1991 Women's European Ice Hockey Championships

1991 IIHF European Women's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Czechoslovakia
Dates	March 15 - March 23
Teams	10
Venue(s)	Frydek-Mistek, Havirov (in 2 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	25
Goals scored	239 (9.56 per match)

The 1991 IIHF European Women Championships was held March 15 – March 23, 1989 in Czechoslovakia. Finland skated to their 2nd consecutive tournament with a 2-1 victory of Sweden in the final, after trailing 1-0 at the end of the 2nd Period.

Denmark picked up the bronze medal with a victory over Norway in the 3rd place game. The tournament holds the record for the most teams competing in a single IIHF Women's tournament (10) and most games played at the tournament (25).

Teams & Format

Ten teams entered the championship. All of the teams were entered into the final tournament without any qualification. These were:

• Czechoslovakia
• Denmark
• United Kingdom
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Netherlands
• Norway
• Switzerland
• Sweden

The teams were divided into two groups of five teams. Each team played each other once within the group. The teams then played a play-off game against the team with the same position in the opposing group, i.e the Group Winners played off for Gold and Silver, 2nd place in each group, for Bronze and 4th place etc.

First Round

Group A

Standings

Rk.	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1.	Finland	4	4	0	0	71	0	+71	8
2.	Norway	4	3	0	1	31	14	+17	6
3.	Switzerland	4	2	0	2	24	20	+4	4
4.	France	4	1	0	3	5	53	-48	2
5.	Netherlands	4	0	0	4	2	46	-44	0

Results

All times local (GMT+4)

March 15, 1991

Norway

14 – 0 ( 5 - 0 , 3 - 0 , 6 - 0 )

Netherlands

Havirov

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March 15, 1991

Switzerland

14 – 0 ( 1 - 0 , 7 - 0 , 6 - 0 )

France

Havirov

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March 17, 1991

Finland

20 – 0 ( 9 - 0 , 6 - 0 , 5 - 0 )

Netherlands

Havirov

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March 17, 1991

Norway

10 – 1 ( 2 - 1 , 4 - 0 , 4 - 0 )

France

Havirov

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March 18, 1991

Finland

28 – 0 ( 10 - 0 , 11 - 0 , 7 - 0 )

France

Havirov

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March 18, 1991

Norway

7 – 2 ( 2 - 0 , 3 - 1 , 2 - 1 )

Switzerland

Havirov

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March 20, 1991

Finland

12 – 0 ( 2 - 0 , 5 - 0 , 5 - 0 )

Switzerland

Havirov

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March 20, 1991

France

4 – 1 ( 0 - 0 , 2 - 1 , 2 - 0 )

Netherlands

Havirov

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March 21, 1991

Finland

11 – 0 ( 7 - 0 , 2 - 0 , 2 - 0 )

Norway

Havirov

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March 21, 1991

Switzerland

8 – 1 ( 1 - 0 , 2 - 1 , 5 - 0 )

Netherlands

Havirov

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Group B

Standings

Rk.	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1.	Sweden	4	4	0	0	53	2	+51	8
2.	Denmark	4	3	0	1	11	14	-3	6
3.	Germany	4	2	0	2	18	14	+4	4
4.	Czechoslovakia	4	0	1	3	3	29	-26	1
5.	United Kingdom	4	0	1	3	2	28	-26	1

Results

All times local (GMT+4)

March 15, 1991

Germany

9 – 1 ( 2 - 0 , 5 - 1 , 2 - 0 )

Czechoslovakia

Frydek-Mistek

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March 15, 1991

Denmark

4 – 0 ( 2 - 0 , 2 - 0 , 0 - 0 )

United Kingdom

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March 18, 1991

Sweden

15 – 0 ( 8 - 0 , 5 - 0 , 2 - 0 )

Czechoslovakia

Frydek-Mistek

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March 16, 1991

Germany

6 – 0 ( 4 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 )

United Kingdom

Frydek-Mistek

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March 18, 1991

Sweden

16 – 0 ( 4 - 0 , 4 - 0 , 8 - 0 )

United Kingdom

Frydek-Mistek

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March 18, 1991

Denmark

3 – 2 ( 2 - 0 , 1 - 2 , 0 - 0 )

Germany

Frydek-Mistek

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March 19, 1991

Sweden

12 – 1 ( 4 - 1 , 3 - 0 , 5 - 0 )

Denmark

Frydek-Mistek

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March 19, 1991

Czechoslovakia

2 – 2 ( 0 - 2 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 )

United Kingdom

Frydek-Mistek

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March 21, 1991

Sweden

10 – 1 ( 3 - 1 , 2 - 0 , 5 - 0 )

Germany

Frydek-Mistek

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March 21, 1991

Denmark

3 – 0 ( 2 - 0 , 0 - 0 , 1 - 0 )

Czechoslovakia

Frydek-Mistek

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Playoff Round

Consolation Round 9-10 Place

March 23, 1991

United Kingdom

3 – 0 ( 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 )

Netherlands

Frydek-Mistek

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Consolation Round 7-8 Place

March 23, 1991

France

2 – 1 ( 0 - 1 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 )

Czechoslovakia

Havirov

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Consolation Round 5-6 Place

March 23, 1991

Switzerland

6 – 2 ( 2 - 1 , 3 - 0 , 1 - 1 )

Germany

Frydek-Mistek

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Match for third place

March 23, 1991

Denmark

2 – 1 (0 - 1, 0 - 0, 2 - 0)

Norway

Havirov

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Final

March 23, 1991

Finland

2 – 1 ( 0 - 0 , 0 - 1 , 2 - 0 )

Sweden

Frydek-Mistek

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Champions

1991 IIHF European Women Championship Winners
Finland 2nd title

Final standings

Rk.	Team	Notes
	Finland	Qualified for 1992 World Championship
	Sweden	Qualified for 1992 World Championship
	Denmark	Qualified for 1992 World Championship
4.	Norway	Qualified for 1992 World Championship
5.	Switzerland	Qualified for 1992 World Championship
6.	Germany
7.	France
8.	Czechoslovakia
9.	United Kingdom
10.	Netherlands