2001 IIHF Women's World Championship

The 2001 IIHF World Women's Championships was held April 2–8, 2001 in six cities in the state of Minnesota. 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.[1]

2001 IIHF Women's World Championship
Tournament details
Host country United States
DatesApril 2–8
Teams8
Venue(s)6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Canada (7th title)
Runner-up  United States
Third place  Russia
Fourth place Finland
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored143 (7.15 per match)
Attendance21,847 (1,092 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Cammi Granato (13 points)
MVP Jennifer Botterill
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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.

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
     Teams proceed to Final round
     Teams sent to Consolation round

Group A

Standings
Rk. Team GP W T L GF GA DIF PTS
1.  Canada 3300291+286
2.  Russia 3201127+54
3.  Sweden 3102317-142
4.  Kazakhstan 3003322-190

Results

All times local

April 2, 2001
4:00 pm		Sweden 0 – 3
( 0 – 0, 0 – 2, 0 – 1 )		 RussiaRecreation Centre, Rochester
Attendance: 300
April 2, 2001
7:30 pm		Kazakhstan 0 – 11
( 0 – 4, 0 – 4, 0 – 3 )		 CanadaRecreation Centre, Rochester
Attendance: 301
April 3, 2001
4:00 pm		Sweden 3 – 1
( 1 – 0, 1 – 1, 1 – 0 )		 KazakhstanRecreation Centre, Rochester
Attendance: 303
April 3, 2001
7:30 pm		Canada 5 – 1
( 2 – 0, 3 – 1, 0 – 0 )		 RussiaRecreation Centre, Rochester
Attendance: 520
April 5, 2001
4:05 pm		Canada 13 – 0
( 4 – 0, 6 – 0, 3 – 0 )		 SwedenMariucci Arena, Minneapolis
Attendance: 1178
April 5, 2001
7:30 pm		Russia 8 – 2
( 3 – 0, 1 – 1, 4 – 1 )		 KazakhstanSchwan's Super Rink, Blaine
Attendance: 301

Group B

Standings
Rk. Team GP W T L GF GA DIF PTS
1.  United States 3300350+356
2.  Finland 32011217-54
3.  China 3012620-141
4.  Germany 3012218-161

Results

All times local

April 2, 2001
4:00 pm		Finland 7 – 6
( 4 – 3, 1 – 1, 2 – 2 )		 ChinaNHC, St. Cloud
Attendance: 300
April 2, 2001
7:30 pm		Germany 0 – 13
( 0 – 5, 0 – 6, 0 – 2 )		 United StatesNHC, St. Cloud
Attendance: 301
April 3, 2001
4:00 pm		Finland 5 – 2
( 0 – 1, 3 – 1, 2 – 0 )		 GermanyNHC, St. Cloud
Attendance: 300
April 3, 2001
7:30 pm		United States 13 – 0
( 6 – 0, 3 – 0, 4 – 0 )		 ChinaNHC, St. Cloud
Attendance: 581
April 5, 2001
7:30 pm		China 0 – 0
( 0 – 0, 0 – 0, 0 – 0 )		 GermanyIce Center, Plymouth
Attendance: 300
April 5, 2001
7:35 pm		United States 9 – 0
( 3 – 0, 5 – 0, 1 – 0 )		 FinlandMariucci Arena, Minneapolis
Attendance: 4421

Playoff Round

Consolation Round 5-8 Place
April 6, 2001
4:00 pm		China 4 – 1
( 2 – 0, 1 – 1, 1 – 0 )		 KazakhstanColumbia Arena, Fridley
Attendance: 301
April 6, 2001
7:30 pm		Sweden 2 – 6
( 1 – 2, 1 – 1, 0 – 3 )		 GermanyColumbia Arena, Fridley
Attendance: 305

Consolation Round 7-8 Place
April 8, 2001
12:00 pm		Kazakhstan 1 – 3 SwedenSchwan's Super Rink, Blaine
Attendance: 305

Consolation Round 5-6 Place
April 8, 2001
12:00 pm		Germany 1 – 0
( 1 – 0, 0 – 0, 0 – 0 )		 ChinaColumbia Arena, Fridley

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

Semifinals
April 7, 2001
3:08 pm		Canada 8 – 0
( 2 – 0, 2 – 0, 4 – 0 )		 FinlandMariucci Arena, Minneapolis
Attendance: 1603
April 7, 2001
7:38 pm		United States 6 – 1
( 2 – 1, 3 – 0, 1 – 0 )		 RussiaMariucci Arena, Minneapolis
Attendance: 2582

Match for third place
April 9, 2000
4:00 pm		Russia 2 – 1
( 1 – 0, 1 – 1, 0 – 0 )		 FinlandMariucci Arena, Minneapolis
Attendance: 1558

Final
April 9, 2001
18:08		United States 2–3
(1–1, 0–1, 1–1)		 CanadaMariucci Arena, Minneapolis
Attendance: 5,632

Champions
 2001 IIHF World Women Championship Winners 

Canada
7th title

Scoring leaders
Player GP G A Pts PIM +/-
Cammi Granato 57613016
Krissy Wendell 53912410
Nancy Drolet 5471147
Jennifer Botterill 58210411
Ekaterina Pashkevich 5641025
Jenny Schmidgall 53710415
Kelly Bechard 51910810
Tammy Shewchuk 5549211
Danielle Goyette 545908
Katie King 5718010

Goaltending leaders
Player Mins GA SOG GAA SV%
Sara Decosta 120:001400.5097.50
Kim St-Pierre 180:002640.6796.88
Sami Jo Small 120:001210.5095.24
Sarah Tueting 178:493451.0193.33
Irina Gachennikova 286:07131502.7391.33

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

Rosters
MedalTeamPlayers
 CanadaSami 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[2]
 United StatesSara 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[3]
 RussiaMaria 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[4]

World Championship Division I
Main article: 2001 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships (Lower Divisions)

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

References
  1. https://teamusa.usahockey.com/page/show/4286761-2001-iihf-women-s-world-championship
  2. "Team Roster: Canada". 2001 IIHF World Women Championship.
  3. "Team Roster: USA". 2001 IIHF World Women Championship.
  4. "Team Roster: Russia". 2001 IIHF World Women Championship.
  5. Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-10, p.543, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55468-621-6
  • Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. pp. 26–7, 231–2.
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