Preliminary Round Group B
| Date | Game | Result | Spectators |
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| 2000-04-03 15:30 | Poland - France | 5 - 4 ( 1-2, 1-0, 3-2 ) | 370 |
| 2000-04-03 19:00 | Austria - Latvia | 3 - 3 ( 2-1, 0-0, 1-2 ) | 1070 |
| 2000-04-05 15:30 | France - Austria | 1 - 6 ( 0-1, 1-4, 0-1 ) | |
| 2000-04-05 19:00 | Poland - Latvia | 4 - 4 ( 2-0, 2-2, 0-2 ) | 1660 |
| 2000-04-06 15:30 | Austria - Poland | 5 - 4 ( 3-1, 2-2, 0-1 ) | 350 |
| 2000-04-06 19:00 | Latvia - France | 5 - 3 ( 3-2, 1-1, 1-0 ) | 1700 |
| Rk | Team | GP | W | T | L | GF:GA | TP |
| 1 | Austria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 : 8 | 5 |
| 2 | Latvia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 : 10 | 4 |
| 3 | Poland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 : 13 | 3 |
| 4 | France | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 : 16 | 0 |