2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

2001 IIHF World U20 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Russia
Dates	December 26, 2000 – January 5, 2001
Teams	10
Venue(s)	3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Czech Republic (2nd title)
Runner-up	Finland
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played	34
Goals scored	205 (6.03 per match)
Attendance	84,100 (2,474 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Pavel Brendl (10 points)
← 2000 2002 →

The 2001 IIHF World U20 Championship, commonly referred as the 2001 World Junior Hockey Championships (2001 WJHC), was the 25th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. The tournament was held in Moscow and Podolsk, Russia from December 26, 2000 to January 5, 2001. The Czech Republic won the gold medal for the second consecutive year with a 2–1 victory over Finland in the championship game, while Canada won the bronze medal with a 2–1 overtime victory over Sweden.

Venues[]

Luzhniki Minor Arena Capacity: 8,700	Sovjet Wings Arena Capacity: 5,266	Vityaz Ice Palace Capacity: 5,500
Russia – Moscow	Russia – Moscow	Russia – Podolsk

Rosters[]

Top Division[]

Preliminary round[]

Group A[]

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Czech Republic	4	4	0	0	20	4	8
United States	4	3	0	1	21	8	6
Sweden	4	2	0	2	13	8	4
Slovakia	4	1	0	3	10	15	2
Kazakhstan	4	0	0	4	4	33	0

All times local (MSK/UTC+3).

December 26, 2000 15:00

United States

9–1 (5–0, 1–0, 3–1)

Kazakhstan

Sovjet Wings Arena, Moscow Attendance: 800

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December 26, 2000 18:30

Sweden

1–2 (0–0, 0–1, 1–1)

Czech Republic

Sovjet Wings Arena, Moscow Attendance: 1,500

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December 27, 2000 15:00

Kazakhstan

1–9 (1–5, 0–2, 0–2)

Czech Republic

Sovjet Wings Arena, Moscow Attendance: 850

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December 27, 2000 18:30

Sweden

3–1 (1–0, 0–1, 2–0)

Slovakia

Sovjet Wings Arena, Moscow Attendance: 1,200

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December 28, 2000 18:30

Slovakia

2–7 (1–3, 1–2, 0–2)

United States

Sovjet Wings Arena, Moscow Attendance: 1,500

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December 29, 2000 18:30

Czech Republic

4–2 (1–0, 2–1, 1–1)

United States

Sovjet Wings Arena, Moscow Attendance: 1,300

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December 29, 2000 18:30

Kazakhstan

2–8 (1–0, 1–4, 0–4)

Sweden

Vityaz Arena, Podolsk Attendance: 1,500

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December 30, 2000 15:00

Slovakia

7–0 (1–0, 3–0, 3–0)

Kazakhstan

Sovjet Wings Arena, Moscow Attendance: 700

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December 31, 2000 13:00

Czech Republic

5–0 (1–0, 1–0, 3–0)

Slovakia

Sovjet Wings Arena, Moscow Attendance: 950

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December 31, 2000 17:00

United States

3–1 (1–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Sweden

Sovjet Wings Arena, Moscow Attendance: 1,200

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Group B[]

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Finland	4	3	1	0	13	5	7
Russia	4	2	1	1	19	8	5
Canada	4	2	1	1	20	9	5
Switzerland	4	1	1	2	12	15	3
Belarus	4	0	0	4	2	29	0

All times local (MSK/UTC+3).

December 26, 2000 15:00

Canada

9–0 (5–0, 1–0, 3–0)

Belarus

Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow Attendance: 800

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	Maxime Ouellet	Goalies
	Cammalleri (Lundmark) (PP) - 0:46 1-0 Heatley (Lundmark) (PP) - 5:41 2-0 Cammalleri (Lundmark) - 9:14 3-0 Heatley (Reid, Boyes) - (PP) - 14:53 4-0 Spezza (Zigomanis, ) - 19:52 5-0 Torres (Zigomanis) - 32:26 6-0 Reid (Hamhuis, Jackman) - 43:23 7-0 Torres (Zigomanis) - 46:05 8-0 Cammalleri (Popovich) - 55:25 9-0
	37	Shots	21

December 26, 2000 18:30

Switzerland

3–3 (0–2, 1–0, 2–1)

Russia

Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow Attendance: 6,300

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December 27, 2000 18:30

Switzerland

2–3 (2–1, 0–0, 0–2)

Finland

Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow Attendance: 1,450

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December 27, 2000 18:30

Belarus

1–12 (0–4, 1–4, 0–4)

Russia

Vityaz Arena, Podolsk Attendance: 4,500

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December 28, 2000 18:30

Finland

2–2 (0–1, 1–1, 1–0)

Canada

Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow Attendance: 2,100

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	Kari Lehtonen	Goalies	Maxime Ouellet
	0-1 10:53 - Lundmark (Cammalleri, Bouwmeester) Salmelainen (Mäntylä, Hämäläinen) - 24:36 1-1 1-2 39:35 - Boyes (Spezza, Jackman) (PP) Rita (, Ruutu) - 52:01 2-2
	27	Shots	25

December 29, 2000 15:00

Belarus

1–3 (0–1, 0–2, 1–0)

Switzerland

Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow Attendance: 2,300

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December 29, 2000 18:30

Russia

3–1 (0–0, 1–0, 2–1)

Canada

Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow Attendance: 7,500

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		Goalies	Maxime Ouellet
	Buturlin (Volchenkov, Yakubov) - 23:33 1-0 Buturlin (Volchenkov) (PP) - 42:54 2-0 2-1 46:12 - McCarthy (Boyes) Kovalchuk (Chistov) (EN) - 59:26 3-1
	27	Shots	35

December 30, 2000 15:00

Finland

5–0 (1–0, 3–0, 1–0)

Belarus

Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow Attendance: 1,150

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December 31, 2000 13:00

Russia

1–3 (0–1, 0–2, 1–0)

Finland

Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow Attendance: 6,200

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December 31, 2000 17:00

Canada

8–4 (4–0, 2–0, 2–4)

Switzerland

Vityaz Arena, Podolsk Attendance: 1,300

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	Maxime Ouellet	Goalies
	Lundmark (Heatley, McCarthy) - 1:06 1-0 Spezza (Bouwmeester) (PP) - 4:10 2-0 Lundmark (Reid) - 7:48 3-0 Jaspers (MacKenzie) - 10:00 4-0 Heatley - 20:33 5-0 Cammalleri (Ott, Stoll) - 39:33 6-0 6-1 43:14 - (, Gerber) (PP) 6-2 43:59 - Hirschi (Duca) 6-3 51:54 - (Helbling, ) (PP) Spezza (Boyes) (PP) - 55:51 7-3 Ott (Stoll) - 57:42 8-3 8-4 57:57 - (Helbling)
	38	Shots	21

Relegation round[]

January 2, 2001 18:30

Kazakhstan

2–5 (1–0, 1–1, 0–4)

Belarus

Vityaz Arena, Podolsk Attendance: 3,850

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January 3, 2001 18:30

Belarus

5–5 (1–1, 1–1, 3–3)

Kazakhstan

Vityaz Arena, Podolsk Attendance: 2,100

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 Kazakhstan was relegated to Division I for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Final round[]

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gold medal game

A1

Czech Republic

4

B4

Switzerland

3

A1

Czech Republic

1

A3

Sweden

0

B2

Russia

2

A3

Sweden

3

A1

Czech Republic

2

B1

Finland

1

A2

United States

1

B3

Canada

2

B3

Canada

2

Bronze medal game

B1

Finland

5

B1

Finland

3

B3

Canada

2†

A4

Slovakia

1

A3

Sweden

1

† Overtime victory.

Quarterfinals[]

January 2, 2001 15:00

Russia

2–3 (0–1, 1–1, 1–1)

Sweden

Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow Attendance: 7,300

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January 2, 2001 15:00

Czech Republic

4–3 (1–1, 1–2, 2–0)

Switzerland

Sovjet Wings Arena, Moscow Attendance: 1,300

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January 2, 2001 18:30

Finland

3–1 (0–0, 2–0, 1–1)

Slovakia

Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow Attendance: 1,050

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January 2, 2001 18:30

United States

1–2 (1–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Canada

Sovjet Wings Arena, Moscow Attendance: 2,500

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	Rick DiPietro	Goalies	Maxime Ouellet
	Surma - 3:18 1-0 1-1 5:48 - Ott (Reid, Jackman) 1-2 54:54 - Lundmark (Heatley, Cammalleri) (PP)
	23	Shots	15

January 2

Consolation round[]

January 3, 2001 15:00

Russia

2–3 (0–1, 1–1, 1–1)

Switzerland

Sovjet Wings Arena, Moscow Attendance: 2,500

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January 3, 2001 18:30

United States

3–2 (1–1, 1–1, 1–0)

Slovakia

Sovjet Wings Arena, Moscow Attendance: 600

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Semifinals[]

January 3, 2001 15:00

Czech Republic

1–0 (1–0, 0–0, 0–0)

Sweden

Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow Attendance: 2,500

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January 3, 2001 18:30

Canada

2–5 (0–1, 1–2, 1–2)

Finland

Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow Attendance: 1,950

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	Maxime Ouellet	Goalies	Ari Ahonen
	0-1 5:23 - Rita (Mäntylä) MacKenzie (Morisset) - 24:11 1-1 1-2 30:05 - Mäntylä 1-3 48:44 - Hämäläinen (Koivu, Mäntylä) Torres (MacKenzie) - 48:05 2-3 2-4 57:17 - Venäläinen (Sainomaa) 2-5 59:40 - Malmivaara (EN)
	30	Shots	30

7th place game[]

January 5, 2001 12:00

Russia

4–3 (2–0, 1–1, 1–2)

Slovakia

Sovjet Wings Arena, Moscow Attendance: 2,500

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5th place game[]

January 5, 2001 16:00

United States

4–0 (1–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Switzerland

Sovjet Wings Arena, Moscow Attendance: 1,000

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Bronze medal game[]

January 5, 2001 12:00

Canada

2–1 OT (0-1, 1-0, 0-0, 1-0)

Sweden

Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow Attendance: 1,750

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	Maxime Ouellet	Goalies	Henrik Lundqvist
	0-1 5:04 - Samuelsson (Eriksson, Tolsa) 23:03 - Zigomanis (Spezza, Torres) 1-1 60:37 - Torres (Spezza) 2–1
	34	Shots	36

Gold medal game[]

January 5, 2001 16:00

Czech Republic

2–1 1–0, 1–1, 0–0)

Finland

Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow Attendance: 6,400

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	Tomáš Duba	Goalies	Ari Ahonen
	Rostislav Klesla – 13:19 1–0 Václav Nedorost – 22:54 2–0 2–1 38:51 − Jani Rita

Scoring leaders[]

Rank	Player	Country	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/−
1	Pavel Brendl	Czech Republic	F	7	4	6	10	8	+8
2	Jani Rita	Finland	F	7	8	1	9	0	+5
3	Jon DiSalvatore	United States	F	7	6	3	9	2	+2
4	Václav Nedorost	Czech Republic	F	7	4	5	9	0	+7
4	Andy Hilbert	United States	F	7	4	5	9	6	+3
6	Jeff Taffe	United States	F	7	6	2	8	6	+1
7	Zdeněk Blatný	Czech Republic	F	7	5	2	7	6	+8
8	Ville Hämäläinen	Finland	F	7	4	3	7	0	+4
8	Jamie Lundmark	Canada	F	7	4	3	7	6	0
10	Rostislav Klesla	Czech Republic	D	7	3	4	7	4	8

Goaltending leaders[]

Minimum 90 minutes played.

Rank	Player	Country	TOI	SOG	GA	GAA	Saves	Sv %	SO
1	Tomáš Duba	Czech Republic	420:00	151	8	1.14	143	94.70	2
2	Maxime Ouellet	Canada	398:24	172	10	1.51	162	94.19	1
3	Ari Ahonen	Finland	358:17	119	8	1.34	111	93.28	1
4	Henrik Lundqvist	Sweden	419:19	180	13	1.86	167	92.78	0
5	Rick DiPietro	United States	359:43	109	8	1.33	101	92.66	1

Tournament awards[]

	Goaltender	Defencemen		Forwards
IIHF Directorate Awards	Tomáš Duba	Rostislav Klesla		Pavel Brendl
Media All-Star Team	Ari Ahonen	Rostislav Klesla	Tuukka Mäntylä	Jason Spezza	Pavel Brendl	Jani Rita

Final standings[]

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

Division I[]

The following teams took part in the Division I tournament. This group played in Landsberg and Füssen, Germany between December 10 and December 16, 2000.

Preliminary round[]

Group A[]

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Ukraine	3	3	0	0	13	5	6
Norway	3	1	1	1	8	7	3
Austria	3	1	1	1	11	12	3
Poland	3	0	0	3	7	15	0

Ukraine

4–0

Austria

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Norway

2–0

Poland

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Norway

3–3

Austria

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Ukraine

5–2

Poland

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Austria

8–5

Poland

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Ukraine

4–3

Norway

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Group B[]

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
France	3	2	0	1	7	6	4
Germany	3	2	0	1	7	3	4
Latvia	3	1	1	1	9	12	3
Italy	3	0	1	2	5	7	1

Germany

5–1

Latvia

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France

2–1

Italy

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Germany

1–0

Italy

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Latvia

4–3

France

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Italy

4–4

Latvia

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France

2–1

Germany

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Relegation round[]

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Austria	3	2	1	0	16	11	5
Poland	3	2	0	1	19	15	4
Italy	3	0	2	1	10	14	2
Latvia	3	0	1	2	11	16	1

Carried forward from

Austria

8–5

Poland

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preliminary round

Italy

4–4

Latvia

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Poland

7–4

Latvia

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Austria

3–3

Italy

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Austria

5–3

Latvia

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Poland

7–3

Italy

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 Latvia was relegated to Division II for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Final round[]

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
France	3	2	0	1	4	9	4
Germany	3	2	0	1	8	5	4
Ukraine	3	1	0	2	6	7	2
Norway	3	1	0	2	12	9	2

Carried forward from

France

2–1

Germany

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preliminary round

Ukraine

4–3

Norway

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Germany

2–1

Ukraine

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Norway

7–0

France

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Germany

5–2

Norway

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France

2–1

Ukraine

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 France was promoted to the Top Division for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Division II[]

The following teams took part in the Division II tournament. This group played in Elektrėnai and Kaunas, Lithuania between December 30, 2000 and January 3, 2001.

Preliminary round[]

Group A[]

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Japan	3	3	0	0	26	4	6
Denmark	3	2	0	1	22	13	4
Croatia	3	0	1	2	7	21	1
Hungary	3	0	1	2	10	27	1

Japan

14–0

Hungary

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Denmark

10–2

Croatia

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Hungary

5–5

Croatia

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Japan

6–4

Denmark

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Japan

6–0

Croatia

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Denmark

8–5

Hungary

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Group B[]

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Slovenia	3	3	0	0	17	4	6
Lithuania	3	2	0	1	11	10	4
Great Britain	3	1	0	2	6	13	2
Estonia	3	0	0	3	3	10	0

Great Britain

4–2

Estonia

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Slovenia

8–3

Lithuania

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Slovenia

3–1

Estonia

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Lithuania

5–2

Great Britain

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Slovenia

6–0

Great Britain

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Lithuania

3–0

Estonia

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Final round[]

All times local (EET/UTC+2).

7th place game[]

January 3, 2001 14:00

Hungary

5–3 (1–0, 3–1, 1–2)

Estonia

Kaunas Attendance: 300

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 Estonia was relegated to Division III for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

5th place game[]

January 3, 2001 18:00

Croatia

6–7 (2–4, 0–1, 4–2)

Great Britain

Kaunas Attendance: 323

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3rd place game[]

January 3, 2001 14:00

Denmark

4–5 (3–3, 1–1, 0–1)

Lithuania

Elektrėnai Attendance: 676

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1st place game[]

January 3, 2001 18:00

Japan

3–4 (0–1, 2–1, 1–2)

Slovenia

Elektrėnai Attendance: 300

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 Slovenia was promoted to Division I for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Division III[]

The following teams took part in the Division III tournament. This group played in Belgrade, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia between January 4 and January 8, 2001.

Preliminary round[]

Group A[]

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	0	20	4	6
FR Yugoslavia	3	2	0	1	20	9	4
Bulgaria	3	1	0	2	5	14	2
Mexico	3	0	0	3	3	21	0

Group B[]

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Netherlands	3	3	0	0	30	3	6
Romania	3	2	0	1	26	7	4
South Africa	3	0	1	2	10	29	1
Australia	3	0	1	2	7	34	1

Final round[]

All times local (EET/UTC+2).

7th place game[]

January 8, 2001 11:30

Mexico

5–3 (2–2, 3–1, 0–0)

Australia

Hala Pionir, Belgrade Attendance: 300

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 Australia was relegated to Division III Qualification for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, but did not participate again until 2003.

5th place game[]

January 8, 2001 14:30

Bulgaria

3–2 (1–0, 0–0, 2–2)

South Africa

Hala Pionir, Belgrade Attendance: 300

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3rd place game[]

January 8, 2001 17:30

FR Yugoslavia

3–5 (0–2, 0–1, 3–2)

Romania

Hala Pionir, Belgrade Attendance: 2,000

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1st place game[]

January 8, 2001 20:30

Spain

1–6 (1–1, 0–1, 0–4)

Netherlands

Hala Pionir, Belgrade Attendance: 1,700

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 Netherlands was promoted to Division II for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Division III Qualification[]

The following teams took part in the Division III qualification tournament. This group played in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg between April 26 and April 28, 2001.

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Iceland	2	2	0	0	26	3	4
Luxembourg	2	1	0	1	12	6	2
Ireland	2	0	0	2	1	30	0

Iceland

6–2

Luxembourg

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Luxembourg

10–0

Ireland

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Iceland

20–1

Ireland

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 Iceland was promoted to Division III of the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

External links[]

• IIHF Official Results – Top Division Archived 2019-01-05 at the Wayback Machine
• IIHF Official Results – Division I Archived 2019-01-06 at the Wayback Machine
• IIHF Official Results – Division II Archived 2019-01-06 at the Wayback Machine
• IIHF Official Results – Division III Archived 2019-01-06 at the Wayback Machine
• IIHF Official Results – Division III Qualification Archived 2019-01-06 at the Wayback Machine

Preceded by 2000 World Juniors

World Junior Ice Hockey Championships See also: 2001 World Championships

Succeeded by 2002 World Juniors