# 2001 IIHF World Championship

The 2001 IIHF World Championship was held between 28 April and 13 May 2001 in Nuremberg, Cologne and Hanover, Germany.
It was the 65th annual event, and was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).

## Venues

| HanoverCologneNuremberg | Preussag Arena Capacity: 10,767 | Kölnarena Capacity: 18,500 | Nuremberg Arena Capacity: 6,500 |
| HanoverCologneNuremberg | Germany – Hanover | Germany – Cologne | Germany – Nuremberg |

## Qualification Tournament

Far Eastern Qualification for the tournament took place between September 4 and September 6, 2000 in Sapporo, Japan.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Japan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 4 |
| China | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 2 |
| South Korea | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18 | −17 | 0 |
All times local

## Final tournament

In the first round, the top 3 teams from each group progressed to the second round, whilst the last placed team progressed to the consolation round.

### First round
#### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 5 |
| Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 2 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 2 |
All times local

#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Finland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | +15 | 6 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 4 |
| Austria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 2 |
| Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 19 | −13 | 0 |
All times local

#### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Sweden | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 5 |
| United States | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 3 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 2 |
| Latvia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 2 |
All times local

#### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 6 |
| Russia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 4 |
| Italy | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 1 |
| Norway | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 1 |
All times local

### Second round

In the Second Round, the top 4 teams from each group progressed to the Final Round, whilst the bottom 2 teams are eliminated.

#### Group E

Tables and scores below include meetings between teams during the First Round.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Czech Republic | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 8 | +16 | 9 |
| Canada | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 11 | +8 | 7 |
| Russia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 6 |
| Germany | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 4 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 15 | −2 | 2 |
| Italy | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 30 | −25 | 2 |

#### Group F

Tables and scores below include meetings between teams during the First Round.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Finland | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 12 | +11 | 8 |
| Sweden | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 8 | +17 | 7 |
| United States | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 7 |
| Slovakia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 4 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 21 | −14 | 2 |
| Austria | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 23 | −19 | 2 |

### Consolation round 13–16 Place
#### Group G

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Latvia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 5 |
| Belarus | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 5 |
| Norway | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 1 |
| Japan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 1 |
As the Far Eastern qualifier, Japan avoids relegation. Therefore, Belarus and Norway are relegated to Division I for the 2002 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
All times local

### Final round

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 10 May | 10 May | | | |
| Czech Republic | 2 | | | |
| Czech Republic | 2 | 12 May | 12 May | | |
| Slovakia | 0 | 12 May | 12 May | |
| Slovakia | 0 | Czech Republic | 3 | |
| 10 May | 10 May | | Czech Republic | 3 | |
| 10 May | 10 May | Sweden | 2 | |
| Sweden | 4 | Sweden | 2 | |
| Sweden | 4 | | | | 13 May | 13 May |
| Russia | 3 | | | | 13 May | 13 May |
| Russia | 3 | | | | Czech Republic | 3 |
| 10 May | 10 May | | | | | Czech Republic | 3 |
| 10 May | 10 May | | | | Finland | 2 |
| Canada | 3 | | | | Finland | 2 |
| Canada | 3 | 12 May | 12 May | | | |
| United States | 4 | 12 May | 12 May | | | |
| United States | 4 | United States | 1 | | | |
| 10 May | 10 May | | United States | 1 | | | |
| 10 May | 10 May | Finland | 3 | | Third place | Third place |
| Finland | 4 | Finland | 3 | | Third place | Third place |
| Finland | 4 | | | | 13 May | 13 May |
| Germany | 1 | | | | 13 May | 13 May |
| Germany | 1 | | | | United States | 2 |
| | | | | | Sweden | 3 |

### Final

Game reference :
| | 0-1 | 17:35 − Juha Lind |
| | 0-2 | 38:39 − Juha Ylönen |
| Martin Procházka − 44:31 | 1-2 | |
| Jiří Dopita − 54:05 | 2-2 | |
| David Moravec − 70:38 | 3-2 | |

## Ranking and statistics

* 2001 IIHF World Championship winners
* Czech Republic 4th title

### Tournament Awards

* Best players selected by the directorate:
** Best Goaltender: Milan Hnilička
** Best Defenceman: Kim Johnsson
** Best Forward: Sami Kapanen
** Most Valuable Player: David Moravec
* Media All-Star Team:
** Goaltender: Milan Hnilička
** Defence: Kim Johnsson, Petteri Nummelin
** Forwards: Sami Kapanen, Robert Reichel, Martin Ručinský

### Final standings

According to the IIHF: The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:
| | Czech Republic |
| | Finland |
| | Sweden |
| 4 | United States |
| 5 | Canada |
| 6 | Russia |
| 7 | Slovakia |
| 8 | Germany |
| 9 | Switzerland |
| 10 | Ukraine |
| 11 | Austria |
| 12 | Italy |
| 13 | Latvia |
| 14 | Belarus |
| 15 | Norway |
| 16 | Japan |

### Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are left out.
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
| Juha Ylönen | 9 | 5 | 9 | 14 | +9 | 2 | F |
| Petteri Nummelin | 9 | 1 | 12 | 13 | +4 | 0 | D |
| Robert Reichel | 9 | 5 | 7 | 12 | +11 | 4 | F |
| Sami Kapanen | 8 | 7 | 4 | 11 | +5 | 8 | F |
| Per-Johan Axelsson | 9 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +8 | 12 | F |
| Sami Salo | 9 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +9 | 6 | D |
| Radek Dvořák | 9 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +8 | 8 | F |
| Kim Johnsson | 9 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +11 | 6 | D |
| Kristofer Ottosson | 9 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +10 | 0 | F |
| Daniel Alfredsson | 9 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +6 | 6 | F |

### Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.
| Player | MIP | SOG | GA | GAA | SVS% | SO |
| Leonid Fatikov | 160:00 | 70 | 3 | 1.13 | 95.71 | 1 |
| Milan Hnilička | 540:38 | 269 | 13 | 1.44 | 95.17 | 1 |
| Pasi Nurminen | 410:38 | 193 | 12 | 1.75 | 93.78 | 0 |
| Robert Esche | 359:11 | 188 | 13 | 2.17 | 93.09 | 1 |
| Maxim Sokolov | 321:57 | 125 | 9 | 1.68 | 92.80 | 2 |