2001 IIHF World U18 Championships

The 2001 IIHF World U18 Championships were held in Heinola, Helsinki, and Lahti, Finland. The championships ran between April 12 and April 22, 2001. Games were played at the Heinolan Jäähalli in Heinola, the Helsinki Ice Hall in Helsinki, and the Lahden Jäähalli in Lahti. Russia defeated Switzerland 6-2 in the final to win the gold medal, with Finland defeating the Czech Republic 2-1 to capture the bronze medal.
==Championship results==
===Preliminary round===
====Group A====
Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
 	4 	4	0	0	17	3 	8
 	4 	3	1	0	23	7 	6
 	4 	2	2	0	12	10	4
 	4 	1	3	0	14	15	2
 	4 	0	4	0	3 	34	0
=====Results=====
====Group B====
Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
 	4 	3	1	0	29	11	6
 	4 	2	1	1	10	12	5
 	4 	2	2	0	13	14	4
 	4 	2	2	0	10	10	4
 	4 	0	3	1	8 	23	1
=====Results=====
===Relegation Round===
Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
 	3 	3	0	0	18	8 	6
 	3 	1	1	1	15	10	3
 	3 	1	1	1	12	10	3
 	3 	0	3	0	7 	24	0
Note: The following matches from the preliminary round carry forward to the relegation round:
*April 12, 2001: 3-4 
*April 16, 2001: 10-1 
=====Results=====
===Final round===
====Quarterfinals====
====Semifinals====
====Fifth place game====
====Bronze medal game====
====Gold medal game====
===Final standings===
Rk. 	Team
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 is relegated to Division I for the 2002 IIHF World U18 Championships.
===Scoring leaders===
Player 	Country	GP	G 	A	Pts	PIM
Ilya Kovalchuk 	 	6 	11	4	15 	26
Igor Grigorenko 	 	6 	6 	4	10 	8
Yuri Troubatchev 	 	6 	2 	7	9 	8
Tomas Jasko 	 	6 	4 	4	8 	0
Dwight Helminen 	 	6 	3 	5	8 	0
Petr Kanko 	 	7 	6 	1	7 	4
Joey Crabb 	 	6 	5 	2	7 	2
Patrik Bärtschi 	 	7 	5 	2	7 	4
Alexander Perezhogin	 	6 	4 	3	7 	0
Jiří Novotný 	 	6 	4 	3	7 	2
===Goaltending leaders===
(Minimum 60 minutes played)
Player 	Country	MINS 	GA	Sv% 	GAA 	SO
Tuomas Nissinen 	 	120:00	1 	.974	0.50	1
Yuri Klyuchnikov	 	72:47 	2 	.882	1.65	0
Kari Lehtonen 	 	239:10	7 	.935	1.76	2
Michal Zajkowski	 	120:00	4 	.944	2.00	0
Travis Weber 	 	180:00	6 	.924	2.00	1
==External links==
*Official results and statistics from the International Ice Hockey Federation
**Championship
Category:2001 in hockey
Category:IIHF World U18 Championships