2000 IIHF Women's World Championship

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2000 IIHF Women's World Championship
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Tournament details
Host country Canada
DatesApril 3–9
Officially opened byAdrienne Clarkson
Teams8
Venue(s)7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svg Canada (6th title)
Runner-up Silver medal blank.svg United States
Third place Bronze medal blank.svg Finland
Fourth place Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored148 (7.4 per match)
Attendance57,444 (2,872 per match)
Scoring leader(s)United States Krissy Wendell (13 points)
← 1999
2001 →

The 2000 IIHF World Women's Championships was held April 3–9, 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 sixth consecutive gold medal at the World Championships defeating the United States.[1]

In one of the closest 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 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[]

     Teams proceed to Final round
     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
7:30 pm		Japan 0 – 9 CanadaHershey Centre
April 3, 2000
7:00 pm		China 1 – 1 Sweden
April 4, 2000
7:00 pm		Sweden 10 – 0 Japan
April 4, 2000
7:30 pm		Canada 8 – 1 China
April 6, 2000
4:00 pm		China 3 – 0 JapanHershey Centre
April 6, 2000
7:30 pm		Canada 4 – 0 SwedenHershey Centre

Group B[]

Standings[]

Rk. Team GP W T L GF GA DIF PTS
1.  United States 3 3 0 0 35 4 +31 6
2.  Finland 3 2 0 1 14 6 +8 4
3.  Russia 3 1 0 2 8 24 -16 2
4.  Germany 3 0 0 3 4 27 -23 0

Results[]

All times local

April 3, 2000
4:00 pm		Finland 7 – 1 RussiaHershey Centre
April 3, 2000
8:00 pm		Germany 1 – 16 United StatesBarrie Molson Centre
April 4, 2000
4:00 pm		Finland 4 – 1 GermanyHershey Centre
April 4, 2000
8:00 pm		United States 15 – 0 RussiaHershey Centre
April 6, 2000
7:00 pm		Russia 7 – 2 GermanyCivic Centre
April 6, 2000
7:00 pm		United States 4 – 3 FinlandThompson

Playoff Round[]

Consolation Round 5-8 Place[]

April 7, 2000
4:00 pm		China 3 – 0 GermanyHershey Centre
April 7, 2000
7:30 pm		Japan 4 – 8 RussiaHershey Centre

Consolation Round 7-8 Place[]

April 9, 2000
12:00 pm		Germany 3 – 2 JapanIceland

Consolation Round 5-6 Place[]

April 9, 2000
12:00 pm		Russia 4 – 0 ChinaHershey Centre

Final round[]

  Semi finals
8 April 2000 		    Finals
9 April 2000
                 
  A1  Canada 3   Gold Medal Game AOT
  B2  Finland 2    
       Canada 3
       United States 2
  B1  United States 7    
  A2  Sweden 1   Bronze Medal Game
 
 Finland 7
   Sweden 1

Semifinals[]

April 8, 2000
1:00 pm		Canada 3 – 2 FinlandHershey Centre
April 8, 2000
7:00 pm		United States 3 – 1 SwedenHershey Centre

Match for third place[]

April 9, 2000
4:00 pm		Finland 7 – 1 SwedenHershey Centre

Final[]

April 9, 2000
7:30 pm		Canada 3 – 2 AOT United StatesHershey Centre

Champions[]

 2000 IIHF World Women Championship Winners 

Canada
6th title

Scoring leaders[]

Player GP G A Pts PIM +/-
United States Krissy Wendell 5 2 11 13 6 10
United States Stephanie O'Sullivan 5 5 7 12 2 12
United States Karyn Bye 5 8 2 10 2 12
United States Alana Blahoski 5 7 2 9 0 7
Canada Jayna Hefford 5 5 3 8 4 5
United States Brandy Fisher 5 3 5 8 0 5
United States Natalie Darwitz 5 2 6 8 18 10
United States A.J. Mleczko 5 1 7 8 2 15
Canada Hayley Wickenheiser 5 1 7 8 4 8
Finland Katja Riipi 5 7 0 7 0 5

Goaltending leaders[]

Player Mins GA GAA SV%
Canada Sami Jo Small 150:02 2 0.80 95.65
United States Sarah Tueting 120:00 1 0.50 94.44
China Guo Hong 220:00 6 1.64 94.06
Canada Kim St-Pierre 149:58 3 1.20 93.48
Finland Tuula Puputti 238:23 9 2.27 92.56

Final standings[]

Rk. Team Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Canada Qualified for 2002 Winter Olympic Games
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States Qualified for 2002 Winter Olympic Games
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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 Division I

Qualified for 2002 Winter Olympic Games Qualification

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.

Directorate Awards[]

References[]

  1. ^ "2000 - IIHF Women's World Championship".
  2. ^ Collins Gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-10, p.542, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55468-621-6
  • Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. pp. 26–7, 230–1.

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