1996 IIHF European Women Championships

The 1996 IIHF European Women Championships were the sixth and final holding of the IIHF European Women Championships. The tournaments were held in March 1996, with Pool A playing in Yaroslavl, Russia during 23–29 March and Pool B playing in Trnava and Piešťany, Slovakia during 12–16 March.

The format remained unchanged from the previous year, with promoted Russia replacing relegated Denmark in the Pool A tournament.

The tournament was the final European Championship ever to be held, as the International Ice Hockey Federation expanded the World Championships to include tiered divisions.

European Championship Group A
1996 IIHF European Women's Championship
Pool A
Tournament details
Host country Russia
Dates23–29 March
Teams6
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Sweden (1st title)
Runner-up  Russia
Third place  Finland
Fourth place Norway
Tournament statistics
Games played15
Goals scored95 (6.33 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Russia Yekaterina Pashkevich (6+3=9)

Teams & Format

Six teams completed in Pool A, with Russia joining the group after winning the 1995 Pool B tournament. The teams were:

A single round-robin tournament was played between the teams, with the top ranked team winning the championship.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Sweden 5 4 1 0 20 11 +9 9
2  Russia 5 4 0 1 17 15 +2 8
3  Finland 5 3 0 2 26 5 +21 6
4  Norway 5 2 0 3 14 21 −7 4
5   Switzerland 5 1 0 4 11 23 −12 2
6  Germany 5 0 1 4 7 20 −13 1
Source:

Results
23 March 1996Norway 3 – 6
( 0 – 2, 1 – 3, 2 – 1 )		 SwedenYaroslavl
23 March 1996Germany 2 – 3
( 0 – 1, 1 – 0, 1 – 2 )		  SwitzerlandYaroslavl
23 March 1996Finland 2 – 3
( 2 – 0, 0 – 2, 0 – 1 )		 RussiaYaroslavl
24 March 1996Sweden 2 – 2
( 0 – 0, 0 – 1, 2 – 1 )		 GermanyYaroslavl
24 March 1996Finland 7 – 0
( 3 – 0, 1 – 0, 3 – 0 )		 NorwayYaroslavl
24 March 1996Switzerland 3 – 4
( 0 – 1, 1 – 3, 2 – 0 )		 RussiaYaroslavl
26 March 1996Germany 0 – 8
( 0 – 2, 0 – 3, 0 – 3 )		 FinlandYaroslavl
26 March 1996Sweden 6 – 3
( 2 – 1, 0 – 1, 4 – 1 )		  SwitzerlandYaroslavl
26 March 1996Russia 5 – 4
( 1 – 1, 1 – 2, 3 – 1 )		 NorwayYaroslavl
27 March 1996Switzerland 0 – 8
( 0 – 3, 0 – 2, 0 – 3 )		 FinlandYaroslavl
27 March 1996Norway 4 – 1
( 3 – 0, 0 – 0, 1 – 1 )		 GermanyYaroslavl
27 March 1996Sweden 4 – 2
( 2 – 0, 1 – 1, 1 – 1 )		 RussiaYaroslavl
29 March 1996Switzerland 2 – 3
( 1 – 1, 0 – 1, 1 – 1 )		 NorwayYaroslavl
29 March 1996Finland 1 – 2
( 0 – 1, 0 – 1, 1 – 0 )		 SwedenYaroslavl
29 March 1996Russia 3 – 2
( 2 – 0, 1 – 2, 0 – 0 )		 GermanyYaroslavl

Champions
 1996 IIHF European Women Championship winners 

Sweden
1st title

Awards

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player GP G A Pts POS
Russia Yekaterina Pashkevich5639F
Finland Sanna Lankosaari5718F
Switzerland Kathrin Lehmann5707F
Norway Camilla Hille5347F
Finland Petra Vaarakallio5347F
Russia Yulia Perova5426F
Sweden Tina Månsson5336D
Finland Tiia Reima5336F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: [1]

Rosters
MedalTeamPlayers
1st place, gold medalist(s) SwedenAnnica Åhlén, Lotta Almblad, Gunilla Andersson, Pernilla Burholm, Susanne Ceder, Minna Dunder, Ann-Louise Edstrand, Joa Elfsberg, Åsa Elfving, Anne Ferm, Charlotte Götesson, Ann-Sofie Gustafsson, Erika Holst, Marita Johansson, Camilla Kempe, Åsa Lidström, Tina Månsson, Pia Morelius, Ann-Britt Nordqvist, Maria Rooth
2nd place, silver medalist(s) RussiaIrina Gashennikova, Svetlana Gavrilova, Nataliya Kozlova, Tatyana Malysheva, Rada Maslennikova, Larisa Mishina, Mariya Misropyan, Svetlana Nikolayeva, Yelena Osipova, Yekaterina Pashkevich, Yuliya Perova, Lyudmila Reshetnikova, Elena Rodikova, Zhanna Shchelchkova, Violetta Simonova, Svetlana Trefilova, Tatyana Tsareva, Yuliya Voronina, Irina Votintseva, Lyudmila Yurlova
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) FinlandKati Ahonen, Sari Fisk, Anne Haanpaa, Päivi Halonen, Kirsi Hänninen, Johanna Hirvinen, Satu Huotari, Marianne Ihalainen, Johanna Ikonen, Kati Kovalainen, Tuija Kuusisto, Sanna Lankosaari, Marika Lehtimäki, Katri-Helena Luomajoki, Jonna Norppa-Rahkola, Marja-Helena Pälvilä, Tiia Reima, Maria Selin, Petra Vaarakallio

[2]

European Championship Group B
1996 IIHF European Women's Championship
Pool B
Tournament details
Host country Slovakia
Dates12–16 March
Teams8
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Denmark (2nd title)
Runner-up  Latvia
Third place  Czech Republic
Fourth place Slovakia
Tournament statistics
Games played16
Goals scored103 (6.44 per game)
Attendance13,225 (827 per match)
Scoring leader(s)Netherlands Marion Pepels (5+4=9)

Teams & Format

The eight teams that competed in Pool B were:

Kazakhstan replaced Ukraine after they withdrew from the competition.

The teams were split into two groups of four teams as below. At the end of the group stage, the teams would play the team that finished in the same position in the opposite group in a playoff match, i.e. Winner of Group A played Winner of Group B for the Gold Medal.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Latvia 3 3 0 0 11 4 +7 6
2  Slovakia 3 2 0 1 9 7 +2 4
3  France 3 1 0 2 9 12 −3 2
4  Kazakhstan 3 0 0 3 5 11 −6 0
Source:

Results
12 March 1996
11:30 am		Latvia 4 – 2
( 2 – 0, 1 – 2, 1 – 0 )		 KazakhstanTrnava
12 March 1996
6:30 pm		Slovakia 6 – 3
( 3 – 1, 1 – 2, 2 – 0 )		 FranceTrnava
13 March 1996
3:00 pm		France 1 – 4
( 0 – 3, 1 – 1, 0 – 0 )		 LatviaTrnava
13 March 1996
6:30 pm		Slovakia 2 – 1
( 1 – 1, 0 – 0, 1 – 0 )		 KazakhstanTrnava
15 March 1996
10:00 am		Kazakhstan 2 – 5
( 0 – 3, 1 – 0, 1 – 2 )		 FranceTrnava
15 March 1996
5:00 pm		Latvia 3 – 1
( 1 – 0, 1 – 0, 1 – 1 )		 SlovakiaTrnava

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Denmark 3 3 0 0 13 4 +9 6
2  Czech Republic 3 1 1 1 14 10 +4 3
3  Netherlands 3 1 1 1 12 8 +4 3
4  Great Britain 3 0 0 3 2 19 −17 0
Source:

Results
12 March 1996
3:00 pm		Czech Republic 4 – 4
( 2 – 1, 2 – 2, 0 – 1 )		 NetherlandsTrnava
12 March 1996Denmark 5 – 0
( 0 – 0, 3 – 0, 2 – 0 )		 Great BritainPiešťany
13 March 1996
2:30 pm		Netherlands 1 – 3
( 1 – 1, 1 – 2, 0 – 1 )		 DenmarkPiešťany
13 March 1996
5:30 pm		Czech Republic 7 – 1
( 1 – 0, 0 – 1, 6 – 0 )		 Great BritainPiešťany
15 March 1996
1:30 pm		Denmark 5 – 3
( 2 – 0, 2 – 1, 1 – 2 )		 Czech RepublicTrnava
15 March 1996
4:00 pm		Great Britain 1 – 7
( 1 – 1, 0 – 2, 0 – 4 )		 NetherlandsPiešťany

Consolation round 7–8 place
16 March 1996
11:00 am		Great Britain 4 – 5 OT
( 2 – 1, 1 – 2, 1 – 1, 0 – 1 )		 KazakhstanTrnava

Consolation round 5–6 place
16 March 1996
3:00 pm		France 7 – 3
( 3 – 1, 1 – 0, 3 – 2 )		 NetherlandsPiešťany

Match for third place
16 March 1996
2:45 pm		Czech Republic 5 – 2
( 0 – 1, 4 – 1, 1 – 0 )		 SlovakiaTrnava

Final
16 March 1996
6:30 pm		Latvia 0 – 3
( 0 – 2, 0 – 1, 0 – 0 )		 DenmarkTrnava

Final standings
Rk. Team Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) SwedenQualified for the 1997 World Championships
2nd place, silver medalist(s) RussiaQualified for the 1997 World Championships
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) FinlandQualified for the 1997 World Championships
4. NorwayQualified for the 1997 World Championships
5.  SwitzerlandQualified for the 1997 World Championships
6. GermanyQualified for the 1999 World Championships Qualification Tournament
7. DenmarkQualified for the 1999 World Championships Qualification Tournament
8. LatviaQualified for the 1999 World Championships Qualification Tournament
9. Czech RepublicQualified for the 1999 World Championships Pre-Qualification Tournament
10. SlovakiaQualified for the 1999 World Championships Pre-Qualification Tournament
11. FranceQualified for the 1999 World Championships Pre-Qualification Tournament
12. NetherlandsQualified for the 1999 World Championships Pre-Qualification Tournament
13. KazakhstanQualified for the 2000 World Championships Pool B Qualification Tournament
14. Great BritainQualified for the 2000 World Championships Pool B Qualification Tournament

See also

References
  1. Biller, Philippe. "Championnats d'Europe féminins 1996 de hockey sur glace". HockeyArchives.info (in French). Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  2. Malolepszy, Tomasz (2013). European Ice Hockey Championship Results: Since 1910. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 158.
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