2000 IIHF World U18 Championships

2000 IIHF World U18 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Switzerland
Dates	April 14 – April 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.

Contents 1 Championship results 1.1 Preliminary round 1.1.1 Group A 1.1.2 Group B 1.2 Relegation Round 1.3 Final round 1.3.1 Quarterfinals 1.3.2 Semifinals 1.3.3 Fifth place game 1.3.4 Bronze medal game 1.3.5 Gold medal game 1.4 Final standings 1.5 Scoring leaders 1.6 Goaltending leaders 2 Group B 2.1 First round 2.2 Final round 2.3 Final ranking 3 European Championships Division I 3.1 First round 3.2 Placing round 4 European Championships Division II Qualification 4.1 Group A (in Reykjavík, Iceland) 4.2 Group B (in Sofia, Bulgaria) 5 European Championships Division II 5.1 First round 5.2 Placing round 6 References 7 External links

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

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

Third place

A3

Czech Republic

0

A1

Sweden

7

A2

Switzerland

1

Quarterfinals

April 21, 2000	Switzerland	3–0	Slovakia	Eishalle Schluefweg, Kloten

Game summary
				Attendance: 3,177

April 21, 2000	Finland	3–0	Czech Republic	Eishalle Schluefweg, Kloten

Game summary
				Attendance: 968

Semifinals

April 22, 2000	Sweden	2–4	Finland	Eishalle Schluefweg, Kloten

Game summary
				Attendance: 864

April 22, 2000	Russia	4–1	Switzerland	Eishalle Schluefweg, Kloten

Game summary
				Attendance: 4,131

Fifth place game

April 24, 2000	Slovakia	4–3 (SO)	Czech Republic	Sportanlage Güttingersreuti, Weinfelden

Game summary
				Attendance: 300

Bronze medal game

April 24, 2000	Sweden	7–1	Switzerland	Eishalle Schluefweg, Kloten

Game summary
				Attendance: 3,633

Gold medal game

April 23, 2008	Russia	1–3	Finland	Eishalle Schluefweg, Kloten

Game summary
				Attendance: 3,288

Final standings

Rk.	Team
	Finland
	Russia
	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

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

External links

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

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