2000 IIHF World U18 Championships

2000 IIHF World U18 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Switzerland
Dates	April 14–24, 2000
Teams	10
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Finland (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	216 (6.97 per match)
Attendance	33,988 (1,096 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Egor Chastine (11 points) Sven Helfenstein (11 points)

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	GF	GA	PTS
Russia	4	4	0	33	4	8
Finland	4	3	1	19	9	6
Slovakia	4	2	2	12	10	4
United States	4	1	3	13	13	2
Belarus	4	0	4	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:

April 18, 2000:

Ukraine 4–4

Germany

April 18, 2000: Belarus 1–9 United States

Final round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Russia

Switzerland

Switzerland

Slovakia

Russia

Finland

Sweden

Finland

Third place

Czech Republic

Sweden

Switzerland

Quarterfinals

April 21, 2000

Switzerland

3–0

Slovakia

Eishalle Schluefweg, Kloten
Attendance: 3,177

April 21, 2000

Finland

3–0

Czech Republic

Eishalle Schluefweg, Kloten
Attendance: 968

Semifinals

April 22, 2000

Sweden

2–4

Finland

Eishalle Schluefweg, Kloten
Attendance: 864

April 22, 2000

Russia

4–1

Switzerland

Eishalle Schluefweg, Kloten
Attendance: 4,131

Fifth place game

April 24, 2000

Slovakia

4–3 (SO)

Czech Republic

Sportanlage Güttingersreuti, Weinfelden
Attendance: 300

Bronze medal game

April 24, 2000

Sweden

7–1

Switzerland

Eishalle Schluefweg, Kloten
Attendance: 3,633

Gold medal game

April 24, 2000

Russia

1–3

Finland

Eishalle Schluefweg, Kloten
Attendance: 3,288

Final standings

Rk.	Team
01 !	Finland
02 !	Russia
03 !	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
Egor Chastine	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

Goaltending leaders

(Minimum 60 minutes played)

Player	Country	MINS	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
Niklas Holm	Sweden	120:00	1	.978	0.50	1
Travis Weber	United States	150:39	2	.960	0.80	1
Joni Puurula	Finland	112:49	2	.975	1.06	2
Andrei Medvedev	Russia	180:00	4	.956	1.33	0
Sergei Mylnikov	Russia	180:00	4	.951	1.33	1

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. 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. Yugoslavia	4:11	1:8		5:19	0:4

References

External links

Official results and statistics from the International Ice Hockey Federation
- Championship

IIHF World U18 Championships

Current champions (2016): Finland

2017 Championship teams	Belarus Canada Czech Republic Finland Latvia Russia Slovakia Sweden Switzerland United States

Championships	Germany 1999 Switzerland 2000 Finland 2001 Slovakia 2002 Russia 2003 Belarus 2004 Czech Republic 2005 Sweden 2006 Finland 2007 Russia 2008 United States 2009 Belarus 2010 Germany 2011 Czech Republic 2012 Russia 2013 Finland 2014 Switzerland 2015 United States 2016 Slovakia 2017 Russia 2018

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Division II	1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Division III	1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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