2000 World Championship " See also 2000 Men ' s World Ice Hockey Championships . " The 2000 Men ' s Ice Hockey Championships was held in April and May , 2000 , in Saint Petersburg , Russia . Preliminary round . Results . All times local ( GMT + 4 ) Results . All times local ( GMT + 4 ) Results . All times local ( GMT + 4 ) Results . All times local ( GMT + 4 ) Results . All times local ( GMT + 4 ) Results . All times local ( GMT + 4 ) Final round . Quarterfinals . All times local ( GMT + 4 ) Semifinals . All times local ( GMT + 4 ) Bronze medal game . All times local ( GMT + 4 ) Gold medal game . All times local ( GMT + 4 ) Relegation round . The relegation round is composed of the four teams that placed last in Groups A through D . They play in a round - robin fashion , and the bottom two teams get relegated to the Division I group in next year ' s World Championships . Results . All times local ( GMT + 4 ) " is relegated to Division I . and will play together with China and Korea in 2001 IIHF World Championship Far East Qualification Tournament " Rosters . Czech Republic . Goaltenders : Roman Čechmánek , Dušan Salfický , Vladimír Hudáček . Defencemen : Petr Buzek , František Kučera , Michal Sýkora , Martin Štěpánek , Ladislav Benýšek , František Kaberle , Radek Martínek . Forwards : Jiří Dopita , Robert Reichel , Jan Tomajko , David Výborný , Tomáš Vlasák , Václav Prospal , Pavel Patera , Martin Procházka , Martin Havlát , Václav Varaďa , Michal Broš , Petr Čajánek , Martin Špaňhel . Coaches : Josef Augusta , Vladimír Martinec . Slovakia . Goaltenders : Pavol Rybár , Ján Lašák , Miroslav Lipovský . Defencemen : Ľubomír Sekeráš , Ivan Droppa , Stanislav Jasečko , Zdeno Chára , Peter Podhradský , Ľubomír Višňovský , Martin Štrbák , Radoslav Suchý . Forwards : Miroslav Šatan , Ľubomír Hujtaj , Richard Kapuš , Peter Bartoš , Vlastimil Plavucha , Miroslav Hlinka , Ján Pardavý , Peter Pucher , Michal Hreus , Ľubomír Vaic , Ronald Petrovický , Ľuboš Bartečko , Michal Handzuš . Coach : Ján Filc . Finland . Goaltenders : Pasi Nurminen , Ari Sulander , Vesa Toskala . Defencemen : Aki - Petteri Berg , Jere Karalahti , Jyrki Lumme , Toni Lydman , Antti - Jussi Niemi , Janne Niinimaa , Petteri Nummelin . Forwards : Antti Aalto , Raimo Helminen , Jukka Hentunen , Olli Jokinen , Tomi Kallio , Niko Kapanen , Juha Lind , Ville Peltonen , Kimmo Rintanen , Toni Sihvonen , Esa Tikkanen , Marko Tuomainen , Tony Virta . Coach : Hannu Aravirta . Canada . Goaltenders : Jose Theodore , Fred Brathwaite , Jamie Ram . Defencemen : Patrick Traverse , Chris Phillips , Jeff Finley , Adrian Aucoin , Larry Murphy , Peter Allen , Robyn Regehr , Yannick Tremblay , Ed Jovanovski . Forwards : Brendan Morrison , Mike Johnson , Trevor Letowski , Brad Isbister , Mike Sillinger , Dean McAmmond , Martin Lapointe , Jamal Mayers , Steve Sullivan , Peter Schaffer , Kris Draper , Curtis Brown , Todd Bertuzzi , Ryan Smyth . Coaches : Tom Renney , Butch Goring , Mike Pelino Sweden . Goaltenders : Andreas Hadelov , Mikael Tellqvist , Tommy Salo . Defencemen : Peter Andersson , Ricard Persson , Rikard Franzen , Mattias Norstrom , Bjorn Nord , Mikael Magnusson , Daniel Tjarnqvist . Forwards : Kristian Gahn , Per - Johan Axelsson , Daniel Sedin , Mikael Hakansson , Samuel Pahlsson , Peter Nordstrom , Henrik Sedin , Jorgen Jonsson , Kristian Huselius , Fredrik Lindquist , Jonas Ronnqvist , Fredrik Modin , Michael Nylander . Coaches : Stephan Lundh , Hardy Nilsson . Russia . Goaltenders : Ilja Bryzgalov , Yegor Podomatsky . Defencemen : Maxim Galanov , Sergei Gonchar , Alexander Khavanov , Igor Kravchuk , Andrej Markov , Dmitri Mironov , Alexei Zhitnik . Forwards : Maxim Afinogenov , Pavel Bure , Alexander Kharitonov , Alexei Yashin , Valeri Kamensky , Andrei Kovalenko , Viktor Kozlov , Alexei Kudashov , Andrei Nikolishin , Oleg Petrov , Alexander Prokopiev , Maxim Sushinski , Alexei Zhamnov . Coaches : Alexander Yakushev , Zinetula Bilyaletdinov , Vladislav Tretyak .