The 2000 IIHF World Women's Championships Pool B were held between March 20–26, 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.

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

Group A

Results All times local

Group B

Results All times local

Playoff round

Consolation Round 5–8 Place

Results All times local

Final Round 1–4 Place

Results All times local

Scoring leaders Player GP G A Pts PIM +/- Rachel Rochat544847 Christine Duchamp535846 Gwenola Personne552725 Inese Geca-Miljone55272−1 Marianne Dahlstrom516703 Iveta Koka51560−1 Ingvild Oversveen541522 Jeanette Marty541586 Ramona Fuhrer532526 Olga Kryukova514525

Goaltending leaders Player Mins GA SOG GAA SV% Natalya Trunova300:004900.8095.56 Patricia Sautter298:5261111.2094.59 Hege Moe298:5071061.4193.40 Lolita Andriševska300:00131772.6092.66 Birgitte Andersen295:32111382.2392.03

Champions

Final standings

Rk.Team Notes Promoted to the 2001 World Championships 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Relegated 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

Group A

Results All times local

Group B

Results All times local

Final round

Match for seventh place

Match for fifth place

Match for third place

Final

North Korea qualified for the 2001 World Championship Division I.

Scoring leaders Player GP G A Pts PIM +/- Michelle Smith49211414 Zaneta Malachova4549014 Martina Kisova4628012 Marcela Stefanovicova4437012 Laura Byrne4437214 Katarina Siskova443728 Louise Wheeler4167212 Saskia DeJong-Admiraal451644 Sara Verpoest45166−1 Katarina Buocikova4336014

Goaltending leaders Player Mins GA SOG GAA SV% Andrea Risova180:003521.0094.23 Helena Kysela198:264571.2192.98 Vicky Robbins150:265651.9992.31 Eszter Kokenyesi147:517812.8491.36 Isis Dhossche120:008544.0085.19

References

External links Summary from the Women's Hockey Net Detailed summary from passionhockey.com Official IIHF Group B page Official IIHF Group B Qualification page