| 2000 IIHF Women's World Championship
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| Tournament details
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| Host nation
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 Canada
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| Dates
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April 3 - April 9
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| Teams
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8
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| Venue(s)
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7 (in 7 host cities)
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| Champions
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Canada (6 titles)
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| Tournament statistics
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| Games played
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20
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| Goals scored
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148 (7.4 per game)
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| Attendance
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57,444 (2,872 per game)
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| Scoring leader(s)
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 Krissy Wendell (13 points)
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The 2000 IIHF World Women's Championships was held April 3-April 9, 2000 in the Ontario towns of 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, in overtime. Finland picked up their sixth consecutive bronze medal, with a win over Sweden.
This year's tournament also counted as qualification for the Salt Lake City Olympics. With six automatic berths available, all four semi-finalists were assured Olympic participation. In the consolation round China defeated Germany and Russia defeated Japan, to join them.
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.
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
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Teams proceed to Final round
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Teams sent to Consolation round
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Group A
Standings
| Rk.
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Team
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GP
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W
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T
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L
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GF
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GA
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DIF
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PTS
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| 1.
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Canada
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3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
21 |
1 |
+20 |
6
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| 2.
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 Sweden
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3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
11 |
5 |
+6 |
3
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| 3.
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 China
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3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
9 |
-4 |
3
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| 4.
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 Japan
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3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
22 |
-22 |
0
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Results
All times local
Group B
Standings
Results
All times local
Playoff Round
Consolation Round 5-8 Place
Consolation Round 7-8 Place
Consolation Round 5-6 Place
Final round
Semifinals
Match for third place
Final
Champions
| 2000 IIHF World Women Championship Winners
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Canada
6th title
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Final standings
World Championship Group B
- Main article: 2000 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships (Lower Divisions)
World Championship Group B was played again with an eight team tournament which was hosted by Latvia in Liepāja 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.
References
- Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press, 26–7, 230–1.
External links
Krissy Wendell (13 points)
United States
Finland
Russia
Germany
