2001 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships

Infobox IIHFWW
tourney_name = IIHF World Women's Championship
year = 2001
other_titles =


size =
caption =
country = United States
dates = April 2 - April 8
num_teams = 8
venues = Blaine, Fridley, Minneapolis, Plymouth, Rochester, St. Cloud
cities = 6
winners = Canada
count = 7
games = 20
goals = 143
attendance =
scoring_leader = flagicon|USA Cammi Granato
mvp =

The 2001 IIHF World Women Championships was held April 2-April 8, 2001 in six cities in the state of Minnesota. Team Canada won their seventh consecutive gold medal at the World Championships defeating the United States in a repeat of the previous six finals.

Format

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 Medal Round, while the remaining teams played in the placing games.

Group Stage

Playoff Stage

Medal Round

Semi-2-no-groups
semi-date = 7 April 2001
final-date = 8 April 2001
pool-a-name = Group A
pool-b-name = Group B
top-position-name = 2nd
next-position-name = 1st
final-match-name = Gold Medal Game
consolation-match-name = Bronze Medal Game
pool-a-second = ihw|CAN
pool-a-second-score = 8
pool-b-first = ihw|FIN
pool-b-first-score = 0
pool-b-second = ihw|USA
pool-b-second-score = 6
pool-a-first = ihw|RUS
pool-a-first-score = 1
f-team-top = ihw|CAN
f-score-top = 3
f-team-bot = ihw|USA
f-score-bot = 2
bronze-team-top = ihw|RUS
bronze-score-top = 2
bronze-team-bot = ihw|FIN
bronze-score-bot = 1

Final standings