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1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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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.

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

Pool A

Group A

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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

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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

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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

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Scoring leaders

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Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

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TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source:[4]

Tournament awards

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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

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Group B

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Medal round

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 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

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Group B

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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

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Group B

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Group C

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1st–3rd place group

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 Yugoslavia was promoted to Pool C for 2000.

4th–6th place group

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7th–9th place group

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References

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  4. "Goalies SVS". Archived from the original on 1999-11-05. Retrieved 2018-01-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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  • Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press.

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