Ice Hockey World Championship for U20 Juniors 2001

	U20 Junior World Championship
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	Winner: Czech Republic

The 25th ice hockey world championships of the U20 juniors of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF were the ice hockey world championships of 2001 in the age group of the under-20s (U20). Between December 10, 2000 and April 28, 2001, a total of 37 national teams took part in the five tournaments of the top division as well as divisions I to III and the qualification for the same.

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 team of the Czech Republic became the world champion for the second time and defeated Finland 2-1 in the final . The German team missed the promotion from Division I to the top division due to the defeat in a direct comparison against the later promoted France and took second place. The Switzerland finished sixth in the Top Division, confirming the previous year, Austria was in the Division I fifth.

Overview U20 Junior World Championships

competition	place	date	sub- contractor	viewers total	Games	O
Top division	Moscow Podolsk	Dec 26, 2000 - Jan 5, 2001 0	10	82,400	34	2,423
Division I.	Füssen Landsberg am Lech	Dec 10, 2000 - Dec 16, 2000	8th	10,699	20th	534
Division II	Elektrėnai Kaunas	Dec. 30, 2000 - Jan. 3, 2001 0	8th	9,509	16	594
Division III	Belgrade	0Jan. 4, 2001 - Jan. 8, 2001 0	8th	15,000	16	937
Division III Qual	Kockelscheuer	Apr 26, 2001 - Apr 28, 2001	3	900	3	300

Participants, venues and periods

• Top division: December 26, 2000 to January 5, 2001 in Moscow and Podolsk , Russia

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

• Division I: December 10-16, 2000 in Füssen and Landsberg am Lech , Germany

  Participants: Germany , France , Italy , Latvia , Norway , Austria (promoted) , Poland , Ukraine (relegated)         

• Division II: December 30, 2000 to January 3, 2001 in Elektrėnai and Kaunas , Lithuania

  Participants: Denmark (relegated) , Estonia , Great Britain , Japan , Croatia (promoted) , Lithuania , Slovenia , Hungary          

• Division III: January 4th to 8th 2001 in Belgrade , FR Yugoslavia

  Participants: Australia , Bulgaria , Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (relegated) , Mexico , Netherlands , Romania , Spain , South Africa         

• Qualification for Division III: April 26-28 , 2001 in Kockelscheuer , Luxembourg

  Participants: Ireland (newcomer) , Iceland (relegated) , Luxembourg (newcomer)     

Top division

2001 World Cup for U20 Juniors
Number of nations	10
World Champion	Czech Republic
silver	Finland
bronze	Canada
Relegated	Kazakhstan
Venue (s)	Moscow & Podolsk , Russia
opening	December 26, 2000
Endgame	January 5, 2001
spectator	82,400 (2,423 per game)
Gates	205 (6.03 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Tomáš Duba
Best defender	Rostislav Klesla
Best striker	Pavel Brendl
Top scorer	Pavel Brendl (10 points)

The U20 World Cup was held from December 26, 2000 to January 5, 2001 in the Russian capital Moscow and Podolsk . The games were played in the Small Luschniki Sports Arena (8,700 seats) and the universal sports palace "Krylja Sowetow" (5,266 seats) in Moscow, as well as in the Vitjas Ice Palace in Podolsk with 5,500 seats.

Ten national teams took part in the tournament, playing in two groups of five teams each. The defending champion Czech Republic secured the world championship title, which won the final just 2-1 against Finland. It was the second title for the Czechs in a row.

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

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 contested a relegation according to the " Best-of-Two " mode and determined who was relegated to Division I.

Venues

Moscow		Moscow Podolsk World Championship venues	Podolsk
Small Luzhniki Sports Arena Capacity: 8,700	Universal Sports Palace “Krylya Sovetov” Capacity: 5,266		Vityas Ice Palace Capacity: 5,500

Preliminary round

Group A

December 26, 2000 3:00 p.m.

United States

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

Kazakhstan

Universal Sports Palace “Krylya Sovetov”, Moscow Spectators: 800

December 26, 2000 6:30 p.m.

Sweden

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

Czech Republic

Universal Sports Palace “Krylya Sovetov”, Moscow Spectators: 1,500

December 27, 2000 3:00 p.m.

Kazakhstan

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

Czech Republic

Universal Sports Palace "Krylya Sovetov", Moscow Spectators: 850

December 27, 2000 6:30 p.m.

Sweden

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

Slovakia

Universal Sports Palace “Krylya Sovetov”, Moscow Spectators: 1,200

December 28, 2000 6:30 p.m.

Slovakia

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

United States

Universal Sports Palace “Krylya Sovetov”, Moscow Spectators: 1,500

December 29, 2000 6:30 p.m.

Czech Republic

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

United States

Universal Sports Palace “Krylya Sovetov”, Moscow Spectators: 1,300

December 29, 2000 6:30 p.m.

Kazakhstan

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

Sweden

Vityas Ice Palace, Podolsk Spectators: 1,500

December 30, 2000 3:00 p.m.

Slovakia

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

Kazakhstan

Universal Sports Palace “Krylya Sovetov”, Moscow Spectators: 700

December 31, 2000 1:00 p.m.

Czech Republic

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

Slovakia

Universal Sports Palace “Krylya Sovetov”, Moscow Spectators: 950

December 31, 2000 5:00 p.m.

United States

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

Sweden

Universal Sports Palace “Krylya Sovetov”, Moscow Spectators: 1,200

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Czech Republic	4th	4th	0	0	20: 04	8th
2.	United States	4th	3	0	1	21: 08	6th
3.	Sweden	4th	2	0	2	13: 08	4th
4th	Slovakia	4th	1	0	3	10:15	2
5.	Kazakhstan	4th	0	0	4th	04:33	0

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 26, 2000 3:00 p.m.

Canada

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

Belarus

Small Luzhniki Sports Arena, Moscow Spectators: 800

December 26, 2000 6:30 p.m.

Switzerland

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

Russia

Small Luzhniki Sports Arena, Moscow Spectators: 6,300

December 27, 2000 6:30 p.m.

Switzerland

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

Finland

Small Luzhniki Sports Arena, Moscow Spectators: 1,450

December 27, 2000 6:30 p.m.

Belarus

1:12 (0: 4, 1: 4, 0: 4)

Russia

Vityaz Ice Palace, Podolsk Spectators: 4,500

December 28, 2000 6:30 p.m.

Finland

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

Canada

Small Luzhniki Sports Arena, Moscow Spectators: 2,100

December 29, 2000 3:00 p.m.

Belarus

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

Switzerland

Small Luzhniki Sports Arena, Moscow Spectators: 2,300

December 29, 2000 6:30 p.m.

Russia

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

Canada

Small Luzhniki Sports Arena, Moscow Spectators: 7,500

December 30, 2000 3:00 p.m.

Finland

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

Belarus

Small Luzhniki Sports Arena, Moscow Spectators: 1,150

December 31, 2000 1:00 p.m.

Russia

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

Finland

Small Luzhniki Sports Arena, Moscow Spectators: 6,200

December 31, 2000 5:00 p.m.

Canada

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

Switzerland

Small Luzhniki Sports Arena, Moscow Spectators: 1,300

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Finland	4th	3	1	0	13: 05	7th
2.	Russia	4th	2	1	1	19: 08	5
3.	Canada	4th	2	1	1	20: 09	5
4th	Switzerland	4th	1	1	2	12:15	3
5.	Belarus	4th	0	0	4th	02:29	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, 2001 6:30 p.m.

Kazakhstan

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

Belarus

Vitjas Ice Palace, Podolsk Spectators: 3,850

January 3, 2001 6:30 p.m.

Belarus

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

Kazakhstan

Vitjas Ice Palace, Podolsk Spectators: 2,100

Final round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

A1

Czech Republic

4th

B4

Switzerland

3

A1

Czech Republic

1

A3

Sweden

0

B2

Russia

2

A3

Sweden

3

A1

Czech Republic

2

B1

Finland

1

A2

United States

1

B3

Canada

2

B3

Canada

2

3rd place match

B1

Finland

5

B1

Finland

3

B3

Canada

2

A4

Slovakia

1

A3

Sweden

1

Quarter finals

January 2, 2001 3:00 p.m.

Russia

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

Sweden

Small Luzhniki Sports Arena, Moscow Spectators: 7,300

January 2, 2001 3:00 p.m.

Czech Republic

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

Switzerland

Universal Sports Palace “Krylya Sovetov”, Moscow Spectators: 1,300

January 2, 2001 6:30 p.m.

Finland

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

Slovakia

Small Luzhniki Sports Arena, Moscow Spectators: 1,050

January 2, 2001 6:30 p.m.

United States

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

Canada

Universal Sports Palace “Krylya Sovetov”, Moscow Spectators: 2,500

Placement round

	Placement rounds 5-8					Play for 5th place
	A2	United States	3
	A4	Slovakia	2
						A2	United States	4th
						B4	Switzerland	0
	B2	Russia	2
	B4	Switzerland	3
						Game for 7th place
						A3	Russia	4th
						A4	Slovakia	3

January 3, 2001 3:00 p.m.

Russia

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

Switzerland

Universal Sports Palace “Krylya Sovetov”, Moscow Spectators: 2,500

January 3, 2001 6:30 p.m.

United States

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

Slovakia

Universal Sports Palace "Krylya Sovetov", Moscow Spectators: 600

Game for 7th place

January 5, 2001 12:00 p.m.

Russia

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

Slovakia

Universal Sports Palace “Krylya Sovetov”, Moscow Spectators: 2,500

Play for 5th place

January 5, 2001 4:00 p.m.

United States

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

Switzerland

Universal Sports Palace “Krylya Sovetov”, Moscow Spectators: 1,000

Semifinals

January 3, 2001 3:00 p.m.

Czech Republic

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

Sweden

Small Luzhniki Sports Arena, Moscow Spectators: 2,500

January 3, 2001 6:30 p.m.

Canada

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

Finland

Small Luzhniki Sports Arena, Moscow Spectators: 1,950

3rd place match

January 5, 2001 12:00 p.m.

Canada

2: 1 n.V. (0: 1, 1: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0)

Sweden

Small Luzhniki Sports Arena, Moscow Spectators: 1,750

final

January 5, 2001 4:00 p.m.

Czech Republic

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

Finland

Small Luzhniki Sports Arena, Moscow Spectators: 6,400

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
Pavel Brendl	Czech Republic	7th	4th	6th	10	+8	8th
Jani Rita	Finland	7th	8th	1	9	+5	0
Jon DiSalvatore	United States	7th	6th	3	9	+2	2
Václav Nedorost	Czech Republic	7th	4th	5	9	+7	0
Andy Hilbert	United States	7th	4th	5	9	+3	6th
Jeff Taffe	United States	7th	6th	2	8th	+1	6th
Zdeněk Blatný	Czech Republic	7th	5	2	7th	+8	6th
Jamie Lundmark	Canada	7th	4th	3	7th	± 0	6th
Ville Hämäläinen	Finland	7th	4th	3	7th	+4	0
Rostislav Klesla	Czech Republic	7th	3	4th	7th	+8	4th

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
Tomáš Duba	Czech Republic	7th	420: 00	8th	2	94.70	1.14
Maxime Ouellet	Canada	7th	398: 24	10	1	94.19	1.51
Ari Ahonen	Finland	6th	358: 17	8th	1	93.28	1.34
Henrik Lundqvist	Sweden	7th	419: 19	13	0	92.78	1.86
Rick DiPietro	United States	6th	359: 43	8th	1	92.66	1.33

Final placements

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

Title, promotion and relegation

World champion Czech Republic

Zdeněk Blatný , Pavel Brendl , January Chotěborský , Lukáš Čučela , Jakub Čutta , Tomas Duba , Martin Erat , Jakub Grof , Lukáš Havel , Rostislav Klesla , Patrik Moskal , Vaclav Nedorost , David Nosek , Tomas Plekanec , David Pojkar , Ivan rachunek , Michal Sivek , Marek Tomica , Libor Ustrnul , Ladislav Vlček , Radim Vrbata , Jan Výtisk Trainers: Jaroslav Holík

Silver Finland

Ari Ahonen , Ville Hämäläinen , Juha-Pekka Hytönen , Toni Koivisto , Mikko Koivu , Lasse Kukkonen , Jouni Kulonen , Miro Laitinen , Kari Lehtonen , Tero Määttä , Olli Malmivaara , Tuukka Mäntylä , Toni Mustonen , Janne Niskala , Markku Paukkunen , Tuomas Pihlman , Jani Rita , Tuomo Ruutu , Teemu Sainomaa , Tony Salmelainen , Harri Tikkanen , Sami Venäläinen Trainers: Kari Jalonen

Bronze Canada

Alex Auld , Jay Bouwmeester , Brad Boyes , Mike Cammalleri , Dan Hamhuis , Jay Harrison , Dany Heatley , Barret Jackman , Jason Jaspers , Jamie Lundmark , Derek MacKenzie , Steve McCarthy , David Morisset , Maxime Ouellet , Steve Ott , Mark Popovic , Brandon Reid , Nick Schultz , Jason Spezza , Jarret Stoll , Raffi Torres , Mike Zigomani's Trainer: Stan Butler

Relegated to Division I:	Kazakhstan
Promoted to the top division:	France

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Best goalkeeper	Tomáš Duba	Czech Republic
Best defender	Rostislav Klesla	Czech Republic
Best striker	Pavel Brendl	Czech Republic

All-Star Team

Attack:	Jani Rita - Jason Spezza - Pavel Brendl
Defense:	Rostislav Klesla - Tuukka Mäntylä
Goal:	Ari Ahonen

Division I.

in Füssen and Landsberg am Lech, Germany

Preliminary round

Group A (in Landsberg am Lech) Teams UKR NOR AUT POLE Gates Pt. 1. Ukraine  4: 3 4-0 5: 2 13: 5 6-0 2. Norway  3: 4 3: 3 2-0 8: 7 3: 3 3. Austria  0: 4 3: 3 8: 5 11:12 3: 3 4. Poland  2: 5 0: 2 5: 8 7:15 0: 6

Group B (in Füssen) Teams FRA GER LAT ITA Gates Pt. 1. France  2: 1 3: 4 2: 1 7: 6 4: 2 2. Germany  1: 2 5: 1 1-0 7: 3 4: 2 3. Latvia  4: 3 1: 5 4: 4 9:12 3: 3 4. Italy  1: 2 0: 1 4: 4 5: 7 1: 5

Final and relegation round

Final round for places 1–4 (in Landsberg am Lech) Teams FRA GER UKR NOR Gates Pt. 1. France (2: 1) 2: 1 0: 7 4: 9 4: 2 2. Germany (1: 2) 2: 1 5: 2 8: 5 4: 2 3. Ukraine 1: 2 1: 2 (4: 3) 6: 7 2: 4 4. Norway 7-0 2: 5 (3: 4) 12: 9 2: 4

Relegation round for places 5–8 (in Füssen) Teams AUT POLE ITA LAT Gates Pt. 1. Austria (8: 5) 3: 3 5: 3 16:11 5: 1 2. Poland (5: 8) 7: 3 7: 4 19:15 4: 2 3. Italy 3: 3 3: 7 (4: 4) 10:14 2: 4 4. Latvia 3: 5 4: 7 (4: 4) 11:16 1: 5

Final placements

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

Ascent and descent

Promoted to the World Cup group:	France
Relegated from the World Cup group:	Kazakhstan
Relegated to Division II:	Latvia
Promoted from Division II:	Slovenia

Division II

in Elektrėnai and Kaunas, Lithuania

Preliminary round

Group A (in Kaunas) Teams JPN THE CRO HUN Gates Pt. 1. Japan  6: 4 6-0 14: 0 26: 4 6-0 2. Denmark  4: 6 10: 2 8: 5 22:13 4: 2 3. Croatia  0: 6 2:10 5: 5 7:21 1: 5 4. Hungary  0:14 5: 8 5: 5 10:27 1: 5

Group B (in Elektrėnai) Teams SLO LTU GBR EST Gates Pt. 1. Slovenia  8: 3 6-0 3: 1 17: 4 6-0 2. Lithuania  3: 8 5: 2 3-0 11:10 4: 2 3. Great Britain  0: 6 2: 5 4: 2 6:13 2: 4 4. Estonia  1: 3 0: 3 2: 4 3:10 0: 6

Final, relegation and placement games

Game for 7th place against relegation
January 3, 2001	Kaunas	Hungary	-	Estonia	5: 3 (1: 0.3: 1.1: 2)
Play for 5th place
January 3, 2001	Kaunas	Great Britain	-	Croatia	7: 6 (4: 2.1: 0.2: 4)
3rd place match
January 3, 2001	Elektrėnai	Lithuania	-	Denmark	5: 4 (3: 3.1: 1.1: 0)
final
January 3, 2001	Elektrėnai	Slovenia	-	Japan	4: 3 (1: 0.1: 2.2: 1)

Final placements

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

Ascent and descent

Promoted to Division I:	Slovenia
Relegated from Division I:	Latvia
Relegated to Division III:	Estonia
Promoted from Division III:	Netherlands

Division III

in Belgrade, Yugoslavia

Preliminary round

Group A Teams ESP YUG BUL MEX Gates Pt. 1. Spain  7: 4 3-0 10-0 20: 4 6-0 2nd Federal Republic of Yugoslavia  4: 7 9: 1 7: 1 20: 9 4: 2 3. Bulgaria  0: 3 1: 9 4: 2 5:14 2: 4 4. Mexico  0:10 1: 7 2: 4 3:21 0: 6

Group B Teams NED ROME RSA OUT Gates Pt. 1. Netherlands  5: 2 11: 1 14: 0 30: 3 6-0 2. Romania  2: 5 11: 2 13: 0 26: 7 4: 2 3. South Africa  1:11 2:11 7: 7 10:29 1: 5 4. Australia  0:14 0:13 7: 7 7:34 1: 5

Finals and placement games

Game for 7th place
January 8, 2001	Belgrade	Mexico	-	Australia	5: 3 (2: 0.1: 0.2: 3)
Play for 5th place
January 8, 2001	Belgrade	Bulgaria	-	South Africa	3: 2 (1: 0.0: 0.2: 2)
3rd place match
January 8, 2001	Belgrade	BR Yugoslavia	-	Romania	3: 5 (0: 2.0: 1.3: 2)
final
January 8, 2001	Belgrade	Netherlands	-	Spain	6: 1 (1: 1.1: 0.4: 0)

Final placements

RF	team
1	Netherlands
2	Spain
3	Romania
4th	BR Yugoslavia
5	Bulgaria
6th	South Africa
7th	Mexico
8th	Australia

Ascent and descent

Promoted to Division II:	Netherlands
Relegated from Division II:	Estonia
Relegated from Division III:	Australia
Promoted to Division III:	Iceland

Qualification for Division III

venue

Kockelscheuer , Luxembourg

Kockelscheuer Venue of the qualification

Venue

Patinoire de Kockelscheuer Capacity: 768

Exterior view of the Patinoire de Kockelscheuer

in Luxemburg

Teams	ISL	LUX	IRL	Gates	Pt.
1. Iceland		6: 2	20: 1	26: 3	4-0
2. Luxembourg	2: 6		10-0	12: 6	2: 2
3. Ireland	1:20	0:10		1:30	0: 4

Ascent and descent

Promoted to Division III:

Iceland

Web links

• 2001 IIHF World U20 Championship
• Juniors 2001