2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 2001 IIHF World U20 Championship, commonly referred to as the 2001 World Junior Hockey Championships (2001 WJHC), was the 25th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. The tournament was held in Moscow and Podolsk, Russia from 26 December 2000, to 5 January 2001.^[1] The Czech Republic won the gold medal for the second consecutive year with a 2–1 victory over Finland in the championship game, while Canada won the bronze medal with a 2–1 overtime victory over Sweden.

2001 IIHF World Junior Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Russia
Venue(s)	3 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	26 December 2000 – 5 January 2001
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Czech Republic (2nd title)
Runners-up	Finland
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Games played	34
Goals scored	205 (6.03 per game)
Attendance	84,100 (2,474 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Pavel Brendl (10 points)
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Venues

Luzhniki Minor Arena Capacity: 8,700	Soviet Wings Sport Palace Capacity: 5,266	Vityaz Ice Palace Capacity: 5,500
Russia – Moscow	Russia – Moscow	Russia – Podolsk

Rosters

Main article: 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters

Top Division

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	4	4	0	0	20	4	+16	8	Quarterfinals
2	United States	4	3	0	1	21	8	+13	6
3	Sweden	4	2	0	2	13	8	+5	4
4	Slovakia	4	1	0	3	10	15	−5	2
5	Kazakhstan	4	0	0	4	4	33	−29	0	Relegation round

Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

All times local (MSK/UTC+3).

26 December 2000 15:00

United States

9–1 (5–0, 1–0, 3–1)

Kazakhstan

Soviet Wings Sport Palace, Moscow Attendance: 800

26 December 2000 18:30

Sweden

1–2 (0–0, 0–1, 1–1)

Czech Republic

Soviet Wings Sport Palace, Moscow Attendance: 1,500

27 December 2000 15:00

Kazakhstan

1–9 (1–5, 0–2, 0–2)

Czech Republic

Soviet Wings Sport Palace, Moscow Attendance: 850

27 December 2000 18:30

Sweden

3–1 (1–0, 0–1, 2–0)

Slovakia

Soviet Wings Sport Palace, Moscow Attendance: 1,200

28 December 2000 18:30

Slovakia

2–7 (1–3, 1–2, 0–2)

United States

Soviet Wings Sport Palace, Moscow Attendance: 1,500

29 December 2000 18:30

Czech Republic

4–2 (1–0, 2–1, 1–1)

United States

Soviet Wings Sport Palace, Moscow Attendance: 1,300

29 December 2000 18:30

Kazakhstan

2–8 (1–0, 1–4, 0–4)

Sweden

Vityaz Arena, Podolsk Attendance: 1,500

30 December 2000 15:00

Slovakia

7–0 (1–0, 3–0, 3–0)

Kazakhstan

Soviet Wings Sport Palace, Moscow Attendance: 700

31 December 2000 13:00

Czech Republic

5–0 (1–0, 1–0, 3–0)

Slovakia

Soviet Wings Sport Palace, Moscow Attendance: 950

31 December 2000 17:00

United States

3–1 (1–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Sweden

Soviet Wings Sport Palace, Moscow Attendance: 1,200

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Finland	4	3	1	0	13	5	+8	7	Quarterfinals
2	Russia	4	2	1	1	19	8	+11	5
3	Canada	4	2	1	1	20	9	+11	5
4	Switzerland	4	1	1	2	12	15	−3	3
5	Belarus	4	0	0	4	2	29	−27	0	Relegation round

Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

All times local (MSK/UTC+3).

26 December 2000 15:00

Canada

9–0 (5–0, 1–0, 3–0)

Belarus

Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow Attendance: 800

	Maxime Ouellet	Goalies	Dmitri Poshelyuk
	Cammalleri (Lundmark) (PP) - 0:46 1-0 Heatley (Lundmark) (PP) - 5:41 2-0 Cammalleri (Lundmark) - 9:14 3-0 Heatley (Reid, Boyes) - (PP) - 14:53 4-0 Spezza (Zigomanis, Popovich) - 19:52 5-0 Torres (Zigomanis) - 32:26 6-0 Reid (Hamhuis, Jackman) - 43:23 7-0 Torres (Zigomanis) - 46:05 8-0 Cammalleri (Popovich) - 55:25 9-0
	37	Shots	21

26 December 2000 18:30

Switzerland

3–3 (0–2, 1–0, 2–1)

Russia

Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow Attendance: 6,300

27 December 2000 18:30

Switzerland

2–3 (2–1, 0–0, 0–2)

Finland

Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow Attendance: 1,450

27 December 2000 18:30

Belarus

1–12 (0–4, 1–4, 0–4)

Russia

Vityaz Arena, Podolsk Attendance: 4,500

28 December 2000 18:30

Finland

2–2 (0–1, 1–1, 1–0)

Canada

Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow Attendance: 2,100

	Kari Lehtonen	Goalies	Maxime Ouellet
	0-1 10:53 - Lundmark (Cammalleri, Bouwmeester) Salmelainen (Mäntylä, Hämäläinen) - 24:36 1-1 1-2 39:35 - Boyes (Spezza, Jackman) (PP) Rita (Paukkunen, Ruutu) - 52:01 2-2
	27	Shots	25

29 December 2000 15:00

Belarus

1–3 (0–1, 0–2, 1–0)

Switzerland

Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow Attendance: 2,300

29 December 2000 18:30

Russia

3–1 (0–0, 1–0, 2–1)

Canada

Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow Attendance: 7,500

	Andrei Medvedev	Goalies	Maxime Ouellet
	Buturlin (Volchenkov, Yakubov) - 23:33 1-0 Buturlin (Volchenkov) (PP) - 42:54 2-0 2-1 46:12 - McCarthy (Boyes) Kovalchuk (Chistov) (EN) - 59:26 3-1
	27	Shots	35

30 December 2000 15:00

Finland

5–0 (1–0, 3–0, 1–0)

Belarus

Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow Attendance: 1,150

31 December 2000 13:00

Russia

1–3 (0–1, 0–2, 1–0)

Finland

Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow Attendance: 6,200

31 December 2000 17:00

Canada

8–4 (4–0, 2–0, 2–4)

Switzerland

Vityaz Arena, Podolsk Attendance: 1,300

	Maxime Ouellet	Goalies	Pascal Sievert
	Lundmark (Heatley, McCarthy) - 1:06 1-0 Spezza (Bouwmeester) (PP) - 4:10 2-0 Lundmark (Reid) - 7:48 3-0 Jaspers (MacKenzie) - 10:00 4-0 Heatley - 20:33 5-0 Cammalleri (Ott, Stoll) - 39:33 6-0 6-1 43:14 - Lakhmatov (Aeberli, Gerber) (PP) 6-2 43:59 - Hirschi (Duca) 6-3 51:54 - Heberlein (Helbling, Neff) (PP) Spezza (Boyes) (PP) - 55:51 7-3 Ott (Stoll) - 57:42 8-3 8-4 57:57 - Camenzind (Helbling)
	38	Shots	21

Relegation round

Source:^[2]

2 January 2001 18:30

Kazakhstan

2–5 (1–0, 1–1, 0–4)

Belarus

Vityaz Arena, Podolsk Attendance: 3,850

3 January 2001 18:30

Belarus

5–5 (1–1, 1–1, 3–3)

Kazakhstan

Vityaz Arena, Podolsk Attendance: 2,100

 Kazakhstan was relegated to Division I for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Final round

Source:^[3]

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gold medal game

A1

Czech Republic

4

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

Bronze medal game

B1

Finland

5

B1

Finland

3

B3

Canada

2†

A4

Slovakia

1

A3

Sweden

1

† Overtime victory.

Quarterfinals

2 January 2001 15:00

Russia

2–3 (0–1, 1–1, 1–1)

Sweden

Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow Attendance: 7,300

2 January 2001 15:00

Czech Republic

4–3 (1–1, 1–2, 2–0)

Switzerland

Soviet Wings Sport Palace, Moscow Attendance: 1,300

2 January 2001 18:30

Finland

3–1 (0–0, 2–0, 1–1)

Slovakia

Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow Attendance: 1,050

2 January 2001 18:30

United States

1–2 (1–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Canada

Soviet Wings Sport Palace, Moscow Attendance: 2,500

	Rick DiPietro	Goalies	Maxime Ouellet
	Surma - 3:18 1-0 1-1 5:48 - Ott (Reid, Jackman) 1-2 54:54 - Lundmark (Heatley, Cammalleri) (PP)
	23	Shots	15

Consolation round

3 January 2001 15:00

Russia

2–3 (0–1, 1–1, 1–1)

Switzerland

Soviet Wings Sport Palace, Moscow Attendance: 2,500

3 January 2001 18:30

United States

3–2 (1–1, 1–1, 1–0)

Slovakia

Soviet Wings Sport Palace, Moscow Attendance: 600

Semifinals

3 January 2001 15:00

Czech Republic

1–0 (1–0, 0–0, 0–0)

Sweden

Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow Attendance: 2,500

3 January 2001 18:30

Canada

2–5 (0–1, 1–2, 1–2)

Finland

Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow Attendance: 1,950

	Maxime Ouellet	Goalies	Ari Ahonen
	0-1 5:23 - Rita (Mäntylä) MacKenzie (Morisset) - 24:11 1-1 1-2 30:05 - Mäntylä 1-3 48:44 - Hämäläinen (Koivu, Mäntylä) Torres (MacKenzie) - 48:05 2-3 2-4 57:17 - Venäläinen (Sainomaa) 2-5 59:40 - Malmivaara (EN)
	30	Shots	30

7th place game

5 January 2001 12:00

Russia

4–3 (2–0, 1–1, 1–2)

Slovakia

Soviet Wings Sport Palace, Moscow Attendance: 2,500

5th place game

5 January 2001 16:00

United States

4–0 (1–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Switzerland

Soviet Wings Sport Palace, Moscow Attendance: 1,000

Bronze medal game

5 January 2001 12:00

Canada

2–1 OT (0-1, 1-0, 0-0, 1-0)

Sweden

Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow Attendance: 1,750

	Maxime Ouellet	Goalies	Henrik Lundqvist
	0-1 5:04 - Samuelsson (Eriksson, Tolsa) 23:03 - Zigomanis (Spezza, Torres) 1-1 60:37 - Torres (Spezza) 2–1
	34	Shots	36

Gold medal game

5 January 2001 16:00

Czech Republic

2–1 1–0, 1–1, 0–0)

Finland

Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow Attendance: 6,400

	Tomáš Duba	Goalies	Ari Ahonen
	Rostislav Klesla – 13:19 1–0 Václav Nedorost – 22:54 2–0 2–1 38:51 − Jani Rita

Scoring leaders

Rank	Player	Country	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/−
1	Pavel Brendl	Czech Republic	F	7	4	6	10	8	+8
2	Jani Rita	Finland	F	7	8	1	9	0	+5
3	Jon DiSalvatore	United States	F	7	6	3	9	2	+2
4	Václav Nedorost	Czech Republic	F	7	4	5	9	0	+7
4	Andy Hilbert	United States	F	7	4	5	9	6	+3
6	Jeff Taffe	United States	F	7	6	2	8	6	+1
7	Zdeněk Blatný	Czech Republic	F	7	5	2	7	6	+8
8	Ville Hämäläinen	Finland	F	7	4	3	7	0	+4
8	Jamie Lundmark	Canada	F	7	4	3	7	6	0
10	Rostislav Klesla	Czech Republic	D	7	3	4	7	4	8

Goaltending leaders

Minimum 90 minutes played.

Rank	Player	Country	TOI	SOG	GA	GAA	Saves	Sv %	SO
1	Tomáš Duba	Czech Republic	420:00	151	8	1.14	143	94.70	2
2	Maxime Ouellet	Canada	398:24	172	10	1.51	162	94.19	1
3	Ari Ahonen	Finland	358:17	119	8	1.34	111	93.28	1
4	Henrik Lundqvist	Sweden	419:19	180	13	1.86	167	92.78	0
5	Rick DiPietro	United States	359:43	109	8	1.33	101	92.66	1

Tournament awards

	Goaltender	Defencemen		Forwards
IIHF Directorate Awards	Tomáš Duba	Rostislav Klesla		Pavel Brendl
Media All-Star Team	Ari Ahonen	Rostislav Klesla	Tuukka Mäntylä	Jason Spezza	Pavel Brendl	Jani Rita

Final standings

	Team
	Czech Republic
	Finland
	Canada
4	Sweden
5	United States
6	Switzerland
7	Russia
8	Slovakia
9	Belarus
10	Kazakhstan

Division I

The Division I tournament was played in Landsberg and Füssen, Germany between 10 December and 16 December 2000.^[4]

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ukraine	3	3	0	0	13	5	+8	6	Final round
2	Norway	3	1	1	1	8	7	+1	3
3	Austria	3	1	1	1	11	12	−1	3	Relegation round
4	Poland	3	0	0	3	7	15	−8	0

Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

10 December 2000 15:00

Ukraine

4–0 (1–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Austria

Attendance: 350

10 December 2000 18:30

Norway

2–0 (1–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Poland

Attendance: 301

12 December 2000 16:00

Norway

3–3 (1–1, 1–0, 1–2)

Austria

Attendance: 500

12 December 2000 19:30

Poland

2–5 (0–3, 1–1, 1–1)

Ukraine

Attendance: 496

13 December 2000 16:00

Austria

8–5 (0–2, 4–2, 4–1)

Poland

Attendance: 450

13 December 2000 19:30

Ukraine

4–3 (2–0, 2–2, 0–1)

Norway

Attendance: 334

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	2	0	1	7	6	+1	4	Final round
2	Germany	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	4
3	Latvia	3	1	1	1	9	12	−3	3	Relegation round
4	Italy	3	0	1	2	5	7	−2	1

Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

10 December 2000 15:00

Germany

5–1 (2–0, 1–1, 2–0)

Latvia

Attendance: 352

10 December 2000 18:30

France

2–1 (1–0, 1–1, 0–0)

Italy

Attendance: 400

11 December 2000 16:00

France

3–4 (1–1, 1–3, 1–0)

Latvia

Attendance: 400

11 December 2000 19:30

Italy

0–1 (0–1, 0–0, 0–0)

Germany

Attendance: 400

13 December 2000 16:00

Latvia

4–4 (0–0, 3–3, 1–1)

Italy

Attendance: 350

13 December 2000 19:30

Germany

1–2 (0–1, 0–0, 1–1)

France

Attendance: 300

Final round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	France	3	2	0	1	4	9	−5	4	Promoted to the 2002 Top Division
2	Germany	3	2	0	1	8	5	+3	4
3	Ukraine	3	1	0	2	6	7	−1	2
4	Norway	3	1	0	2	12	9	+3	2

Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

Carried forward from

Germany

1–2

France

preliminary round

Ukraine

4–3

Norway

15 December 2000 16:00

Ukraine

1–2 (1–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Germany

Attendance: 1,205

15 December 2000 19:30

France

0–7 (0–2, 0–3, 0–2)

Norway

Attendance: 515

16 December 2000 16:00

Norway

2–5 (1–1, 1–0, 0–4)

Germany

Attendance: 1,206

16 December 2000 19:30

Ukraine

1–2 (0–1, 1–1, 0–0)

France

Attendance: 550

 France was promoted to the Top Division for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Relegation round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
5	Austria	3	2	1	0	16	11	+5	5
6	Poland	3	2	0	1	19	15	+4	4
7	Italy	3	0	2	1	10	14	−4	2
8	Latvia	3	0	1	2	11	16	−5	1	Relegated to the 2002 Division II

Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

Carried forward from

Latvia

4–4

Italy

preliminary round

Austria

8–5

Poland

15 December 2000 16:00

Latvia

4–7 (1–0, 2–0, 1–7)

Poland

Attendance: 320

15 December 2000 19:30

Austria

3–3 (0–1, 2–1, 1–1)

Italy

Attendance: 346

16 December 2000 16:00

Austria

5–3 (2–1, 2–1, 1–1)

Latvia

Attendance: 350

16 December 2000 19:30

Poland

7–3 (1–0, 3–2, 3–1)

Italy

Attendance: 340

 Latvia was relegated to Division II for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Division II

The Division II tournament was played in Elektrėnai and Kaunas, Lithuania between 30 December 2000, and 3 January 2001.^[5]

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	0	26	4	+22	6	1st place game
2	Denmark	3	2	0	1	22	13	+9	4	3rd place game
3	Croatia	3	0	1	2	7	21	−14	1	5th place game
4	Hungary	3	0	1	2	10	27	−17	1	7th place game

Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

30 December 2000 15:30

Hungary

0–14 (0–3, 0–4, 0–7)

Japan

Attendance: 353

30 December 2000 19:00

Denmark

10–2 (2–0, 6–0, 2–2)

Croatia

Attendance: 300

31 December 2000 14:00

Hungary

5–5 (0–2, 2–1, 3–2)

Croatia

Attendance: 300

31 December 2000 17:30

Japan

6–4 (1–0, 2–1, 3–3)

Denmark

Attendance: 300

2 January 2001 14:00

Croatia

0–6 (0–2, 0–3, 0–1)

Japan

Attendance: 300

2 January 2001 17:30

Denmark

8–5 (1–1, 3–1, 4–3)

Hungary

Attendance: 333

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovenia	3	3	0	0	17	4	+13	6	1st place game
2	Lithuania	3	2	0	1	11	10	+1	4	3rd place game
3	Great Britain	3	1	0	2	6	13	−7	2	5th place game
4	Estonia	3	0	0	3	3	10	−7	0	7th place game

Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

30 December 2000 14:00

Great Britain

4–2 (1–1, 2–1, 1–0)

Estonia

Attendance: 300

30 December 2000 17:30

Slovenia

8–3 (1–0, 3–1, 4–2)

Lithuania

Attendance: 1,600

31 December 2000 14:00

Estonia

1–3 (0–1, 0–2, 1–0)

Slovenia

Attendance: 300

31 December 2000 17:30

Great Britain

2–5 (1–1, 0–3, 1–1)

Lithuania

Attendance: 800

2 January 2001 14:00

Slovenia

6–0 (2–0, 0–0, 4–0)

Great Britain

Attendance: 300

2 January 2001 17:30

Lithuania

3–0 (3–0, 0–0, 0–0)

Estonia

Attendance: 2,000

Final round

Source:^[6]

All times local (EET/UTC+2).

7th place game

3 January 2001 14:00

Hungary

5–3 (1–0, 3–1, 1–2)

Estonia

Kaunas Attendance: 300

 Estonia was relegated to Division III for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

5th place game

3 January 2001 18:00

Croatia

6–7 (2–4, 0–1, 4–2)

Great Britain

Kaunas Attendance: 323

3rd place game

3 January 2001 14:00

Denmark

4–5 (3–3, 1–1, 0–1)

Lithuania

Elektrėnai Attendance: 676

1st place game

3 January 2001 18:00

Japan

3–4 (0–1, 2–1, 1–2)

Slovenia

Elektrėnai Attendance: 300

 Slovenia was promoted to Division I for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Division III

The Division III tournament was played in Belgrade, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia between 4 January and 8 January 2001.^[7]

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	20	4	+16	6	1st place game
2	Yugoslavia	3	2	0	1	20	9	+11	4	3rd place game
3	Bulgaria	3	1	0	2	5	14	−9	2	5th place game
4	Mexico	3	0	0	3	3	21	−18	0	7th place game

Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

4 January 2001 11:30

Spain

10–0 (3–0, 2–0, 5–0)

Mexico

Hala Pionir, Belgrade Attendance: 300

4 January 2001 17:30

Yugoslavia

9–1 (1–1, 4–0, 4–0)

Bulgaria

Hala Pionir, Belgrade Attendance: 3,000

5 January 2001 11:30

Spain

3–0 (0–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Bulgaria

Hala Pionir, Belgrade Attendance: 300

5 January 2001 17:30

Mexico

1–7 (0–3, 1–0, 0–4)

Yugoslavia

Hala Pionir, Belgrade Attendance: 2,000

7 January 2001 11:30

Bulgaria

4–2 (2–1, 1–0, 1–1)

Mexico

Hala Pionir, Belgrade Attendance: 300

7 January 2001 17:30

Yugoslavia

4–7 (1–1, 2–4, 1–2)

Spain

Hala Pionir, Belgrade Attendance: 3,000

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	30	3	+27	6	1st place game
2	Romania	3	2	0	1	26	7	+19	4	3rd place game
3	South Africa	3	0	1	2	10	29	−19	1	5th place game
4	Australia	3	0	1	2	7	34	−27	1	7th place game

Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

4 January 2001 14:30

Netherlands

11–1 (3–0, 4–0, 4–1)

South Africa

Hala Pionir, Belgrade Attendance: 300

4 January 2001 20:30

Romania

13–0 (3–0, 5–0, 5–0)

Australia

Hala Pionir, Belgrade Attendance: 300

5 January 2001 14:30

South Africa

2–11 (0–3, 1–6, 1–2)

Romania

Hala Pionir, Belgrade Attendance: 300

5 January 2001 20:30

Netherlands

14–0 (4–0, 4–0, 6–0)

Australia

Hala Pionir, Belgrade Attendance: 300

7 January 2001 14:30

Romania

2–5 (1–2, 1–2, 0–1)

Netherlands

Hala Pionir, Belgrade Attendance: 300

7 January 2001 20:30

Australia

7–7 (2–1, 2–3, 3–3)

South Africa

Hala Pionir, Belgrade Attendance: 300

Final round

Source:^[8]

All times local (EET/UTC+2).

7th place game

8 January 2001 11:30

Mexico

5–3 (2–2, 3–1, 0–0)

Australia

Hala Pionir, Belgrade Attendance: 300

 Australia was relegated to Division III Qualification for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, but did not participate again until 2003.

5th place game

8 January 2001 14:30

Bulgaria

3–2 (1–0, 0–0, 2–2)

South Africa

Hala Pionir, Belgrade Attendance: 300

3rd place game

8 January 2001 17:30

Yugoslavia

3–5 (0–2, 0–1, 3–2)

Romania

Hala Pionir, Belgrade Attendance: 2,000

1st place game

8 January 2001 20:30

Spain

1–6 (1–1, 0–1, 0–4)

Netherlands

Hala Pionir, Belgrade Attendance: 1,700

 Netherlands was promoted to Division II for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Division III Qualification

The Division III qualification tournament was played in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg between 26 April and 28 April 2001.^[9]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Iceland	2	2	0	0	26	3	+23	4	Promoted to the 2002 Division III
2	Luxembourg	2	1	0	1	12	6	+6	2
3	Ireland	2	0	0	2	1	30	−29	0

Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

26 April 2001 19:00

Iceland

6–2 (2–0, 3–1, 1–1)

Luxembourg

Luxembourg City Attendance: 300

27 April 2001 18:00

Luxembourg

10–0 (4–0, 4–0, 2–0)

Ireland

Luxembourg City Attendance: 300

28 April 2001 11:00

Ireland

1–20 (1–9, 0–3, 0–8)

Iceland

Luxembourg City Attendance: 300

 Iceland was promoted to Division III of the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.