2000 IIHF World U18 Championships

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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.

Host country Switzerland
Venues2 (in 2 host cities)
DatesApril 14–24, 2000
Teams10
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2000 IIHF World U18 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Switzerland
Venues2 (in 2 host cities)
DatesApril 14–24, 2000
Teams10
Final positions
Champions  Finland (2nd title)
Runners-up  Russia
Third place  Sweden
Fourth place  Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Games played31
Goals scored216 (6.97 per game)
Attendance33,988 (1,096 per game)
Scoring leaderRussia Yegor Shastin (11 points)
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Championship results

Preliminary round

Group A

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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

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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

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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:

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, 2000Switzerland 3–0 SlovakiaEishalle Schluefweg, Kloten
Attendance: 3,177
April 21, 2000Finland 3–0 Czech RepublicEishalle Schluefweg, Kloten
Attendance: 968

Semifinals

April 22, 2000Sweden 2–4 FinlandEishalle Schluefweg, Kloten
Attendance: 864
April 22, 2000Russia 4–1  SwitzerlandEishalle Schluefweg, Kloten
Attendance: 4,131

Fifth place game

April 24, 2000Slovakia 4–3 (SO) Czech RepublicSportanlage Güttingersreuti, Weinfelden
Attendance: 300

Bronze medal game

April 24, 2000Sweden 7–1  SwitzerlandEishalle Schluefweg, Kloten
Attendance: 3,633

Gold medal game

April 24, 2000Russia 1–3 FinlandEishalle Schluefweg, Kloten
Attendance: 3,288

Final standings

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Rk. Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) Finland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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Player Country GP G APts PIM
Yegor Shastin Russia674114
Sven Helfenstein  Switzerland756112
Jens Karlsson Sweden654920
Marian Gaborik Slovakia662812
Tuomo Ruutu Finland76280
Martin Samuelsson Sweden63586
Alexandr Svitov Russia63588
Janne Jokila Finland73588
Pavel Vorobiev Russia626810
Thibaut Monnet  Switzerland74376
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Source: IIHF [1]

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

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Player Country MINS GA Sv% GAA SO
Kari Lehtonen Finland307:11996.301.761
Travis Weber United States150:39296.000.801
Andrei Medvedev Russia180:00495.601.330
Sergei Mylnikov Russia180:00495.121.331
Henrik Lundqvist Sweden240:00993.882.250
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Source: IIHF[2]

Group B

First round

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Group A
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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Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  AUT  LAT  POL  FRA
1  Austria 3 2 1 0 14 8 +6 5 3–3 5–4 6–1
2  Latvia 3 1 2 0 12 10 +2 4 3–3 4–4 5–3
3  Poland 3 1 1 1 13 13 0 3 4–5 4–4 5–4
4  France 3 0 0 3 8 16 −8 0 1–6 3–5 4–5
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Final round

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5th-8th place
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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1st-4th place
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  NOR  AUT  LAT  JPN
1  Norway 3 2 0 1 10 7 +3 4 3–2 5–2 (2–3)
2  Austria 3 1 1 1 10 8 +2 3 2–3 (3–3) 5–2
3  Latvia 3 1 1 1 10 10 0 3 2–5 (3–3) 5–2
4  Japan 3 1 0 2 7 12 −5 2 (3–2) 2–5 2–5
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Final ranking

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Rank Team
1Norway
2Austria
3Latvia
4Japan
5Denmark
6Italy
7Poland
8France
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European Championships Division I

First round

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Group A
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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Group B
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)

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

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Group A
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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Group B
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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Group C
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

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7th-9th place
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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4th-6th place
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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1st-3rd place
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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