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1999 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships (Lower Divisions)
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | IIHF World Women's Championship |
| year | 1999 |
| other_titles | Pool B |
| country | France |
| dates | March 21 - March 28 |
| num_teams | 8 |
| venues | Colmar |
| cities | 1 |
| type | ihw |
| winners | Japan |
| count | 1 |
| games | 20 |
| goals | 133 |
| attendance | 13850 |
| scoring_leader | JPN Masako Sato (12 points) |
| nextseason | [2000](2000-women-s-world-ice-hockey-championships-lower-divisions) |
The 1999 IIHF World Women's Championships Pool B were held between March 21–28, 1999, in the town of Colmar in France.
This was the first year of the Pool B tournament which saw Japan win the Pool with a 7–1 final game victory over Norway to promote them to the World Championship. A third tier was played as well (called 2000 B Qualification) with six nations in Székesfehérvár, Hungary.
1999 Qualification Tournament
Main article: 1999 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships Qualification
Group B contained the seven teams that failed to qualify for the main World Championships through the Qualification Process and Japan.
World Championship Group B
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.
The winning team in the tournament was promoted to the 2000 World Championship, while the bottom two teams would be relegated to the 2001 Group B Qualification tournament.
First round
Group A
Results
All times local
Group B
Results
All times local
Playoff round
Consolation round 5–8 place
Netherlands relegated to 2001 Group B Qualification.
Slovakia relegated to 2001 Group B Qualification.
Consolation round 7–8 place
Consolation round 5–6 place
Final round
27 March 1999 28 March 1999 | RD2-name = Gold Medal Game
| RD1-seed1 = A1 | RD1-team1 = **** | RD1-score1 = 2 | RD1-seed2 = B2 | RD1-team2 = | RD1-score2 = 1
| RD1-seed3 = B1 | RD1-team3 = **** | RD1-score3 = 2 | RD1-seed4 = A2 | RD1-team4 = | RD1-score4 = 3
| RD2-team1 = **** | RD2-score1 = 7 | RD2-team2 = | RD2-score2 = 1
| RD2b-team1 = **** | RD2b-score1 = 5 | RD2b-team2 = | RD2b-score2 = 4
Semifinals
Match for third place
Final
Champions
Scoring leaders
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN Masako Sato | 5 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 6 |
| FRA Gwenola Personne | 5 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| FRA Christin Duchamp | 4 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 14 |
| LAT Inese Geca-Miljone | 5 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 1 |
| CZE Zuzana Králová | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 7 |
| LAT Iveta Koka | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 5 |
| JPN Hanae Kubo | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 5 |
| JPN Etsuko Wada | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 |
| JPN Aki Tsuchida | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 5 |
| FRA Deborah Iszraelewicz | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 13 |
Goaltending leaders
| Player | Mins | GA | SOG | GAA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN Yuka Oda | 261:51 | 3 | 72 | 0.69 | 95.83 |
| LAT Lolita Andrisevska | 292:02 | 12 | 178 | 2.47 | 93.26 |
| CZE Ludmila Nelibová | 290:58 | 11 | 126 | 2.27 | 91.27 |
| NOR Hege Moe | 175:11 | 11 | 102 | 3.77 | 89.22 |
| NED Desiree Jacobs | 149:45 | 17 | 135 | 6.81 | 87.41 |
Final standings
| Rk. | Team | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| **** | Promoted to the 2000 World Championships | |
| 4. | ||
| 5. | ||
| 6. | ||
| 7. | Relegated to the 2001 World Championships Group B Qualification | |
| 8. | Relegated to the 2001 World Championships Group B Qualification |
2000 Qualification Tournament
Six additional nations played in two regional qualifiers for entry into the 2000 world championship group B. Both groups were played in Székesfehérvár, Hungary, with Group B being a best two out of three.
Group A
Italy qualified to 2000 World Championship Group B .
Group B
Kazakhstan qualified to 2000 World Championship Group B .
(forfeit)
Scoring leaders
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GBR Michelle Smith | 3 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 11 |
| GBR Louise Wheeler | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 11 |
| GBR Teresa Lewis | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 6 |
| ITA Maria Leitner | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| GBR Claire Oldfield | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 |
References
References
- [https://web.archive.org/web/19991104154145/http://www.iihf.net/statistics/scoringleaders.asp?qsDivisionId=WWSB&qsUseDivision=-1&qsLayout=2&qsSeasonId=1&qsGameTitle=1999%20IIHF%20World%20Women%20Championship%20Pool%20B%20March%2021%20-%2028%2C%201999%2C%20Colmar%2C%20France&qsSerieId=0 Group B goaltending leaders]
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