2000 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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.^[1] 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.

2000 IIHF World U20 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Sweden
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	December 25, 1999 – January 4, 2000
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Czech Republic (1st title)
Runner-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(s)	Henrik Sedin (13 points)
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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

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

Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

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
	0-1 16:02 - Nielsen (Reid) (SH) 0-2 21:58 - Chouinard (Lundmark) 0-3 28:45 - Pettinger (Richards) Miettinen (Rita) - 48:42 1-3 Miettinen (Rita) - 52:21 2-3
	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
	Reid (Heatley) - 12:08 1-0 1-1 22:21 - Havlát (Vašíček)
	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
	Nielsen (Malhotra) - 7:01 1-0 Richards (Lundmark, Reid) (PP) - 15:07 2-0 Lundmark (PS) - 19:57 3-0 3-1 31:38 - Gáborík (Kopecký) Lundmark (Reid) - 54:44 4-1
	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
	0-1 23:00 - Chouinard (McCarthy, Ribeiro) (PP) Taffe (Nowak, Hainsey) (PP) - 52:05 1-1
	26	Shots	29

Group B

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

Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

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

Relegation round

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

10-minute tie-break game

January 4, 2000 14:15

Ukraine

0 – 1 GWS (0–0, 0/3–2/3)

Slovakia

Umeå Attendance: 301

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

Final round

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).

Quarterfinals

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)
	Reid (Lundmark) - 1:04 1-0 Chouinard (Bouck, Reid) - 11:46 2-0 Ryder - 13:01 3-0 3-1 23:28 - Wichser (Christen) 3-2 25:54 - Wichser (Helfenstein) Bell - 26:20 4-2 Bouck (Malhotra - 30:25 5-2 Reid (Spezza) - 34:27 6-2 Pettinger (Spezza) - 39:57 7-2 7-3 Cereda (SH) - 43:06 Bell (Heatley, Ryder) (PP) - 58:59 8-3
	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

Consolation round

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

Semifinals

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
	Khlebnikov (But) - 25:41 1-0 Smirnov (Tereschenko) (SH) - 30:40 2-0 2-1 37:02 - Heatley (Reid) Zinovyev (Tereschenko, Smirnov) - 47:21 3-1 3-2 57:50 - Pettinger (McCarthy)
	20	Shots	25

7th place game

January 4, 2000 15:00

Finland

9–1 (3–0, 2–0, 4–1)

Kazakhstan

Umeå Attendance: 306

5th place game

January 4, 2000 19:00

Sweden

5–2 (1–2, 2–0, 2–0)

Switzerland

Umeå Attendance: 872

Bronze medal game

January 4, 2000 14:00

Canada

4 – 3 GWS (0–1, 1–1, 2–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 3–1)

United States

Skellefteå Attendance: 2,784

	Brian Finley	Goalies	Philippe Sauvé
	0-1 10:03 - Levesque (SH) 0-2 24:28 - Cavanaugh (Taffe, Orpik) Pettinger (Ryder, Jackman) - 27:36 1-2 Nielsen (Bouck) - 48:28 2-2 Heatley (Reid) (PP) - 52:04 3-2 3-3 57:06 - Leopold (Taffe) (PP)
	Lundmark Reid Heatley Chouinard	Shootout	Hilbert Aufiero Taffe Cavanaugh
	37	Shots	38

Gold medal game

January 4, 2000 19:00

Russia

0 – 1 GWS (0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 1/3–2/3)

Czech Republic

Skellefteå Attendance: 3,857

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 Pool B tournament was played in Minsk, Belarus between December 13 and December 19, 1999.^[4]

Preliminary round

Group A

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

Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

Germany

4–2

Italy

Belarus

3–1

Latvia

Germany

3–0

Latvia

Belarus

0–0

Italy

Italy

2–1

Latvia

Belarus

4–2

Germany

Group B

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

Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

France

4–3

Denmark

Norway

5–1

Poland

Norway

7–3

Denmark

France

3–3

Poland

Poland

9–4

Denmark

France

4–2

Norway

Final round

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

Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

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 the 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Relegation round

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

Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

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 the 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Pool C

The Pool C tournament was played in Nagano, Japan between December 30, 1999, and January 3, 2000.^[5]

Preliminary round

Group A

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

Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

Austria

8–2

Estonia

Hungary

6–1

Yugoslavia

Hungary

6–3

Estonia

Austria

9–1

Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia

5–5

Estonia

Austria

14–2

Hungary

Group B

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

Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

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

Final round

Source:^[6]

All times local (JST/UTC+9).

7th place game

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 the 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

5th place game

January 3, 2000 13:00

Japan

9–1 (2–0, 0–1, 7–0)

Estonia

Big Hat Attendance: 911

3rd place game

January 3, 2000 16:00

Hungary

2–7 (1–4, 1–2, 0–1)

Great Britain

Big Hat Attendance: 676

1st place game

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 the 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Pool D

The Pool D tournament was played in Mexico City, Mexico between January 9 and January 15, 2000.^[7]

Preliminary round

Group A

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	—

Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

Group B

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	—

Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

Group C

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	—

Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

Final round

1st–3rd place group

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	—

Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

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

4th–6th place group

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	—

Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

7th–9th place group

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	—

Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

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