• Source: 1996 IIHF European Women Championships

The 1996 IIHF European Women Championships were the sixth and final holding of the IIHF European Women Championships. The tournaments were held in March 1996, with Pool A playing in Yaroslavl, Russia during 23–29 March and Pool B playing in Trnava and Piešťany, Slovakia during 12–16 March.
The format remained unchanged from the previous year, with promoted Russia replacing relegated Denmark in the Pool A tournament.
The tournament was the final European Championship ever to be held, as the International Ice Hockey Federation expanded the World Championships to include tiered divisions.




European Championship Group A






= Teams & Format

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Six teams completed in Pool A, with Russia joining the group after winning the 1995 Pool B tournament. The teams were:

Finland
Germany
Norway
Russia
Switzerland
Sweden
A single round-robin tournament was played between the teams, with the top ranked team winning the championship.




= Tournament

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Standings




Results





= Champions

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= Awards and statistics

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Awards




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

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The eight teams that competed in Pool B were:

Czech Republic
Denmark
France
Great Britain
Latvia
Kazakhstan
Netherlands
Slovakia
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

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Standings




Results





= Group B

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Standings




Results





= Playoff round

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Consolation round 7–8 place




Consolation round 5–6 place




Match for third place




Final





Final standings






See also


IIHF European Women Championships




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• 1996 IIHF European Women Championships
• IIHF European Women Championships
• IIHF World Women's Championship
• IIHF European Junior Championships
• Ice Hockey World Championships
• Ice Hockey European Championships
• 1995 IIHF European Women Championships
• List of IIHF World Championship medalists
• IIHF World Junior Championship
• 1990 IIHF Women's World Championship