# 1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1999 WJC) was held in Winnipeg, and five other communities in Manitoba, Canada from December 26, 1998, to January 5, 1999. In the gold medal match at Winnipeg Arena, Russia defeated Canada 3–2 on Artem Chubarov's overtime goal. The bronze medal was claimed by Slovakia, giving the six-year-old country its first medal at an IIHF event.
The playoff round reverted back to six teams qualifying, with group leaders getting a bye to the semifinals.

## Pool A
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Slovakia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 7 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Canada | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 5 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Finland | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Czech Republic | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 2 | Relegation round |
| 5 | United States | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 17 | −4 | 2 | Relegation round |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sweden | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 11 | +14 | 8 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Russia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 4 | +21 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 20 | −11 | 3 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Switzerland | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 17 | −12 | 2 | Relegation round |
| 5 | Belarus | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 21 | −12 | 1 | Relegation round |

### Relegation round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | Czech Republic | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 9 | +12 | 6 | |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 4 | |
| 3 | Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Belarus | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 21 | −14 | 0 | Relegated to the 2000 Pool B |
Source:
Belarus was relegated for the 2000 World Juniors

### Final round

Source:
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | QF1 | Canada | 6 | | | |
| A2 | Canada | 12 | B1 | Sweden | 1 | | | |
| B3 | Kazakhstan | 2 | | | | SF1 | Canada | 2 |
| | | | | | | SF2 | Russia | 3 |
| | | | QF2 | Russia | 3 |
| B2 | Russia | 3 | A1 | Slovakia | 2 |
| A3 | Finland | 2 | | | | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | | QF1 | Sweden | 4 |
| | | | | | | QF2 | Slovakia | 5 |

#### Semifinals

| | 0-1 | Balmochnykh (Arkhipov, Maslennikov) - 1:29 |
| | 0-2 | Dobryshkin (Vishnevski, Nikitenko) - 15:04 |
| | 0-3 | Verenikin (Lyashenko, Donika) (PP) - 23:22 |
| 31:29 - Cibak (Sejna, Cakajik) (PP) | 1-3 | |
| 32:03 - Hudec (Hujsa) | 2-3 | |

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

| Rank | Country |
| | Russia |
| | Canada |
| | Slovakia |
| 4 | Sweden |
| 5 | Finland |
| 6 | Kazakhstan |
| 7 | Czech Republic |
| 8 | United States |
| 9 | Switzerland |
| 10 | Belarus |

### Scoring leaders

| Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| Brian Gionta | United States | 6 | 6 | 5 | 11 | -1 | 6 |
| Daniel Tkaczuk | Canada | 7 | 6 | 4 | 10 | +1 | 10 |
| Daniel Sedin | Sweden | 6 | 5 | 5 | 10 | +6 | 2 |
| Scott Gomez | United States | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | +2 | 4 |
| Henrik Sedin | Sweden | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +7 | 10 |
| Tomáš Divíšek | Czech Republic | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | +2 | 6 |
| Simon Gagné | Canada | 7 | 7 | 1 | 8 | +9 | 2 |
| Christian Berglund | Sweden | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +5 | 33 |
| Eero Somervuori | Finland | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| Niklas Hagman | Finland | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +3 | 2 |
| Nik Antropov | Kazakhstan | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | –3 | 14 |

### Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
| Pos | Player | Country | TOI | GA | GAA | Sv% | SO |
| 1 | Roberto Luongo | Canada | 405:13 | 13 | 1.92 | 94.20 | 2 |
| 2 | Alexei Volkov | Russia | 407:27 | 10 | 1.47 | 93.55 | 0 |
| 3 | Mika Lehto | Finland | 206:52 | 8 | 2.32 | 93.28 | 0 |
| 4 | Ján Lašák | Slovakia | 359:48 | 14 | 2.33 | 92.71 | 1 |
| 5 | Vlastimil Lakosil | Czech Republic | 358:55 | 18 | 3.01 | 90.77 | 0 |

### Tournament awards

| | IIHF Directorate Awards | Media All-Star Team |
| Goaltender | Roberto Luongo | Roberto Luongo |
| Defencemen | Vitaly Vishnevskiy | Brian Campbell Vitaly Vishnevskiy |
| Forwards | Maxim Afinogenov | Daniel Tkaczuk Brian Gionta Maxim Balmochnykh |

## Pool B

The Pool B tournament was played in Székesfehérvár and Dunaújváros, Hungary from December 27, 1998, to January 3, 1999. Two groups of four played round robins, and then the top three played each of the top three teams from the other group. All scores carried forward except the results against the lone eliminated team from each group.

### Preliminary round
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Denmark | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 4 | Medal round | | 4–3 | 2–1 | 2–3 |
| 2 | Latvia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 4 | Medal round | 3–4 | | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 2 | Medal round | 1–2 | 1–3 | | 8–0 |
| 4 | Hungary | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 2 | Relegation round | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–8 | |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Ukraine | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 5 | Medal round | | 3–3 | 5–3 | 4–2 |
| 2 | Poland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 3 | Medal round | 3–3 | | 5–2 | 3–5 |
| 3 | Norway | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 2 | Medal round | 3–5 | 2–5 | | 7–3 |
| 4 | France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 2 | Relegation round | 2–4 | 5–3 | 3–7 | |

### Medal round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion | | | | | | |
| 1 | Ukraine | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 11 | +15 | 9 | Promoted to the 2000 Pool A | | 3–3 | 7–3 | 5–1 | 6–1 | 5–3 |
| 2 | Poland | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 8 | | 3–3 | | 2–2 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Denmark | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 7 | | 3–7 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 4–3 | 5–2 |
| 4 | Germany | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 2 | | 1–5 | 2–3 | 1–2 | | 1–3 | 6–1 |
| 5 | Latvia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 17 | −7 | 2 | | 1–6 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 3–1 | | 1–2 |
| 6 | Norway | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 22 | −12 | 2 | | 3–5 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 1–6 | 2–1 | |
Ukraine was promoted to Pool A for 2000.

### Relegation round

Source:
Hungary lost two games to none and was relegated to Pool C for 2000.

## Pool C

The Pool C tournament was played in Kaunas and Elektrėnai, Lithuania from December 30, 1998, to January 3, 1999.

### Preliminary round
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 6 | 1st place game | | 7–1 | 4–1 | 5–2 |
| 2 | Austria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 4 | 3rd place game | 1–7 | | 5–2 | 9–2 |
| 3 | Lithuania | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 1 | 5th place game | 1–4 | 2–5 | | 5–5 |
| 4 | Croatia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 19 | −10 | 1 | 7th place game | 2–5 | 2–9 | 5–5 | |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 4 | 1st place game | | 4–2 | 0–2 | 5–2 |
| 2 | Slovenia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 4 | 3rd place game | 2–4 | | 5–4 | 6–1 |
| 3 | Estonia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 3 | 5th place game | 2–0 | 4–5 | | 3–3 |
| 4 | Great Britain | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 1 | 7th place game | 2–5 | 1–6 | 3–3 | |

### Placement games

Source:

#### 7th place game

Croatia was relegated to Pool D for the 2000 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

#### 1st place game

Italy was promoted to Pool B for the 2000 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

## Pool D

The Pool D tournament was played in Novi Sad, FR Yugoslavia from December 29, 1998, to January 4, 1999.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | |
| 1 | Romania | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | +30 | 4 | 1st–3rd place group | | 5–0 | 25–0 |
| 2 | South Africa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 2 | 4th–6th place group | 0–5 | | 10–4 |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 35 | −31 | 0 | 7th–9th place group | 0–25 | 4–10 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | |
| 1 | Netherlands | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 3 | +41 | 4 | 1st–3rd place group | | 7–3 | 37–0 |
| 2 | Mexico | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 8 | +23 | 2 | 4th–6th place group | 3–7 | | 28–1 |
| 3 | Turkey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 65 | −64 | 0 | 7th–9th place group | 0–37 | 1–28 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | |
| 1 | Yugoslavia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | +19 | 4 | 1st–3rd place group | | 6–1 | 15–1 |
| 2 | Spain | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 1 | 4th–6th place group | 1–6 | | 5–5 |
| 3 | Iceland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 20 | −14 | 1 | 7th–9th place group | 1–15 | 5–5 | |

### 1st–3rd place group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion | | | |
| 1 | Yugoslavia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 4 | Promoted to the 2000 Pool C | | 4–1 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 2 | | 1–4 | | 6–2 |
| 3 | Romania | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 0 | | 1–5 | 2–6 | |
Yugoslavia was promoted to Pool C for 2000.

### 4th–6th place group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | | | |
| 4 | Spain | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 4 | | 4–2 | 6–2 |
| 5 | Mexico | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 2 | 2–4 | | 7–1 |
| 6 | South Africa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 0 | 2–6 | 1–7 | |

### 7th–9th place group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | | | |
| 7 | Bulgaria | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | +19 | 4 | | 9–2 | 12–0 |
| 8 | Iceland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 2 | 2–9 | | 16–0 |
| 9 | Turkey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 | −28 | 0 | 0–12 | 0–16 | |