1994 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships

Infobox IIHFWW
tourney_name = IIHF World Women's Championship
year = 1994
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country = United States
dates = April 11 - April 17
num_teams = 8
venues = Lake Placid
cities = 1
winners = Canada
count = 3
games = 20
goals = 185
attendance =
scoring_leader = flagicon|FIN Rikka Nieminen (4+9=13pts)
mvp =

The 1994 IIHF World Women Championships was held April 11-April 17, 1994 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 consectuive bronze medal, with a win over Semi-Final debutants, China.

Teams/Qualification

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 Championship.

*ihw|CAN - Automatically Qualified
*ihw|CHN - Winner - 1994 Asian Championship
*ihw|FIN - Winner - 1993 European Championship
*ihw|GER - 4th Place - 1993 European Championship
*ihw|NOR - 3rd Place - 1993 European Championship
*ihw|SUI - 5th Place - 1993 European Championship
*ihw|SWE - 2nd Place - - 1993 European Championship
*ihw|USA - Automatically Qualified

Format

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 Medal Round, while the remaining teams played in the placing games.

Group Stage

Results

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date = April 11, 1994
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date = April 11, 1994
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date = April 12, 1994
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date = April 12, 1994
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date = April 14, 1994
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date = April 14, 1994
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Playoff Stage

Placing Round

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date = April 16, 1994
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date = April 16, 1994
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7th/8th Place Game

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date = April 17, 1994
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5th/6th Place Game

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date = April 26, 1992
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Medal Round

Semi-2-no-groups
semi-date = 15 April 1994
final-date = 17 April 1994
pool-a-name = Group A
pool-b-name = Group B
top-position-name = 2nd
next-position-name = 1st
final-match-name = Gold Medal Game
consolation-match-name = Bronze Medal Game
pool-a-second = ihw|CAN
pool-a-second-score = 4
pool-b-first = ihw|FIN
pool-b-first-score = 1
pool-b-second = ihw|USA
pool-b-second-score = 14
pool-a-first = ihw|CHN
pool-a-first-score = 3
f-team-top = ihw|CAN
f-score-top = 6
f-team-bot = ihw|USA
f-score-bot = 3
bronze-team-top = ihw|FIN
bronze-score-top = 8
bronze-team-bot = ihw|CHN
bronze-score-bot = 1

emi-Finals

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date = April 15, 1994
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date = April 15, 1994
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Bronze Medal Game

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date = April 26, 1992
time = 11:15am
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score = 8 – 1
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Final

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date = April 17, 1994
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score = 6 – 3
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Champions

coring leaders