2001 IIHF Women's World Championship

2001 IIHF Women's World Championship
Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	April 2–8
Officially opened by	George W. Bush
Teams	8
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 played	20
Goals scored	143 (7.15 per match)
Attendance	21,847 (1,092 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Cammi Granato (13 points)
MVP	Jennifer Botterill
	← 2000 2003 →

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]

TeamsEdit

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 AEdit

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 roundEdit

	Teams proceed to Final round
	Teams sent to Consolation round

Group AEdit

StandingsEdit

Rk.	Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1.	Canada	3	3	0	29	1	+28	6
2.	Russia	3	2	1	12	7	+5	4
3.	Sweden	3	1	2	3	17	-14	2
4.	Kazakhstan	3	0	3	3	22	-19	0

ResultsEdit

All times local

April 2, 2001
4:00 pm

Sweden

0 – 3
( 0 – 0, 0 – 2, 0 – 1 )

Russia

Recreation Centre, Rochester
Attendance: 300

April 2, 2001
7:30 pm

Kazakhstan

0 – 11
( 0 – 4, 0 – 4, 0 – 3 )

Canada

Recreation Centre, Rochester
Attendance: 301

April 3, 2001
4:00 pm

Sweden

3 – 1
( 1 – 0, 1 – 1, 1 – 0 )

Kazakhstan

Recreation Centre, Rochester
Attendance: 303

April 3, 2001
7:30 pm

Canada

5 – 1
( 2 – 0, 3 – 1, 0 – 0 )

Russia

Recreation Centre, Rochester
Attendance: 520

April 5, 2001
4:05 pm

Canada

13 – 0
( 4 – 0, 6 – 0, 3 – 0 )

Sweden

Mariucci Arena, Minneapolis
Attendance: 1178

April 5, 2001
7:30 pm

Russia

8 – 2
( 3 – 0, 1 – 1, 4 – 1 )

Kazakhstan

Schwan's Super Rink, Blaine
Attendance: 301

Group BEdit

StandingsEdit

Rk.	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1.	United States	3	3	0	0	35	0	+35	6
2.	Finland	3	2	0	1	12	17	-5	4
3.	China	3	0	1	2	6	20	-14	1
4.	Germany	3	0	1	2	2	18	-16	1

ResultsEdit

All times local

April 2, 2001
4:00 pm

Finland

7 – 6
( 4 – 3, 1 – 1, 2 – 2 )

China

NHC, St. Cloud
Attendance: 300

April 2, 2001
7:30 pm

Germany

0 – 13
( 0 – 5, 0 – 6, 0 – 2 )

United States

NHC, St. Cloud
Attendance: 301

April 3, 2001
4:00 pm

Finland

5 – 2
( 0 – 1, 3 – 1, 2 – 0 )

Germany

NHC, St. Cloud
Attendance: 300

April 3, 2001
7:30 pm

United States

13 – 0
( 6 – 0, 3 – 0, 4 – 0 )

China

NHC, St. Cloud
Attendance: 581

April 5, 2001
7:30 pm

China

0 – 0
( 0 – 0, 0 – 0, 0 – 0 )

Germany

Ice Center, Plymouth
Attendance: 300

April 5, 2001
7:35 pm

United States

9 – 0
( 3 – 0, 5 – 0, 1 – 0 )

Finland

Mariucci Arena, Minneapolis
Attendance: 4421

Playoff RoundEdit

Consolation Round 5-8 PlaceEdit

April 6, 2001
4:00 pm

China

4 – 1
( 2 – 0, 1 – 1, 1 – 0 )

Kazakhstan

Columbia Arena, Fridley
Attendance: 301

April 6, 2001
7:30 pm

Sweden

2 – 6
( 1 – 2, 1 – 1, 0 – 3 )

Germany

Columbia Arena, Fridley
Attendance: 305

Consolation Round 7-8 PlaceEdit

April 8, 2001
12:00 pm

Kazakhstan

1 – 3

Sweden

Schwan's Super Rink, Blaine
Attendance: 305

Consolation Round 5-6 PlaceEdit

April 8, 2001
12:00 pm

Germany

1 – 0
( 1 – 0, 0 – 0, 0 – 0 )

China

Columbia Arena, Fridley

Final roundEdit

Semi finals 7 April 2001			Finals 8 April 2001

A1	Canada	8

B2	Finland	0
			Canada	3

			United States	2
B1	United States	6

A2	Russia	1	Bronze Medal Game


			Russia	2

			Finland	1

SemifinalsEdit

April 7, 2001
3:08 pm

Canada

8 – 0
( 2 – 0, 2 – 0, 4 – 0 )

Finland

Mariucci Arena, Minneapolis
Attendance: 1603

April 7, 2001
7:38 pm

United States

6 – 1
( 2 – 1, 3 – 0, 1 – 0 )

Russia

Mariucci Arena, Minneapolis
Attendance: 2582

Match for third placeEdit

April 8, 2000
4:00 pm

Russia

2 – 1
( 1 – 0, 1 – 1, 0 – 0 )

Finland

Mariucci Arena, Minneapolis
Attendance: 1558

FinalEdit

April 8, 2001
18:08

United States

2–3
(1–1, 0–1, 1–1)

Canada

Mariucci Arena, Minneapolis
Attendance: 5,632

Sarah Tueting

Goalies

Kim St-Pierre

Referee:

Chantal Champagne
Linesmen:

Johanna Suban

Julie Piacentini

	0–1	08:09 – Antal (Drolet, Sunohara) (PP)
Zaban (Holmes) – 17:36	1–1
	1–2	29:45 – Shewchuk (Bechard, Chartrand)
	1–3	56:45 – Botterill (Brisson)
Mleczko (Wendell, Bye) (PP) – 58:41	2–3

10 min

Penalties

8 min

35

Shots

18

ChampionsEdit

2001 IIHF World Women Championship Winners
Canada 7th title

Scoring leadersEdit

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-
Cammi Granato	5	7	6	13	0	16
Krissy Wendell	5	3	9	12	4	10
Nancy Drolet	5	4	7	11	4	7
Jennifer Botterill	5	8	2	10	4	11
Ekaterina Pashkevich	5	6	4	10	2	5
Jenny Schmidgall	5	3	7	10	4	15
Kelly Bechard	5	1	9	10	8	10
Tammy Shewchuk	5	5	4	9	2	11
Danielle Goyette	5	4	5	9	0	8
Katie King	5	7	1	8	0	10

Goaltending leadersEdit

Player	Mins	GA	SOG	GAA	SV%
Sara Decosta	120:00	1	40	0.50	97.50
Kim St-Pierre	180:00	2	64	0.67	96.88
Sami Jo Small	120:00	1	21	0.50	95.24
Sarah Tueting	178:49	3	45	1.01	93.33
Irina Gachennikova	286:07	13	150	2.73	91.33

Final standingsEdit

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

RostersEdit

Medal	Team	Players
	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]
	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]
	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 IEdit

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 AwardsEdit

Goalie: Kim St-Pierre (Canada)
Defender: Karyn Bye (United States)
Forward: Jennifer Botterill (Canada)
Most Valuable Player: Jennifer Botterill (Canada)^[5]

ReferencesEdit

^ "2001 - IIHF Women's World Championship".
^ "Team Roster: Canada". 2001 IIHF World Women Championship.
^ "Team Roster: USA". 2001 IIHF World Women Championship.
^ "Team Roster: Russia". 2001 IIHF World Women Championship.
^ 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.

External linksEdit

Summary from the Women's Hockey Net
Detailed summary from passionhockey.com (in French)
Official IIHF page for the tournament – via Wayback Machine

[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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