European women's ice hockey championship

The European Women's Ice Hockey Championship was the competition for national ice hockey teams from European countries held from 1989 to 1996 . Finland won the European Championship four times in a row , with Sweden winning the last tournament .

The European Championship was held in alternation with the World Championship and, with the exception of 1995, also served as a qualification for the World Championship. The World Championship has been played annually since 1997 (except in years with the Olympic Winter Games ), the European Championship has been discontinued.

In 1993 a B group was also set up for the weaker nations. The winner of the B group qualified for the A group of the following event.

Tournaments at a glance

year	host	European champion	2nd place	3rd place	B group	winner
1989	Düsseldorf and Ratingen ( Germany )	Finland	Sweden	Germany
1991	Frýdek-Místek and Havířov ( Czechoslovakia )	Finland	Sweden	Denmark
1993	Esbjerg ( Denmark )	Finland	Sweden	Norway	Kiev , Ukraine	Latvia
1995	Riga ( Latvia )	Finland	Sweden	Switzerland	Esbjerg , Gentofte and Odense , Denmark	Russia
1996	Yaroslavl ( Russia )	Sweden	Russia	Finland	Piešťany and Trnava , Slovakia	Denmark

Participants and placements

country	1989	1991	1993	1995	1996
Denmark	6th	3	6th	B2	B1
Germany	3	6th	4th	5	6th
Finland	1	1	1	1	3
France	-	7th	B3	B5	B5
Norway	4th	4th	3	4th	4th
Kazakhstan	-	-	-	-	B7
Latvia	-	-	B1	6th	B2
Netherlands	8th	10	-	B6	B6
Russia	-	-	-	B1	2
Sweden	2	2	2	2	1
Switzerland	5	5	5	3	5
Slovakia			-	B4	B4
Czech Republic			B2	B3	B3
Czechoslovakia	7th	8th
Ukraine	-	-	B5	B8	-
Great Britain	-	9	B4	B7	B8
Participant A group	8th	10	6th	6th	6th
Participant B group			5	8th	8th

Medal table

rank	country				total
1	Finland	4th	-	1	5
2	Sweden	1	4th	-	5
3	Russia	-	1	-	1
4th	Denmark	-	-	1	1
	Germany	-	-	1	1
	Norway	-	-	1	1
	Switzerland	-	-	1	1