2000 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

2000 IIHF World U20 Championship

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Tournament details
Host country	Sweden
Dates	December 25, 1999 – January 4, 2000
Teams	10
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Czech Republic (1st title)
Runner-up	Russia
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played	35
Goals scored	218 (6.23 per match)
Attendance	41,693 (1,191 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Henrik Sedin (13 points)
← 1999 2001 →

The 2000 World Junior Hockey Championships (2000 WJHC), was the 24th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. The tournament was hosted in Skellefteå and Umeå, Sweden from December 25, 1999, to January 4, 2000. The Czech Republic won the gold medal with a 1–0 shootout victory over Russia in the championship game, while Canada won the bronze medal with a 4–3 shootout victory over the United 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.

Venues

Skellefteå Kraft Arena Capacity: 6,000	Umeå Arena Capacity: 6,000
Sweden – Skellefteå	Sweden – Umeå

Pool A

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Czech Republic	4	2	2	0	12	7	6
Canada	4	2	2	0	9	5	6
United States	4	1	2	1	5	6	4
Finland	4	1	1	2	8	9	3
Slovakia	4	0	1	3	4	11	1

All times local (CET/UTC+1).

Group B

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Russia	4	4	0	0	30	4	8
Sweden	4	3	0	1	27	8	6
Switzerland	4	2	0	2	13	16	4
Kazakhstan	4	1	0	3	7	34	2
Ukraine	4	0	0	4	6	21	0

All times local (CET/UTC+1).

Relegation round

10-minute tie break game

Ukraine was relegated to Division I for the 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Final round

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).

Scoring leaders

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

Goaltending leaders

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

Tournament awards

	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

Final standings

	Team
	Czech Republic
	Russia
	Canada
4	United States
5	Sweden
6	Switzerland
7	Finland
8	Kazakhstan
9	Slovakia
10	Ukraine

Pool B

The following teams took part in the Pool B tournament. This group played in Minsk, Belarus between December 13 and December 19, 1999.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Belarus	3	2	1	0	7	3	5
Germany	3	2	0	1	9	6	4
Italy	3	1	1	1	4	5	3
Latvia	3	0	0	3	2	8	0

Group B

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
France	3	2	1	0	11	8	5
Norway	3	2	0	1	14	8	4
Poland	3	1	1	1	13	12	3
Denmark	3	0	0	3	10	20	0

Relegation round

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Poland	3	2	1	0	13	7	5
Italy	3	1	1	1	4	6	3
Latvia	3	1	0	2	7	8	2
Denmark	3	1	0	2	11	14	2

Denmark was relegated to Division II for the 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Final round

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Belarus	3	3	0	0	17	9	6
Germany	3	2	0	1	8	5	4
France	3	1	0	2	8	15	2
Norway	3	0	0	3	6	10	0

Belarus was promoted to the Top Division for the 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Pool C

The following teams took part in the Pool C tournament. This group played in Nagano, Japan between December 30, 1999, and January 3, 2000.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Austria	3	3	0	0	31	5	6
Hungary	3	2	0	1	14	18	4
Estonia	3	0	1	2	10	19	1
Yugoslavia	3	0	1	2	7	20	1

Group B

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Slovenia	3	2	1	0	12	7	5
Great Britain	3	1	2	0	9	7	4
Japan	3	1	1	1	11	9	3
Lithuania	3	0	0	3	6	15	0

Final round

All times local (JST/UTC+9).

7th place game

Yugoslavia was relegated to Division III for the 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

1st place game

Austria was promoted to Division I for the 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Pool D

The following teams took part in the Pool D tournament. This group played in Mexico City, Mexico between January 9 and January 15, 2000.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Croatia	2	2	0	0	35	2	4			13–1	22–1
South Africa	2	1	0	1	13	14	2		1–13		12–1
Bulgaria	2	0	0	2	2	34	0		1–22	1–12

Group B

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Netherlands	2	2	0	0	24	1	4			10–0	14–1
Mexico	2	1	0	1	8	13	2		0–10		8–3
Iceland	2	0	0	2	4	22	0		1–14	3–8

Group C

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Romania	2	2	0	0	24	5	4			6–3	18–2
Spain	2	1	0	1	8	9	2		3–6		5–3
Australia	2	0	0	2	5	23	0		2–18	3–5

Final round

Places 7 to 9

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Australia	2	2	0	0	16	6	4			8–2	8–4
Bulgaria	2	1	0	1	9	9	2		2–8		7–1
Iceland	2	0	0	2	5	15	0		4–8	1–7

Iceland was relegated to Division III Qualification for the 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Places 4 to 6

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Spain	2	2	0	0	16	6	4			10–2	6–4
Mexico	2	1	0	1	5	11	2		2–10		3–1
South Africa	2	0	0	2	5	9	0		4–6	1–3

Places 1 to 3

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Croatia	2	2	0	0	12	8	4			6–4	6–4
Romania	2	1	0	1	9	8	2		4–6		5–2
Netherlands	2	0	0	2	6	11	0		4–6	2–5

Croatia was promoted to Division II for the 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

External links

• Official IIHF Results – Pool A
• Official IIHF Results – Pool B
• Official IIHF Results – Pool C
• Official IIHF Results – Pool D