2001 IIHF Women's World Championship

The 2001 IIHF Women's World Championships was held April 2–8, 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.

Results
All times local

Results
All times local

World Championship Division I
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)