2001 IIHF Women's World Championship

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2001 IIHF Women's World Championship
2001 IIHF Women's World Championship.png
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Venue6 (in 6 host cities)
DatesApril 2–8, 2001
Opened by George W. Bush
Teams8
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (7th title)
Runners-up Silver medal blank.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Third place Bronze medal blank.svgFlag of Russia.svg  Russia
Fourth placeFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played20
Goals scored143 (7.15 per game)
Attendance21,847 (1,092 per game)
Scoring leader Flag of the United States.svg Cammi Granato (13 points)
Awards
MVP Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jennifer Botterill
←  2000
2003  →

The 2001 IIHF Women's World Championship was the seventh edition of the Women's Ice Hockey World Championship. The Top Division tournament was held from April 2 to 8, 2001 in six cities in the state of Minnesota. Venues included the Ice Center in Plymouth, the Mariucci Arena in Minneapolis, the Recreation Centre in Rochester, the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud, the Columbia Arena in Fridley, and the Schwan Super Rink, in Blaine. 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]

Contents

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

Group A

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3300291+286Advanced to Final round
2Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 3201127+54
3Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3102317−142Sent to Consolation round
4Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 3003322−190
Source: IIHF

Results

All times local

April 2, 2001
4:00 pm		 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg0 – 3
( 0 – 0, 0 – 2, 0 – 1 )		Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Recreation Centre, Rochester
Attendance: 300
April 2, 2001
7:30 pm		 Kazakhstan  Flag of Kazakhstan.svg0 – 11
( 0 – 4, 0 – 4, 0 – 3 )		Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Recreation Centre, Rochester
Attendance: 301
April 3, 2001
4:00 pm		 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg3 – 1
( 1 – 0, 1 – 1, 1 – 0 )		Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Recreation Centre, Rochester
Attendance: 303
April 3, 2001
7:30 pm		 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg5 – 1
( 2 – 0, 3 – 1, 0 – 0 )		Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Recreation Centre, Rochester
Attendance: 520
April 5, 2001
4:05 pm		 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg13 – 0
( 4 – 0, 6 – 0, 3 – 0 )		Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Mariucci Arena, Minneapolis
Attendance: 1178
April 5, 2001
7:30 pm		 Russia  Flag of Russia.svg8 – 2
( 3 – 0, 1 – 1, 4 – 1 )		Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Schwan's Super Rink, Blaine
Attendance: 301

Group B

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3300350+356Advanced to Final round
2Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 32011217−54
3Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 3012620−141Sent to Consolation round
4Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3012218−161
Source: IIHF

Results

All times local

April 2, 2001
4:00 pm		 Finland  Flag of Finland.svg7 – 6
( 4 – 3, 1 – 1, 2 – 2 )		Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China NHC, St. Cloud
Attendance: 300
April 2, 2001
7:30 pm		 Germany  Flag of Germany.svg0 – 13
( 0 – 5, 0 – 6, 0 – 2 )		Flag of the United States.svg  United States NHC, St. Cloud
Attendance: 301
April 3, 2001
4:00 pm		 Finland  Flag of Finland.svg5 – 2
( 0 – 1, 3 – 1, 2 – 0 )		Flag of Germany.svg  Germany NHC, St. Cloud
Attendance: 300
April 3, 2001
7:30 pm		 United States  Flag of the United States.svg13 – 0
( 6 – 0, 3 – 0, 4 – 0 )		Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China NHC, St. Cloud
Attendance: 581
April 5, 2001
7:30 pm		 China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg0 – 0
( 0 – 0, 0 – 0, 0 – 0 )		Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Ice Center, Plymouth
Attendance: 300
April 5, 2001
7:35 pm		 United States  Flag of the United States.svg9 – 0
( 3 – 0, 5 – 0, 1 – 0 )		Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Mariucci Arena, Minneapolis
Attendance: 4421

Playoff round

Consolation round 5–8 place

April 6, 2001
4:00 pm		 China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg4 – 1
( 2 – 0, 1 – 1, 1 – 0 )		Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Columbia Arena, Fridley
Attendance: 301
April 6, 2001
7:30 pm		 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg2 – 6
( 1 – 2, 1 – 1, 0 – 3 )		Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Columbia Arena, Fridley
Attendance: 305

Consolation round 7–8 place

April 8, 2001
12:00 pm		 Kazakhstan  Flag of Kazakhstan.svg1 – 3Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Schwan's Super Rink, Blaine
Attendance: 305

Consolation round 5–6 place

April 8, 2001
12:00 pm		 Germany  Flag of Germany.svg1 – 0
( 1 – 0, 0 – 0, 0 – 0 )		Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Columbia Arena, Fridley

Final round

Semi finals
7 April 2001 		Finals
8 April 2001
      
A1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8
B2 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 0
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2
B1 Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6
A2 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1 Bronze Medal Game
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1

Semifinals

April 7, 2001
3:08 pm		 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg8 – 0
( 2 – 0, 2 – 0, 4 – 0 )		Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Mariucci Arena, Minneapolis
Attendance: 1603
April 7, 2001
7:38 pm		 United States  Flag of the United States.svg6 – 1
( 2 – 1, 3 – 0, 1 – 0 )		Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Mariucci Arena, Minneapolis
Attendance: 2582

Match for third place

April 8, 2001
4:00 pm		 Russia  Flag of Russia.svg2 – 1
( 1 – 0, 1 – 1, 0 – 0 )		Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Mariucci Arena, Minneapolis
Attendance: 1558

Final

April 8, 2001
18:08		 United States  Flag of the United States.svg2–3
(1–1, 0–1, 1–1)		Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Mariucci Arena, Minneapolis
Attendance: 5,632
Sarah Tueting Goalies Kim St-Pierre Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Chantal Champagne
Linesmen:
Flag of Finland.svg Johanna Suban
Flag of the United States.svg Julie Piacentini
0–108:09 – Antal (Drolet, Sunohara) (PP)
Zaban (Holmes) – 17:361–1
1–229:45 – Shewchuk (Bechard, Chartrand)
1–356:45 – Botterill (Brisson)
Mleczko (Wendell, Bye) (PP) – 58:412–3
10 minPenalties8 min
35Shots18
 2001 IIHF World Women Championship winners 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Canada
7th title

Statistics

Scoring leaders

PlayerGPGAPtsPIM+/-
Flag of the United States.svg Cammi Granato 57613016
Flag of the United States.svg Krissy Wendell 53912410
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nancy Drolet 5471147
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jennifer Botterill 58210411
Flag of Russia.svg Ekaterina Pashkevich 5641025
Flag of the United States.svg Jenny Schmidgall 53710415
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kelly Bechard 51910810
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tammy Shewchuk 5549211
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Danielle Goyette 545908
Flag of the United States.svg Katie King 5718010

Goaltending leaders

PlayerMinsGASOGGAASV%
Flag of the United States.svg Sara Decosta 120:001400.5097.50
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kim St-Pierre 180:002640.6796.88
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sami Jo Small 120:001210.5095.24
Flag of the United States.svg Sarah Tueting 178:493451.0193.33
Flag of Russia.svg Irina Gachennikova 286:07131502.7391.33

Final standings

Rk.TeamNotes
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Russia.svg  Russia
4.Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
5.Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
6.Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
7.Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
8.Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Relegated to the 2003 World Championships Division I

Rosters

MedalTeamPlayers
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Sami 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]
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States Sara 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]
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Russia.svg  Russia Maria 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

World Championship Group B was renamed Division I and was played again with an eight team tournament which was hosted by Briançon in France. Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland won the tournament with a 2–1 victory over Flag of Japan.svg  Japan to see them bounce straight back to the main World Championship in 2003.

Directorate Awards

References

  1. ↑ "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
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