Men's Ice Hockey World Championship 2000

	Ice Hockey World Championship
	◄ previous	2000	next ►
	Winner: Czech Republic

The 64th Ice Hockey World Championship in 2000 was held in Russian Saint Petersburg instead. The Czech team successfully defended their title and won their ninth world championship. The surprising final opponent was the team from Slovakia . The host team from Russia experienced a real disaster, with their eleventh place achieving the worst result of all time.

The B, C and D groups of the World Cup took place in Poland , the People's Republic of China and Iceland . 42 teams took part in these world championships, a new record.

Overview

competition	place	date	sub- contractor	viewers total	Games	O
A world championship	St. Petersburg	Apr 29, 2000 - May 14, 2000	16	318,449	56	5,686
Qualification for the A-WM, Far East	Aomori	03rd Sep 1999 - Sep 5 1999 0	3	3,350	3	1,167
Qualification for the A-WM, group A.	Sheffield	Nov 11, 1999 - Nov 14, 1990	4th		6th
Qualification for the A-WM, group B	Amiens	Nov 11, 1999 - Nov 14, 1990	4th	8,630	6th	1,438
Qualification for the A-WM, play-off	Eindhoven	Dec 14, 1999 - Nov 14, 1990	2		1
B world championship	Katowice	Apr 12, 2000 - Apr 21, 2000	8th	53,280	28	1,903
C world championship	Beijing	20 Mar 2000 - March 26th 2000	9	22,900	18th	1,272
D world championship	Reykjavík	Apr 10, 2000 - Apr 16, 200	9		18th

mode

There were again changes compared to the previous year . The direct ascent between A and B group was reintroduced. This year the winner of the B group rose directly to the A group, while the sixteenth of the A group was relegated directly to the B group. If the sixteenth was the representative from the Far East, the fifteenth had to relegate to the B group. From next year onwards, qualification in the run-up to the World Cup only took place to determine the Far East representative. The new promotion and relegation regulation had consequences for the hosting of the A-WM. After completing the preliminary round, which was still played in four groups, it was not the first two but the first three of each group that made it to the intermediate round. The intermediate round itself was now played in two groups of six, with the first four of each group reaching the quarter-finals. The tournament was over for the fifth and sixth placed. Quarter-, semi-finals and final were played in a single duel, which was not the case in the two previous years "Best of Two". For the fourth-placed of the four preliminary round groups, the tournament was not over after the preliminary round, as in the previous years, but they played a relegation round, whereby the last placed had to be relegated to the B group, unless, as already mentioned, the Far East representative acted.

A comprehensive reform of the World Cup in the substructure of the A-World Cup was planned for the coming year . B and C groups should be increased to twelve teams each. Of course, this had an impact on promotion and relegation.

The C group played again this year with nine teams. The boycott against Yugoslavia had meanwhile been lifted and the team was therefore allowed to resume their traditional place in Group C. The D group also played with nine teams again.

Qualification for the A World Championship

Far East qualification

The Far East qualification was held in Aomori , Japan .

September 3, 1999 6:30 p.m.

China

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

South Korea

Aomori audience: 550

September 4, 1999 6:30 p.m.

Japan

9: 0 (3: 0, 2: 0, 4: 0)

South Korea

Aomori audience: 1,250

September 5, 1999 5:30 p.m.

Japan

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

China

Aomori audience: 1,550

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Japan	2	2	0	0	14: 00	4-0
2.	China	2	1	0	1	04: 07	2: 2
3.	South Korea	2	0	0	2	02:13	0: 4

Qualification for the A World Championship

Group A (in Sheffield, UK)

November 11, 1999

Latvia

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

Kazakhstan

Sheffield

November 11, 1999

Great Britain

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

Ukraine

Sheffield

November 13, 1999

Ukraine

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

Kazakhstan

Sheffield

November 13, 1999

Great Britain

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

Latvia

Sheffield

November 14, 1999

Great Britain

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

Kazakhstan

Sheffield

November 14, 1999

Latvia

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

Ukraine

Sheffield

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Latvia	3	1	2	0	06: 03	4: 2
2	Ukraine	3	1	2	0	05: 04	4: 2
3	Great Britain	3	0	3	0	03: 03	3: 3
4th	Kazakhstan	3	0	1	2	06:10	1: 5

Group B (in Amiens, France)

November 11, 1999 4:30 p.m.

Italy

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

Denmark

Amiens spectators: 783

November 11, 1999 8:30 p.m.

France

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

Norway

Amiens spectators: 1227

November 13, 1999 4:30 p.m.

Italy

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

Norway

Amiens spectators: 732

November 13, 1999 8:30 p.m.

France

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

Denmark

Amiens spectators: 2687

November 14, 1999 4:30 p.m.

Norway

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

Denmark

Amiens spectators: 814

November 14, 1999 8:30 p.m.

France

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

Italy

Amiens audience: 2387

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Italy	3	2	0	1	11: 07	4: 2
2	France	3	1	1	1	10:10	3: 3
3	Norway	3	1	1	1	07: 08	3: 3
4th	Denmark	3	1	0	2	09:12	2: 4

Game for the last A group place

December 14, 1999

Norway

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

Great Britain

Eindhoven

Moved up and down

Remaining in the A group:	Latvia, Italy, France, Ukraine, Norway, Japan
Relegated from the A group:	no relegation
Promoted to the A group:	no climber
Remaining in group B:	Denmark, Kazakhstan, UK

A world championship

World Cup 2000 men
Number of nations	16
World Champion	Czech Republic
silver	Slovakia
bronze	Finland
Relegated	France
venue	Saint Petersburg , Russia
opening	April 29, 2000
Endgame	May 14, 2000
spectator	318,449 (5,686 per game)
Gates	361 (6.45 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Roman Čechmánek
Best defender	Petteri Nummelin
Best striker	Miroslav Šatan
MVP	Martin Procházka

The 64th A-World Championship was held from April 29 to May 14, 2000 in Saint Petersburg. A total of 16 teams qualified for the tournament, including defending champion Czech Republic and vice world champion Finland .

Vladimir Putin at the opening ceremony of the World Cup

The opening game after the official opening of the world title fights by Vladimir Putin between the USA and Switzerland saw 5,730 spectators. In the final, the Czechs met their former brother country Slovakia and defeated them 5-3. With that they successfully defended their title and won their ninth world championship if you count the successes of Czechoslovakia. Due to the achievements shown, the majority of participants in the final game were honored with player trophies or an election to the All-Star team. Martin Procházka was honored as the most valuable player of the tournament .

The host team Russia competed with a total of eleven NHL players, but seemed listless, never played as a team and finished in eleventh place, the worst place ever.

A total of 318,449 spectators attended the 56 games of the tournament, with only a few games sold out. These included the final game, the preliminary round game between Russia and the USA and the intermediate round game between Finland and the Czech Republic.

Venues

The A World Championship was held in two venues in Saint Petersburg . The Ice Palace Saint Petersburg offers 12,300 seats and is usually the venue of the SKA Saint Petersburg . The Jubileiny Sports Complex , otherwise the venue for the BK Spartak Saint Petersburg basketball team , has 7,012 seats.

St. Petersburg
Ice Palace Saint Petersburg Capacity: 12,350	St. Petersburg World championship venue	Jubileiny Sports Complex Capacity: 7,012

Attendees

The following 16 teams took part in the tournament:

13 from Europe	Finland	France	Italy	Latvia	Norway
	Austria	Russia	Sweden	Switzerland	Slovakia
	Czech Republic	Ukraine	Belarus
2 from North America	Canada	United States
1 from Asia	Japan

Preliminary round

Group A

April 30, 2000

Belarus

7: 3 (3: 1, 3: 1, 1: 1)

Ukraine

St. Petersburg

April 30, 2000

Sweden

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

Latvia

St. Petersburg

May 2, 2000

Belarus

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

Latvia

St. Petersburg

May 2, 2000

Sweden

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

Ukraine

St. Petersburg

May 4, 2000

Latvia

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

Ukraine

St. Petersburg

May 4, 2000

Sweden

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

Belarus

St. Petersburg

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Sweden	3	3	0	0	17: 03	+14	6-0
2	Latvia	3	2	0	1	09: 07	+ 2	4: 2
3	Belarus	3	1	0	2	10:16	- 6	2: 4
4th	Ukraine	3	0	0	3	06:16	-10	0: 6

Group B

April 30, 2000

Slovakia

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

Austria

St. Petersburg

April 30, 2000

Finland

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

Italy

St. Petersburg

May 2, 2000

Slovakia

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

Italy

St. Petersburg

May 2, 2000

Finland

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

Austria

St. Petersburg

May 4, 2000

Austria

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

Italy

St. Petersburg

May 4, 2000

Finland

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

Slovakia

St. Petersburg

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Slovakia	3	2	1	0	10: 04	+6	5: 1
2	Finland	3	1	2	0	11: 05	+6	4: 2
3	Italy	3	1	0	2	05:12	-7	2: 4
4th	Austria	3	0	1	2	03: 08	-5	1: 5

Group C

April 29, 2000

Czech Republic

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

Norway

St. Petersburg

April 29, 2000

Canada

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

Japan

St. Petersburg

May 1, 2000

Czech Republic

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

Japan

St. Petersburg

May 1, 2000

Canada

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

Norway

St. Petersburg

May 3, 2000

Norway

9: 0 (4: 0, 3: 0, 2: 0)

Japan

St. Petersburg

May 3, 2000

Czech Republic

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

Canada

St. Petersburg

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Czech Republic	3	3	0	0	12: 04	+ 8	6-0
2	Norway	3	2	0	1	13: 07	+ 6	4: 2
3	Canada	3	1	0	2	10: 06	+ 4	2: 4
4th	Japan	3	0	0	3	03:21	-18	0: 6

Group D

April 29, 2000

United States

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

Switzerland

St. Petersburg

April 29, 2000

Russia

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

France

St. Petersburg

May 1, 2000

Switzerland

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

France

St. Petersburg

May 1, 2000

Russia

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

United States

St. Petersburg

May 3, 2000

United States

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

France

St. Petersburg

May 3, 2000

Russia

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

Switzerland

St. Petersburg

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	United States	3	2	1	0	09: 05	+4	5: 1
2	Switzerland	3	1	1	1	08: 09	-1	3: 3
3	Russia	3	1	0	2	10: 07	+3	2: 4
4th	France	3	1	0	2	07:13	-6	2: 4

Relegation round

for places 13–16, group G

May 6, 2000

Ukraine

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

Japan

St. Petersburg

May 6, 2000

France

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

Austria

St. Petersburg

May 7, 2000

Ukraine

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

France

St. Petersburg

May 7, 2000

Austria

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

Japan

St. Petersburg

May 9, 2000

France

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

Japan

St. Petersburg

May 9, 2000

Austria

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

Ukraine

St. Petersburg

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Austria	3	2	1	0	11: 08	+ 3	5: 1
2	Ukraine	3	2	0	1	09: 05	+ 4	4: 2
3	France	3	1	1	1	12: 08	+ 4	3: 3
4th	Japan	3	0	0	3	05:16	-11	0: 6

Intermediate round

Group E

direct comparisons of the preliminary round are adopted

May 5, 2000

Russia

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

Latvia

St. Petersburg

May 5, 2000

United States

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

Belarus

St. Petersburg

May 6, 2000

Sweden

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

Switzerland

St. Petersburg

May 7, 2000

Russia

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

Belarus

St. Petersburg

May 7, 2000

United States

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

Latvia

St. Petersburg

May 8, 2000

Switzerland

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

Latvia

St. Petersburg

May 8, 2000

Sweden

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

United States

St. Petersburg

May 9, 2000

Switzerland

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

Belarus

St. Petersburg

May 9, 2000

Russia

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

Sweden

St. Petersburg

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	United States	5	3	2	0	13: 07	+6	8: 2
2	Switzerland	5	2	2	1	14:12	+2	6: 4
3	Sweden	5	2	1	2	16:11	+5	5: 5
4th	Latvia	5	1	2	2	12:13	-1	5: 5
5	Belarus	5	2	0	3	09:17	-8th	4: 6
6th	Russia	5	1	0	4th	08:12	-4	2: 8

Group F.

May 5, 2000

Finland

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

Canada

St. Petersburg

May 5, 2000

Czech Republic

9: 2 (2: 0, 5: 0, 2: 2)

Italy

St. Petersburg

May 6, 2000

Slovakia

9: 1 (3: 0, 1: 1, 5: 0)

Norway

St. Petersburg

May 7, 2000

Canada

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

Italy

St. Petersburg

May 7, 2000

Czech Republic

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

Finland

St. Petersburg

May 8, 2000

Finland

7: 4 (2: 0, 4: 3, 1: 1)

Norway

St. Petersburg

May 8, 2000

Czech Republic

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

Slovakia

St. Petersburg

May 9, 2000

Norway

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

Italy

St. Petersburg

May 9, 2000

Canada

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

Slovakia

St. Petersburg

On the last match day of the second round, the Canadians defeated the Slovak national team 4-3 and thus achieved their third success in a row.

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Czech Republic	5	4th	0	1	25:11	+14	8: 2
2	Finland	5	3	1	1	22:15	+ 7	7: 3
3	Canada	5	3	0	2	19:10	+ 9	6: 4
4th	Slovakia	5	2	1	2	22:15	+ 7	5: 5
5	Norway	5	1	1	3	10:24	-14	3: 7
6th	Italy	5	0	1	4th	05:28	-23	1: 9

Play-offs

Tournament tree

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

E1

United States

1

F4

Slovakia

4th

VF1

Slovakia

3

VF4

Finland

1

F2

Finland

2

E3

Sweden

1

HF1

Slovakia

3

HF2

Czech Republic

5

E2

Switzerland

3

F3

Canada

5

VF3

Canada

1

3rd place match

VF2

Czech Republic

2

F1

Czech Republic

3

HF3

Finland

2

E4

Latvia

1

HF4

Canada

1

Quarter finals

Quarter finals

May 11, 2000

United States

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

Slovakia

St. Petersburg

May 11, 2000

Finland

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

Sweden

St. Petersburg

May 11, 2000

Switzerland

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

Canada

St. Petersburg

May 11, 2000

Czech Republic

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

Latvia

St. Petersburg

Semifinals

The outsider Slovakia and defending champion Czech Republic qualified for the final for the gold medal. The Slovaks, who were still third in 1994, ruined the dream of the “Suomi” team of the second title after 1995 with their surprising 3-1 win against vice world champions Finland.

May 12, 2000 4:30 p.m.	Finland T. Lydman (24:22)	1: 3 (0: 2, 1: 1, 0: 0)	Slovakia J. Pardavý (6:38) M. Šatan (11:46) R. Kapuš (24:55)	Ice rink , Saint Petersburg Spectators: 10,800
May 12, 2000 8:30 p.m.	Czech Republic D. Výborný (17:03) R. Reichel (51:07)	2: 1 (1: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0)	Canada B. Isbister (17:36)	Ice rink, Saint Petersburg Spectators: 11,700

3rd place match

May 14, 2000 2:30 p.m.

Finland J. Hentunen (35:29) M. Tuomainen (49:02)

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

Canada A. Aucoin (7:37)

Ice rink, Saint Petersburg Spectators: 10,700

final

May 14, 2000 6:30 p.m.

Czech Republic M. Sýkora (6:04) T. Vlasák (9:34) M. Procházka (12:25) J. Tomajko (43:35) R. Reichel (58:58)

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

Slovakia M. Štrbák (27:43) M. Hlinka (55:22) M. Šatan (57:38)

Ice rink, Saint Petersburg Spectators: 12,350 (sold out)

In the final of the 64th World Championship, the 1998 Olympic champion from the Czech Republic celebrated a 5-3 victory and ended the sensational highs of the outsider Slovakia. Michal Sýkora (7th minute of the game), Tomáš Vlasák (10th), Martin Procházka (13th), Jan Tomajko (44th) and Robert Reichel shortly before the end of the game secured the 17th success of the Czechs in the 19th in front of 12,350 spectators in the ice rink. Duel since the dissolution of Czechoslovakia at the end of 1992. For the Slovaks, who were still second class five years ago, not only the dream of a World Cup triumph failed, but also of their first victory over the Czech national team. Martin Štrbák (28th), Miroslav Hlinka (56th) and NHL star Miroslav Šatan (58th) scored for Slovakia.

Final placements

RF	team
01	Czech Republic
02	Slovakia
03	Finland
04th	Canada
05	United States
06th	Switzerland
07th	Sweden
08th	Latvia
09	Belarus
10	Norway
11	Russia
12	Italy
13	Austria
14th	Ukraine
15th	France
16	Japan

in the A-WM qualification :	Japan
Relegated:	France
Climbers	Germany

Master teams

World champion Czech Republic	Roman Čechmánek , Vladimír Hudáček , Dušan Salfický - Petr Buzek , František Kučera , Michal Sykora , Martin Štěpánek , Ladislav Benýšek , Frantisek Kaberle , Radek Martinek - Jiri Dopita , Robert Reichel , January Tomajko , David Výborný , Tomas Vlasak , Vaclav Prospal , Pavel Patera , Martin Procházka , Martin Havlát , Václav Varaďa , Michal Broš , Petr Čajánek , Martin Špaňhel Coaching staff: Josef Augusta , Vladimír Martinec
Silver Slovakia	Pavol Rybár , Ján Lašák , Miroslav Lipovský - ľubomír sekeráš , Ivan Droppa , Stanislav Jasečko , Zdeno Chára , Peter Podhradský , Ľubomír Višňovský , Martin Štrbák , Radoslav Suchy - Miroslav Šatan , Ľubomír Hurtaj , Richard Kapuš , Peter Bartos , Vlastimil Plavucha , Miroslav Hlinka , Ján Pardavý , Peter Pucher , Michal Hreus , Ľubomír Vaic , Ronald Petrovický , Ľuboš Bartečko , Michal Handzuš Coaching staff: Ján Filc , Ernest Bokroš , Vladimír Šťastný
Bronze Finland	Pasi Nurminen , Ari Sulander , Vesa Toskala - Aki-Petteri Berg , Jere Karalahti , Jyrki Lumme , Toni Lydman , Antti-Jussi Niemi , Janne Niinimaa , Petteri Nummelin - Antti Aalto , Raimo Helminen , Jukka Hentunen , Olli Jokinen , Tomi Kallio , Niko Kapanen , Juha Lind , Ville Peltonen , Kimmo Rintanen , Toni Sihvonen , Esa Tikkanen , Marko Tuomainen , Tony Virta Coaching staff: Hannu Aravirta , Jari Kaarela , Esko Nokelainen

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Most valuable player	Martin Procházka	Czech Republic
Best goalkeeper	Roman Čechmánek	Czech Republic
Best defender	Petteri Nummelin	Finland
Best striker	Miroslav Šatan	Slovakia

All-Star Team A.

Attack:	Miroslav Šatan - Jiří Dopita - Tomáš Vlasák
Defense:	Petteri Nummelin - Michal Sýkora
Goal:	Roman Čechmánek

All-Star Team B

Attack:	Michal Handzuš - David Výborný - Ľuboš Bartečko
Defense:	Phil Housley - Zdeno Chára
Goal:	José Théodore

Best scorer

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

team	player	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
	Miroslav Šatan	9	10	2	12	+3	14th
	Jiří Dopita	9	4th	7th	11	+8	16
	David Výborný	9	4th	6th	10	+6	6th
	Todd Bertuzzi	9	5	4th	9	+5	47
	Tomáš Vlasák	9	4th	5	9	+5	0
	Trond Magnussen	6th	3	6th	9	+4	10
	Ryan Smyth	9	3	6th	9	+3	0
	Michal Sýkora	9	5	3	8th	+7	16
	Arnaud Briand	6th	4th	4th	8th	−2	8th
	Maurice Rozenthal	6th	3	5	8th	0	8th
	Laurent Meunier	6th	4th	3	7th	0	2
	Niko Kapanen	9	4th	3	7th	+9	4th
	Brad Isbister	9	4th	3	7th	+1	18th

Best goalkeeper

Source : iihf.com
Abbreviations: Sp = games, Min = ice age (in minutes), SOG = shots on goal, GT = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , GAA = goals conceded , Sv = shots saved, Sv% = catch rate ; Fat: tournament best

team	player	Sp	Min	SO-CALLED	GT	ATM	Sv	Sv%	SO
	José Théodore	8th	478	192	13	1.63	179	93.23	2
	Reinhard Divis	6th	359	201	15th	2.51	186	92.54	0
	Roman Čechmánek	8th	480	212	16	2.00	196	92.45	1
	Tommy Salo	6th	359	128	10	1.67	118	92.19	1
	Reto Pavoni	5	300	151	14th	2.80	137	90.73	0
	Artūrs Irbe	7th	420	180	17th	2.43	163	90.56	0
	Damian Rhodes	5	300	118	12	2.40	106	89.83	1
	Cristobal Huet	4th	239	102	11	2.76	91	89.22	0
	Pavol Rybár	6th	340	120	14th	2.47	106	88.33	1
	Ilya Brysgalov	4th	218	83	10	2.75	73	87.95	0

B world championship

B-WM 2000 men
Number of nations	8th
Climbers	Germany
Venue (s)	Katowice , Poland
opening	April 12, 2000
Final day	April 21, 2000
spectator	53,280 (1,903 per game)
Gates	189 (6.75 per game)
Awards
Best goalkeeper	Joe Watkins
Best defender	Daniel Kunce
Best striker	Mariusz Czerkawski
Top scorer	Jens Nielsen (14 points)
All-Star Team
Mariusz Czerkawski - Len Soccio - Jens Nielsen
Richard Brebant - Scott Young
Marc Seliger

The Group B World Championship was played from April 12 to 21, 2000 in Katowice, Poland . Eight teams qualified for the tournament, including the German national ice hockey team . Before the tournament, Kazakhstan was considered the favorite to win the tournament and move up to the A group . Before the tournament, Germany was the first to host the A World Cup in 2001 .

The venue was the Spodek , whose arena can accommodate 11,500 spectators for ice hockey games and is usually the venue of the GKS Katowice . In addition, "Satelita" was played in the ice rink, which can hold 1,182 spectators and is connected to the complex. A total of 53,280 spectators attended the 28 games of the tournament, which corresponds to an average of 1,903 spectators. The match between the host Poland and Great Britain, which attracted 8,500 spectators, was best attended.

At the end of the tournament, however, the German national team was able to achieve its sporting goals: With a 5-0 victory over Great Britain on the last match day, the team of national coach Hans Zach also celebrated the sporting qualification for the 2001 A World Cup after being promoted to the “ Green Table ” .

venue
Katowice , Poland
Katowice World championship venue
Venues
Spodek capacity: 11,500
Lodowisko Spodek "Satelita" Capacity: 1,182
Exterior view of the Spodek complex

April 12, 2000 2:00 p.m. (local time)

Great Britain

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

Estonia

Lodowisko Spodek “Satelita”, Katowice audience: 350

April 12, 2000 4:00 p.m.

Germany

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

Slovenia

Spodek, Katowice spectators: 350

April 12, 2000 6:00 p.m.

Netherlands

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

Kazakhstan

Lodowisko Spodek “Satelita”, Katowice spectators: 300

April 12, 2000 8:00 p.m.

Denmark

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

Poland

Spodek, Katowice spectators: 8,000

April 13, 2000 2 p.m.

Slovenia

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

Great Britain

Lodowisko Spodek “Satelita”, Katowice audience: 340

April 13, 2000 4:00 p.m.

Germany

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

Netherlands

Spodek, Katowice spectators: 300

April 13, 2000 6:00 p.m.

Estonia

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

Denmark

Lodowisko Spodek “Satelita”, Katowice spectators: 300

April 13, 2000 8:00 p.m.

Kazakhstan

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

Poland

Spodek, Katowice spectators: 6,000

April 15, 2000 2 p.m.

Great Britain

9: 0 (3: 0, 2: 0, 4: 0)

Netherlands

Lodowisko Spodek “Satelita”, Katowice audience: 500

April 15, 2000 4:00 p.m.

Denmark

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

Slovenia

Spodek, Katowice spectators: 400

April 15, 2000 6:00 p.m.

Kazakhstan

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

Estonia

Lodowisko Spodek “Satelita”, Katowice audience: 350

April 15, 2000 8:00 p.m.

Germany

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

Poland

Spodek, Katowice spectators: 8,000

April 16, 2000 2 p.m.

Slovenia

4: 9 (1: 4, 0: 3, 3: 2)

Kazakhstan

Lodowisko Spodek “Satelita”, Katowice audience: 330

April 16, 2000 3:00 p.m.

Estonia

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

Germany

Spodek, Katowice spectators: 300

April 16, 2000 6:00 p.m.

Denmark

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

Netherlands

Lodowisko Spodek “Satelita”, Katowice spectators: 300

April 16, 2000 8:00 p.m.

Poland

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

Great Britain

Spodek, Katowice Spectators: 8,500

April 18, 2000 2 p.m.

Netherlands

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

Slovenia

Lodowisko Spodek “Satelita”, Katowice spectators: 300

April 18, 2000 4:00 p.m.

Kazakhstan

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

Germany

Spodek, Katowice spectators: 500

April 18, 2000 6:00 p.m.

Denmark

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

Great Britain

Lodowisko Spodek “Satelita”, Katowice audience: 500

April 18, 2000 8:00 p.m.

Estonia

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

Poland

Spodek, Katowice spectators: 4,000

April 19, 2000 2 p.m.

Great Britain

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

Kazakhstan

Lodowisko Spodek “Satelita”, Katowice spectators: 300

April 19, 2000 4:00 p.m.

Germany

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

Denmark

Spodek, Katowice spectators: 500

April 19, 2000 6:00 p.m.

Netherlands

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

Estonia

Lodowisko Spodek “Satelita”, Katowice Spectators: 360

April 19, 2000 8:00 p.m.

Poland

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

Slovenia

Spodek, Katowice spectators: 4,000

April 21, 2000 1 p.m.

Slovenia

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

Estonia

Lodowisko Spodek “Satelita”, Katowice spectators: 300

April 21, 2000 3:30 p.m.

Great Britain

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

Germany

Spodek, Katowice spectators: 600

April 21, 2000 5:00 p.m.

Kazakhstan

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

Denmark

Lodowisko Spodek “Satelita”, Katowice spectators: 300

April 21, 2000 7:30 p.m.

Poland

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

Netherlands

Spodek, Katowice spectators: 7,000

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Germany	7th	6th	0	1	30:15	12: 02
2.	Kazakhstan	7th	5	0	2	30:22	10: 04
3.	Great Britain	7th	4th	1	2	31:23	09: 05
4th	Poland	7th	4th	1	2	28:19	09: 05
5.	Denmark	7th	2	2	3	22:19	06: 06
6th	Estonia	7th	3	0	4th	19:27	06: 06
7th	Slovenia	7th	0	2	5	16:31	02:12
8th.	Netherlands	7th	0	2	5	13:33	02:12

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats
Explanations: Promoted to the top division

Best scorer

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

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Jens Nielsen	Denmark	7th	4th	10	14th	−2	8th
Nik Zupančič	Slovenia	7th	7th	4th	11	−1	0
Kim Staal	Denmark	7th	6th	5	11	± 0	16
Wojciech Tkacz	Poland	7th	5	6th	11	+10	14th
Mariusz Czerkawski	Poland	7th	4th	7th	11	+2	2

Best goalkeeper

Source : iihf.com
Abbreviations: Sp = games, Min = ice age (in minutes), SOG = shots on goal, GT = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , GAA = goals conceded , Sv = shots saved, Sv% = catch rate ; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	Min	SO-CALLED	GT	ATM	Sv	Sv%	SO
Marc Seliger	Germany	4th	212	98	5	1.42	93	94.90	1
Tomasz Jaworski	Poland	5	300	113	11	2.20	102	90.27	0
Peter Hirsch	Denmark	5	298	147	13	2.62	134	91.16	1
Roman Krivomasov	Kazakhstan	6th	297	118	13	2.63	105	88.98	0
Joe Watkins	Great Britain	5	299	181	14th	2.81	167	92.27	1

Title, promotion and relegation

B-World Cup promoted Germany

Tobias Abstreiter , Lars Brüggemann , Tino Boos , Udo Döhler , Thomas Dolak , Thomas Greilinger , Erich Goldmann , Klaus Kathan , Sebastian Klenner , Mark Kosturik , Daniel Kreutzer , Daniel Kunce , Andreas Loth , Mark MacKay , Jochen Molling , Robert Müller , Nico Pyka , Martin Reichel , Andreas Renz , Jürgen Rumrich , Marc Seliger , Len Soccio , Chris Straube Trainer: Hans Zach

Relegated to Division I:	France
Promoted to the top division:	Germany
Relegated to Division II:	none
Promoted to Division I:	People's Republic of China, Croatia, Lithuania, Hungary

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Best goalkeeper	Joe Watkins	Great Britain
Best defender	Daniel Kunce	Germany
Best striker	Mariusz Czerkawski	Poland

All-Star Team

Attack:	Mariusz Czerkawski - Len Soccio - Jens Nielsen
Defense:	Richard Brebant - Scott Young
Goal:	Marc Seliger

C world championship

venue

The C World Championship was held in the Chinese capital Beijing . The Century Star ice rink offers around 9,000 seats and consists of a large ice rink with an ice surface that meets Olympic standards and a smaller ice rink.

Preliminary round

Group A

March 20, 2000 9:30 a.m.

Hungary

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

Spain

Century Star, Beijing Spectators: 300

March 21, 2000 9:30 a.m.

South Korea

10: 3 (3: 1, 3: 1, 4: 1)

Spain

Century Star, Beijing Spectators: 300

March 22, 2000 9:30 a.m.

Hungary

9: 2 (2: 0, 4: 0, 3: 2)

South Korea

Century Star, Beijing Spectators: 300

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Hungary	2	2	0	0	16: 04	+12	4-0
2	South Korea	2	1	0	1	12:12	0	2: 2
3	Spain	2	0	0	2	05:17	-12	0: 4

Group B

March 20, 2000 2:30 p.m.

Romania

9: 1 (2: 1, 2: 0, 5: 0)

Bulgaria

Century Star, Beijing Spectators: 400

March 21, 2000 2:30 p.m.

Croatia

11: 0 (6: 0, 3: 0, 2: 0)

Bulgaria

Century Star, Beijing Spectators: 400

March 22, 2000 2:30 p.m.

Romania

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

Croatia

Century Star, Beijing Spectators: 500

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Croatia	2	1	1	0	15: 04	+11	3: 1
2	Romania	2	1	1	0	13: 05	+ 8	3: 1
3	Bulgaria	2	0	0	2	01:20	-19	0: 4

Group C

March 20, 2000 6:30 p.m.

Lithuania

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

Yugoslavia

Century Star, Beijing Spectators: 500

March 21, 2000 6:30 p.m.

China

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

Yugoslavia

Century Star, Beijing Spectators: 2,000

March 22, 2000 6:30 p.m.

China

8: 2 (4: 1, 1: 1, 3: 0)

Lithuania

Century Star, Beijing Spectators: 6,000

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	China	2	2	0	0	18: 02	+16	4-0
2	Lithuania	2	1	0	1	10: 08	+ 2	2: 2
3	Yugoslavia	2	0	0	2	00:18	-18	0: 4

Placement round for places 7–9

March 24, 2000 9:30 a.m.

Bulgaria

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

Yugoslavia

Century Star, Beijing Spectators: 500

March 25, 2000 9:30 a.m.

Spain

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

Yugoslavia

Century Star, Beijing Spectators: 400

March 26, 2000 9:30 a.m.

Spain

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

Bulgaria

Century Star, Beijing Spectators: 300

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Spain	2	1	1	0	6: 4	+2	3: 1
2	Yugoslavia	2	0	2	0	4: 4	0	2: 2
3	Bulgaria	2	0	1	1	6: 8	-2	1: 3

Placement round for places 4–6

March 24, 2000 2:30 p.m.

Romania

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

Lithuania

Century Star, Beijing Spectators: 600

March 25, 2000 2:30 p.m.

Lithuania

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

South Korea

Century Star, Beijing Spectators: 300

March 26, 2000 2:30 p.m.

Romania

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

South Korea

Century Star, Beijing Spectators: 300

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Lithuania	2	1	1	0	13: 08	+5	3: 1
2	South Korea	2	1	0	1	07:11	-4	2: 2
3	Romania	2	0	1	1	08: 09	-1	1: 3

Final round for places 1–3

March 24, 2000 6:30 p.m.

China

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

Croatia

Beijing spectators: 300

March 25, 2000 6:30 p.m.

China

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

Hungary

Beijing spectators: 9,000

March 26, 2000 6:30 p.m.

Hungary

13: 3 (2: 0, 3: 2, 8: 1)

Croatia

Beijing spectators: 500

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Hungary	2	2	0	0	16: 05	+11	4-0
2	China	2	1	0	1	07: 03	+ 4	2: 2
3	Croatia	2	0	0	2	03:18	-15	0: 4

Final placement of the C-WM

RF	team
1	Hungary
2	China
3	Croatia
4th	Lithuania
5	South Korea
6th	Romania
7th	Spain
8th	Yugoslavia
9	Bulgaria

Moved up and down

C World Champion 2000:	Hungary
Promoted to Division I:	Hungary, China, Croatia, Lithuania
Relegated from group B:	no relegation
Promoted to Division II:	Israel, Belgium, Australia, South Africa, Iceland, New Zealand, Mexico

D world championship

in Reykjavík, Iceland

Preliminary round

Group A

April 10, 2000

Iceland

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

Turkey

Reykjavík

April 11, 2000

Iceland

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

Israel

Reykjavík

April 12, 2000

Israel

15: 0 (3: 0, 6: 0, 6: 0)

Turkey

Reykjavík

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Israel	2	2	0	0	21: 03	+18	4-0
2	Iceland	2	1	0	1	13: 06	+ 7	2: 2
3	Turkey	2	0	0	2	00:25	-25	0: 4

Group B

April 10, 2000

Australia

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

Luxembourg

Reykjavík

April 11, 2000

New Zealand

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

Luxembourg

Reykjavík

April 12, 2000

Australia

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

New Zealand

Reykjavík

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Australia	2	2	0	0	17: 00	+17	4-0
2	New Zealand	2	1	0	1	04:11	- 7th	2: 2
3	Luxembourg	2	0	0	2	01:11	-10	0: 4

Group C

April 10, 2000

Belgium

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

Mexico

Reykjavík

April 11, 2000

South Africa

9: 4 (5: 2, 2: 1, 2: 1)

Mexico

Reykjavík

April 12, 2000

Belgium

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

South Africa

Reykjavík

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Belgium	2	2	0	0	15: 01	+14	4-0
2	South Africa	2	1	0	1	10:14	- 4th	2: 2
3	Mexico	2	0	0	2	04:14	-10	0: 4

Placement round for places 7–9

April 14, 2000

Mexico

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

Luxembourg

Reykjavík

April 15, 2000

Mexico

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

Turkey

Reykjavík

April 16, 2000

Luxembourg

7: 5 (3: 3, 3: 0, 1: 2)

Turkey

Reykjavík

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Mexico	2	2	0	0	12: 03	+9	4-0
2	Luxembourg	2	1	0	1	08:12	-4	2: 2
3	Turkey	2	0	0	2	07:12	-5	0: 4

Placement round for places 4–6

April 14, 2000

South Africa

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

New Zealand

Reykjavík

April 15, 2000

Iceland

3: 9 (3: 4, 0: 5, 0: 0)

South Africa

Reykjavík

April 16, 2000

Iceland

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

New Zealand

Reykjavík

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	South Africa	2	2	0	0	16: 05	+11	4-0
2	Iceland	2	1	0	1	09:12	- 3	2: 2
3	New Zealand	2	0	0	2	05:13	- 8th	0: 4

Final round for places 1–3

April 14, 2000

Belgium

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

Australia

Reykjavík

April 15, 2000

Israel

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

Belgium

Reykjavík

April 16, 2000

Israel

9: 3 (2: 1, 5: 0, 2: 2)

Australia

Reykjavík

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Israel	2	1	1	0	10: 04	+ 6	3: 1
2	Belgium	2	1	1	0	08: 04	+ 4	3: 1
3	Australia	2	0	0	2	06:16	-10	0: 4

Final placement of the D-WM

RF	team
01	Israel
02	Belgium
03	Australia
04th	South Africa
05	Iceland
06th	New Zealand
07th	Mexico
08th	Luxembourg
09	Turkey

Moved up and down

D-World Champion 2000:	Israel
Newcomers to the C group:	Israel, Belgium, Australia, South Africa, Iceland, New Zealand, Mexico
Relegated from the C group:	no relegation

See also

• Ice Hockey World Championship 2000 (overview)
• Women's Ice Hockey World Championship 2000
• Ice hockey world championship of the U18 juniors 2000
• Ice Hockey World Championship for U20 Juniors 2000

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} news.at, 13 years without an ice hockey triumph: For Russia's team, the motto is World Cup gold!
2. ↑ ^{a b} sueddeutsche.de, Tichonow again commands Russia's ice hockey
3. ↑ rp-online.de, North America with a new passion for ice hockey  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ rp-online.de, outsider duel for the world championship title  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ spiegel.de, the Czech Republic is world champion
6. ↑ ^{a b c} hokej.snt.cz, World Senior Championship Pool A ( Memento of the original from July 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ^ Scoring Leaders
8. ↑ Leading Goaltenders SVS%
9. ↑ spiegel.de, Germany is B world champion
10. ^ Scoring Leaders
11. ↑ Leading Goaltenders GAA
12. ↑ ^{a b} Mondial B at hockeyarchives.info (French)

Web links

• Official website ( Memento of August 16, 2000 in the Internet Archive )
• IIHF World Senior Championship Pool A
• IIHF World Senior Championship Pool B
• IIHF World Senior Championship Pool C
• IIHF World Senior Championship Pool D
• IIHF World Senior Championship Pool A Qualification Group A
• IIHF World Senior Championship Pool A Qualification Group B
• IIHF World Senior Championship Pool A Qualification Far East

• Championnats du Monde 2000 at hockeyarchives.info (French)