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

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.

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   Switzerland (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored87 (4.35 per match)
Attendance14,527 (726 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Zuzana Kralova (5+3=8PTS)
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2003 →

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 3120108+24
2.  North Korea 31111014-43
3.  France 311178-13
4.  Denmark 3102107+32

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 3300162+146
2.  Czech Republic 311197+23
3.  Latvia 311168-23
4.  Norway 3003216-140

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

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 +/-
Zuzana Kralova 453801
Anne-Sofie Lund 460622
Iveta Koka 442603
Sandrine Ray 442665
Kathrin Lehmann 433506
Jeanette Marty 414584
Simona Studentova 431461
Han Song Nyo 431480
Inese Geca-Miljone 422443
Prisca Mosimann 422445
Sophie Serre 42244–1

Goaltending leaders
Player Mins GA SOG GAA SV%
Riitta Schaeublin 188:132900.6497.78
Lolita Andrisevska 240:00102072.5095.17
Radka Lhotska 208:3571122.0193.75
Hege Moe 100:004622.4093.55
Birgitte Andersen 239:16111692.7693.49

Champions
 2001 IIHF World Women Championship Pool B Winners 

Switzerland
1st title

Final standings
Rk. Team Notes
  SwitzerlandPromoted to the 2003 World Championships
 Japan
 Czech Republic
4. North Korea
5. France
6. Latvia
7. NorwayRelegated to the 2003 World Championships Division II
8. DenmarkRelegated 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 Netherlands440027 - 048
2 Italy430133 - 046
3 Belgium420212 - 164
4 South Africa410312 - 202
5 Romania400402 - 420

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 +/-
Maria Pepels 48412410
Nadia Kemp 491102–3
Federica Zandegiacomo 480808
Sabrian Viel 4448010
Evelyn Bazzanella 425745
Waltraud Kaser 442646
Nancy Van Der Linden 4426229
Sara Verpoest 424663
Myrthe Martens 441529
Barbara Da Rold 441548

Goaltending leaders
Player Mins GA SOG GAA SV%
Helena Kysela 150:562230.8091.30
Michaela Mair 120:002221.0090.91
Ilse Vangheel 120:008704.0088.57
Ngoc Lam Kim 120:002161.0087.50
Jennifer Sharland 104:0111666.3583.33

Group B

Played in Maribor Slovenia March 20–25, 2001.

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
1 Slovakia440048 - 028
2 Great Britain430129 - 066
3 Australia420213 - 154
4 Hungary410307 - 282
5 Slovenia400403 - 500

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 +/-
Michaela Durcanska 45914416
Katarina Buocikova 45611011
Bozena Kevesova 48210214
Petra Babiakova 4639212
Zuzana Moravčíková 4549014
Michelle Smith 462849
Louise Wheeler 444826
Lucia Petrovicova 4268219
Natalia Babonyova 443709
Melissa Rulli 442681

Goaltending leaders
Player Mins GA SOG GAA SV%
Jana Tistanova 150:381320.4096.88
Amy Johnson 120:002321.0093.75
Vicky Robbins 120:004542.0091.11
Ashliegh Sluga 223:2010932.6989.25
Monika Kiskartali 169:55171186.0085.59

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