# 2001 IIHF Women's World Championship

The 2001 IIHF Women's World Championships was held April 2–8, 2001 in six cities in the state of Minnesota. Venues included the Ice Center in Plymouth, the Mariucci Arena in Minneapolis, the Recreation Centre in Rochester, the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud, the Columbia Arena in Fridley, and the Schwan Super Rink, in Blaine. Team Canada won their seventh consecutive gold medal at the World Championships defeating the United States. Russia upset Finland 2–1 to capture their first medal in women's hockey.

## Teams

With the promotion and relegation format now in use, the top seven nations were joined by Kazakhstan, the winner of Group B in 2000.
* Canada
* China
* Finland
* Germany
* Kazakhstan
* Russia
* Sweden
* United States

## 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 | 29 | 1 | +28 | 6 | Advanced to Final round |
| 2 | Russia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 4 | Advanced to Final round |
| 3 | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 17 | −14 | 2 | Sent to Consolation round |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 22 | −19 | 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 | 0 | +35 | 6 | Advanced to Final round |
| 2 | Finland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 17 | −5 | 4 | Advanced to Final round |
| 3 | China | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 20 | −14 | 1 | Sent to Consolation round |
| 4 | Germany | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 18 | −16 | 1 | Sent to Consolation round |

#### Results

All times local

## Playoff round
### Final round

| Semi finals 7 April 2001 | Semi finals 7 April 2001 | Semi finals 7 April 2001 | Finals 8 April 2001 | Finals 8 April 2001 | Finals 8 April 2001 |
| A1 | Canada | 8 | | | |
| B2 | Finland | 0 | | | |
| B2 | Finland | 0 | Canada | Canada | 3 |
| | | | United States | United States | 2 |
| B1 | United States | 6 | United States | United States | 2 |
| A2 | Russia | 1 | Bronze Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game |
| | | | Russia | Russia | 2 |
| | | | Finland | Finland | 1 |

### Final

* 2001 IIHF World Women Championship winners
* Canada 7th title

## Statistics
### Scoring leaders

| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- |
| Cammi Granato | 5 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 16 |
| Krissy Wendell | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 10 |
| Nancy Drolet | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 7 |
| Jennifer Botterill | 5 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 11 |
| Ekaterina Pashkevich | 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 5 |
| Jenny Schmidgall | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 15 |
| Kelly Bechard | 5 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 10 |
| Tammy Shewchuk | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| Danielle Goyette | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 8 |
| Katie King | 5 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 10 |

### Goaltending leaders

| Player | Mins | GA | SOG | GAA | SV% |
| Sara Decosta | 120:00 | 1 | 40 | 0.50 | 97.50 |
| Kim St-Pierre | 180:00 | 2 | 64 | 0.67 | 96.88 |
| Sami Jo Small | 120:00 | 1 | 21 | 0.50 | 95.24 |
| Sarah Tueting | 178:49 | 3 | 45 | 1.01 | 93.33 |
| Irina Gachennikova | 286:07 | 13 | 150 | 2.73 | 91.33 |

## Final standings

| Rk. | Team | Notes |
| | Canada |
| | United States |
| | Russia |
| 4. | Finland |
| 5. | Germany |
| 6. | China |
| 7. | Sweden |
| 8. | Kazakhstan | Relegated to the 2003 World Championships Division I |

## Rosters

| Team | Players |
| Canada | Sami Jo Small, Becky Kellar, Colleen Sostorics, Therese Brisson, Cheryl Pounder, Caroline Ouellette, Danielle Goyette, Jayna Hefford, Jennifer Botterill, Nancy Drolet, Correne Bredin, Dana Antal, Kelly Bechard, Tammy Shewchuk, Gina Kingsbury, Kim St-Pierre, Vicky Sunohara, Isabelle Chartrand, Cassie Campbell, Geraldine Heaney |
| United States | Sara DeCosta, Winny Brodt, Angela Ruggiero, Nicki Luongo, Karyn Bye, Sue Merz, A.J. Mleczko, Jenny Schmidgall, Julie Chu, Shelley Looney, Krissy Wendell, Alana Blahoski, Annamarie Holmes, Katie King, Cammi Granato, Natalie Darwitz, Chris Bailey, Tricia Dunn, Carisa Zaban, Sarah Tueting |
| Russia | Maria Misropian, Kristina Petrovskaia, Alena Khomitch, Elena Bobrova, Violetta Simanova, Larisa Mishina, Tatiana Sotnikova, Yulia Gladysheva, Ekaterina Smolentseva, Tatiana Tsareva, Luidmila Yurlova, Irina Gachennikova, Svetlana Trefilova, Svetlana Terentieva, Tatiana Burina, Ekaterina Pashkevich, Olga Savenkova, Oksana Tretiakova, Zhanna Shchelchkova, Irina Votintseva |

## World Championship Division I

World Championship Group B was renamed Division I and was played again with an eight team tournament which was hosted by Briançon in France. Switzerland won the tournament with a 2–1 victory over Japan to see them bounce straight back to the main World Championship in 2003.

## Directorate Awards

* Goalie: Kim St-Pierre (Canada)
* Defender: Karyn Bye (United States)
* Forward: Jennifer Botterill (Canada)
* Most Valuable Player: Jennifer Botterill (Canada)