2000 IIHF Women's World Championship
2000 IIHF Women's World Championship
| Tournament details |
| Host country |
Canada |
| Dates |
April 3 - April 9 |
| Teams |
8 |
| Venue(s) |
7 (in 7 host cities) |
| Final positions |
| Champions |
Canada (6th title) |
| Tournament statistics |
| Matches played |
20 |
| Goals scored |
148 (7.4 per match) |
| Attendance |
57,444 (2,872 per match) (Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "," per match) |
| Scoring leader(s) |
Krissy Wendell (13 points) |
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, after overtime.
Finland picked up their sixth consecutive bronze medal, with a win over Sweden.
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 |
Group A
Standings
| Rk. |
Team |
GP |
W |
T |
L |
GF |
GA |
DIF |
PTS |
| 1. |
Canada |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
21 |
1 |
+20 |
6 |
| 2. |
Sweden |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
11 |
5 |
+6 |
3 |
| 3. |
China |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
9 |
-4 |
3 |
| 4. |
Japan |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
22 |
-22 |
0 |
Results
All times local
April 3, 2000
7:00 pm |
China |
1 – 1
|
Sweden |
Memorial Centre |
April 4, 2000
7:00 pm |
Sweden |
10 – 0
|
Japan |
Memorial Arena |
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 |
Canada
6th title |
Scoring leaders
Goaltending leaders
| Player |
Mins |
GA |
GAA |
SV% |
| Sarah Tueting |
120 |
1 |
0.50 |
.944 |
| Sami Small |
150 |
2 |
0.80 |
.957 |
| Kim St-Pierre |
150 |
3 |
1.20 |
.935 |
| Hong Guo |
220 |
6 |
1.64 |
.941 |
| Tulla Puputti |
238 |
9 |
1.64 |
.926 |
| Sara Decosta |
180 |
7 |
2.33 |
.883 |
| Irina Gachennikova |
220 |
13 |
3.55 |
.852 |
| Manuela Hirschbeck |
218 |
13 |
3.57 |
.904 |
| Lotta Gothesson |
300 |
19 |
3.80 |
.890 |
| Tomoko Fujimoto |
210 |
18 |
5.14 |
.851 |
Final standings
| Rk. |
Team |
Notes |
|
Canada |
Qualified for 2002 Winter Olympic Games |
|
United States |
Qualified for 2002 Winter Olympic Games |
|
Finland |
Qualified for 2002 Winter Olympic Games |
| 4. |
Sweden |
Qualified for 2002 Winter Olympic Games |
| 5. |
Russia |
Qualified for 2002 Winter Olympic Games |
| 6. |
China |
Qualified for 2002 Winter Olympic Games |
| 7. |
Germany |
Qualified for 2002 Winter Olympic Games Qualification |
| 8. |
Japan |
Relegated to the 2001 World Championships Group B
Qualified for 2002 Winter Olympic Games Qualification
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World Championship Group B
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.
Directorate Awards
References
- ^ Collins Gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-10, p.542, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55468-621-6