1999 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 == Group B contained the seven teams that failed to qualify for the main World Championships through the Qualification Process and Japan. Czech Republic Denmark France Japan Latvia Netherlands Norway Slovakia == 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 === === Goaltending leaders === === Final standings === == 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 === == References == Duplacey, James (1998). Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports. pp. 487–9. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9. == External links == Summary from the Women's Hockey Net Detailed summary from passionhockey.com