1993 Women's European Ice Hockey Championships

The 1993 IIHF European Women Championships were held between March 22 - March 27, 1993. In a break with the previous format, the IIHF split the teams into two separate divisions A and B and introduced a Promotion and Relegation format between them.

The top six teams from the 1991 tournament qualified for the Pool A tournament in Esbjerg, Denmark, while the remaining four plus the who were entering their first tournament.

Teams & Format
The six teams, qualified from being the top six teams from the 1991 tournament were:



The teams were divided into two groups of three teams. Each team played each other once within the group. The teams then played a playoff game against the team with the same position in the opposing group, i.e the Group Winners played off for Gold, 2nd place, for Bronze etc.

Teams & Format
The five teams that playing the first Pool B were:



The teams were placed in one group containing all the teams playing in a single round robin format, with the final placings determining the final standing without any final games.