2002 Olympic Qualification Tournament

2002 Olympic Qualification Tournament
Engelberg, Switzerland
February 8-11, 2001

The top 6 teams from the 2000 IIHF Women's World Championship will complete in the 2002 Olympics. To determine the other 2 teams that will compete at the 2002 Olympics, a qualification tournament was held in Engelberg, Switzerland.

The bottom two teams from the 2000 Women's World Championship (Germany and Kazakstan), and the top two teams from the Division I 2000 Women's World Championship (Japan and Switzerland) took part in this qualification tournament.

The qualification tournament took place in Engelberg, Switzerland from Feb 8-11, 2001. The tournament had a single round robin format, where each team played each of the other teams once, and the total points were used to determine the final rankings of the teams. The first tie-breaker is the head to head result between the two teams.

The highest ranked team in this qualification tournament was Kazakstan, so they will join the USA, Finland, and China in Pool B at the 2002 Olympic Games. Germany, who ranked second in this qualification tournament, will join Canada, Sweden, and Russa in Pool A at the 2002 Olympic Games.

Game Results

  Date           Game                    Result                  Spectators
  08.02.01 16:30 Japan - Germany         3 - 3 ( 1-0, 0-2, 2-1 ) 300 
  08.02.01 20:00 Kazakstan - Switzerland 2 - 7 ( 0-3, 0-3, 2-1 ) 825 
  09.02.01 17:00 Kazakstan - Japan       5 - 2 ( 1-1, 2-0, 2-1 ) 513 
  10.02.01 17:00 Germany - Switzerland   3 - 1 ( 0-1, 1-0, 2-0 ) 800 
  11.02.01 13:30 Germany - Kazakstan     1 - 2 ( 0-0, 0-1, 1-1 ) 531 
  11.02.01 17:00 Switzerland - Japan     2 - 2 ( 0-0, 0-0, 2-2 ) 920

Round Robin Final Standings

 Rk Team        GP W T L GF : GA TP
  1 Kazakstan    3 2 0 1  9 : 10  4 
  2 Germany      3 1 1 1  7 :  6  3 
  3 Switzerland  3 1 1 1 10 :  7  3 
  4 Japan        3 0 2 1  7 : 10  2