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1997 IIHF World Women's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Dates	March 31 - April 6
Teams	8
Venue(s)	Brantford, Brampton, Hamilton, Kitchener, London, Mississauga, North York (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Canada (4th title)
Runner-up	United States
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	China
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	129 (6.45 per match)
Attendance	60,418 (3,021 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Riikka Nieminen 10 points
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The 1997 IIHF World Women's Championships was held March 31-April 6, 1997, in seven Canadian cities all in the Province of Ontario. Team Canada won their 4th consecutive gold medal at the World Championships defeating the United States in a repeat of the previous three finals, however this time the United States took Canada in the closest final so far, losing in overtime. Finland picked up their fourth consecutive bronze medal, with a win over China who made the Semi-Final for the second consecutive year.

This tournament also served as the qualifier for the Nagano Olympics, with the top five finishers joining host Japan. Sweden defeated first Switzerland, then Russia, in the consolation round to join the four semi-finalists in the Olympics.

Qualification

The following teams participated in the championship. Qualification was the top three from the 1996 Pacific Rim Championship, and the top five from the 1996 European Championship.

• Pacific Rim Championship:
  
  
  
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     Canada
    
  
  
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     China
    
  
  
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     United States
    
  
  
  
  


• European Championship:
  
  
  
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     Finland
    
  
  
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     Norway
    
  
  
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     Russia
    
  
  
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      Switzerland
    
  
  
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     Sweden
    
  
  
  
  

Final tournament

The eight participating teams were divided up into two seeded groups as below. The teams played each other once in a single round robin format. The top two teams from the group proceeded to the Final Round, while the remaining teams played in the Consolation Round.

First round

Group A

Standings

Rk.	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1.	Canada	3	3	0	0	22	2	+20	6
2.	China	3	2	0	1	18	12	+6	4
3.	Russia	3	0	1	2	6	18	-12	1
4.	Switzerland	3	0	1	2	6	20	-14	1

Results

All times local

March 31, 1997 7:00 pm

China

6 – 2 ( 3 - 0, 2 - 2, 1 - 0)

Russia

Hamilton Attendance: 750

March 31, 1997 7:30 pm

Canada

6 – 0 ( 1 - 0 , 2 - 0 , 3 - 0 )

Switzerland

Kitchener Attendance: 3,889

April 1, 1997 7:00 pm

China

11 – 3 ( 5 - 2 , 3 - 0 , 3 - 1 )

Switzerland

Mississauga Attendance: 1,207

April 1, 1997 7:30 pm

Canada

9 – 1 ( 3 - 0 , 3 - 0 , 3 - 1 )

Russia

Kitchener Attendance: 5,559

April 3, 1997 7:30 pm

Switzerland

3 – 3 ( 1 - 0 , 2 - 3 , 0 - 0 )

Russia

North York Attendance: 1,089

April 3, 1997 7:30 pm

Canada

7 – 1 ( 5 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 1 )

China

Kitchener Attendance: 5,457

Group B

Standings

Rk.	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1.	United States	3	2	1	0	20	3	+17	5
2.	Finland	3	2	1	0	18	3	+15	5
3.	Sweden	3	0	1	2	2	17	-15	1
4.	Norway	3	0	1	2	2	19	-17	1

Results

All times local

March 31, 1997 4:00 pm

Norway

0 – 7 ( 0 - 2 , 0 - 3 , 0 - 2 )

United States

Kitchener Attendance: 3,100

March 31, 1997 4:00 pm

Finland

5 – 0 ( 3 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 )

Sweden

Brampton

April 1, 1997 4:00 pm

Norway

2 – 2 ( 2 - 0 , 0 - 1 , 0 - 1 )

Sweden

Kitchener Attendance: 3,068

April 1, 1997 7:00 pm

Finland

3 – 3 ( 1 - 2 , 0 - 1 , 2 - 0 )

United States

Brantford

April 3, 1997 7:00 pm

Norway

0 – 10 ( 0 - 3 , 0 - 3 , 0 - 4 )

Finland

Kitchener Attendance: 3,401

April 3, 1997 7:00 pm

United States

10 – 0 ( 4 - 0 , 3 - 0 , 3 - 0 )

Sweden

London Attendance: 3,472

Playoff Round

Consolation Round 5-8 Place

April 4, 1997 4:00 pm

Sweden

7 – 1 ( 2 - 0 , 1 - 1 , 4 - 0 )

Switzerland

Kitchener Attendance: 3,301

April 4, 1997 7:30 pm

Russia

2 – 1 ( 1 - 1 , 1 - 0 , 0 - 0 )

Norway

Kitchener Attendance: 2,849

Consolation Round 7-8 Place

April 6, 1997 2:00 pm

Switzerland

1 – 0 ( 0 - 0 , 0 - 0 , 1 - 0 )

Norway

Kitchener Attendance: 565

Consolation Round 5-6 Place

April 6, 1997 1:00 pm

Russia

1 – 3 ( 1 - 0 , 0 - 2 , 0 - 1 )

Sweden

Kitchener Attendance: 2,471

Final round

	Semi finals 5 April 1997					Finals 6 April 1997
	A1	Canada	2			Gold Medal Game (OT)
	B2	Finland	1
						Canada		4
						United States		3
	B1	United States	6
	A2	China	0			Bronze Medal Game
						Finland		3
						China		0

Semifinals

April 5, 1997 1:00 pm

Canada

2 – 1 ( 0 - 1 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 )

Finland

Kitchener Attendance: 4,963

April 5, 1997 5:00 pm

United States

6 – 0 ( 2 - 0 , 2 - 0 , 2 - 0)

China

Kitchener Attendance: 3,832

Match for third place

April 6, 1997 4:00 pm

Finland

3 – 0 ( 0 - 0 , 0 - 0 , 3 - 0 )

China

Kitchener

Final

April 6, 1997

Canada

4 – 3 ( 1 - 0 , 1 - 2 , 1 - 1 , 1 - 0 )

United States

Kitchener Attendance: 6,247

Champions

1997 IIHF World Women Championship Winners
Canada 4th title

Tournament Awards

The following was selected as the All-Star team of the tournament:

• Goaltender - Patricia Sauter Switzerland  
  


• Defence - Cassie Campbell Canada 
  


• Defence - Kelly O'Leary United States 
  


• Forward - Hayley Wickenheiser Canada 
  


• Forward - Cammi Granato United States 
  


• Forward - Riikka Nieminen Finland 
  

Final standings

Rk.	Team	Notes
	Canada	Qualified for the 1998 Winter Olympic Games
	United States	Qualified for the 1998 Winter Olympic Games
	Finland	Qualified for the 1998 Winter Olympic Games
4.	China	Qualified for the 1998 Winter Olympic Games
5.	Sweden	Qualified for the 1998 Winter Olympic Games
6.	Russia	Qualified for the 1999 World Championships Qualification Tournament
7.	Switzerland	Qualified for the 1999 World Championships Qualification Tournament
8.	Norway	Qualified for the 1999 World Championships Qualification Tournament

Scoring leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts
Riikka Nieminen	5	5	5	10
Hayley Wickenheiser	5	4	5	9
Cammi Granato	5	5	3	8
Tiia Reima	5	4	4	8
Cassie Campbell	5	2	6	8
Nancy Drolet	5	4	2	6
Shelley Looney	5	4	2	6
Karyn Bye	5	4	2	6
Liu Hongmei	5	3	3	6
Guo Wei	5	3	3	6

References

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External links

• Summary from the Women's Hockey Net


• Detailed summary from passionhockey.com