The 1995 IIHF Women's Pacific Rim Championship

IIHF Women's Pacific Rim Championship

The IIHF Women's Pacific Rim Championships were an IIHF-sanctioned tournament held in 1995 and 1996. They included teams from Canada, United States, China, and Japan. In 1996 the tournament server as a qualifying tournament for the World Championship....

was held between April 3–8, 1995. The tournament was held in San Jose

San Jose, California

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, CA

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

, USA.

Canada won the first of these tournaments the hard way, after losing in the Group Stage 5-2 to the United States, they defeated China in a shootout before taking the US to a shootout as well to win the championship.

Teams & format

Four teams completed in this inaugural tournament. The teams were:
The teams would first play a full round robin against each other. After these three games, all teams would proceed to the Semi-Final where it would be 1st vs 4th and 2nd vs 3rd, with the winning teams meeting in the final.

Standings

18

17

Rk.	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1.		3	3	0	0	22	4
6
2.		3	2	0	1	23	6
4
3.		3	1	0	2	6	13
2
4.		3	0	0	3	1	29
0

Results

Final round

Semifinals

Match for third place

Final

Final standings

Rk.	Team
4.