2001 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships (Lower Divisions)

2001 IIHF World Women's Championship

Pool B
Tournament details
Host country	Latvia
Dates	March 20 - March 25
Teams	8
Venue(s)	Briancon, France (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	87 (4.35 per match)
Attendance	14,527
Scoring leader(s)	Zuzana Kralova (5+3=8PTS)

The 2001 IIHF World Women Championships Pool B were held between March 20-March 25, 2001 in the city of Briancon in France. Switzerland won the tournament with a narrow 2-1 victory over Japan in the final.

2001 Qualification Tournament

Continuing the format from the previous year, the five teams that were ranked 2nd to 7th stayed in Group B, being joined by the winner of the qualification tournament and the relegated team from the World Championship.

• Czech Republic - Finished 7th in 2000 Group B
• Denmark - Finished 4th in 2000 Group B
• France - Finished 5th in 2000 Group B
• Japan - Finished 8th and relegated from 2000 World Championship
• Latvia - Finished 6th in 2000 Group B
• Norway - Finished 3rd in 2000 Group B
• North Korea - Winners of Qualification Tournament
• Switzerland - Finished 2nd in 2000 Group B

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. In the placing rounds, the first place teams played each other for the Final, the 2nd places for the Match for third place etc.

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
	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.	Japan	3	1	2	0	10	8	+2	4
2.	North Korea	3	1	1	1	10	14	-4	3
3.	France	3	1	1	1	7	8	-1	3
4.	Denmark	3	1	0	2	10	7	+3	2

Results

All times local

March 20, 2001 5:30pm

Denmark

8 – 2 ( 3 - 0 , 1 - 2, 4 - 0)

North Korea

Parc 1326 Attendance: 451

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March 20, 2001 8:30pm

France

3 – 3 ( 1 - 2 , 2 - 0 , 0 - 1)

Japan

Parc 1326 Attendance: 1812

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March 21, 2001 4:30pm

Japan

4 – 4 ( 0 - 0 , 4 - 1, 0 - 3)

North Korea

Parc 1326 Attendance: 409

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March 21, 2001 8:00pm

Denmark

1 – 2 ( 0 - 0 , 1 - 2 , 0 - 0)

France

Parc 1326 Attendance: 1592

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March 23, 2001 11:30am

Japan

3 – 1 ( 1 - 0 , 0 - 0, 2 - 1 )

Denmark

Parc 1326 Attendance: 413

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March 23, 2001 2:30pm

North Korea

4 – 2 ( 1 - 1 , 2 - 0 , 1 - 1 )

France

Parc 1326 Attendance: 1867

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Group B

Standings

Rk.	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1.	Switzerland	3	3	0	0	16	2	+14	6
2.	Czech Republic	3	1	1	1	9	7	+2	3
3.	Latvia	3	1	1	1	6	8	+2	3
4.	Norway	3	0	0	3	2	16	-14	0

Results

All times local

March 20, 2001 11:00pm

Latvia

0 – 4 ( 0 - 1 , 0 - 2 , 0 - 1 )

Switzerland

Parc 1326 Attendance: 300

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March 20, 2001 4:30pm

Norway

0 – 5 ( 0 - 1 , 0 - 2 , 0 - 2 )

Czech Republic

Parc 1326 Attendance: 427

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March 22, 2001 4:30pm

Norway

1 – 3 ( 0 - 2 , 0 - 0 , 1 - 1 )

Latvia

Parc 1326 Attendance: 513

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March 22, 2001 8:00pm

Switzerland

4 – 1 ( 2 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 1 )

Czech Republic

Parc 1326 Attendance: 946

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March 23, 2001 5:30pm

Czech Republic

3 – 3 ( 1 - 1 , 0 - 2 , 2 - 0 )

Latvia

Parc 1326 Attendance: 476

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March 23, 2001 8:00pm

Switzerland

8 – 1 ( 6 - 1 , 0 - 0 , 2 - 0 )

Norway

Parc 1326 Attendance: 1337

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Playoff Round

Consolation Round 7-8 Place

March 25, 2001 11:30am

Denmark

2 – 4 ( 1 - 2 , 1 - 0 , 0 - 2 )

Norway

Parc 1326 Attendance: 319

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Consolation Round 5-6 Place

March 25, 2001 2:30pm

Latvia

1 – 2 ( 0 - 1 , 1 - 1 , 0 - 0 )

France

Parc 1326 Attendance: 1555

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Match for third place

March 25, 2001 5:30pm

Czech Republic

3 – 2 (0 - 1, 1 - 0, 1 - 1, 0 - 0, 1 - 0)

North Korea

Hershey Centre Attendance: 1030

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Final

March 25, 2001 8:30pm

Switzerland

2 – 1 ( 2 - 0 , 0 - 1 , 0 - 0 )

Japan

Parc 1326 Attendance: 1980

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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

2001 IIHF World Women Championship Pool B Winners
Switzerland 1st title

Final standings

Rk.	Team	Notes
	Switzerland	Promoted to the 2003 World Championships
	Japan
	Czech Republic
4.	North Korea
5.	France
6.	Latvia
7.	Norway	Relegated to the 2003 World Championships Division II
8.	Denmark	Relegated to the 2003 World Championships Division II

2003 Qualification Tournament

Group A (Romania)

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	Netherlands	4	4	0	0	27 - 04	8
2	Italy	4	3	0	1	33 - 04	6
3	Belgium	4	2	0	2	12 - 16	4
4	South Africa	4	1	0	3	12 - 20	2
5	Romania	4	0	0	4	02 - 42	0

Netherlands and Italy qualified in 2003 World Championship Division II

05 March 2001
	South Africa	3-4	Belgium

05 March 2001
	Romania	1-14	Netherlands

06 March 2001
	Italy	9-1	South Africa

06 March 2001
	Romania	0-7	Belgium

08 March 2001
	Romania	0-15	Italy

08 March 2001
	Belgium	0-5	Netherlands

09 March 2001
	Netherlands	2-1	Italy

09 March 2001
	Romania	1-6	South Africa

11 March 2001
	Netherlands	6-2	South Africa

11 March 2001
	Italy	8-1	Belgium

Group B (Slovenia)

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	Slovakia	4	4	0	0	48 - 02	8
2	United Kingdom	4	3	0	1	29 - 06	6
3	Australia	4	2	0	2	13 - 15	4
4	Hungary	4	1	0	3	07 - 28	2
5	Slovenia	4	0	0	4	03 - 50	0

Slovakia and Great Britain qualified in 2003 World Championship Division II

20 March 2001
	Hungary	0-12	Slovakia

20 March 2001
	Slovenia	0-12	United Kingdom

21 March 2001
	Slovenia	2-7	Australia

21 March 2001
	United Kingdom	12-0	Hungary

22 March 2001
	Slovakia	9-1	Australia

23 March 2001
	Slovenia	0-23	Slovakia

24 March 2001
	United Kingdom	4-2	Australia

24 March 2001
	Slovenia	1-7	Hungary

25 March 2001
	Australia	3-0	Hungary

25 March 2001
	Slovakia	4-1	United Kingdom