Ice Hockey World Championship for U18 Juniors 2001

	U18 Junior World Championship
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	Winner: Russia

The 3rd ice hockey world championships of the U18 juniors of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF were the ice hockey world championships of 2001 in the age group of under-eighteen year olds (U18). A total of between 5 March and 21 April 2001 43 national teams at the seven tournaments in the Top Division, Divisions I to III and Asia-Oceania Division and the qualifications for Division III and Asia-Oceania division for the following year in part .

For both Junior World Championships from this year - as with the seniors and women - a new name for the different groups was applied. The B group was designated as Division I, the C group as Division II and the D group as Division III. The A group was generally only renamed the Top Division. Due to the IIHF decision that Canada should receive a wildcard for the top division for the 2002 World Cup , there was no relegation to division I. The top division was increased to twelve participants for the following year.

For the first time, the world champion was Russia's team , which clearly beat the surprise team from Switzerland 6-2 in the final . The German team took fifth place in the top division and rounded off the good performance of the German-speaking nations in the top division. Austria finished second in Division I and narrowly missed promotion.

Overview U18 Junior World Championships

competition	place	date	sub- contractor	viewers total	Games	O
Top division	Helsinki Lahti Heinola	Apr 12, 2001 - Apr 22, 2001	10	26,594	31	858
Division I.	Riga Liepāja	26th Mar 2001 - Apr 1, 2001 0	8th	13,250	20th	662
Division II	Elektrėnai Kaunas	27 Mar 2001 - March 31 2001	8th	6,590	16	412
Division III	Sofia	07th Mar 2001 - March 11th 2001	8th	3,300	16	206
Division III Qual	Kockelscheuer	Apr 27, 2001 - Apr 27, 2001	2	300	1	300
Asia-Oceania Division	Seoul	0March 8 2001 - March 11th 2001	4th	2,100	6th	350
Asia-Oceania Division Qual	Seoul	09 Mar 2001 - March 11th 2001	3	300	3	100

Participants, venues and periods

• Top division: April 12-22, 2001 in Helsinki , Lahti and Heinola , Finland

  Participants: Germany, Finland (defending champion) , Norway (promoted) , Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Ukraine, USA

• Division I: March 26 to April 1, 2001 in Riga and Liepāja , Latvia

  Participants: Denmark, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan (promoted) , Latvia, North Korea (promoted) , Austria, Belarus (relegated)

• Division II: March 27 to 31, 2001 in Elektrėnai and Kaunas , Lithuania

  Participants: Estonia, France (relegated) , Great Britain, Croatia (promoted) , Lithuania, Poland (relegated) , Slovenia, Hungary

• Division III: March 7-11, 2001 in Sofia , Bulgaria

  Participants: Belgium, Bulgaria, Israel, Yugoslavia, the Netherlands, Romania (relegated) , Spain (relegated) , South Africa

• Qualification for Division III: April 27, 2001 in Kockelscheuer , Luxembourg

  Participants: Iceland (relegated) , Turkey

• Asia-Oceania Division: March 8-11, 2001 in Seoul , South Korea

  Participants: Australia, People's Republic of China, New Zealand (promoted) , South Korea

• Qualification for the Asia-Oceania Division: March 9-11, 2001 in Seoul , South Korea

  Participants: Republic of China (Taiwan), Mongolia, Thailand

Top division

2001 World Cup for U18 Juniors
Number of nations	10
World Champion	Russia
silver	Switzerland
bronze	Finland
Venue (s)	Helsinki , Lahti & Heinola , Finland
opening	April 12, 2001
Endgame	April 22, 2001
spectator	26,594 (858 per game)
Gates	221 (7.13 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Tobias Stephan
Best defender	Kirill Kolzow
Best striker	Ilya Kovalchuk
Top scorer	Ilja Kovalchuk (15 points)

The U18 World Championship was held from April 12 to 22, 2001 in the Finnish cities of Helsinki , Lahti and Heinola . The games were played in the Helsingin Jäähalli (8,200 places) in Helsinki as well as the Lahden Jäähalli in Lahti with 5,098 places and the Heinolan Jäähalli in Heinola (2,975 places).

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

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

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 to Division I.

Venues

Helsinki	Helsinki Lahti Heinola Venue of the top division	Lahti	Heinola
Helsingin Jäähalli Capacity: 8,200		Lahden Jäähalli Capacity: 5,098	Heinolan Jäähalli Capacity: 2,975

Preliminary round

Group A

April 12, 2001 4:30 p.m.

Ukraine

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

Switzerland

Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti spectators: 312

April 12, 2001 8:00 p.m.

Slovakia

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

Finland

Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti spectators: 846

April 13, 2001 6:30 p.m.

United States

11: 0 (3: 0, 5: 0, 3: 0)

Ukraine

Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti spectators: 397

April 14, 2001 3:00 p.m.

Switzerland

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

Slovakia

Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti spectators: 634

April 14, 2001 6:30 p.m.

Finland

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

United States

Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti audience: 2,012

April 15, 2001 6:30 p.m.

Ukraine

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

Finland

Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti spectators: 1,316

April 16, 2001 3:00 p.m.

Switzerland

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

United States

Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti spectators: 338

April 16, 2001 6:30 p.m.

Slovakia

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

Ukraine

Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti spectators: 300

April 17, 2001 4:30 p.m.

United States

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

Slovakia

Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti spectators: 300

April 17, 2001 8:00 p.m.

Finland

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

Switzerland

Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti viewers: 2,037

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Finland	4th	4th	0	0	17: 03	8th
2.	United States	4th	3	0	1	23: 07	6th
3.	Switzerland	4th	2	0	2	12:10	4th
4th	Slovakia	4th	1	0	3	14:15	2
5.	Ukraine	4th	0	0	4th	03:34	0

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

Group B

April 12, 2001 4:30 p.m.

Czech Republic

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

Russia

Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola spectators: 613

April 12, 2001 8:00 p.m.

Norway

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

Sweden

Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola spectators: 498

April 13, 2001 6:30 p.m.

Germany

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

Norway

Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola spectators: 616

April 14, 2001 3:00 p.m.

Sweden

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

Czech Republic

Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola spectators: 537

April 14, 2001 6:30 p.m.

Russia

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

Germany

Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola audience: 416

April 15, 2001 6:30 p.m.

Norway

1:10 (0: 1, 0: 7, 1: 2)

Russia

Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola audience: 550

April 16, 2001 3:00 p.m.

Sweden

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

Germany

Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola audience: 540

April 16, 2001 6:30 p.m.

Czech Republic

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

Norway

Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola audience: 570

April 17, 2001 4:30 p.m.

Russia

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

Sweden

Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola audience: 640

April 17, 2001 8:00 p.m.

Germany

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

Czech Republic

Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola audience: 525

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Russia	4th	3	0	1	29:11	6th
2.	Germany	4th	2	1	1	10:12	5
3.	Czech Republic	4th	2	0	2	13:14	4th
4th	Sweden	4th	2	0	2	10:10	4th
5.	Norway	4th	0	1	3	08:23	1

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

Relegation round

April 19, 2001 4:30 p.m.

Slovakia

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

Norway

Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola audience: 340

April 19, 2001 8:00 p.m.

Sweden

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

Ukraine

Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola audience: 410

April 20, 2001 4:30 p.m.

Sweden

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

Slovakia

Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola audience: 325

April 20, 2001 8:00 p.m.

Norway

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

Ukraine

Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola audience: 300

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Sweden	3	3	0	0	18: 08	6th
2.	Slovakia	3	1	1	1	15:10	3
3.	Norway	3	1	1	1	12:10	3
4th	Ukraine	3	0	0	3	07:24	0

Note: The preliminary round matches Norway - Sweden (3: 4) and Slovakia - Ukraine (10: 1) are included in the table.
Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats
Explanations: Relegated to Division I.

Final round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

B1

Russia

8th

A2

United States

4th

B3

Czech Republic

3

B3

Czech Republic

5

B1

Russia

6th

A3

Switzerland

2

A3

Switzerland

4th

B2

Germany

1

A1

Finland

2

3rd place match

A3

Switzerland

7th

A1

Finland

2

B3

Czech Republic

1

Play for 5th place

A2

United States

1

B2

Germany

2

Quarter finals

April 19, 2001 4:30 p.m.

Germany

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

Switzerland

Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti spectators: 329

April 19, 2001 8:00 p.m.

United States

4: 5 n.P. (3: 1, 0: 1, 1: 2, 0: 0, 0: 1)

Czech Republic

Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti spectators: 519

Play for 5th place

April 22, 2001 1 p.m.

United States

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

Germany

Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola audience: 335

Semifinals

April 20, 2001 4:30 p.m.

Russia

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

Czech Republic

Helsingin Jäähalli, Helsinki spectators: 2,152

April 20, 2001 8:00 p.m.

Switzerland

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

Finland

Helsingin Jäähalli, Helsinki Spectators: 2.811

3rd place match

April 22, 2001 1 p.m.

Finland

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

Czech Republic

Helsingin Jäähalli, Helsinki Spectators: no information

final

April 22, 2001 5:00 p.m.

Russia

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

Switzerland

Helsingin Jäähalli, Helsinki Spectators: 5,076

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
Ilya Kovalchuk	Russia	6th	11	4th	15th	+12	26th
Igor Grigorenko	Russia	6th	6th	4th	10	+11	8th
Yuri Trubachev	Russia	6th	2	7th	9	+8	8th
Tomáš Jasko	Slovakia	6th	4th	4th	8th	+1	0
Dwight Helminen	United States	6th	3	5	8th	+4	0
Petr Kanko	Czech Republic	7th	6th	1	7th	± 0	4th
Joey Crabb	United States	6th	5	2	7th	+4	2
Patrik Bärtschi	Switzerland	7th	5	2	7th	+2	4th
Alexander Pereshogin	Russia	6th	4th	3	7th	+4	0
Jiří Novotný	Czech Republic	6th	4th	3	7th	−1	2

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
Kari Lehtonen	Finland	4th	239: 10	7th	2	93.46	1.76
Tobias Stephan	Switzerland	6th	360: 00	16	0	92.73	2.67
Travis Weber	United States	3	180: 00	6th	1	92.41	2.00
Dimitri Pätzold	Germany	6th	360: 00	20th	0	90.78	3.33
Andrei Medvedev	Russia	5	285: 29	14th	0	90.60	2.94

Final placements

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

¹ Although the Ukraine rose as the bottom of the table in the relegation round, the Ukraine remained in the top division due to the admission of the Canadian team to the following World Cup and the associated expansion of the top division to twelve participants.

Title, promotion and relegation

World Champion Russia

Yevgeny Artjuchin , Anton Babtschuk , Denis Grebeschkow , Igor Grigorenko , Alexander Golovin , Alexei Kaigorodow , Yuri Kljutschnikow , Igor Knyazev , Kirill Koltsov , Vladimir V.Korsunov , Ilya Kovalchuk , Andrei Medvedev , Alexander Pereschogin , Alexander Poluschin , Timofei Schischkanow , Dmitri Syomin , Andrei Taratuchin , Artyom Ternawski , Fyodor Tjutin , Yuri Trubachev , Stanislav Tschistow , Viktor Uchevatov Coach: Vladimir Pljuschtschew

Silver Switzerland

Andres Ambühl , Patrik Bärtschi , Thomas Bäumle , Lukas Baumgartner , Severin Blindenbacher , Daniel Boss , Cyrill Bühler , Florian Conz , Jürg Dällenbach , Manuel Gossweiler , Marco Gruber , Andreas Küng , Romano Lemm , Daniel Manzato , Marcel Moser , Emanuel Peter , Tim Ramholt , Raffaele Sannitz , Filippo Schenker , Beat Schiess-Forster , Stefan Schnyder , Tobias Stephan , Luca Triulzi Trainer: Charly Oppliger

Bronze Finland

Juuso Akkanen , Sean Bergheim , Juha Fagerstedt , Topi Jaakola , Teemu Jääskeläinen , Tommi Jäminki , Jussi Jokinen , Henrik Juntunen , Max Kenig , Juha-Pekka Ketola , Mikko Koivu , Kari Lehtonen , Mikko Mäenpää , Tomi Mäki , Antti-Jussi Miettinen , Tomi Mustonen , Tuomas Nissinen , Joni Purola , Tomi Sykkö , Matti Tähkäpää , Jussi Timonen , Iikka Törnvall Trainer: Pekka Hämäläinen

Relegated to Division I:	none
Promoted to the top division:	Canada (IIHF Decision) , Belarus

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Best goalkeeper	Tobias Stephan	Switzerland
Best defender	Kirill Kolzow	Russia
Best striker	Ilya Kovalchuk	Russia

All-Star Team

Attack:	Ilya Kovalchuk - Dwight Helminen - Igor Grigorenko
Defense:	Igor Knjasew - Kirill Koltsov
Goal:	Tobias Stephan

Division I.

in Riga and Liepaja, Latvia

Preliminary round

Group A (in Riga) Teams BLR JPN DAN PRK Gates Pt. 1. Belarus 3: 2 11: 5 9: 1 23: 8 6-0 2. Japan 2: 3 4: 2 11: 2 17: 7 4: 2 3. Denmark 5:11 2: 4 5: 4 12:19 2: 4 4. North Korea 1: 9 2:11 4: 5 7:25 0: 6

Group B (in Liepaja) Teams AUT LAT KAZ ITA Gates Pt. 1. Austria 3-0 5: 3 2: 2 10: 5 5: 1 2. Latvia 0: 3 5: 5 8: 1 13: 9 3: 3 3. Kazakhstan 3: 5 5: 5 4-0 12:10 3: 3 4. Italy 2: 2 1: 8 0: 4 3:14 1: 5

Final and relegation round

Placement round for places 5–8 (in Liepaja) Teams KAZ ITA DAN PRK Gates Pt. 1. Kazakhstan (4: 0) 8: 2 12: 2 24: 4 6-0 2. Italy (0: 4) 6: 5 5: 3 11:12 4: 2 3. Denmark 2: 8 5: 6 (5: 4) 12:18 2: 4 4. North Korea 2:12 3: 5 (4: 5) 9:22 0: 6

Final round for places 1–4 (in Riga) Teams BLR AUT JPN LAT Gates Pt. 1. Belarus 4: 4 (3: 2) 7: 3 14: 9 5: 1 2. Austria 4: 4 3: 3 (3: 0) 10: 7 4: 2 3. Japan (2: 3) 3: 3 5: 2 10: 8 3: 3 4. Latvia 3: 7 (0: 3) 2: 5 5:15 0: 6

Final placements

RF	team
1	Belarus
2	Austria
3	Japan
4th	Latvia
5	Kazakhstan
6th	Italy
7th	Denmark
8th	North Korea

Ascent and descent

Promoted to the World Cup group:	Belarus
Relegated from the World Cup group:	no relegation
Relegated from Division I:	no relegation
Promoted to Division I:	Slovenia

Division II

in Elektrėnai and Kaunas, Lithuania

Preliminary round

Group A (in Kaunas) Teams SLO POLE CRO HUN Gates Pt. 1. Slovenia 10: 1 11: 0 10: 1 31: 2 6-0 2. Poland 1:10 10: 1 13: 0 24:11 4: 2 3. Croatia 0:11 1:10 7: 6 8:27 2: 4 4. Hungary 1:10 0:13 6: 7 7:30 0: 6

Group B (in Elektrėnai) Teams FRA EST GBR LTU Gates Pt. 1. France 4: 4 9-0 8-0 21: 4 5: 1 2. Estonia 4: 4 6: 2 6: 2 16: 8 5: 1 3. Great Britain 0: 9 2: 6 8: 3 10:18 2: 4 4. Lithuania 0: 8 2: 6 3: 8 5:22 0: 6

Final, relegation and placement games

Relegation game for 7th place
March 31, 2001	Kaunas	Lithuania	-	Hungary		1:11 (0: 3.1: 1.0: 7)
Play for 5th place
March 31, 2001	Kaunas	Great Britain	-	Croatia		5: 4 (0: 1.1: 1.4: 2)
3rd place match
March 31, 2001	Elektrėnai	Poland	-	Estonia		4: 2 (1: 1.0: 0.3: 1)
final
March 31, 2001	Elektrėnai	Slovenia	-	France		5: 2 (1: 1.4: 0.0: 1)

Final placements

RF	team
1	Slovenia
2	France
3	Poland
4th	Estonia
5	Great Britain
6th	Croatia
7th	Hungary
8th	Lithuania

Ascent and descent

Promoted to Division I:	Slovenia
Relegated from Division I:	no relegation
Relegated from Division II:	Lithuania
Promoted to Division II:	Romania, Netherlands

Division III

in Sofia, Bulgaria

Preliminary round

Group A Teams ROME RSA BEL YUG Gates Pt. 1. Romania 10-0 5: 2 1-0 16: 2 6-0 2. South Africa 0:10 3: 2 4: 3 7:15 4: 2 3. Belgium 2: 5 2: 3 4: 1 8: 9 2: 4 4. Yugoslavia 0: 1 3: 4 1: 4 4: 9 0: 6

Group B Teams NED ESP BUL ISR Gates Pt. 1. Netherlands 11: 0 14: 1 10: 2 35: 3 6-0 2. Spain 0:11 13: 2 6: 3 19:16 4: 2 3. Bulgaria 1:14 2:13 2-0 5:27 2: 4 4. Israel 2:10 3: 6 0: 2 5:18 0: 6

Finals and placement games

Game for 7th place
March 11, 2001	Sofia	Yugoslavia	-	Israel		7: 6 n.P. (1: 2.2: 3.3: 1.0: 0.1: 0)
Play for 5th place
March 11, 2001	Sofia	Bulgaria	-	Belgium		3:11 (1: 2.0: 4.2: 5)
3rd place match
March 11, 2001	Sofia	Spain	-	South Africa		8: 1 (4: 0.2: 1.2: 0)
final
March 11, 2001	Sofia	Netherlands	-	Romania		4: 3 (1: 1.2: 0.1: 2)

Final placements

RF	team
1	Netherlands
2	Romania
3	Spain
4th	South Africa
5	Belgium
6th	Bulgaria
7th	Yugoslavia
8th	Israel

Ascent and descent

Promoted to Division II:	Romania, Netherlands
Relegated from Division II:	Lithuania
Relegated from Division III:	no relegation
Promoted to Division III:	Turkey South Korea

Qualification for Division III 2002

in Luxembourg, Luxembourg

April 27, 2001

Luxembourg

Turkey

-

Iceland

5: 4 (3: 2.2: 0.0: 2)

Promoted to Division III:

Turkey

Asia-Oceania Division

in Seoul, South Korea

Teams	DRC	CHN	OUT	NZL	Gates	Pt.
1. South Korea		6: 2	11: 1	22: 1	39: 4	6-0
2. People's Republic of China	2: 6		2: 2	22: 0	26: 8	3: 3
3. Australia	1:11	2: 2		8: 3	11:16	3: 3
4. New Zealand	1:22	0:22	3: 8		4:52	0: 6

Ascent and descent

Promoted to Division III:	South Korea
Relegated from Division III:	no relegation
Relegated from Asia Division I:	no relegation
Promoted to Asia Division I:	Mongolia, Republic of China (Taiwan), Thailand

Qualified for Asia-Oceania Division 2002

in Seoul, South Korea

Teams	MGL	TPE	THA	Gates	Pt.
1. Mongolia		10: 3	12: 1	22: 4	4-0
2. Republic of China (Taiwan)	3:10		3: 1	6:11	2: 2
3. Thailand	1:12	1: 3		2:15	0: 4

Climbers

Promoted to Asia Division I:

Mongolia

Web links

• 2001 IIHF World U18 Championship at iihf.com
• 2001 Heinola, Lahti, Helsinki Men's Junior Hockey Games Chronology. In: legendsofhockey.net. Retrieved February 6, 2017 .