2000 IIHF World U18 Championships

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2000 IIHF World U18 Championship
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Tournament details
Host country  Switzerland
DatesApril 14–24, 2000
Teams10
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svg Finland (2nd title)
Runner-up Silver medal blank.svg Russia
Third place Bronze medal blank.svg Sweden
Fourth place  Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played31
Goals scored216 (6.97 per match)
Attendance33,988 (1,096 per match)
Scoring leader(s)Russia Yegor Shastin
(11 points)
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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[]

Preliminary round[]

Group A[]

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Sweden 4 4 0 0 21 5 8
  Switzerland 4 3 1 0 18 12 6
 Czech Republic 4 2 2 0 15 12 4
 Germany 4 0 3 1 8 15 1
 Ukraine 4 0 3 1 6 24 1

Group B[]

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Russia 4 4 0 0 33 4 8
 Finland 4 3 1 0 19 9 6
 Slovakia 4 2 2 0 12 10 4
 United States 4 1 3 0 13 13 2
 Belarus 4 0 4 0 4 45 0

Relegation Round[]

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Germany 3 2 0 1 17 5 5
 United States 3 2 1 0 16 4 4
 Ukraine 3 1 1 1 12 13 3
 Belarus 3 0 3 0 4 27 0

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

Final round[]

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[]

April 21, 2000Switzerland  3–0 SlovakiaEishalle Schluefweg, Kloten
Attendance: 3,177
April 21, 2000Finland 3–0 Czech RepublicEishalle Schluefweg, Kloten
Attendance: 968

Semifinals[]

April 22, 2000Sweden 2–4 FinlandEishalle Schluefweg, Kloten
Attendance: 864
April 22, 2000Russia 4–1  SwitzerlandEishalle Schluefweg, Kloten
Attendance: 4,131

Fifth place game[]

April 24, 2000Slovakia 4–3 (SO) Czech RepublicSportanlage Güttingersreuti, Weinfelden
Attendance: 300

Bronze medal game[]

April 24, 2000Sweden 7–1  SwitzerlandEishalle Schluefweg, Kloten
Attendance: 3,633

Gold medal game[]

April 24, 2000Russia 1–3 FinlandEishalle Schluefweg, Kloten
Attendance: 3,288

Final standings[]

Rk. Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Finland
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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[]

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[]

(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
 United States 150:39 2 96.00 0.80 1
 Russia 180:00 4 95.60 1.33 0
 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[]

First round[]

Group A
Teams JPN NOR ITA DAN Tore Pkt.
1. Japan 3:2 3:3 3:0 9:5 5:1
2. Norway 2:3 8:1 9:4 19:8 4:2
3. Italy 3:3 1:8 5:4 9:15 3:3
4. Denmark 0:3 4:9 4:5 8:17 0:6
Group B
Teams AUT LAT POL FRA Tore Pkt.
1. Austria 3:3 5:4 6:1 14:8 5:1
2. Latvia 3:3 4:4 5:3 12:10 4:2
3. Poland 4:5 4:4 5:4 13:13 3:3
4. France 1:6 3:5 4:5 8:16 0:6

Final round[]

5th-8th place
Teams DAN ITA POL FRA Tore Pkt.
1. Denmark (4:5) 9:4 5:3 18:12 4:2
2. Italy (5:4) 2:3 4:1 11:8 4:2
3. Poland 4:9 3:2 (5:4) 12:15 4:2
4. France 3:5 1:4 (4:5) 8:14 0:6
1st-4th place
Teams NOR AUT LAT JPN Tore Pkt.
1. Norway 3:2 5:2 (2:3) 10:7 4:2
2. Austria 2:3 (3:3) 5:2 10:8 3:3
3. Latvia 2:5 (3:3) 5:2 10:10 3:3
4. Japan (3:2) 2:5 2:5 7:12 2:4

Final ranking[]

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

European Championships Division I[]

First round[]

Group A
Teams EST HUN LTU ESP Tore Pkt.
1.  Estonia 6:5 7:1 8:1 21:7 6:0
2.  Hungary 5:6 9:3 10:4 24:13 4:2
3.  Lithuania 1:7 3:9 10:7 14:23 2:4
4.  Spain 1:8 4:10 7:10 12:28 0:6
Group B
Teams KAZ SLO GBR ROM Tore Pkt.
1.  Kazakhstan 6:4 8:0 18:1 32:5 6:0
2.  Slovenia 4:6 8:3 9:0 21:9 4:2
3.  United Kingdom 0:8 3:8 7:2 10:18 2:4
4.  Romania 1:18 0:9 2:7 3:34 0:6

Placing round[]

7th place
24 March 2000 Maribor  Romania –  Spain 7:2 (2:0,4:1,1:1)
5th place
24 March 2000 Maribor  United Kingdom –  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[]

Group A (in Reykjavík, Iceland)[]

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)[]

4 March 2000 Sofia  South Africa –  Turkey 3:1 (0:0,1:1,2:0)

European Championships Division II[]

First round[]

Group A
Teams CRO BUL LUX Tore Pkt.
1.  Croatia 18:0 20:0 38:0 4:0
2.  Bulgaria 0:18 3:2 3:20 2:2
3.  Luxembourg 0:20 2:3 2:23 0:4
Group B
Teams YUG ISR ISL Tore Pkt.
1.  FR Yugoslavia 8:6 5:4 13:10 4:0
2.  Israel 6:8 4:2 10:10 2:2
3.  Iceland 4:5 2:4 6:9 0:4
Group C
Teams NED BEL RSA Tore Pkt.
1.  Netherlands 3:1 9:2 12:3 4:0
2.  Belgium 1:3 7:1 8:4 2:2
3.  South Africa 2:9 1:7 3:16 0:4

Placing round[]

7th-9th place
Teams RSA LUX ISL Tore Pkt.
1.  South Africa 3:1 3:3 6:4 3:1
2.  Luxembourg 1:3 8:5 9:8 2:2
3.  Iceland 3:3 5:8 8:11 1:3
4th-6th place
Teams BEL ISR BUL Tore Pkt.
1.  Belgium 5:3 8:0 13:3 4:0
2.  Israel 3:5 7:4 10:9 2:2
3.  Bulgaria 0:8 4:7 4:15 0:4
1st-3rd place
Teams CRO NED YUG Tore Pkt.
1.  Croatia 8:2 11:4 19:6 4:0
2.  Netherlands 2:8 8:1 10:9 2:2
3.  FR Yugoslavia 4:11 1:8 5:19 0:4

References[]

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

External links[]

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