2000 IIHF World U18 Championships

2000 IIHF World U18 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Switzerland
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	April 14–24, 2000
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Finland (2nd title)
Runner-up	Russia
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Games played	31
Goals scored	216 (6.97 per game)
Attendance	33,988 (1,096 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Yegor Shastin (11 points)
	← 1999 2001 →

The 2000 IIHF World U18 Championships were held in Kloten and Weinfelden, Switzerland. The championships ran between April 14 and April 24, 2000. Games were played at Eishalle Schluefweg in Kloten and Sportanlage Güttingersreuti in Weinfelden. Finland defeated Russia 3–1 in the final to win the gold medal, while Sweden defeated Switzerland 7–1 to capture the bronze medal.

Championship results edit

Preliminary round edit

Group A edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sweden	4	4	0	0	21	5	+16	8
2	Switzerland	4	3	1	0	18	12	+6	6
3	Czech Republic	4	2	2	0	15	12	+3	4
4	Germany	4	0	3	1	8	15	−7	1
5	Ukraine	4	0	3	1	6	24	−18	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Russia	4	4	0	33	4	+29	8
2	Finland	4	3	1	19	9	+10	6
3	Slovakia	4	2	2	12	10	+2	4
4	United States	4	1	3	13	13	0	2
5	Belarus	4	0	4	4	45	−41	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Relegation Round edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Germany	3	2	0	1	17	5	+12	5
2	United States	3	2	1	0	16	4	+12	4
3	Ukraine	3	1	1	1	12	13	−1	3
4	Belarus	3	0	3	0	4	27	−23	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Note: The following matches from the preliminary round carry forward to the relegation round:

April 18, 2000: Ukraine 4–4 Germany
April 18, 2000: Belarus 1–9 United States

Final round edit

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

B1

Russia

4

A2

Switzerland

3

A2

Switzerland

1

B3

Slovakia

0

B1

Russia

1

B2

Finland

3

A1

Sweden

2

B2

Finland

3

B2

Finland

4

A3

Czech Republic

0

Third place

A1

Sweden

7

A2

Switzerland

1

Quarterfinals edit

April 21, 2000

Switzerland

3–0

Slovakia

Eishalle Schluefweg, Kloten
Attendance: 3,177

April 21, 2000

Finland

3–0

Czech Republic

Eishalle Schluefweg, Kloten
Attendance: 968

Semifinals edit

April 22, 2000

Sweden

2–4

Finland

Eishalle Schluefweg, Kloten
Attendance: 864

April 22, 2000

Russia

4–1

Switzerland

Eishalle Schluefweg, Kloten
Attendance: 4,131

Fifth place game edit

April 24, 2000

Slovakia

4–3 (SO)

Czech Republic

Sportanlage Güttingersreuti, Weinfelden
Attendance: 300

Bronze medal game edit

April 24, 2000

Sweden

7–1

Switzerland

Eishalle Schluefweg, Kloten
Attendance: 3,633

Gold medal game edit

April 24, 2000

Russia

1–3

Finland

Eishalle Schluefweg, Kloten
Attendance: 3,288

Final standings edit

Rk.	Team
	Finland
	Russia
	Sweden
4	Switzerland
5	Slovakia
6	Czech Republic
7	Germany
8	United States
9	Ukraine
10	Belarus

Belarus is relegated to Division I for the 2001 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Scoring leaders edit

Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Yegor Shastin	Russia	6	7	4	11	4
Sven Helfenstein	Switzerland	7	5	6	11	2
Jens Karlsson	Sweden	6	5	4	9	20
Marian Gaborik	Slovakia	6	6	2	8	12
Tuomo Ruutu	Finland	7	6	2	8	0
Martin Samuelsson	Sweden	6	3	5	8	6
Alexandr Svitov	Russia	6	3	5	8	8
Janne Jokila	Finland	7	3	5	8	8
Pavel Vorobiev	Russia	6	2	6	8	10
Thibaut Monnet	Switzerland	7	4	3	7	6

Source: IIHF ^[1]

Goaltending leaders edit

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Player	Country	MINS	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
Kari Lehtonen	Finland	307:11	9	96.30	1.76	1
Travis Weber	United States	150:39	2	96.00	0.80	1
Andrei Medvedev	Russia	180:00	4	95.60	1.33	0
Sergei Mylnikov	Russia	180:00	4	95.12	1.33	1
Henrik Lundqvist	Sweden	240:00	9	93.88	2.25	0

Source: IIHF^[2]

Group B edit

First round edit

Group A
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	JPN	NOR	ITA	DEN
1	Japan	3	2	1	0	9	5	+4	5		3–2	3–3	3–0
2	Norway	3	2	0	1	19	8	+11	4	2–3		8–1	9–4
3	Italy	3	1	1	1	9	15	−6	3	3–3	1–8		5–4
4	Denmark	3	0	0	3	8	17	−9	0	0–3	4–9	4–5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	AUT	LAT	POL	FRA
1	Austria	3	2	1	0	14	8	+6	5		3–3	5–4	6–1
2	Latvia	3	1	2	0	12	10	+2	4	3–3		4–4	5–3
3	Poland	3	1	1	1	13	13	0	3	4–5	4–4		5–4
4	France	3	0	0	3	8	16	−8	0	1–6	3–5	4–5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Final round edit

5th-8th place
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	DEN	ITA	POL	FRA
1	Denmark	3	2	1	18	12	+6	4		(4–5)	9–4	5–3
2	Italy	3	2	1	11	8	+3	4	(5–4)		2–3	4–1
3	Poland	3	2	1	12	15	−3	4	4–9	3–2		(5–4)
4	France	3	0	3	8	14	−6	0	3–5	1–4	(4–5)

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

1st-4th place
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	NOR	AUT	LAT	JPN
1	Norway	3	2	0	1	10	7	+3	4		3–2	5–2	(2–3)
2	Austria	3	1	1	1	10	8	+2	3	2–3		(3–3)	5–2
3	Latvia	3	1	1	1	10	10	0	3	2–5	(3–3)		5–2
4	Japan	3	1	0	2	7	12	−5	2	(3–2)	2–5	2–5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Final ranking edit

Rank	Team
1	Norway
2	Austria
3	Latvia
4	Japan
5	Denmark
6	Italy
7	Poland
8	France

European Championships Division I edit

First round edit

Group A
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	EST	HUN	LTU	ESP
1	Estonia	3	3	0	21	7	+14	6		6–5	7–1	8–1
2	Hungary	3	2	1	24	13	+11	4	5–6		9–3	10–4
3	Lithuania	3	1	2	14	23	−9	2	1–7	3–9		10–7
4	Spain	3	0	3	12	28	−16	0	1–8	4–10	7–10

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	KAZ	SLO	GBR	ROM
1	Kazakhstan	3	3	0	32	5	+27	6		6–4	8–0	18–1
2	Slovenia	3	2	1	21	9	+12	4	4–6		8–3	9–0
3	Great Britain	3	1	2	10	18	−8	2	0–8	3–8		7–2
4	Romania	3	0	3	3	34	−31	0	1–18	0–9	2–7

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Placing round edit

7th place
24 March 2000	Maribor	Romania	–	Spain	7:2 (2:0,4:1,1:1)

5th place
24 March 2000	Maribor	Great Britain	–	Lithuania	5:4 n.P. (1:2,2:1,1:1,0:0,1:0)

3rd place
24 March 2000	Maribor	Slovenia	–	Hungary	13:0 (4:0,4:0,5:0)

Final
24 March 2000	Maribor	Kazakhstan	–	Estonia	4:2 (1:1,2:1,1:0)

European Championships Division II Qualification edit

Group A (in Reykjavík, Iceland) edit

26 November 1999	Reykjavík	Iceland	–	Ireland	13:2 (2:0,7:0,4:2)

27 November 1999	Reykjavík	Iceland	–	Ireland	12:3 (3:0,2:3,7:0)

Group B (in Sofia, Bulgaria) edit

4 March 2000

Sofia

South Africa

–

Turkey

3:1 (0:0,1:1,2:0)

European Championships Division II edit

First round edit

Group A
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	CRO	BUL	LUX
1	Croatia	2	2	0	38	0	+38	4		18–0	20–0
2	Bulgaria	2	1	1	3	20	−17	2	0–18		3–2
3	Luxembourg	2	0	2	2	23	−21	0	0–20	2–3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	YUG	ISR	ISL
1	Yugoslavia	2	2	0	13	10	+3	4		8–6	5–4
2	Israel	2	1	1	10	10	0	2	6–8		4–2
3	Iceland	2	0	2	6	9	−3	0	4–5	2–4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group C
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	NED	BEL	RSA
1	Netherlands	2	2	0	12	3	+9	4		3–1	9–2
2	Belgium	2	1	1	8	4	+4	2	1–3		7–1
3	South Africa	2	0	2	3	16	−13	0	2–9	1–7

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Placing round edit

7th-9th place
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	RSA	LUX	ISL
1	South Africa	2	1	1	0	6	4	+2	3		3–1	3–3
2	Luxembourg	2	1	0	1	9	8	+1	2	1–3		8–5
3	Iceland	2	0	1	1	8	11	−3	1	3–3	5–8

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

4th-6th place
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	BEL	ISR	BUL
1	Belgium	2	2	0	13	3	+10	4		5–3	8–0
2	Israel	2	1	1	10	9	+1	2	3–5		7–4
3	Bulgaria	2	0	2	4	15	−11	0	0–8	4–7

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

1st-3rd place
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	CRO	NED	YUG
1	Croatia	2	2	0	19	6	+13	4		8–2	11–4
2	Netherlands	2	1	1	10	9	+1	2	2–8		8–1
3	Yugoslavia	2	0	2	5	19	−14	0	4–11	1–8

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

References edit

^ "Scoring Leaders" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
^ "Goalkeepers". IIHF.com. Retrieved 28 June 2016.

External links edit

Official results and statistics from the International Ice Hockey Federation
- Championship

[1] "Scoring Leaders" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved 28 June 2016.

[2] "Goalkeepers". IIHF.com. Retrieved 28 June 2016.

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