# 2000 IIHF Women's World Championship

The 2000 IIHF Women's World Championships was held April 3–9, 2000 in the Ontario towns of Mississauga, Barrie, Kitchener, London, Niagara Falls, Oshawa and Peterborough, Canada. Final games were played at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga. Team Canada won their sixth consecutive gold medal at the World Championships defeating the United States.
In one of the closest finals competed, Canada took the tournament with a 2–1 final win, in overtime. Finland picked up their sixth consecutive bronze medal, with a win over Sweden.
This year's tournament also counted as qualification for the Salt Lake Olympics. With six automatic berths available, all four semi-finalists were assured Olympic participation. In the consolation round China defeated Germany and Russia defeated Japan, to join them.

## Teams

With the promotion and relegation format now in use, the top seven nations were joined by Japan, the winner of Group B in 1999.
* Canada
* China
* Finland
* Germany
* Japan
* Russia
* Sweden
* United States

## Venue

Mississauga, Canada :
| Host Venue | Details |
| Hershey Centre Arena Paramount Fine Foods Centre, 2015 (Hershey Centre Arena) | Location: Mississauga, Canada Constructed: 1998 Renamed: Paramount Fine Foods Centre Capacity: Ice Hockey: 5,612 (5,420 seated)⁣ |

## World Championship Group A

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.

## First round
### Group A
#### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | +20 | 6 | Advanced to Final round |
| 2 | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 3 | Advanced to Final round |
| 3 | China | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 | Sent to Consolation round |
| 4 | Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 | −22 | 0 | Sent to Consolation round |

#### Results

All times local

### Group B
#### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 4 | +31 | 6 | Advanced to Final round |
| 2 | Finland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 4 | Advanced to Final round |
| 3 | Russia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 24 | −16 | 2 | Sent to Consolation round |
| 4 | Germany | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 27 | −23 | 0 | Sent to Consolation round |

#### Results

All times local

## Playoff round
### Final round

| Semi finals 8 April 2000 | Semi finals 8 April 2000 | Semi finals 8 April 2000 | Finals 9 April 2000 | Finals 9 April 2000 | Finals 9 April 2000 |
| A1 | Canada | 3 | | | |
| B2 | Finland | 2 | | | |
| B2 | Finland | 2 | Canada | Canada | 3 |
| | | | United States | United States | 2 |
| B1 | United States | 7 | United States | United States | 2 |
| A2 | Sweden | 1 | Bronze Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game |
| | | | Finland | Finland | 7 |
| | | | Sweden | Sweden | 1 |

### Final
## Champions

* 2000 IIHF World Women Championship winners
* Canada 6th title

## Scoring leaders

| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- |
| Krissy Wendell | 5 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 10 |
| Stephanie O'Sullivan | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 12 |
| Karyn Bye | 5 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| Alana Blahoski | 5 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 7 |
| Jayna Hefford | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| Brandy Fisher | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 5 |
| Natalie Darwitz | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 10 |
| A.J. Mleczko | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 15 |
| Hayley Wickenheiser | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 8 |
| Katja Riipi | 5 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 |

## Goaltending leaders

| Player | Mins | GA | GAA | SV% |
| Sami Jo Small | 150:02 | 2 | 0.80 | 95.65 |
| Sarah Tueting | 120:00 | 1 | 0.50 | 94.44 |
| Guo Hong | 220:00 | 6 | 1.64 | 94.06 |
| Kim St-Pierre | 149:58 | 3 | 1.20 | 93.48 |
| Tuula Puputti | 238:23 | 9 | 2.27 | 92.56 |

## Final standings

| Rk. | Team | Notes |
| | Canada | Qualified for 2002 Winter Olympic Games |
| | United States | Qualified for 2002 Winter Olympic Games |
| | Finland | Qualified for 2002 Winter Olympic Games |
| 4. | Sweden | Qualified for 2002 Winter Olympic Games |
| 5. | Russia | Qualified for 2002 Winter Olympic Games |
| 6. | China | Qualified for 2002 Winter Olympic Games |
| 7. | Germany | Qualified for 2002 Winter Olympic Games Qualification |
| 8. | Japan | Relegated to the 2001 World Championships Division I Qualified for 2002 Winter Olympic Games Qualification |

## World Championship Group B

World Championship Group B was played again with an eight team tournament which was hosted by Latvia in Liepāja and Riga. Kazakhstan won the tournament winning the final stage round robin by 3 points to win the competition and to ensure their Promotion to the main World Championship in 2001.

## Directorate Awards

* Goalie: Sami Jo Small, (Canada)
* Defender: Angela Ruggiero, (United States)
* Forward: Katja Riipi, (Finland)