1989 European Women's Ice Hockey Championship

	European women's ice hockey championship
		1989	next ►
	Winner: Finland

The 1st Women's Ice Hockey European Championship took place from April 3rd to 9th, 1989 in Düsseldorf and Ratingen in Germany . The teams in places 1 to 5 qualified for the 1st women's ice hockey world championship in the following year.

qualification

	Great Britain	2: 4 (0: 0, 1: 2, 1: 2) 2: 4 (0: 3, 1: 0, 1: 1)	Netherlands	Chelmsford , England Chelmsford, England
	Czechoslovakia	1: 1 (0: 0, 1: 1, 0: 0) 4: 1 (1: 0, 1: 0, 2: 1)	France	Plzeň , Czechoslovakia Beroun , Czechoslovakia

Preliminary round

Group 1

Games	SWE	NOR	SUI	NED	Gates	Pt.
1. Sweden		2-0	10: 3	12: 0	24: 03	6-0
2. Norway	0: 2		4: 4	14: 0	18: 06	3: 3
3. Switzerland	3:10	4: 4		17: 1	24:15	3: 3
4. Netherlands	0:12	0:14	1:17		01:43	0: 6

Group 2

Games	FIN	FRG	THE	ČSSR	Gates	Pt.
1. Finland		5-0	18: 0	34: 0	57: 00	6-0
2nd Federal Republic of Germany	0: 5		2-0	15: 0	17: 05	4: 2
3. Denmark	0:18	0: 2		6-0	06:20	2: 4
4. Czechoslovakia	0:34	0:15	0: 6		00:55	0: 6

Intermediate round

Play for 5th to 8th place	Denmark	2: 1 (1: 0, 1: 1, 0: 0)	Netherlands
	Switzerland	9: 3 (3: 3, 3: 0, 3: 0)	Czechoslovakia
Semifinals	Finland	9: 1 (2: 0, 5: 1, 2: 0)	Norway
	Sweden	4: 3 (2: 1, 2: 1, 0: 1)	BR Germany

Finals

Game for 7th place	Czechoslovakia	7: 1 (3: 0, 3: 0, 1: 1)	Netherlands
Play for 5th place	Switzerland	3: 1 (0: 0, 1: 1, 2: 0)	Denmark
3rd place match	BR Germany	2: 1 n.P. (0: 0, 1: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0)	Norway
final	Finland	7: 1 (4: 0, 1: 0, 2: 1)	Sweden

Master teams

European champion Finland	Liisa-Maria Sneck , Kati Ahonen - Katri Helena Luomajoki , Päivi Halonen , Tuija Kohonen , Maria Novitsky , Jaana Rautavoma , Anne Haanpää - Sari Fisk , Marianne Ihalainen , Johanna Ikonen , Katri Javanainen , Liisa Karikoski , Riikka Nieminen , Joana Peltonen , Tiina Pihala , Tiia Reima , Sari Krooks , Ulla Saarikko
Silver Sweden	Agneta Nilsson , Annica Åhlén - Eva-Lena Björk , Helena Nyberg , Karin Andersson , Maria Hedlund , Susanne Mörne , Tina Björk - Annika Persson , Annette Järvi , Camilla Kempe , Kristina Bergstrand , Lisa Plahn , Malin Persson , Pernilla Hallengren , Petra Jonsson , Petra Wickström , Susanne Ceder Trainer : Christer Höglund
Bronze Germany	Birgit Achtermann , Beate Bart , Kira Berger , Maria Ettensberger , Christina Fellner , Ilona Holliday , Sandra Kinza , Karin Korn , Brigitte Kuchler , Karin Obermaier , Cornelia Ostrowski , Claudia Patzold , Stefanie Putz , Elvira Saager , Silvia Schneegans , Monika Spring , Aurelia von the rhinestone trainer : Pia Sterner

Awards

Award	player	team
Top scorer	Kim Urech	Switzerland
Best goalkeeper	Maria Ettensberger	BR Germany
Best defender	Susanne Mörne	Sweden
Best attacker	Sari Krooks	Finland

All-Star Team

Attack:	Sari Krooks - Kim Urech - Marianne Ihalainen
Defense:	Sandra Kinza - Anne Haanpää
Goal:	Lene Rasmussen

literature

• Stephan Müller: International Ice Hockey Encyclopaedia: 1904 - 2005 . Books on Demand, Norderstedt, Germany 2005, ISBN 978-3-8334-4189-9 .

Web links

• European Women's Championship at hockeyarchives.info (French)
• Women's European Championship in the archive at Fraueneishockey-Deutschland (deu.)