2001 IIHF Women's World Championship

2001 IIHF Women's World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Dates	April 2–8, 2001
Opened by	George W. Bush
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Canada (7th title)
Runner-up	United States
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played	20
Goals scored	143 (7.15 per game)
Attendance	21,847 (1,092 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Cammi Granato (13 points)
MVP	Jennifer Botterill
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The 2001 IIHF Women's World Championships was held April 2–8, 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]

With the promotion and relegation format now in use, the top seven nations were joined by Kazakhstan, the winner of Group B in 2000.

•  Canada
•  China
•  Finland
•  Germany
•  Kazakhstan
•  Russia
•  Sweden
•  United States

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.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	0	29	1	+28	6	Advanced to Final round
2	Russia	3	2	0	1	12	7	+5	4
3	Sweden	3	1	0	2	3	17	−14	2	Sent to Consolation round
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	3	22	−19	0

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	35	0	+35	6	Advanced to Final round
2	Finland	3	2	0	1	12	17	−5	4
3	China	3	0	1	2	6	20	−14	1	Sent to Consolation round
4	Germany	3	0	1	2	2	18	−16	1

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

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

April 8, 2001 12:00 pm

Kazakhstan

1 – 3

Sweden

Schwan's Super Rink, Blaine Attendance: 305

April 8, 2001 12:00 pm

Germany

1 – 0 ( 1 – 0, 0 – 0, 0 – 0 )

China

Columbia Arena, Fridley

	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

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

April 8, 2001 4:00 pm

Russia

2 – 1 ( 1 – 0, 1 – 1, 0 – 0 )

Finland

Mariucci Arena, Minneapolis Attendance: 1558

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

2001 IIHF World Women Championship winners
Canada 7th title

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

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

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

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 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.

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

• Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. pp. 26–7, 231–2.

• Summary from the Women's Hockey Net
• Detailed summary from passionhockey.com (in French)
• Official IIHF page for the tournament at the Wayback Machine (archived 2003-08-05)