title: 1996 Women's Pacific Rim Championship
text: # 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 |
  