Men's Ice Hockey World Championship 2001

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	Winner: Czech Republic

The Arena Nürnberger Versicherung - venue of the 2001 Ice Hockey World Championship

The Kölnarena - venue of the 2001 Ice Hockey World Championship

The 65th Ice Hockey World Championships in 2001 took place at the following locations and times:

World Championship: April 28th to May 13th in Cologne , Hanover and Nuremberg ( Germany )

Division I, Group A: 16th April bis 22. April in Grenoble ( France )

Division I, Group B: 15. April bis 21st April in Ljubljana ( Slovenia )

Division II, Group A: 1. April bis 7. April in Majadahonda ( Spain )

Division II, Group B: March 26th to April 1st in Bucharest ( Romania )

A total of 40 teams took part in these world championships.

There were significant changes compared to the previous year , especially in the B, C and D groups. First the names were changed. The A-WM is only referred to as the World Championship, while the old B group is now referred to as Division I and the old C group as Division II. Incidentally, these new names apply to all ice hockey world championships, including the junior sector and women. In addition, the mode of delivery was changed in the two divisions. Both Division I and Division II play with twelve teams each. However, these do not meet in a single tournament, but are divided into two groups of six teams each. The two groups are played at different locations in the league system, with the respective group winner moving up to the next higher class and the bottom group moving down to the next lower class. So from now on there will be two promoters and two relegers for male seniors. There is no Division III (yet) this year.

The staging of the World Cup in Germany was not changed compared to the year 2000, apart from the fact that, as already mentioned, the number of relegated teams was increased to two.

The Czech team managed the hat trick and won the third World Cup in a row. It was the tenth title win for the Czech Republic (including the 6 successes of Czechoslovakia). The opponents in the final were Finland's team .

Far East qualification for top division

in Sapporo, Japan

Games

September 4, 2000	Sapporo	Japan	-	South Korea	8: 0 (2: 0.5: 0.1: 0)
September 5, 2000	Sapporo	China	-	South Korea	10: 1 (2: 0.2: 1.6: 0)
September 6, 2000	Sapporo	Japan	-	China	5: 3 (2: 1.2: 0.1: 2)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Japan	2	2	0	0	13: 3	+10	4-0
2	China	2	1	0	1	13: 6	+ 7	2: 2
3	South Korea	2	0	0	2	1:18	-17	0: 4

Qualified for the World Cup:

Japan

Top division

Venues

The top division tournament was held at three venues in Germany : Hanover , Cologne and Nuremberg .

The Kölnarena (today “Lanxess Arena”) offers 18,500 seats and is usually the venue for the Kölner Haie . The Nürnberg Arena , otherwise the venue for the Nürnberg Ice Tigers , offers 8,200 seats. The third venue, the Preussag Arena (today "TUI Arena") in Hanover, is home to the Hanover Scorpions and offers 10,767 spectators.

Hanover	Cologne	Nuremberg
Preussag Arena Capacity: 10,767	Kölnarena capacity: 18,500	Nürnberg Arena Capacity: 8,200

Preliminary round

Group A

April 28, 2001	Cologne	Germany	-	Switzerland	3: 1 (1: 0.0: 1.2: 0)
April 28, 2001	Nuremberg	Czech Republic	-	Belarus	5: 1 (0: 1.3: 0.2: 0)
April 29, 2001	Cologne	Germany	-	Czech Republic	2: 2 (1: 1.1: 1.0: 0)
April 29, 2001	Cologne	Switzerland	-	Belarus	5: 2 (3: 1.2: 1.0: 0)
May 1, 2001	Nuremberg	Czech Republic	-	Switzerland	3: 1 (0: 1.1: 0.2: 0)
May 1, 2001	Hanover	Germany	-	Belarus	0: 2 (0: 1.0: 1.0: 0)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Czech Republic	3	2	1	0	10: 04	+6	5: 1
2	Germany	3	1	1	1	05: 05	0	3: 3
3	Switzerland	3	1	0	2	07: 08	-1	2: 4
4th	Belarus	3	1	0	2	05:10	-5	2: 4

Group B

April 28, 2001	Nuremberg	Finland	-	Austria	5: 1 (1: 1.0: 0.4: 0)
April 28, 2001	Nuremberg	Slovakia	-	Japan	8: 4 (3: 1.2: 1.3: 2)
April 30, 2001	Nuremberg	Slovakia	-	Austria	5: 0 (0: 0.2: 0.3: 0)
April 30, 2001	Nuremberg	Finland	-	Japan	8: 0 (2: 0.3: 0.3: 0)
May 2, 2001	Nuremberg	Austria	-	Japan	3: 2 (1: 1.2: 1.0: 0)
May 2, 2001	Nuremberg	Finland	-	Slovakia	5: 2 (0: 0.2: 1.3: 1)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Finland	3	3	0	0	18: 03	+15	6-0
2	Slovakia	3	2	0	1	15: 09	+ 6	4: 2
3	Austria	3	1	0	2	04:12	- 8th	2: 4
4th	Japan	3	0	0	3	06:19	-13	0: 6

Group C

April 28, 2001	Cologne	United States	-	Ukraine	6: 3 (3: 1.2: 0.1: 2)
April 29, 2001	Cologne	Sweden	-	Latvia	5: 2 (2: 1.2: 1.1: 0)
April 30, 2001	Cologne	United States	-	Latvia	0: 2 (0: 0.0: 1.0: 1)
May 1, 2001	Cologne	Sweden	-	Ukraine	5: 0 (1: 0.1: 0.3: 0)
May 2, 2001	Cologne	Latvia	-	Ukraine	2: 4 (1: 3.0: 0.1: 1)
May 2, 2001	Cologne	Sweden	-	United States	2: 2 (1: 0.0: 1.1: 1)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Sweden	3	2	1	0	12: 04	+8	5: 1
2	United States	3	1	1	1	08: 07	+1	3: 3
3	Ukraine	3	1	0	2	07:13	-6	2: 4
4th	Latvia	3	1	0	2	06: 09	-3	2: 4

Group D

April 28, 2001	Hanover	Canada	-	Norway	5: 0 (2: 0.2: 0.1: 0)
April 28, 2001	Hanover	Russia	-	Italy	7: 0 (2: 0.3: 0.2: 0)
April 29, 2001	Hanover	Russia	-	Norway	4: 0 (1: 0.0: 0.3: 0)
April 30, 2001	Hanover	Canada	-	Italy	3: 1 (0: 0.2: 0.1: 1)
May 1, 2001	Hanover	Italy	-	Norway	4: 4 (1: 1.1: 0.2: 3)
May 2, 2001	Hanover	Canada	-	Russia	5: 1 (3: 0.1: 1.1: 0)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Canada	3	3	0	0	13: 02	+11	6-0
2	Russia	3	2	0	1	12: 05	+ 7	4: 2
3	Italy	3	0	1	2	05:14	- 9	1: 5
4th	Norway	3	0	1	2	04:13	- 9	1: 5

Relegation round

for places 13–16, group G

May 4, 2001	Nuremberg	Latvia	-	Belarus	2: 2 (0: 0.2: 0.0: 2)
May 4, 2001	Nuremberg	Norway	-	Japan	3: 3 (1: 2.1: 1.1: 0)
May 5, 2001	Nuremberg	Belarus	-	Norway	3: 2 (1: 1.1: 0.1: 1)
May 5, 2001	Nuremberg	Latvia	-	Japan	8: 2 (1: 1.3: 1.4: 0)
May 7, 2001	Nuremberg	Belarus	-	Japan	4: 1 (2: 0.2: 1.0: 0)
May 7, 2001	Nuremberg	Latvia	-	Norway	3: 0 (0: 0.2: 0.1: 0)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Latvia	3	2	1	0	13: 04	+9	5: 1
2	Belarus	3	2	1	0	09: 05	+4	5: 1
3	Norway	3	0	1	2	05: 09	-3	1: 5
4th	Japan	3	0	1	2	06:15	-9	1: 5

Intermediate round

Group E

direct comparisons of the preliminary round are adopted

May 4, 2001	Hanover	Canada	-	Switzerland	6: 2 (2: 1.2: 0.2: 1)
May 4, 2001	Hanover	Germany	-	Italy	1: 3 (0: 1.0: 1.1: 1)
May 5, 2001	Hanover	Czech Republic	-	Russia	4: 3 (0: 0.2: 2.2: 1)
May 5, 2001	Hanover	Germany	-	Canada	3: 3 (1: 0.1: 0.1: 3)
May 6, 2001	Hanover	Russia	-	Switzerland	2: 1 (0: 1.2: 0.0: 0)
May 6, 2001	Hanover	Czech Republic	-	Italy	11: 0 (3: 0.7: 0.1: 0)
May 7, 2001	Hanover	Switzerland	-	Italy	8: 1 (2: 1.2: 0.4: 0)
May 8, 2001	Hanover	Germany	-	Russia	1: 3 (0: 0.1: 1.0: 2)
May 8, 2001	Hanover	Czech Republic	-	Canada	4: 2 (1: 1.2: 0.1: 1)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Czech Republic	5	4th	1	0	24: 08	+16	9: 1
2	Canada	5	3	1	1	19:11	+ 8	7: 3
3	Russia	5	3	0	2	16:11	+ 5	6: 4
4th	Germany	5	1	2	2	10:12	- 2nd	4: 6
5	Switzerland	5	1	0	4th	13:15	- 2nd	2: 8
6th	Italy	5	1	0	4th	05:30	-25	2: 8

Group F.

direct comparisons of the preliminary round are adopted

May 4, 2001	Cologne	Slovakia	-	Ukraine	3: 1 (2: 0.1: 0.0: 1)
May 4, 2001	Cologne	Sweden	-	Austria	11: 0 (2: 0.3: 0.6: 0)
May 5, 2001	Cologne	Finland	-	United States	1: 4 (0: 3.0: 0.1: 1)
May 5, 2001	Cologne	Sweden	-	Slovakia	3: 1 (1: 0.1: 1.1: 0)
May 6, 2001	Cologne	United States	-	Austria	0: 3 (0: 0.0: 0.0: 3)
May 6, 2001	Cologne	Finland	-	Ukraine	7: 1 (3: 0.3: 0.1: 1)
May 7, 2001	Cologne	Ukraine	-	Austria	2: 0 (1: 0.0: 0.1: 0)
May 8, 2001	Cologne	United States	-	Slovakia	3: 1 (1: 0.0: 0.2: 1)
May 8, 2001	Cologne	Sweden	-	Finland	4: 5 (1: 3.1: 0.2: 2)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Finland	5	4th	0	1	23:12	+11	8: 2
2	Sweden	5	3	1	1	25: 08	+17	7: 3
3	United States	5	3	1	1	15:10	+ 5	7: 3
4th	Slovakia	5	2	0	3	12:12	0	4: 6
5	Ukraine	5	1	0	4th	07:21	-14	2: 8
6th	Austria	5	1	0	4th	04:23	-19	2: 8

Play-offs

Quarter finals
May 10, 2001	Hanover	Czech Republic	-	Slovakia	2: 0 (1: 0.1: 0.0: 0)
May 10, 2001	Cologne	Germany	-	Finland	1: 4 (0: 1.0: 2.1: 1)
May 10, 2001	Hanover	Canada	-	United States	3: 4 n.V. (1: 0.2: 3.0: 0.0: 1)
May 10, 2001	Cologne	Sweden	-	Russia	4: 3 n.V. (0: 1.2: 2.1: 0.1: 0)
Semifinals
May 12, 2001	Hanover	Czech Republic	-	Sweden	3: 2 n.P. (1: 0.0: 1.1: 1.0: 0.1: 0)
May 12, 2001	Hanover	Finland	-	United States	3: 1 (1: 0.0: 1.2: 0)
3rd place match
May 13, 2001	Hanover	Sweden	-	United States	3: 2 (1: 0.1: 1.1: 1)
final
May 13, 2001	Hanover	Czech Republic	-	Finland	3: 2 n.V. (0: 1.0: 1.2: 0.1: 0)

Final placement

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

in the A-WM qualification :	Japan
Relegated:	Belarus , Norway
Climbers	Poland , Slovenia

Champions team

World champion Czech Republic	Milan Hnilička , Vladimír Hudáček , Dušan Salfický - Martin Richter , Jaroslav Špaček , Radek Martinek , Filip Kuba , David Výborný , Pavel Patera , Viktor Ujčík , Frantisek Kaberle , Pavel Kubina , Petr Čajánek , Jaroslav Hlinka , Radek Dvorak , Martin Procházka , Robert Reichel , David Moravec , Tomáš Vlasák , Martin Ručínský , Karel Pilař , Jiří Dopita , Jan Tomajko

Awards

During the tournament, Milan Hnilička (Czech Republic) was voted the best goalkeeper, Kim Johnsson (Sweden) the best defender and Sami Kapanen (Finland) the best striker.

All-Star Team

Milan Hnilička (Czech Republic, goalkeeper), Petteri Nummelin (Finland, right defender), Kim Johnsson (Sweden, left defender), Robert Reichel (Czech Republic, center), Sami Kapanen (Finland, right striker), Martin Ručínský (Czech Republic, left striker ).

Division I.

Group A

in Grenoble, France

Games

April 16, 2001	Grenoble	Denmark	-	Hungary	5: 3 (3: 2.1: 1.1: 0)
April 16, 2001	Grenoble	Poland	-	Netherlands	4: 0 (1: 0.1: 0.2: 0)
April 16, 2001	Grenoble	France	-	Lithuania	7: 1 (4: 0.1: 0.2: 1)
April 17, 2001	Grenoble	Poland	-	Hungary	3: 0 (1: 0.2: 0.0: 0)
April 17, 2001	Grenoble	Denmark	-	Lithuania	8: 1 (2: 0.2: 1.4: 0)
April 17, 2001	Grenoble	France	-	Netherlands	4: 4 (0: 1.2: 0.2: 3)
April 19, 2001	Grenoble	Netherlands	-	Lithuania	3: 2 (2: 0.0: 1.1: 1)
April 19, 2001	Grenoble	Poland	-	Denmark	5: 3 (1: 1.3: 1.1: 1)
April 19, 2001	Grenoble	France	-	Hungary	1: 3 (0: 1.1: 1.0: 1)
April 21, 2001	Grenoble	Hungary	-	Netherlands	8: 2 (1: 0.4: 0.3: 2)
April 21, 2001	Grenoble	Poland	-	Lithuania	13: 2 (3: 0.4: 0.6: 2)
April 21, 2001	Grenoble	France	-	Denmark	4: 0 (2: 0.1: 0.1: 0)
April 22, 2001	Grenoble	Hungary	-	Lithuania	5: 4 (2: 0.1: 3.2: 1)
April 22, 2001	Grenoble	Denmark	-	Netherlands	7: 1 (2: 0.4: 1.1: 0)
April 22, 2001	Grenoble	France	-	Poland	4: 2 (0: 1.1: 0.3: 1)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Poland	5	4th	0	1	27: 09	+18	8: 2
2	France	5	3	1	1	20:10	+10	7: 3
3	Denmark	5	3	0	2	23:14	+ 9	6: 4
4th	Hungary	5	3	0	2	19:15	+ 4	6: 4
5	Netherlands	5	1	1	3	10:25	-15	3: 7
6th	Lithuania	5	0	0	5	10:36	-26	0:10

Group B

in Ljubljana, Slovenia

Games

April 15, 2001	Ljubljana	Kazakhstan	-	China	12: 1 (4: 1.3: 0.5: 0)
April 15, 2001	Ljubljana	Great Britain	-	Estonia	6: 2 (1: 0.2: 0.3: 2)
April 15, 2001	Ljubljana	Slovenia	-	Croatia	15: 1 (8: 0.2: 0.5: 1)
April 17, 2001	Ljubljana	Kazakhstan	-	Estonia	8: 3 (1: 0.2: 1.5: 2)
April 17, 2001	Ljubljana	Great Britain	-	Croatia	10: 1 (3: 0.4: 1.3: 0)
April 17, 2001	Ljubljana	Slovenia	-	China	7: 1 (1: 0.4: 0.2: 1)
April 18, 2001	Ljubljana	Kazakhstan	-	Croatia	12: 3 (6: 0.4: 0.2: 3)
April 18, 2001	Ljubljana	Estonia	-	China	2: 3 (0: 0.1: 2.1: 1)
April 18, 2001	Ljubljana	Slovenia	-	Great Britain	3: 3 (2: 0.0: 2.1: 1)
April 20, 2001	Ljubljana	Great Britain	-	China	12: 1 (2: 1.2: 0.8: 0)
April 20, 2001	Ljubljana	Estonia	-	Croatia	6: 6 (2: 1.4: 3.0: 2)
April 20, 2001	Ljubljana	Slovenia	-	Kazakhstan	3: 1 (0: 0.2: 1.1: 0)
April 21, 2001	Ljubljana	Croatia	-	China	6: 2 (1: 1.3: 0.2: 1)
April 21, 2001	Ljubljana	Great Britain	-	Kazakhstan	11: 2 (3: 1.4: 1.4: 0)
April 21, 2001	Ljubljana	Slovenia	-	Estonia	16: 0 (2: 0.8: 0.6: 0)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Slovenia	5	4th	1	0	44: 06	+38	9: 1
2	Great Britain	5	4th	1	0	42: 09	+33	9: 1
3	Kazakhstan	5	3	0	2	35:21	+14	6: 4
4th	Croatia	5	1	1	3	17:45	-28	3: 7
5	People's Republic of China	5	1	0	4th	08:39	-31	2: 8
6th	Estonia	5	0	1	4th	13:39	-26	1: 9

Moved up and down

Promoted to the World Cup group:	Slovenia, Poland
Relegated from the World Cup group:	Norway, Belarus
Relegated to Division II:	Estonia, Lithuania
Promoted from Division II:	Romania, South Korea

Division II

Group A

in Majadahonda, Spain

Games

April 1, 2001	Majadahonda	Spain	-	South Africa	13: 0 (3: 0.5: 0.5: 0)
April 1, 2001	Majadahonda	South Korea	-	New Zealand	13: 0 (7: 0.4: 0.2: 0)
April 1, 2001	Majadahonda	Australia	-	Iceland	6: 2 (2: 2.3: 0.1: 0)
April 2, 2001	Majadahonda	South Korea	-	South Africa	10: 1 (3: 0.2: 0.5: 1)
April 2, 2001	Majadahonda	Australia	-	New Zealand	13: 3 (3: 0.6: 3.4: 0)
April 2, 2001	Majadahonda	Spain	-	Iceland	14: 1 (4: 1.8: 0.2: 0)
April 4, 2001	Majadahonda	South Africa	-	New Zealand	7: 6 (3: 2.2: 1.2: 3)
April 4, 2001	Majadahonda	South Korea	-	Iceland	7: 0 (1: 0.4: 0.2: 0)
April 4, 2001	Majadahonda	Spain	-	Australia	5: 3 (2: 1.1: 1.2: 1)
April 5, 2001	Majadahonda	South Africa	-	Iceland	5: 3 (1: 2.2: 1.2: 0)
April 5, 2001	Majadahonda	South Korea	-	Australia	9: 2 (2: 0.2: 1.5: 1)
April 5, 2001	Majadahonda	Spain	-	New Zealand	18: 1 (1: 0.10: 1.7: 0)
April 7, 2001	Majadahonda	Spain	-	South Korea	2: 3 (1: 0.0: 1.1: 2)
April 7, 2001	Majadahonda	Australia	-	South Africa	16: 4 (4: 1.6: 2.6: 1)
April 7, 2001	Majadahonda	Iceland	-	New Zealand	5: 2 (1: 2.0: 0.4: 0)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	South Korea	5	5	0	0	42: 05	+37	10-0
2	Spain	5	4th	0	1	52: 08	+44	8: 2
3	Australia	5	3	0	2	40:23	+17	6: 4
4th	South Africa	5	2	0	3	17:48	-31	4: 6
5	Iceland	5	1	0	4th	11:34	-23	2: 8
6th	New Zealand	5	0	0	5	12:56	-44	0:10

Group B

in Bucharest, Romania

Games

March 26, 2001	Bucharest	Belgium	-	Israel	1: 5 (0: 1.1: 3.0: 1)
March 26, 2001	Bucharest	Yugoslavia	-	Bulgaria	5: 1 (4: 0.0: 1.1: 0)
March 26, 2001	Bucharest	Romania	-	Mexico	19: 0 (7: 0.5: 0.7: 0)
March 27, 2001	Bucharest	Yugoslavia	-	Belgium	4: 4 (0: 1.4: 2.0: 1)
March 27, 2001	Bucharest	Israel	-	Mexico	7: 1 (3: 0.1: 0.3: 1)
March 27, 2001	Bucharest	Romania	-	Bulgaria	8: 0 (1: 0.4: 0.3: 0)
March 29, 2001	Bucharest	Bulgaria	-	Mexico	14: 3 (4: 0.4: 1.6: 2)
March 29, 2001	Bucharest	Yugoslavia	-	Israel	1: 2 (0: 0.1: 1.0: 1)
March 29, 2001	Bucharest	Romania	-	Belgium	6: 1 (1: 0.4: 0.1: 1)
March 31, 2001	Bucharest	Bulgaria	-	Belgium	5: 4 (1: 1.3: 2.1: 1)
March 31, 2001	Bucharest	Romania	-	Israel	7: 2 (1: 1.5: 1.1: 0)
March 31, 2001	Bucharest	Yugoslavia	-	Mexico	13: 0 (4: 0.7: 0.2: 0)
April 1, 2001	Bucharest	Belgium	-	Mexico	13: 0 (2: 0.9: 0.2: 0)
April 1, 2001	Bucharest	Bulgaria	-	Israel	1: 5 (1: 2.0: 0.0: 3)
April 1, 2001	Bucharest	Romania	-	Yugoslavia	6: 1 (1: 1.4: 0.1: 0)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Romania	5	5	0	0	46: 04	+42	10-0
2	Israel	5	4th	0	1	21:11	+10	8: 2
3	Yugoslavia	5	2	1	2	24:13	+11	5: 5
4th	Bulgaria	5	2	0	3	21:25	- 4th	4: 6
5	Belgium	5	1	1	3	23:20	+ 3	3: 7
6th	Mexico	5	0	0	5	04:66	-62	0:10

Moved up and down

Promoted to Division I:	South Korea, Romania
Relegated from Division I:	Estonia, Lithuania
Relegated from Division II:	New Zealand, Mexico
Promoted to Division II:	Luxembourg (new), Turkey (new)

See also

• Ice Hockey World Championship 2001 (overview)
• 2001 Women's Ice Hockey World Championship
• Ice Hockey World Championship for U18 Juniors 2001
• Ice Hockey World Championship for U20 Juniors 2001

Web links

Commons : 2001 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

• http://www.iihf.com/ - Website of the International Ice Hockey Federation (engl.)

literature

• Eckert, Horst: International Ice Hockey Guide 2002. Official IIHF Yearbook 2001/2002. Munich: Copress, 2001, ISBN 3-7679-0792-5 . ISSN  1616-5977 .