1999 IIHF U20 World Championship Host country Canada Dates December 26 – January 5 Teams 10 Venue(s) 6 (in 6 host cities) Champions Russia (1st title) Runner-up Canada Third place Slovakia Fourth place Sweden Matches played 31 Goals scored 225 (7.26 per match) Attendance 173,453 (5,595 per match) Scoring leader(s) Brian Gionta (11 points)
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. 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.
The playoff round reverts to six teams qualifying, with group leaders getting a bye to the semifinals.
Pool A [ ]
Group A [ ]
Team
GP
W
L
T
GF
GA
PTS
Slovakia
4
3
0
1
10
7
7
Canada
4
2
1
1
10
9
5
Finland
4
2
2
0
17
16
4
Czech Republic
4
1
3
0
11
12
2
United States
4
1
3
0
13
17
2
Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: S1 = 0 S2 = 0 GT1 = GT2 = Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 0 N2 = 0 PN = 1
Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 9 N2 = 9 PN = 8
December 28, 1998 Canada 6 – 4 (3-0, 1-3, 2-1) Finland Winnipeg Arena , Winnipeg Attendance: 13,225
December 30, 1998 Canada 2 – 0 (1-0, 0-0, 1-0) Czech Republic Winnipeg Arena , Winnipeg Attendance: 13,225
December 31, 1998 United States 5 – 2 (1-0, 3-2, 1-0) Canada Winnipeg Arena , Winnipeg Attendance: 13,225
Joe Blackburn Goalies Roberto Luongo Gionta - 14:461-0 1-1 23:42 - Mair Murphy (Gionta , Gomez ) - 26:232-1 Heisten (Gomez, Mara ) (PP) - 28:03 3-1 Gionta (Murphy, Gomez) - 30:33 4-1 4-2 37:21 - Tkaczuk (A. Ference , Calder ) (PP) Gomez (Mara, Blackburn ) (PP) - 41:15 5-2
33 Shots 38
Group B [ ]
Team
GP
W
L
T
GF
GA
PTS
Sweden
4
4
0
0
25
11
8
Russia
4
3
1
0
25
4
6
Kazakhstan
4
1
2
1
9
20
3
Switzerland
4
1
3
0
5
17
2
Belarus
4
0
3
1
9
21
1
December 26, 1998 Sweden 4 – 2 Russia Winnipeg Arena , Winnipeg
December 30, 1998 Sweden 5 – 4 Belarus Morden Recreation Centre, Morden
Relegation round [ ]
Belarus was relegated for the 2000 World Juniors
Final round [ ]
Quarter finals
Semi finals
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 [ ]
January 2, 1999 Canada 12 – 2 (3–0, 5–0, 4–2) Kazakhstan Winnipeg Arena , Winnipeg Attendance: 13,225
Roberto Luongo Goalies Vitali Kolesnik Bouck (Mair , Ward ) - 2:221-0 Gagné (Morrow , B. Ference ) - 5:392-0 Tkaczuk (Fata , Calder - 15:203-0 Gagné (Morrow, Leeb ) - 21:05 4-0 Ward - 33:25 5-0 Tkaczuk (Calder) - 34:22 6-0 Gagné (Leeb, Morrow) - 34:52 7-0 Leeb (Morrow, Van Ryn) - 35:08 8-0 8-1 40:50 - (Yeremeyev , Litvinenko ) Morrow (Leeb) - 42:30 9-1 Druken (McDonell , Chimera ) - 43:2410-1 Morrow - 46:39 11-1 11-2 47:27 - Zarzhytsky (, Antropov ) Gagné (Leeb, Morrow) - 58:45 12-2
36 Shots 21
January 2, 1999 Russia 3 – 2 OT (1–0, 0–2, 1–0, 1-0) Finland Winnipeg Arena , Winnipeg Attendance: 6,960
Semifinals [ ]
January 4, 1999 Sweden 1 – 6 (1–1, 0–2, 0–3) Canada Winnipeg Arena , Winnipeg Attendance: 13,225
Andreas Andersson Goalies Roberto Luongo 27 Shots 22
January 4, 1999 Slovakia 2 – 3 (0–2, 2–1, 0–0) Russia Winnipeg Arena , Winnipeg
5th place game [ ]
Bronze medal game [ ]
January 5, 1999 Sweden 4 – 5 (0–2, 3–1, 1–2) Slovakia Winnipeg Arena , Winnipeg
Gold medal game [ ]
January 5, 1999 Canada 2–3 OT (0–1, 1–1, 1–0) (OT : 0-1) Russia Winnipeg Arena , Winnipeg Attendance: 13,225
Final ranking [ ]
Scoring leaders [ ]
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 [ ]
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF[1]
Tournament awards [ ]
Pool B [ ]
Played at Székesfehérvár and Dunaújváros , Hungary from December 27 to January 3. 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.
Group A [ ]
Team
GP
W
L
T
GF
GA
PTS
Denmark
3
2
1
0
8
7
4
4 - 3
2 - 1
2 - 3
Latvia
3
2
1
0
8
5
4
3 - 4
3 - 1
2 - 0
Germany
3
1
2
0
10
5
2
1 - 2
1 - 3
8 - 0
Hungary
3
1
2
0
3
12
2
3 - 2
0 - 2
0 - 8
Group B [ ]
Team
GP
W
L
T
GF
GA
PTS
Ukraine
3
2
0
1
12
8
5
3 - 3
5 - 3
4 - 2
Poland
3
1
1
1
11
10
3
3 - 3
5 - 2
3 - 5
Norway
3
1
2
0
12
13
2
3 - 5
2 - 5
7 - 3
France
3
1
2
0
10
14
2
2 - 4
5 - 3
3 - 7
Medal round [ ]
Team
GP
W
L
T
GF
GA
PTS
Ukraine
5
4
0
1
26
11
9
3 - 3
7 - 3
5 - 1
6 - 1
5 - 3
Poland
5
3
0
2
17
11
8
3 - 3
2 - 2
3 - 2
4 - 2
5 - 2
Denmark
5
3
1
1
16
15
7
3 - 7
2 - 2
2 - 1
4 - 3
5 - 2
Germany
5
1
4
0
11
14
2
1 - 5
2 - 3
1 - 2
1 - 3
6 - 1
Latvia
5
1
4
0
10
17
2
1 - 6
2 - 4
3 - 4
3 - 1
1 - 2
Norway
5
1
4
0
10
22
2
3 - 5
2 - 5
2 - 5
1 - 6
2 - 1
Ukraine was promoted to Pool A for 2000 .
Relegation round [ ]
Hungary lost two games to none and was relegated to Pool C for 2000 .
Pool C [ ]
Played at Kaunas and Elektrenai , Lithuania from December 30 to January 3
Preliminary Round [ ]
Group A
Team
GP
W
L
T
GF
GA
PTS
Japan
3
3
0
0
16
4
6
7 - 1
4 - 1
5 - 2
Austria
3
2
1
0
15
11
4
1 - 7
5 - 2
9 - 2
Lithuania
3
0
2
1
8
14
1
1 - 4
2 - 5
5 - 5
Croatia
3
0
2
1
9
19
1
2 - 5
2 - 9
5 - 5
Group B
Team
GP
W
L
T
GF
GA
PTS
Italy
3
2
1
0
9
6
4
4 - 2
0 - 2
5 - 2
Slovenia
3
2
1
0
13
9
4
2 - 4
5 - 4
6 - 1
Estonia
3
1
1
1
9
8
3
2 - 0
4 - 5
3 - 3
Great Britain
3
0
2
1
6
14
1
2 - 5
1 - 6
3 - 3
Placement Games [ ]
Italy was promoted to Pool B, and Croatia was relegated to Pool D for 2000 .
Pool D [ ]
Played at Novi Sad , Yugoslavia from December 29 to January 4.
Group A [ ]
Team
GP
W
L
T
GF
GA
PTS
Romania
2
2
0
0
30
0
4
5 - 0
25 - 0
South Africa
2
1
1
0
10
9
2
0 - 5
10 - 4
Bulgaria
2
0
2
0
4
35
0
0 - 25
4 - 10
Group B [ ]
Team
GP
W
L
T
GF
GA
PTS
Netherlands
2
2
0
0
44
3
4
7 - 3
37 - 0
Mexico
2
1
1
0
31
8
2
3 - 7
28 - 1
Turkey
2
0
2
0
1
65
0
0 - 37
1 - 28
Group C [ ]
Team
GP
W
L
T
GF
GA
PTS
FR Yugoslavia
2
2
0
0
21
2
4
6 - 1
15 - 1
Spain
2
0
1
1
6
11
1
1 - 6
5 - 5
Iceland
2
0
1
1
6
20
1
1 - 15
5 - 5
Promotion Group [ ]
FR Yugoslavia was promoted to Pool C for 2000 .
4th to 6th [ ]
Team
GP
W
L
T
GF
GA
PTS
Spain
2
2
0
0
10
4
4
4 - 2
6 - 2
Mexico
2
1
1
0
9
5
2
2 - 4
7 - 1
South Africa
2
0
2
0
3
13
0
2 - 6
1 - 7
7th to 9th [ ]
Team
GP
W
L
T
GF
GA
PTS
Bulgaria
2
2
0
0
21
2
4
9 - 2
12 - 0
Iceland
2
1
1
0
18
9
2
2 - 9
16 - 0
Turkey
2
0
2
0
0
28
0
0 - 12
0 - 16
References [ ]
^ "Goalkeepers" . IIHF.com. 14 July 2017. Archived from the original on 5 November 1999.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link )