2000 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships

2000 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships

Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Dates	April 3 - April 9
Teams	8
Venue(s)	7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Canada (6th title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	148 (7.4 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Krissy Wendell (13 points)

The 2000 IIHF World Women Championships was held April 3-April 9, 2000 in Mississauga, Barrie, Kitchener, London, Niagara Falls, Oshawa and Peterborough, Canada. Final games were played at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga. Team Canada won their 6th consecutive gold medal at the World Championships defeating the United States in a repeat of the previous five finals.

In one of the cloest finals competed, Canada took the tournament with a 2-1 final win, after overtime.

Finland picked up their sixth consecutive bronze medal, with a win over Sweden.

Teams

With the promotion and relegation format now in use, the top seven nations were joined by Japan, the winner of Group B in 1999.

• Canada
• China
• Finland
• Germany
• Japan
• Russia
• Sweden
• United States of America

World Championship Group A

The eight participating teams were divided up into two seeded groups as below. The teams played each other once in a single round robin format. The top two teams from the group proceeded to the Final Round, while the remaining teams played in the Consolation Round.

First Round

	Teams proceed to Final round
	Teams sent to Consolation round

Group A

Standings

Rk.	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1.	Canada	3	3	0	0	21	1	+20	6
2.	Sweden	3	1	1	1	11	5	+6	3
3.	China	3	1	1	1	5	9	-4	3
4.	Japan	3	0	0	3	0	22	-22	0

Results

All times local

April 3, 2000 7:30pm

Japan

0 – 2

Canada

Hershey Centre

Game reference

April 3, 2000 7:00pm

China

1 – 1

Sweden

Memorial Centre

Game reference

April 4, 2000 7:30pm

Canada

8 – 1

Japan

Hershey Centre

Game reference

April 4, 2000 7:30pm

Canada

8 – 1

China

Memorial Aud.

Game reference

April 6, 2000 4:00pm

China

3 – 0

Japan

Hershey Centre

Game reference

April 6, 2000 7:30pm

Canada

4 – 3

Sweden

Hershey Centre

Game reference

Group B

Standings

Rk.	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1.	United States of America	3	3	0	0	35	4	+31	6
2.	Finland	3	2	0	1	14	6	+8	4
3.	Russia	3	1	0	2	8	24	-16	2
4.	Germany	3	0	0	3	4	27	-23	0

Results

All times local

April 3, 2000 4:00pm

Finland

7 – 1

Russia

Hershey Centre

Game reference

April 3, 2000 8:00pm

Germany

1 – 16

United States of America

Barrie Molson Centre

Game reference

April 4, 2000 4:00pm

Finland

4 – 1

Germany

Hershey Centre

Game reference

April 4, 2000 8:00pm

United States of America

15 – 0

Russia

Hershey Centre

Game reference

April 6, 2000 7:00pm

Russia

7 – 2

Germany

Civic Centre

Game reference

April 6, 2000 7:00pm

United States of America

4 – 3

Finland

Thompson

Game reference

Playoff Round

Consolation Round 5-8 Place

April 7, 2000 4:00pm

China

3 – 0

Germany

Hershey Centre

Game reference

April 7, 2000 7:30pm

Japan

4 – 8

Russia

Hershey Centre

Game reference

Consolation Round 7-8 Place

April 9, 2000 12:00pm

Germany

3 – 2

Japan

Iceland

Game reference

Consolation Round 5-6 Place

April 9, 2000 12:00pm

Russia

4 – 0

China

Hershey Centre

Game reference

Final Round

					Semi finals				Finals
					8 April 2000				9 April 2000
	Group A		1st		Canada	3
	Group B		2nd		Finland	2			Gold Medal Game AOT
									Canada	2
									United States of America	1
	Group B		1st		United States of America	7
	Group A		2nd		Sweden	1
									Bronze Medal Game
									Finland	7
									Sweden	1

Semifinals

April 8, 2000 1:00pm

Canada

3 – 2

Finland

Hershey Centre

Game reference

April 8, 2000 7:00pm

United States of America

3 – 1

Sweden

Hershey Centre

Game reference

Match for third place

April 9, 2000 4:00pm

Finland

7 – 1

Sweden

Hershey Centre

Game reference

Final

April 9, 2000 7:30pm

Canada

3 – 2 AOT

United States of America

Hershey Centre

Game reference

Champions

2000 IIHF World Women Championship Winners
Canada 6th title

Scoring leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Krissy Wendell	5	2	11	13	6
Stephanie O'Sullivan	5	5	7	12	2
Karyn Bye	5	8	2	10	2
Alana Blahoski	5	7	2	9	0
Jayne Hefford	5	5	3	8	4
Brandy Fisher	5	3	5	8	4
Natalie Darwitz	5	2	6	8	18
A. J Mleczko	5	1	7	8	2
Hayley Wickenheiser	5	1	7	8	4
Katja Riipi	5	7	0	7	0

Goaltending leaders

Player	Mins	GA	GAA	SV%
Sarah Tueting	120	1	0.50	.944
Sami Small	150	2	0.80	.957
Kim St-Pierre	150	3	1.20	.935
Hong Guo	220	6	1.64	.941
Tulla Puputti	238	9	1.64	.926
Sara Decosta	180	7	2.33	.883
Irina Gachennikova	220	13	3.55	.852
Manuela Hirschbeck	218	13	3.57	.904
Lotta Gothesson	300	19	3.80	.890
Tomoko Fujimoto	210	18	5.14	.851

Final standings

Rk.	Team	Notes
	Canada	Qualified for 2002 Winter Olympic Games
	United States of America	Qualified for 2002 Winter Olympic Games
	Finland	Qualified for 2002 Winter Olympic Games
4.	Sweden	Qualified for 2002 Winter Olympic Games
5.	Russia	Qualified for 2002 Winter Olympic Games
6.	China	Qualified for 2002 Winter Olympic Games
7.	Germany	Qualified for 2002 Winter Olympic Games Qualification
8.	Japan	Relegated to the 2001 World Championships Group B Qualified for 2002 Winter Olympic Games Qualification

World Championship Group B

World Championship Group B was played again with an eight team tournament which was hosted by Latvia in Liepaja and Riga. Kazakhstan won the tournament winning the final stage round robin by 3 points to win the competition and to ensure their Promotion to the main World Championship in 2001.

Directorate Awards

• Goalie: Sami Jo Small, (Canada)
• Defender: Angela Ruggiero, (United States)
• Forward: Katja Riipi, (Finland)