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 Ukraine who were entering their first tournament.

European Championship Group A

1993 IIHF European Women's Championship

Pool A
Tournament details
Host country	Denmark
Dates	March 24 - March 27
Teams	6
Venue(s)	Esbjerg (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	9
Goals scored	89 (9.89 per match)

Teams & Format

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

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

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.

First Round

Group 1

Standings

Rk.	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1.	Finland	2	2	0	0	25	4	+21	4
2.	Norway	2	1	0	1	8	10	-2	2
3.	Switzerland	2	0	0	2	3	22	-19	0

Results

March 24, 1993

Norway

5 – 2 ( 1 - 2 , 2 - 0 , 2 - 0 )

Switzerland

Esbjerg

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March 25, 1993

Finland

17 – 1 ( 10 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 6 - 1 )

Switzerland

Esbjerg

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March 26, 1993

Finland

8 – 3 ( 2 - 1 , 4 - 0 , 2 - 2 )

Norway

Esbjerg

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Group 2

Standings

Rk.	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1.	Sweden	2	2	0	0	16	3	+13	4
2.	Germany	2	1	0	1	9	14	-5	2
3.	Denmark	2	0	0	2	4	12	-8	0

Results

March 24, 1993

Germany

6 – 4 ( 2 - 3 , 0 - 1 , 4 - 0 )

Denmark

Esbjerg

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March 25, 1993

Sweden

10 – 3 ( 3 - 0 , 2 - 2 , 5 - 1 )

Germany

Esbjerg

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March 26, 1993

Sweden

6 – 0 ( 3 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 2 - 0 )

Denmark

Esbjerg

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Playoff Round

Consolation Round 5-6 Place

March 27, 1993

Switzerland

4 – 1 ( 0 - 0 , 3 - 1 , 1 - 0 )

Denmark

Esbjerg

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Match for third place

March 27, 1993

Norway

6 – 3 (1 - 1, 3 - 1, 2 - 1)

Germany

Esbjerg

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Final

March 27, 1993

Finland

8 – 2 ( 3 - 2 , 3 - 0 , 2 - 0 )

Sweden

Esbjerg

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Champions

1993 IIHF European Women Championship Winners
Finland 3rd title

European Championship Group B

1993 IIHF European Women's Championship

Pool B
Tournament details
Host country	Latvia
Dates	March 22 - March 27
Teams	5
Venue(s)	Kiev (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	36 (3.6 per match)

Teams & Format

The five teams that playing the first Pool B were:

• Czech Republic
• France
• United Kingdom
• Latvia
• Ukraine

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.

Final Round

Standings

Rk.	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1.	Latvia	4	3	0	1	10	5	+5	6
2.	Czech Republic	4	2	1	1	8	6	+2	5
3.	France	4	2	0	2	13	9	+4	4
4.	United Kingdom	4	1	1	2	4	11	-7	3
5.	Ukraine	4	1	0	3	1	5	-4	2

Results

March 22, 1993

Latvia

4 – 3 ( 2 - 0 , 1 - 1 , 1 - 2 )

France

Kiev

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March 22, 1993

Czech Republic

3 – 0 ( 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 )

Ukraine

Kiev

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March 23, 1993

Latvia

3 – 1 ( 1 - 0 , 0 - 0 , 2 - 1 )

Czech Republic

Kiev

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March 23, 1993

United Kingdom

1 – 0 ( 1 - 0 , 0 - 0 , 0 - 0 )

Ukraine

Kiev

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March 24, 1993

France

7 – 2 ( 3 - 1 , 3 - 0 , 1 - 1 )

United Kingdom

Kiev

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March 25, 1993

Ukraine

1 – 0 ( 0 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 0 - 0 )

Latvia

Kiev

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March 26, 1993

Latvia

3 – 0 ( 1 - 0 , 2 - 0 , 0 - 0 )

United Kingdom

Kiev

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March 26, 1993

Czech Republic

3 – 2 ( 1 - 1 , 2 - 0 , 0 - 1 )

France

Kiev

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March 27, 1993

Czech Republic

1 – 1 ( 1 - 1 , 0 - 0 , 0 - 0 )

United Kingdom

Kiev

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March 27, 1993

France

1 – 0 ( 1 - 0 , 0 - 0 , 0 - 0 )

Ukraine

Kiev

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Final standings

Rk.	Team	Notes
	Finland	Qualified for 1994 World Championship
	Sweden	Qualified for 1994 World Championship
	Norway	Qualified for 1994 World Championship
4.	Germany	Qualified for 1994 World Championship
5.	Switzerland	Qualified for 1994 World Championship
6.	Denmark	Relegated to Pool B for 1995 European Championship
7.	Latvia	Promoted to Pool A for 1995 European Championship
8.	Czech Republic
9.	France
10.	United Kingdom
11.	Ukraine