1989 Women's European Ice Hockey Championships

1989 IIHF European Women's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	West Germany
Dates	April 4 - April 9
Teams	8
Venue(s)	Düsseldorf, Ratingen (in 2 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	220 (11 per match)

The 1989 IIHF European Women Championships was held April 4-April 9, 1989 in West Germany. This was the first ever European Championship to be held. Finland won their first title with a 7-1 victory over neighbours Sweden in the Final. The hosts West Germany picked up the bronze after edging past Norway on penalty shots.

Qualification Tournament

Ten teams entered the championship. Of these, the top six ranked teams received a bye to the final tournament. These were:

• Denmark
• Finland
• Germany
• Norway
• Switzerland
• Sweden

The final four sides played in Qualification matches. A two-leg aggregate playoff was played with the winners of the two matches taking the final two places.

March 6, 1989

United Kingdom

2 – 4 ( 0 - 0 , 1 - 2 , 1 - 2 )

Netherlands

Chelmsford, England

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March 7, 1989

United Kingdom

2 – 4 ( 0 - 3 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 1 )

Netherlands

Chelmsford, England

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• The Netherlands won the qualifier 8-4 on aggregate.

March 18, 1989

Czechoslovakia

1 – 1 ( 0 - 0 , 1 - 1 , 0 - 0 )

France

Plzeň

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March 19, 1989

Czechoslovakia

4 – 1 ( 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 2 - 1 )

France

Beroun

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• Czechoslovakia won the qualifier 5-2 on aggregate.

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

	Teams proceed to Final round
	Teams sent to Consolation round

Group A

Standings

Rk.	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1.	Sweden	3	3	0	0	24	3	+21	6
2.	Norway	3	1	1	1	18	6	+12	3
3.	Switzerland	3	1	1	1	24	15	+9	3
4.	Netherlands	3	0	0	3	1	43	-42	0

Results

All times local (GMT+4)

April 4, 1989

Sweden

12 – 0 ( 3 - 0 , 7 - 0 , 2 - 0 )

Netherlands

Düsseldorf

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April 4, 1989

Switzerland

4 – 4 ( 1 - 0 , 2 - 1 , 1 - 3 )

Norway

Ratingen

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April 5, 1989

Switzerland

17 – 1 ( 6 - 1 , 2 - 0 , 9 - 0 )

Netherlands

Ratingen

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April 5, 1989

Sweden

2 – 0 ( 0 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 )

Norway

Düsseldorf

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April 6, 1989

Sweden

10 – 3 ( 5 - 0 , 4 - 1 , 1 - 2 )

Switzerland

Düsseldorf

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April 6, 1989

Norway

14 – 0 ( 5 - 0 , 2 - 0 , 7 - 0 )

Netherlands

Ratingen

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Group B

Standings

Rk.	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1.	Finland	3	3	0	0	57	0	+57	6
2.	Germany	3	2	0	1	17	5	+12	4
3.	Denmark	3	1	0	2	6	20	-14	2
4.	Czechoslovakia	3	0	0	3	0	55	-55	0

Results

All times local (GMT+4)

April 4, 1989

Finland

34 – 0 ( 12 - 0 , 12 - 0 , 10 - 0 )

Czechoslovakia

Ratingen

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April 4, 1989

Germany

2 – 0 ( 0 - 0 , 0 - 0 , 2 - 0 )

Denmark

Düsseldorf

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April 5, 1989

Denmark

6 – 0 ( 2 - 0 , 3 - 0 , 1 - 0 )

Czechoslovakia

Düsseldorf

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April 5, 1989

Finland

5 – 0 ( 0 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 4 - 0 )

Germany

Ratingen

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April 6, 1989

Finland

18 – 0 ( 4 - 0 , 6 - 0 , 8 - 0 )

Denmark

Ratingen

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April 6, 1989

Germany

15 – 0 ( 3 - 0 , 7 - 0 , 5 - 0 )

Czechoslovakia

Düsseldorf

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Playoff Round

Consolation Round 5-8 Place

April 8, 1989

Denmark

2 – 1 ( 1 - 0 , 1 - 1 , 0 - 0 )

Netherlands

Ratingen

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April 8, 1989

Switzerland

9 – 3 ( 3 - 3 , 3 - 0 , 3 - 0 )

Czechoslovakia

Düsseldorf

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Consolation Round 7-8 Place

April 9, 1989

Czechoslovakia

7 – 1 ( 3 - 0 , 3 - 0 , 1 - 1 )

Netherlands

Düsseldorf

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Consolation Round 5-6 Place

April 9, 1989

Switzerland

3 – 1 ( 0 - 0, 1 - 1, 2 - 0 )

Denmark

Ratingen

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Final Round

					Semi finals				Finals
					8 April 1989				9 April 1989
	Group A		1st		Finland	9
	Group B		2nd		Norway	1			Gold Medal Game
									Finland	7
									Sweden	1
	Group B		1st		Sweden	4
	Group A		2nd		Germany	3
									Bronze Medal Game (APS)
									Germany	2
									Norway	1

Semifinals

April 8, 1989

Finland

9 – 1 ( 2 - 0 , 5 - 1 , 2 - 0 )

Norway

Düsseldorf

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April 8, 1989

Sweden

4 – 3 ( 2 - 1 , 2 - 1 , 0 - 1 )

Germany

Ratingen

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Match for 3-4 Place

April 9, 1989

Germany

2 – 1 (0-0, 1-1, 0-0, 0-0, 1-0)

Norway

Düsseldorf

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Final

April 9, 1989

Finland

7 – 1 ( 4 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 2 - 1 )

Sweden

Ratingen

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Champions

1989 IIHF European Women Championship Winners
Finland 1st title

Final standings

Rk.	Team	Notes
	Finland	Qualified for 1990 World Championship
	Sweden	Qualified for 1990 World Championship
	Germany	Qualified for 1990 World Championship
4.	Norway	Qualified for 1990 World Championship
5.	Switzerland	Qualified for 1990 World Championship
6.	Denmark
7.	Czechoslovakia
8.	Netherlands
9.	France
10.	United Kingdom