2000 IIHF World U18 Championships

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

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: IIHF

Group B

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

Relegation Round

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: IIHF

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
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

First round

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: IIHF
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: IIHF

Final round

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

Final ranking

Rank 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
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  EST  HUN  LTU  ESP
1  Estonia 3 3 0 0 21 7 +14 6 6–5 7–1 8–1
2  Hungary 3 2 0 1 24 13 +11 4 5–6 9–3 10–4
3  Lithuania 3 1 0 2 14 23 −9 2 1–7 3–9 10–7
4  Spain 3 0 0 3 12 28 −16 0 1–8 4–10 7–10
Source: IIHF
Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  KAZ  SLO  GBR  ROM
1  Kazakhstan 3 3 0 0 32 5 +27 6 6–4 8–0 18–1
2  Slovenia 3 2 0 1 21 9 +12 4 4–6 8–3 9–0
3  Great Britain 3 1 0 2 10 18 −8 2 0–8 3–8 7–2
4  Romania 3 0 0 3 3 34 −31 0 1–18 0–9 2–7
Source: IIHF

Placing round

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

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
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  CRO  BUL  LUX
1  Croatia 2 2 0 0 38 0 +38 4 18–0 20–0
2  Bulgaria 2 1 0 1 3 20 −17 2 0–18 3–2
3  Luxembourg 2 0 0 2 2 23 −21 0 0–20 2–3
Source: IIHF
Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  YUG  ISR  ISL
1  Yugoslavia 2 2 0 0 13 10 +3 4 8–6 5–4
2  Israel 2 1 0 1 10 10 0 2 6–8 4–2
3  Iceland 2 0 0 2 6 9 −3 0 4–5 2–4
Source: IIHF
Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  NED  BEL  RSA
1  Netherlands 2 2 0 0 12 3 +9 4 3–1 9–2
2  Belgium 2 1 0 1 8 4 +4 2 1–3 7–1
3  South Africa 2 0 0 2 3 16 −13 0 2–9 1–7
Source: IIHF

Placing round

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: IIHF
4th-6th place
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  BEL  ISR  BUL
1  Belgium 2 2 0 0 13 3 +10 4 5–3 8–0
2  Israel 2 1 0 1 10 9 +1 2 3–5 7–4
3  Bulgaria 2 0 0 2 4 15 −11 0 0–8 4–7
Source: IIHF
1st-3rd place
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  CRO  NED  YUG
1  Croatia 2 2 0 0 19 6 +13 4 8–2 11–4
2  Netherlands 2 1 0 1 10 9 +1 2 2–8 8–1
3  Yugoslavia 2 0 0 2 5 19 −14 0 4–11 1–8
Source: IIHF

References

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