2001 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships (Lower Divisions)

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2001 IIHF World Women's Championship
Division I
Tournament details
Host country France
DatesMarch 20 - March 25
Teams8
Venue(s)Briançon, France (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svg  Switzerland (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored87 (4.35 per match)
Attendance14,527 (726 per match)
Scoring leader(s)Czech Republic (5+3=8PTS)
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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[]

     Teams proceed to Final
     Teams relegated to Division II

Group A[]

Rk. Team GP W T L GF GA DIF PTS
1.  Japan 3 1 2 0 10 8 +2 4
2.  North Korea 3 1 1 1 10 14 -4 3
3.  France 3 1 1 1 7 8 -1 3
4.  Denmark 3 1 0 2 10 7 +3 2

Results[]

All times local

March 20, 2001
5:30pm		Denmark 8 – 2
( 3 - 0 , 1 - 2, 4 - 0)		 North KoreaParc 1326
Attendance: 451
March 20, 2001
8:30pm		France 3 – 3
( 1 - 2 , 2 - 0 , 0 - 1)		 JapanParc 1326
Attendance: 1812
March 21, 2001
4:30pm		Japan 4 – 4
( 0 - 0 , 4 - 1, 0 - 3)		 North KoreaParc 1326
Attendance: 409
March 21, 2001
8:00pm		Denmark 1 – 2
( 0 - 0 , 1 - 2 , 0 - 0)		 FranceParc 1326
Attendance: 1592
March 23, 2001
11:30am		Japan 3 – 1
( 1 - 0 , 0 - 0, 2 - 1 )		 DenmarkParc 1326
Attendance: 413
March 23, 2001
2:30pm		North Korea 4 – 2
( 1 - 1 , 2 - 0 , 1 - 1 )		 FranceParc 1326
Attendance: 1867

Group B[]

Rk. Team GP W T L GF GA DIF PTS
1.   Switzerland 3 3 0 0 16 2 +14 6
2.  Czech Republic 3 1 1 1 9 7 +2 3
3.  Latvia 3 1 1 1 6 8 -2 3
4.  Norway 3 0 0 3 2 16 -14 0

Results[]

All times local

March 20, 2001
11:00pm		Latvia 0 – 4
( 0 - 1 , 0 - 2 , 0 - 1 )		  SwitzerlandParc 1326
Attendance: 300
March 20, 2001
4:30pm		Norway 0 – 5
( 0 - 1 , 0 - 2 , 0 - 2 )		 Czech RepublicParc 1326
Attendance: 427
March 22, 2001
4:30pm		Norway 1 – 3
( 0 - 2 , 0 - 0 , 1 - 1 )		 LatviaParc 1326
Attendance: 513
March 22, 2001
8:00pm		Switzerland  4 – 1
( 2 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 1 )		 Czech RepublicParc 1326
Attendance: 946
March 23, 2001
5:30pm		Czech Republic 3 – 3
( 1 - 1 , 0 - 2 , 2 - 0 )		 LatviaParc 1326
Attendance: 476
March 23, 2001
8:00pm		Switzerland  8 – 1
( 6 - 1 , 0 - 0 , 2 - 0 )		 NorwayParc 1326
Attendance: 1337

Playoff Round[]

Match for seventh place[]

March 25, 2001
11:30am		Denmark 2 – 4
( 1 - 2 , 1 - 0 , 0 - 2 )		 NorwayParc 1326
Attendance: 319

Match for fifth place[]

March 25, 2001
2:30pm		Latvia 1 – 2
( 0 - 1 , 1 - 1 , 0 - 0 )		 FranceParc 1326
Attendance: 1555

Match for third place[]

March 25, 2001
5:30pm		Czech Republic 3 – 2
(0 - 1, 1 - 0, 1 - 1, 0 - 0, 1 - 0)		 North KoreaParc 1326
Attendance: 1030

Final[]

March 25, 2001
8:30pm		Switzerland  2 – 1
( 2 - 0 , 0 - 1 , 0 - 0 )		 JapanParc 1326
Attendance: 1980

Scoring leaders[]

Player GP G A Pts PIM +/-
Czech Republic 4 5 3 8 0 1
Denmark 4 6 0 6 2 2
Latvia Iveta Koka 4 4 2 6 0 3
Switzerland Sandrine Ray 4 4 2 6 6 5
Switzerland Kathrin Lehmann 4 3 3 5 0 6
Switzerland Jeanette Marty 4 1 4 5 8 4
Czech Republic Simona Studentova 4 3 1 4 6 1
North Korea 4 3 1 4 8 0
Latvia Inese Geca-Miljone 4 2 2 4 4 3
Switzerland Prisca Mosimann 4 2 2 4 4 5
France 4 2 2 4 4 –1

Goaltending leaders[]

Player Mins GA SOG GAA SV%
Switzerland 188:13 2 90 0.64 97.78
Latvia 240:00 10 207 2.50 95.17
Czech Republic 208:35 7 112 2.01 93.75
Norway 100:00 4 62 2.40 93.55
Denmark 239:16 11 169 2.76 93.49

Champions[]

 2001 IIHF World Women Championship Pool B Winners 

Switzerland
1st title

Final standings[]

Rk. Team Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)   Switzerland Promoted to the 2003 World Championships
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Czech Republic
4.  North Korea
5.  France
6.  Latvia
7.  Norway Relegated to the 2003 World Championships Division II
8.  Denmark 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.

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
1  Netherlands 4 4 0 0 27 - 04 8
2  Italy 4 3 0 1 33 - 04 6
3  Belgium 4 2 0 2 12 - 16 4
4  South Africa 4 1 0 3 12 - 20 2
5  Romania 4 0 0 4 02 - 42 0

Netherlands and Italy qualified in 2003 World Championship Division II

05 March 2001South Africa 3-4
(1-1,2-2,0-1)		 Belgium
05 March 2001Romania 1-14
(1-7,0-2,0-5)		 Netherlands
06 March 2001Italy 9-1
(4-0,4-1,1-0)		 South Africa
06 March 2001Romania 0-7
(0-3,0-4,0-0)		 Belgium
08 March 2001Romania 0-15
(0-4,0-8,0-3)		 Italy
08 March 2001Belgium 0-5
(0-1,0-2,0-2)		 Netherlands
09 March 2001Netherlands 2-1
(2-0,0-1,0-0)		 Italy
09 March 2001Romania 1-6
(1-1,0-4,0-1)		 South Africa
11 March 2001Netherlands 6-2
(2-0,2-1,2-1)		 South Africa
11 March 2001Italy 8-1
(1-1,3-0,4-0)		 Belgium

Scoring leaders[]

Player GP G A Pts PIM +/-
Netherlands 4 8 4 12 4 10
South Africa 4 9 1 10 2 –3
Italy 4 8 0 8 0 8
Italy 4 4 4 8 0 10
Italy Evelyn Bazzanella 4 2 5 7 4 5
Italy Waltraud Kaser 4 4 2 6 4 6
Netherlands 4 4 2 6 22 9
Belgium 4 2 4 6 6 3
Netherlands 4 4 1 5 2 9
Italy 4 4 1 5 4 8

Goaltending leaders[]

Player Mins GA SOG GAA SV%
Netherlands 150:56 2 23 0.80 91.30
Italy 120:00 2 22 1.00 90.91
Belgium 120:00 8 70 4.00 88.57
Italy 120:00 2 16 1.00 87.50
South Africa 104:01 11 66 6.35 83.33

Group B[]

Played in Maribor Slovenia March 20–25, 2001.

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
1  Slovakia 4 4 0 0 48 - 02 8
2  Great Britain 4 3 0 1 29 - 06 6
3  Australia 4 2 0 2 13 - 15 4
4  Hungary 4 1 0 3 07 - 28 2
5  Slovenia 4 0 0 4 03 - 50 0

Slovakia and Great Britain qualified in 2003 World Championship Division II

20 March 2001Hungary 0-12
(0-3,0-5,0-4)		 Slovakia
20 March 2001Slovenia 0-12
(0-5,0-5,0-2)		 Great Britain
21 March 2001Slovenia 2-7
(1-3,1-1,0-3)		 Australia
21 March 2001Great Britain 12-0
(4-0,5-0,3-0)		 Hungary
22 March 2001Slovakia 9-1
(5-1,3-0,1-0)		 Australia
23 March 2001Slovenia 0-23
(0-5,0-8,0-10)		 Slovakia
24 March 2001Great Britain 4-2
(0-1,2-0,2-1)		 Australia
24 March 2001Slovenia 1-7
(0-3,0-3,1-1)		 Hungary
25 March 2001Australia 3-0
(0-0,3-0,0-0)		 Hungary
25 March 2001Slovakia 4-1
(1-0,1-0,2-1)		 Great Britain

Scoring leaders[]

Player GP G A Pts PIM +/-
Slovakia 4 5 9 14 4 16
Slovakia 4 5 6 11 0 11
Slovakia 4 8 2 10 2 14
Slovakia Petra Babiakova 4 6 3 9 2 12
Slovakia Zuzana Moravčíková 4 5 4 9 0 14
United Kingdom 4 6 2 8 4 9
United Kingdom 4 4 4 8 2 6
Slovakia 4 2 6 8 2 19
Slovakia 4 4 3 7 0 9
Australia 4 4 2 6 8 1

Goaltending leaders[]

Player Mins GA SOG GAA SV%
Slovakia 150:38 1 32 0.40 96.88
United Kingdom 120:00 2 32 1.00 93.75
United Kingdom 120:00 4 54 2.00 91.11
Australia 223:20 10 93 2.69 89.25
Hungary 169:55 17 118 6.00 85.59

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