2000 Women's World Hockey Championship
Pool B


General Information

The 2000 Pool B Women's World Championship took place in Latvia from March 20-26, 2000. Kazakstan placed first, so they will move to the Pool A World Championship for 2001. Italy finished last, so they will move down to the qualification championship for 2001.

The top six teams from the A pool World Championship automatically qualify for the 2002 Winter Olympics. The top two teams in the B pool (Kazakstan and Switzerland) will play a qualification tournament against the bottom two teams from the A Pool World Championship to determine the final two teams for the 2002 Winter Olympics.

The following eight countries competed:


Schedule & Results

The format of this championship was a round robin between Group A and Group B. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the medal round, while the bottom two teams went into the relegation round.

A round robin was played in the medal round and relegation round to determine the overall rankings of the teams.

Group A

  Date       Time  Teams                      Score                 Fans
  2000-03-20 16:00 Switzerland    - Kazakstan 1 - 2 (0-1, 0-1, 1-0)  490
  2000-03-20 19:00 Czech Republic - Latvia    2 - 2 (0-0, 2-1, 0-1) 1050
  2000-03-21 15:30 Czech Republic - Kazakstan 2 - 3 (0-1, 2-2, 0-0)  410
  2000-03-21 19:00 Latvia         - Switzerl. 0 - 5 (0-2, 0-1, 0-2)  980
  2000-03-23 15:30 Switzerland    - Czech Re. 4 - 2 (0-1, 2-1, 2-0)  520
  2000-03-23 19:00 Kazakstan      - Latvia    3 - 0 (1-0, 0-0, 2-0)  964

             Rk Team          GP W T L GF : GA TP
              1 Kazakstan      3 3 0 0  8 :  3  6 
              2 Switzerland    3 2 0 1 10 :  4  4 
              3 Czech Republic 3 0 1 2  6 :  9  1 
              4 Latvia         3 0 1 2  2 : 10  1

Group B

  Date       Time  Teams                      Score
  2000-03-20 16:00 Norway         - Italy     7 - 0 (2-0, 2-0, 3-0)
  2000-03-20 19:00 France         - Denmark   2 - 2 (0-0, 1-1, 1-1)
  2000-03-22 15:30 France         - Italy     8 - 2 (2-0, 2-0, 4-2)
  2000-03-22 19:00 Denmark        - Norway    1 - 3 (0-1, 1-0, 0-2)
  2000-03-23 15:30 Norway         - France    6 - 2 (2-0, 2-0, 2-2)
  2000-03-23 19:00 Italy          - Denmark   0 - 5 (0-2, 0-1, 0-2)

             Rk Team    GP W T L GF : GA TP
              1 Norway   3 3 0 0 16 :  3  6 
              2 Denmark  3 1 1 1  8 :  5  3 
              3 France   3 1 1 1 12 : 10  3 
              4 Italy    3 0 0 3  2 : 20  0 

Relegation Round

  Date       Time  Teams                      Score                 Fans
  2000-03-25 13:00 France         - Latvia    3 - 3 (0-1, 1-2, 2-0) 
  2000-03-25 16:00 Czech Republic - Italy     7 - 2 (1-1, 4-1, 2-0) 
  2000-03-26 13:00 Czech Republic - France    0 - 1 (0-0, 0-1, 0-0) 
  2000-03-26 16:00 Latvia         - Italy     2 - 0 (0-0, 1-0, 1-0)  382

             Rk Team          GP W T L GF : GA TP
              1 France         3 2 1 0 12 :  5  5 
              2 Latvia         3 1 2 0  7 :  5  4 
              3 Czech Republic 3 1 1 1  9 :  5  3 
              4 Italy          3 0 0 3  4 : 17  0 

Medal Round

  2000-03-25 13:00 Norway      - Switzerland  2 - 2 (0-0, 2-0, 0-2)
  2000-03-25 16:00 Kazakstan   - Denmark      3 - 0 (0-0, 1-0, 2-0)
  2000-03-26 13:00 Switzerland - Denmark      4 - 0 (1-0, 0-0, 3-0)
  2000-03-26 16:00 Kazakstan   - Norway       2 - 1 (1-0, 0-1, 1-0)

             Rk Team          GP W T L GF : GA TP
              1 Kazakstan      3 3 0 0  7 :  2  6 
              2 Switzerland    3 1 1 1  7 :  4  3 
              3 Norway         3 1 1 1  6 :  5  3 
              4 Denmark        3 0 0 3  1 : 10  0 

Final Placings

  1. Kazakstan
  2. Switzerland
  3. Norway
  4. Denmark
  5. France
  6. Latvia
  7. Czech Republic
  8. Italy

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