2001 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships Pool B Qualification

The 2001 IIHF World Women Championships Pool B qualification tournament were held between March 22-March 26, 2000. Eight teams attempted to gain the single qualification place at the tournament held in Szekesfehervar and Dunaujvaros in Hungary. North Korea won the tournament and proceeded to the main Pool B championship.
==Qualification Tournament==
* - Finished 2nd in Group A of 2000 Pool B Qualification
* - Finished 3rd in Group A of 2000 Pool B Qualification
* - New entrant
* - Finished 4th in Group A of 2000 Pool B Qualification
* - New entrant
* - Finished 2nd in Group B of 2000 Pool B Qualification
* - New entrant
* - New entrant
==Format==
In Group A, it was a single round robin, with the top team qualifying for the 2001 Pool B championship, while Pool B was played as a best of three series between the two Asian teams.
==First round==
    	Teams proceed to Gold Medal game
    	Teams proceed to Bronze Medal game
    	Teams sent to Consolation round
===Group A===
====Standings====
Rk.	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1. 	 	3 	3	0	0	39	0 	+39	6
2. 	 	3 	2	0	1	11	10	+1 	4
3. 	 	3 	1	0	2	6 	14	-8 	2
4. 	 	3 	0	0	3	3 	35	-32	0
====Results====
All times local
===Group B===
====Standings====
Rk.	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1. 	 	3 	2	1	0	14	5 	+9 	5
2. 	 	3 	2	0	1	14	7 	+7 	4
3. 	 	3 	1	1	1	6 	7 	-1 	3
4. 	 	3 	0	0	3	2 	17	-15	0
====Results====
All times local
==Playoff Round==
===Consolation Round 7-8 Place===
===Consolation Round 5-6 Place===
===Match for third place===
===Final===
North Korea qualifies for the 2001 World Championship Pool B.
==Scoring leaders==
Player 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-
Michelle Smith 	4 	9	2	11 	4 	14
Zaneta Malachova 	4 	5	3	9 	0 	14
Martina Kisova 	4 	6	2	8 	0 	12
Marcla Stefanovicova	4 	4	3	7 	2 	14
Laura Byrne 	4 	4	3	7 	2 	8
==Goaltending leaders==
Player 	Mins	GA	SOG	GAA 	SV%
Nayalya Trunova 	180 	3 	52 	1.00	.942
Helena Kysela 	198 	4 	57 	1.21	.930
Vicky Robbins 	150 	5 	65 	1.99	.923
Eszter Kokenyesi	148 	7 	81 	2.84	.914
Amy Johnson 	89 	2 	22 	1.35	.909
Category:IIHF Women's World Ice Hockey Championships
Category:2001 in hockey