1999 IIHF Women's World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Finland
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
DatesMarch 8–14, 1999
Opened byMartti Ahtisaari
Teams8
Final positions
Champions  Canada (5th title)
Runner-up  United States
Third place  Finland
Fourth place Sweden
Tournament statistics
Games played20
Goals scored138 (6.9 per game)
Attendance25,234 (1,262 per game)
Scoring leader(s)United States Jenny Schmidgall 12 points

The 1999 IIHF Women's World Championships was held between March 8–14, 1999, in Espoo and Vantaa 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]

Finland picked up their fifth consecutive bronze medal, with a win over Sweden who had their strongest performance since 1992.

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

Group A

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 0 27 2 +25 6 Advanced to Final round
2  Sweden 3 2 0 1 10 12 −2 4
3  China 3 1 0 2 4 11 −7 2 Sent to Consolation round
4  Russia 3 0 0 3 4 20 −16 0
Source:

Results

All times local

March 8, 1999
4:30 pm		United States 10 – 2
( 2 - 2, 4 - 0, 4 - 0)		 RussiaEspoo
Looney 08:08
Schmidgall 17:57
Granato 26:03
Bye 31:53
Schmidgall 34:43
Wendell 35:29
Looney 44:02
King 46:11
Fisher 53:35
Dunn 53:51		GoalsTsareva 14:22
Bourina 16:01
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
GoalsRuggiero 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
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
King 12:15
Schmidgall 25:59
Bye 36:52
Bye 42:20
Fisher 56:33
Bye 58:36		Goals

Group B

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 3 3 0 0 24 0 +24 6 Advanced to Final round
2  Finland 3 2 0 1 16 1 +15 4
3  Germany 3 1 0 2 5 26 −21 2 Sent to Consolation round
4   Switzerland 3 0 0 3 4 22 −18 0
Source:

Results

All times local

March 8, 1999
8:00 pm		Canada 10 – 0
( 2 - 0 , 6 - 0 , 2 - 0 )		  SwitzerlandVantaa
Wickenheiser 13:00
Goyette 13:30
Wickenheiser 27:56
Hefford 30:50
Sunohara 31:34
Campbell 31:45
Dupuis 37:38
Benoit 38:27
Campbell 45:55
Hefford 49:43		Goals
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
GoalsDrolet 03:43
Wickenheiser 06:43
Ouellette 08:23
St-Louis 10:34
Drolet 22:05
Hefford 27:52
Kellar 31:16
Heaney 33:50
Hefford 35:13
Heaney 39:30
Rivard 51:41
Goyette 54:46
Botterill 57:07
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
Sunohara 26:00Goals

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
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
Drolet 18:14
Drolet 30:18
Hefford 47:27
St-Louis 57:10		GoalsMansson 26:17
March 13, 1999
7:30 pm		United States 3 – 1
( 0 - 1 , 2 - 0 , 1 - 0)		 FinlandEspoo
Darwitz 26:46
Darwitz 36:27
Wendell 55:00		GoalsHanninen 19:58

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 +/-
United States Jenny Schmidgall 5571209
Canada Jayna Hefford 5561108
Finland Kirsi Hanninen 5551026
Finland Petra Vaarakallio 5371044
Finland Sari Fisk 545903
United States Karyn Bye 553826
Canada Nancy Drolet 544806
United States Cammi Granato 535809
Canada Hayley Wickenheiser 535885
United States Katie King 543726

Goaltending leaders

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

[3]

Final standings

Rk. Team Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Finland
4. Sweden
5. China
6. Russia
7. Germany
8.  SwitzerlandRelegated to the 2000 World Championships Group B

World Championship Group B

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

References

  1. ↑ "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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