2000 IIHF World U18 Championships

The 2000 IIHF World U18 Championships were held in Kloten and Weinfelden, Switzerland. The championships ran between April 14 and April 24, 2000. Games were played at Eishalle Schluefweg in Kloten and Sportanlage Güttingersreuti in Weinfelden. Finland defeated Russia 3–1 in the final to win the gold medal, while Sweden defeated Switzerland 7–1 to capture the bronze medal.

2000 IIHF World U18 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Switzerland
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	April 14–24, 2000
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Finland (2nd title)
Runners-up	Russia
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Games played	31
Goals scored	216 (6.97 per game)
Attendance	33,988 (1,096 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Yegor Shastin (11 points)
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Championship results

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sweden	4	4	0	0	21	5	+16	8
2	Switzerland	4	3	1	0	18	12	+6	6
3	Czech Republic	4	2	2	0	15	12	+3	4
4	Germany	4	0	3	1	8	15	−7	1
5	Ukraine	4	0	3	1	6	24	−18	1

Source: IIHF

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Russia	4	4	0	0	33	4	+29	8
2	Finland	4	3	1	0	19	9	+10	6
3	Slovakia	4	2	2	0	12	10	+2	4
4	United States	4	1	3	0	13	13	0	2
5	Belarus	4	0	4	0	4	45	−41	0

Source: IIHF

Relegation Round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Germany	3	2	0	1	17	5	+12	5
2	United States	3	2	1	0	16	4	+12	4
3	Ukraine	3	1	1	1	12	13	−1	3
4	Belarus	3	0	3	0	4	27	−23	0

Source: IIHF

Note: The following matches from the preliminary round carry forward to the relegation round:

• April 18, 2000:  Ukraine 4–4  Germany
• April 18, 2000:  Belarus 1–9  United States

Final round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

B1

Russia

4

A2

Switzerland

3

A2

Switzerland

1

B3

Slovakia

0

B1

Russia

1

B2

Finland

3

A1

Sweden

2

B2

Finland

3

B2

Finland

4

A3

Czech Republic

0

Third place

A1

Sweden

7

A2

Switzerland

1

Quarterfinals

April 21, 2000

Switzerland

3–0

Slovakia

Eishalle Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 3,177

April 21, 2000

Finland

3–0

Czech Republic

Eishalle Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 968

Semifinals

April 22, 2000

Sweden

2–4

Finland

Eishalle Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 864

April 22, 2000

Russia

4–1

Switzerland

Eishalle Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 4,131

Fifth place game

April 24, 2000

Slovakia

4–3 (SO)

Czech Republic

Sportanlage Güttingersreuti, Weinfelden Attendance: 300

Bronze medal game

April 24, 2000

Sweden

7–1

Switzerland

Eishalle Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 3,633

Gold medal game

April 24, 2000

Russia

1–3

Finland

Eishalle Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 3,288

Final standings

Rk.	Team
	Finland
	Russia
	Sweden
4	Switzerland
5	Slovakia
6	Czech Republic
7	Germany
8	United States
9	Ukraine
10	Belarus

 Belarus is relegated to Division I for the 2001 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Scoring leaders

Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Yegor Shastin	Russia	6	7	4	11	4
Sven Helfenstein	Switzerland	7	5	6	11	2
Jens Karlsson	Sweden	6	5	4	9	20
Marian Gaborik	Slovakia	6	6	2	8	12
Tuomo Ruutu	Finland	7	6	2	8	0
Martin Samuelsson	Sweden	6	3	5	8	6
Alexandr Svitov	Russia	6	3	5	8	8
Janne Jokila	Finland	7	3	5	8	8
Pavel Vorobiev	Russia	6	2	6	8	10
Thibaut Monnet	Switzerland	7	4	3	7	6

Source: IIHF ^[1]

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Player	Country	MINS	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
Kari Lehtonen	Finland	307:11	9	96.30	1.76	1
Travis Weber	United States	150:39	2	96.00	0.80	1
Andrei Medvedev	Russia	180:00	4	95.60	1.33	0
Sergei Mylnikov	Russia	180:00	4	95.12	1.33	1
Henrik Lundqvist	Sweden	240:00	9	93.88	2.25	0

Source: IIHF^[2]

Group B

First round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		JPN	NOR	ITA	DEN
1	Japan	3	2	1	0	9	5	+4	5			3–2	3–3	3–0
2	Norway	3	2	0	1	19	8	+11	4		2–3		8–1	9–4
3	Italy	3	1	1	1	9	15	−6	3		3–3	1–8		5–4
4	Denmark	3	0	0	3	8	17	−9	0		0–3	4–9	4–5

Source: IIHF

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		AUT	LAT	POL	FRA
1	Austria	3	2	1	0	14	8	+6	5			3–3	5–4	6–1
2	Latvia	3	1	2	0	12	10	+2	4		3–3		4–4	5–3
3	Poland	3	1	1	1	13	13	0	3		4–5	4–4		5–4
4	France	3	0	0	3	8	16	−8	0		1–6	3–5	4–5

Source: IIHF

Final round

5th-8th place

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		DEN	ITA	POL	FRA
1	Denmark	3	2	0	1	18	12	+6	4			(4–5)	9–4	5–3
2	Italy	3	2	0	1	11	8	+3	4		(5–4)		2–3	4–1
3	Poland	3	2	0	1	12	15	−3	4		4–9	3–2		(5–4)
4	France	3	0	0	3	8	14	−6	0		3–5	1–4	(4–5)

Source: IIHF

1st-4th place

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		NOR	AUT	LAT	JPN
1	Norway	3	2	0	1	10	7	+3	4			3–2	5–2	(2–3)
2	Austria	3	1	1	1	10	8	+2	3		2–3		(3–3)	5–2
3	Latvia	3	1	1	1	10	10	0	3		2–5	(3–3)		5–2
4	Japan	3	1	0	2	7	12	−5	2		(3–2)	2–5	2–5

Source: IIHF

Final ranking

Rank	Team
1	Norway
2	Austria
3	Latvia
4	Japan
5	Denmark
6	Italy
7	Poland
8	France

European Championships Division I

First round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		EST	HUN	LTU	ESP
1	Estonia	3	3	0	0	21	7	+14	6			6–5	7–1	8–1
2	Hungary	3	2	0	1	24	13	+11	4		5–6		9–3	10–4
3	Lithuania	3	1	0	2	14	23	−9	2		1–7	3–9		10–7
4	Spain	3	0	0	3	12	28	−16	0		1–8	4–10	7–10

Source: IIHF

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		KAZ	SLO	GBR	ROM
1	Kazakhstan	3	3	0	0	32	5	+27	6			6–4	8–0	18–1
2	Slovenia	3	2	0	1	21	9	+12	4		4–6		8–3	9–0
3	Great Britain	3	1	0	2	10	18	−8	2		0–8	3–8		7–2
4	Romania	3	0	0	3	3	34	−31	0		1–18	0–9	2–7

Source: IIHF

Placing round

7th place
24 March 2000	Maribor	Romania	–	Spain		7:2 (2:0,4:1,1:1)
5th place
24 March 2000	Maribor	Great Britain	–	Lithuania		5:4 n.P. (1:2,2:1,1:1,0:0,1:0)
3rd place
24 March 2000	Maribor	Slovenia	–	Hungary		13:0 (4:0,4:0,5:0)
Final
24 March 2000	Maribor	Kazakhstan	–	Estonia		4:2 (1:1,2:1,1:0)

European Championships Division II Qualification

Group A (in Reykjavík, Iceland)

26 November 1999	Reykjavík	Iceland	–	Ireland		13:2 (2:0,7:0,4:2)
27 November 1999	Reykjavík	Iceland	–	Ireland		12:3 (3:0,2:3,7:0)

Group B (in Sofia, Bulgaria)

4 March 2000

Sofia

South Africa

–

Turkey

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

European Championships Division II

First round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		CRO	BUL	LUX
1	Croatia	2	2	0	0	38	0	+38	4			18–0	20–0
2	Bulgaria	2	1	0	1	3	20	−17	2		0–18		3–2
3	Luxembourg	2	0	0	2	2	23	−21	0		0–20	2–3

Source: IIHF

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		YUG	ISR	ISL
1	Yugoslavia	2	2	0	0	13	10	+3	4			8–6	5–4
2	Israel	2	1	0	1	10	10	0	2		6–8		4–2
3	Iceland	2	0	0	2	6	9	−3	0		4–5	2–4

Source: IIHF

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		NED	BEL	RSA
1	Netherlands	2	2	0	0	12	3	+9	4			3–1	9–2
2	Belgium	2	1	0	1	8	4	+4	2		1–3		7–1
3	South Africa	2	0	0	2	3	16	−13	0		2–9	1–7

Source: IIHF

Placing round

7th-9th place

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		RSA	LUX	ISL
1	South Africa	2	1	1	0	6	4	+2	3			3–1	3–3
2	Luxembourg	2	1	0	1	9	8	+1	2		1–3		8–5
3	Iceland	2	0	1	1	8	11	−3	1		3–3	5–8

Source: IIHF

4th-6th place

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		BEL	ISR	BUL
1	Belgium	2	2	0	0	13	3	+10	4			5–3	8–0
2	Israel	2	1	0	1	10	9	+1	2		3–5		7–4
3	Bulgaria	2	0	0	2	4	15	−11	0		0–8	4–7

Source: IIHF

1st-3rd place

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		CRO	NED	YUG
1	Croatia	2	2	0	0	19	6	+13	4			8–2	11–4
2	Netherlands	2	1	0	1	10	9	+1	2		2–8		8–1
3	Yugoslavia	2	0	0	2	5	19	−14	0		4–11	1–8

Source: IIHF