Ice Hockey World Championship for U20 Juniors 2000

	U20 Junior World Championship
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	Winner: Czech Republic

The 24th ice hockey world championships of the U20 juniors of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF were the ice hockey world championships of the year 2000 in the age group of the under-20s (U20). Between December 13, 1999 and January 15, 2000, 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 Czech team for the first time , who defeated Russia 1-0 in the shootout in the final . The German team missed promotion from the B to the A group due to the defeat in a direct comparison against the later promoted Belarus and took second place. The Switzerland finished sixth in the A group, Austria won the tournament in the C group, an increase in the Group B on.

Overview U20 Junior World Championships

competition	place	date	sub- contractor	viewers total	Games	O
A world championship	Skellefteå Umeå	Dec 25, 1999 - Jan 4, 2000 0	10	41,693	34	1,226
B world championship	Minsk	Dec 13, 1999 - Dec 19, 1999	8th	32,543	20th	1,627
C world championship	Nagano	Dec. 30, 1999 - Jan. 3, 2000 0	8th	7,386	16	461
D world championship	Mexico city	0Jan 9, 2000 - Jan 15, 2000	9	8,050	18th	447

Participants, venues and periods

• A World Championship: December 25, 1999 to January 4, 2000 in Skellefteå and Umeå , Sweden

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

• B World Championship: December 13-19, 1999 in Minsk , Belarus

  Participants: Denmark , Germany , France , Italy (promoted) , Latvia , Norway , Poland , Belarus (relegated)         

• C World Championship: December 30, 1999 to January 3, 2000 in Nagano , Japan

  Participants: Estonia , Great Britain , Japan , Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (promoted) , Lithuania , Austria , Slovenia , Hungary (relegated)         

• D World Championship: January 9-15, 2000 in Mexico City , Mexico

  Participants: Australia (first participation since 1987) , Bulgaria , Iceland , Croatia (relegated) , Mexico , Netherlands , Romania , Spain , South Africa           

The Turkey announced after the last place in the D World Cup last year, no team.  

A world championship

World Cup 2000 of the U20 Juniors
Number of nations	10
World Champion	Czech Republic
silver	Russia
bronze	Canada
Relegated	Ukraine
Venue (s)	Skellefteå & Umeå , Sweden
opening	December 25, 1999
Endgame	January 4, 2000
spectator	41,693 (1,226 per game)
Gates	218 (6.41 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Rick DiPietro
Best defender	Alexander Ryazantsev
Best striker	Milan force
Top scorer	Henrik Sedin (13 points)

The U20 World Cup was held from December 25, 1999 to January 4, 2000 in the Swedish cities of Skellefteå and Umeå . The game was played in the Skellefteå Kraft Arena (6,001 seats) in Skellefteå and the Umeå ishall in Umeå with 5,400 seats.

Ten national teams took part in the tournament, playing in two groups of five teams each. The world championship title was secured for the first time by the Czech Republic, which won the final just 1-0 in the penalty shootout against Russia.

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

mode

After the group matches - each team played four of them - the preliminary round, the first four in each group qualified for the quarter-finals, which, like the other rounds, were then played in the knockout system. The fifth of the group games disputed a relegation according to the " best-of-two " mode and determined who was relegated to the B group.

Venues

Skellefteå	Skellefteå Umeå World Championship venues	Umeå
Skellefteå Kraft Arena Capacity: 6,001		Umeå ishall Capacity: 5,400

Preliminary round

Group A

December 25, 1999 3:30 p.m.

Czech Republic

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

Slovakia

Skellefteå Kraft Arena, Skellefteå Spectators: 1,185

December 25, 1999 7:30 p.m.

Finland

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

Canada

Skellefteå Kraft Arena, Skellefteå Spectators: 457

December 26, 1999 3:30 p.m.

Czech Republic

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

United States

Skellefteå Kraft Arena, Skellefteå Spectators: 374

December 26, 1999 7:30 p.m.

Slovakia

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

Finland

Skellefteå Kraft Arena, Skellefteå Spectators: 398

December 28, 1999 3:30 p.m.

Slovakia

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

United States

Skellefteå Kraft Arena, Skellefteå Spectators: 472

December 28, 1999 7:30 p.m.

Canada

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

Czech Republic

Skellefteå Kraft Arena, Skellefteå Spectators: 997

December 29, 1999 3:30 p.m.

United States

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

Finland

Skellefteå Kraft Arena, Skellefteå Spectators: 582

December 29, 1999 7:30 p.m.

Canada

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

Slovakia

Skellefteå Kraft Arena, Skellefteå Spectators: 513

December 31, 1999 12:00 p.m.

Finland

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

Czech Republic

Skellefteå Kraft Arena, Skellefteå Spectators: 423

December 31, 1999 4:00 p.m.

United States

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

Canada

Skellefteå Kraft Arena, Skellefteå Spectators: 596

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Czech Republic	4th	2	2	0	12: 07	6th
2.	Canada	4th	2	2	0	09: 05	6th
3.	United States	4th	1	2	1	05: 06	4th
4th	Finland	4th	1	1	2	08: 09	3
5.	Slovakia	4th	0	1	3	04:11	1

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats
Explanations: qualifier for the quarter-finals , qualification for the relegation round

Group B

December 25, 1999 3:30 p.m.

Switzerland

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

Ukraine

Umeå ishall, Umeå Spectators: 934

December 25, 1999 7:30 p.m.

Russia

14: 1 (4: 1, 4: 0, 6: 0)

Kazakhstan

Umeå ishall, Umeå Spectators: 848

December 26, 1999 3:30 p.m.

Switzerland

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

Sweden

Umeå ishall, Umeå spectators: 2,838

December 26, 1999 7:30 p.m.

Ukraine

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

Russia

Umeå ishall, Umeå Spectators: 489

December 28, 1999 3:30 p.m.

Ukraine

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

Sweden

Umeå ishall, Umeå spectators: 2,058

December 28, 1999 7:30 p.m.

Kazakhstan

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

Switzerland

Umeå ishall, Umeå Spectators: 839

December 29, 1999 3:30 p.m.

Sweden

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

Russia

Umeå ishall, Umeå spectators: 4,450

December 29, 1999 7:30 p.m.

Kazakhstan

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

Ukraine

Umeå ishall, Umeå Spectators: 356

December 31, 1999 12:00 p.m.

Russia

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

Switzerland

Umeå ishall, Umeå Spectators: 329

December 31, 1999 4:00 p.m.

Sweden

13: 1 (3: 1, 6: 0, 4: 0)

Kazakhstan

Umeå ishall, Umeå Spectators: 511

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Russia	4th	4th	0	0	30: 04	8th
2.	Sweden	4th	3	0	1	27: 08	6th
3.	Switzerland	4th	2	0	2	13:16	4th
4th	Kazakhstan	4th	1	0	3	07:34	2
5.	Ukraine	4th	0	0	4th	06:21	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats
Explanations: qualifier for the quarter-finals , qualification for the relegation round

Relegation round

The relegation to Division I was carried out in the " Best-of-Two " mode. In the event of a tie after winning games, the second game was continued with a sudden death overtime and, if necessary, a penalty shoot-out to determine who was relegated.

January 2, 2000 4:00 p.m.

Slovakia

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

Ukraine

Kraft Arena, Skellefteå spectators: 2,745

January 4, 2000 12:00 p.m.

Ukraine

1: 6 n.P. (0: 0, 1: 2, 0: 3, 0: 0, 0: 1) Status: 1: 1 *

Slovakia

Umeå ishall, Umeå Spectators: 301

Final round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

B1

Russia

4th

A4

Finland

0

B1

Russia

3

A2

Canada

2

A2

Canada

8th

B3

Switzerland

3

B1

Russia

0

A1

Czech Republic

1

B2

Sweden

1

A3

United States

5

A3

United States

1

3rd place match

A1

Czech Republic

4th

A1

Czech Republic

6th

A2

Canada

4th

B4

Kazakhstan

3

A3

United States

3

Quarter finals

January 1, 2000 2 p.m.

Canada

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

Switzerland

Skellefteå Kraft Arena, Skellefteå Spectators: 432

January 1, 2000 2 p.m.

Sweden

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

United States

Umeå ishall, Umeå spectators: 2,171

January 1, 2000 6:00 p.m.

Czech Republic

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

Kazakhstan

Skellefteå Kraft Arena, Skellefteå Spectators: 386

January 1, 2000 6:00 p.m.

Russia

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

Finland

Umeå ishall, Umeå Spectators: 521

Placement round

	Placement rounds 5-8					Play for 5th place
	B4	Kazakhstan	2
	B2	Sweden	12
						B2	Sweden	5
						B3	Switzerland	2
	B3	Switzerland	5
	A4	Finland	2
						Game for 7th place
						A4	Finland	9
						B4	Kazakhstan	1

January 3, 2000 3:30 p.m.

Switzerland

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

Finland

Umeå ishall, Umeå Spectators: 359

January 3, 2000 7:30 p.m.

Kazakhstan

2:12 (0: 3, 1: 7, 1: 2)

Sweden

Umeå ishall, Umeå Spectators: 946

Game for 7th place

January 4, 2000 3:00 p.m.

Finland

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

Kazakhstan

Umeå ishall, Umeå Spectators: 306

Play for 5th place

January 4, 2000 7:00 p.m.

Sweden

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

Switzerland

Umeå ishall, Umeå Spectators: 872

Semifinals

January 3, 2000 3:30 p.m.

United States

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

Czech Republic

Skellefteå Kraft Arena, Skellefteå Spectators: 2,848

January 3, 2000 7:30 p.m.

Russia

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

Canada

Skellefteå Kraft Arena, Skellefteå Spectators: 3,215

3rd place match

January 4, 2000 2:00 p.m.

Canada

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

United States

Skellefteå Kraft Arena, Skellefteå Spectators: 2,784

final

January 4, 2000 7:00 p.m.

Russia

0: 1 n.P. (0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1)

Czech Republic

Skellefteå Kraft Arena, Skellefteå Spectators: 3,857

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
Henrik Sedin	Sweden	7th	4th	9	13	+9	6th
Milan force	Czech Republic	7th	5	7th	12	+8	0
Daniel Sedin	Sweden	7th	6th	4th	10	+8	0
Brandon Reid	Canada	7th	4th	5	9	+3	4th
Yevgeny Muratov	Russia	7th	6th	2	8th	+8	4th
Alexei Tereshchenko	Russia	7th	3	5	8th	+6	2
Erik Lewerström	Sweden	7th	3	5	8th	+2	14th
Alexander Ryazantsev	Russia	7th	2	6th	8th	+10	2
David Nyström	Sweden	7th	2	6th	8th	+6	2
Oleg Smirnov	Russia	7th	2	6th	8th	+7	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
Ilya Brysgalov	Russia	4th	234: 04	3	1	97.14	0.77
Alexei Volkov	Russia	5	185: 11	4th	0	95.06	1.30
Zdeněk Šmíd	Czech Republic	7th	420: 00	11	1	93.96	1.57
Maxime Ouellet	Canada	6th	360: 00	11	0	93.92	1.83
Rick DiPietro	United States	5	298: 57	9	1	93.48	1.81

Final placements

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

Title, promotion and relegation

World champion Czech Republic

January Boháč , Jiří David , Tomas Duba , David Hájek , Martin Havlát , Martin Holý , Tomáš Horna , Zbynek Irgl , Josef Jindra , Milan force , Jaroslav Kristek , angel krstev , Zdeněk Kutlák , Vaclav Nedorost , Vladimír Novák , Libor Pivko , Michal Sivek , Zdeněk Šmíd , Jan Sochor , Jaroslav Svoboda , Petr Svoboda , Josef Vašíček Trainers: Jaroslav Holík

Silver Russia

Dmitri Afanassenkow , Mikhail Balandin , Ilya Brysgalow , Anton But , Valery Khlebnikov , Denis Denisov , Pawel Duma , Yevgeny Fyodorov , Andrei Jessipow , Yevgeny Lapin , Alexander Lyubimov , Artyom Maryam , Evgeny Muratov , Alexander Rjasanzew , Kirill Safronov , Igor Schtschadilow , Denis Schwidki , Alexander Sewachin , Sergei Zinoviev , Oleg Smirnow , Alexei Tereschchenko , Alexei Volkov Coach: Pyotr Vorobjow

Bronze Canada

Mark Bell , Mathieu Biron , Tyler Bouck , Jay Bouwmeester , Éric Chouinard , Brian Finley , Dany Heatley , Barret Jackman , Matt Kinch , Jamie Lundmark , Manny Malhotra , Steve McCarthy , Chris Nielsen , Maxime Ouellet , Matt Pettinger , Brandon Reid , Mike Ribeiro , Brad Richards , Kyle Rossiter , Joé Rullier , Michael Ryder , Jason Spezza Coaching staff: Claude Julien , Dean Clark , Todd McLellan

Relegated to Division I:	Ukraine
Promoted to the top division:	Belarus

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Best goalkeeper	Rick DiPietro	United States
Best defender	Alexander Ryazantsev	Russia
Best striker	Milan force	Czech Republic

All-Star Team

Attack:	Milan Kraft - Alexei Tereshchenko - Yevgeny Muratov
Defense:	Mathieu Biron - Alexander Ryazantsev
Goal:	Rick DiPietro

B world championship

in Minsk, Belarus

Preliminary round

Group A

December 13, 1999 2:30 p.m.

Germany

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

Italy

Minsk spectators: 1,043

December 13, 1999 6:30 p.m.

Latvia

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

Belarus

Minsk spectators: 3,300

December 14, 1999 2:30 p.m.

Germany

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

Latvia

Minsk spectators: 700

December 14, 1999 6:30 p.m.

Belarus

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

Italy

Minsk spectators: 3,200

December 16, 1999 2:30 p.m.

Italy

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

Latvia

Minsk spectators: 1,200

December 16, 1999 6:30 p.m.

Belarus

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

Germany

Minsk spectators: 3,700

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Belarus	3	2	1	0	7: 3	5
2.	Germany	3	2	0	1	9: 6	4th
3.	Italy	3	1	1	1	4: 5	3
4th	Latvia	3	0	0	3	2: 8	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats
Explanations: qualifier for the final round , qualification for the relegation round

Group B

Teams	FRA	NOR	POLE	DAN	Gates	Pt.
1. France		4: 2	3: 3	4: 3	11: 8	5: 1
2. Norway	2: 4		5: 1	7: 3	14: 8	4: 2
3. Poland	3: 3	1: 5		9: 4	13:12	3: 3
4. Denmark	3: 4	3: 7	4: 9		10:20	0: 6

Final and relegation round

Final round for places 1–4 Teams BLR GER FRA NOR Gates Pt. 1. Belarus (4: 2) 9: 4 4: 3 17: 9 6-0 2. Germany (2: 4) 4-0 2: 1 8: 5 4: 2 3. France 4: 9 0: 4 (4: 2) 8:15 2: 4 4. Norway 3: 4 1: 2 (2: 4) 6:10 0: 6

Relegation round for places 5–8 Teams POLE ITA LAT DAN Gates Pt. 1. Poland 1: 1 3: 2 (9: 4) 13: 7 5: 1 2. Italy 1: 1 (2: 1) 1: 4 4: 6 3: 3 3. Latvia 2: 3 (1: 2) 4: 3 7: 8 2: 4 4. Denmark (4: 9) 4: 1 3: 4 11:14 2: 4

Final placements

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

Ascent and descent

Junior B World Champion 2000:	Belarus
Promoted to the A group:	Belarus
Relegated from the A group:	Ukraine
Relegated to the C group:	Denmark
Newcomers from the C group:	Austria

C world championship

in Nagano, Japan

Preliminary round

Group A Teams AUT HUN EST YUG Gates Pt. 1. Austria  14: 2 8: 2 9: 1 31: 5 6-0 2. Hungary  2:14 6: 3 6: 1 14:18 4: 2 3. Estonia  2: 8 3: 6 5: 5 10:19 1: 5 4th Federal Republic of Yugoslavia  1: 9 1: 6 5: 5 7:20 1: 5

Group B Teams SLO GBR JPN LTU Gates Pt. 1. Slovenia  3: 3 4: 3 5: 1 12: 7 5: 1 2. Great Britain  3: 3 2: 2 4: 2 9: 7 4: 2 3. Japan  3: 4 2: 2 6: 3 11: 9 3: 3 4. Lithuania  1: 5 2: 4 3: 6 6:15 0: 6

Finals and placement games

Game for 7th place
January 3, 2000	Nagano	Lithuania	-	BR Yugoslavia	5: 1 (3: 1.1: 0.1: 0)
Play for 5th place
January 3, 2000	Nagano	Japan	-	Estonia	9: 1 (2: 0.0: 1.7: 0)
3rd place match
January 3, 2000	Nagano	Great Britain	-	Hungary	7: 2 (4: 1.2: 1.1: 0)
final
January 3, 2000	Nagano	Austria	-	Slovenia	6: 2 (1: 0.1: 0.4: 2)

Final placements

RF	team
1	Austria
2	Slovenia
3	Great Britain
4th	Hungary
5	Japan
6th	Estonia
7th	Lithuania
8th	BR Yugoslavia

Ascent and descent

Junior C World Champion 2000:	Austria
Moving up to the B group:	Austria
Relegated from group B:	Denmark
Relegated to the D group:	BR Yugoslavia
Newcomers to the C group:	Croatia

D world championship

in Mexico City, Mexico

Preliminary round

Group A

Teams	CRO	RSA	BUL	Gates	Pt.
1. Croatia		13: 1	22: 1	35: 2	4-0
2. South Africa	1:13		12: 1	13:14	2: 2
3. Bulgaria	1:22	1:12		2:34	0: 4

Group B

Teams	NED	MEX	ISL	Gates	Pt.
1. Netherlands		10-0	14: 1	24: 1	4-0
2. Mexico	0:10		8: 3	8:13	2: 2
3. Iceland	1:14	3: 8		4:22	0: 4

Group C

Teams	ROME	ESP	OUT	Gates	Pt.
1. Romania		6: 3	18: 2	24: 5	4-0
2. Spain	3: 6		5: 3	8: 9	2: 2
3. Australia	2:18	3: 5		5:23	0: 4

Final round and placement rounds

Placement round for places 7–9

Teams	OUT	BUL	ISL	Gates	Pt.
1. Australia		8: 2	8: 4	16: 6	4-0
2. Bulgaria	2: 8		7: 1	9: 9	2: 2
3. Iceland	4: 8	1: 7		5:15	0: 4

Placement round for places 4–6

Teams	ESP	MEX	RSA	Gates	Pt.
1. Spain		10: 2	6: 4	16: 6	4-0
2. Mexico	2:10		3: 1	5:11	2: 2
3. South Africa	4: 6	1: 3		5: 9	0: 4

Final round for places 1–4

Teams	CRO	ROME	NED	Gates	Pt.
1. Croatia		6: 4	6: 4	12: 8	4-0
2. Romania	4: 6		5: 2	9: 8	2: 2
3. Netherlands	4: 6	2: 5		6:11	0: 4

Final placements

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

Ascent and descent

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

Web links

• The Junior World Championship at hockeyarchives.info (French)