1994 IIHF Women's World Championship

The 1994 IIHF Women's World Championships was held April 11–17, 1994, at the Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, New York, in the United States. The Team Canada won their third consecutive gold medal at the World Championships defeating the United States. Finland picked up their third consecutive bronze medal, with a win over semifinal debutants, China.

Qualification

The tournament was held between eight teams. Canada and the United States received automatic qualification for the tournament. In addition, the top five teams from the 1993 European Championship would be joined by the winner of the 1994 Asian Qualification Tournament.

• Canada - Automatically Qualified
• China - Winner - 1994 Asian Qualification Tournament
• Finland - Winner - 1993 European Championship
• Germany - 4th place - 1993 European Championship
• Norway - 3rd Place - 1993 European Championship
• Switzerland - 5th place - 1993 European Championship
• Sweden - 2nd Place - - 1993 European Championship
• United States - Automatically Qualified

Venue

The tournament took place at the Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, New York, in the United States.

Lake Placid, New York, United States
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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.

Attendance was not recorded for the tournament, except for the gold medal game.

First round

Group A

Results

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Group B

Results

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Champions

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Scoring leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts
Template:Flagicon Riikka Nieminen	5	4	9	13
Template:Flagicon Danielle Goyette	5	9	3	12
Template:Flagicon Karyn Bye	5	6	6	12
Template:Flagicon Cammi Granato	5	5	7	12
Template:Flagicon Liu Hongmei	5	8	3	11
Template:Flagicon Tiia Reima	5	7	4	11
Template:Flagicon Sari Krooks	5	3	7	10
Template:Flagicon Stephanie O'Sullivan	5	3	7	10
Template:Flagicon Hanna Terrijoki	5	5	4	9
Template:Flagicon Gretchen Ulion	5	5	4	9

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Player	GPI	Mins	GA	SOG	SV%	GAA
Template:Flagicon Liisa-Maria Sneck	4	220	7	85	91.8	1.91
Template:Flagicon Kelly Dyer	2	129	3	24	87.5	1.50
Template:Flagicon Manon Rhéaume	4	209	6	44	86.4	1.72
Template:Flagicon Patricia Sautter	3	180	10	139	92.8	3.33
Template:Flagicon Erin Whitten	3	180	7	52	86.4	2.33

Final standings

Rk.	Team
	Canada
	United States
	Finland
4.	China
5.	Sweden
6.	Norway
7.	Switzerland
8.	Germany

Directorate Awards

• Goalie: Erin Whitten (United States)
• Defender: Geraldine Heaney (Canada)
• Forward: Riikka Nieminen, (Finland)

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

Position	Player	Team
G	Manon Rhéaume	Canada
D	Therese Brisson	Canada
D	Kelly O'Leary	United States
F	Riika Nieminen	Finland
F	Danielle Goyette	Canada
F	Karyn Bye	United States

External links

• Summary from the Women's Hockey Net
• Detailed summary from passionhockey.com