1992 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships

1992 IIHF World Women's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Finland
Dates	April 20 - April 26
Teams	8
Arena(s)	(in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Canada (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	158 (7.9 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Cammi Granato (8+2=10pts)

The 1992 IIHF World Women Championships was held April 20-April 26, 1992 in Tampere in Finland. The Team Canada won their 2nd gold medal at the World Championships, in a repeat of the 1990 Final defeating the United States.

Qualification Tournament

The tournament was held between eight teams. Canada and the United States as the top two ranked teams received automatic qualification for the tournament. In addition, the top five teams from the 1991 European Championship would be joined by the winner of the 1992 Asian Qualification Tournament.

• Canada - Automatically Qualified
• China - Winner 1992 Asian Qualification Tournament
• Denmark - 3rd Place - 1991 European Championship
• Finland - Winner - 1991 European Championship
• Norway - 4th Place - 1991 European Championship
• Switzerland - 5th Place - 1991 European Championship
• Sweden - 2nd Place - 1991 European Championship
• United States of America - Automatically Qualified

Asian Qualification Tournament (China PR)

10 March 1992
	China	5-0	Japan

11 March 1992
	China	5-0	Japan

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.	Canada	3	3	0	0	24	1	+23	6
2.	Sweden	3	2	0	1	12	9	+3	4
3.	China	3	1	0	2	7	16	-9	2
4.	Denmark	3	0	0	3	3	20	-17	0

Results

All times local (GMT+4)

April 20, 1992

Canada

8 – 0 ( 3 - 0 , 4 - 0 , 1 - 0 )

China

Tampere, Finland

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April 20, 1992

Sweden

4 – 1 ( 2 - 1 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 )

Denmark

Tampere, Finland

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April 21, 1992

China

2 – 6 ( 1 - 1 , 1 - 2 , 0 - 3 )

Sweden

Tampere, Finland

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April 21, 1992

Denmark

0 – 10 ( 0 - 4 , 0 - 2 , 0 - 4 )

Canada

Tampere, Finland

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April 23, 1992

Denmark

2 – 5 ( 0 - 0 , 1 - 2 , 1 - 3 )

China

Tampere, Finland

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April 23, 1992

Canada

6 – 1 ( 2 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 3 - 1 )

Sweden

Tampere, Finland

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Group B

Standings

Rk.	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1.	United States of America	3	3	0	0	31	4	+27	6
2.	Finland	3	2	0	1	27	9	+18	4
3.	Norway	3	1	0	2	8	21	-13	2
4.	Switzerland	3	0	0	3	4	15	-11	0

Results

All times local (GMT+4)

April 20, 1992

United States of America

17 – 0 ( 6 - 0 , 4 - 0 , 7 - 0 )

Switzerland

Tampere, Finland

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April 20, 1992

Finland

11 – 3 ( 6 - 1 , 2 - 2 , 3 - 0 )

Norway

Tampere, Finland

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April 21, 1992

Norway

1 – 9 ( 1 - 1 , 0 - 4 , 0 - 4 )

United States of America

Tampere, Finland

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April 21, 1992

Switzerland

1 – 13 ( 0 - 2 , 0 - 8 , 1 - 3 )

Finland

Tampere, Finland

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April 23, 1992

Norway

4 – 1 ( 1 - 0 , 2 - 0 , 1 - 1 )

Switzerland

Tampere, Finland

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April 23, 1992

Finland

3 – 5 ( 2 - 1 , 1 - 1 , 0 - 3 )

United States of America

Tampere, Finland

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Playoff Round

Consolation Round 5-8 Place

April 24, 1992

China

2 – 1 (1-0, 0-1, 0-1, 0-0, 1-0 )

Switzerland

Tampere, Finland

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April 24, 1992

Norway

2 – 0 ( 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 0 - 0 )

Denmark

Tampere, Finland

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Consolation Round 7-8 Place

April 26, 1992

Denmark

4 – 3 ( 2 - 2 , 0 - 1 , 2 - 1, 1 - 0 )

Switzerland

Tampere, Finland

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Consolation Round 5-6 Place

April 26, 1992

Norway

1 – 2 ( 0 - 1 , 0 - 0 , 1 - 1 )

China

Tampere, Finland

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Final Round

					Semi finals				Finals
					25 April 1992				26 April 1992
	Group A		1st		Canada	6
	Group B		2nd		Finland	2			Gold Medal Game
									Canada	8
									United States of America	0
	Group B		1st		United States of America	6
	Group A		2nd		Sweden	4
									Bronze Medal Game (APS)
									Sweden	4
									Finland	5

Semifinals

April 25, 1992

Canada

6 – 2 ( 4 - 0 , 2 - 2 , 0 - 0 )

Finland

Tampere, Finland

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April 25, 1992

United States of America

6 – 4 ( 2 - 2 , 2 - 0 , 2 - 2 )

Sweden

Tampere, Finland

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Match for third place

April 26, 1992

Sweden

4 – 5 (1 - 1, 1 - 2, 2 - 1, 0 - 0, 0 - 1)

Finland

Tampere, Finland

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Final

April 26, 1992

Canada

8 – 0 ( 3 - 0 , 2 - 0 , 3 - 0 )

United States of America

Tampere, Finland

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Champions

1992 IIHF World Women Championship Winners
Canada 2nd title

Scoring leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Cammi Granato	5	8	2	10	2
Danielle Goyette	5	3	7	10	2
Andria Hunter	5	5	4	9	0
Lisa Brown	5	2	7	9	8
Shelley Looney	5	1	8	9	2
Riikka Nieminen	5	6	2	8	0
France St. Louis	5	5	3	8	2
Nancy Drolet	5	4	4	8	0
Jeanine Sobek	5	3	5	8	0
Karyn Bye	5	3	5	8	2

Goaltending leaders

Player	Mins	GA	GAA	SV%
Marie Claude Roy	120	1	0.50	.958
Manon Rheaume	180	2	0.67	.957
Annica Åhlén	190	8	2.53	.916
Lane Rasmussen	305	24	4.72	.884
Katariina Ahonen	149	5	2.01	.881
Hong Guo	310	18	3.48	.872
Helen Johansson	119	12	6.05	.861
Kari Fjellhammer	299	23	4.61	.859
Erin Whitten	228	14	3.68	.851
Lissa-Maria Sneck	157	14	5.35	.771

Final standings

Rk.	Team
	Canada
	United States of America
	Finland
4.	Sweden
5.	China
6.	Norway
7.	Denmark
8.	Switzerland

Directorate Awards

• Goalie: Annica Ahlen (Sweden)
• Defender: Geraldine Heaney (Canada)
• Forward: Cammi Granato, (United States)