1996 Women's Pacific Rim Championship

1996 IIHF Women's Pacific Rim Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Canada
Dates April 1 - April 6
Teams 4
Venue(s) Minoru Arena, Richmond, British Columbia (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions   Canada (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 10
Goals scored 78 (7.8 per match)

The 1996 IIHF Women's Pacific Rim Championship was an international ice hockey tournament held between April 1 and 6, 1996, in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada.

Canada won their second title in this event completing a 100% record in this competition as it was the last year that it was held. The Canadians won all of their games defeating the United States 4-1 in the final.

Teams and format

Four teams completed in this tournament. The teams were:

The teams first played a full round robin against each other. After these three games, all teams proceeded to the semi-final (1st vs 4th and 2nd vs 3rd) with the winning teams meeting in the final.

First round

Standings

Rk. Team GP W T L GF GA DIF PTS
1.  Canada 3300162+146
2.  United States 3201215+164
3.  China 31026602
4.  Japan 3003131-300

Results

April 1, 1996
5:00 pm
United States 4–2
 ChinaRichmond
April 1, 1996
9:00 pm
Canada 12–0
 JapanRichmond
April 2, 1996
5:00 pm
Canada 1–0
 ChinaRichmond
April 2, 1996
9:00 pm
Japan 0–15
 United StatesRichmond
April 3, 1996
5:00 pm
China 4–1
 JapanRichmond
April 3, 1996
9:00 pm
Canada 3–2
 United StatesRichmond

Play-off round

Final round

Semi-Final Final
1  Canada 18
4  Japan 0 1  Canada 4
3  United States 5 2  United States 1
2  China 0

Semi-finals

April 5, 1996
5:00 pm
Canada 18–0
 JapanRichmond
April 5, 1996
9:00 pm
United States 5–0
 ChinaRichmond

Match for third place

April 6, 1996
5:30 pm
China 5–1
 JapanRichmond

Final

April 6, 1996
8:30 pm
Canada 4–1
 United StatesRichmond

Champions

 1996 IIHF Women's Pacific Rim Championship 

Canada
2nd title

Final standings

Rk. Team
1st, gold medalist(s)  Canada
2nd, silver medalist(s)  United States
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  China
4.  Japan

See also

External links

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