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

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 | Advanced to Final round |
| 2 | Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 4 | Advanced to Final round |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 1 | Sent to Consolation round |
| 4 | Latvia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 1 | Sent to Consolation round |

#### Results

All times local

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Norway | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | +13 | 6 | Advanced to Final round |
| 2 | Denmark | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 3 | Advanced to Final round |
| 3 | France | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 3 | Sent to Consolation round |
| 4 | Italy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 20 | −18 | 0 | Sent to Consolation round |

#### Results

All times local

### Playoff round
#### Consolation Round 5–8 Place

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | France | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 5 |
| 6 | Latvia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 4 |
| 7 | Czech Republic | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 3 |
| 8 | Italy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 17 | −13 | 0 |

#### Results

All times local

#### Final Round 1–4 Place

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 3 |
| 3 | Norway | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 3 |
| 4 | Denmark | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 |

#### Results

All times local

### 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 | −1 |
| Marianne Dahlstrom | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| Iveta Koka | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | −1 |
| Ingvild Oversveen | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Jeanette Marty | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 6 |
| Ramona Fuhrer | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| Olga Kryukova | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 |

### Goaltending leaders

| Player | Mins | GA | SOG | GAA | SV% |
| Natalya Trunova | 300:00 | 4 | 90 | 0.80 | 95.56 |
| Patricia Sautter | 298:52 | 6 | 111 | 1.20 | 94.59 |
| Hege Moe | 298:50 | 7 | 106 | 1.41 | 93.40 |
| Lolita Andriševska | 300:00 | 13 | 177 | 2.60 | 92.66 |
| Birgitte Andersen | 295:32 | 11 | 138 | 2.23 | 92.03 |

### Champions

* 2000 IIHF World Women Championship Pool B winners
* Kazakhstan 1st title

### Final standings

| Rk. | Team | Notes |
| | Kazakhstan | Promoted to the 2001 World Championships |
| | Switzerland |
| | Norway |
| 4. | Denmark |
| 5. | France |
| 6. | Latvia |
| 7. | Czech Republic | |
| 8. | Italy | 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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Slovakia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | +39 | 6 | Advanced to Final |
| 2 | Belgium | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | Hungary | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 2 | |
| 4 | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 35 | −32 | 0 | |

#### Results

All times local

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | North Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 5 | Advanced to Final |
| 2 | Great Britain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 4 | |
| 3 | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Australia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 17 | −15 | 0 | |

#### Results

All times local

### Final round
#### Final

North Korea qualified for the 2001 World Championship Division I.

### Scoring leaders

| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- |
| Michelle Smith | 4 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 14 |
| Zaneta Malachova | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 14 |
| Martina Kisova | 4 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 12 |
| Marcela Stefanovicova | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| Laura Byrne | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| Katarina Siskova | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 8 |
| Louise Wheeler | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 12 |
| Saskia DeJong-Admiraal | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| Sara Verpoest | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | −1 |
| Katarina Buocikova | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 14 |

### Goaltending leaders

| Player | Mins | GA | SOG | GAA | SV% |
| Andrea Risova | 180:00 | 3 | 52 | 1.00 | 94.23 |
| Helena Kysela | 198:26 | 4 | 57 | 1.21 | 92.98 |
| Vicky Robbins | 150:26 | 5 | 65 | 1.99 | 92.31 |
| Eszter Kokenyesi | 147:51 | 7 | 81 | 2.84 | 91.36 |
| Isis Dhossche | 120:00 | 8 | 54 | 4.00 | 85.19 |