# 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. 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.

## 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 |

## 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 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Sweden | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Slovakia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 2 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Kazakhstan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 33 | −29 | 0 | Relegation round |
All times local (MSK/UTC+3).

#### 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 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Canada | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 9 | +11 | 5 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Switzerland | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 3 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Belarus | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 29 | −27 | 0 | Relegation round |
All times local (MSK/UTC+3).

### Relegation round

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

### Final round

Source:
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal game | Gold medal game | Gold medal game |
| A1 | Czech Republic | 4 | | | | | | |
| B4 | Switzerland | 3 | | | | | | |
| B4 | Switzerland | 3 | A1 | Czech Republic | 1 | | | |
| | | | A3 | Sweden | 0 | | | |
| B2 | Russia | 2 | A3 | Sweden | 0 | | | |
| A3 | Sweden | 3 | | | | | | |
| A3 | Sweden | 3 | | | | A1 | Czech Republic | 2 |
| | | | | | | B1 | Finland | 1 |
| A2 | United States | 1 | | | | | | | B1 | Finland | 1 |
| B3 | Canada | 2 | | | |
| B3 | Canada | 2 | B3 | Canada | 2 | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game |
| | | | B1 | Finland | 5 |
| B1 | Finland | 3 | B1 | Finland | 5 | B3 | Canada | 2$^†$ |
| A4 | Slovakia | 1 | | | | A3 | Sweden | 1 |
† Overtime victory.

#### Gold medal game
### 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 | Defencemen | Forwards | Forwards | Forwards |
| IIHF Directorate Awards | Tomáš Duba | Rostislav Klesla | Rostislav Klesla | Pavel Brendl | Pavel Brendl | 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.

### 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 | Final round |
| 3 | Austria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 3 | Relegation round |
| 4 | Poland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 0 | Relegation round |

#### 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 | Final round |
| 3 | Latvia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 3 | Relegation round |
| 4 | Italy | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 1 | Relegation round |

### 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 | |
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 |
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.

### 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 |

#### 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 |

### Final round

Source:
All times local (EET/UTC+2).

#### 7th place game

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

#### 1st place game

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.

### 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 |

#### 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 |

### Final round

Source:
All times local (EET/UTC+2).

#### 7th place game

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

#### 1st place game

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