2001 IIHF World U18 Championships

2001 IIHF World U18 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Finland
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
DatesApril 12–22, 2001
Teams10
Final positions
Champions  Russia (1st title)
Runner-up   Switzerland
Third place  Finland
Fourth place Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played31
Goals scored226 (7.29 per game)
Attendance26,594 (858 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Russia Ilya Kovalchuk (15 points)
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The 2001 IIHF World U18 Championships were held in Heinola, Helsinki, and Lahti, Finland. The championships ran between April 12 and April 22, 2001. Games were played at the Heinolan Jäähalli in Heinola, the Helsinki Ice Hall in Helsinki, and the Lahden Jäähalli in Lahti. Russia defeated Switzerland 6–2 in the final to win the gold medal, with Finland defeating the Czech Republic 2–1 to capture the bronze medal.

Championship results

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1  Finland 4 4 0 0 17 3 +14 8
2  United States 4 3 1 0 23 7 +16 6
3   Switzerland 4 2 2 0 12 10 +2 4
4  Slovakia 4 1 3 0 14 15 −1 2
5  Ukraine 4 0 4 0 3 34 −31 0
Source: IIHF
Results
April 12, 2001 Ukraine2–6  SwitzerlandLahden Jäähalli, Lahti
Attendance: 312
April 12, 2001 Slovakia0–3 FinlandLahden Jäähalli, Lahti
Attendance: 846
April 13, 2001 United States11–0 UkraineLahden Jäähalli, Lahti
Attendance: 397
April 14, 2001  Switzerland5–2 SlovakiaLahden Jäähalli, Lahti
Attendance: 634
April 14, 2001 Finland4–3 United StatesLahden Jäähalli, Lahti
Attendance: 2,012
April 15, 2001 Ukraine0–7 FinlandLahden Jäähalli, Lahti
Attendance: 1,316
April 16, 2001  Switzerland1–3 United StatesLahden Jäähalli, Lahti
Attendance: 338
April 16, 2001 Slovakia10–1 UkraineLahden Jäähalli, Lahti
Attendance: 300
April 17, 2001 United States6–2 SlovakiaLahden Jäähalli, Lahti
Attendance: 300
April 17, 2001 Finland3–0  SwitzerlandLahden Jäähalli, Lahti
Attendance: 2,037

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1  Russia 4 3 1 0 29 11 +18 6
2  Germany 4 2 1 1 10 12 −2 5
3  Czech Republic 4 2 2 0 13 14 −1 4
4  Sweden 4 2 2 0 10 10 0 4
5  Norway 4 0 3 1 8 23 −15 1
Source: IIHF
Results
April 12, 2001 Czech Republic3–8 RussiaHeinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 613
April 12, 2001 Norway3–4 SwedenHeinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 498
April 13, 2001 Germany2–2 NorwayHeinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 616
April 14, 2001 Sweden1–2 Czech RepublicHeinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 537
April 14, 2001 Russia8–3 GermanyHeinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 416
April 15, 2001 Norway1–10 RussiaHeinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 550
April 16, 2001 Sweden1–2 GermanyHeinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 540
April 16, 2001 Czech Republic7–2 NorwayHeinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 570
April 17, 2001 Russia3–4 SwedenHeinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 640
April 17, 2001 Germany3–1 Czech RepublicHeinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 525

Relegation Round

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1  Sweden 3 3 0 0 18 8 +10 6
2  Slovakia 3 1 1 1 15 10 +5 3
3  Norway 3 1 1 1 12 10 +2 3
4  Ukraine 3 0 3 0 7 24 −17 0
Source: IIHF

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

Ukraine was relegated. However with Canada entering the tournament for 2002, Ukraine was re-instated to top level as the tournament was expanded to 12 teams for a year.

Results

April 19, 2001 Slovakia4–4 NorwayHeinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 340
April 19, 2001 Sweden9–4 UkraineHeinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 410
April 20, 2001 Sweden5–1 SlovakiaHeinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 325
April 20, 2001 Norway5–2 UkraineHeinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 300

Final round

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
B1  Russia 8
A2  United States 4 QF1  Czech Republic 3
B3  Czech Republic 5 SF1  Russia 6
SF2   Switzerland 2
A1  Finland 2
B2  Germany 1 QF2   Switzerland 4
A3   Switzerland 7

Quarterfinals

April 19, 2001 Germany1–7  SwitzerlandLahden Jäähalli, Lahti
Attendance: 329
April 19, 2001 United States4–5 (SO) Czech RepublicLahden Jäähalli, Lahti
Attendance: 519

Semifinals

April 20, 2001 Russia8–3 Czech RepublicHelsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki
Attendance: 2,152
April 20, 2001  Switzerland4–2 FinlandHelsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki
Attendance: 2,811

Fifth place game

April 22, 2001 United States1–2 GermanyHeinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 335

Bronze medal game

April 22, 2001 Finland2–1 Czech RepublicHelsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki

Gold medal game

April 22, 2001 Russia6–2  SwitzerlandHelsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki
Attendance: 5,076

Final standings

Rk. Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Russia
2nd place, silver medalist(s)   Switzerland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Finland
4  Czech Republic
5  Germany
6  United States
7  Sweden
8  Slovakia
9  Norway
10  Ukraine

 Ukraine were supposed to be relegated to Division I for the 2002 IIHF World U18 Championships, however with the late addition of  Canada it was decided to temporarily expand the tournament to twelve teams.[1]

Scoring leaders

Player Country GP G A Pts PIM
Ilya Kovalchuk  Russia 6 11 4 15 26
Igor Grigorenko  Russia 6 6 4 10 8
Yuri Trubachev  Russia 6 2 7 9 8
Tomas Jasko  Slovakia 6 4 4 8 0
Dwight Helminen  United States 6 3 5 8 0
Petr Kanko  Czech Republic 7 6 1 7 4
Joey Crabb  United States 6 5 2 7 2
Patrik Bärtschi   Switzerland 7 5 2 7 4
Alexander Perezhogin  Russia 6 4 3 7 0
Jiří Novotný  Czech Republic 6 4 3 7 2

Goaltending leaders

(Minimum 60 minutes played)

Player Country MINS GA Sv% GAA SO
Tuomas Nissinen  Finland 120:00 1 .974 0.50 1
Yuri Klyuchnikov  Russia 72:47 2 .882 1.65 0
Kari Lehtonen  Finland 239:10 7 .935 1.76 2
Michal Zajkowski  Sweden 120:00 4 .944 2.00 0
Travis Weber  United States 180:00 6 .924 2.00 1

Division I

First round

Group A (in Riga)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts BLR JPN DAN PRK
1 Belarus 3 3 0 0 23 8 +15 6 3–2 11–5 9–1
2 Japan 3 2 0 1 17 7 +10 4 2–3 4–2 11–2
3 Denmark 3 1 0 2 12 19 −7 2 5–11 2–4 5–4
4 North Korea 3 0 0 3 7 25 −18 0 1–9 2–11 4–5
Source: IIHF
Group B (in Liepaja)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts AUT LAT KAZ ITA
1 Austria 3 2 1 0 10 5 +5 5 3–0 5–3 2–2
2 Latvia 3 1 1 1 13 9 +4 3 0–3 5–5 8–1
3 Kazakhstan 3 1 1 1 12 10 +2 3 3–5 5–5 4–0
4 Italy 3 0 1 2 3 14 −11 1 2–2 1–8 0–4
Source: IIHF

Final round

5th-8th place
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts KAZ ITA DAN PRK
1 Kazakhstan 3 3 0 0 24 4 +20 6 (4–0) 8–2 12–2
2 Italy 3 2 0 1 11 12 −1 4 (0–4) 6–5 5–3
3 Denmark 3 1 0 2 12 18 −6 2 2–8 5–6 (5–4)
4 North Korea 3 0 0 3 9 22 −13 0 2–12 3–5 (4–5)
Source: IIHF
1st-4th place
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts BLR AUT JPN LAT
1 Belarus 3 2 1 0 14 9 +5 5 4–4 (3–2) 7–3
2 Austria 3 1 2 0 10 7 +3 4 4–4 3–3 (3–0)
3 Japan 3 1 1 1 10 8 +2 3 (2–3) 3–3 5–2
4 Latvia 3 0 0 3 5 15 −10 0 3–7 (0–3) 2–5
Source: IIHF

 Belarus were promoted to the top level, and  North Korea were relegated to Division II for the 2002 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Division II

First round

Group A (in Kaunas)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts SLO POL CRO HUN
1 Slovenia 3 3 0 0 31 2 +29 6 10–1 11–0 10–1
2 Poland 3 2 0 1 24 11 +13 4 1–10 10–1 13–0
3 Croatia 3 1 0 2 8 27 −19 2 0–11 1–10 7–6
4 Hungary 3 0 0 3 7 30 −23 0 1–10 0–13 6–7
Source: IIHF
Group B (in Elektrėnai)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts FRA EST GBR LTU
1 France 3 2 1 0 21 4 +17 5 4–4 9–0 8–0
2 Estonia 3 2 1 0 16 8 +8 5 4–4 6–2 6–2
3 Great Britain 3 1 0 2 10 18 −8 2 0–9 2–6 8–3
4 Lithuania 3 0 0 3 5 22 −17 0 0–8 2–6 3–8
Source: IIHF

Finals

7th place
31 March 2001 Kaunas Lithuania – Hungary 1:11 (0:3,1:1,0:7)
5th place
31 March 2001 Kaunas Great Britain – Croatia 5:4 (0:1,1:1,4:2)
3rd place
31 March 2001 Elektrėnai Poland – Estonia 4:2 (1:1,0:0,3:1)
Final
31 March 2001 Elektrėnai Slovenia – France 5:2 (1:1,4:0,0:1)

 Slovenia were promoted to the Division I, and  Lithuania were relegated to Division III for the 2002 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Division III

First round

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts ROM RSA BEL YUG
1 Romania 3 3 0 0 16 2 +14 6 10–0 5–2 1–0
2 South Africa 3 2 0 1 7 15 −8 4 0–10 3–2 4–3
3 Belgium 3 1 0 2 8 9 −1 2 2–5 2–3 4–1
4 Yugoslavia 3 0 0 3 4 9 −5 0 0–1 3–4 1–4
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: IIHF
Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts NED ESP BUL ISR
1 Netherlands 3 3 0 0 35 3 +32 6 11–0 14–1 10–2
2 Spain 3 2 0 1 19 16 +3 4 0–11 13–2 6–3
3 Bulgaria 3 1 0 2 5 27 −22 2 1–14 2–13 2–0
4 Israel 3 0 0 3 5 18 −13 0 2–10 3–6 0–2
Source: IIHF

Final

7th place
11 March 2001 Sofia Yugoslavia – Israel 7:6 n.P. (1:2,2:3,3:1,0:0,1:0)
5th place
11 March 2001 Sofia Bulgaria – Belgium 3:11 (1:2,0:4,2:5)
3rd place
11 March 2001 Sofia Spain – South Africa 8:1 (4:0,2:1,2:0)
Final
11 March 2001 Sofia Netherlands – Romania 4:3 (1:1,2:0,1:2)

 Netherlands were promoted to the Division II, and  Israel were relegated to Division III Qualification (which was not played, Israel returned to competition in 2003) for the 2002 IIHF World U18 Championships.

References

  1. ^ Ukraine avoids relegation