00 pm GBR 1 – 7 (1 – 1, 0 – 2, 0 – 4) NED Piešťany Playoff round Consolation round 7–8 place #eeffff 16 March 1996 11:00 am GBR 4 – 5 OT (2 – 1, 1 – 2, 1 – 1, 0 – 1) KAZ Trnava Consolation round 5–6 place #FFDAB9 16 March 1996 3:00 pm FRA 7 – 3 (3 – 1, 1 – 0, 3 – 2) NED Piešťany Match for third place #eeeeee 16 March 1996 2:45 pm CZE 5 – 2 (0 – 1, 4 – 1, 1 – 0) SVK Trnava Final #F7F6A8 16 March 1996 6:30 pm LAT 0 – 3 (0 – 2, 0 – 1, 0 – 0) DEN Trnava Final standings Rk. Team Notes SWE Qualified for the 1997 World Championships RUS Qualified for the 1997 World Championships FIN Qualified for the 1997 World Championships 4. NOR Qualified for the 1997 World Championships 5. SUI Qualified for the 1997 World Championships 6. GER Qualified for the 1999 World Championships Qualification Tournament 7. DEN Qualified for the 1999 World Championships Qualification Tournament 8. LAT Qualified for the 1999 World Championships Qualification Tournament 9. CZE Qualified for the 1999 World Championships Pre-Qualification Tournament 10. SVK Qualified for the 1999 World Championships Pre-Qualification Tournament 11. FRA Qualified for the 1999 World Championships Pre-Qualification Tournament 12. NED Qualified for the 1999 World Championships Pre-Qualification Tournament 13. KAZ Qualified for the 2000 World Championships Pool B Qualification Tournament 14. GBR Qualified for the 2000 World Championships Pool B Qualification Tournament See also IIHF European Women Championships References Category:IIHF European Women Championships Category:1995–96 in Russian ice hockey Category:1995–96 in Slovak ice hockey Euro IIHF European Women Championship Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Russia Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Slovakia IIHF European Women Championship Category:Sport in Trnava Category:Sport in Piešťany Category:Sport in Yaroslavl Category:Women's ice hockey competitions in Russia Category:Women's ice hockey competitions in Slovakia