# 2000 IIHF World U18 Championships

The 2000 IIHF World U18 Championships were held in Kloten and Weinfelden, Switzerland. The championships ran between April 14 and April 24, 2000. Games were played at Eishalle Schluefweg in Kloten and Sportanlage Güttingersreuti in Weinfelden. Finland defeated Russia 3–1 in the final to win the gold medal, while Sweden defeated Switzerland 7–1 to capture the bronze medal.

## Championship results
### Preliminary round
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Sweden | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 5 | +16 | 8 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 12 | +6 | 6 |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 4 |
| 4 | Germany | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 15 | −7 | 1 |
| 5 | Ukraine | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 24 | −18 | 1 |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Russia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 4 | +29 | 8 |
| 2 | Finland | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 9 | +10 | 6 |
| 3 | Slovakia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 4 |
| 4 | United States | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Belarus | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 45 | −41 | 0 |

### Relegation Round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 5 |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 4 |
| 3 | Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 3 |
| 4 | Belarus | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 27 | −23 | 0 |
Note: The following matches from the preliminary round carry forward to the relegation round:
* April 18, 2000: Ukraine 4–4 Germany
* April 18, 2000: Belarus 1–9 United States

### Final round

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | B1 | Russia | 4 | | | |
| A2 | Switzerland | 3 | A2 | Switzerland | 1 | | | |
| B3 | Slovakia | 0 | | | | B1 | Russia | 1 |
| | | | | | | B2 | Finland | 3 |
| | | | A1 | Sweden | 2 |
| B2 | Finland | 3 | B2 | Finland | 4 |
| A3 | Czech Republic | 0 | | | | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | | A1 | Sweden | 7 |
| | | | | | | A2 | Switzerland | 1 |

#### Gold medal game
### Final standings

| Rk. | Team |
| | Finland |
| | Russia |
| | Sweden |
| 4 | Switzerland |
| 5 | Slovakia |
| 6 | Czech Republic |
| 7 | Germany |
| 8 | United States |
| 9 | Ukraine |
| 10 | Belarus |
Belarus is relegated to Division I for the 2001 IIHF World U18 Championships.

### Scoring leaders

| Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Yegor Shastin | Russia | 6 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 4 |
| Sven Helfenstein | Switzerland | 7 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 |
| Jens Karlsson | Sweden | 6 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 20 |
| Marian Gaborik | Slovakia | 6 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| Tuomo Ruutu | Finland | 7 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Martin Samuelsson | Sweden | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 |
| Alexandr Svitov | Russia | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 |
| Janne Jokila | Finland | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 |
| Pavel Vorobiev | Russia | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 10 |
| Thibaut Monnet | Switzerland | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
Source: IIHF

### Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
| Player | Country | MINS | GA | Sv% | GAA | SO |
| Kari Lehtonen | Finland | 307:11 | 9 | 96.30 | 1.76 | 1 |
| Travis Weber | United States | 150:39 | 2 | 96.00 | 0.80 | 1 |
| Andrei Medvedev | Russia | 180:00 | 4 | 95.60 | 1.33 | 0 |
| Sergei Mylnikov | Russia | 180:00 | 4 | 95.12 | 1.33 | 1 |
| Henrik Lundqvist | Sweden | 240:00 | 9 | 93.88 | 2.25 | 0 |
Source: IIHF

## Group B
### First round

Group A :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | JPN | NOR | ITA | DEN |
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 5 | | 3–2 | 3–3 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Norway | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 4 | 2–3 | | 8–1 | 9–4 |
| 3 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 3 | 3–3 | 1–8 | | 5–4 |
| 4 | Denmark | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 17 | −9 | 0 | 0–3 | 4–9 | 4–5 | |
Group B :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | AUT | LAT | POL | FRA |
| 1 | Austria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 5 | | 3–3 | 5–4 | 6–1 |
| 2 | Latvia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 4 | 3–3 | | 4–4 | 5–3 |
| 3 | Poland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 4–5 | 4–4 | | 5–4 |
| 4 | France | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 0 | 1–6 | 3–5 | 4–5 | |

### Final round

5th-8th place :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | DEN | ITA | POL | FRA |
| 1 | Denmark | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 12 | +6 | 4 | | (4–5) | 9–4 | 5–3 |
| 2 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 4 | (5–4) | | 2–3 | 4–1 |
| 3 | Poland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 4 | 4–9 | 3–2 | | (5–4) |
| 4 | France | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 0 | 3–5 | 1–4 | (4–5) | |
1st-4th place :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | NOR | AUT | LAT | JPN |
| 1 | Norway | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 4 | | 3–2 | 5–2 | (2–3) |
| 2 | Austria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 3 | 2–3 | | (3–3) | 5–2 |
| 3 | Latvia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2–5 | (3–3) | | 5–2 |
| 4 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 2 | (3–2) | 2–5 | 2–5 | |

### Final ranking

| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Norway |
| 2 | Austria |
| 3 | Latvia |
| 4 | Japan |
| 5 | Denmark |
| 6 | Italy |
| 7 | Poland |
| 8 | France |

## European Championships Division I
### First round

Group A :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | EST | HUN | LTU | ESP |
| 1 | Estonia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 7 | +14 | 6 | | 6–5 | 7–1 | 8–1 |
| 2 | Hungary | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 13 | +11 | 4 | 5–6 | | 9–3 | 10–4 |
| 3 | Lithuania | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 23 | −9 | 2 | 1–7 | 3–9 | | 10–7 |
| 4 | Spain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 28 | −16 | 0 | 1–8 | 4–10 | 7–10 | |
Group B :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | KAZ | SLO | GBR | ROM |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 5 | +27 | 6 | | 6–4 | 8–0 | 18–1 |
| 2 | Slovenia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 9 | +12 | 4 | 4–6 | | 8–3 | 9–0 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 18 | −8 | 2 | 0–8 | 3–8 | | 7–2 |
| 4 | Romania | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 34 | −31 | 0 | 1–18 | 0–9 | 2–7 | |

### Placing round

7th place :
| 24 March 2000 | Maribor | Romania | – | Spain | 7:2 (2:0,4:1,1:1) |
| 5th place |||||||
| 24 March 2000 | Maribor | Great Britain | – | Lithuania | 5:4 n.P. (1:2,2:1,1:1,0:0,1:0) |
| 3rd place |||||||
| 24 March 2000 | Maribor | Slovenia | – | Hungary | 13:0 (4:0,4:0,5:0) |
| Final |||||||
| 24 March 2000 | Maribor | Kazakhstan | – | Estonia | 4:2 (1:1,2:1,1:0) |

## European Championships Division II Qualification
### Group A (in Reykjavík, Iceland)

| 26 November 1999 | Reykjavík | Iceland | – | Ireland | 13:2 (2:0,7:0,4:2) |
| 27 November 1999 | Reykjavík | Iceland | – | Ireland | 12:3 (3:0,2:3,7:0) |

### Group B (in Sofia, Bulgaria)

| 4 March 2000 | Sofia | South Africa | – | Turkey | 3:1 (0:0,1:1,2:0) |

## European Championships Division II
### First round

Group A :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | CRO | BUL | LUX |
| 1 | Croatia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | +38 | 4 | | 18–0 | 20–0 |
| 2 | Bulgaria | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 20 | −17 | 2 | 0–18 | | 3–2 |
| 3 | Luxembourg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 23 | −21 | 0 | 0–20 | 2–3 | |
Group B :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | YUG | ISR | ISL |
| 1 | Yugoslavia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 4 | | 8–6 | 5–4 |
| 2 | Israel | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 6–8 | | 4–2 |
| 3 | Iceland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 0 | 4–5 | 2–4 | |
Group C :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | NED | BEL | RSA |
| 1 | Netherlands | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 4 | | 3–1 | 9–2 |
| 2 | Belgium | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 2 | 1–3 | | 7–1 |
| 3 | South Africa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 16 | −13 | 0 | 2–9 | 1–7 | |

### Placing round

7th-9th place :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | RSA | LUX | ISL |
| 1 | South Africa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 3 | | 3–1 | 3–3 |
| 2 | Luxembourg | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 2 | 1–3 | | 8–5 |
| 3 | Iceland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 1 | 3–3 | 5–8 | |
4th-6th place :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | BEL | ISR | BUL |
| 1 | Belgium | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 4 | | 5–3 | 8–0 |
| 2 | Israel | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 2 | 3–5 | | 7–4 |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 0 | 0–8 | 4–7 | |
1st-3rd place :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | CRO | NED | YUG |
| 1 | Croatia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | +13 | 4 | | 8–2 | 11–4 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 2 | 2–8 | | 8–1 |
| 3 | Yugoslavia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 19 | −14 | 0 | 4–11 | 1–8 | |