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

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

Semifinals

Match for third place

Final

Champions

Scoring leaders Player GP G A Pts PIM +/- Masako Sato5841246 Gwenola Personne52911213 Christin Duchamp47310214 Inese Geca-Miljone5731041 Zuzana Králová5461087 Iveta Koka5371025 Hanae Kubo544825 Etsuko Wada544843 Aki Tsuchida525785 Deborah Iszraelewicz5516213

Goaltending leaders Group B goaltending leaders Player Mins GA SOG GAA SV% Yuka Oda261:513720.6995.83 Lolita Andrisevska292:02121782.4793.26 Ludmila Nelibová290:58111262.2791.27 Hege Moe175:11111023.7789.22 Desiree Jacobs149:45171356.8187.41

Final standings Rk.Team Notes Promoted to the 2000 World Championships 4. 5. 6. 7. Relegated to the 2000 World Championships Group B Qualification 8. Relegated to the 2000 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 .

Scoring leaders Player GP G A Pts PIM +/- Michelle Smith37815011 Louise Wheeler35914011 Teresa Lewis3661246 Maria Leitner353803 Claire Oldfield352747

References

External links Summary from the Women's Hockey Net Detailed summary from passionhockey.com