2000 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 2000 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2000 WJHC) were held in Umea/Skelleftea, Sweden from December 25, 1999 to January 4, 2000.

Final standings

Group A

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Czech Republic	4	2	0	2	12	7	6
Canada	4	2	0	2	9	5	6
United States	4	1	1	2	5	6	4
Finland	4	1	2	1	8	9	3
Slovakia	4	0	3	1	4	11	1

Group B

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Russia	4	4	0	0	30	4	8
Sweden	4	3	1	0	27	8	6
Switzerland	4	2	2	0	13	16	4
Kazakhstan	4	1	3	0	7	34	2
Ukraine	4	0	4	0	6	21	0

Relegation Round

January 2

•  Ukraine 3-1  Slovakia

January 4

•  Slovakia 5-1  Ukraine
•  Slovakia 1-0  Ukraine (10 minute tie break game won 2-0 in Shoot out)

Ukraine is relegated to Division I for the 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Playoff round

Quarter-finals

January 1

• Canada 8-3  Switzerland
•  United States 5-1  Sweden
•  Czech Republic 6-3  Kazakhstan
•  Russia 4-1  Finland

Consolation round

January 3

•  Switzerland 5-2  Finland
•  Sweden 12-2  Kazakhstan

Semi-finals

January 3

•  Czech Republic 4-1  United States
•  Russia 3-2 Canada

7th place game

January 4

•  Finland 9-1  Kazakhstan

5th place game

January 4

•  Sweden 5-2  Switzerland

Bronze Medal game

January 4

• Canada 4-3  United States (3-1 in Shoot out)

Gold Medal game

January 4

•  Czech Republic 1-0  Russia (2-1 in Shoot out)

Scoring leaders

Player	Nationality	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Henrik Sedin	Sweden	7	4	9	13	6
Milan Kraft	Czech Republic	7	5	7	12	0
Daniel Sedin	Sweden	7	6	4	10	0
Brandon Reid	Canada	7	4	5	9	4
Evgueni Mouratov	Russia	7	6	2	8	4
Alexei Tereschenko	Russia	7	3	5	8	2
Erik Lewerström	Sweden	7	3	5	8	14
Alexandre Riazentsev	Russia	7	2	6	8	2
David Nyström	Sweden	7	2	6	8	2
Oleg Smirnov	Russia	7	2	6	8	2

Goaltending leaders

(Sorted by Save Percentage (Pct.))

Player	Nationality	Mins	GA	GAA	SO	Pct.
Ilya Bryzgalov	Russia	234	3	0.77	1	.971
Alexei Volkov	Russia	185	4	1.30	0	.951
Zdenek Smid	Czech Republic	420	11	1.57	1	.940
Maxime Ouellet	Canada	360	11	1.83	0	.939
Rick DiPietro	United States	299	9	1.81	1	.935

Pool B

The Division I Championships were played December 13-19, 1999 in Minsk, Belarus.

Standings

Group A

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Belarus	3	2	0	1	7	3	5
Germany	3	2	1	0	9	6	4
Italy	3	1	1	1	4	5	3
Latvia	3	0	3	0	2	8	0

Group B

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
France	3	2	0	1	11	8	5
Norway	3	2	1	0	14	8	4
Poland	3	1	1	1	13	12	3
Denmark	3	0	3	0	10	20	0

Final Round

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Belarus	3	3	0	0	17	9	6
Germany	3	2	1	0	8	5	4
France	3	1	2	0	8	15	2
Norway	3	0	3	0	6	10	0

Relegation Round

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Poland	3	2	0	1	13	7	5
Italy	3	1	1	1	4	6	3
Latvia	3	1	2	0	7	8	2
Denmark	3	1	2	0	11	14	2

Belarus advances to the 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Denmark is relegated to Division II

Pool C

The Division II Championships were played December 30, 1999-January 3, 2000 in Nagano, Japan.

Standings

Group A

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Austria	3	3	0	0	31	5	6
Hungary	3	2	1	0	14	18	4
Estonia	3	0	2	1	10	19	1
Yugoslavia	3	0	2	1	7	20	1

Group B

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Slovenia	3	2	0	1	12	7	5
Great Britain	3	1	0	2	9	7	4
Japan	3	1	1	1	11	9	3
Lithuania	3	0	3	0	6	15	0

Ranking round

•  Austria 6-2  Slovenia
•  Great Britain 7-2  Hungary
•  Japan 9-1  Estonia
•  Lithuania 5-1 Yugoslavia

Austria advances to the 2001 Division I Championships, Yugoslavia is relegated to the 2001 Division III Championships'

Division III

The Division III Championships were held January 9-15, 2000 in Mexico City, Mexico.

Group A

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Croatia	2	2	0	0	35	2	4
South Africa	2	1	1	0	13	14	2
Bulgaria	2	0	2	0	2	34	0

Group B

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Netherlands	2	2	0	0	24	1	4
Mexico	2	1	1	0	8	13	2
Iceland	2	0	2	0	4	22	0

Group C

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Romania	2	2	0	0	24	5	4
Spain	2	1	1	0	8	9	2
Australia	2	0	2	0	5	23	0

Group D

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Croatia	2	2	0	0	12	8	4
Romania	2	1	1	0	9	8	2
Netherlands	2	0	2	0	6	11	0

Group E

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Spain	2	2	0	0	16	6	4
Mexico	2	1	1	0	5	11	2
South Africa	2	0	2	0	5	9	0

Group F

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Australia	2	2	0	0	16	6	4
Bulgaria	2	1	1	0	9	9	2
Iceland	2	0	2	0	5	15	0

Croatia advances to the Division II Championships

External links

• Official results from IIHF

Preceded by 1999 World Juniors

World Junior Ice Hockey Championships See also: 2000 World Championships

Succeeded by 2001 World Juniors