Men's Ice Hockey World Championship 1999

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	Winner: Czech Republic

The 63rd Ice Hockey World Championship took place in Norway in May 1999 . The Czech Republic became world champion for the eighth time . The other groups of the World Cup took place in Denmark (B-WM), the Netherlands (C-WM) and South Africa (D-WM). As in the previous year, 40 teams took part in these world championships, Iceland for the first time .

Overview

competition	place	date	sub- contractor	viewers total	Games	O
A world championship	Oslo , Hamar , Lillehammer	0May 1, 1999 - May 16, 1999	16	180.394	49	3,682
Qualification for the A-WM, Far East	Tokyo	04th Sep 1998 - Sep 6 1998 0	3		3
Qualification for the A-WM, group A.	Klagenfurt	0Nov 5, 1998 - Nov 8, 1998 0	4th		6th
Qualification for the A-WM, group B	Ljubljana	0Nov 5, 1998 - Nov 8, 1998 0	4th		6th
B world championship	Odense , Rødovre	0Apr 8, 1999 - Apr 17, 1999	8th		28
C world championship	Eindhoven , Tilburg	22 Mar 1999 - March 28 1999	7th		15th
D world championship	Krugersdorp	Apr 14, 1999 - Apr 20, 1999	9		18th

Mode and history

There were hardly any innovations compared to the previous year . Group A played in the same mode that year as in 1998 . For the first time, however, the Far East representative at the A-WM was determined by means of qualifying games. And for the first time the new promotion and relegation regulation came into force, which no longer provided for direct promotion and relegation between A and B groups. In addition to the Far East representative, four further World Cup participants were determined in an additional qualification. There were only four teams this year, as Norway, as a B group team, was allowed to move up directly to the A group due to its host role.

There were some changes in the C and D group areas. This year, the C-Group only played with seven teams, as Yugoslavia was excluded from the Ice Hockey World Championship at short notice due to the Kosovo war . The D-Gruppe, however, played with nine teams this season.

Qualification for the A World Championship

Far East qualification for the A World Championship

4th September 1998	Tokyo	Japan	-	China		15: 2
5th September 1998	Tokyo	China	-	South Korea		0: 1
September 6, 1998	Tokyo	Japan	-	South Korea		9: 2

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Japan	2	2	0	0	24: 4	+20	4-0
2	South Korea	2	1	0	1	3: 9	- 6	2: 2
3	China	2	0	0	2	2:16	-14	0: 4

Main qualification for the A world championship

Group A (in Klagenfurt, Austria)

November 5, 1998	Klagenfurt	United States	-	Kazakhstan		3: 0 (0: 0.2: 0.1: 0)
November 5, 1998	Klagenfurt	Austria	-	Estonia		6: 2 (1: 0.3: 2.2: 1)
November 7, 1998	Klagenfurt	United States	-	Estonia		7: 1 (4: 1.2: 0.1: 0)
November 7, 1998	Klagenfurt	Austria	-	Kazakhstan		6: 2 (0: 0.4: 2.2: 0)
November 8, 1998	Klagenfurt	Kazakhstan	-	Estonia		8: 0 (3: 0.2: 0.3: 0)
November 8, 1998	Klagenfurt	Austria	-	United States		0: 2 (0: 1.0: 0.0: 1)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	United States	3	3	0	0	12: 1	+11	6-0
2	Austria	3	2	0	1	12: 6	+ 6	4: 2
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	0	2	10: 9	+ 1	2: 4
4th	Estonia	3	0	0	3	3:21	-18	0: 6

Group B (in Ljubljana, Slovenia)

November 5, 1998	Ljubljana	Slovenia	-	Germany		1: 1 (0: 0.1: 1.0: 0)
November 5, 1998	Ljubljana	Ukraine	-	France		4: 1 (1: 0.3: 1.0: 0)
November 7, 1998	Ljubljana	Ukraine	-	Germany		2: 1 (0: 0.2: 1.0: 0)
November 7, 1998	Ljubljana	Slovenia	-	France		2: 5 (1: 0.1: 5.0: 0)
November 8, 1998	Ljubljana	France	-	Germany		3: 1 (1: 0.1: 1.1: 0)
November 8, 1998	Ljubljana	Slovenia	-	Ukraine		2: 2 (0: 0.2: 2.0: 0)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Ukraine	3	2	1	0	8: 4	+4	5: 1
2	France	3	2	0	1	9: 7	+2	4: 2
3	Slovenia	3	0	2	1	5: 8	-3	2: 4
4th	Germany	3	0	1	2	3: 6	-3	1: 5

Ascent and descent

Remaining in the A group:	USA, Austria, France, Japan
Relegated from the A group:	Kazakhstan, Germany
Promoted to the A group:	Ukraine
Remaining in group B:	Slovenia, Estonia

A world championship

The Group A World Cup was held at three venues - Oslo , Hamar and Lillehammer - in Norway . The team from the Czech Republic became the new world champion, winning their eighth title, including the successes of Czechoslovakia. In the final, the Czechs defeated the team from Finland very tightly by winning the extra time that became necessary after a victory and a defeat with 1-0. The bronze medal went to defending champion Sweden .

Preliminary round

Group A

May 1, 1999	Hamar	Canada	-	Slovakia		3: 2 (2: 0.1: 2.0: 0)
May 1, 1999	Hamar	Norway	-	Italy		5: 2 (1: 0.2: 2.2: 0)
May 3, 1999	Hamar	Slovakia	-	Italy		7: 4 (1: 0.5: 2.2: 1)
May 3, 1999	Hamar	Norway	-	Canada		2: 4 (1: 1.0: 2.1: 1)
May 5, 1999	Hamar	Canada	-	Italy		5: 2 (4: 0.1: 1.0: 1)
May 5, 1999	Hamar	Norway	-	Slovakia		2: 8 (1: 3.1: 2.0: 3)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Canada	3	3	0	0	12: 7	+5	6-0
2	Slovakia	3	2	0	1	17: 9	+8	4: 2
3	Norway	3	1	0	2	9:14	-5	2: 4
4th	Italy	3	0	0	3	8:17	-9	0: 6

Group B

May 2, 1999	Lillehammer	Switzerland	-	Latvia		5: 3 (2: 1.1: 3.0: 1)
May 2, 1999	Lillehammer	Sweden	-	France		4: 1 (1: 0.2: 0.1: 1)
May 4, 1999	Lillehammer	Latvia	-	France		8: 5 (2: 3.2: 2.4: 0)
May 4, 1999	Lillehammer	Sweden	-	Switzerland		6: 1 (2: 0.4: 0.0: 1)
May 6, 1999	Lillehammer	Switzerland	-	France		6: 0 (3: 0.2: 0.1: 0)
May 6, 1999	Lillehammer	Sweden	-	Latvia		4: 3 (1: 1.2: 0.1: 2)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Sweden	3	3	0	0	14: 5	+ 9	6-0
2	Switzerland	3	2	0	1	12:11	+ 1	4: 2
3	Latvia	3	1	0	2	14:14	0	2: 4
4th	France	3	0	0	3	6:18	-12	0: 6

Group C

May 1, 1999	Lillehammer	Czech Republic	-	Austria		7: 0 (2: 0.3: 0.2: 0)
May 1, 1999	Lillehammer	United States	-	Japan		7: 1 (3: 0.2: 1.2: 0)
May 3, 1999	Lillehammer	Czech Republic	-	Japan		12: 2 (4: 2.7: 0.1: 0)
May 3, 1999	Lillehammer	United States	-	Austria		5: 2 (1: 0.3: 0.1: 2)
May 5, 1999	Lillehammer	Czech Republic	-	United States		4: 3 (2: 1.1: 2.1: 0)
May 5, 1999	Lillehammer	Austria	-	Japan		4: 2 (3: 1.0: 0.1: 1)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Czech Republic	3	3	0	0	23: 5	+18	6-0
2	United States	3	2	0	1	15: 7	+ 8	4: 2
3	Austria	3	1	0	2	6:14	- 8th	2: 4
4th	Japan	3	0	0	3	5:23	-18	0: 6

Group D

May 2, 1999	Hamar	Russia	-	Belarus		2: 2 (1: 1.1: 0.0: 1)
May 2, 1999	Hamar	Finland	-	Ukraine		3: 1 (0: 0.1: 1.2: 0)
May 4, 1999	Hamar	Russia	-	Ukraine		4: 1 (0: 1.3: 0.1: 0)
May 4, 1999	Hamar	Finland	-	Belarus		4: 1 (2: 0.2: 0.0: 1)
May 6, 1999	Hamar	Belarus	-	Ukraine		6: 1 (2: 1.3: 0.1: 0)
May 6, 1999	Hamar	Russia	-	Finland		3: 3 (2: 0.1: 0.0: 3)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Finland	3	2	1	0	10: 5	+ 5	5: 1
2	Russia	3	1	2	0	9: 6	+ 3	4: 2
3	Belarus	3	1	1	1	9: 7	+ 2	3: 3
4th	Ukraine	3	0	0	3	3:13	-10	0: 6

Placement round for places 9–12, group G

May 8, 1999	Hamar	Latvia	-	Austria		2: 5 (1: 4.1: 0.0: 1)
May 8, 1999	Hamar	Norway	-	Belarus		0: 2 (0: 0.0: 1.0: 1)
May 10, 1999	Oslo	Belarus	-	Austria		3: 2 (1: 0.1: 0.1: 2)
May 10, 1999	Oslo	Norway	-	Latvia		1: 7 (0: 3.1: 1.0: 3)
May 11, 1999	Oslo	Belarus	-	Latvia		2: 1 (1: 0.1: 0.0: 1)
May 11, 1999	Oslo	Norway	-	Austria		0: 3 (0: 1.0: 2.0: 0)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Belarus	3	3	0	0	7: 3	+ 4	6-0
2	Austria	3	2	0	1	10: 5	+ 5	4: 2
3	Latvia	3	1	0	2	10: 8	+ 2	2: 4
4th	Norway	3	0	0	3	1:12	-11	0: 6

Intermediate round

Group E

May 7, 1999	Hamar	Canada	-	Switzerland		8: 2 (2: 0.4: 1.2: 1)
May 7, 1999	Hamar	Finland	-	United States		4: 3 (0: 1.3: 1.1: 1)
May 9, 1999	Hamar	Finland	-	Switzerland		5: 1 (3: 0.2: 1.0: 0)
May 9, 1999	Hamar	Canada	-	United States		4: 1 (1: 0.3: 0.0: 1)
May 10, 1999	Hamar	Finland	-	Canada		4: 2 (2: 0.2: 2.0: 0)
May 10, 1999	Hamar	United States	-	Switzerland		3: 0 (2: 0.0: 0.1: 0)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Finland	3	3	0	0	13: 6	+ 7	6-0
2	Canada	3	2	0	1	14: 7	+ 7	4: 2
3	United States	3	1	0	2	7: 8	- 1	2: 4
4th	Switzerland	3	0	0	3	3:16	-13	0: 6

Group F.

May 7, 1999	Lillehammer	Czech Republic	-	Russia		1: 6 (1: 3.0: 0.0: 3)
May 7, 1999	Lillehammer	Sweden	-	Slovakia		2: 1 (0: 0.2: 0.0: 1)
May 9, 1999	Lillehammer	Czech Republic	-	Slovakia		8: 2 (2: 2.4: 0.2: 0)
May 9, 1999	Lillehammer	Sweden	-	Russia		4: 1 (2: 0.2: 0.0: 1)
May 10, 1999	Lillehammer	Russia	-	Slovakia		2: 2 (0: 0.0: 2.2: 0)
May 10, 1999	Lillehammer	Czech Republic	-	Sweden		2: 0 (0: 0.2: 0.0: 0)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	11: 8	+3	4: 2
2	Sweden	3	2	0	1	6: 4	+2	4: 2
3	Russia	3	1	1	1	9: 7	+2	3: 3
4th	Slovakia	3	0	1	2	5:12	-7	1: 5

Play-offs

Semi-finals (Best of Two)
May 12, 1999	Oslo	Finland	-	Sweden		3: 1 (0: 0.2: 1.1: 0)
May 13, 1999	Oslo	Finland	-	Sweden		1: 2 (0: 0.0: 1.1: 1)
Tiebreaker 1-0 for Finland
May 12, 1999	Oslo	Czech Republic	-	Canada		1: 2 (0: 1.0: 1.1: 0)
May 13, 1999	Oslo	Czech Republic	-	Canada		6: 4 (2: 1.1: 1.3: 2)
Tiebreaker 1-0 for the Czech Republic
3rd place match
May 15, 1999	Oslo	Sweden	-	Canada		3: 2 (2: 0.1: 0.0: 2)
Finale (Best of Two)
May 15, 1999	Oslo	Czech Republic	-	Finland		3: 1 (1: 0.1: 0.1: 1)
May 16, 1999	Oslo	Czech Republic	-	Finland		1: 4 (0: 2.1: 1.0: 1)
Tiebreaker 1-0 for the Czech Republic

Final placement of the A-WM

Gold medal of the Czech national team

RF	team
1	Czech Republic
2	Finland
3	Sweden
4th	Canada
5	Russia
6th	United States
7th	Slovakia
8th	Switzerland
9	Belarus
10	Austria
11	Latvia
12	Norway
13	Italy
14th	Ukraine
15th	France
16	Japan

in the A-WM qualification :	Latvia , Norway , Italy , Ukraine , France , Japan
Relegated:	no relegation (after qualification)
Climbers	no promoter (after qualification)

Master teams

World champion Czech Republic	Roman Čechmánek , Milan Hnilička , Martin Prusek , František Kučera , Libor Procházka , Jaroslav Špaček , Ladislav Benýšek , David Výborný , Pavel Patera , Viktor Ujčík , Frantisek Kaberle , Roman Meluzín , Petr Sykora , Radek Dvorak , Martin Procházka , David Moravec , Pavel Kubina , Tomáš Vlasák , Martin Ručínský , Jan Hlaváč , Roman Šimíček , Tomáš Kucharčík , Jan Čaloun , Jiří Vykoukal Coaching staff : Ivan Hlinka , Josef Augusta and Vladimír Martinec
Silver Finland	Miikka Kiprusoff , ARI SULANDER , Vesa Toskala - Marko Kiprusoff , Petteri Nummelin , Kimmo Timonen , Aki Berg , Kari Martikainen , Antti-Jussi Niemi , Toni Lydman , Jere Karalahti - Teemu Selanne , Saku Koivu , Olli Jokinen , Raimo Helminen , Antti Törmänen , Ville Peltonen , Tomi Kallio , Mikko Eloranta , Toni Sihvonen , Juha Lind , Kimmo Rintanen , Marko Tuomainen Coaching staff : Hannu Aravirta , Esko Nokelainen , Jari Kaarela
Bronze Sweden	Magnus Eriksson , Johan Hedberg , Petter Rönnqvist , Tommy Salo - Pär Djoos , Anders Eriksson , Jan Huokko , Thomas Johansson , Kim Johnsson , Hans Jonsson , Jörgen Jönsson , Christer Olsson - Daniel Alfredsson , Nichlas Falk , Jan Larsson , Jesper Mattson , Ove Molin , Peter Nordström , Markus Näslund , Michael Nylander , Samuel Påhlsson , Daniel Sedin , Henrik Sedin , Niklas Sundström Coaching staff : Sune Bergman , Staffan Lundh and Stefan Lunner

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Most valuable player	Teemu Selänne	Finland
Best goalkeeper	Tommy Salo	Sweden
Best defender	František Kučera	Czech Republic
Best striker	Saku Koivu	Finland

All-Star Team

Attack:	Martin Ručínský - Saku Koivu - Teemu Selänne
Defense:	Pavel Kubina - Jere Karalahti
Goal:	Tommy Salo

Best scorer

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

team	player	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
	Saku Koivu	10	4th	12	16	+8	4th
	Teemu Selänne	11	3	8th	11	+5	2
	Markus Näslund	10	6th	4th	10	+6	16
	Žigmund Pálffy	6th	5	5	10	0	6th
	Jan Hlaváč	12	5	5	10	+7	4th
	Martin Ručínský	10	4th	6th	10	+6	16
	Alexei Yashin	6th	8th	1	9	+4	6th
	Daniel Alfredsson	10	4th	5	9	+5	5

B world championship

in Odense and Rødovre, Denmark

Games

April 8, 1999	Odense	Slovenia	-	Great Britain		1: 2 (0: 0.1: 1.0: 1)
April 8, 1999	Rødovre	Kazakhstan	-	Poland		5: 2 (3: 1.2: 0.0: 1)
April 8, 1999	Odense	Germany	-	Hungary		5: 2 (1: 1.3: 0.1: 1)
April 8, 1999	Rødovre	Denmark	-	Estonia		4: 2 (2: 1.1: 1.1: 0)
April 9, 1999	Odense	Estonia	-	Hungary		3: 2 (1: 1.2: 1.0: 0)
April 9, 1999	Rødovre	Germany	-	Poland		3: 1 (0: 1.3: 0.0: 0)
April 9, 1999	Odense	Denmark	-	Slovenia		4: 1 (3: 0.0: 0.1: 1)
April 9, 1999	Rødovre	Kazakhstan	-	Great Britain		0: 1 (0: 0.0: 0.0: 1)
April 11, 1999	Odense	Germany	-	Great Britain		3: 2 (1: 2.1: 0.1: 0)
April 11, 1999	Rødovre	Denmark	-	Kazakhstan		3: 1 (2: 0.1: 0.0: 1)
April 11, 1999	Odense	Estonia	-	Poland		3: 1 (1: 1.1: 0.1: 0)
April 11, 1999	Rødovre	Slovenia	-	Hungary		5: 1 (1: 1.2: 0.2: 0)
April 12, 1999	Odense	Kazakhstan	-	Hungary		5: 1 (2: 0.2: 1.1: 0)
April 12, 1999	Rødovre	Slovenia	-	Poland		4: 1 (2: 0.2: 0.0: 1)
April 12, 1999	Odense	Denmark	-	Germany		6: 1 (2: 0.2: 0.2: 1)
April 12, 1999	Rødovre	Estonia	-	Great Britain		2: 6 (1: 3.0: 0.1: 3)
April 14, 1999	Odense	Great Britain	-	Poland		4: 3 (1: 3.2: 0.1: 0)
April 14, 1999	Rødovre	Germany	-	Estonia		4: 1 (2: 0.0: 1.2: 0)
April 14, 1999	Odense	Kazakhstan	-	Slovenia		4: 0 (2: 0.1: 0.1: 0)
April 14, 1999	Rødovre	Denmark	-	Hungary		5: 1 (2: 0.3: 1.0: 0)
April 15, 1999	Odense	Kazakhstan	-	Estonia		5: 3 (1: 1.4: 1.0: 1)
April 15, 1999	Rødovre	Great Britain	-	Hungary		4: 2 (3: 0.1: 2.0: 0)
April 15, 1999	Odense	Denmark	-	Poland		3: 1 (1: 1.2: 0.0: 0)
April 15, 1999	Rødovre	Germany	-	Slovenia		2: 0 (0: 0.1: 0.1: 0)
April 17, 1999	Odense	Slovenia	-	Estonia		3: 3 (1: 1.1: 1.1: 1)
April 17, 1999	Rødovre	Germany	-	Kazakhstan		1: 5 (1: 2.0: 2.0: 1)
April 17, 1999	Odense	Poland	-	Hungary		6: 1 (0: 0.2: 1.4: 0)
April 17, 1999	Rødovre	Denmark	-	Great Britain		5: 5 (1: 1.3: 3.1: 1)

Final table of the B-WM

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Denmark	7th	6th	1	0	30:12	+18	13: 1
2.	Great Britain	7th	5	1	1	24:16	+8	11: 3
3.	Kazakhstan	7th	5	0	2	25:11	+14	10: 4
4th	Germany	7th	5	0	2	19:17	+2	10: 4
5.	Slovenia	7th	2	1	4th	14:17	−3	5: 9
6th	Estonia	7th	2	1	4th	17:25	−8	5: 9
7th	Poland	7th	1	0	6th	15:23	−8	2:12
8th.	Hungary	7th	0	0	7th	10:33	−23	0:14

Ascent and descent

B-World Champion 1999:	Denmark
Promoted to the A group:	no promoter (after qualification )
Participants in the qualification for the A group:	Denmark, Great Britain, Kazakhstan
Relegated from the A group:	no relegation (after qualification)
Relegated to the C group:	Hungary
Newcomers from the C group:	Netherlands

Awards

All-Star Team

Attack:	Pawel Kamenzew - Heinz Ehlers - Kim Staal
Defense:	Jesper Duus - Darren Durdle
Goal:	Dan Jensen

C world championship

in Eindhoven and Tilburg, the Netherlands

Preliminary round

Group A

April 5, 1999	Eindhoven	Netherlands	-	Bulgaria		13: 0 (3: 0.6: 0.4: 0)
April 5, 1999	Eindhoven	China	-	Croatia		5: 3 (1: 2.2: 1.2: 0)
April 6, 1999	Eindhoven	China	-	Bulgaria		5: 1 (1: 0.2: 1.2: 0)
April 6, 1999	Eindhoven	Netherlands	-	Croatia		7: 1 (3: 1.3: 0.1: 0)
April 8, 1999	Eindhoven	Croatia	-	Bulgaria		11: 1 (3: 1.4: 0.4: 0)
April 8, 1999	Tilburg	Netherlands	-	China		8: 0 (3: 0.4: 0.1: 0)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	28: 1	+27	6-0
2	China	3	2	0	1	10:12	- 2nd	4: 2
3	Croatia	3	1	0	2	15:13	+ 2	2: 4
4th	Bulgaria	3	0	0	3	2:29	-27	0: 6

Group B

April 5, 1999	Tilburg	Romania	-	South Korea		8: 3 (3: 1.0: 2.5: 0)
April 7, 1999	Eindhoven	Lithuania	-	South Korea		4: 4 (1: 3.3: 1.0: 0)
April 8, 1999	Eindhoven	Romania	-	Lithuania		5: 2 (1: 1.3: 0.1: 1)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Romania	2	2	0	0	13: 5	+8	4-0
2	Lithuania	2	0	1	1	6: 9	-3	1: 3
3	South Korea	2	0	1	1	7:12	-5	1: 3

Relegation round for places 5–7

(direct comparisons of the preliminary round have been adopted)

April 10, 1999	Eindhoven	South Korea	-	Croatia		5: 5 (2: 2.1: 3.2: 0)
April 11, 1999	Eindhoven	South Korea	-	Bulgaria		6: 5 (1: 0.2: 5.3: 0)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Croatia	2	1	1	0	16: 6	+10	3: 1
2	South Korea	2	1	1	0	11:10	+ 1	3: 1
3	Bulgaria	2	0	0	2	6:17	-11	0: 4

Final round for places 1–4

(direct comparisons of the preliminary round have been adopted)

April 10, 1999	Eindhoven	Netherlands	-	Lithuania		6: 1 (3: 0.2: 0.1: 1)
April 10, 1999	Tilburg	Romania	-	China		10: 2 (4: 0.4: 1.2: 1)
April 11, 1999	Tilburg	Netherlands	-	Romania		9: 1 (4: 0.3: 0.2: 1)
April 11, 1999	Eindhoven	Lithuania	-	China		4: 4 (0: 3.4: 1.0: 0)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	23: 2	+21	6-0
2	Romania	3	2	0	1	16:13	+ 3	4: 2
3	Lithuania	3	0	1	2	7:15	- 8th	1: 5
4th	China	3	0	1	2	6:22	-16	1: 5

Final placement of the C-WM

RF	team
1	Netherlands
2	Romania
3	Lithuania
4th	People's Republic of China
5	Croatia
6th	South Korea
7th	Bulgaria

Ascent and descent

C world champion 1999:	Netherlands
Moving up to the B group:	Netherlands
Relegated from group B:	Hungary
Relegated to the D group:	no relegation
Newcomers to the C group:	Spain

D world championship

in Krugersdorp, South Africa

Preliminary round

Group A

April 14, 1999	Krugersdorp	Spain	-	Greece		6: 0 (3: 0.2: 0.1: 0)
April 15, 1999	Krugersdorp	New Zealand	-	Greece		3: 1 (2: 1.0: 0.1: 0)
April 16, 1999	Krugersdorp	Spain	-	New Zealand		24: 1 (14: 0.3: 1.7: 0)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Spain	2	2	0	0	30: 1	+29	4-0
2	New Zealand	2	1	0	1	4:25	-21	2: 2
3	Greece	2	0	0	2	1: 9	- 8th	0: 4

Group B

April 14, 1999	Krugersdorp	Australia	-	Turkey		20: 1 (8: 0.3: 1.9: 0)
April 15, 1999	Krugersdorp	South Africa	-	Turkey		18: 1 (5: 1.6: 0.7: 0)
April 16, 1999	Krugersdorp	South Africa	-	Australia		1: 6 (1: 4.0: 1.0: 1)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Australia	2	2	0	0	26: 2	+24	4-0
2	South Africa	2	1	0	1	19: 7	+12	2: 2
3	Turkey	2	0	0	2	2:38	-26	0: 4

Group C

April 14, 1999	Krugersdorp	Israel	-	Iceland		11: 0 (5: 0.4: 0.2: 0)
April 15, 1999	Krugersdorp	Belgium	-	Iceland		14: 0 (2: 0.7: 0.5: 0)
April 16, 1999	Krugersdorp	Israel	-	Belgium		6: 2 (3: 0.2: 1.1: 1)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Israel	2	2	0	0	17: 2	+15	4-0
2	Belgium	2	1	0	1	16: 6	+10	2: 2
3	Iceland	2	0	0	2	0:25	-25	0: 4

Placement round for places 7–9

April 18, 1999	Krugersdorp	Turkey	-	Iceland		2: 3 (1: 1.1: 1.0: 1)
April 19, 1999	Krugersdorp	Greece	-	Iceland		8: 6 (2: 2.2: 2.4: 2)
April 20, 1999	Krugersdorp	Greece	-	Turkey		1: 3 (0: 1.0: 1.1: 1)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Turkey	2	1	0	1	4: 3	+1	2: 2
2	Greece	2	1	0	1	9: 9	0	2: 2
3	Iceland	2	1	0	1	9:10	-1	2: 2

Placement round for places 4–6

April 18, 1999	Krugersdorp	South Africa	-	Belgium		1: 6 (0: 0.1: 5.0: 1)
April 19, 1999	Krugersdorp	Belgium	-	New Zealand		10: 2 (4: 0.1: 2.5: 0)
April 20, 1999	Krugersdorp	South Africa	-	New Zealand		4: 1 (1: 0.1: 1.2: 0)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Belgium	2	2	0	0	16: 3	+13	4-0
2	South Africa	2	1	0	1	5: 7	- 2nd	2: 2
3	New Zealand	2	0	0	2	3:14	-11	0: 4

Final round for places 1–3

April 18, 1999	Krugersdorp	Israel	-	Australia		2: 0 (1: 0.0: 0.1: 0)
April 19, 1999	Krugersdorp	Spain	-	Israel		3: 3 (0: 0.2: 2.1: 1)
April 20, 1999	Krugersdorp	Spain	-	Australia		5: 3 (2: 0.2: 2.1: 1)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Spain +	2	1	1	0	8: 6	+2	3: 1
2	Israel +	2	1	1	0	5: 3	+2	3: 1
3	Australia	2	0	0	2	3: 7	-4	0: 4

+ Number of more goals scored decided for Spain

Final placement of the D-WM

RF	team
1	Spain
2	Israel
3	Australia
4th	Belgium
5	South Africa
6th	New Zealand
7th	Turkey
8th	Greece
9	Iceland

Ascent and descent

D World Champion 1999:	Spain
Newcomers to the C group:	Spain
Relegated from the C group:	no relegation

See also

• Ice Hockey World Championship 1999 (overview)
• 1999 Women's Ice Hockey World Championship
• Ice hockey world championship of the U18 juniors 1999
• Ice Hockey World Championship for U20 Juniors 1999

Web links

• Championnats du monde 1999 at hockeyarchives.info (French)
• World Senior Championship