1999 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships (Lower Divisions)
The 1999 IIHF World Women's Championships Pool B were held between March 21 – March 28, 1999, in the town of Colmar in France.
| Pool B | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country |  France |
| Dates | March 21 - March 28 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Venue(s) | Colmar (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
Champions  |  Japan (1st title) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 20 |
| Goals scored | 133 (6.65 per match) |
| Attendance | 13,850 (693 per match) |
| Scoring leader(s) | Masako Sato (12 points) |
2000 → | |
This was the first year of the Pool B tournament which saw Japan win the Pool with a 7–1 final game victory over Norway to promote them to the World Championship. A third tier was played as well (called 2000 B Qualification) with six nations in Székesfehérvár, Hungary.
1999 Qualification Tournament
Group B contained the seven teams that failed to qualify for the main World Championships through the Qualification Process and Japan.
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 winning team in the tournament was promoted to the 2000 World Championship, while the bottom two teams would be relegated to the 2001 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. | Japan |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 6 |
| 2. |  Norway |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 2 |
| 3. |  Denmark |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 2 |
| 4. |  Latvia |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 2 |
Results
All times local
| March 22, 1999 4:30 pm | Latvia | 3 – 1 ( 1 - 0, 1 - 0, 1 - 1) | Denmark | Colmar Attendance: 250 |
| March 22, 1999 8:00 pm | Norway | 0 – 4 ( 0 - 1 , 0 - 2, 0 - 1) | Japan | Colmar Attendance: 250 |
| March 24, 1999 4:30 pm | Latvia | 2 – 6 ( 1 - 2, 0 - 1, 0 - 2) | Japan | Colmar Attendance: 200 |
| March 24, 1999 8:00 pm | Denmark | 4 – 2 ( 1 - 0 , 3 - 1, 0 - 1) | Norway | Colmar Attendance: 300 |
| March 25, 1999 5:30 pm | Norway | 3 – 0 ( 3 - 0 , 0 - 0, 0 - 0) | Latvia | Colmar |
| March 25, 1999 9:00 pm | Japan | 6 – 0 ( 1 - 0 , 3 - 0, 2 - 0) | Denmark | Colmar |
Group B
| Rk. | Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | DIF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | France |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 5 |
| 2. |  Czech Republic |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 5 |
| 3. |  Slovakia |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 2 |
| 4. |  Netherlands |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 22 | -19 | 0 |
Results
All times local
| March 21, 1999 5:00 pm | Czech Republic | 9 – 0 ( 4 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 4 - 0 ) | Netherlands | Colmar Attendance: 1000 |
| March 21, 1999 8:30 pm | France | 3 – 0 ( 0 - 0 , 2 - 0 , 1 - 0 ) | Slovakia | Colmar Attendance: 1300 |
| March 23, 1999 4:30 pm | Slovakia | 2 – 3 ( 1 - 1 , 1 - 0 , 0 - 2 ) | Czech Republic | Colmar Attendance: 250 |
| March 23, 1999 8:30 pm | France | 9 – 1 ( 4 - 1 , 2 - 0 , 3 - 0 ) | Netherlands | Colmar Attendance: 1000 |
| March 25, 1999 10:30 am | Netherlands | 2 – 4 ( 0 - 0 , 1 - 4 , 1 - 0 ) | Slovakia | Colmar Attendance: 1350 |
| March 25, 1999 2:00 pm | Czech Republic | 2 – 2 ( 0 - 0 , 2 - 1 , 0 - 1 ) | France | Colmar Attendance: 1350 |
Consolation Round 5-8 Place
| March 27, 1999 10:30 am | Denmark | 9 – 1 ( 2 - 1 , 4 - 0 , 3 - 0 ) | Netherlands | Colmar |
Netherlands relegated to 2001 Group B Qualification.
| March 27, 1999 2:00 pm | Latvia | 8 – 0 ( 2 - 0 , 5 - 0 , 1 - 0 ) | Slovakia | Colmar |
Slovakia relegated to 2001 Group B Qualification.
Consolation Round 7-8 Place
| March 28, 1999 9:30 am | Slovakia | 8 – 7 ( 5 - 4 , 1 - 1 , 2 - 2 ) | Netherlands | Colmar |
Consolation Round 5-6 Place
| March 28, 1999 1:00 pm | Denmark | 3 – 5 ( 0 - 2 , 1 - 1 , 2 - 2 ) | Latvia | Colmar |
Final round
| Semi finals 27 March 1999 |
Finals 28 March 1999 | |||||||
| A1 | Japan |
2 | Gold Medal Game | |||||
| B2 | Czech Republic |
1 | ||||||
| Japan |
7 | |||||||
| Norway |
1 | |||||||
| B1 | France |
2 | ||||||
| A2 | Norway |
3 | Bronze Medal Game | |||||
| France |
5 | |||||||
| Czech Republic |
4 | |||||||
Semifinals
| March 27, 1999 5:30 pm | Japan | 2 – 1 ( 1 - 0 , 1 - 1 , 0 - 0 ) | Czech Republic | Colmar |
| March 27, 1999 9:00 pm | France | 2 – 3 ( 1 - 2 , 1 - 0 , 0 - 1 ) | Norway | Colmar |
Match for third place
| March 28, 1999 4:30 pm | France | 5 – 4 ( 2 - 3 , 1 - 0 , 2 - 1 ) | Czech Republic | Colmar |
Scoring leaders
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masako Sato |
5 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 6 |
| Gwenola Personne |
5 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| Christin Duchamp |
4 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 14 |
| Inese Geca-Miljone |
5 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 1 |
| Zuzana Králová |
5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 7 |
| Iveta Koka |
5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 5 |
| Hanae Kubo |
5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 5 |
| Etsuko Wada |
5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 |
| Aki Tsuchida |
5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 5 |
| Deborah Iszraelewicz |
5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 13 |
Goaltending leaders
| Player | Mins | GA | SOG | GAA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yuka Oda |
261:51 | 3 | 72 | 0.69 | 95.83 |
| Lolita Andrisevska |
292:02 | 12 | 178 | 2.47 | 93.26 |
| Ludmila Nelibová |
290:58 | 11 | 126 | 2.27 | 91.27 |
| Hege Moe |
175:11 | 11 | 102 | 3.77 | 89.22 |
| Desiree Jacobs |
149:45 | 17 | 135 | 6.81 | 87.41 |
Final standings
| Rk. | Team | Notes |
|---|---|---|
 | Japan | Promoted to the 2000 World Championships |
 | Norway | |
 | France | |
| 4. | Czech Republic | |
| 5. | Latvia | |
| 6. | Denmark | |
| 7. | Slovakia | Relegated to the 2001 World Championships Group B Qualification |
| 8. | Netherlands | Relegated to the 2001 World Championships Group B Qualification |
2000 Qualification Tournament
Six additional nations played in two regional qualifiers for entry into the 2000 world championship group B. Both groups were played in Székesfehérvár, Hungary, with Group B being a best two out of three.
Group A
| Team | Games | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points difference | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Italy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 - 03 | 6 |
| 2 |  Great Britain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 32 - 05 | 4 |
| 3 |  Hungary | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 08 - 17 | 2 |
| 4 |  South Africa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 01 - 35 | 0 |
Italy qualified to 2000 World Championship Group B .
| 19 March 1999 | Hungary | 6-0 (1-0,3-0,2-0) | South Africa |
| 19 March 1999 | Italy | 4-1 (0-0,1-1,3-0) | Great Britain |
| 20 March 1999 | Hungary | 1-8 (0-3,1-4,0-1) | Italy |
| 20 March 1999 | South Africa | 0-22 (0-8,0-2,0-12) | Great Britain |
| 21 March 1999 | South Africa | 1-7 (0-0,1-3,0-4) | Italy |
| 21 March 1999 | Hungary | 1-9 (0-1,1-5,0-3) | Great Britain |
Group B
| Team | Games | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points difference | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Kazakhstan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 09 - 03 | 4 |
| 2 |  North Korea | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 03 - 09 | 0 |
Kazakhstan qualified to 2000 World Championship Group B .
| 19 March 1999 | North Korea | 3-4 | Kazakhstan |
| 21 March 1999 | Kazakhstan | 5-0 (forfeit) | North Korea |
Scoring leaders
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michelle Smith |
3 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 11 |
| Louise Wheeler |
3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 11 |
| Teresa Lewis |
3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 6 |
| Maria Leitner |
3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| Claire Oldfield |
3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 |
References
- Duplacey, James (1998). Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports. pp. 487–9. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9.