World All-Star Team
Updated September 13, 2021 |
Infoplease Staff
The fifth sanctioned Women's World Hockey Championship, held in Espoo, Finland March 8-14, 1999. Top five teams from the 1998 Winter Olympics qualified (USA, Canada, Finland, China and Sweden) along with the top three teams from a qualification tournament (Germany, Switzerland and Russia). Top two teams (*) in each group after preliminary round-robin advance to the medal round.
Final Round Robin Standings
| POOL A | W-L-T | Pts | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| *United States | 3-0-0 | 6 | 27 | 2 |
| *Sweden | 2-1-0 | 4 | 10 | 12 |
| China | 1-2-0 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| Russia | 0-3-0 | 0 | 4 | 20 |
| POOL B | W-L-T | Pts | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Canada | 3-0-0 | 6 | 24 | 0 |
| *Finland | 2-1-0 | 4 | 16 | 1 |
| Germany | 1-2-0 | 2 | 5 | 26 |
| Switzerland | 0-3-0 | 0 | 4 | 22 |
Medal Round
| Canada 4 | Sweden 1 |
| United States 3 | Finland 1 |
| Bronze Medal: Finland 8 | Sweden 2 |
| Gold Medal: Canada 3 | United States 1 |
Scoring Leaders
| Gm | G | A | Pts | PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jenny Schmidgall, USA | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0 |
| Jayna Hefford, Canada | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0 |
| Kirsi Hanninen, Finland | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 |
| Petra Vaarakallio, Finland | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 |
| Sari Fisk, Finland | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 |
| Karyn Bye, USA | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
| Nancy Drolet, Canada | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| Cammi Granato, USA | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| Hayley Wickenheiser, Canada | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 |
| Four tied with 7 points each. | |||||
World All-Star Team
(Selected by media)
First team: G— Sami Jo Small, Canada; D— Sue Merz, USA; Kirsi Hanninen, Finland; F— Hayley Wickenheiser, Canada; Jayna Hefford, Canada; Jenny Schmidgall, USA.
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