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

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2000 IIHF World Women's Championship
Pool B
Tournament details
Host nation  Latvia
Dates March 20 - March 26
Teams 8
Venue(s) Liepāja, Riga (in 1 host city)
Champions  Kazakhstan (1 title)
Tournament statistics
Games played 20
Goals scored 117  (5.85 per game)
Attendance 6,296  (315 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Switzerland Rachel Rochat (4+4=8PTS)

The 2000 IIHF World Women's Championships Pool B were held between March 20-March 26, 2000 in the cities of Liepāja and Riga in Latvia. Kazakhstan won the tournament with an impressive performance winning all five of their matches. Additionally this advanced them to a qualification tournament for the Salt Lake City Olympics together with second place Switzerland, who narrowly edged out Norway for the privilege. Group 'B' changed its name to Division I following this season.

For the second year, a third tier tournament was played (called 2001 Pool B Qualification) in Székesfehérvár, Hungary.


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 team would be relegated to the 2003 Group B Qualification tournament.

First round

     Teams proceed to Final round
     Teams sent to Consolation round

Group A

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
4:00 pm 		Switzerland  1 – 2
( 0 - 1, 0 - 1, 1 - 0) 		 Kazakhstan
Attendance: 490
March 20, 2000
7:00 pm 		Czech Republic  2 – 2
( 0 - 0 , 2 - 1 , 0 - 1) 		 Latvia
Attendance: 1050
March 21, 2000
3:30 pm 		Czech Republic  2 – 3
( 0 - 1, 2 - 2 , 0 - 0) 		 Kazakhstan
Attendance: 410
March 21, 2000
7:00 pm 		Latvia  0 – 5
( 0 - 2 , 0 - 1 , 0 - 2) 		 Switzerland
Attendance: 980
March 23, 2000
3:30 pm 		Switzerland  4 – 2
( 0 - 1, 2 - 1 , 2 - 0) 		 Czech Republic
Attendance: 520
March 23, 2000
7:00 pm 		Kazakhstan  3 – 0
( 1 - 0 , 0 - 0 , 2 - 0 ) 		 Latvia
Attendance: 964

Group B

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
4:00 pm 		Norway  7 – 0
( 2 - 0, 2 - 0 , 3 - 0) 		 Italy
March 20, 2000
7:00 pm 		France  2 – 2
( 0 - 0 , 1 - 1 , 1 - 1) 		 Denmark
March 22, 2000
3:30 pm 		France  8 – 2
( 2 - 0, 2 - 0 , 4 - 2 ) 		 Italy
March 22, 2000
7:00 pm 		Denmark  1 – 3
( 0 - 1 , 1 - 0 , 0 - 2) 		 Norway
March 23, 2000
3:30 pm 		Norway  6 – 2
( 2 - 0, 2 - 0 , 2 - 2 ) 		 France
March 23, 2000
7:00 pm 		Italy  0 – 5
( 0 - 2 , 0 - 1 , 0 - 2) 		 Denmark

Playoff Round

Consolation Round 5-8 Place

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
4:00 pm 		Latvia  2 – 2
( 0 - 0 , 2 - 1 , 0 - 1 ) 		 Czech Republic
Attendance: 490
March 22, 2000
7:00 pm 		France  8 – 2
( 2 - 0 , 2 - 0 , 4 - 2) 		 Italy
March 25, 2000
1:00 pm 		France  3 – 3
( 0 - 1 , 1 - 2 , 2 - 0 ) 		 Latvia
March 25, 2000
4:00 pm 		Czech Republic  7 – 2
( 1 - 1 , 4 - 1 , 2 - 0 ) 		 Italy
March 26, 2000
1:00 pm 		Czech Republic  0 – 1
( 0 - 0 , 0 - 1 , 0 - 0 ) 		 France
March 26, 2000
4:00 pm 		Latvia  2 – 0
( 0 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 ) 		 Italy
Attendance: 382

Final Round 1-4 Place

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
4:00 pm 		Switzerland  1 – 2
( 0 - 1 , 0 - 1 , 1 - 0 ) 		 Kazakhstan
Attendance: 490
March 22, 2000
7:00 pm 		Denmark  1 – 3
( 0 - 1 , 1 - 0 , 0 - 2) 		 Norway
March 25, 2000
1:00 pm 		Norway  2 – 2
( 0 - 0 , 2 -0 , 0 - 2 ) 		 Switzerland
March 25, 2000
4:00 pm 		Kazakhstan  3 – 0
( 0 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 2 - 0 ) 		 Denmark
March 26, 2000
1:00 pm 		Switzerland  4 – 0
( 1 - 0 , 0 - 0 , 3 - 0 ) 		 Denmark
March 26, 2000
4:00 pm 		Kazakhstan  2 – 1
( 1 - 0 , 0 - 1 , 1 - 0 ) 		 Norway

Champions

 2000 IIHF World Women Championship Pool B Winners 

Kazakhstan
1st title

Final standings

Rk. Team Notes
Gold medal icon.png  Kazakhstan Promoted to the 2001 World Championships
Silver medal icon.png  Switzerland
Bronze medal icon.png  Norway
4.  Denmark
5.  France
6.  Latvia
7.  Czech Republic
8.  Italy Relegated to the 2001 World Championships Division I Qualification

2001 Qualification Tournament

Two groups of four played a round robin with the group winners playing off for promotion to next years Division I tournament (Group B was renamed Division I). The tournament was played March 22–26, 2000 in Dunaújváros and Székesfehérvár Hungary.

First round

     Teams proceed to Final

Group A

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
1:00 pm 		Slovakia  8 – 0
( 2 - 0 , 2 - 0, 4 - 0 ) 		 Belgium
Attendance: 300
March 22, 2000
6:00 pm 		Hungary  4 – 3
( 1 - 0 , 2 - 2 , 1 - 1) 		 South Africa
Attendance: 850
March 23, 2000
4:00 pm 		South Africa  0 – 23
( 0 - 5 , 0 - 8 , 0 - 10 ) 		 Slovakia
Attendance: 300
March 23, 2000
6:00 pm 		Hungary  2 – 3
( 2 - 0 , 0 - 0 , 0 - 3 ) 		 Belgium
Attendance: 400
March 25, 2000
4:00 pm 		Slovakia  8 – 0
( 4 - 0 , 3 - 0 , 1 - 0 ) 		 Hungary
Attendance: 310
March 25, 2000
6:00 pm 		Belgium  8 – 0
( 1 - 0 , 4 - 0 , 3 - 0 ) 		 South Africa
Attendance: 400

Group B

Rk. Team GP W T L GF GA DIF PTS
1.  North Korea 3 2 1 0 14 5 +9 5
2.  Great Britain 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
4:00 pm 		Netherlands  2 – 0
( 0 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 ) 		 Australia
Attendance: 300
March 22, 2000
7:00 pm 		Great Britain  2 – 4
( 1 - 1 , 0 - 2 , 1 - 1 ) 		 North Korea
Attendance: 300
March 23, 2000
1:00 pm 		North Korea  2 – 2
( 1 - 1 , 1 - 1 , 0 - 0 ) 		 Netherlands
Attendance: 300
March 23, 2000
7:00 pm 		Great Britain  7 – 1
( 2 - 0 , 1 - 1 , 4 - 0 ) 		 Australia
Attendance: 300
March 25, 2000
1:00 pm 		Australia  1 – 8
( 0 - 3 , 1 - 2 , 0 - 3 ) 		 North Korea
Attendance: 300
March 25, 2000
7:00 pm 		Netherlands  2 – 5
( 1 - 2 , 0 - 1 , 1 - 2 ) 		 Great Britain
Attendance: 300

Final round

Match for seventh place

March 26, 2000 South Africa  0 – 6
( 0 - 1 , 0 - 2 , 0 - 3 ) 		 Australia

Match for fifth place

March 26, 2000 Hungary  0 – 2
( 0 - 1 , 0 - 0 , 0 - 1 ) 		 Netherlands

Match for third place

March 26, 2000 Belgium  1 – 8
( 0 - 2 , 0 - 4 , 1 - 2 ) 		 Great Britain

Final

March 25, 2000 Slovakia  1 – 3
( 1 - 0 , 0 - 1 , 0 - 2 ) 		 North Korea

North Korea qualified for the 2001 World Championship Division I.

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