1993 IIHF European Women Championships

The 1993 IIHF European Women Championships were held between March 22–27, 1993. In a break with the previous format, the IIHF split the teams into two separate divisions A and B and introduced a Promotion and Relegation format between them.
The top six teams from the 1991 tournament qualified for the Pool A tournament in Esbjerg, Denmark, while the remaining nations played in who were entering their first tournament.
==European Championship Group A==
==Teams & Format==
The six teams, qualified from being the top six teams from the 1991 tournament were:
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The teams were divided into two groups of three teams. Each team played each other once within the group. The teams then played a playoff game against the team with the same position in the opposing group, i.e. the Group Winners played off for Gold, 2nd place, for Bronze etc.
==First round==
===Group 1===
====Standings====
Rk.	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1. 	 	2 	2	0	0	25	4 	+21	4
2. 	 	2 	1	0	1	8 	10	-2 	2
3. 	 	2 	0	0	2	3 	22	-19	0
====Results====
===Group 2===
====Standings====
Rk.	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1. 	 	2 	2	0	0	16	3 	+13	4
2. 	 	2 	1	0	1	9 	14	-5 	2
3. 	 	2 	0	0	2	4 	12	-8 	0
====Results====
==Playoff Round==
===Consolation Round 5-6 Place===
===Match for third place===
===Final===
==Champions==
==European Championship Group B==
==Teams & Format==
The five teams that playing the first Pool B were:
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The teams were placed in one group containing all the teams playing in a single round robin format, with the final placings determining the final standing without any final games.
==Final round==
===Standings===
Rk.	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1. 	 	4 	3	0	1	10	5 	+5 	6
2. 	 	4 	2	1	1	8 	6 	+2 	5
3. 	 	4 	2	0	2	13	9 	+4 	4
4. 	 	4 	1	1	2	4 	11	-7 	3
5. 	 	4 	1	0	3	1 	5 	-4 	2
===Results===
==Final standings==
Rk.	Team	Notes
 	 	Qualified for 1994 World Championship
 	 	Qualified for 1994 World Championship
 	 	Qualified for 1994 World Championship
4. 	 	Qualified for 1994 World Championship
5. 	 	Qualified for 1994 World Championship
6. 	 	Relegated to Pool B for 1995 European Championship
7. 	 	Promoted to Pool A for 1995 European Championship
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==External links==
* (French) Hockey Archives - Championnats d'Europe féminins 1993
===See also===
*IIHF European Women Championships
Category:IIHF European Women Championships
Category:1993 in hockey