2000 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships (Lower Divisions)

2000 IIHF World Women's Championship

Pool B
Tournament details
Host country	Latvia
Dates	March 20 - March 26
Teams	8
Venue(s)	Liepaja, Riga (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	117 (5.85 per match)
Attendance	6,296
Scoring leader(s)	Rachel Rochat (4+4=8PTS)

The 2000 IIHF World Women Championships Pool B were held between March 20-March 26, 2000 in the cities of Liepaja and Riga in Latvia. Kazakhstan won the tournament with an impressive performance winning all three of their final round matches.

2000 Qualification Tournament

Once again, eight teams took part in the Pool B world championships with the teams listed below:

• Czech Republic - Finished 4th in 1999 Group B
• Denmark - Finished 6th in 1999 Group B
• France - Finished 3rd in 1999 Group B
• Italy - Winners of Qualification Tournament
• Kazakhstan - Winners of Qualification Tournament
• Latvia - Finished 5th in 1999 Group B
• Norway - Finished 2nd in 1999 Group B
• Switzerland - Finished 8th and relegated from 1999 World Championship

World Championship Group B

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. The teams would carry forward any matches against teams that that they have already played in the first round, leaving just two matches to be played in the final round.

The winning team in the tournament was promoted to the 2001 World Championship, while the bottom two teams would be relegated to the 2003 Group B Qualification tournament.

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.	Kazakhstan	3	3	0	0	8	3	+5	6
2.	Switzerland	3	2	0	1	10	4	+6	4
3.	Czech Republic	3	0	1	2	6	9	-3	1
4.	Latvia	3	0	1	2	2	10	-8	1

Results

All times local

March 20, 2000 4:00pm

Switzerland

1 – 2 ( 0 - 1, 0 - 1, 1 - 0)

Kazakhstan

Attendance: 490

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March 20, 2000 7:00pm

Czech Republic

2 – 2 ( 0 - 0 , 2 - 1 , 0 - 1)

Latvia

Attendance: 1050

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March 21, 2000 3:30pm

Czech Republic

2 – 3 ( 0 - 1, 2 - 2 , 0 - 0)

Kazakhstan

Attendance: 410

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March 21, 2000 7:00pm

Latvia

0 – 5 ( 0 - 2 , 0 - 1 , 0 - 2)

Switzerland

Attendance: 980

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March 23, 2000 3:30pm

Switzerland

4 – 2 ( 0 - 1, 2 - 1 , 2 - 0)

Czech Republic

Attendance: 520

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March 23, 2000 7:00pm

Kazakhstan

3 – 0 ( 1 - 0 , 0 - 0 , 2 - 0 )

Latvia

Attendance: 964

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Group B

Standings

Rk.	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1.	Norway	3	3	0	0	16	3	+13	6
2.	Denmark	3	1	1	1	8	5	+3	3
3.	France	3	1	1	1	12	10	+2	3
4.	Italy	3	0	0	3	2	20	-18	0

Results

All times local

March 20, 2000 4:00pm

Norway

7 – 0 ( 2 - 0, 2 - 0 , 3 - 0)

Italy

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March 20, 2000 7:00pm

France

2 – 2 ( 0 - 0 , 1 - 1 , 1 - 1)

Denmark

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March 22, 2000 3:30pm

France

8 – 2 ( 2 - 0, 2 - 0 , 4 - 2 )

Italy

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March 22, 2000 7:00pm

Denmark

1 – 3 ( 0 - 1 , 1 - 0 , 0 - 2)

Norway

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March 23, 2000 3:30pm

Norway

6 – 2 ( 2 - 0, 2 - 0 , 2 - 2 )

France

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March 23, 2000 7:00pm

Italy

0 – 5 ( 0 - 2 , 0 - 1 , 0 - 2)

Denmark

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Playoff Round

Consolation Round 5-8 Place

Standings

Rk.	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
5.	France	3	2	1	0	12	5	+7	5
6.	Latvia	3	1	2	0	7	5	+2	4
7.	Czech Republic	3	1	1	1	9	5	+4	3
8.	Italy	3	0	0	3	4	17	-13	0

Results

All times local

March 20, 2000 4:00pm

Latvia

2 – 2 ( 0 - 0 , 2 - 1 , 0 - 1 )

Czech Republic

Attendance: 490

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March 22, 2000 7:00pm

France

8 – 2 ( 2 - 0 , 2 - 0 , 4 - 2)

Italy

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March 25, 2000 1:00pm

France

3 – 3 ( 0 - 1 , 1 - 2 , 2 - 0 )

Latvia

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March 25, 2000 4:00pm

Czech Republic

7 – 2 ( 1 - 1 , 4 - 1 , 2 - 0 )

Italy

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March 26, 2000 1:00pm

Czech Republic

0 – 1 ( 0 - 0 , 0 - 1 , 0 - 0 )

France

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March 26, 2000 4:00pm

Latvia

2 – 0 ( 0 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 )

Italy

Attendance: 382

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Final Round 1-4 Place

Standings

Rk.	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1.	Kazakhstan	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5	6
2.	Switzerland	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	3
3.	Norway	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	3
4.	Denmark	3	0	0	3	1	10	-9	0

Results

All times local

March 20, 2000 4:00pm

Switzerland

1 – 2 ( 0 - 1 , 0 - 1 , 1 - 0 )

Kazakhstan

Attendance: 490

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March 22, 2000 7:00pm

Denmark

1 – 3 ( 0 - 1 , 1 - 0 , 0 - 2)

Norway

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March 25, 2000 1:00pm

Norway

2 – 2 ( 0 - 0 , 2 -0 , 0 - 2 )

Switzerland

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March 25, 2000 4:00pm

Kazakhstan

3 – 0 ( 0 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 2 - 0 )

Denmark

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March 26, 2000 1:00pm

Switzerland

4 – 0 ( 1 - 0 , 0 - 0 , 3 - 0 )

Denmark

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March 26, 2000 4:00pm

Kazakhstan

2 – 1 ( 1 - 0 , 0 - 1 , 1 - 0 )

Italy

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Scoring leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-
Rachel Rochat	5	4	4	8	4	7
Christine Duchamp	5	3	5	8	4	6
Gwenola Personne	5	5	2	7	2	5
Inese Geca-Miljone	5	5	2	7	2	-1
Marianne Dahlstrom	5	1	6	7	0	3

Goaltending leaders

Player	Mins	GA	SOG	GAA	SV%
Nayalya Trunova	300	4	90	0.80	.956
Patricia Sautter	299	6	111	1.20	.946
Hege Moe	299	7	106	1.41	.934
Lolita Andrisevska	300	13	177	2.60	.926
Birgitte Andersen	296	11	138	2.23	.920

Champions

2000 IIHF World Women Championship Pool B Winners
Kazakhstan 1st title

Final standings

Rk.	Team	Notes
	Kazakhstan	Promoted to the 2001 World Championships
	Switzerland
	Norway
4.	Denmark
5.	France
6.	Latvia
7.	Czech Republic	Relegated to the 2003 World Championships Group B Qualification
8.	Italy	Relegated to the 2003 World Championships Group B Qualification

First round

	Teams proceed to Final
	Teams proceed to Match for third place
	Teams sent to Consolation round

Group A

Standings

Rk.	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1.	Slovakia	3	3	0	0	39	0	+39	6
2.	Belgium	3	2	0	1	11	10	+1	4
3.	Hungary	3	1	0	2	6	14	-8	2
4.	South Africa	3	0	0	3	3	35	-32	0

Results

All times local

March 22, 2000 1:00pm

Slovakia

8 – 0 ( 2 - 0 , 2 - 0, 4 - 0 )

Belgium

Attendance: 300

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March 22, 2000 6:00pm

Hungary

4 – 3 ( 1 - 0 , 2 - 2 , 1 - 1)

South Africa

Attendance: 850

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March 23, 2000 4:00pm

South Africa

0 – 23 ( 0 - 5 , 0 - 8 , 0 - 10 )

Slovakia

Attendance: 300

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March 23, 2000 6:00pm

Hungary

2 – 3 ( 2 - 0 , 0 - 0 , 0 - 3 )

Belgium

Attendance: 400

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March 25, 2000 4:00pm

Slovakia

8 – 0 ( 4 - 0 , 3 - 0 , 1 - 0 )

Hungary

Attendance: 310

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March 25, 2000 6:00pm

Belgium

8 – 0 ( 1 - 0 , 4 - 0 , 3 - 0 )

South Africa

Attendance: 400

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Group B

Standings

Rk.	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1.	North Korea	3	2	1	0	14	5	+9	5
2.	United Kingdom	3	2	0	1	14	7	+7	4
3.	Netherlands	3	1	1	1	6	7	-1	3
4.	Australia	3	0	0	3	2	17	-15	0

Results

All times local

March 22, 2000 4:00pm

Netherlands

2 – 0 ( 0 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 )

Australia

Attendance: 300

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March 22, 2000 7:00pm

United Kingdom

2 – 4 ( 1 - 1 , 0 - 2 , 1 - 1 )

North Korea

Attendance: 300

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March 23, 2000 1:00pm

North Korea

2 – 2 ( 1 - 1 , 1 - 1 , 0 - 0 )

Australia

Attendance: 300

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March 23, 2000 7:00pm

United Kingdom

7 – 1 ( 2 - 0 , 1 - 1 , 4 - 0 )

Australia

Attendance: 300

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March 25, 2000 1:00pm

Australia

1 – 8 ( 0 - 3 , 1 - 2 , 0 - 3 )

North Korea

Attendance: 300

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March 25, 2000 7:00pm

Netherlands

2 – 5 ( 1 - 2 , 0 - 1 , 1 - 2 )

Australia

Attendance: 300

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Playoff Round

Consolation Round 7-8 Place

March 26, 2000

South Africa

0 – 6 ( 0 - 1 , 0 - 2 , 0 - 3 )

Australia

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Consolation Round 5-6 Place

March 26, 2000

Hungary

0 – 2 ( 0 - 1 , 0 - 0 , 0 - 1 )

Netherlands

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Match for third place

March 26, 2000

Belgium

1 – 8 ( 0 - 2 , 0 - 4 , 1 - 2 )

United Kingdom

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Final

March 25, 2000

Slovakia

1 – 3 ( 1 - 0 , 0 - 1 , 0 - 2 )

North Korea

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North Korea qualified for the 2001 World Championship Group B.