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1992 IIHF Women's World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Finland
DatesApril 20–26, 1992
Opened byMauno Koivisto
Teams8
Final positions
Champions  Canada (2nd title)
Runner-up  United States
Third place  Finland
Fourth place Sweden
Tournament statistics
Games played20
Goals scored163 (8.15 per game)
Attendance18,540 (927 per game)
Scoring leader(s)United States Cammi Granato (8+2=10pts)

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The 1992 IIHF Women's World Championships was held April 20–26, 1992, in Tampere in Finland.[where?] Team Canada won their second gold medal at the World Championships, defeating the United States.[1]

The tournament was held between eight teams. Canada and the United States received automatic qualification to the tournament. In addition, the top five teams from the 1991 European Championship would be joined by the winner of the 1992 Asian Qualification Tournament.

Asian Qualification Tournament (China)

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1 January 1991China 10-0 JapanBaqu Arena, Harbin
3 January 1991China 7-3 JapanBaqu Arena, Harbin

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.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 3 3 0 0 24 1 +23 6 Advanced to Final round
2  Sweden 3 2 0 1 11 9 +2 4
3  China 3 1 0 2 7 16 −9 2 Sent to Consolation round
4  Denmark 3 0 0 3 3 19 −16 0

All times local (UTC+4)

April 20, 1992Canada 8–0
( 3 – 0 , 4 – 0 , 1 – 0 )		 ChinaTampere, Finland
April 20, 1992Sweden 4–1
( 2 – 1 , 1 – 0 , 1 – 0 )		 DenmarkTampere, Finland
April 21, 1992China 2–6
( 1 – 1 , 1 – 2 , 0 – 3 )		 SwedenTampere, Finland
April 21, 1992Denmark 0–10
( 0 – 4 , 0 – 2 , 0 – 4 )		 CanadaTampere, Finland
April 23, 1992Denmark 2–5
( 0 – 0 , 1 – 2 , 1 – 3 )		 ChinaTampere, Finland
April 23, 1992Canada 6–1
( 2 – 0 , 1 – 0 , 3 – 1 )		 SwedenTampere, Finland
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 0 31 4 +27 6 Advanced to Final round
2  Finland 3 2 0 1 27 9 +18 4
3  Norway 3 1 0 2 8 21 −13 2 Sent to Consolation round
4   Switzerland 3 0 0 3 2 34 −32 0

All times local (UTC+4)

April 20, 1992United States 17–0
( 6 – 0 , 4 – 0 , 7 – 0 )		  SwitzerlandTampere, Finland
April 20, 1992Finland 11–3
( 6 – 1 , 2 – 2 , 3 – 0 )		 NorwayTampere, Finland
April 21, 1992Norway 1–9
( 1 – 1 , 0 – 4 , 0 – 4 )		 United StatesTampere, Finland
April 21, 1992Switzerland 1–13
( 0 – 2 , 0 – 8 , 1 – 3 )		 FinlandTampere, Finland
April 23, 1992Norway 4–1
( 1 – 0 , 2 – 0 , 1 – 1 )		  SwitzerlandTampere, Finland
April 23, 1992Finland 3–5
( 2 – 1 , 1 – 1 , 0 – 3 )		 United StatesTampere, Finland

Consolation round 5–8 Place

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April 24, 1992China 2–1
(1–0, 0–1, 0–1, 0–0, 1–0 )		  SwitzerlandTampere, Finland
April 24, 1992Norway 2–0
( 1 – 0 , 1 – 0 , 0 – 0 )		 DenmarkTampere, Finland

Consolation round 7–8 Place

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April 26, 1992Denmark 4–3
( 2 – 2, 0 – 1, 1 – 0, 1 – 0 )		  SwitzerlandTampere, Finland

Consolation round 5–6 Place

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April 26, 1992Norway 1–2
( 0 – 1 , 0 – 0 , 1 – 1 )		 ChinaTampere, Finland
Semi finals
25 April 1992 		Finals
26 April 1992
      
A1  Canada 6
B2  Finland 2
 Canada 8
 United States 0
B1  United States 6
A2  Sweden 4 Bronze Medal Game (GWS)
 Sweden 4
 Finland 5
April 25, 1992Canada 6–2
( 4 – 0 , 2 – 2 , 0 – 0 )		 FinlandTampere, Finland
April 25, 1992United States 6–4
( 2 – 2 , 2 – 0 , 2 – 2 )		 SwedenTampere, Finland

Match for third place

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April 26, 1992Sweden 4–5
(1 – 1, 1 – 2, 2 – 1, 0 – 0, 0 – 1)		 FinlandTampere, Finland
April 26, 1992Canada 8–0
( 3 – 0 , 2 – 0 , 3 – 0 )		 United StatesTampere, Finland
Referee:
Sandra Dombrowski[2]
 1992 IIHF World Women Championship winners 

Canada
2nd title
Player GP G A Pts PIM
United States Cammi Granato 5 8 2 10 2
Canada Danielle Goyette 5 3 7 10 2
Canada Andria Hunter 5 5 4 9 0
United States Lisa Brown 5 2 7 9 8
United States Shelley Looney 5 1 8 9 2
Finland Riikka Nieminen 5 6 2 8 0
Canada France St. Louis 5 5 3 8 2
Canada Nancy Drolet 5 4 4 8 0
United States Jeanine Sobek 5 3 5 8 0
United States Karyn Bye 5 3 5 8 2

Goaltending leaders

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Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player Mins GA GAA SV%
Canada Marie Claude Roy 120 1 0.50 95.83
Canada Manon Rhéaume 180 2 0.67 95.74
Sweden Annica Åhlén 190 8 2.53 91.58
Denmark Lane Rasmussen 305 24 4.72 88.35
Finland Katariina Ahonen 149 5 2.01 88.10

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com

Rk. Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Finland
4.  Sweden
5.  China
6.  Norway
7.  Denmark
8.   Switzerland

The international media voted on the tournament all-star team at the conclusion of the event. The following players were named:[4]

Position Player Team
G Manon Rhéaume  Canada
D Geraldine Heaney  Canada
D Ellen Weinberg  United States
F Riikka Nieminen  Finland
F Angela James  Canada
F Cammi Granato  United States
  1. ^ "1992 - IIHF Women's World Championship".
  2. ^ Podnieks, Andrew (9 December 2022). "IIHF honours international mix for Hall of Fame '23". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  3. ^ Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009–10, p.540, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55468-621-6
  4. ^ "No Sweat For Canada", The Ottawa Citizen, April 27, 1992, John MacKinnon