2001 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships (Lower Divisions)
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The 2001 IIHF World Women's Championships Pool B were held between March 20-March 25, 2001 in the city of Briancon in France. Switzerland won the tournament with a narrow 2-1 victory over Japan in the final.

2001 Qualification Tournament

Continuing the format from the previous year, the five teams that were ranked 2nd to 7th stayed in Group B, being joined by the winner of the qualification tournament and the relegated team from the World Championship.
- Finished 7th in 2000 Group B - Finished 4th in 2000 Group B - Finished 5th in 2000 Group B - Finished 8th and relegated from 2000 World Championship - Finished 6th in 2000 Group B - Finished 3rd in 2000 Group B - Winners of Qualification Tournament - Finished 2nd in 2000 Group B

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. In the placing rounds, the first place teams played each other for the Final, the 2nd places for the Match for third place etc.

The winning team in the tournament was promoted to the 2001 World Championship, while the bottom two teams would be relegated to the 2003 Group B Qualification tournament.

First round

     Teams proceed to Final
     Teams proceed to Match for third place
     Teams sent to Consolation round

Standings

Rk. Team GP W T L GF GA DIF PTS
1. 3 1 2 0 10 8
2
4
2. 3 1 1 1 10 14
3
3. 3 1 1 1 7 8
3
4. 3 1 0 2 10 7
3
2

Results

All times local

Standings

Rk. Team GP W T L GF GA DIF PTS
1. 3 3 0 0 16 2
14
6
2. 3 1 1 1 9 7
2
3
3. 3 1 1 1 6 8
2
3
4. 3 0 0 3 2 16
0

Results

All times local

Consolation Round 7-8 Place

Consolation Round 5-6 Place

Match for third place

Final

Scoring leaders

Player GP G A Pts PIM +/-
  Rachel Rochat 5 4 4 8 4 7
  Christine Duchamp 5 3 5 8 4 6
  Gwenola Personne 5 5 2 7 2 5
  Inese Geca-Miljone 5 5 2 7 2
  Marianne Dahlstrom 5 1 6 7 0 3

Goaltending leaders

Player Mins GA SOG GAA SV%
  Nayalya Trunova 300 4 90 0.80 .956
  Patricia Sautter 299 6 111 1.20 .946
  Hege Moe 299 7 106 1.41 .934
  Lolita Andrisevska 300 13 177 2.60 .926
  Birgitte Andersen
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296 11 138 2.23 .920

Champions

Final standings

Rk. Team Notes
Promoted to the 2003 World Championships
4.
5.
6.
7. Relegated to the 2003 World Championships Division II
8. Relegated to the 2003 World Championships Division II

Group A (Romania)

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


Netherlands and Italy qualified in 2003 World Championship Division II

Group B (Slovenia)

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


Slovakia and Great Britain qualified in 2003 World Championship Division II
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