# 2000 IIHF World Championship

The 2000 IIHF World Championship was held in Saint Petersburg, Russia from 29 April to 14 May.

## Qualification

This was the final year for qualifying rounds (except 'Far East'). Five teams advanced out of the eight that participated in the two European groups. The top two from each group played in the World Championship, and the third place teams played off against each other for the final spot. Both groups were played 11–14 November 1999.

### Group 1 (Great Britain)

Played in Sheffield
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Latvia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 |
| 2 | Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 1 |

### Group 2 (France)

Played in Amiens
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 4 |
| 2 | France | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Norway | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 3 |
| 4 | Denmark | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 2 |

### Playoff (Netherlands)

Played in Eindhoven

### Far East (Japan)

Played 3–5 September 1999 in Aomori.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Japan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | +14 | 4 |
| 2 | China | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 2 |
| 3 | South Korea | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 0 |

## Venues

| Saint Petersburg | Ice PalaceYubileynyclass=notpageimage| Locations of the two venues in Saint Petersburg. | Saint Petersburg |
| Ice Palace Capacity: 12300 | Ice PalaceYubileynyclass=notpageimage| Locations of the two venues in Saint Petersburg. | Yubileyny Capacity: 7000 |

## Preliminary round

Like the previous two years, sixteen nations played in four groups of four. However this year the format was modified so that the top three teams from each group would advance to a group of six, carrying forward the results against the teams who advanced with them. The nations from the first and fourth pools were grouped together, likewise the second and third pools. The fourth placed teams were put in a group together to contest relegation.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sweden | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | +14 | 6 | Qualifying round |
| 2 | Latvia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 4 | Qualifying round |
| 3 | Belarus | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 16 | −6 | 2 | Qualifying round |
| 4 | Ukraine | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 16 | −10 | 0 | Relegation round |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Slovakia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 5 | Qualifying round |
| 2 | Finland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 4 | Qualifying round |
| 3 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 2 | Qualifying round |
| 4 | Austria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 1 | Relegation round |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Czech Republic | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 6 | Qualifying round |
| 2 | Norway | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 4 | Qualifying round |
| 3 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 2 | Qualifying round |
| 4 | Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 21 | −18 | 0 | Relegation round |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 5 | Qualifying round |
| 2 | Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 3 | Qualifying round |
| 3 | Russia (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 2 | Qualifying round |
| 4 | France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 2 | Relegation round |

## Relegation round
### Group G

The relegation round is composed of the four teams that placed last in Groups A through D. They play in a round-robin fashion, with the last placed team that is not the far east qualifier, being relegated to the Division I group in next year's World Championships.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | Austria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 5 | |
| 2 | Ukraine | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 4 | |
| 3 | France | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 3 | Relegation to Division I |
| 4 | Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 16 | −11 | 0 | |
France is relegated to Division I. Japan will play together with China and Korea in 2001 IIHF World Championship Far East Qualification Tournament

## Qualifying round
### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Switzerland | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Sweden | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 5 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Latvia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 5 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Belarus | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 17 | −8 | 4 | |
| 6 | Russia (H) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 2 | |

### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Czech Republic | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 11 | +14 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Finland | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 15 | +7 | 7 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Canada | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 10 | +9 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Slovakia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 15 | +7 | 5 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Norway | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 24 | −14 | 3 | |
| 6 | Italy | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 28 | −23 | 1 | |

## Final round
### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| E1 | United States | 1 | | | | | | |
| F4 | Slovakia | 4 | | | | | | |
| F4 | Slovakia | 4 | QF1 | Slovakia | 3 | | | |
| | | | QF4 | Finland | 1 | | | |
| F2 | Finland | 2 | QF4 | Finland | 1 | | | |
| E3 | Sweden | 1 | | | | | | |
| E3 | Sweden | 1 | | | | SF1 | Slovakia | 3 |
| | | | | | | SF2 | Czech Republic | 5 |
| E2 | Switzerland | 3 | | | | | | | SF2 | Czech Republic | 5 |
| F3 | Canada | 5 | | | | | | |
| F3 | Canada | 5 | QF3 | Canada | 1 | | | |
| | | | QF2 | Czech Republic | 2 | | | |
| F1 | Czech Republic | 3 | QF2 | Czech Republic | 2 | | | |
| E4 | Latvia | 1 | | | | | | |

### Bronze medal game

| Adrian Aucoin – 07:37 | 1–0 | |
| | 1–1 | 35:29 − Jukka Hentunen |
| | 1–2 | 49:02 − Marko Tuomainen |

### Final
## Ranking and statistics

* 2000 IIHF World Championship winners
* Czech Republic 3rd title

### Tournament Awards

* Best players selected by the directorate:
** Best Goaltender: Roman Čechmánek
** Best Defenceman: Petteri Nummelin
** Best Forward: Miroslav Šatan
** Most Valuable Player: Martin Procházka
* Media All-Star Team:
** Goaltender: Roman Čechmánek
** Defence: Petteri Nummelin, Michal Sýkora
** Forwards: Jiří Dopita, Miroslav Šatan, Tomáš Vlasák

### Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:
| | Czech Republic |
| | Slovakia |
| | Finland |
| 4 | Canada |
| 5 | United States |
| 6 | Switzerland |
| 7 | Sweden |
| 8 | Latvia |
| 9 | Belarus |
| 10 | Norway |
| 11 | Russia |
| 12 | Italy |
| 13 | Austria |
| 14 | Ukraine |
| 15 | France |
| 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 |
| Miroslav Šatan | 9 | 10 | 2 | 12 | +3 | 14 | F |
| Jiří Dopita | 9 | 4 | 7 | 11 | +8 | 16 | F |
| David Výborný | 9 | 4 | 6 | 10 | +6 | 6 | F |
| Todd Bertuzzi | 9 | 5 | 4 | 9 | +5 | 47 | F |
| Tomáš Vlasák | 9 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +4 | 0 | F |
| Trond Magnussen | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +4 | 10 | F |
| Ryan Smyth | 9 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +3 | 0 | F |
| Michal Sýkora | 9 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +7 | 16 | D |
| Arnaud Briand | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −2 | 8 | F |
| Maurice Rozenthal | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 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 |
| José Théodore | 478:11 | 192 | 13 | 1.63 | 93.23 | 2 |
| Reinhard Divis | 358:56 | 201 | 15 | 2.51 | 92.54 | 0 |
| Roman Čechmánek | 480:00 | 212 | 16 | 2.00 | 92.45 | 1 |
| Tommy Salo | 358:31 | 128 | 10 | 1.67 | 92.19 | 1 |
| Reto Pavoni | 299:41 | 151 | 14 | 2.80 | 90.73 | 0 |