2001 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships

2001 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	April 2 - April 8
Teams	8
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Canada (7th title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	143 (7.15 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Cammi Granato (13 points)

The 2001 IIHF World Women Championships was held April 2-April 8, 2001 in six cities in the state of Minnesota. Team Canada won their seventh consecutive gold medal at the World Championships defeating the United States in a repeat of the previous six finals.

Teams

With the promotion and relegation format now in use, the top seven nations were joined by Kazakhstan, the winner of Group B in 2000.

• Canada
• China
• Finland
• Germany
• Kazakhstan
• 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	29	1	+28	6
2.	Russia	3	2	0	1	12	7	+5	4
3.	Sweden	3	1	0	2	3	17	-14	2
4.	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	3	22	-19	0

Results

All times local

April 2, 2001 4:00pm

Sweden

0 – 3 ( 0 - 0 , 0 - 2 , 0 - 1 )

Russia

Recreation Centre, Rochester Attendance: 300

Game reference

April 2, 2001 7:30pm

Kazakhstan

0 – 11 ( 0 - 4 , 0 - 4 , 0 - 3 )

Canada

Recreation Centre, Rochester Attendance: 301

Game reference

April 3, 2001 4:00pm

Sweden

3 – 1 ( 1 - 0 , 1 - 1 , 1 - 0 )

Kazakhstan

Recreation Centre, Rochester Attendance: 303

Game reference

April 3, 2001 7:30pm

Canada

5 – 1 ( 2 - 0 , 3 - 1 , 0 - 0 )

Russia

Recreation Centre, Rochester Attendance: 520

Game reference

April 5, 2001 4:05pm

Canada

13 – 0 ( 4 - 0 , 6 - 0 , 3 - 0 )

Sweden

Mariucci Arena, Minneapolis Attendance: 1178

Game reference

April 5, 2001 7:30pm

Russia

8 – 2 ( 3 - 0 , 1 - 1 , 4 - 1 )

Kazakhstan

Schwan's Super Rink, Blaine Attendance: 301

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	0	+35	6
2.	Finland	3	2	0	1	12	17	-5	4
3.	China	3	0	1	2	6	20	-14	1
4.	Germany	3	0	1	2	2	18	-16	1

Results

All times local

April 2, 2001 4:00pm

Finland

7 – 6 ( 4 - 3 , 1 - 1 , 2 - 2 )

China

NHC, St. Cloud Attendance: 300

Game reference

April 2, 2001 7:30pm

Germany

0 – 13 ( 0 - 5 , 0 - 6 , 0 - 2 )

United States of America

NHC, St. Cloud Attendance: 301

Game reference

April 3, 2001 4:00pm

Finland

5 – 2 ( 0 - 1 , 3 - 1 , 2 - 0 )

Germany

NHC, St. Cloud Attendance: 300

Game reference

April 3, 2001 7:30pm

United States of America

13 – 0 ( 6 - 0 , 3 - 0 , 4 - 0 )

China

NHC, St. Cloud Attendance: 581

Game reference

April 5, 2001 7:30pm

China

0 – 0 ( 0 - 0 , 0 - 0 , 0 - 0 )

Germany

Ice Center, Plymouth Attendance: 300

Game reference

April 5, 2001 7:35pm

United States of America

9 – 0 ( 3 - 0 , 5 - 0 , 1 - 0 )

Finland

Mariucci Arena, Minneapolis Attendance: 4421

Game reference

Playoff Round

Consolation Round 5-8 Place

April 6, 2001 4:00pm

China

4 – 1 ( 2 - 0, 1 - 1 , 1 - 0 )

Kazakhstan

Columbia Arena, Fridley Attendance: 301

Game reference

April 6, 2001 7:30pm

Sweden

2 – 6 ( 1 - 2, 1 - 1 , 0 - 3 )

Germany

Columbia Arena, Fridley Attendance: 305

Game reference

Consolation Round 7-8 Place

April 8, 2001 12:00pm

Kazakhstan

1 – 3

Sweden

Schwan's Super Rink, Blaine Attendance: 305

Game reference

Consolation Round 5-6 Place

April 8, 2001 12:00pm

Germany

1 – 0 ( 1 - 0 , 0 - 0 , 0 - 0 )

China

Columbia Arena, Fridley

Game reference

Final Round

					Semi finals				Finals
					7 April 2001				8 April 2001
	Group A		1st		Canada	8
	Group B		2nd		Finland	0			Gold Medal Game
									Canada	3
									United States of America	2
	Group B		1st		United States of America	6
	Group A		2nd		Russia	1
									Bronze Medal Game
									Russia	2
									Finland	1

Semifinals

April 7, 2001 3:08pm

Canada

8 – 0 ( 2 - 0 , 2 - 0 , 4 - 0 )

Finland

Mariucci Arena, Minneapolis Attendance: 1603

Game reference

April 7, 2001 7:38pm

United States of America

6 – 1 ( 2 - 1 , 3 - 0 , 1 - 0 )

Russia

Mariucci Arena, Minneapolis Attendance: 2582

Game reference

Match for third place

April 9, 2000 4:00pm

Russia

2 – 1 ( 1 - 0 , 1 - 1 , 0 - 0 )

Finland

Mariucci Arena, Minneapolis Attendance: 1558

Game reference

Final

April 9, 2000 6:08pm

United States of America

2 – 3 ( 1 - 1 , 0 - 1 , 1 - 1 )

Canada

Mariucci Arena, Minneapolis Attendance: 5632

Game reference

Champions

2001 IIHF World Women Championship Winners
Canada 7th title

Scoring leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-
Cammi Granato	5	7	6	13	0	16
Krissy Wendell	5	3	9	12	4	10
Nancy Drolet	5	4	7	11	4	7
Jennifer Botterill	5	8	2	10	4	11
Ekaterina Pashkevich	5	6	4	10	2	5
Jenny Schmidgall	5	3	7	10	4	15
Kelly Bechard	5	1	9	10	8	10
Tammy Shewchuk	5	5	4	9	2	11
Danielle Goyette	5	4	5	9	0	8
Katie King	5	7	1	8	0	10

Goaltending leaders

Player	Mins	GA	SOG	GAA	SV%
Sara Decosta	120	1	40	0.50	.975
Sami Jo Small	120	1	21	0.50	.952
Kim St-Pierre	180	2	64	0.67	.969
Sarah Tueting	178	3	45	1.01	.933
Irina Gachennikova	286	13	150	2.73	.913
Kim Martin	85	2	31	2.84	.871
Stephanie Wartosch-Kurten	266	16	155	3.60	.897
Hong Guo	240	15	130	3.75	.885
Annica Ahlen	210	18	114	5.12	.842
Minna Halonen	90	8	32	5.35	.750

Final standings

Rk.	Team	Notes
	Canada
	United States of America
	Russia
4.	Finland
5.	Germany
6.	China
7.	Sweden
8.	Kazakhstan	Relegated to the 2003 World Championships Division I

World Championship Group B

World Championship Group B was played again with an eight team tournament which was hosted by Briancon in France. Switzerland won the tournament with a 2-1 victory over Japan too see them bounce straight back to the main World Championship in 2003.

Directorate Awards

• Goalie: Kim St. Pierre, (Canada)
• Defender: Karyn Bye, (United States)
• Forward: Jennifer Botterill, (Canada)
• Most Valuable Player: Jennifer Botterill, Canada