The 1990 IIHF Women's World Championships was an international women's ice hockey competition held at the Civic Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (now renamed the TD Place Arena) from March 19 to 25, in 1990. This was the first IIHF-sanctioned international tournament in women's ice hockey and is the only major international tournament in women's ice hockey to allow bodychecking. Full contact bodychecking was allowed with certain restrictions near the boards. The intermissions between periods were twenty minutes instead of fifteen. This has since been changed to the usual fifteen minutes. The Canadian team won the gold medal, the United States won silver, and Finland won bronze. Team Finland had won the first IIHF European Women’s Championship the previous year (1989), in Düsseldorf and Ratingen, Germany. Canada's Fran Rider helped to organize the championships without the financial support from the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (now known as Hockey Canada). The tournament drew strong international attention. The gold medal game packed 9,000 people into the arena and drew over a million viewers on television. For marketing purposes, the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association decided the Canadian national team should wear pink and white uniforms instead of the expected red and white and released a related film called, "Pretty in Pink". While the experiment only lasted for this tournament, Ottawa was taken over by a "pink craze" during the championships. Restaurants had pink-coloured food on special, and pink became a popular colour for flowers and bow ties. Qualification Tournament The United States, Canadian and Asian representative Japan, qualified automatically. The 1989 European Women's Ice Hockey Championship served as the qualification tournament for this championship. The top five finishers in the top pool qualified. They were Finland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and West Germany. U.S. team members ranged in age from 17 to 30 and included high school and college players, a law student and a construction worker. Venue The tournament took place in Canada at the Civic Centre in Ottawa, now renamed, TD Place Arena. Final tournament Group stage Group A Group B Consolation round 5–8 place 7–8 place 5–6 place Final round Semifinals 3–4 place Final Rankings and statistics Final rankings Scoring leaders List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals. Canada's Dawn McGuire was named MVP of the gold medal game. Leading goaltenders Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's