1993 IIHF European Women Championships

The 1993 IIHF European Women Championships were held between 22 and 27 March 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 system between them.

1993 IIHF European Women's Championship
Pool A
Tournament details
Host country Denmark
Dates24–27 March
Teams6
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Finland (3rd title)
Runner-up  Sweden
Third place  Norway
Fourth place Germany
Tournament statistics
Games played9
Goals scored89 (9.89 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Finland Hanna Teerijoki
(13 points)

The top six teams from the 1991 tournament qualified for the Pool A tournament in Esbjerg, Denmark, while the remaining nations played in Ukraine, as Ukraine entering their first tournament.

Teams & Format

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

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

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD 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
Source:

Results
March 24, 1993Norway 5 – 2
( 1 - 2 , 2 - 0 , 2 - 0 )		  SwitzerlandEsbjerg
March 25, 1993Finland 17 – 1
( 10 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 6 - 1 )		  SwitzerlandEsbjerg
March 26, 1993Finland 8 – 3
( 2 - 1 , 4 - 0 , 2 - 2 )		 NorwayEsbjerg

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD 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
Source:

Results
March 24, 1993Germany 6 – 4
( 2 - 3 , 0 - 1 , 4 - 0 )		 DenmarkEsbjerg
March 25, 1993Sweden 10 – 3
( 3 - 0 , 2 - 2 , 5 - 1 )		 GermanyEsbjerg
March 26, 1993Sweden 6 – 0
( 3 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 2 - 0 )		 DenmarkEsbjerg

Playoffs

Consolation round 5-6 Place
March 27, 1993Switzerland 4 – 1
( 0 - 0 , 3 - 1 , 1 - 0 )		 DenmarkEsbjerg

Match for third place
March 27, 1993Norway 6 – 3
(1 - 1, 3 - 1, 2 - 1)		 GermanyEsbjerg

Final
March 27, 1993Finland 8 – 2
( 3 - 2 , 3 - 0 , 2 - 0 )		 SwedenEsbjerg

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 Ukraine
Dates22–27 March
Teams5
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Latvia (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Games played10
Goals scored36 (3.6 per game)

Teams & Format

The five teams that playing the first Pool B were:

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.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD 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  Great Britain 4 1 1 2 4 11 −7 3
5  Ukraine 4 1 0 3 1 5 −4 2
Source:

Results
March 22, 1993Latvia 4 – 3
( 2 - 0 , 1 - 1 , 1 - 2 )		 FranceKyiv
March 22, 1993Czech Republic 3 – 0
( 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 )		 UkraineKyiv
March 23, 1993Latvia 3 – 1
( 1 - 0 , 0 - 0 , 2 - 1 )		 Czech RepublicKyiv
March 23, 1993Great Britain 1 – 0
( 1 - 0 , 0 - 0 , 0 - 0 )		 UkraineKyiv
March 24, 1993France 7 – 2
( 3 - 1 , 3 - 0 , 1 - 1 )		 Great BritainKyiv
March 25, 1993Ukraine 1 – 0
( 0 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 0 - 0 )		 LatviaKyiv
March 26, 1993Latvia 3 – 0
( 1 - 0 , 2 - 0 , 0 - 0 )		 Great BritainKyiv
March 26, 1993Czech Republic 3 – 2
( 1 - 1 , 2 - 0 , 0 - 1 )		 FranceKyiv
March 27, 1993Czech Republic 1 – 1
( 1 - 1 , 0 - 0 , 0 - 0 )		 Great BritainKyiv
March 27, 1993France 1 – 0
( 1 - 0 , 0 - 0 , 0 - 0 )		 UkraineKyiv

Final standings
Rk. TeamNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s) FinlandQualified for 1994 World Championship
2nd place, silver medalist(s) SwedenQualified for 1994 World Championship
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) NorwayQualified for 1994 World Championship
4. GermanyQualified for 1994 World Championship
5.  SwitzerlandQualified for 1994 World Championship
6. DenmarkRelegated to Pool B for 1995 European Championship
7. LatviaPromoted to Pool A for 1995 European Championship
8. Czech Republic
9. France
10. Great Britain
11. Ukraine

See also
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