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{{Infobox International Ice Hockey Competition
 | tourney_name = IIHF World Women's Championship
 | year = 2001
 | other_titles = Division I
 | image =
 | size =
 | caption =
 | country = France
 | dates = March 20 - March 25
 | num_teams = 8
 | venues = [[Briançon]], France
 | cities = 1
 | winners_women = Switzerland
 | count = 1
 | games = 20
 | goals = 87
 | attendance = 14527
 | scoring_leader = {{flagicon|CZE}} Zuzana Kralova (5+3=8PTS)
 | prevseason = [[2000 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships (Lower Divisions)|2000]]
 | nextseason = [[2003 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships|2003]] 
}}

The '''2001 [[IIHF World Women's Championships]] Division I''' (formerly Pool 'B') were held between March 20-March 25, 2001 in the city of [[Briançon]], France.  Switzerland won the tournament with a narrow 2-1 victory over Japan in the final.

For the third consecutive year the number of participants grew, with this year's third tier having ten nations in two groups.  The two groups played independent of each other in [[Bucharest]], [[Romania]] and [[Maribor]], [[Slovenia]].  Initially the two group winners, Slovakia and the Netherlands, were promoted to Division I with Denmark and Norway being relegated to Division I Qualification.  However, before the 2003 season was played the formation of the divisions were changed.

The women's tiers were reformatted for 2003, so there would be a top level of eight teams, and Divisions I, II, III each with 6 teams.  The winner of the  2001 Division I tournament was promoted to the 2003 World Championship, replacing the nation relegated from there.  The relegated team and the next five placed nations formed Division I for 2003.  The bottom two teams from 2001 Division I along with the top four nations from the two qualifying tournaments formed the 2003 Division II.  All remaining participants proceeded to the 2003 Division III.

==World Championship Division I==

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 promotion, while the fourth place teams were relegated.


===First round===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| style="background: #F7F6A8;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|Teams proceed to Final
|-
| style="background:#ffccff;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|Teams relegated to Division II
|}

====Group A====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=20|Rk.
!width=165|Team
!width=40|GP
!width=40|W
!width=40|T
!width=40|L
!width=40|GF
!width=40|GA
!width=40|DIF
!width=40|PTS
|- style="background:#F7F6A8;"
|1.
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihw|JPN}}
|3||1||2||0||10||8||+2||'''4'''
|- 
|2.
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihw|PRK}}
|3||1||1||1||10||14||-4||'''3'''
|- 
|3.
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihw|FRA}}
|3||1||1||1||7||8||-1||'''3'''
|- style="background:#ffccff;"
|4.
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihw|DEN}}
|3||1||0||2||10||7||+3||'''2'''
|}

====Results====
<small>All times local</small>
{{IceHockeybox
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = March 20, 2001
|time = 5:30pm
|team1 = '''{{ihw-rt|DEN}}'''
|score = 8 &ndash; 2
|periods = ( 3 - 0 , 1 - 2, 4 - 0)
|team2 = {{ihw|PRK}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Parc 1326
|attendance = 451
|referee =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
|bg = #eeffff
|date = March 20, 2001
|time = 8:30pm
|team1 = {{ihw-rt|FRA}}
|score = 3 &ndash; 3
|periods = ( 1 - 2 , 2 - 0 , 0 - 1)
|team2 = {{ihw|JPN}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Parc 1326
|attendance = 1812
|referee =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = March 21, 2001
|time = 4:30pm
|team1 = '''{{ihw-rt|JPN}}'''
|score = 4 &ndash; 4
|periods = ( 0 - 0 , 4 - 1, 0 - 3)
|team2 = {{ihw|PRK}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Parc 1326
|attendance = 409
|referee =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
|bg = #eeffff
|date = March 21, 2001
|time = 8:00pm
|team1 = {{ihw-rt|DEN}}
|score = 1 &ndash; 2
|periods = ( 0 - 0 , 1 - 2 , 0 - 0)
|team2 = '''{{ihw|FRA}}'''
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Parc 1326
|attendance = 1592
|referee =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = March 23, 2001
|time = 11:30am
|team1 = '''{{ihw-rt|JPN}}'''
|score = 3 &ndash; 1
|periods = ( 1 - 0 , 0 - 0, 2 - 1 )
|team2 = {{ihw|DEN}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Parc 1326
|attendance = 413
|referee =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
|bg = #eeffff
|date = March 23, 2001
|time = 2:30pm
|team1 = '''{{ihw-rt|PRK}}'''
|score = 4 &ndash; 2
|periods = ( 1 - 1 , 2 - 0 , 1 - 1 )
|team2 = {{ihw|FRA}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Parc 1326
|attendance = 1867
|referee =
}}

====Group B====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=20|Rk.
!width=165|Team
!width=40|GP
!width=40|W
!width=40|T
!width=40|L
!width=40|GF
!width=40|GA
!width=40|DIF
!width=40|PTS
|- style="background:#F7F6A8;"
|1.
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihw|SUI}}
|3||3||0||0||16||2||+14||'''6'''
|- 
|2.
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihw|CZE}}
|3||1||1||1||9||7||+2||'''3'''
|- 
|3.
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihw|LAT}}
|3||1||1||1||6||8||-2||'''3'''
|- style="background:#ffccff;"
|4.
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihw|NOR}}
|3||0||0||3||2||16||-14||'''0'''
|}

====Results====
<small>All times local</small>
{{IceHockeybox
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = March 20, 2001
|time = 11:00pm
|team1 = {{ihw-rt|LAT}}
|score = 0 &ndash; 4
|periods = ( 0 - 1 , 0 - 2 , 0 - 1 )
|team2 = '''{{ihw|SUI}}'''
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Parc 1326
|attendance = 300
|referee =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
|bg = #eeffff
|date = March 20, 2001
|time = 4:30pm
|team1 = {{ihw-rt|NOR}}
|score = 0 &ndash; 5
|periods = ( 0 - 1 , 0 - 2 , 0 - 2 )
|team2 = '''{{ihw|CZE}}'''
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Parc 1326
|attendance = 427
|referee =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = March 22, 2001
|time = 4:30pm
|team1 = {{ihw-rt|NOR}}
|score = 1 &ndash; 3
|periods = ( 0 - 2 , 0 - 0 , 1 - 1 )
|team2 = '''{{ihw|LAT}}'''
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Parc 1326
|attendance = 513
|referee =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
|bg = #eeffff
|date = March 22, 2001
|time = 8:00pm
|team1 = '''{{ihw-rt|SUI}}'''
|score = 4 &ndash; 1
|periods = ( 2 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 1 )
|team2 = {{ihw|CZE}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Parc 1326
|attendance = 946
|referee =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = March 23, 2001
|time = 5:30pm
|team1 = {{ihw-rt|CZE}}
|score = 3 &ndash; 3
|periods = ( 1 - 1 , 0 - 2 , 2 - 0 )
|team2 = {{ihw|LAT}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Parc 1326
|attendance = 476
|referee =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
|bg = #eeffff
|date = March 23, 2001
|time = 8:00pm
|team1 = '''{{ihw-rt|SUI}}'''
|score = 8 &ndash; 1
|periods = ( 6 - 1 , 0 - 0 , 2 - 0 )
|team2 = {{ihw|NOR}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Parc 1326
|attendance = 1337
|referee =
}}

===Playoff Round===
===Match for seventh place===
{{IceHockeybox
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = March 25, 2001
|time = 11:30am
|team1 = {{ihw-rt|DEN}}
|score = 2 &ndash; 4
|periods = ( 1 - 2 , 1 - 0 , 0 - 2 )
|team2 = '''{{ihw|NOR}}'''
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Parc 1326
|attendance = 319
|referee =
}}

====Match for fifth place====
{{IceHockeybox
|bg = #eeffff
|date = March 25, 2001
|time = 2:30pm
|team1 = {{ihw-rt|LAT}}
|score = 1 &ndash; 2
|periods = ( 0 - 1 , 1 - 1 , 0 - 0 )
|team2 = '''{{ihw|FRA}}'''
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Parc 1326
|attendance = 1555
|referee =
}}

====Match for third place====
{{IceHockeybox
|bg = #FFDAB9
|date = March 25, 2001
|time = 5:30pm
|team1 = '''{{ihw-rt|CZE}}'''
|score = 3 &ndash; 2
|periods = (0 - 1, 1 - 0, 1 - 1, 0 - 0, 1 - 0)
|team2 = {{ihw|PRK}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Parc 1326
|attendance = 1030
|referee =
}}

====Final====
{{IceHockeybox
|bg = #F7F6A8
|date = March 25, 2001
|time = 8:30pm
|team1 = '''{{ihw-rt|SUI}}'''
|score = 2 &ndash; 1
|periods =  ( 2 - 0 , 0 - 1 , 0 - 0 )
|team2 = {{ihw|JPN}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Parc 1326
|attendance = 1980
|referee =
}}

===Champions===
{{winners|ihw|2001 IIHF World Women Championship Pool B Winners|Switzerland|1st}}

===Final standings===

{| class="wikitable" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" style="border:1px solid #AAAAAA;font-size:90%"
|-bgcolor="#E4E4E4"
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" width=40|Rk.
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" width=120|Team
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" width=400|Notes
|- bgcolor="#F7F6A8"
| align="center" style="height:23px"| {{goca}} || '''{{ihw|SUI}}''' || Promoted to the 2003 World Championships
|- bgcolor="#DCE5E5"
| align="center" style="height:23px"| {{sica}} || {{ihw|JPN}}
|- bgcolor="#FFDAB9"
| align="center" style="height:23px"| {{Brca}} || {{ihw|CZE}}
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|align="center"| 4. || {{ihw|PRK}}
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|align="center"| 5. || {{ihw|FRA}}
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|align="center"| 6. || {{ihw|LAT}}
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|align="center"| 7. || {{ihw|NOR}} || Relegated to the 2003 World Championships Division II
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|align="center"| 8. || {{ihw|DEN}} || Relegated to the 2003 World Championships Division II
|}

==2003 Division I Qualification==
At the time these tournaments were played it was understood that the winner of each group would be promoted to Division I for 2003.  With the reorganization of the lower tiers into smaller groups the winners and second place finishers of both tournaments were sent to Division II, with the remaining six nations comprising Division III.
===Group A===
Played in [[Bucharest]] [[Romania]] March 5–11 2001.
{| class="wikitable"
!
! Team
! Games
! Won
! Drawn
! Lost
! Points difference
! Points
|-style="background:#ccffcc"
| 1 || {{ihw|NED}} || 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 27 - 04 || 8
|-style="background:#ccffcc"
| 2 || {{ihw|ITA}} || 4 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 33 - 04 || 6
|-style=
| 3 || {{ihw|BEL}} || 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 12 - 16 || 4
|-style=
| 4 || {{ihw|RSA}} || 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 12 - 20 || 2
|-style=
| 5 || {{ihw|ROU}} || 4 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 02 - 42 || 0
|-
|}

'''Netherlands''' and '''Italy''' qualified in 2003 World Championship Division II

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 05 March 2001
| team1 = {{ihw-rt|RSA}}
| score = 3-4
| team2 = {{ihw|BEL}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 05 March 2001
| team1 = {{ihw-rt|ROU}}
| score = 1-14
| team2 = {{ihw|NED}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 06 March 2001
| team1 = {{ihw-rt|ITA}}
| score = 9-1
| team2 = {{ihw|RSA}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 06 March 2001
| team1 = {{ihw-rt|ROU}}
| score = 0-7
| team2 = {{ihw|BEL}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 08 March 2001
| team1 = {{ihw-rt|ROU}}
| score = 0-15
| team2 = {{ihw|ITA}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 08 March 2001
| team1 = {{ihw-rt|BEL}}
| score = 0-5
| team2 = {{ihw|NED}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 09 March 2001
| team1 = {{ihw-rt|NED}}
| score = 2-1
| team2 = {{ihw|ITA}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 09 March 2001
| team1 = {{ihw-rt|ROU}}
| score = 1-6
| team2 = {{ihw|RSA}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 11 March 2001
| team1 = {{ihw-rt|NED}}
| score = 6-2
| team2 = {{ihw|RSA}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 11 March 2001
| team1 = {{ihw-rt|ITA}}
| score = 8-1
| team2 = {{ihw|BEL}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}

===Group B===
Played in [[Maribor]] [[Slovenia]] March 20–25, 2001.
{| class="wikitable"
!
! Team
! Games
! Won
! Drawn
! Lost
! Points difference
! Points
|-style="background:#ccffcc"
| 1 || {{ihw|SVK}} || 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 48 - 02 || 8
|-style="background:#ccffcc"
| 2 || {{ihw|GBR}} || 4 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 29 - 06 || 6
|-style=
| 3 || {{ihw|AUS}} || 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 13 - 15 || 4
|-style=
| 4 || {{ihw|HUN}} || 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 07 - 28 || 2
|-style=
| 5 || {{ihw|SVN}} || 4 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 03 - 50 || 0
|-
|}

'''Slovakia''' and '''Great Britain''' qualified in 2003 World Championship Division II

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 20 March 2001
| team1 = {{ihw-rt|HUN}}
| score = 0-12
| team2 = {{ihw|SVK}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 20 March 2001
| team1 = {{ihw-rt|SVN}}
| score = 0-12
| team2 = {{ihw|GBR}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 21 March 2001
| team1 = {{ihw-rt|SVN}}
| score = 2-7
| team2 = {{ihw|AUS}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 21 March 2001
| team1 = {{ihw-rt|GBR}}
| score = 12-0
| team2 = {{ihw|HUN}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 22 March 2001
| team1 = {{ihw-rt|SVK}}
| score = 9-1
| team2 = {{ihw|AUS}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 23 March 2001
| team1 = {{ihw-rt|SVN}}
| score = 0-23
| team2 = {{ihw|SVK}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 24 March 2001
| team1 = {{ihw-rt|GBR}}
| score = 4-2
| team2 = {{ihw|AUS}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 24 March 2001
| team1 = {{ihw-rt|SVN}}
| score = 1-7
| team2 = {{ihw|HUN}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 25 March 2001
| team1 = {{ihw-rt|AUS}}
| score = 3-0
| team2 = {{ihw|HUN}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 25 March 2001
| team1 = {{ihw-rt|SVK}}
| score = 4-1
| team2 = {{ihw|GBR}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* [http://www.whockey.com/int/wwc/2001/ Summary from the Women's Hockey Net]
* [http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/mondefem2001.htm Detailed summary from passionhockey.com]
* [http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0001/Wwi/0001/pg000001.htm Official IIHF Division I page]
* [http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0001/Wwiqa/0001/pg000001.htm Official IIHF Division I Qualification Group A page]
* [http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0001/Wwiqb/0001/pg000001.htm Official IIHF Division I Qualification Group B page]

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