1990 Women's Ice Hockey World Championship

	Ice Hockey World Championship for women
		1990	next ►
	Winner: Canada

The women's ice hockey world championship was held for the first time in 1990. The first tournament of the eight best women's hockey crews of took place from 19 to 25 March in Ottawa in Canada instead. In addition to hosts Canada and the USA, the 5 best teams from the European ice hockey championship in 1989 (Finland, Sweden, Germany, Norway, Switzerland) and the Asian champions in 1988, with runner-up Japan representing the renouncing champions China, qualified. First Ice Hockey World Women's Champion was Canada. The best scorer of the tournament was the American Cindy Curley with eleven goals and twelve assists.

Preliminary round

Group A Teams CAN SWE FRG JPN Gates Pt. 1. Canada 15: 1 17: 0 18: 0 50: 1 6-0 2. Sweden 1:15 7-0 11: 4 19:19 4: 2 3rd Federal Republic of Germany 0:17 0: 7 4: 1 4:25 2: 4 4. Japan 0:18 4:11 1: 4 5:33 0: 6

Group B Teams United States FIN SUI NOR Gates Pt. 1. USA 5: 4 16: 3 17: 0 38: 7 6-0 2. Finland 4: 5 10-0 10: 1 24: 6 4: 2 3. Switzerland 3:16 0:10 8: 3 11:29 2: 4 4. Norway 0:17 1:10 3: 8 4:35 0: 6

Placement games for places 5–8

Play for places 5-8
March 24, 1990	Ottawa	Switzerland	-	Japan	5: 4 (1: 1.3: 1.1: 2)
March 24, 1990	Ottawa	BR Germany	-	Norway	3: 6 (2: 3.1: 1.0: 2)
Game for 7th place
March 25, 1990	Ottawa	BR Germany	-	Japan	9: 2 (2: 1.1: 1.6: 0)
Play for 5th place
March 25, 1990	Ottawa	Switzerland	-	Norway	7: 6 (3: 2.0: 2.4: 2)

Play-offs

Semifinals
March 24, 1990	Ottawa	United States	-	Sweden	10: 3 (4: 3.3: 0.3: 0)
March 24, 1990	Ottawa	Canada	-	Finland	6: 5 (3: 1.3: 2.0: 2)
3rd place match
March 25, 1990	Ottawa	Finland	-	Sweden	6: 3 (2: 1.4: 2.0: 0)
final
March 25, 1990	Ottawa	Canada	-	United States	5: 2 (2: 2.1: 0.2: 0)

Master teams

World Champion Canada	Denise Caron , Cathy Phillips - Judy Diduck , Geraldine Heaney , Theresa Hutchinson , Dawn McGuire , Diane Michaud , Brenda Richard - Shirley Cameron , Heather Ginzel , Angela James , France Montour , Kim Ratushny , Sue Scherer , Laura Schuler , France St. Louis , Vicky Sunohara , Margot Verlaan , Stacy Wilson , Susie Yuen Trainer: Dave McMaster
Silver USA	Lauren Apollo , Beth Beagan , Lisa Brown , Tina Cardinale , Heidi Chalupnik , Cindy Curley , Shawna Davidson , Maria Dennis , Kelly Dyer , Kimberley Eisenreid , Cammi Granato , Mary Jones , Sue Merz , Kelly O'Leary , Kelly Owen , Judy Parish , Yvonne Percy , Julie Sasner , Jeanine Sobek , Sharon Stidsen Trainer: Don Macleod
Bronze Finland	Ritva Ahola , Anne Haanpää , Päivi Halonen , Kirsi Hirvonen , Minna Honkanen , Marianne Ihalainen , Johanna Ikonen , Katri Javanainen , Liisa Karikoski , Sari Krooks , Katja Lavonius , Marika Lehtimäki , Katri Helena Luomajoki , Leena Majaranta , Riikka Nieminen , Leena Pajunen , Tiina Pihala , Jaana Rautavuoma , Tiia Reima , Liisa-Maria Sneck

Final placement of the World Cup

Pl	team
1	Canada
2	United States
3	Finland
4th	Sweden
5	Switzerland
6th	Norway
7th	BR Germany
8th	Japan

Web links

• Wayne Scanlan: Canada 5, United States 2
• 1990 Women's World Hockey Championship