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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Sweden |
| Venues | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Dates | December 25, 1999 – January 4, 2000 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Final positions | |
Champions  |  Czech Republic(1st title) |
Runners-up  |  Russia |
Third place  |  Canada |
| Fourth place |  United States |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 35 |
| Goals scored | 218 (6.23 per game) |
| Attendance | 41,693 (1,191 per game) |
| Scoring leader | Henrik Sedin (13 points) |
The2000 World Junior Hockey Championships (2000 WJHC), was the 24th edition of theIce Hockey World Junior Championship. The tournament was hosted inSkellefteå andUmeå,Sweden from December 25, 1999, to January 4, 2000.[1] TheCzech Republic won the gold medal with a 1–0shootout victory overRussia in the championship game, whileCanada won the bronze medal with a 4–3 shootout victory over theUnited States. This still remains as the only tournament to where both medal games have been decided in a shootout.
The playoff round was (again) expanded to eight teams, with group leaders not getting a bye to the semifinals.
| Skellefteå Kraft Arena Capacity: 6,000 | Umeå Arena Capacity: 6,000 |
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| Sweden –Skellefteå | Sweden –Umeå |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czech Republic | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Canada | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 6 | |
| 3 | United States | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 |  Finland | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 3 | |
| 5 |  Slovakia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 1 | Relegation round |
All times local (CET/UTC+1).
| December 25, 1999 15:30 | Czech Republic | 5–2 (1–1, 1–0, 3–1) | Slovakia | Skellefteå Attendance: 1,185 |
| December 25, 1999 19:30 | Finland | 2–3 (0–1, 0–2, 2–0) | Canada | Skellefteå Attendance: 457 |
| Antero Niittymäki | Goalies | Maxime Ouellet | |||||||||||||||
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| 33 | Shots | 24 | |||||||||||||||
| December 26, 1999 15:30 | Czech Republic | 2–2 (0–1, 1–1, 1–0) | United States | Skellefteå Attendance: 374 |
| December 26, 1999 19:30 | Slovakia | 1–1 (0–0, 1–0, 0–1) | Finland | Skellefteå Attendance: 398 |
| December 28, 1999 15:30 | Slovakia | 0–1 (0–0, 0–0, 0–1) | United States | Skellefteå Attendance: 472 |
| December 28, 1999 19:30 | Canada | 1–1 (1–0, 0–1, 0–0) | Czech Republic | Skellefteå Attendance: 997 |
| Maxime Ouellet | Goalies | Zdeněk Šmíd | ||||||
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| 23 | Shots | 35 | ||||||
| December 29, 1999 15:30 | United States | 1–3 (0–1, 0–1, 1–1) | Finland | Skellefteå Attendance: 582 |
| December 29, 1999 19:30 | Canada | 4–1 (3–0, 0–1, 1–0) | Slovakia | Skellefteå Attendance: 513 |
| Maxime Ouellet | Goalies | Rastislav Staňa | |||||||||||||||
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| 34 | Shots | 36 | |||||||||||||||
| December 31, 1999 12:00 | Finland | 2–4 (0–0, 1–1, 1–3) | Czech Republic | Skellefteå Attendance: 423 |
| December 31, 1999 16:00 | United States | 1–1 (0–0, 0–1, 1–0) | Canada | Skellefteå Attendance: 596 |
| Philippe Sauvé | Goalies | Maxime Ouellet | ||||||
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| 26 | Shots | 29 | ||||||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 4 | +26 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Sweden | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 8 | +19 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Switzerland | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 16 | −3 | 4 | |
| 4 |  Kazakhstan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 34 | −27 | 2 | |
| 5 |  Ukraine | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 21 | −15 | 0 | Relegation round |
All times local (CET/UTC+1).
| December 25, 1999 15:30 | Switzerland | 6–2 (2–1, 3–0, 1–1) | Ukraine | Umeå Attendance: 934 |
| December 25, 1999 19:30 | Russia | 14–1 (4–1, 4–0, 6–0) | Kazakhstan | Umeå Attendance: 848 |
| December 26, 1999 15:30 | Switzerland | 1–7 (1–1, 0–2, 0–4) | Sweden | Umeå Attendance: 2,838 |
| December 26, 1999 19:30 | Ukraine | 1–4 (0–0, 0–2, 1–2) | Russia | Umeå Attendance: 489 |
| December 28, 1999 15:30 | Ukraine | 1–6 (0–3, 0–1, 1–2) | Sweden | Umeå Attendance: 2,058 |
| December 28, 1999 19:30 | Kazakhstan | 0–5 (0–4, 0–0, 0–1) | Switzerland | Umeå Attendance: 839 |
| December 29, 1999 15:30 | Sweden | 1–5 (0–2, 0–2, 1–1) | Russia | Umeå Attendance: 4,450 |
| December 29, 1999 19:30 | Kazakhstan | 5–2 (1–0, 1–0, 3–2) | Ukraine | Umeå Attendance: 356 |
| December 31, 1999 12:00 | Russia | 7–1 (1–0, 3–0, 3–1) | Switzerland | Umeå Attendance: 329 |
| December 31, 1999 16:00 | Sweden | 13–1 (3–1, 6–0, 4–0) | Kazakhstan | Umeå Attendance: 511 |
Source:[2]
| January 2, 2000 16:00 | Slovakia | 1–3 (0–1, 0–1, 1–1) | Ukraine | Skellefteå Attendance: 2,745 |
| January 4, 2000 12:00 | Ukraine | 1–5 (0–0, 1–2, 0–3) | Slovakia | Umeå Attendance: 301 |
| January 4, 2000 14:15 | Ukraine | 0 – 1GWS (0–0, 0/3–2/3) | Slovakia | Umeå Attendance: 301 |
Ukraine was relegated to Division I for the2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
Source:[3]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Gold medal game | ||||||||||||
| B1 | Russia | 4 | ||||||||||||
| A4 | Finland | 0 | ||||||||||||
| B1 | Russia | 3 | ||||||||||||
| A2 | Canada | 2 | ||||||||||||
| A2 | Canada | 8 | ||||||||||||
| B3 | Switzerland | 3 | ||||||||||||
| B1 | Russia | 0 | ||||||||||||
| A1 | Czech Republic | 1‡ | ||||||||||||
| B2 | Sweden | 1 | ||||||||||||
| A3 | United States | 5 | ||||||||||||
| A3 | United States | 1 | Bronze medal game | |||||||||||
| A1 | Czech Republic | 4 | ||||||||||||
| A1 | Czech Republic | 6 | A2 | Canada | 4‡ | |||||||||
| B4 | Kazakhstan | 3 | A3 | United States | 3 | |||||||||
‡Shootout victory.
All times local (CET/UTC+1).
| January 1, 2000 14:00 | Canada | 8–3 (3–0, 4–2, 1–1) | Switzerland | Skellefteå Attendance: 432 |
| Maxime Ouellet | Goalies | Simon Züger,Pasquale Sievert (0:25 second) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 29 | Shots | 31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| January 1, 2000 14:00 | Sweden | 1–5 (1–1, 0–1, 0–3) | United States | Umeå Attendance: 2,171 |
| January 1, 2000 18:00 | Czech Republic | 6–3 (3–0, 2–3, 1–0) | Kazakhstan | Skellefteå Attendance: 386 |
| January 1, 2000 18:00 | Russia | 4–0 (3–0, 1–0, 0–0) | Finland | Umeå Attendance: 521 |
| January 3, 2000 15:30 | Switzerland | 5–2 (1–0, 3–1, 1–1) | Finland | Umeå Attendance: 359 |
| January 3, 2000 19:30 | Kazakhstan | 2–12 (0–3, 1–7, 1–2) | Sweden | Umeå Attendance: 946 |
| January 3, 2000 15:30 | United States | 1–4 (0–1, 0–2, 1–1) | Czech Republic | Skellefteå Attendance: 2,848 |
| January 3, 2000 19:30 | Russia | 3–2 (0–0, 2–1, 1–1) | Canada | Skellefteå Attendance: 3,215 |
| Alexei Volkov | Goalies | Maxime Ouellet | |||||||||||||||
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| 20 | Shots | 25 | |||||||||||||||
| January 4, 2000 15:00 | Finland | 9–1 (3–0, 2–0, 4–1) | Kazakhstan | Umeå Attendance: 306 |
| January 4, 2000 19:00 | Sweden | 5–2 (1–2, 2–0, 2–0) | Switzerland | Umeå Attendance: 872 |
| January 4, 2000 14:00 |  Canada | 4 – 3GWS (0–1, 1–1, 2–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 3–1) | United States | Skellefteå Attendance: 2,784 |
| Brian Finley | Goalies | Philippe Sauvé | ||||||||||||||||||
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Lundmark Reid Heatley Chouinard  | Shootout | HilbertAufieroTaffeCavanaugh | ||||||||||||||||||
| 37 | Shots | 38 | ||||||||||||||||||
| January 4, 2000 19:00 |  Russia | 0 – 1GWS (0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 1/3–2/3) | Czech Republic | Skellefteå Attendance: 3,857 |
| Rank | Player | Country | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henrik Sedin | Sweden | F | 7 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 6 | +9 |
| 2 | Milan Kraft | Czech Republic | F | 7 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0 | +8 |
| 3 | Daniel Sedin | Sweden | F | 7 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0 | +8 |
| 4 | Brandon Reid | Canada | F | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | +3 |
| 5 | Evgueni Mouratov | Russia | F | 7 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +8 |
| 6 | Alexei Tereschenko | Russia | F | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | +6 |
| 7 | Erik Lewerström | Sweden | D | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | +2 |
| 8 | Alexandre Riazentsev | Russia | D | 7 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | +10 |
| 9 | David Nyström | Sweden | F | 7 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | +6 |
| 10 | Oleg Smirnov | Russia | F | 7 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | +7 |
Minimum 40% of team's ice time.
| Rank | Player | Country | TOI | SOG | GA | GAA | Saves | Sv % | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ilya Bryzgalov | Russia | 234:04 | 105 | 3 | 0.77 | 102 | 97.14 | 1 |
| 2 | Alexei Volkov | Russia | 185:11 | 81 | 4 | 1.30 | 77 | 95.06 | 0 |
| 3 | Zdeněk Šmíd | Czech Republic | 420:00 | 182 | 11 | 1.57 | 171 | 93.96 | 1 |
| 4 | Maxime Ouellet | Canada | 360:00 | 181 | 11 | 1.83 | 170 | 93.92 | 0 |
| 5 | Rick DiPietro | United States | 298:57 | 138 | 9 | 1.81 | 129 | 93.48 | 1 |
| Goaltender | Defencemen | Forwards | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IIHF Directorate Awards | Rick DiPietro | Alexander Ryazantsev | Milan Kraft | |||
| Media All-Star Team | Rick DiPietro | Mathieu Biron | Alexander Ryazantsev | Milan Kraft | Evgeny Muratov | Alexei Tereschenko |
| Team | |
|---|---|
| Czech Republic |
| Russia |
| Canada |
| 4 | United States |
| 5 | Sweden |
| 6 | Switzerland |
| 7 | Finland |
| 8 | Kazakhstan |
| 9 | Slovakia |
| 10 | Ukraine |
The Pool B tournament was played inMinsk,Belarus between December 13 and December 19, 1999.[4]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Belarus | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 5 | Final round |
| 2 |  Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | Relegation round |
| 4 |  Latvia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 |
| Germany | 4–2 | Italy |
| Belarus | 3–1 | Latvia |
| Germany | 3–0 | Latvia |
| Belarus | 0–0 | Italy |
| Italy | 2–1 | Latvia |
| Belarus | 4–2 | Germany |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  France | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 5 | Final round |
| 2 |  Norway | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Poland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 3 | Relegation round |
| 4 |  Denmark | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 20 | −10 | 0 |
| France | 4–3 | Denmark |
| Norway | 5–1 | Poland |
| Norway | 7–3 | Denmark |
| France | 3–3 | Poland |
| Poland | 9–4 | Denmark |
| France | 4–2 | Norway |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belarus | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 6 | Promoted to the 2001 Top Division |
| 2 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 4 | |
| 3 | France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 15 | −7 | 2 | |
| 4 | Norway | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 0 |
| Carried forward from | France | 4–2 | Norway |
| preliminary round | Belarus | 4–2 | Germany |
| Germany | 4–0 | France |
| Belarus | 4–3 | Norway |
| Germany | 2–1 | Norway |
| Belarus | 9–4 | France |
Belarus was promoted to the Top Division for the2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Poland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 5 | |
| 6 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | |
| 7 | Latvia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 2 | |
| 8 | Denmark | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 2 | Relegated to the 2001 Division II |
| Carried forward from | Poland | 9–4 | Denmark |
| preliminary round | Italy | 2–1 | Latvia |
| Poland | 3–2 | Latvia |
| Denmark | 4–1 | Italy |
| Italy | 1–1 | Poland |
| Latvia | 4–3 | Denmark |
Denmark was relegated to Division II for the2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
The Pool C tournament was played inNagano,Japan between December 30, 1999, and January 3, 2000.[5]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Austria | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 5 | +26 | 6 | 1st place game |
| 2 |  Hungary | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 18 | −4 | 4 | 3rd place game |
| 3 |  Estonia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 19 | −9 | 1 | 5th place game |
| 4 |  Yugoslavia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 20 | −13 | 1 | 7th place game |
| Austria | 8–2 | Estonia |
| Hungary | 6–1 | Yugoslavia |
| Hungary | 6–3 | Estonia |
| Austria | 9–1 | Yugoslavia |
| Yugoslavia | 5–5 | Estonia |
| Austria | 14–2 | Hungary |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Slovenia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 5 | 1st place game |
| 2 |  Great Britain | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 4 | 3rd place game |
| 3 |  Japan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 3 | 5th place game |
| 4 |  Lithuania | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 0 | 7th place game |
| Slovenia | 5–1 | Lithuania |
| Japan | 2–2 | Great Britain |
| Slovenia | 3–3 | Great Britain |
| Japan | 6–3 | Lithuania |
| Great Britain | 4–2 | Lithuania |
| Slovenia | 4–3 | Japan |
Source:[6]
All times local (JST/UTC+9).
| January 3, 2000 10:00 | Lithuania | 5–1 (3–1, 1–0, 1–0) | Yugoslavia | Big Hat Attendance: 315 |
Yugoslavia was relegated to Division III for the2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
| January 3, 2000 13:00 | Japan | 9–1 (2–0, 0–1, 7–0) | Estonia | Big Hat Attendance: 911 |
| January 3, 2000 16:00 | Hungary | 2–7 (1–4, 1–2, 0–1) | Great Britain | Big Hat Attendance: 676 |
| January 3, 2000 19:00 | Slovenia | 2–6 (0–1, 0–1, 2–4) | Austria | Big Hat Attendance: 733 |
Austria was promoted to Division I for the2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
The Pool D tournament was played inMexico City,Mexico between January 9 and January 15, 2000.[7]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |  |  | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Croatia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 | +33 | 4 | 1st–3rd place group | — | 13–1 | 22–1 | |
| 2 | South Africa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 14 | −1 | 2 | 4th–6th place group | 1–13 | — | 12–1 | |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 34 | −32 | 0 | 7th–9th place group | 1–22 | 1–12 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |  |  | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | +23 | 4 | 1st–3rd place group | — | 10–0 | 14–1 | |
| 2 | Mexico | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 2 | 4th–6th place group | 0–10 | — | 8–3 | |
| 3 | Iceland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 22 | −18 | 0 | 7th–9th place group | 1–14 | 3–8 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |  |  | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romania | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 5 | +19 | 4 | 1st–3rd place group | — | 6–3 | 18–2 | |
| 2 | Spain | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 2 | 4th–6th place group | 3–6 | — | 5–3 | |
| 3 | Australia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 23 | −18 | 0 | 7th–9th place group | 2–18 | 3–5 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Croatia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 4 | Promoted to the 2001 Division II | — | 6–4 | 6–4 | |
| 2 | Romania | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 2 | 4–6 | — | 5–2 | ||
| 3 | Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 0 | 4–6 | 2–5 | — |
Croatia was promoted to Division II for the2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Spain | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 4 | — | 10–2 | 6–4 | |
| 5 | Mexico | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 2 | 2–10 | — | 3–1 | |
| 6 | South Africa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 0 | 4–6 | 1–3 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Australia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 4 | — | 8–2 | 8–4 | ||
| 8 | Bulgaria | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2–8 | — | 7–1 | ||
| 9 | Iceland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 0 | Relegated to the 2001 Division III Qualification | 4–8 | 1–7 | — |
Iceland was relegated to Division III Qualification for the2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
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