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2001 IIHF Women's World Championship

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Field	Value
tourney_name	IIHF Women's World Championship
year	2001
image	2001 IIHF Women's World Championship.png
size	180px
country	United States
opened	George W. Bush
dates	April 2–8, 2001
num_teams	8
venues	6
cities	6
type	ihw
winners	Canada
second	USA
third	RUS
fourth	FIN
count	7
games	20
goals	143
attendance	21847
scoring_leader	USA Cammi Granato (13 points)
prevseason	[2000](2000-iihf-women-s-world-championship)
nextseason	[2003](2003-iihf-women-s-world-championship)
mvp	CAN Jennifer Botterill

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.

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

Results

All times local

Group B

Standings

Results

All times local

Playoff round

Consolation round 5–8 place

Consolation round 7–8 place

Consolation round 5–6 place

Final round

7 April 2001 8 April 2001 | RD2-name = Gold Medal Game

| RD2-team1 = **** | RD2-score1 = 3 | RD2-team2 = | RD2-score2 = 2

| RD2b-team1 = **** | RD2b-score1 = 2 | RD2b-team2 = | RD2b-score2 = 1

Semifinals

Match for third place

Final

Statistics

Scoring leaders

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

Goaltending leaders

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

Final standings

Rk.	Team	Notes
	****
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.		Relegated to the 2003 World Championships Division I

Rosters

Medal	Team	Players
		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
		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
		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

World Championship Division I

Main article: 2001 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships (Lower Divisions)

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

Directorate Awards

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

References

"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

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