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

• United Kingdom - Finished 2nd in Group A of 2000 Pool B Qualification
• Hungary - Finished 3rd in Group A of 2000 Pool B Qualification
• Slovakia - New entrant
• South Africa - Finished 4th in Group A of 2000 Pool B Qualification
• Belgium - New entrant
• North Korea - Finished 2nd in Group B of 2000 Pool B Qualification
• Netherlands - New entrant
• Australia - 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.	Slovakia	3	3	0	0	39	0	+39	6
2.	Belgium	3	2	0	1	11	10	+1	4
3.	Hungary	3	1	0	2	6	14	-8	2
4.	South Africa	3	0	0	3	3	35	-32	0

Results

All times local

March 22, 2000 1:00pm

Slovakia

8 – 0 ( 2 - 0 , 2 - 0, 4 - 0 )

Belgium

Attendance: 300

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March 22, 2000 6:00pm

Hungary

4 – 3 ( 1 - 0 , 2 - 2 , 1 - 1)

South Africa

Attendance: 850

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March 23, 2000 4:00pm

South Africa

0 – 23 ( 0 - 5 , 0 - 8 , 0 - 10 )

Slovakia

Attendance: 300

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March 23, 2000 6:00pm

Hungary

2 – 3 ( 2 - 0 , 0 - 0 , 0 - 3 )

Belgium

Attendance: 400

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March 25, 2000 4:00pm

Slovakia

8 – 0 ( 4 - 0 , 3 - 0 , 1 - 0 )

Hungary

Attendance: 310

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March 25, 2000 6:00pm

Belgium

8 – 0 ( 1 - 0 , 4 - 0 , 3 - 0 )

South Africa

Attendance: 400

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Group B

Standings

Rk.	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1.	North Korea	3	2	1	0	14	5	+9	5
2.	United Kingdom	3	2	0	1	14	7	+7	4
3.	Netherlands	3	1	1	1	6	7	-1	3
4.	Australia	3	0	0	3	2	17	-15	0

Results

All times local

March 22, 2000 4:00pm

Netherlands

2 – 0 ( 0 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 )

Australia

Attendance: 300

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March 22, 2000 7:00pm

United Kingdom

2 – 4 ( 1 - 1 , 0 - 2 , 1 - 1 )

North Korea

Attendance: 300

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March 23, 2000 1:00pm

North Korea

2 – 2 ( 1 - 1 , 1 - 1 , 0 - 0 )

Australia

Attendance: 300

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March 23, 2000 7:00pm

United Kingdom

7 – 1 ( 2 - 0 , 1 - 1 , 4 - 0 )

Australia

Attendance: 300

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March 25, 2000 1:00pm

Australia

1 – 8 ( 0 - 3 , 1 - 2 , 0 - 3 )

North Korea

Attendance: 300

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March 25, 2000 7:00pm

Netherlands

2 – 5 ( 1 - 2 , 0 - 1 , 1 - 2 )

Australia

Attendance: 300

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Playoff Round

Consolation Round 7-8 Place

March 26, 2000

South Africa

0 – 6 ( 0 - 1 , 0 - 2 , 0 - 3 )

Australia

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Consolation Round 5-6 Place

March 26, 2000

Hungary

0 – 2 ( 0 - 1 , 0 - 0 , 0 - 1 )

Netherlands

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Match for third place

March 26, 2000

Belgium

1 – 8 ( 0 - 2 , 0 - 4 , 1 - 2 )

United Kingdom

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Final

March 25, 2000

Slovakia

1 – 3 ( 1 - 0 , 0 - 1 , 0 - 2 )

North Korea

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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