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

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 Turin 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.

2000 IIHF World Women's Championship
Pool B
Tournament details
Host country Latvia
DatesMarch 20 – March 26
Teams8
Venue(s)Liepāja, Riga (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Kazakhstan (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored117 (5.85 per match)
Attendance6,296 (315 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Rachel Rochat (4+4=8PTS)
← 1999
2001 →

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 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 330083+56
2.   Switzerland 3201104+64
3.  Czech Republic 301269−31
4.  Latvia 3012210−81

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 3300163+136
2.  Denmark 311185+33
3.  France 31111210+23
4.  Italy 3003220−180

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

Consolation Round 5–8 Place
Rk. Team GP W T L GF GA DIF PTS
5.  France 3210125+75
6.  Latvia 312075+24
7.  Czech Republic 311195+43
8.  Italy 3003417−130

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 330072+56
2.   Switzerland 311174+33
3.  Norway 311165+13
4.  Denmark 3003110−90

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

Scoring leaders
Player GP G A Pts PIM +/-
Rachel Rochat 544847
Christine Duchamp 535846
Gwenola Personne 552725
Inese Geca-Miljone 55272−1
Marianne Dahlstrom 516703
Iveta Koka 51560−1
Ingvild Oversveen 541522
Jeanette Marty 541586
Ramona Fuhrer 532526
Olga Kryukova 514525

Goaltending leaders
Player Mins GA SOG GAA SV%
Natalya Trunova 300:004900.8095.56
Patricia Sautter 298:5261111.2094.59
Hege Moe 298:5071061.4193.40
Lolita Andriševska 300:00131772.6092.66
Birgitte Andersen 295:32111382.2392.03

Champions
 2000 IIHF World Women Championship Pool B Winners 

Kazakhstan
1st title

Final standings
Rk. Team Notes
 KazakhstanPromoted to the 2001 World Championships
  Switzerland
 Norway
4. Denmark
5. France
6. Latvia
7. Czech Republic
8. ItalyRelegated 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 3300390+396
2.  Belgium 32011110+14
3.  Hungary 3102614−82
4.  South Africa 3003335−320

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 3210145+95
2.  Great Britain 3201147+74
3.  Netherlands 311167−13
4.  Australia 3003217−150

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

Match for seventh place
March 26, 2000South Africa 0–6
( 0 – 1 , 0 – 2 , 0 – 3 )		 Australia

Match for fifth place
March 26, 2000Hungary 0–2
( 0 – 1 , 0 – 0 , 0 – 1 )		 Netherlands

Match for third place
March 26, 2000Belgium 1–8
( 0 – 2 , 0 – 4 , 1 – 2 )		 Great Britain

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

North Korea qualified for the 2001 World Championship Division I.

Scoring leaders
Player GP G A Pts PIM +/-
Michelle Smith 49211414
Zaneta Malachova 4549014
Martina Kisova 4628012
Marcela Stefanovicova 4437012
Laura Byrne 4437214
Katarina Siskova 443728
Louise Wheeler 4167212
Saskia DeJong-Admiraal 451644
Sara Verpoest 45166−1
Katarina Buocikova 4336014

Goaltending leaders
Player Mins GA SOG GAA SV%
Andrea Risova 180:003521.0094.23
Helena Kysela 198:264571.2192.98
Vicky Robbins 150:265651.9992.31
Eszter Kokenyesi 147:517812.8491.36
Isis Dhossche 120:008544.0085.19

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