1991 IIHF European Women 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)
Final positions
Champions	Finland (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	25
Goals scored	239 (9.56 per match)

The 1991 IIHF European Women Championships was held March 15 – March 23, 1991, 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:

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 )

March 15, 1991

Switzerland

14 – 0
( 1 - 0 , 7 - 0 , 6 - 0 )

March 17, 1991

Finland

20 – 0
( 9 - 0 , 6 - 0 , 5 - 0 )

March 17, 1991

Norway

10 – 1
( 2 - 1 , 4 - 0 , 4 - 0 )

March 18, 1991

Finland

28 – 0
( 10 - 0 , 11 - 0 , 7 - 0 )

March 18, 1991

Norway

7 – 2
( 2 - 0 , 3 - 1 , 2 - 1 )

March 20, 1991

Finland

12 – 0
( 2 - 0 , 5 - 0 , 5 - 0 )

March 20, 1991

France

4 – 1
( 0 - 0 , 2 - 1 , 2 - 0 )

March 21, 1991

Finland

11 – 0
( 7 - 0 , 2 - 0 , 2 - 0 )

March 21, 1991

Switzerland

8 – 1
( 1 - 0 , 2 - 1 , 5 - 0 )

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.	Great Britain	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 )

March 15, 1991

Denmark

4 – 0
( 2 - 0 , 2 - 0 , 0 - 0 )

March 16, 1991

Sweden

15 – 0
( 8 - 0 , 5 - 0 , 2 - 0 )

March 16, 1991

Germany

6 – 0
( 4 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 )

March 18, 1991

Sweden

16 – 0
( 4 - 0 , 4 - 0 , 8 - 0 )

March 18, 1991

Denmark

3 – 2
( 2 - 0 , 1 - 2 , 0 - 0 )

March 19, 1991

Sweden

12 – 1
( 4 - 1 , 3 - 0 , 5 - 0 )

March 19, 1991

2 – 2
( 0 - 2 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 )

March 21, 1991

Sweden

10 – 1
( 3 - 1 , 2 - 0 , 5 - 0 )

March 21, 1991

Denmark

3 – 0
( 2 - 0 , 0 - 0 , 1 - 0 )

Playoff Round

Consolation Round 9-10 Place

March 23, 1991

Great Britain

3 – 0
( 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 )

Consolation Round 7-8 Place

March 23, 1991

France

2 – 1
( 0 - 1 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 )

Consolation Round 5-6 Place

March 23, 1991

Switzerland

6 – 2
( 2 - 1 , 3 - 0 , 1 - 1 )

Match for third place

March 23, 1991

Denmark

2 – 1
(0 - 1, 0 - 0, 2 - 0)

Final

March 23, 1991

Finland

2 – 1
( 0 - 1 , 0 - 0 , 2 - 0 )

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	Compete in Group B in 1993
8.	Czechoslovakia	Compete in Group B in 1993
9.	Great Britain	Compete in Group B in 1993
10.	Netherlands	Compete in Group B in 1993

External links

(French) Hockey Archives - Championnats d'Europe féminins 1991

See also

IIHF European Women Championships

Women's ice hockey tournaments
Women's Olympic tournaments	1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018
World Women's Championships	1987 (unofficial) 1990 1992 1994 1997 1999 2000 2001 2003 2004 2005 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
World Women's U18 Championships	2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
European Women Championships	1989 1991 1993 1995 1996
IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia	2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Women's Pacific Rim Championship	1995 1996
Elite Women's Hockey League	2004 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18
European Women's Champions Cup	2004 2005 2006 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15
4 Nations Cup	1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Women's Nations Cup	2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
WHC Directorate Awards 1987 World Tournament 2011 IIHF 12 Nations Tournament

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