# 2000 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 2000 World Junior Hockey Championships (2000 WJHC), was the 24th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. The tournament was hosted in Skellefteå and Umeå, Sweden from December 25, 1999, to January 4, 2000. The Czech Republic won the gold medal with a 1–0 shootout victory over Russia in the championship game, while Canada won the bronze medal with a 4–3 shootout victory over the United States. This still remains as the only tournament to where both medal games have been decided in a shootout.
The playoff round was (again) expanded to eight teams, with group leaders not getting a bye to the semifinals.

## Venues

| Skellefteå Kraft Arena Capacity: 6,000 | Umeå Arena Capacity: 6,000 |
| Sweden – Skellefteå | Sweden – Umeå |

## Pool A
### Preliminary round
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Czech Republic | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Canada | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | United States | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Finland | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 3 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Slovakia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 1 | Relegation round |
All times local (CET/UTC+1).

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Russia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 4 | +26 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Sweden | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 8 | +19 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Switzerland | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 16 | −3 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 34 | −27 | 2 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Ukraine | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 21 | −15 | 0 | Relegation round |
All times local (CET/UTC+1).

### Relegation round

Source:

#### 10-minute tie-break game

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

### Final round

Source:
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal game | Gold medal game | Gold medal game |
| B1 | Russia | 4 | | | | | | |
| A4 | Finland | 0 | | | | | | |
| A4 | Finland | 0 | B1 | Russia | 3 | | | |
| | | | A2 | Canada | 2 | | | |
| A2 | Canada | 8 | A2 | Canada | 2 | | | |
| B3 | Switzerland | 3 | | | | | | |
| B3 | Switzerland | 3 | | | | B1 | Russia | 0 |
| | | | | | | A1 | Czech Republic | 1$^‡$ |
| B2 | Sweden | 1 | | | | | | | A1 | Czech Republic | 1$^‡$ |
| A3 | United States | 5 | | | |
| A3 | United States | 5 | A3 | United States | 1 | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game |
| | | | A1 | Czech Republic | 4 |
| A1 | Czech Republic | 6 | A1 | Czech Republic | 4 | A2 | Canada | 4$^‡$ |
| B4 | Kazakhstan | 3 | | | | A3 | United States | 3 |
‡ Shootout victory.
All times local (CET/UTC+1).

#### Gold medal game
### Scoring leaders

| Rank | Player | Country | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/− |
| 1 | Henrik Sedin | Sweden | F | 7 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 6 | +9 |
| 2 | Milan Kraft | Czech Republic | F | 7 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0 | +8 |
| 3 | Daniel Sedin | Sweden | F | 7 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0 | +8 |
| 4 | Brandon Reid | Canada | F | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | +3 |
| 5 | Evgueni Mouratov | Russia | F | 7 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +8 |
| 6 | Alexei Tereschenko | Russia | F | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | +6 |
| 7 | Erik Lewerström | Sweden | D | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | +2 |
| 8 | Alexandre Riazentsev | Russia | D | 7 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | +10 |
| 9 | David Nyström | Sweden | F | 7 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | +6 |
| 10 | Oleg Smirnov | Russia | F | 7 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | +7 |

### Goaltending leaders

Minimum 40% of team's ice time.
| Rank | Player | Country | TOI | SOG | GA | GAA | Saves | Sv % | SO |
| 1 | Ilya Bryzgalov | Russia | 234:04 | 105 | 3 | 0.77 | 102 | 97.14 | 1 |
| 2 | Alexei Volkov | Russia | 185:11 | 81 | 4 | 1.30 | 77 | 95.06 | 0 |
| 3 | Zdeněk Šmíd | Czech Republic | 420:00 | 182 | 11 | 1.57 | 171 | 93.96 | 1 |
| 4 | Maxime Ouellet | Canada | 360:00 | 181 | 11 | 1.83 | 170 | 93.92 | 0 |
| 5 | Rick DiPietro | United States | 298:57 | 138 | 9 | 1.81 | 129 | 93.48 | 1 |

### Tournament awards

| | Goaltender | Defencemen | Defencemen | Forwards | Forwards | Forwards |
| IIHF Directorate Awards | Rick DiPietro | Alexander Ryazantsev | Alexander Ryazantsev | Milan Kraft | Milan Kraft | Milan Kraft |
| Media All-Star Team | Rick DiPietro | Mathieu Biron | Alexander Ryazantsev | Milan Kraft | Evgeny Muratov | Alexei Tereschenko |

### Final standings

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

## Pool B

The Pool B tournament was played in Minsk, Belarus between December 13 and December 19, 1999.

### Preliminary round
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Belarus | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 5 | Final round |
| 2 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 4 | Final round |
| 3 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | Relegation round |
| 4 | Latvia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 | Relegation round |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | France | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 5 | Final round |
| 2 | Norway | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 4 | Final round |
| 3 | Poland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 3 | Relegation round |
| 4 | Denmark | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 20 | −10 | 0 | Relegation round |

### Final round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Belarus | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 6 | Promoted to the 2001 Top Division |
| 2 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 4 | |
| 3 | France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 15 | −7 | 2 | |
| 4 | Norway | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 0 | |
Belarus was promoted to the Top Division for the 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

### Relegation round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 5 | Poland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 5 | |
| 6 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | |
| 7 | Latvia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 2 | |
| 8 | Denmark | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 2 | Relegated to the 2001 Division II |
Denmark was relegated to Division II for the 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

## Pool C

The Pool C tournament was played in Nagano, Japan between December 30, 1999, and January 3, 2000.

### Preliminary round
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Austria | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 5 | +26 | 6 | 1st place game |
| 2 | Hungary | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 18 | −4 | 4 | 3rd place game |
| 3 | Estonia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 19 | −9 | 1 | 5th place game |
| 4 | Yugoslavia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 20 | −13 | 1 | 7th place game |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Slovenia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 5 | 1st place game |
| 2 | Great Britain | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 4 | 3rd place game |
| 3 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 3 | 5th place game |
| 4 | Lithuania | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 0 | 7th place game |

### Final round

Source:
All times local (JST/UTC+9).

#### 7th place game

Yugoslavia was relegated to Division III for the 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

#### 1st place game

Austria was promoted to Division I for the 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

## Pool D

The Pool D tournament was played in Mexico City, Mexico between January 9 and January 15, 2000.

### Preliminary round
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | |
| 1 | Croatia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 | +33 | 4 | 1st–3rd place group | — | 13–1 | 22–1 |
| 2 | South Africa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 14 | −1 | 2 | 4th–6th place group | 1–13 | — | 12–1 |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 34 | −32 | 0 | 7th–9th place group | 1–22 | 1–12 | — |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | |
| 1 | Netherlands | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | +23 | 4 | 1st–3rd place group | — | 10–0 | 14–1 |
| 2 | Mexico | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 2 | 4th–6th place group | 0–10 | — | 8–3 |
| 3 | Iceland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 22 | −18 | 0 | 7th–9th place group | 1–14 | 3–8 | — |

#### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | |
| 1 | Romania | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 5 | +19 | 4 | 1st–3rd place group | — | 6–3 | 18–2 |
| 2 | Spain | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 2 | 4th–6th place group | 3–6 | — | 5–3 |
| 3 | Australia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 23 | −18 | 0 | 7th–9th place group | 2–18 | 3–5 | — |

### Final round
#### 1st–3rd place group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion | | | |
| 1 | Croatia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 4 | Promoted to the 2001 Division II | — | 6–4 | 6–4 |
| 2 | Romania | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 2 | | 4–6 | — | 5–2 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 0 | | 4–6 | 2–5 | — |
Croatia was promoted to Division II for the 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

#### 4th–6th place group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | | | |
| 4 | Spain | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 4 | — | 10–2 | 6–4 |
| 5 | Mexico | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 2 | 2–10 | — | 3–1 |
| 6 | South Africa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 0 | 4–6 | 1–3 | — |

#### 7th–9th place group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation | | | |
| 7 | Australia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 4 | | — | 8–2 | 8–4 |
| 8 | Bulgaria | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | | 2–8 | — | 7–1 |
| 9 | Iceland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 0 | Relegated to the 2001 Division III Qualification | 4–8 | 1–7 | — |
Iceland was relegated to Division III Qualification for the 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.