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====
Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
 	4 	4	0	0	21	5 	8
 	4 	3	1	0	18	12	6
 	4 	2	2	0	15	12	4
 	4 	0	3	1	8 	15	1
 	4 	0	3	1	6 	24	1
====Group B====
Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
 	4 	4	0	0	33	4 	8
 	4 	3	1	0	19	9 	6
 	4 	2	2	0	12	10	4
 	4 	1	3	0	13	13	2
 	4 	0	4	0	4 	45	0
===Relegation Round===
Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
 	3 	2	0	1	17	5 	5
 	3 	2	1	0	16	4 	4
 	3 	1	1	1	12	13	3
 	3 	0	3	0	4 	27	0
Note: The following matches from the preliminary round carry forward to the relegation round:
*April 18, 2000: 4–4 
*April 18, 2000: 1–9 
===Final round===
====Quarterfinals====
====Semifinals====
====Fifth place game====
====Bronze medal game====
====Gold medal game====
===Final standings===
Rk. 	Team
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10 	
 is relegated to Division I for the 2001 IIHF World U18 Championships.
===Scoring leaders===
Player 	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Egor Chastine 	 	6 	7	4	11 	4
Sven Helfenstein 	 	7 	5	6	11 	2
Jens Karlsson 	 	6 	5	4	9 	20
Marian Gaborik 	 	6 	6	2	8 	12
Tuomo Ruutu 	 	7 	6	2	8 	0
Martin Samuelsson	 	6 	3	5	8 	6
Alexandr Svitov 	 	6 	3	5	8 	8
Janne Jokila 	 	7 	3	5	8 	8
Pavel Vorobiev 	 	6 	2	6	8 	10
===Goaltending leaders===
(Minimum 60 minutes played)
Player 	Country	MINS 	GA	Sv% 	GAA 	SO
Niklas Holm 	 	120:00	1 	.978	0.50	1
Travis Weber 	 	150:39	2 	.960	0.80	1
Joni Puurula 	 	112:49	2 	.975	1.06	2
Andrei Medvedev	 	180:00	4 	.956	1.33	0
Sergei Mylnikov	 	180:00	4 	.951	1.33	1
==See Also==
2000 IIHF European U18 Championship
==External links==
*Official results and statistics from the International Ice Hockey Federation
**Championship
Category:IIHF World U18 Championships
Category:2000 in hockey