1999 IIHF World U18 Championships

The 1999 International Ice Hockey Federation World Under 18 years old Championship was the first of its kind, It was held between April 8 and 18, 1999 in Fussen and Kaufbeuren, Germany. It replaced the European Under 18 Championship at the top two levels (which had run since 1977), by including one nation: The USA. Below the top two levels (Groups A&B) two tiers of European divisions played, as well as two tiers of Asian divisions.World and European tournamentsAsian tournaments
==Group A==
=== First round ===
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Teams 	SWE 	SUI	CZE	UKR 	GER	GF-GA	Pts.
1. Sweden 	 	3:0	4:4	10:2	5:2	22:8 	7:1
2. Switzerland 	0:3 	 	3:2	4:1 	3:0	10:6 	6:2
3. Czech Republic	4:4 	2:3	 	4:2 	6:1	16:10	5:3
4.Ukraine 	2:10	1:4	1:6	 	4:0	8:20 	2:6
5.Germany 	2:5 	0:3	2:4	0:4 	 	4:16 	0:8
=== 7-10 place ===
Teams 	USA 	UKR 	GER 	NOR 	GF-GA	Pts.
1. USA 	 	6:0 	6:0 	(10:2)	22:2 	6:0
2. Ukraine	0:6 	 	(4:0)	3:0 	7:6 	4:2
3. Germany	0:6 	(0:4)	 	4:2 	4:12 	2:4
4. Norway 	(2:10)	0:3 	2:4 	 	4:17 	0:6
=== 1-6 place ===
Teams 	FIN 	SWE 	SVK 	SUI 	CZE 	RUS 	GF-GA	Pts.
1. Finland 	 	2:2 	(3:2)	1:6 	3:1 	(3:1)	12:12	7:3
2. Sweden 	2:2 	 	4:1 	(3:0)	(4:4)	2:3 	15:10	6:4
3. Slovakia 	(2:3)	1:4 	 	6:3 	1:0 	(3:2)	13:12	6:4
4. Switzerland 	6:1 	(0:3)	3:6 	 	(3:2)	4:1 	16:13	6:4
5. Czech Republic	1:3 	(4:4)	0:1 	(2:3)	 	5:2 	12:13	3:7
6. Russia 	(1:3)	3:2 	(2:3)	1:4 	2:5 	 	9:17 	2:8
===Final standings===
: 1. Finland
: 2. Sweden
: 3. Slovakia
: 4. Switzerland
: 5. Czech Republic
: 6. Russia
: 7. United States
: 8. Ukraine
: 9. Germany
: 10. Norway
Norway was relegated to Group B for 2000.
==Group B==
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Teams 	BLR 	DAN 	ITA	GBR	Tore 	Pkt.
1. Belarus 	 	10:4	5:1	8:1	23:6 	6:0
2. Denmark 	4:10	 	4:4	8:2	16:16	3:3
3. Italy 	1:5 	4:4 	 	6:2	11:11	3:3
4. Great Britain	1:8 	2:6 	2:8	 	5:22 	0:6
=== Final-round ===
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Teams 	ITA 	FRA 	HUN 	GBR 	Tore	Pkt.
1. Italy 	 	4:1 	7:1 	(6:2)	17:4	6:0
2. France 	1:4 	 	(9:2)	5:1 	15:7	4:2
3. Hungary 	1:7 	(2:9)	 	4:3 	7:19	2:4
4. Great Britain	(2:6)	1:5 	3:4 	 	6:15	0:6
====Final ranking ====
RF	Team
1 	Belarus
2 	Austria
3 	Poland
4 	Denmark
5 	Italy
6 	France
7 	Hungary
8 	Great Britain
Belarus was promoted to Group A, and both Hungary and Great Britain were relegated to the European Division I, for 2000.
==European Championships Division I==
=== First round ===
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Teams	LAT 	EST 	ROM 	YUG 	Tore 	Pkt.
1. 	 	6:2 	11:2	24:1	41:5 	6:0
2. 	2:6 	 	9:1 	10:1	21:8 	4:2
3. 	2:11	1:9 	 	8:3 	11:23	2:4
4. 	1:24	1:10	3:8 	 	5:42 	0:6
=== Placing round ===
7th place 	7th place	7th place	7th place	7th place	7th place	7th place
20. January 1999	Bucharest	 	– 	 	 	14:2 (3:2,4:0,7:0)
 	 	 	 	 	 	
5th place 	5th place	5th place	5th place	5th place	5th place	5th place
20. January 1999	Bucharest	 	– 	 	 	0:15 (0:4,0:7,0:4)
 	 	 	 	 	 	
3rd place 	3rd place	3rd place	3rd place	3rd place	3rd place	3rd place
20. January 1999	Bucharest	 	– 	 	 	10:1 (2:1,5:0,3:0)
 	 	 	 	 	 	
Final 	Final 	Final 	Final 	Final 	Final 	Final
20. January 1999	Bucharest	 	– 	 	 	5:1 (2:0,2:1,1:0)
Latvia was promoted to Group B, and both Croatia and Yugoslavia were relegated to the European Division II, for 2000.
==European Championships Division II==
=== First round ===
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Teams	NED 	ISR 	BUL 	IRL 	Tore 	Pkt.
1. 	 	10:2	12:0	42:0	64:2 	6:0
2. 	2:10	 	8:3 	19:1	29:14	4:2
3. 	0:12	3:8 	 	9:2 	12:22	2:4
4. 	0:42	1:19	2:9 	 	3:70 	0:6
=== Placing round ===
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Teams	LUX 	BUL 	ISL 	IRL 	Tore 	Pkt.
1. 	 	4:5 	(2:0)	11:0 	17:5 	4:2
2. 	5:4 	 	5:6 	(9:2)	19:12	4:2
3. 	(0:2)	6:5 	 	14:0 	20:7 	4:2
4. 	0:11 	(2:9)	0:14 	 	2:34 	0:6
Spain was promoted to the European Division I for 2000.
==Asia-Oceania Division I==
Teams	JPN 	KOR 	CHN 	AUS 	Tore 	Pkt.
1. 	 	8:4 	13:1	15:0	36:5 	6:0
2. 	4:8 	 	6:3 	14:0	24:11	4:2
3. 	1:13	3:6 	 	11:0	15:19	2:4
4. 	0:15	0:14	0:11	 	0:40 	0:6
Japan was promoted to Group B for 2000.
==Asia-Oceania Division II==
===First Round===
Teams	PRK 	RSA 	NZL 	TPE 	Tore 	Pkt.
1. 	 	9:3 	23:0	24:0	56:3 	6:0
2. 	3:9 	 	1:0 	34:1	38:10	4:2
3. 	0:23	0:1 	 	20:3	15:19	2:4
4. 	0:24	1:34	3:20	 	4:78 	0:6
===Semi-Finals===
*North Korea 29 - 0 Chinese Taipei
*South Africa 15 - 0 New Zealand
===Finals===
*3rd place: New Zealand 26 - 4 Chinese Taipei
*1st place: North Korea 9 - 1 South Africa
North Korea was promoted to Asia-Oceania Division I for 2000.
==All-Star Team==
Source: EliteProspectsU18 WJC All-Star Teams
*Ari Ahonen (Goaltender)
*David Jobin (Defence)
*Niklas Kronwall (Defence)
*Mikko Hyytiä (Centre)
*Marian Gaborik (Winger)
*Milan Bartovic (Winger)
==References==
==External links==
*Full results (and explanation in french)
*Official results (archived)
==See also==
Category:1999 in hockey
Category:IIHF World U18 Championships