1996 Women's Pacific Rim Championship
# 1996 Women's Pacific Rim Championship

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:

* Canada
* China
* Japan
* United States

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 6 |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 5 | +16 | 4 |
| 3 | China | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 31 | −30 | 0 |

## Play-off round

### Final round

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

## Champions

* 1996 IIHF Women's Pacific Rim Championship
* Canada 2nd title

## Final standings

| Rk. | Team |
| - | - |
| | Canada |
| | United States |
| | China |
| 4. | Japan |
