The 1996 IIHF European Women Championships were the sixth and final holding of the
IIHF European Women Championships
The IIHF European Women Championships is a former international women's ice hockey tournament between ice hockey playing nations in Europe. Finland's national women's team won the championship title four times and Sweden women's national ice ho ...
. The tournaments were held in March 1996, with Pool A playing in
Yaroslavl
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, Russia during 23–29 March and Pool B playing in
Trnava
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and
Piešťany
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, Slovakia during 12–16 March.
The format remained unchanged from the previous year, with promoted replacing relegated in the Pool A tournament.
The tournament was the final European Championship ever to be held, as the
International Ice Hockey Federation
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expanded the
World Championships
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to include tiered divisions.
European Championship Group A
Teams & Format
Six teams completed in Pool A, with Russia joining the group after winning the
1995 Pool B tournament. The teams were:
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A single
round-robin tournament
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was played between the teams, with the top ranked team winning the championship.
Tournament
Standings
Results
Champions
Awards and statistics
Awards
Best player selected by the Directorate
All-Star team
Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position''
Source:
Rosters
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European Championship Group B
Teams & Format
The eight teams that competed in Pool B were:
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Kazakhstan replaced Ukraine after they withdrew from the competition.
The teams were split into two groups of four teams as below. At the end of the group stage, the teams would play the team that finished in the same position in the opposite group in a playoff match, i.e. Winner of Group A played Winner of Group B for the Gold Medal.
Group A
Standings
Results
Group B
Standings
Results
Playoff round
Consolation round 7–8 place
Consolation round 5–6 place
Match for third place
Final
Final standings
See also
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IIHF European Women Championships
The IIHF European Women Championships is a former international women's ice hockey tournament between ice hockey playing nations in Europe. Finland's national women's team won the championship title four times and Sweden women's national ice ho ...
References
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IIHF European Women Championships
1995–96 in Russian ice hockey
1995–96 in Slovak ice hockey
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1996 in Russian women's sport
International ice hockey competitions hosted by Russia
International ice hockey competitions hosted by Slovakia
March 1996 sports events in Europe
Sport in Trnava
Sport in Piešťany
Sport in Yaroslavl