1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1999 WJC) was held in Winnipeg, and five other communities in Manitoba, Canada from December 26, 1998, to January 5, 1999.[1] In the gold medal match at Winnipeg Arena, Russia defeated Canada 3–2 on Artem Chubarov's overtime goal. The bronze medal was claimed by Slovakia, giving the six-year-old country its first medal at an IIHF event.

1999 IIHF U20 World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Canada
Venue(s)6 (in 6 host cities)
DatesDecember 26, 1998 – January 5, 1999
Teams10
Final positions
Champions  Russia (1st title)
Runner-up  Canada
Third place  Slovakia
Fourth place Sweden
Tournament statistics
Games played31
Goals scored225 (7.26 per game)
Attendance173,453 (5,595 per game)
Scoring leader(s)United States Brian Gionta (11 points)
← 1998
2000 →

The playoff round reverted back to six teams qualifying, with group leaders getting a bye to the semifinals.

Pool A

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Slovakia 4 3 1 0 10 7 +3 7 Semifinals
2   Canada 4 2 1 1 10 9 +1 5 Quarterfinals
3   Finland 4 2 0 2 17 16 +1 4
4   Czech Republic 4 1 0 3 11 12 −1 2 Relegation round
5   United States 4 1 0 3 13 17 −4 2
December 26, 1998Slovakia  3 – 2  Czech RepublicKeystone Centre, Brandon
December 26, 1998Finland  6 – 3  United StatesWinnipeg Arena, Winnipeg
December 27, 1998Slovakia  0 – 0
(0-0, 0-0, 0-0)
  CanadaKeystone Centre, Brandon
Attendance: 6,000
Ján LašákGoaliesRoberto Luongo
36Shots31
December 28, 1998Canada  6 – 4
(3-0, 1-3, 2-1)
  FinlandWinnipeg Arena, Winnipeg
Attendance: 13,225
Roberto LuongoGoaliesMika Noronen
Calder) (Stuart, Tkaczuk) (PP) - 1:501-0
Chimera (Allen) - 2:372-0
Fata (Tkaczuk) - 13:133-0
3-122:46 - Somervuori (Gustafsson, Hagman)
3-230:14 - Ahonen (Laatikainen, Somervuori)
Chimera (Leeb, Druken) - 30:594-2
4-349:18 - Kauppinen (Koskela, Hagman) (PP)
Tkaczuk (Calder) - 46:545-3
Gagné (EN) - 59:506-3
6-459:43 - Valtonen (Kauppinen, Väänänen) (PP)
28Shots40
December 28, 1998Czech Republic  6 – 3  United StatesKeystone Centre, Brandon
December 29, 1998Slovakia  4 – 3  FinlandWinnipeg Arena, Winnipeg
December 30, 1998Canada  2 – 0
(1-0, 0-0, 1-0)
  Czech RepublicWinnipeg Arena, Winnipeg
Attendance: 13,225
Roberto LuongoGoaliesVlastimil Lakosil
Campbell (Tkaczuk), Calder) - 18:101-0
Tkaczuk (Fata, Chimera) - 54:252-0
32Shots29
December 30, 1998Slovakia  3 – 2  United StatesSelkirk Recreation Complex, Selkirk
December 31, 1998United States  5 – 2
(1-0, 3-2, 1-0)
  CanadaWinnipeg Arena, Winnipeg
Attendance: 13,225
Joe BlackburnGoaliesRoberto Luongo
Gionta - 14:461-0
1-123:42 - Mair
Murphy (Gionta, Gomez) - 26:232-1
Heisten (Gomez, Mara) (PP) - 28:033-1
Gionta (Murphy, Gomez) - 30:334-1
4-237:21 - Tkaczuk (A. Ference, Calder) (PP)
Gomez (Mara, Blackburn) (PP) - 41:155-2
33Shots38
December 31, 1998Finland  4 – 3  Czech RepublicSelkirk Recreation Complex, Selkirk

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Sweden 4 4 0 0 25 11 +14 8 Semifinals
2   Russia 4 3 0 1 25 4 +21 6 Quarterfinals
3   Kazakhstan 4 1 1 2 9 20 −11 3
4    Switzerland 4 1 0 3 5 17 −12 2 Relegation round
5   Belarus 4 0 1 3 9 21 −12 1
December 26, 1998Sweden  4 – 2  RussiaWinnipeg Arena, Winnipeg
December 26, 1998Switzerland  4 – 3  BelarusSelkirk Recreation Complex, Selkirk
December 27, 1998Kazakhstan  2 – 2  BelarusCentennial Arena, Portage la Prairie
December 28, 1998Sweden  5 – 1   SwitzerlandWinnipeg Arena, Winnipeg
December 28, 1998Russia  7 – 0  KazakhstanCentennial Arena, Portage la Prairie
December 29, 1998Russia  10 – 0  BelarusKeystone Centre, Brandon
December 30, 1998Kazakhstan  3 – 0   SwitzerlandKeystone Centre, Brandon
December 30, 1998Sweden  5 – 4  BelarusMorden Recreation Centre, Morden
December 31, 1998Russia  6 – 0   SwitzerlandKeystone Centre, Brandon
December 31, 1998Sweden  11 – 4  KazakhstanTeulon-Rockwood Arena, Teulon

Relegation round

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1   Czech Republic 3 3 0 0 21 9 +12 6
2   United States 3 2 0 1 15 12 +3 4
3    Switzerland 3 1 0 2 12 13 −1 2
4   Belarus 3 0 0 3 7 21 −14 0 Relegated to the 2000 Pool B

Source:[2]

December 26, 1998Switzerland  4 – 3  BelarusSelkirk Recreation Complex, Selkirk
December 28, 1998Czech Republic  6 – 3  United StatesKeystone Centre, Brandon
January 3, 1999Czech Republic  10 – 2  BelarusWinnipeg Arena, Winnipeg
January 3, 1999United States  5 – 4   SwitzerlandCentennial Arena, Portage la Prairie
January 4, 1999Czech Republic  5 – 4   SwitzerlandMorden Recreation Centre, Morden
January 4, 1999United States  7 – 2  BelarusSelkirk Recreation Complex, Selkirk

  Belarus was relegated for the 2000 World Juniors

Final round

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Source:[3]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
QF1   Canada 6
A2   Canada 12 B1   Sweden 1
B3   Kazakhstan 2 SF1   Canada 2
SF2   Russia 3
QF2   Russia 3
B2   Russia 3 A1   Slovakia 2
A3   Finland 2 Third place
QF1   Sweden 4
QF2   Slovakia 5

Quarterfinals

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January 2, 1999Canada  12 – 2
(3–0, 5–0, 4–2)
  KazakhstanWinnipeg Arena, Winnipeg
Attendance: 13,225
Roberto LuongoGoaliesVitali Kolesnik
Bouck (Mair, Ward) - 2:221-0
Gagné (Morrow, B. Ference) - 5:392-0
Tkaczuk (Fata, Calder - 15:203-0
Gagné (Morrow, Leeb) - 21:054-0
Ward - 33:255-0
Tkaczuk (Calder) - 34:226-0
Gagné (Leeb, Morrow) - 34:527-0
Leeb (Morrow, Van Ryn) - 35:088-0
8-140:50 - Zarzhytsky (Yeremeyev, Litvinenko)
Morrow (Leeb) - 42:309-1
Druken (McDonell, Chimera) - 43:2410-1
Morrow - 46:3911-1
11-247:27 - Zarzhytsky (Yakovlev, Antropov)
Gagné (Leeb, Morrow) - 58:4512-2
36Shots21
January 2, 1999Russia  3 – 2 OT
(1–0, 0–2, 1–0, 1-0)
  FinlandWinnipeg Arena, Winnipeg
Attendance: 6,960
Alexei VolkovGoaliesMika Lehto
Lyashenko (Schastlivy, Verenikin) - 10:101-0
1-120:34 - Hagman (Mikkola)
1-224:33 - Elomo (Väänänen, Virkkunen)
Kirilenko (Vishnevski) - 53:412-2
Denis Arkhipov (Dobryshkin) (PP) - 67:333-2
46Shots21

Semifinals

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January 4, 1999Sweden  1 – 6
(1–1, 0–2, 0–3)
  CanadaWinnipeg Arena, Winnipeg
Attendance: 13,225
Andreas AnderssonGoaliesRoberto Luongo
Karlin (Wallin, Persson) - 11:311-0
1-115:01 - McDonell (A. Ference, B. Ference)
1-223:18 - Gagné (SH)
1-335:41 - Tkaczuk (Calder, Fata) (PP)
1-441:49 - Leeb (Morrow)
1-543:58 - A. Ference (PP)
1-648:35 - Calder (Tkaczuk)
27Shots22
January 4, 1999Slovakia  2 – 3
(0–2, 2–1, 0–0)
  RussiaWinnipeg Arena, Winnipeg
0-1Balmochnykh (Arkhipov, Maslennikov) - 1:29
0-2Dobryshkin (Vishnevski, Nikitenko) - 15:04
0-3Verenikin (Lyashenko, Donika) (PP) - 23:22
31:29 - Cibak (Sejna, Cakajik) (PP)1-3
32:03 - Hudec (Hujsa)2-3

5th place game

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January 4, 1999Finland  6 – 1
(2–1, 2–0, 2–0,)
  KazakhstanKeystone Centre, Brandon

Bronze medal game

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January 5, 1999Sweden  4 – 5
(0–2, 3–1, 1–2)
  Slovakia  Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg

Gold medal game

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January 5, 1999  Canada  2–3 OT
(0–1, 1–1, 1–0)
(OT: 0-1)
  Russia  Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg
Attendance: 13,225
0-119:07 - Chubarov (Dobryshkin)
Simon Gagné (Campbell, Luongo) - 29:591-1
1-234:23 - Balmochnykh (Zevakhin, Maslennikov)
Bryan Allen - 53:522-2
2-365:13 - Chubarov (Afinogenov, Kirilenko)
40Shots18

Final standings

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Rank Country
    Russia
    Canada
    Slovakia
4   Sweden
5   Finland
6   Kazakhstan
7   Czech Republic
8   United States
9    Switzerland
10   Belarus

Scoring leaders

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Player Country GP G A Pts +/- PIM
Brian Gionta   United States 6 6 5 11 -1 6
Daniel Tkaczuk   Canada 7 6 4 10 +1 10
Daniel Sedin   Sweden 6 5 5 10 +6 2
Scott Gomez   United States 6 3 7 10 +2 4
Henrik Sedin   Sweden 6 3 6 9 +7 10
Tomáš Divíšek   Czech Republic 6 2 7 9 +2 6
Simon Gagné   Canada 7 7 1 8 +9 2
Christian Berglund   Sweden 6 4 4 8 +5 33
Eero Somervuori   Finland 6 4 4 8 0 2
Niklas Hagman   Finland 6 3 5 8 +3 2
Nik Antropov   Kazakhstan 6 3 5 8 –3 14

Goaltending leaders

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(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos Player Country TOI GA GAA Sv% SO
1 Roberto Luongo   Canada 405:13 13 1.92 94.20 2
2 Alexei Volkov   Russia 407:27 10 1.47 93.55 0
3 Mika Lehto   Finland 206:52 8 2.32 93.28 0
4 Ján Lašák   Slovakia 359:48 14 2.33 92.71 1
5 Vlastimil Lakosil   Czech Republic 358:55 18 3.01 90.77 0
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source:[4]

Tournament awards

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IIHF Directorate Awards Media All-Star Team
Goaltender   Roberto Luongo   Roberto Luongo
Defencemen   Vitaly Vishnevskiy   Brian Campbell
  Vitaly Vishnevskiy
Forwards   Maxim Afinogenov   Daniel Tkaczuk
  Brian Gionta
  Maxim Balmochnykh

Pool B

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The Pool B tournament was played in Székesfehérvár and Dunaújváros, Hungary from December 27, 1998, to January 3, 1999. Two groups of four played round robins, and then the top three played each of the top three teams from the other group. All scores carried forward except the results against the lone eliminated team from each group.

Preliminary round

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   Denmark 3 2 0 1 8 7 +1 4 Medal round 4–3 2–1 2–3
2   Latvia 3 2 0 1 8 5 +3 4 3–4 3–1 2–0
3   Germany 3 1 0 2 10 5 +5 2 1–2 1–3 8–0
4   Hungary 3 1 0 2 3 12 −9 2 Relegation round 3–2 0–2 0–8

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   Ukraine 3 2 1 0 12 8 +4 5 Medal round 3–3 5–3 4–2
2   Poland 3 1 1 1 11 10 +1 3 3–3 5–2 3–5
3   Norway 3 1 0 2 12 13 −1 2 3–5 2–5 7–3
4   France 3 1 0 2 10 14 −4 2 Relegation round 2–4 5–3 3–7

Medal round

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion            
1   Ukraine 5 4 1 0 26 11 +15 9 Promoted to the 2000 Pool A 3–3 7–3 5–1 6–1 5–3
2   Poland 5 3 2 0 17 11 +6 8 3–3 2–2 3–2 4–2 5–2
3   Denmark 5 3 1 1 16 15 +1 7 3–7 2–2 2–1 4–3 5–2
4   Germany 5 1 0 4 11 14 −3 2 1–5 2–3 1–2 1–3 6–1
5   Latvia 5 1 0 4 10 17 −7 2 1–6 2–4 3–4 3–1 1–2
6   Norway 5 1 0 4 10 22 −12 2 3–5 2–5 2–5 1–6 2–1

  Ukraine was promoted to Pool A for 2000.

Relegation round

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Source:[5]

France  3 – 1
(2–0, 1–1, 0–0)
  Hungary
France  9 – 1
(1–0, 4–1, 4–0)
  Hungary

  Hungary lost two games to none and was relegated to Pool C for 2000.

Pool C

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The Pool C tournament was played in Kaunas and Elektrėnai, Lithuania from December 30, 1998, to January 3, 1999.

Preliminary round

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   Japan 3 3 0 0 16 4 +12 6 1st place game 7–1 4–1 5–2
2   Austria 3 2 0 1 15 11 +4 4 3rd place game 1–7 5–2 9–2
3   Lithuania 3 0 1 2 8 14 −6 1 5th place game 1–4 2–5 5–5
4   Croatia 3 0 1 2 9 19 −10 1 7th place game 2–5 2–9 5–5

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   Italy 3 2 0 1 9 6 +3 4 1st place game 4–2 0–2 5–2
2   Slovenia 3 2 0 1 13 9 +4 4 3rd place game 2–4 5–4 6–1
3   Estonia 3 1 1 1 9 8 +1 3 5th place game 2–0 4–5 3–3
4   Great Britain 3 0 1 2 6 14 −8 1 7th place game 2–5 1–6 3–3

Placement games

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Source:[6]

7th place game

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January 3, 1999Croatia  1–3
(0–1, 1–1, 0–1)
  Great Britain

  Croatia was relegated to Pool D for the 2000 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

5th place game

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January 3, 1999Lithuania  3–4 OT
(2–2, 1–1, 0–0)
(OT: 0–1)
  Estonia

3rd place game

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January 3, 1999Austria  2–6
(1–3, 0–3, 1–0)
  Slovenia

1st place game

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January 3, 1999Japan  0–1
(0–0, 0–1, 0–0)
  Italy

  Italy was promoted to Pool B for the 2000 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Pool D

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The Pool D tournament was played in Novi Sad, FR Yugoslavia from December 29, 1998, to January 4, 1999.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification      
1   Romania 2 2 0 0 30 0 +30 4 1st–3rd place group 5–0 25–0
2   South Africa 2 1 0 1 10 9 +1 2 4th–6th place group 0–5 10–4
3   Bulgaria 2 0 0 2 4 35 −31 0 7th–9th place group 0–25 4–10

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification      
1   Netherlands 2 2 0 0 44 3 +41 4 1st–3rd place group 7–3 37–0
2   Mexico 2 1 0 1 31 8 +23 2 4th–6th place group 3–7 28–1
3   Turkey 2 0 0 2 1 65 −64 0 7th–9th place group 0–37 1–28

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification      
1   Yugoslavia 2 2 0 0 21 2 +19 4 1st–3rd place group 6–1 15–1
2   Spain 2 0 1 1 6 11 −5 1 4th–6th place group 1–6 5–5
3   Iceland 2 0 1 1 6 20 −14 1 7th–9th place group 1–15 5–5

1st–3rd place group

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion      
1   Yugoslavia 2 2 0 0 9 2 +7 4 Promoted to the 2000 Pool C 4–1 5–1
2   Netherlands 2 1 0 1 7 6 +1 2 1–4 6–2
3   Romania 2 0 0 2 3 11 −8 0 1–5 2–6

  Yugoslavia was promoted to Pool C for 2000.

4th–6th place group

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts      
4   Spain 2 2 0 0 10 4 +6 4 4–2 6–2
5   Mexico 2 1 0 1 9 5 +4 2 2–4 7–1
6   South Africa 2 0 0 2 3 13 −10 0 2–6 1–7

7th–9th place group

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts      
7   Bulgaria 2 2 0 0 21 2 +19 4 9–2 12–0
8   Iceland 2 1 0 1 18 9 +9 2 2–9 16–0
9   Turkey 2 0 0 2 0 28 −28 0 0–12 0–16

References

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  1. ^ "1999 IIHF World U20 Championship Pool A statistics". Archived from the original on 1999-04-28. Retrieved 2023-01-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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  3. ^ "Playoff round results". Archived from the original on 1999-10-03. Retrieved 2023-01-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ "Goalies SVS". Archived from the original on 1999-11-05. Retrieved 2018-01-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ "Relegation round results". Archived from the original on 1999-10-05. Retrieved 2023-01-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ "Playoff round results". Archived from the original on 1999-10-05. Retrieved 2023-01-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  • Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press.
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