2000_IIHF_World_U18_Championships
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.
Quick Facts Tournament details, Host country ...
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Switzerland |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Dates | April 14–24, 2000 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Final positions | |
Champions  |  Finland (2nd title) |
Runner-up  |  Russia |
Third place  |  Sweden |
| Fourth place | Switzerland |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 31 |
| Goals scored | 216 (6.97 per game) |
| Attendance | 33,988 (1,096 per game) |
| Scoring leader(s) | Yegor Shastin (11 points) |
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Preliminary round
Group A
More information Pos, Team ...
| 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 |
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Group B
More information Pos, Team ...
| 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 |
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Relegation Round
More information Pos, Team ...
| 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 |
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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 | |||||||||
| A3 | Czech Republic
| 0 | Third place | |||||||||||
| A1 | Sweden
| 7 | ||||||||||||
| A2 | Switzerland
| 1 | ||||||||||||
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
More information Rk., Team ...
| Rk. | Team |
|---|---|
 | Finland |
 | Russia |
 | Sweden |
| 4 | Switzerland |
| 5 | Slovakia |
| 6 | Czech Republic |
| 7 | Germany |
| 8 | United States |
| 9 | Ukraine |
| 10 | Belarus |
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Belarus is relegated to Division I for the 2001 IIHF World U18 Championships.
Scoring leaders
More information Player, Country ...
| 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 |
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Source: IIHF [1]
Goaltending leaders
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
More information Player, Country ...
| 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 |
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Source: IIHF[2]
First round
More information Pos, Team ...
| 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 |
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Final round
More information Pos, Team ...
| 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) |
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Final ranking
More information Rank, Team ...
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Norway |
| 2 | Austria |
| 3 | Latvia |
| 4 | Japan |
| 5 | Denmark |
| 6 | Italy |
| 7 | Poland |
| 8 | France |
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First round
More information Pos, Team ...
| 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 |
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More information Pos, Team ...
| 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 |
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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) | |
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) |
First round
More information Pos, Team ...
| 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 |
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More information Pos, Team ...
| 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 |
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More information Pos, Team ...
| 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 |
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Placing round
More information Pos, Team ...
| 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 |
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More information Pos, Team ...
| 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 |
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More information Pos, Team ...
| 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 |
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- "Scoring Leaders" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
- "Goalkeepers". IIHF.com. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
- Official results and statistics from the International Ice Hockey Federation