# 1999 IIHF World Championship

The 1999 IIHF World Championship was held in Oslo, Hamar and Lillehammer in Norway from 1 to 16 May. It was the top tier of the men's championships for that year.

## Venues

| LillehammerOsloHamar | Lillehammer | Oslo | Hamar |
| LillehammerOsloHamar | Håkons Hall Capacity: 11,500 | Jordal Amfi Capacity: 4,500 | Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre Capacity: 6,000 |

## World Championship Group A
### Qualifying round

Three qualifying tournaments were played to establish the last five entrants to the World Championship. Two groups of four played in Europe, first and second place from each advanced, while the others were relegated to Group B. The winner of the "Far East" tournament advanced to the World Championship, while the losers played in Group C.

#### Group 1 (Austria)

Played 5–8 November 1998 in Klagenfurt.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 6 |
| 2 | Austria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 4 |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 2 |
| 4 | Estonia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 21 | −18 | 0 |
The United States and Austria advanced to the World Championship.

#### Group 2 (Slovenia)

Played 5–8 November 1998 in Ljubljana.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Ukraine | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 5 |
| 2 | France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 4 |
| 3 | Slovenia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 2 |
| 4 | Germany | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
Ukraine and France advanced to the World Championship.

#### Far East (Japan)

Played 4–6 September 1998 in Tokyo.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Japan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4 | +20 | 4 |
| 2 | South Korea | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 2 |
| 3 | China | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | −14 | 0 |
Japan advanced to the World Championship.

### First round

In each group, the top two nations advanced to the next round. Third place teams played a final round against each other to determine who escaped having to qualify for next year's tournament. Fourth place teams did not play further, they were automatically entered in qualifiers for next year's tournament.

#### Group 1

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 6 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 4 |
| Norway | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 2 |
| Italy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 17 | −9 | 0 |
Italy was relegated to the qualifiers for the 2000 IIHF World Championship.

#### Group 2

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Sweden | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 6 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 4 |
| Latvia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| France | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 18 | −12 | 0 |
France was relegated to the qualifiers for the 2000 IIHF World Championship.

#### Group 3

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 5 | +18 | 6 |
| United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 4 |
| Austria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 2 |
| Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 23 | −18 | 0 |
Japan was relegated to the qualifiers for the 2000 IIHF World Championship.

#### Group 4

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Finland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 5 |
| Russia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 4 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 3 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 0 |
Ukraine was relegated to the qualifiers for the 2000 IIHF World Championship.

### Second round
#### Group 5

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Finland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 6 |
| Canada | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 4 |
| United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 2 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | −13 | 0 |

#### Group 6

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 4 |
| Sweden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 |
| Russia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 3 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 1 |

### Final Round

Each playoff match up consisted of a two-game series. If tied, the two teams would play an overtime-style mini game (10 minutes in duration for the semi-finals and 20 minutes in the final) to determine the winner, and then a shoot-out if no scoring occurred. The only mini-game to go to a shoot-out was the Czech versus Canada tiebreaker, with a 4 to 3 Czech victory. Note that the mini-games show up as a game played in the players statistics. The exception was for the bronze medal game which was just one game.
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 12 and 13 May – Lillehammer | 12 and 13 May – Lillehammer | 12 and 13 May – Lillehammer | 12 and 13 May – Lillehammer |
| Finland (OT) | 3 | 1 | 1 (1) |
| Finland (OT) | 3 | 1 | 1 (1) | 15 and 16 May – Lillehammer | 15 and 16 May – Lillehammer | 15 and 16 May – Lillehammer | 15 and 16 May – Lillehammer |
| Sweden | 1 | 2 | 1 (0) | 15 and 16 May – Lillehammer | 15 and 16 May – Lillehammer | 15 and 16 May – Lillehammer | 15 and 16 May – Lillehammer |
| Sweden | 1 | 2 | 1 (0) | Finland | 1 | 4 | 1 (0) |
| 12 and 13 May – Lillehammer | 12 and 13 May – Lillehammer | 12 and 13 May – Lillehammer | 12 and 13 May – Lillehammer | | | | Finland | 1 | 4 | 1 (0) |
| 12 and 13 May – Lillehammer | 12 and 13 May – Lillehammer | 12 and 13 May – Lillehammer | 12 and 13 May – Lillehammer | Czech Republic (OT) | 3 | 1 | 1 (1) |
| Czech Republic (SO) | 1 | 6 | 1 (4) | Czech Republic (OT) | 3 | 1 | 1 (1) |
| Canada | 2 | 4 | 1 (3) | | | | |
| Canada | 2 | 4 | 1 (3) | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game |
| | | | | 15 May – Lillehammer | 15 May – Lillehammer | 15 May – Lillehammer | 15 May – Lillehammer |
| | | | | Sweden | Sweden | Sweden | 3 |
| | | | | Canada | Canada | Canada | 2 |

### Semifinals

| | 0–1 | 04:01 − Wade Redden |
| | 0–2 | 35:35 − Cory Stillman |
| Pavel Kubina − 53:54 | 1–2 | |

### Consolation round 9–12 place

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Belarus | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 |
| Austria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 4 |
| Latvia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 2 |
| Norway | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 0 |
Latvia and Norway were relegated to the qualifiers for the 2000 IIHF World Championship.

## Ranking and statistics

* 1999 IIHF World Championship winners
* Czech Republic 2nd title

### Tournament awards

* Best players selected by the directorate:
** Best Goaltender: Tommy Salo
** Best Defenceman: František Kučera
** Best Forward: Saku Koivu
** Most Valuable Player: Teemu Selänne
* Media All-Star Team:
** Goaltender: Tommy Salo
** Defence: Jere Karalahti, Pavel Kubina
** Forwards: Saku Koivu, Martin Ručinský, Teemu Selänne

### Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:
| | Czech Republic |
| | Finland |
| | Sweden |
| 4 | Canada |
| 5 | Russia |
| 6 | United States |
| 7 | Slovakia |
| 8 | Switzerland |
| 9 | Belarus |
| 10 | Austria |
| 11 | Latvia |
| 12 | Norway |
| 13 | Italy |
| 14 | Ukraine |
| 15 | France |
| 16 | Japan |
Places eleven through sixteen had to play in qualifying tournaments for entry into the 2000 tournament.

### Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
| Saku Koivu | 10 | 4 | 12 | 16 | +8 | 4 | F |
| Teemu Selänne | 11 | 3 | 8 | 11 | +6 | 16 | F |
| Markus Näslund | 10 | 6 | 4 | 10 | +7 | 0 | F |
| Žigmund Pálffy | 6 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 6 | F |
| Jan Hlaváč | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | +4 | 7 | F |
| Martin Ručinský | 10 | 4 | 6 | 10 | +6 | 16 | F |
| Alexei Yashin | 6 | 8 | 1 | 9 | +4 | 6 | F |
| Daniel Alfredsson | 10 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +5 | 8 | F |
| Viktor Ujčík | 10 | 6 | 2 | 8 | +3 | 12 | F |
| Jere Karalahti | 12 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +5 | 2 | D |
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### 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 | GA | GAA | SVS% | SO |
| Parris Duffus | 258 | 7 | 1.63 | .939 | 1 |
| Andrei Mezin | 360 | 10 | 1.67 | .931 | 1 |
| Tommy Salo | 424 | 13 | 1.84 | .921 | 0 |
| Ari Sulander | 464 | 15 | 1.94 | .921 | 0 |
| Ron Tugnutt | 328 | 11 | 2.01 | .915 | 0 |
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