1994 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships

The 1994 IIHF World Women Championships was held April 11-April 17, 1994 at the Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, New York in the United States. The Team Canada won their 3rd consecutive gold medal at the World Championships defeating the United States in a repeat of the previous two finals. Finland picked up their 3rd consecutive bronze medal, with a win over Semi-Final debutants, China.
==Qualification Tournament==
The tournament was held between eight teams. Canada and the United States as the top two ranked teams 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.
* - Automatically Qualified
* - Winner - 1994 Asian Qualification Tournament
* - Winner - 1993 European Championship
* - 4th Place - 1993 European Championship
* - 3rd Place - 1993 European Championship
* - 5th Place - 1993 European Championship
* - 2nd Place - - 1993 European Championship
* - Automatically Qualified
=== Asian Qualification Tournament (Japan) ===
==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==
    	Teams proceed to Final round
    	Teams sent to Consolation round
===Group A===
====Standings====
Rk.	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1. 	 	3 	3	0	0	27	3 	+24	6
2. 	 	3 	1	1	1	13	12	+1 	3
3. 	 	3 	1	1	1	9 	13	-4 	3
4. 	 	3 	0	0	3	2 	23	-21	0
====Results====
All times local
===Group B===
====Standings====
Rk.	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1. 	 	3 	3	0	0	24	1 	+23	6
2. 	 	3 	2	0	1	31	3 	+28	4
3. 	 	3 	1	0	2	2 	20	-18	2
4. 	 	3 	0	0	3	2 	35	-33	0
====Results====
All times local
==Playoff Round==
===Consolation Round 5-8 Place===
===Consolation Round 7-8 Place===
===Consolation Round 5-6 Place===
===Final Round===
===Semifinals===
===Match for third place===
===Final===
==Champions==
==Scoring leaders==
Player 	GP	G	A	Pts
Riika Nieminen 	5 	4	9	13
Danielle Goyette 	5 	9	3	12
Karyn Bye 	5 	6	6	12
Cammi Granato 	5 	5	7	12
Hongmei Liu 	5 	8	3	11
Tila Reima 	5 	7	4	11
Sari Krooks 	5 	3	7	10
Stephanie O'Sullivan	5 	3	7	10
Hanna Terrijoki 	5 	5	4	9
Gretchen Ulion 	5 	5	4	9
==Goaltending leaders==
Player 	GPI	Mins	GA	SOG	SV% 	GAA
Kati Ahonen 	2 	80 	1 	20 	95.0 	0.75
Lesley Reddon 	2 	91 	1 	15 	93.3 	0.66
Liisa-Maria Sneck	4 	220 	7 	85 	91.8 	1.91
Kelly Dyer 	2 	129 	3 	24 	87.5 	1.50
Manon Rheaume 	4 	209 	6 	44 	86.4 	1.72
Patricia Sautter 	3 	180 	10	139	92.8 	3.33
Erin Whitten 	3 	180 	7 	52 	86.4 	2.33
Annica Åhlén 	5 	300 	17	157	89.2 	3.40
Kari Fjellhammer 	4 	226 	22	120	81.67	5.83
Hong Guo 	5 	260 	27	146	81.5 	6.23
==Final standings==
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==Directorate Awards==
*Goalie: Erin Whitten (United States)
*Defender: Geraldine Heaney (Canada)
*Forward: Riikka Nieminen, (Finland)Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-10, p.541, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55468-621-6
==Team Photos==
94CanadianWomen.jpg|Canada
==References==
Category:IIHF Women's World Ice Hockey Championships
Category:1994 in hockey