1999 Women's Ice Hockey World Championship

	Ice Hockey World Championship for women
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	Winner: Canada

The 5th Women's Ice Hockey World Championship took place from March 8 to March 14, 1999 in the Finnish cities of Espoo and Vantaa . Canada remained unbeaten at the fifth World Cup and won their fifth title . For the first time, a B World Championship was held. The tournament was held from 21 to 28 March 1999 in the French Colmar instead. Japan was the first to be promoted to the A group.

The title fights for women should in future be held annually and not every two years as before. In addition, there should now also be a division into groups for women. In order to determine the respective group division, qualifying matches were held for women as early as 1998 . The top five of the 1997 Women's Ice Hockey World Championship (Canada, USA, Finland, China, Sweden) qualified directly for group A ; there are also three teams from qualification. The teams that failed in the qualification and Japan as the second best Asian team played in group B. The teams from Europe and Asia-Oceania, which have not been taken into account so far, each played a participant in two qualifications for next year's B World Cup.

Qualification for the A World Championship

A qualification was held in the run-up to the World Championships for the new group division among women. 10 teams were allowed to take part in this qualification. These were the teams in places 6-8 of the 1997 Women's World Cup (Russia, Switzerland, Norway) - the first five of this World Cup (Canada, USA, Finland, China, Sweden) were directly qualified for the A group -, the sixth of the A- European championship 1996 (Germany), as well as the best six teams of the B-European championship 1996 (Denmark, Latvia, Czech Republic, France, Netherlands). The qualification was held in two rounds. In the first round, the teams in places 3-6 of the 1996 European Women's B Championship (Czech Republic, Slovakia, France, Netherlands) played two participants in a tournament for the second qualifying round. These then met the remaining qualifiers there. The second round was held in two groups; the two group winners were directly qualified for the A-WM, the two runners-up played a third A-WM participant. The teams that failed in qualification then played in group B. The first phase of qualification was from 27. bis 29. January 1998 , the second phase from 23. bis 27. March 1998 discharged.

First qualifying round

Teams	CZE	FRA	SVK	NED	Gates	Pt.
1. Czech Republic		4: 2	7: 2	7: 2	18: 6	6-0
2. France	2: 4		4: 1	7: 1	13: 6	4: 2
3. Slovakia	2: 7	1: 4		4-0	7:11	2: 4
4. Netherlands	2: 7	1: 7	0: 4		3:18	0: 6

Second qualifying round

Group A (in Huttwil, Switzerland) Teams SUI NOR CZE LAT Gates Pt. 1. Switzerland 7: 1 3-0 6: 1 16: 2 6-0 2. Norway 1: 7 2: 2 6-0 9: 9 3: 3 3. Czech Republic 0: 3 2: 2 2: 1 4: 6 3: 3 4. Latvia 1: 6 0: 6 1: 2 2:14 0: 6

Group B (in Füssen, Germany) Teams GER RUS FRA DAN Gates Pt. 1. Germany  4: 1 10-0 12: 0 26: 1 6-0 2. Russia  1: 4 14: 1 3: 2 18: 7 4: 2 3. France 0:10 1:14 2: 1 3:25 2: 4 4. Denmark 0:12 2: 3 1: 2 3:17 0: 6

Game for the third A World Cup participant (in Füssen, Germany)

March 27, 1998

Feet

Russia

-

Norway

6: 1 (1: 0.4: 1.1: 0)

qualified for the A-WM:	Germany, Switzerland, Russia
qualified for the B-WM:	Norway, France, Czech Republic, Latvia, Denmark, Netherlands, Slovakia

A world championship

Women's World Cup 1999
Number of nations	8th
World Champion	Canada
silver	United States
bronze	Finland
Relegated	Switzerland
Venues	Espoo and Vantaa , Finland
Beginning	March 8, 1999
Endgame	April 14, 1999
Gates	138 (6.9 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Sami Jo Small
Best defender	Kirsi Hänninen
Best striker	Jenny Schmidgall
Top scorer	Jenny Schmidgall (12 points)

The A World Championship was held from March 8-14, 1999 in the Finnish cities of Espoo and Vantaa . The Canadian national team won the fifth world title with the 3-1 final victory over the USA at the fifth edition of the tournament. The Finnish national team secured the bronze medal in the small final with a victory over Sweden .

Preliminary round

Group A

March 8, 1999 4:30 p.m.

USA Shelley Looney (8:08) Jenny Schmidgall (17:57) Cammi Granato (26:03) Karyn Bye (31:53) J. Schmidgall (34:43) Krissy Wendell (35:29) S. Looney 44:02 Katie King (46:11) Brandy Fisher (53:35) Tricia Dunn (53:51)

10: 2 (2: 2, 4: 0, 4: 0) match report

Russia Tatyana Zaryova 14:22 Tatyana Burina (16:01)

LänsiAuto Areena , Espoo

March 8, 1999 4:30 p.m.

China

1: 3 (0: 2, 1: 0, 0: 1)

Sweden

Vantaa

March 9, 1999 8:00 p.m.

Sweden

0:11 (0: 3, 0: 4, 0: 4)

USA Ruggiero 00:58 Schmidgall 6:35 O'Sullivan 19:33 Bye 27:05 Merz 29:05 Grantato 34:50 King 36:34 Dunn 43:27 Granato 44:11 King 46:21 Wendell 58:11

Vantaa

March 9, 1999 4:30 p.m.

China

3: 2 (1: 0, 0: 2, 2: 0)

Russia

Vantaa

March 11, 1999 4:30 p.m.

Russia

0: 7 (0: 1, 0: 4, 0: 2)

Sweden

LänsiAuto Areena, Espoo

March 11, 1999 8:00 p.m.

USA Katie King (12:15) J. Schmidgall (25:59) Karyn Bye (36:52) K. Bye (42:20) Brandy Fisher (56:33) K. Bye (58:36)

6: 0 (1: 0, 2: 0, 3: 0)

China

Vantaa

Pl	country	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	United States	3	3	0	0	27 2	6th
2.	Sweden	3	2	0	1	10:12	4th
3.	People's Republic of China	3	1	0	2	04:11	2
4th	Russia	3	0	0	3	04:20	0

Group B

Teams	CAN	FIN	GER	SUI	Gates	Pt.
1. Canada		1-0	13: 0	10-0	24: 0	6-0
2. Finland	0: 1		9-0	7-0	16: 1	4: 2
3. Germany	0:13	0: 9		5: 4	5:26	2: 4
4. Switzerland	0:10	0: 7	4: 5		4:22	0: 6

Play-downs

First round
March 12, 1999	Vantaa	Germany	-	Russia	2: 6 (0: 1.1: 1.1: 4)
March 12, 1999	Vantaa	China	-	Switzerland	3: 2 (1: 2.1: 0.1: 0)
Relegation game for 7th place
March 14, 1999	Vantaa	Germany	-	Switzerland	3: 0 (0: 0.1: 0.2: 0)
Play for 5th place
March 14, 1999	Vantaa	China	-	Russia	4: 1 (3: 0.1: 1.0: 0)

Play-offs

Semifinals

March 13, 1999 2 p.m.

Canada Nancy Drolet (18:14) Nancy Drolet (30:18) Jayna Hefford (47:27) France St. Louis (57:10)

4: 1 (1: 0, 1: 1, 2: 0) game report

Sweden Tina Månsson (26:17)

LänsiAuto Areena , Espoo

March 13, 1999 7:30 p.m.

USA Natalie Darwitz (26:46) Natalie Darwitz (36:27) Krissy Wendell (55:00)

3: 1 (0: 1, 2: 0, 1: 0) game report

Finland Kirsi Hänninen (19:58)

LänsiAuto Areena, Espoo Spectators: 4,204

3rd place match

March 14, 1999

Finland

8: 2 (2: 1.4: 0.2: 1)

Sweden

Espoo

final

March 14, 1999

Canada C. Ouellette (31:53) D. Goyette (40:25) G. Heaney (42:47)

3: 1 (0: 0, 1: 1, 2: 0) game report

USA J. Schmidgall (29:09)

LänsiAuto Areena , Espoo Spectators: 5247

statistics

Best scorers

Source: IIHF
Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , Pkt = points, +/- = plus / minus , SM = penalty minutes; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-
Jenny Schmidgall	United States	5	5	7th	12	0	+9
Jayna Hefford	Canada	5	5	6th	11	0	+8
Kirsi Hänninen	Finland	5	5	5	10	2	+6
Petra Vaarakallio	Finland	5	3	7th	10	4th	+4
Sari fisk	Finland	5	4th	5	9	0	+3
Karyn Bye	United States	5	5	3	8th	2	+6
Nancy Drolet	Canada	5	4th	4th	8th	0	+6
Cammi Granato	United States	5	3	5	8th	0	+9
Hayley Wickenheiser	Canada	5	3	5	8th	8th	+5
Katie King	United States	5	4th	3	7th	2	+6

Best goalkeepers

Source: IIHF; Abbreviations: Sp = games, Min = ice time (in minutes), SaT = shots on goal, GT = goals conceded, SVS = shots saved, Sv% = shots saved (in%) , GTS = goal scored , SO = shutouts ; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	Min	SaT	GT	GTS	SVS	Sv%	SO
Sami Jo Small	Canada	3	180: 00	56	1	0.33	55	98.21	2
Kim St-Pierre	Canada	2	120: 00	34	1	0.50	33	97.06	1
Laurie Belliveau	United States	2	120: 00	23	2	1.00	21st	91.30	1
Erin Whitten	United States	3	179: 03	72	4th	1.34	68	94.44	1
Tuula Puputti	Finland	4th	237: 27	89	6th	1.52	83	93.26	1
Guo Hong	People's Republic of China	4th	195: 47	70	8th	2.45	62	88.57	0
Huo Lina	People's Republic of China	2	104: 13	66	6th	3.45	60	90.91	0
Irina Wotinzewa	Russia	4th	163: 40	96	11	4.03	85	88.54	0
Charlotte Göthesson	Sweden	5	294: 33	144	24	4.89	120	83.33	0
Stephanie Wartosch-Kürten	Germany	5	247: 53	147	21st	5.08	126	85.71	1
Irina Gaschennikova	Russia	3	158: 51	100	15th	5.67	85	85.00	0
Patricia Sautter	Switzerland	5	266: 15	226	26th	5.86	200	88.50	0

Awards

Player trophies

• Best goalkeeper: Sami Jo Small
• Best defender: Kirsi Hänninen
• Best striker: Jenny Schmidgall

All-Star Team

• Goalkeeper: Sami Jo Small
• Defense: Sue Merz , Kirsi Hänninen
• Attack: Hayley Wickenheiser , Jenny Schmidgall , Jayna Hefford

Final placement of the A-WM

Pl	team
1	Canada
2	United States
3	Finland
4th	Sweden
5	People's Republic of China
6th	Russia
7th	Germany
8th	Switzerland

Master teams

World Champion Canada	Amanda Benoit , Jennifer Botterill , Thérèse Brisson , Cassie Campbell , Nancy Drolet , Lori Dupuis , Danielle Goyette , Geraldine Heaney , Jayna Hefford , Becky Kellar , Mai-Lan Lê , Caroline Ouellette , Cheryl Pounder , Natalie Rivard , Sami Jo Small , Fiona Smith , France St. Louis , Kim St-Pierre , Vicky Sunohara , Hayley Wickenheiser Trainer: Daniele Sauvageau
Silver USA	Chris Bailey , Laurie Belliveau , Alana Blahoski , Karyn Bye , Amy Coelho , Natalie Darwitz , Tricia Dunn , Brandy Fisher , Cammi Granato , Catherine Hanson , Sara Hood , Katie King , Shelley Looney , Sue Merz , Tara Mounsey , Stephanie O'Sullivan , Angela Ruggiero , Jenny Schmidgall , Krissy Wendell , Erin Whitten Trainer: Ben Smith
Bronze Finland	Pirjo Ahonen , Sari Fisk , Päivi Halonen , Satu Huotari , Minna-Riikka Hurskainen , Kirsi Hänninen , Sanna Kanerva , Kati Kovalainen , Sari Krooks , Sanna Lankosaari , Katja Lehto , Katri Helena Luomajoki , Tiina Paananen , Tuula Puputti , Karoliina Rantamäki , Tiia Reima , Katja Riipi , Maria Selin , Hanne Sikiö , Petra Vaarakallio

Title, promotion and relegation

1999 Canada ice hockey world champion

Relegated	Switzerland
Newcomers:	Japan

B world championship

Preliminary round

Group A Teams JPN NOR DAN LAT Gates Pt. 1. Japan 4-0 6-0 6: 2 16: 2 6-0 2. Norway 0: 4 2: 4 3-0 5: 8 2: 4 3. Denmark 0: 6 4: 2 1: 3 5:11 2: 4 4. Latvia 2: 6 0: 3 3: 1 5:10 2: 4

Group B Teams FRA CZE SVK NED Gates Pt. 1. France 2: 2 3-0 9: 1 14: 3 5: 1 2. Czech Republic 2: 2 3: 2 9-0 14: 4 5: 1 3. Slovakia 0: 3 2: 3 4: 2 6: 8 2: 4 4. Netherlands 1: 9 0: 9 2: 4 3:22 0: 6

Play-downs against relegation

First round
March 26, 1999	Colmar	Slovakia	-	Latvia	0: 8 (0: 2.0: 5.0: 1)
March 26, 1999	Colmar	Denmark	-	Netherlands	9: 1 (2: 1.4: 0.3: 0)
Game for 7th place
March 28, 1999	Colmar	Slovakia	-	Netherlands	8: 7 (5: 4.1: 1.2: 2)
Play for 5th place
March 28, 1999	Colmar	Latvia	-	Denmark	5: 3 (2: 0.1: 1.2: 2)

Play-offs for promotion

Semifinals
March 26, 1999	Colmar	France	-	Norway	2: 3 (1: 2.1: 0.0: 1)
March 26, 1999	Colmar	Japan	-	Czech Republic	2: 1 (1: 0.1: 1.0: 0)
3rd place match
March 28, 1999	Colmar	France	-	Czech Republic	5: 4 (2: 3.1: 0.2: 1)
final
March 28, 1999	Colmar	Japan	-	Norway	7: 1 (2: 1.3: 0.2: 0)

Final placement of the B-WM

Pl	team
1	Japan
2	Norway
3	France
4th	Czech Republic
5	Latvia
6th	Denmark
7th	Slovakia
8th	Netherlands

Ascent and descent

B-World Champion 1999:	Japan
Promoted to the A group:	Japan
Relegated from the A group:	Switzerland
Relegated from group B:	Slovakia, Netherlands
Moving up to the B group:	Italy, Kazakhstan

Qualification for the B World Championship 2000

Qualification Europe (in Székesfehérvár, Hungary)

The games were held from 19th bis 21st March 1999 instead

Teams	ITA	GBR	HUN	RSA	Gates	Pt.
1. Italy		4: 1	8: 1	7: 1	19: 3	6-0
2. Great Britain	1: 4		9: 1	22: 0	32: 5	4: 2
3. Hungary	1: 8	1: 9		6-0	8:17	2: 4
4. South Africa	1: 7	0:22	0: 6		1:35	0: 6

Asia qualification

March 19, 1999	Pyongyang	North Korea	-	Kazakhstan	3: 4
March 21, 1999	Almaty	Kazakhstan	-	North Korea	+ 5: 0 wt.

+ North Korea waived

qualified for the B-WM 2000 :

Italy, Kazakhstan

Web links

• Championnats du Monde féminins 1999 at hockeyarchives.info
• 1999 Women's World Hockey Championship at whockey.com
• Statistics and match results ( Memento of November 4, 1999 in the Internet Archive )
• Media coverage at canoe.ca

Individual evidence

1. ↑ iihf.net, Scoring Leaders ( Memento from January 18, 2000 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ iihf.net, Leading Goaltenders GAA ( Memento from January 18, 2000 in the Internet Archive )