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Last updated on February 1, 2009
Women The fourth sanctioned Women's World Championships, held in Kitchener, Ontario (Can.) from March 31 to April 6, 1997. With women's hockey being accepted as a full medal sport at the 1998 Winter Olympics, the world championships served as a qualifier with
the top five teams joining host Japan at the 1998 games in Nagano. Top two teams (*) in each pool after preliminary round-robin advanced to the medal round. Remaining four teams played in the qualifying round for the final Olympic berth. Final Round Robin Standings| POOL A | W-L-T | Pts | GF | GA |
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| *Canada | 3-0-0 | 6 | 22 | 2 | | *China | 2-1-0 | 4 | 18 | 12 | | Russia | 0-2-1 | 1 | 6 | 18 | | Switzerland | 0-2-1 | 1 | 6 | 20 |
| POOL B | W-L-T | Pts | GF | GA |
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| *United States | 2-0-1 | 5 | 20 | 3 | | *Finland | 2-0-1 | 5 | 18 | 3 | | Sweden | 0-2-1 | 1 | 2 | 17 | | Norway | 0-2-1 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
Qualifying Round| Sweden 7 | Switzerland 1 | | Russia 2 | Norway 1 |
Medal Round| Canada 2 | Finland 1 | | United States 6 | China 0 |
| Seventh Place: Switzerland 1 | Norway 0 | | Fifth Place: Sweden 3 | Russia 1 | | Bronze Medal: Finland 3 | China 0 | | Gold Medal: Canada 4 | OT | United States 3 |
Leading Scorers| | Gm | G | A | Pts | PM |
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| Riika Nieminen, Finland | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 | | Hayley Wickenheiser, Can. | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | | Cammi Granato, USA | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | | Tiia Reima, Finland | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | | Cassie Campbell, Canada | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | | Nancy Drolet, Canada | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | | Shelley Looney, USA | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | | Karyn Bye, USA | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | | Laurie Baker, USA | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | | Hongmzi Liu, China | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | | Wei Guo, China | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | | Lori Dupuis, Canada | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | | Gretchen Ulion, USA | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | | Sandra White, USA | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
All-Tournament Team G— Patricia Sautter, Switzerland; D— Kelly O'Leary, USA; Cassie Campbell, Canada; F— Riika Nieminen, Finland; Hayley Wickenheiser, Canada; Cammi Granato, USA.
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