1999 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships Qualification



The 1999 IIHF Women's World Championship qualification process was contested between 10 teams competing for the three final places in the championships. The other seven teams would join Japan (the 6th Place team from the 1998 Olympic games), in the newly formed Pool B.



Contents
[hide]  *1 Teams  ==Teams[edit] == The following is the nations that competed, and the stage that they entered the qualification process at:
 * 2 Format
 * 3 Pre-Qualification
 * 3.1 Group Stage
 * 3.1.1 Standings
 * 3.1.2 Results
 * 4 Final Qualification
 * 4.1 Group A
 * 4.1.1 Standings
 * 4.1.2 Results
 * 4.2 Group B
 * 4.2.1 Standings
 * 4.2.2 Results
 * 5 Final Playoff
 * 6 Final standings

==Format[edit] == The four teams in the Pre-Qualification group would play a single round robin, with the top two proceeding to the Final Qualification.
 * Czech Republic - Entered at Pre-Qualification
 * Denmark - Entered at Final Qualification
 * France - Entered at Pre-Qualification
 * Germany - Entered at Final Qualification
 * Latvia - Entered at Final Qualification
 * Netherlands - Entered at Pre-Qualification
 * Norway - Entered at Final Qualification
 * Russia - Entered at Final Qualification
 * Slovakia - Entered at Pre-Qualification
 * Switzerland - Entered at Final Qualification

The eight teams in Final Qualification would be split into two groups of four, with the top two teams automatically qualifying for the World Championship, and a single match playoff at a neutral location to decide the final qualifier. ==Pre-Qualification[edit] == ===Group Stage[edit] === ====Standings[edit] ==== Czech Republic and France advanced to the Final Qualification. Slovakia and Netherlands qualified for Pool B. ====Results[edit] ==== ==Final Qualification[edit] == ===Group A[edit] === ====Standings[edit] ==== <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">Germany qualifies for the World Championship. Russia advances to the Final Playoff. France and Denmark qualified for Pool B. ====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] ==== ===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] === ====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] ==== <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">Suitzerland qualifies for the World Championship. Norway advances to the Final Playoff. Czech Republic and Latvia qualified for Pool B. ====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] ==== ==Final Playoff<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;">The final playoff was held two days after the main tournaments were finished in the town of Zuchwil in Switzerland <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">Russia qualifies for the World Championship. Norway qualifies for Pool B. ==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] ==