# 1999 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships (Lower Divisions)

The 1999 IIHF World Women's Championships Pool B were held between March 21 – March 28, 1999, in the town of Colmar in France.
This was the first year of the Pool B tournament which saw Japan win the Pool with a 7–1 final game victory over Norway to promote them to the World Championship. A third tier was played as well (called 2000 B Qualification) with six nations in Székesfehérvár, Hungary.

## 1999 Qualification Tournament

Group B contained the seven teams that failed to qualify for the main World Championships through the Qualification Process and Japan.
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* France
* Japan
* Latvia
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Slovakia

## 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 winning team in the tournament was promoted to the 2000 World Championship, while the bottom two teams would be relegated to the 2001 Group B Qualification tournament.

### First round
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 6 | Advanced to Final round |
| 2 | Norway | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 2 | Advanced to Final round |
| 3 | Denmark | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 2 | Sent to Consolation round |
| 4 | Latvia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 2 | Sent to Consolation round |

#### Results

All times local

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | France | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 5 | Advanced to Final round |
| 2 | Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 5 | Advanced to Final round |
| 3 | Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 2 | Sent to Consolation round |
| 4 | Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 22 | −19 | 0 | Sent to Consolation round |

#### Results

All times local

### Playoff round
#### Consolation round 5–8 place

Netherlands relegated to 2001 Group B Qualification.
Slovakia relegated to 2001 Group B Qualification.

#### Consolation round 5–6 place
### Final round

| Semi finals 27 March 1999 | Semi finals 27 March 1999 | Semi finals 27 March 1999 | Finals 28 March 1999 | Finals 28 March 1999 | Finals 28 March 1999 |
| A1 | Japan | 2 | | | |
| B2 | Czech Republic | 1 | | | |
| B2 | Czech Republic | 1 | Japan | Japan | 7 |
| | | | Norway | Norway | 1 |
| B1 | France | 2 | Norway | Norway | 1 |
| A2 | Norway | 3 | Bronze Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game |
| | | | France | France | 5 |
| | | | Czech Republic | Czech Republic | 4 |

#### Final
### Champions

* 1999 IIHF World Women Championship Pool B winners
* Japan 1st title

### Scoring leaders

| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- |
| Masako Sato | 5 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 6 |
| Gwenola Personne | 5 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| Christin Duchamp | 4 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 14 |
| Inese Geca-Miljone | 5 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 1 |
| Zuzana Králová | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 7 |
| Iveta Koka | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 5 |
| Hanae Kubo | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 5 |
| Etsuko Wada | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 |
| Aki Tsuchida | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 5 |
| Deborah Iszraelewicz | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 13 |

### Goaltending leaders

| Player | Mins | GA | SOG | GAA | SV% |
| Yuka Oda | 261:51 | 3 | 72 | 0.69 | 95.83 |
| Lolita Andrisevska | 292:02 | 12 | 178 | 2.47 | 93.26 |
| Ludmila Nelibová | 290:58 | 11 | 126 | 2.27 | 91.27 |
| Hege Moe | 175:11 | 11 | 102 | 3.77 | 89.22 |
| Desiree Jacobs | 149:45 | 17 | 135 | 6.81 | 87.41 |

### Final standings

| Rk. | Team | Notes |
| | Japan | Promoted to the 2000 World Championships |
| | Norway |
| | France |
| 4. | Czech Republic |
| 5. | Latvia |
| 6. | Denmark |
| 7. | Slovakia | Relegated to the 2001 World Championships Group B Qualification |
| 8. | Netherlands | Relegated to the 2001 World Championships Group B Qualification |

## 2000 Qualification Tournament

Six additional nations played in two regional qualifiers for entry into the 2000 world championship group B. Both groups were played in Székesfehérvár, Hungary, with Group B being a best two out of three.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Italy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | +16 | 6 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 5 | +27 | 4 |
| 3 | Hungary | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 17 | −9 | 2 |
| 4 | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 35 | −34 | 0 |
Italy qualified to 2000 World Championship Group B .

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 4 |
| 2 | North Korea | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 0 |
Kazakhstan qualified to 2000 World Championship Group B .

### Scoring leaders

| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- |
| Michelle Smith | 3 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 11 |
| Louise Wheeler | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 11 |
| Teresa Lewis | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 6 |
| Maria Leitner | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| Claire Oldfield | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 |