1999 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships (Lower Divisions)



The 1999 IIHF World Women's Championships Pool B were held between March 21-March 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.



Contents
[hide]  *1 1999 Qualification Tournament  ==1999 Qualification Tournament[edit] == Main article: 1999 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships QualificationGroup B contained the teams that failed to qualify for the main World Championships through the Qualification Process. These were:
 * 2 World Championship Group B
 * 3 First round
 * 3.1 Group A
 * 3.1.1 Standings
 * 3.1.2 Results
 * 3.2 Group B
 * 3.2.1 Standings
 * 3.2.2 Results
 * 4 Playoff Round
 * 4.1 Consolation Round 5-8 Place
 * 4.2 Consolation Round 7-8 Place
 * 4.3 Consolation Round 5-6 Place
 * 4.4 Final round
 * 4.5 Semifinals
 * 4.6 Match for third place
 * 4.7 Final
 * 5 Champions
 * 6 Final standings
 * 7 2000 Qualification Tournament
 * 7.1 Group A
 * 7.2 Group B

==World Championship Group B[edit] == 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.
 * Czech Republic
 * Denmark
 * France
 * Japan
 * Latvia
 * Netherlands
 * Norway
 * Slovakia

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[edit] == ===Group A[edit] === ====Standings[edit] ==== ====Results[edit] ==== All times local ===Group B[edit] === ====Standings[edit] ==== ====Results<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] ==== <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">All times local ==Playoff Round<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] == ===Consolation Round 5-8 Place<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] === <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">Netherlands relegated to 2001 Group B Qualification. <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">Slovakia relegated to 2001 Group B Qualification. ===Consolation Round 7-8 Place<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] === ===Consolation Round 5-6 Place<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] === ===Final round<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] === ===Semifinals<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] === ===Match for third place<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] === ===Final<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] === ==Champions<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] == ==Final standings<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] == ==2000 Qualification Tournament<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] == ===Group A<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] === <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">Italy qualified to 2000 World Championship Group B. ===Group B<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] === <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">Kazakhstan qualified to 2000 World Championship Group B.