1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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 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.

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

Pool A

Group A

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
Source: IIHF.net at the Wayback Machine
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

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
Source: IIHF.net at the Wayback Machine
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

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: IIHF.net at the Wayback Machine

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

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

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

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

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

Bronze medal game

January 5, 1999Sweden 4 – 5
(0–2, 3–1, 1–2)		 Slovakia 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg

Gold medal game

January 5, 19992nd place, silver medalist(s) Canada 2–3 OT
(0–1, 1–1, 1–0)
(OT: 0-1)		 Russia 1st place, gold medalist(s)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

Rank Country
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Russia
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Slovakia
4  Sweden
5  Finland
6  Kazakhstan
7  Czech Republic
8  United States
9   Switzerland
10  Belarus

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)

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

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

Pool B

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

Group A

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
Source: IIHF.net at the Wayback Machine

Group B

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
Source: IIHF.net at the Wayback Machine

Medal round

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
Source: IIHF.net at the Wayback Machine

 Ukraine was promoted to Pool A for 2000.

Relegation round

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

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

Preliminary round

Group A

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
Source: IIHF.net at the Wayback Machine

Group B

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
Source: IIHF.net at the Wayback Machine

Placement games

Source:[6]

7th place game

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

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

3rd place game

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

1st place game

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

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

Group A

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
Source: IIHF.net at the Wayback Machine

Group B

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
Source: IIHF.net at the Wayback Machine

Group C

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
Source: IIHF.net at the Wayback Machine

1st–3rd place group

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
Source: IIHF.net at the Wayback Machine

 Yugoslavia was promoted to Pool C for 2000.

4th–6th place group

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
Source: IIHF.net at the Wayback Machine

7th–9th place group

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
Source: IIHF.net at the Wayback Machine

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