2000 IIHF European U18 Championship

These are the 2000 European Junior Ice Hockey Championships:

European Championships Division I

These were held in Maribor, Slovenia from March 20-24, 2000.

First round

Group A Teams EST HUN LTU ESP Tore Pkt. 1.  Estonia 6:5 7:1 8:1 21:7 6:0 2.  Hungary 5:6 9:3 10:4 24:13 4:2 3.  Lithuania 1:7 3:9 10:7 14:23 2:4 4.  Spain 1:8 4:10 7:10 12:28 0:6

Group B Teams KAZ SLO GBR ROM Tore Pkt. 1.  Kazakhstan 6:4 8:0 18:1 32:5 6:0 2.  Slovenia 4:6 8:3 9:0 21:9 4:2 3.  United Kingdom 0:8 3:8 7:2 10:18 2:4 4.  Romania 1:18 0:9 2:7 3:34 0:6

Placing round

7th place
24. March 2000	Maribor	Romania	–	Spain		7:2 (2:0,4:1,1:1)
5th place
24. March 2000	Maribor	United Kingdom	–	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)

Kazakhstan was promoted to Division I in the 2001 IIHF World U18 Championships.

European Championships Division II

These were held in Sofia, Bulgaria from March 6-12, 2000.

First round

Group A Teams CRO BUL LUX Tore Pkt. 1.  Croatia 18:0 20:0 38:0 4:0 2.  Bulgaria 0:18 3:2 3:20 2:2 3.  Luxembourg 0:20 2:3 2:23 0:4	Group B Teams YUG ISR ISL Tore Pkt. 1.  Yugoslavia 8:6 5:4 13:10 4:0 2.  Israel 6:8 4:2 10:10 2:2 3.  Iceland 4:5 2:4 6:9 0:4
Group C Teams NED BEL RSA Tore Pkt. 1.  Netherlands 3:1 9:2 12:3 4:0 2.  Belgium 1:3 7:1 8:4 2:2 3.  South Africa 2:9 1:7 3:16 0:4

Placing round

7th-9th place Teams RSA LUX ISL Tore Pkt. 1.  South Africa 3:1 3:3 6:4 3:1 2.  Luxembourg 1:3 8:5 9:8 2:2 3.  Iceland 3:3 5:8 8:11 1:3	4th-6th place Teams BEL ISR BUL Tore Pkt. 1.  Belgium 5:3 8:0 13:3 4:0 2.  Israel 3:5 7:4 10:9 2:2 3.  Bulgaria 0:8 4:7 4:15 0:4
1st-3rd place Teams CRO NED YUG Tore Pkt. 1.  Croatia 8:2 11:4 19:6 4:0 2.  Netherlands 2:8 8:1 10:9 2:2 3.  Yugoslavia 4:11 1:8 5:19 0:4

Croatia was promoted to Division II in the 2001 IIHF World U18 Championships

External links

• Official results and statistics from the International Ice Hockey Federation
  • Championship