[Image] Women's Hockey in Russia----------------------------------------------------------------------------International HockeyIf anyone has information about the league structure of women's hockey inRussia,

please let me know. Russia was not active in international women'shockey until just 1994. They started their national team at the beginning ofJanuary 1994 in St. Petersburg. Here is a link about the History of Women'sIce Hockey in Russia.During the 93-94 and 94-95 seasons, their national team toured North Americato gain experience. In 1995, they competed in the European B Championshipfor the first time, and won the gold medal! This means that they arepromoted to the European A Championship for 1996. The 1996 European AChampionship was held in Russia.I have two very short information files on the Russian national team, from1994 and 1995, respectively.

* Russian National Team 1994.

* Russian National Team 1995.Russia placed as follows at the European Championships:

* Gold Medal: 1995 European B: at Riga, Latvia

* Silver Medal: 1996 European A: at Yaroslavl, RussiaRussia will compete at the next IIHF Women's World Hockey Championship:

* to compete: 1997 World Championships: Kitchener, Canada----------------------------------------------------------------------------1996 European A ChampionshipRussia won the SILVER medal. This means that Russia will compete at the 1997World Championship, which will be held in Kitchener, Canada. This will bethe first time for Russia to compete at a World Championship.Scores For RussiaDate

Time

Teams

Result960323 20.00 Finland - Russia

2:3960324 20.00 Switzerland - Russia

3:4 (0:1, 1:3, 2:0)960326 20.00 Russia - Norway

5:4960327 20.00 Sweden - Russia

4:2960329 20.00 Russia - Germany

3:2 (2:0, 1:2, 0:0)Final Placings

G W T L

GF:GA Pts1 Sweden

5 4 1 0

20:11

92 Russia

5 4 0 1

17:15

83 Finland

5 3 0 2

26: 5

64 Norway

5 2 0 3

14:21

45 Switzerland

5 1 0 4

11:23

26 Germany

5 0 1 4

7:20

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* Women's Hockey Tournament in Russia - this link also contains

information about the progress of the efforts to put together a North

American team to compete in this tournament. More information about the

tournament can be obtained from Amik Nafte.----------------------------------------------------------------------------This page is maintained by Andria Hunter ( andria@sys.toronto.edu).

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