Preliminary Round Group A
| Date | Game | Result | Spectators |
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| 2000-04-03 15:30 | Norway - Japan | 2 - 3 ( 1-1, 1-1, 0-1 ) | |
| 2000-04-03 19:00 | Denmark - Italy | 4 - 5 ( 0-3, 2-0, 2-2 ) | |
| 2000-04-04 15:30 | Denmark - Japan | 0 - 3 ( 0-1, 0-1, 0-1 ) | |
| 2000-04-04 19:00 | Italy - Norway | 1 - 8 ( 0-2, 0-4, 1-2 ) | |
| 2000-04-06 15:30 | Japan - Italy | 3 - 3 ( 0-2, 0-1, 3-0 ) | |
| 2000-04-06 19:00 | Norway - Denmark | 9 - 4 ( 6-1, 3-2, 0-1 ) | |
| Rk | Team | GP | W | T | L | GF:GA | TP |
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 : 5 | 5 |
| 2 | Norway | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 : 8 | 4 |
| 3 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 : 15 | 3 |
| 4 | Denmark | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 : 17 | 0 |