2000 IIHF Women's World Championship
The 2000 IIHF World Women's Championships was held April 3-April 9, 2000 in the Ontario towns of Mississauga, Barrie, Kitchener, London, Niagara Falls, Oshawa and Peterborough, Canada. Final games were played at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga. Team Canada won their 6th consecutive gold medal at the World Championships defeating the United States in a repeat of the previous five finals.
In one of the cloest finals competed, Canada took the tournament with a 2-1 final win, after overtime.
Finland picked up their sixth consecutive bronze medal, with a win over Sweden.
Read more about 2000 IIHF Women's World Championship: Teams, World Championship Group A, First Round, Champions, Scoring Leaders, Goaltending Leaders, Final Standings, World Championship Group B, Directorate Awards
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