1994 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships

IIHF World Women's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	April 11 - April 17
Teams	8
Venue(s)	Lake Placid (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Canada (3rd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	185 (9.25 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Rikka Nieminen (4+9=13pts)

The 1994 IIHF World Women Championships was held April 11-April 17, 1994 at the Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, New York in the United States. The Team Canada won their 3rd consecutive gold medal at the World Championships defeating the United States in a repeat of the previous two finals. Finland picked up their 3rd consecutive bronze medal, with a win over Semi-Final debutants, China.

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 1993 European Championship would be joined by the winner of the 1994 Asian Qualification Tournament.

• Canada - Automatically Qualified
• China - Winner - 1994 Asian Qualification Tournament
• Finland - Winner - 1993 European Championship
• Germany - 4th Place - 1993 European Championship
• Norway - 3rd Place - 1993 European Championship
• Switzerland - 5th Place - 1993 European Championship
• Sweden - 2nd Place - - 1993 European Championship
• United States of America - Automatically Qualified

Asian Qualification Tournament (Japan)

11 March 1994
	Japan	2-6	China

12 March 1994
	Japan	1-7	China

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	27	3	+24	6
2.	China	3	1	1	1	13	12	+1	3
3.	Sweden	3	1	1	1	9	13	-4	3
4.	Norway	3	0	0	3	2	23	-21	0

Results

All times local

April 11, 1994 2:00pm

Sweden

3 – 1

Norway

Pad 1932, Lake Placid, New York

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April 11, 1994 4:00pm

Canada

7 – 1

China

Pad 1980, Lake Placid, New York

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April 12, 1994 3:00pm

Sweden

4 – 4

China

Pad 1980, Lake Placid, New York

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April 12, 1994 7:00pm

Norway

0 – 12

Canada

Pad 1980, Lake Placid, New York

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April 14, 1994 3:00pm

Canada

8 – 2

Sweden

Pad 1980, Lake Placid, New York

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April 14, 1994 7:00pm

China

8 – 1 ( 2 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 3 - 1 )

Norway

Pad 1932, Lake Placid, New York

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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	24	1	+23	6
2.	Finland	3	2	0	1	31	3	+28	4
3.	Switzerland	3	1	0	2	2	20	-18	2
4.	Germany	3	0	0	3	2	35	-33	0

Results

All times local

April 11, 1994 2:00pm

Finland

17 – 1

Germany

Pad 1932, Lake Placid, New York

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April 11, 1994 8:00pm

United States of America

6 – 0

Switzerland

Pad 1980, Lake Placid, New York

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April 12, 1994 4:00pm

Finland

13 – 0

Switzerland

Tampere, Finland

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April 12, 1994 8:00pm

Germany

0 – 16

United States of America

Pad 1932, Lake Placid, New York

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April 14, 1994 1:00pm

Germany

1 – 2

Switzerland

Pad 1932, Lake Placid, New York

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April 14, 1994 7:00pm

United States of America

2 – 1

Finland

Pad 1980, Lake Placid, New York

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Playoff Round

Consolation Round 5-8 Place

April 16, 1994 8:00pm

Sweden

7 – 1

Germany

Pad 1980, Lake Placid, New York

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April 16, 1994 8:00pm

Norway

7 – 4

Switzerland

Pad 1932, Lake Placid, New York

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Consolation Round 7-8 Place

April 17, 1994 9:00am

Switzerland

4 – 3

Germany

Pad 1932, Lake Placid, New York

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Consolation Round 5-6 Place

April 26, 1992 1:00pm

Sweden

6 – 3

Norway

Pad 1932, Lake Placid, New York

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Final Round

					Semi finals				Finals
					15 April 1994				17 April 1994
	Group A		1st		Canada	4
	Group B		2nd		Finland	1			Gold Medal Game
									Canada	6
									United States of America	3
	Group B		1st		United States of America	14
	Group A		2nd		China	3
									Bronze Medal Game
									Finland	8
									China	1

Semifinals

April 15, 1994 5:00pm

Canada

4 – 1

Finland

Pad 1980, Lake Placid, New York

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April 15, 1994

United States of America

14 – 3

China

Pad 1980, Lake Placid, New York

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Match for third place

April 17, 1994 11:15am

Finland

8 – 1

China

Pad 1980, Lake Placid, New York

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Final

April 17, 1994

Canada

6 – 3

United States of America

Pad 1980, Lake Placid, New York

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Champions

1994 IIHF World Women Championship Winners
Canada 3nd title

Scoring leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts
Riika Nieminen	5	4	9	13
Danielle Goyette	5	9	3	12
Karyn Bye	5	6	6	12
Cammi Granato	5	5	7	12
Hongmei Liu	5	8	3	11
Tila Reima	5	7	4	11
Sari Krooks	5	3	7	10
Stephanie O'Sullivan	5	3	7	10
Hanna Terrijoki	5	5	4	9
Gretchen Ulion	5	5	4	9

Goaltending leaders

Player	GPI	Mins	GA	SOG	SV%	GAA
Kati Ahonen	2	80	1	20	95.0	0.75
Lesley Reddon	2	91	1	15	93.3	0.66
Liisa-Maria Sneck	4	220	7	85	91.8	1.91
Kelly Dyer	2	129	3	24	87.5	1.50
Manon Rheaume	4	209	6	44	86.4	1.72
Patricia Sautter	3	180	10	139	92.8	3.33
Erin Whitten	3	180	7	52	86.4	2.33
Annica Åhlén	5	300	17	157	89.2	3.40
Kari Fjellhammer	4	226	22	120	81.67	5.83
Hong Guo	5	260	27	146	81.5	6.23

Final standings

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

Directorate Awards

• Goalie: Erin Whitten (United States)
• Defender: Geraldine Heaney (Canada)
• Forward: Riikka Nieminen, (Finland)

Team Photos

Canada