Ice hockey world championship of the U18 juniors 1999

	U18 Junior World Championship
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	Winner: Finland

The 1st ice hockey world championships of the U18 juniors of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF were the ice hockey world championships in 1999 in the age group of under-eighteen year olds (U18). Between February 10 and April 18, 1999, a total of 42 national teams took part in the six tournaments of the A and B world championships, European divisions I and II and Asia-Oceania divisions I and II.

The introduction of the world championship involved the amalgamation and expansion of the U18 Junior European Championship, which had been held since 1977, and the U18 Junior Championship of Asia and Oceania, which had existed since 1984, by non-European teams. The grouping of A and B groups and European divisions was based on the results of the U18 European Junior Championship in 1998 . In addition, the United States team received a wild card for the A group. From the C group area onwards, the game was played on a continental level. In Europe and Asia-Oceania there was a Division I and below that a Division II.

The first world champion was the team of Finland , which finished the final round with seven points in first place, whereby the 2-2 draw in the final tournament game against Sweden played a decisive role. The German team finished ninth in the A-World Cup, while Switzerland rounded off the good results of the German-speaking nations in the A-World Cup with fourth place. Austria finished second in the B world championship and narrowly missed promotion.

Overview U18 Junior World Championships

competition	place	date	sub- contractor	viewers total	Games	O
A world championship	Füssen Kaufbeuren	0Apr 8, 1999 - Apr 18, 1999	10		33
B world championship	Méribel Pralognan-la-Vanoise Courchevel	0Apr 4, 1999 - Apr 11, 1999	8th		20th
Europe Division I.	Bucharest	16. Mar. 1999 - March 20 1999	8th		16
Europe Division II	Sofia	01st Mar 1999 - March 7th 1999 0	8th		20th
Asia-Oceania Division I.	Nikko	Feb 10, 1999 - Feb 13, 1999	4th		6th
Asia-Oceania Division II	Pyongyang	20 Mar 1999 - Mar 25 1999	4th		6th

Participants, venues and periods

• A World Championship: April 8th to 18th, 1999 in Füssen and Kaufbeuren , Germany

  Participants: Germany (newcomer) , Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden (European champion 1998) , Switzerland, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Ukraine, USA (newcomer)

• B World Championship: April 4-11 , 1999 in Méribel , Pralognan-la-Vanoise and Courchevel , France

  Participants: Denmark, France, Great Britain, Italy, Austria (promoted) , Poland, Hungary, Belarus

• Europe Division I: March 16-20, 1999 in Bucharest , Romania

  Participants: Estonia, Yugoslavia, Kazakhstan (promoted) , Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovenia

• Europe Division II: March 1 to 7, 1999 in Sofia , Bulgaria

  Participants: Belgium, Bulgaria, Ireland (newcomer) , Iceland, Israel, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain

• Asia-Oceania Division I: February 10-13 , 1999 in Nikko , Japan

  Participants: Australia, People's Republic of China, Japan, South Korea (Asia-Oceania champions 1998)

• Asia-Oceania Division II: March 20-25, 1999 in Pyongyang , North Korea

  Participants: Republic of China (Taiwan) (newcomer) , New Zealand (relegated) , North Korea (first participation since 1992) , South Africa (newcomer)

A world championship

1999 World Cup for U18 Juniors
Number of nations	10
World Champion	Finland
silver	Sweden
bronze	Slovakia
Relegated	Norway
Venue (s)	Füssen & Kaufbeuren , Germany
opening	April 8, 1999
Endgame	April 18, 1999
spectator
Gates	201 (6.09 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Ari Ahonen
Best defender	Magnus Hedlund
Best striker	Marián Gáborík
Top scorer	Marián Gáborík (11 points)

The U18 World Cup was held from April 8th to 18th, 1999 in the German cities of Füssen and Kaufbeuren . The game was played in the national ice hockey center (3,691 places) in Füssen and in the ice rink on Berliner Platz in Kaufbeuren with 4,600 places.

Ten national teams took part in the tournament, playing in two groups of five teams each.

Group A	Group B
Sweden	Finland
Czech Republic	Russia
Switzerland	Slovakia
Ukraine	Norway
Germany	United States

mode

After the group matches in the preliminary round, the teams in places 1 to 3 of their respective group qualify for the final round, where the medal winners are determined, taking the result of the direct matches from the preliminary round. The fourth and fifth of the group games will contest the relegation round - also taking the result of the direct encounter from the preliminary round with them - and determine a relegated group in the B group of the World Cup.

Venues

Feet	Feet Kaufbeuren World Championship venues	Kaufbeuren
Federal Center for Ice Hockey Capacity: 3,691		Ice stadium at Berliner Platz Capacity: 4,600

Preliminary round

Group A

April 8, 1999 4:00 p.m.

Switzerland

0: 3 (0: 2, 0: 0, 0: 1)

Sweden

Federal performance center for ice hockey, Füssen Spectators: no information

April 8, 1999 7:30 p.m.

Germany

2: 4 (0: 1, 2: 1, 0: 2)

Czech Republic

Federal performance center for ice hockey, Füssen Spectators: no information

April 9, 1999 4:00 p.m.

Switzerland

4: 1 (1: 0, 0: 0, 3: 1)

Ukraine

Ice stadium on Berliner Platz, Kaufbeuren Spectators: no information

April 9, 1999 7:30 p.m.

Germany

2: 5 (0: 3, 1: 1, 1: 1)

Sweden

Ice stadium on Berliner Platz, Kaufbeuren Spectators: no information

April 10, 1999 4:00 p.m.

Ukraine

1: 6 (1: 2, 0: 4, 0: 0)

Czech Republic

Federal performance center for ice hockey, Füssen Spectators: no information

April 11, 1999 4:00 p.m.

Sweden

4: 4 (2: 2, 2: 1, 0: 1)

Czech Republic

Federal performance center for ice hockey, Füssen Spectators: no information

April 11, 1999 7:30 p.m.

Germany

0: 3 (0: 1, 0: 1, 0: 1)

Switzerland

Federal performance center for ice hockey, Füssen Spectators: no information

April 12, 1999 7:30 p.m.

Ukraine

4: 0 (2: 0, 1: 0, 1: 0)

Germany

Federal performance center for ice hockey, Füssen Spectators: no information

April 13, 1999 4:00 p.m.

Czech Republic

2: 3 (1: 2, 1: 1, 0: 0)

Switzerland

Ice stadium on Berliner Platz, Kaufbeuren Spectators: no information

April 13, 1999 7:30 p.m.

Sweden

10: 2 (4: 0, 2: 1, 4: 1)

Ukraine

Ice stadium on Berliner Platz, Kaufbeuren Spectators: no information

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Sweden	4th	3	1	0	22: 08	7th
2.	Switzerland	4th	3	0	1	10: 06	6th
3.	Czech Republic	4th	2	1	1	16:10	5
4th	Ukraine	4th	1	0	3	08:20	2
5.	Germany	4th	0	0	4th	04:16	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats
Explanations: qualifier for the final round , qualification for the relegation round

Group B

April 8, 1999 4:00 p.m.

Slovakia

2: 3 (1: 0, 0: 1, 1: 2)

Finland

Ice stadium on Berliner Platz, Kaufbeuren Spectators: no information

April 8, 1999 7:30 p.m.

Russia

2: 1 (2: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0)

United States

Ice rink at Berliner Platz, Kaufbeuren Spectators: 499

April 9, 1999 4:00 p.m.

Slovakia

7: 0 (3: 0, 2: 0, 2: 0)

Norway

Federal performance center for ice hockey, Füssen Spectators: no information

April 9, 1999 7:30 p.m.

United States

0: 5 (0: 1, 0: 1, 0: 3)

Finland

Federal performance center for ice hockey, Füssen Spectators: no information

April 10, 1999 7:30 p.m.

Norway

2: 8 (0: 4, 1: 2, 1: 2)

Russia

National ice hockey center, Füssen Spectators: 350

April 11, 1999 4:00 p.m.

United States

5: 6 (3: 3, 1: 1, 1: 2)

Slovakia

Ice stadium on Berliner Platz, Kaufbeuren Spectators: no information

April 11, 1999 7:30 p.m.

Finland

3: 1 (2: 0, 1: 0, 0: 1)

Russia

Ice rink at Berliner Platz, Kaufbeuren Spectators: 513

April 12, 1999 4:00 p.m.

Norway

2:10 (1: 3, 1: 2, 0: 5)

United States

Federal performance center for ice hockey, Füssen Spectators: no information

April 13, 1999 4:00 p.m.

Finland

10: 2 (4: 0, 4: 0, 2: 2)

Norway

Federal performance center for ice hockey, Füssen Spectators: no information

April 13, 1999 7:30 p.m.

Russia

2: 3 (1: 0, 0: 3, 1: 0)

Slovakia

Federal performance center for ice hockey, Füssen Spectators: no information

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Finland	4th	4th	0	0	21: 05	8th
2.	Slovakia	4th	3	0	1	18:10	6th
3.	Russia	4th	2	0	2	14: 09	4th
4th	United States	4th	1	0	3	16:15	2
5.	Norway	4th	0	0	4th	04:35	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats
Explanations: qualifier for the final round , qualification for the relegation round

Relegation round

April 15, 1999 1 p.m.

United States

6: 0 (3: 0, 1: 0, 2: 0)

Germany

National ice hockey center, Füssen Spectators: 350

April 15, 1999 4:00 p.m.

Ukraine

3: 0 (3: 0, 4: 0, 2: 0)

Norway

Ice stadium on Berliner Platz, Kaufbeuren Spectators: no information

April 16, 1999 1 p.m.

Germany

4: 2 (2: 0, 0: 2, 2: 0)

Norway

Federal Center for Ice Hockey, Füssen Spectators: 400

April 16, 1999 4:00 p.m.

United States

6: 0 (3: 0, 2: 0, 1: 0)

Ukraine

Ice stadium on Berliner Platz, Kaufbeuren Spectators: no information

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	United States	3	3	0	0	22: 02	6th
2.	Ukraine	3	2	0	1	07: 06	4th
3.	Germany	3	1	0	2	04:12	2
4th	Norway	3	0	0	3	04:17	0

Note: The preliminary round matches Ukraine - Germany (4: 0) and Norway - USA (2:10) are included in the table.
Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats
Explanations: Relegated to the B group

Final round

April 15, 1999 4:30 p.m.

Slovakia

6: 3 (1: 0, 3: 0, 2: 3)

Switzerland

Federal performance center for ice hockey, Füssen Spectators: no information

April 15, 1999 7:30 p.m.

Sweden

2: 3 (0: 0, 0: 1, 2: 2)

Russia

Ice stadium on Berliner Platz, Kaufbeuren Spectators: no information

April 15, 1999 8:00 p.m.

Finland

3: 1 (1: 0, 1: 1, 1: 0)

Czech Republic

National ice hockey center, Füssen Spectators: 350

April 16, 1999 4:30 p.m.

Czech Republic

5: 2 (3: 0, 0: 1, 2: 1)

Russia

Federal performance center for ice hockey, Füssen Spectators: no information

April 16, 1999 7:30 p.m.

Finland

1: 6 (0: 3, 1: 2, 0: 1)

Switzerland

Ice stadium on Berliner Platz, Kaufbeuren Spectators: no information

April 16, 1999 8:00 p.m.

Sweden

4: 1 (0: 0, 2: 0, 2: 1)

Slovakia

Federal performance center for ice hockey, Füssen Spectators: no information

April 18, 1999 3:00 p.m.

Slovakia

1: 0 (1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0)

Czech Republic

Ice stadium on Berliner Platz, Kaufbeuren Spectators: no information

April 18, 1999 3:00 p.m.

Switzerland

4: 1 (0: 1, 1: 0, 3: 0)

Russia

Federal performance center for ice hockey, Füssen Spectators: no information

April 18, 1999 6:30 p.m.

Finland

2: 2 (0: 1, 2: 0, 0: 1)

Sweden

National ice hockey center, Füssen Spectators: 2,100

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Finland	5	3	1	1	12:12	7th
2.	Sweden	5	2	2	1	15:10	6th
3.	Slovakia	5	3	0	2	13:12	6th
4th	Switzerland	5	3	0	2	16:13	6th
5.	Czech Republic	5	1	1	3	12:13	3
6th	Russia	5	1	0	4th	09:17	2

Note: The preliminary round matches against the respective opponent are included in the table.
Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats

statistics

Best scorer

Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points, +/− = plus / minus , PIM = penalty minutes; Fat: tournament best

player	team	GP	G	A.	Pts	+/-	PIM
Marián Gáborík	Slovakia	7th	3	8th	11	+5	2
Mikael Berg	Sweden	7th	4th	6th	10		2
John Sabo	United States	6th	2	6th	8th		8th
Luca Cereda	Switzerland	7th	1	7th	8th	+1	8th
Andy Hilbert	United States	6th	6th	1	7th		4th
Milan Bartovič	Slovakia	7th	5	2	7th	+3	6th
Mikko Hyytia	Finland	7th	4th	3	7th	+5	4th
Christof Hiltebrand	Switzerland	7th	3	4th	7th		0
Tim Eriksson	Sweden	7th	3	4th	7th		2
Peter Szabó	Slovakia	7th	3	4th	7th	+3	0

Best goalkeeper

Abbreviations: GP = games, TOI = ice time (in minutes), GA = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , Sv% = shots saved (in%), GAA = goals conceded; Fat: tournament best

player	team	GP	TOI	GA	SO	Sv%	ATM
Ari Ahonen	Finland	5	273	6th	1	94.0	1.32
Peter Hamerlík	Slovakia	7th	420	17th	2	91.9	2.43
Martin Zerzuben	Switzerland	7th				90.7	2.51
Yevgeny Konstantinov	Russia	7th	340	13	1	90.3	2.29
Kjell Bennemark	Sweden	6th				89.8	1.50

Final placements

Pl.	team
1	Finland
2	Sweden
3	Slovakia
4th	Switzerland
5	Czech Republic
6th	Russia
7th	United States
8th	Ukraine
9	Germany
10	Norway

Title, promotion and relegation

World champion Finland

Antti Aarnio , Ari Ahonen , Juha Alastalo , Ville Hämäläinen , Jaakko Harikkala , Juha-Pekka Hytönen , Mikko Hyytiä , Antti Jokela , Kasper Kenig , Teemu Kesä , Lasse Kukkonen , Jouni Kulonen , Miro Laitinen , Tuukka Mäntylä , Matias Metsäranta , Markku Paukkonen , Tony Salmelainen , Olli Sillanpää , Sami Venäläinen , Petri Tähtisalo , Arto Tukio , Juhamatti Yli-Junnila Trainer: Jouko Lukkarila

Silver Sweden

Andreas Albinsson , Kjell Bennemark , Mikael Berg , David Bornhammar , Tim Eriksson , Jonas Ferm , Daniel Johansson , Daniel Josefsson , Magnus Hedlund , Niklas Kronwall , Jonas Lennartsson , Daniel Ljungkvist , Björn Melin , Patrik Nilson , Jonas Nordquist , Johan Reineck , Martin Samuelsson , Fredrik Sundin , Mattias Wennerberg , Daniel Westin , Magnus Zirath

Bronze Slovakia

Milan Bartovič , Štefan Fabián , Marián Gáborík , Tomáš Gron , Peter Hamerlík , Marcel Hossa , Lukáš Hvila , Kristián Kováč , kristián kudroč , Daniel Maras , Igor Marták , Tomáš Mihálik , Tomáš Škvaridlo , Ramón Sopko , Tomáš Starosta , Tomáš Surový , Peter Szabó , Roman Tvrdoň , Alexander Valentín , Ľuboš Velebný , René Vydarený , Martin Zajac

Relegated to group B:	Norway
Promoted to the A group:	Belarus

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Best goalkeeper	Ari Ahonen	Finland
Best defender	Magnus Hedlund	Sweden
Best striker	Marián Gáborík	Slovakia

All-Star Team

Attack:	Milan Bartovič - Mikko Hyytiä - Marián Gáborík
Defense:	David Jobin - Niklas Kronwall
Goal:	Ari Ahonen

B world championship

B-WM 1999 of the U18 juniors
Number of nations	8th
Climbers	Belarus
Relegated	Great Britain Hungary
Venue (s)	Méribel , Pralognan-la-Vanoise & Courchevel , France
opening	April 4, 1999
Endgame	April 11, 1999
spectator
Gates	159 (7.95 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Martin Haber
Best defender	Christian Mair
Best striker	Kanstanzin Kalzou
Top scorer	Morten Green (16 points)

Group B of the U18 World Championship was held from April 4 to 11, 1999 in the French winter sports resorts of Méribel , Pralognan-la-Vanoise and Courchevel . The games were played in the Patinoire du Parc Olympique (2,400 places) in Méribel, the Patinoire de Pralognan-la-Vanoise with 1,800 places and in the Patinoire de Courchevel (950 places).

Eight national teams took part in the tournament, playing in two groups of four teams each.

Group A	Group B
Italy	Poland
Belarus	Hungary
Denmark	France
Great Britain	Austria

mode

After the group matches in the preliminary round, the teams qualify in the first two places in their respective group for the final round, where - taking the result of the direct encounters from the preliminary round - the promoted team is determined. The third and fourth of the group games contest - also with the result of the direct encounter from the preliminary round - the relegation round and determine two relegated to Division I of the World Cup.

Venues

Meribel	Courchevel Meribel Pralognan-la-Vanoise World Championship venues	Pralognan-la-Vanoise	Courchevel
Patinoire du Parc Olympique Capacity: 2,400		Patinoire de Pralognan-la-Vanoise Capacity: 1,800	Patinoire de Courchevel Capacity: 950

Preliminary round

Group A

April 4, 1999 : PM

Belarus

10: 4 (2: 1, 5: 3, 3: 0)

Denmark

April 4, 1999 : PM

Italy

6: 2 (1: 0, 3: 2, 2: 0)

Great Britain

. April 1999 : clock

Belarus

8: 1 (1: 0, 4: 0, 3: 1)

Great Britain

. April 1999 : clock

Italy

4: 4 (1: 0, 2: 1, 1: 3)

Denmark

. April 1999 : clock

Italy

1: 5 (0: 0, 1: 3, 0: 2)

Belarus

. April 1999 : clock

Great Britain

2: 8 (1: 2, 0: 3, 1: 3)

Denmark

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Belarus	3	3	0	0	23: 06	6th
2.	Denmark	3	1	1	1	16:16	3
3.	Italy	3	1	1	1	11:11	3
4th	Great Britain	3	0	0	3	05:22	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats
Explanations: qualifier for the final round , qualification for the relegation round

Group B

April 4, 1999 : PM

France

9: 2 (1: 2, 4: 0, 4: 0)

Hungary

April 4, 1999 : PM

Austria

6: 0 (4: 0, 1: 0, 1: 0)

Poland

. April 1999 : clock

France

3: 5 (1: 1, 2: 2, 0: 2)

Poland

. April 1999 : clock

Austria

14: 2 (5: 1, 6: 0, 3: 1)

Hungary

. April 1999 : clock

France

3: 3 (1: 1, 0: 1, 2: 1)

Austria

. April 1999 : clock

Poland

8: 2 (1: 1, 2: 0, 5: 1)

Hungary

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Austria	3	2	1	0	23: 05	5
2.	Poland	3	2	0	1	11:11	4th
3.	France	3	1	1	1	15:10	3
4th	Hungary	3	0	0	3	06:31	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats
Explanations: qualifier for the final round , qualification for the relegation round

Relegation round

. April 1999 : clock

Italy

7: 1 (2: 1, 4: 0, 1: 0)

Hungary

. April 1999 : clock

France

5: 1 (2: 1, 0: 0, 3: 0)

Great Britain

April 11, 1999 : PM

Italy

4: 1 (0: 1, 2: 0, 2: 0)

France

April 11, 1999 : PM

Hungary

4: 3 (2: 2, 2: 1, 0: 0)

Great Britain

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Italy	3	3	0	0	17: 04	6th
2.	France	3	2	0	1	15: 07	4th
3.	Hungary	3	1	0	2	07:19	2
4th	Great Britain	3	0	0	3	06:15	0

Note: The preliminary round matches Italy - Great Britain (6: 2) and France - Hungary (9: 2) are included in the table.
Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats
Explanations: Relegated to Division I.

Final round

. April 1999 : clock

Austria

3: 5 (2: 2, 0: 1, 1: 2)

Denmark

. April 1999 : clock

Belarus

3: 3 (0: 1, 0: 2, 3: 0)

Poland

April 11, 1999 : PM

Poland

3: 2 (0: 0, 2: 1, 1: 1)

Denmark

April 11, 1999 : PM

Belarus

2: 2 (1: 2, 0: 0, 1: 0)

Austria

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Belarus	3	1	2	0	15: 09	4th
2.	Austria	3	1	1	1	11: 07	3
3.	Poland	3	1	1	1	06:11	3
4th	Denmark	3	1	0	2	11:16	2

Note: The preliminary round matches Belarus - Denmark (10: 4) and Austria - Poland (6: 0) are included in the table.
Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats
Explanations: Promoted to the A group

Final placements

Pl.	team
1	Belarus
2	Austria
3	Poland
4th	Denmark
5	Italy
6th	France
7th	Hungary
8th	Great Britain

Ascent and descent

Relegated to group B:	Norway
Promoted to the A group:	Belarus
Relegated to Division I:	Great Britain, Hungary
Moving up to the B group:	Japan, Latvia

Europe division

Europe Division I in Bucharest, Romania

Preliminary round

Group A Teams LAT EST ROME YUG Gates Pt. 1. Latvia 6: 2 11: 2 24: 1 41: 5 6-0 2. Estonia 2: 6 9: 1 10: 1 21: 8 4: 2 3. Romania 2:11 1: 9 8: 3 11:23 2: 4 4. Yugoslavia 1:24 1:10 3: 8 5:42 0: 6

Group B Teams SLO LTU KAZ CRO Gates Pt. 1. Slovenia 6: 4 6: 2 10: 3 22: 9 6-0 2. Lithuania 4: 6 5-0 4: 3 13: 9 4: 2 3. Kazakhstan 2: 6 0: 5 10: 2 12:13 2: 4 4. Croatia 3:10 3: 4 2:10 8:24 0: 6

Finals and placement games

Game for 7th place
January 20, 1999	Bucharest	Croatia	-	Yugoslavia	14: 2 (3: 2.4: 0.7: 0)
Play for 5th place
January 20, 1999	Bucharest	Romania	-	Kazakhstan	0:15 (0: 4.0: 7.0: 4)
3rd place match
January 20, 1999	Bucharest	Lithuania	-	Estonia	10: 1 (2: 1.5: 0.3: 0)
final
January 20, 1999	Bucharest	Latvia	-	Slovenia	5: 1 (2: 0.2: 1.1: 0)

Final placements

Pl.	team
1	Latvia
2	Slovenia
3	Lithuania
4th	Estonia
5	Kazakhstan
6th	Romania
7th	Croatia
8th	Yugoslavia

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division I:	Great Britain, Hungary
Moving up to the B group:	Latvia
Relegated to Division II:	Yugoslavia, Croatia
Promoted to Division I:	Spain

Europe Division II in Sofia, Bulgaria

Preliminary round

Group A Teams NED ISR BUL IRL Gates Pt. 1. Netherlands 10: 2 12: 0 42-0 64: 2 6-0 2. Israel 2:10 8: 3 19: 1 29:14 4: 2 3. Bulgaria 0:12 3: 8 9: 2 12:22 2: 4 4. Ireland 0:42 1:19 2: 9 3:70 0: 6

Group B Teams ESP BEL LUX ISL Gates Pt. 1. Spain 5: 2 8: 1 10: 1 23: 4 6-0 2. Belgium 2: 5 8: 1 10-0 20: 6 4: 2 3. Luxembourg 1: 8 1: 8 2-0 4:16 2: 4 4. Iceland 1:10 0:10 0: 2 1:22 0: 6

Final and placement round

Placement round for places 5–8 Teams LUX BUL ISL IRL Gates Pt. 1. Luxembourg 4: 5 (2: 0) 11: 0 17: 5 4: 2 2. Bulgaria 5: 4 5: 6 (9: 2) 19:12 4: 2 3. Iceland (0: 2) 6: 5 14: 0 20: 7 4: 2 4. Ireland 0:11 (2: 9) 0:14 2:34 0: 6

Final round for places 1–4 Teams ESP NED BEL ISR Gates Pt. 1. Spain 3: 3 (5: 2) 11: 2 19: 7 5: 1 2. Netherlands 3: 3 1: 1 (10: 2) 14: 6 4: 2 3. Belgium (2: 5) 1: 1 14: 1 17: 7 3: 3 4. Israel 2:11 (2:10) 1:14 4:35 0: 6

Final placements

Pl.	team
1	Spain
2	Netherlands
3	Belgium
4th	Israel
5	Luxembourg
6th	Bulgaria
7th	Iceland
8th	Ireland

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division II:	Yugoslavia, Croatia
Promoted to Division I:	Spain

Asia-Oceania Division

Asia-Oceania Division I in Nikko, Japan

Teams	JPN	DRC	CHN	OUT	Gates	Pt.
1. Japan		8: 4	13: 1	15: 0	36: 5	6-0
2. South Korea	4: 8		6: 3	14: 0	24:11	4: 2
3. People's Republic of China	1:13	3: 6		11: 0	15:19	2: 4
4. Australia	0:15	0:14	0:11		0:40	0: 6

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division I:	none
Moving up to the B group:	Japan
Relegated to Division II:	none
Promoted to Division I:	North Korea

Asia-Oceania Division II in Pyongyang, North Korea

Preliminary round

Teams	PRK	RSA	NZL	TPE	Gates	Pt.
1. North Korea		9: 3	23: 0	24: 0	56: 3	6-0
2. South Africa	3: 9		1-0	34: 1	38:10	4: 2
3. New Zealand	0:24	0: 1		20: 3	20:28	2: 4
4. Republic of China (Taiwan)	0:24	1:34	3:20		4:78	0: 6

Final round

Semifinals
March 24, 1999	Pyongyang	North Korea	-	Republic of China (Taiwan)	29: 0
March 24, 1999	Pyongyang	South Africa	-	New Zealand	15: 0
3rd place match
March 25, 1999	Pyongyang	New Zealand	-	Republic of China (Taiwan)	26: 4
final
March 25, 1999	Pyongyang	North Korea	-	South Africa	9: 1

Final placements

Pl.	team
1	North Korea
2	South Africa
3	New Zealand
4th	Republic of China (Taiwan)

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division II:	none
Promoted to Division I:	North Korea

Web links

• Internet presence of the IIHF (International Ice Hockey Federation) (English)
• World Junior Championships at hokej.snt.cz
• Championnat du monde des moins de 18 ans 1998/99 at hockeyarchives.info (french)