Ice Hockey World Championship for U20 Juniors 1999

	U20 Junior World Championship
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	Winner: Russia

The 23rd ice hockey world championships of the U20 juniors of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF were the ice hockey world championships in 1999 in the under-20s age group. Between December 26, 1998 and January 5, 1999, a total of 35 national teams took part in the four A to D group tournaments of the World Cup.

The world champion was the first time the team of Russia , which in the final Canada a narrow 3: 2 in the extension could conquer. With the ten titles that the USSR had previously collected, it was the eleventh title for the Russians, who caught up with record world champions Canada. The German team missed direct promotion after relegation last year by finishing fourth in the B World Cup. The Switzerland prevented through ninth place in the A-group relegation in the B group, Austria finished second in the C-group in fourth place.

For the first time in 1999 , a world championship in the under-eighteen-year-olds (U18) was held.

Overview U20 Junior World Championships

competition	place	date	sub- contractor	viewers total	Games	O
A world championship	Winnipeg Brandon Selkirk Portage la Prairie Morden Teulon	Dec 26, 1998 - Jan 5, 1999 0	10	173.453	31	5,598
B world championship	Székesfehérvár Dunaújváros	Dec 27, 1998 - Jan 3, 1999 0	8th		23
C world championship	Elektrėnai Kaunas	Dec 30, 1998 - Jan 3, 1999 0	8th		16
D world championship	Novi Sad	Dec 29, 1998 - Jan 4, 1999 0	9		18th

Participants, venues and periods

• A World Championship: December 26, 1998 to January 5, 1999 in Winnipeg , Brandon , Selkirk , Portage la Prairie , Morden and Teulon , Manitoba , Canada

  Participants: Finland (defending champion) , Canada , Kazakhstan , Russia , Sweden , Switzerland , Slovakia , Czech Republic , USA , Belarus (promoted)           

• B World Championship: December 27, 1998 to January 3, 1999 in Székesfehérvár and Dunaújváros , Hungary

  Participants: Denmark (newly promoted) , Germany (relegated) , France , Latvia , Norway , Poland , Ukraine , Hungary          

• C World Championship: December 30, 1998 to January 3, 1999 in Elektrėnai and Kaunas , Lithuania

  Participants: Estonia , Great Britain , Italy , Japan (relegated) , Croatia , Lithuania (promoted) , Austria , Slovenia          

• D World Championship: December 29, 1998 to January 4, 1999 in Novi Sad , FR Yugoslavia

  Participants: Bulgaria , Iceland (newcomer) , Federal Republic of Yugoslavia , Mexico , Netherlands , Romania (relegated) , Spain , South Africa , Turkey           

A world championship

1999 World Cup for U20 Juniors
Number of nations	10
World Champion	Russia
silver	Canada
bronze	Slovakia
Relegated	Belarus
Venue (s)	Winnipeg , Brandon , Selkirk , Portage la Prairie , Morden & Teulon , Manitoba , Canada
opening	December 26, 1998
Endgame	January 5, 1999
spectator	173,453 (5,598 per game)
Gates	225 (7.26 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Roberto Luongo
Best defender	Vitaly Vishnewski
Best striker	Maxim Afinogenov
Top scorer	Brian Gionta (11 points)

The U20 World Cup was held from December 26, 1998 to January 5, 1999 in six cities in the Canadian province of Manitoba . It was played mainly in the provincial capital Winnipeg with the 13,767 seated Winnipeg Arena . The other venues were Brandon , Selkirk , Portage la Prairie , Morden and Teulon .

Ten national teams took part in the tournament, playing in two groups of five teams each. The world championship was secured by Russia, which won the final 3-2 in overtime against hosts Canada.

Group A	Group B
Finland	Russia
Czech Republic	Switzerland
United States	Sweden
Canada	Kazakhstan
Slovakia	Belarus

mode

After the group matches in the preliminary round, the two group winners qualify directly for the semi-finals. The runners-up and thirds in the group each play a qualifying game for participation in the semi-finals. The fourth and fifth of the group games contest - if the result of the direct encounter from the preliminary round is taken with them - the relegation round and determine a relegated group in the B group of the World Cup.

Venues

The tournament was held in the south of the Canadian province of Manitoba at a total of six venues. In addition to the main venue Winnipeg with the 13,767 seat Winnipeg Arena , where the majority of the 31 tournament games - namely 14 - were played, Brandon (7 games), Selkirk (4), Portage la Prairie (3), Morden (2) and Teulon were used (1) as additional venues. A total of 173,453 spectators saw the games of the tournament in the six venues. This set a new attendance record for the U20 Junior World Championships.

Winnipeg	Winnipeg Brandon Selkirk Portage la Prairie Murder Teulon World Championship venues	Brandon
Winnipeg Arena Capacity: 13,767		KeyStone Center Capacity: 6,014
Selkirk		Portage la Prairie
Selkirk Recreation Complex Capacity: 2,571		Portage Centennial Arena Capacity:
Murder		Teulon
Morden Recreation Center Capacity:		Teulon-Rockwood Arena Capacity: approx. 1,000

Preliminary round

Group A

December 26, 1998

Slovakia

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

Czech Republic

KeyStone Center, Brandon Spectators: 2,496

December 26, 1998

United States

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

Finland

Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg spectators: 7,592

December 27, 1998

Canada

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

Slovakia

KeyStone Center, Brandon Spectators: 5,484

December 28, 1998

Czech Republic

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

United States

KeyStone Center, Brandon Spectators: 3,258

December 28, 1998

Finland

4: 6 (0: 3, 3: 1, 1: 2)

Canada

Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg spectators: 13,225

December 29, 1998

Finland

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

Slovakia

Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg

December 30, 1998

Czech Republic

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

Canada

Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg spectators: 13,225

December 30, 1998

Slovakia

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

United States

Selkirk Recreation Complex, Selkirk audience: 2,021

December 31, 1998

Canada

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

United States

Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg spectators: 13,225

December 31, 1998

Finland

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

Czech Republic

Selkirk Recreation Complex, Selkirk audience: 2,047

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Slovakia	4th	3	1	0	10: 07	7th
2.	Canada	4th	2	1	1	10: 09	5
3.	Finland	4th	2	0	2	13:12	4th
4th	Czech Republic	4th	1	0	3	15:16	2
5.	United States	4th	1	0	3	13:16	2

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats
Explanations: semi-final qualifier , quarter-final qualifier , relegation round qualifier

Group B

December 26, 1998

Sweden

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

Russia

Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg Spectators: 7,609

December 26, 1998

Switzerland

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

Belarus

Selkirk Recreation Complex, Selkirk audience: 1,571

December 27, 1998

Kazakhstan

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

Belarus

Portage Centennial Arena, Portage la Prairie spectators: 1,350

December 28, 1998

Switzerland

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

Sweden

Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg spectators: 6,191

December 28, 1998

Russia

7: 0 (0: 0, 4: 0, 3: 0)

Kazakhstan

Portage Centennial Arena, Portage la Prairie Spectators: 1,295

December 29, 1998

Russia

10: 0 (3: 0, 1: 0, 6: 0)

Belarus

KeyStone Center, Brandon

December 30, 1998

Kazakhstan

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

Switzerland

KeyStone Center, Brandon Spectators: 1,971

December 30, 1998

Sweden

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

Belarus

Morden Recreation Center, Morden audience: 1,200

December 31, 1998

Russia

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

Switzerland

KeyStone Center, Brandon Spectators: 2,240

December 31, 1998

Kazakhstan

4:11 (1: 4, 0: 4, 3: 3)

Sweden

Teulon-Rockwood Arena, Teulon Spectators: 1,072

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Sweden	4th	4th	0	0	25:11	8th
2.	Russia	4th	3	0	1	25: 04	6th
3.	Kazakhstan	4th	1	1	2	07:20	3
4th	Switzerland	4th	1	0	3	05:17	2
5.	Belarus	4th	0	1	3	09:21	1

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats
Explanations: semi-final qualifier , quarter-final qualifier , relegation round qualifier

Relegation round

January 3, 1999

Czech Republic

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

Belarus

Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg

January 3, 1999

Switzerland

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

United States

Portage Centennial Arena, Portage la Prairie

January 4, 1999

United States

7: 2 (2: 1, 3: 1, 2: 0)

Belarus

Morden Recreation Center, Morden

January 4, 1999

Czech Republic

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

Switzerland

Selkirk Recreation Complex, Selkirk

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Czech Republic	3	3	0	0	21: 09	6th
2.	United States	3	2	0	1	15:12	4th
3.	Switzerland	3	1	0	2	12:13	2
4th	Belarus	3	0	0	3	07:21	0

Note: The preliminary round matches Switzerland - Belarus (4: 3) and the Czech Republic - USA (6: 3) are included in the table.
Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats
Explanations: Relegated to the B group

Final round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

A2

Canada

6th

A2

Canada

12

B1

Sweden

1

B3

Kazakhstan

2

A2

Canada

2

B2

Russia

3

A1

Slovakia

2

B2

Russia

2

B2

Russia

3

3rd place match

A3

Finland

1

A1

Slovakia

5

B1

Sweden

4th

Play for 5th place

A3

Finland

6th

B3

Kazakhstan

1

Quarter finals

January 2, 1999

Russia

2: 1 n.V. (1: 0, 0: 2, 1: 0, 1: 0)

Finland

Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg spectators: 6,960

January 2, 1999

Canada

12: 2 (3: 0, 5: 0, 4: 2)

Kazakhstan

Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg spectators: 13,225

Play for 5th place

January 5, 1999

Finland O. Väänänen (2:06) M. Kauppinen (14:50) E.Somervuori (23:33) M. Mannikkö (31:59) E. Somervuori (40:35) T. Koskela (58:39)

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

Kazakhstan N. Antropov (3:15)

KeyStone Center, Brandon

Semifinals

January 4, 1999

Canada K. McDonell (15:01) S. Gagné (23:18) D. Tkaczuk (35:41) B. Leeb (41:22) B. Ference (43:48) K. Calder (48:35)

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

Sweden M. Karlin (11:31)

Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg spectators: 13,225

January 4, 1999

Slovakia M. Cibák (31:29) M. Hudec (32:03)

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

Russia M. Balmochnych (1:29) J. Dobryschkin (15:04) S. Werenikin (23:22)

Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg Spectators: 11,005

3rd place match

January 5, 1999

Slovakia P. Sejna (15:19) L. Nagy (16:20) L. Nagy (36:24) M. Bartek (45:02) L. Nagy (55:03)

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

Sweden D. Sedin (21:00) D. Sedin (25:01) C. Berglund (34:52) N. Persson (59:39)

Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg

final

January 5, 1999

Canada S. Gagné (29:59) B. Allen (53:52)

2: 3 n.V. (0: 1, 1: 1, 1: 0, 0: 1)

Russia A. Tschubarow (19:07) M. Balmochnych (34:23) A. Tschubarow (65:13)

Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg spectators: 13,225

statistics

Best scorer

Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points, +/- = plus / minus , SM = penalty minutes; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Brian Gionta	United States	6th	6th	5	11	−1	6th
Daniel Tkaczuk	Canada	7th	6th	4th	10	+1	10
Daniel Sedin	Sweden	6th	5	5	10	+6	2
Scott Gomez	United States	6th	3	7th	10	+2	4th
Henrik Sedin	Sweden	6th	3	6th	9	+7	10
Tomáš Divíšek	Czech Republic	6th	2	7th	9	+2	6th
Simon Gagné	Canada	7th	7th	1	8th	+9	2
Eero Somervuori	Finland	6th	4th	4th	8th	± 0	2
Christian Berglund	Sweden	6th	4th	4th	8th	+5	33
Nikolai Antropov	Kazakhstan	6th	3	5	8th		14th
Niklas Hagman	Finland	6th	3	5	8th	+3	2

Best goalkeeper

Abbreviations: GP = games, TOI = ice age (in minutes), SOG = shots on goal, GA = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , Sv = shots saved, Sv% = shots saved (in%), catch rate , GAA = average goal conceded, PIM = Penalty minutes; Fat: tournament best

player	team	GP	TOI	SO-CALLED	GA	ATM	Sv	Sv%	SO
Alexei Volkov	Russia	7th	407: 27	155	10	1.47	145	93.55	0
Roberto Luongo	Canada	7th	405: 13	224	13	1.92	211	94.20	2
Mika Lehto	Finland	4th	206: 52	119	8th	2.32	111	93.28	0
Ján Lašák	Slovakia	6th	359: 48	192	14th	2.33	178	92.71	1
Vlastimil Lakosil	Czech Republic	6th	358: 55	195	18th	3.01	177	90.77	0

Final placements

Pl.	team
1	Russia
2	Canada
3	Slovakia
4th	Sweden
5	Finland
6th	Kazakhstan
7th	Czech Republic
8th	United States
9	Switzerland
10	Belarus

Title, promotion and relegation

World Champion Russia

Maxim Afinogenov , Denis Arkhipov , Maxim Balmotschnych , Yuri Dobryschkin , Mikhail Donika , Yuri Gerasimov , Konstantin Gusev , Dmitri Kirilenko , Dmitri Kokorew , Roman Ljaschenko , Artyom Maryam , Maxim Maslennikov , Andrei Nikitenko , Alexander Rjasanzew , Kirill Safronov , Denis Schwidki , Alexander Sewachin , Petr Stschastliwy , Artyom Tschubarow , Sergei Werenikin , Vitali Vishnevsky , Alexei Volkov Coaching staff: Gennadi Zygurow , Valentin Gurejew

Silver Canada

Bryan Allen , Blair Betts , Tyler Bouck , Kyle Calder , Brian Campbell , Jason Chimera , Harold Druken , Rico Fata , Andrew Ference , Brad Ference , Brian Finley , Simon Gagné , Brad Leeb , Roberto Luongo , Adam Mair , Kent McDonell , Brenden Morrow , Chris Nielsen , Matt Pettinger , Robyn Regehr , Brad Stuart , Daniel Tkaczuk , Mike Van Ryn , Jason Ward Trainers: Tom Renney

Bronze Slovakia

Martin Bartek , Zoltán Bátovský , Martin Čakajík , Martin Cibák , Marián Gáborík , Ladislav Harabin , Michal Hudec , Martin Hujsa , Michal Košík , Karol Križan , Ján Lašák , Roman Macoszek , Branislav Mezei , Tomáš NÁDASDI , Ladislav Nagy , Vladimír Nemec , Ľubomír Pištek , Peter Podhradský , Marek Priechodský , Peter Sejna , Juraj Slovák , Peter Smrek , Miroslav Zálešák Trainer: Ján Filc

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

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Best goalkeeper	Roberto Luongo	Canada
Best defender	Vitaly Vishnewski	Russia
Best striker	Maxim Afinogenov	Russia

All-Star Team

Attack:	Maxim Balmochnych - Daniel Tkaczuk - Brian Gionta
Defense:	Brian Campbell - Witali Wischnewski
Goal:	Roberto Luongo

B world championship

The tournament of group B of the World Cup was held in Hungary at two venues - in Székesfehérvár and Dunaújváros . At the end of the tournament, the Ukrainian U20 national team won the tournament and was promoted to the A group, while the host Hungarians were relegated to the C group.

Venues

Székesfehérvár	Dunaújváros
Ice rink Székesfehérvár Capacity: 3,500	Dunaújvárosi Jégcsarnok Capacity: 3,500

Preliminary round

Group A Teams DAN LAT GER HUN Gates Pt. 1. Denmark  4: 3 2: 1 2: 3 8: 7 4: 2 2. Latvia  3: 4 3: 1 2-0 8: 5 4: 2 3. Germany  1: 2 1: 3 8-0 10: 5 2: 4 4. Hungary  3: 2 0: 2 0: 8 3:12 2: 4

Group B Teams UKR POLE NOR FRA Gates Pt. 1. Ukraine  3: 3 5: 3 7: 3 15: 9 5: 1 2. Poland  3: 3 5: 2 3: 5 11:10 3: 3 3. Norway  3: 5 2: 5 7: 3 12:13 2: 4 4. France  3: 7 5: 3 3: 7 11:17 2: 4

Relegation round

against relegation (Best of Three)

January 1, 1999	Dunaújváros	Hungary	-	France	1: 3 (0: 2.1: 1.0: 0)
January 2, 1999	Dunaújváros	Hungary	-	France	1: 9 (0: 1.1: 4.0: 4)

Final round

for places 1–6

Teams	UKR	POLE	DAN	GER	LAT	NOR	Gates	Pt.
1. Ukraine		(3: 3)	7: 3	5: 1	6: 1	(5: 3)	26:11	9: 1
2. Poland	(3: 3)		2: 2	3: 2	4: 2	(5: 2)	17:11	8: 2
3. Denmark	3: 7	2: 2		(2: 1)	(4: 3)	5: 2	16:15	7: 3
4. Germany	1: 5	2: 3	(1: 2)		(1: 3)	6: 1	11:13	2: 8
5. Latvia	1: 6	2: 4	(3: 4)	(3: 1)		1: 2	10:17	2: 8
6. Norway	(3: 5)	(2: 5)	2: 5	1: 6	2: 1		10:22	2: 8

Final placements

RF	team
1	Ukraine
2	Poland
3	Denmark
4th	Germany
5	Latvia
6th	Norway
7th	France
8th	Hungary

Ascent and descent

Junior B World Champion 1999:	Ukraine
Promoted to the A group:	Ukraine
Relegated from the A group:	Belarus
Relegated to the C group:	Hungary
Newcomers from the C group:	Italy

C world championship

The U20 Junior C World Championship was played at two venues in Lithuania: Elektrėnai and Kaunas . The tournament was won by the Italian U20 national team, which was promoted to the B group of the World Cup. The Croatian selection took last place and had to accept relegation to the D group.

Venues

Elektrėnai	Kaunas
Ledo Rumai Capacity: 2,000	Ledos Arena Capacity: 300

Preliminary round

Group A Teams JPN AUT LTU CRO Gates Pt. 1. Japan  7: 1 4: 1 5: 2 16: 4 6-0 2. Austria  1: 7 5: 2 9: 2 15:11 4: 2 3. Lithuania  1: 4 2: 5 5: 5 8:14 1: 5 4. Croatia  2: 5 2: 9 5: 5 9:19 1: 5

Group B Teams ITA SLO EST GBR Gates Pt. 1. Italy  4: 2 0: 2 5: 2 9: 6 4: 2 2. Slovenia  2: 4 5: 4 6: 1 13: 9 4: 2 3. Estonia  2-0 4: 5 3: 3 9: 8 3: 3 4. Great Britain  2: 5 1: 6 3: 3 6:14 1: 5

Finals and placement games

Relegation game for 7th place
January 3, 1999	Kaunas	Great Britain	-	Croatia	3: 1 (1: 0.1: 1.1: 0)
Play for 5th place
January 3, 1999	Kaunas	Lithuania	-	Estonia	3: 4 n.V. (2: 2.1: 1.0: 0.0: 1)
3rd place match
January 3, 1999	Kaunas	Slovenia	-	Austria	6: 2 (3: 1.3: 0.0: 1)
final
January 3, 1999	Kaunas	Italy	-	Japan	1: 0 (0: 0.1: 0.0: 0)

Final placements

RF	team
1	Italy
2	Japan
3	Slovenia
4th	Austria
5	Estonia
6th	Lithuania
7th	Great Britain
8th	Croatia

Ascent and descent

Junior C World Champion 1999:	Italy
Moving up to the B group:	Italy
Relegated from group B:	Hungary
Relegated to the D group:	Croatia
Newcomers to the C group:	BR Yugoslavia

D world championship

in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia

Preliminary round

Group A Teams ROME RSA BUL Gates Pt. 1. Romania  5-0 25: 0 30: 0 4-0 2. South Africa  0: 5 10: 4 10: 9 2: 2 3. Bulgaria  0:25 4:10 4:35 0: 4	Group B Teams NED MEX DOOR Gates Pt. 1. Netherlands  7: 3 37: 0 44: 3 4-0 2. Mexico  3: 7 28: 1 31: 8 2: 2 3. Turkey  0:37 1:28 1:65 0: 4
Group C Teams YUG ESP ISL Gates Pt. 1st Federal Republic of Yugoslavia  6: 1 15: 1 21: 2 4-0 2. Spain  1: 6 5: 5 6:11 1: 3 3. Iceland  1:15 5: 5 6:20 1: 3

Finals and placement rounds

Placement round for places 7–9 Teams BUL ISL DOOR Gates Pt. 1. Bulgaria 9: 2 12: 0 21: 2 4-0 2. Iceland 2: 9 16: 0 18: 9 2: 2 3. Turkey 0:12 0:16 0:28 0: 4	Placement round for places 4–6 Teams ESP MEX RSA Gates Pt. 1. Spain 4: 2 6: 2 10: 4 4-0 2. Mexico 2: 4 7: 1 9: 5 2: 2 3. South Africa 2: 6 1: 7 3:13 0: 4
Final round for places 1–3 Teams YUG NED ROME Gates Pt. 1st Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 4: 1 5: 1 9: 2 4-0 2. Netherlands 1: 4 6: 2 7: 6 2: 2 3. Romania 1: 5 2: 6 3:11 0: 4

Final placements

RF	team
1	BR Yugoslavia
2	Netherlands
3	Romania
4th	Spain
5	Mexico
6th	South Africa
7th	Bulgaria
8th	Iceland
9	Turkey

Ascent and descent

Junior D World Champion 1999:	BR Yugoslavia
Newcomers to the C group:	BR Yugoslavia
Relegated from the C group:	Croatia

Web links

• Internet presence of the IIHF (International Ice Hockey Federation) (English)
• 1999 IIHF World Junior Championship at hockeycanada.ca
• World Junior Championships at hokej.snt.cz
• Championnat du monde des moins de 20 ans 1998/99 at hockeyarchives.info (french)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ hockeycanada.com, Roster Russia
2. ↑ hockeycanada.ca, 1999 World Junior Championships