1999 IIHF Women's World Championship

The 1999 IIHF World Women's Championships was held between March 8–14, 1999, in the city of Espoo in Finland. Team Canada won their fifth consecutive gold medal at the World Championships defeating the United States. Canada skated to a solid 3–1 victory in the final to take the gold with a solid performance that saw them winning all five games.[1]

1999 IIHF World Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host country Finland
DatesMarch 8–14
Teams8
Venue(s)Espoo, Vantaa (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Canada (5th title)
Runner-up  United States
Third place  Finland
Fourth place Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored138 (6.9 per match)
Attendance25,234 (1,262 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Jenny Schmidgall 12 points
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Finland picked up their fifth consecutive bronze medal, with a win over Sweden who had their strongest performance since 1992.

Qualification
Main article: 1999 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships Qualification

The 1999 tournament created the format that has remained to the present, as the World Championships was greatly expanded to incorporate the European Championships and the Pacific Qualification Tournaments. There were a series of Qualification Tournaments Held to assign teams places in this first year, with the standard Promotion and Relegation model following after that. The top five nations from the Nagano Olympics were joined by three qualifiers.[2]

World Championship Group A

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
     Teams proceed to Final round
     Teams sent to Consolation round

Group A

Standings
Rk. Team GP W T L GF GA DIF PTS
1.  United States 3300272+206
2.  Sweden 32011012-24
3.  China 3102411-72
4.  Russia 3003420-160

Results

All times local

March 8, 1999
4:30 pm		United States 10 – 2
( 2 - 2, 4 - 0, 4 - 0)		 RussiaEspoo
March 8, 1999
4:30 pm		China 1 – 3 SwedenVantaa
March 9, 1999
8:00 pm		Sweden 0 – 11
( 0 - 3, 0 - 4, 0 - 4)		 United StatesVantaa
March 9, 1999
4:30 pm		China 3 – 2 RussiaVantaa
March 11, 1999
4:30 pm		Russia 0 – 7 SwedenEspoo
March 11, 1999
8:00 pm		United States 6 – 0
( 1 - 0, 2 - 0, 3 - 0)		 ChinaVantaa

Group B

Standings
Rk. Team GP W T L GF GA DIF PTS
1.  Canada 3300240+246
2.  Finland 3201161+154
3.  Germany 3102526-212
4.   Switzerland 3003422-180

Results

All times local

March 8, 1999
8:00 pm		Canada 10 – 0
( 2 - 0 , 6 - 0 , 2 - 0 )		  SwitzerlandVantaa
March 8, 1999
8:00 pm		Finland 9 – 0 GermanyEspoo
March 9, 1999
4:30 pm		Germany 0 – 13
( 0 - 4 , 0 - 6 , 0 - 3 )		 CanadaEspoo
March 9, 1999
8:00 pm		Finland 7 – 0  SwitzerlandEspoo
March 11, 1999
8:00 pm		Switzerland  4 – 5
( 0 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 0 - 0 )		 GermanyVantaa
March 11, 1999
8:00 pm		Canada 1 – 0 FinlandEspoo

Playoff Round

Consolation Round 5-8 Place
March 12, 1999
4:30 pm		Germany 2 – 6 RussiaVantaa
March 12, 1999
7:30 pm		China 3 – 2  SwitzerlandVantaa

Consolation Round 7-8 Place
March 14, 1999
4:00 pm		Germany 3 – 0  SwitzerlandVantaa

Consolation Round 5-6 Place
March 14, 1999
2:00 pm		Russia 1 – 4 ChinaVantaa

Final round
  Semi finals
13 March 1999		     Finals
14 March 1999
                 
  A1  United States 3   Gold Medal Game
  B2  Finland 1    
       Canada 3
       United States 1
  B1  Canada 4    
  A2  Sweden 1   Bronze Medal Game
 
 Finland 8
   Sweden 2

Semifinals
March 13, 1999
2:00 pm		Canada 4 – 1
( 1 - 0 , 1 - 1 , 2 - 0 )		 SwedenEspoo
March 13, 1999
7:30 pm		United States 3 – 1
( 0 - 1 , 2 - 0 , 1 - 0)		 FinlandEspoo

Match for third place
March 14, 1999
2:00 pm		Finland 8 – 2 SwedenEspoo

Final
March 14, 1999
6:00 pm		Canada 3 – 1 United StatesEspoo

Champions
 1999 IIHF World Women Championship Winners 

Canada
5th title

Scoring leaders
Player GP G A Pts PIM +/-
Jenny Schmidgall 5571209
Jayna Hefford 5561108
Kirsi Hanninen 5551026
Petra Vaarakallio 5371044
Sari Fisk 545903
Karyn Bye 553826
Nancy Drolet 544806
Cammi Granato 535809
Hayley Wickenheiser 535885
Katie King 543726

Goaltending leaders
Player Mins GA SOG GAA SV%
Sami Jo Small 180:001560.3398.21
Kim St-Pierre 120:001340.5097.06
Erin Whitten 179:034721.3494.44
Tuula Puputti 237:276891.5293.26
Laurie Beliveau 120:002231.0091.30

[3]

Final standings
Rk. Team Notes
 Canada
 United States
 Finland
4. Sweden
5. China
6. Russia
7. Germany
8.  SwitzerlandRelegated to the 2000 World Championships Group B

World Championship Group B
Main article: 1999 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships (Lower Divisions)

In addition to the main World Championships, this year saw the first running of World Championship Group B, which replaced the European Championships. Eight further teams played in this competition, hosted by France in the town of Colmar.  Japan won the tournament defeating  Norway in the final 7-1 to win the competition and to ensure their Promotion to the main World Championship in 2000.

Directorate Awards
  • Goalie: Sami Jo Small, (Canada)
  • Defender: Kirsi Hanninen, (Finland)
  • Forward: Jenny Schmidgall, (United States)[4]
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References
  1. https://teamusa.usahockey.com/page/show/4286763-1999-iihf-women-s-world-championship
  2. detailed qualification summary
  3. Group A goaltending leaders
  4. Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-10, p.542, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55468-621-6
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