2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 2001 IIHF World U20 Championship, commonly referred as the 2001 World Junior Hockey Championships (2001 WJHC), was the 25th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. The tournament was held in Moscow and Podolsk, Russia from December 26, 2000 to January 5, 2001. The Czech Republic won the gold medal for the second consecutive year with a 2–1 victory over Finland in the championship game, while Canada won the bronze medal with a 2–1 overtime victory over Sweden.
==Top Division==
===Preliminary round===
====Group A====
Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	4	4	0	0	20	4 	8
 	4	3	0	1	21	8 	6
 	4	2	0	2	13	8 	4
 	4	1	0	3	10	15	2
 	4	0	0	4	4 	33	0
All times local (MSK/UTC+3).
====Group B====
Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	4	3	1	0	13	5 	7
 	4	2	1	1	19	8 	5
 	4	2	1	1	20	9 	5
 	4	1	1	2	12	15	3
 	4	0	0	4	2 	29	0
All times local (MSK/UTC+3).
===Relegation round===
 was relegated to Division I for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
===Final round===
† OT victory.
====Quarterfinals====
January 2
====Consolation round====
====Semifinals====
====7th place game====
====5th place game====
====Bronze medal game====
====Gold medal game====
===Final standings===
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==Division I==
The following teams took part in the Division I tournament. This group played in Landsberg and Füssen, Germany between December 10 and December 16, 2000.
===Preliminary round===
====Group A====
Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	3	3	0	0	13	5 	6
 	3	1	1	1	8 	7 	3
 	3	1	1	1	11	12	3
 	3	0	0	3	7 	15	0
====Group B====
Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	3	2	0	1	7	6 	4
 	3	2	0	1	7	3 	4
 	3	1	1	1	9	12	3
 	3	0	1	2	5	7 	1
===Relegation round===
Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	3	2	1	0	16	11	5
 	3	2	0	1	19	15	4
 	3	0	2	1	10	14	2
 	3	0	1	2	11	16	1
 was relegated to Division II for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
===Final round===
Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	3	2	0	1	4 	9	4
 	3	2	0	1	8 	5	4
 	3	1	0	2	6 	7	2
 	3	1	0	2	12	9	2
 was promoted to the Top Division for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
==Division II==
The following teams took part in the Division II tournament. This group played in Elektrėnai and Kaunas, Lithuania between December 30, 2000 and January 3, 2001.
===Preliminary round===
====Group A====
Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	3	3	0	0	26	4 	6
 	3	2	0	1	22	13	4
 	3	0	1	2	7 	21	1
 	3	0	1	2	10	27	1
====Group B====
Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	3	3	0	0	17	4 	6
 	3	2	0	1	11	10	4
 	3	1	0	2	6 	13	2
 	3	0	0	3	3 	10	0
===Final round===
All times local (EET/UTC+2).
====7th place game====
 was relegated to Division III for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
====5th place game====
====3rd place game====
====1st place game====
 was promoted to Division I for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
==Division III==
The following teams took part in the Division III tournament. This group played in Belgrade, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia between January 4 and January 8, 2001.
===Preliminary round===
====Group A====
* - 10:0
* - 9:1
* - 3:0
* - 1:7
* - 4:2
* - 7:4
Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	3	3	0	0	20	4 	6
 	3	2	0	1	20	9 	4
 	3	1	0	2	5 	14	2
 	3	0	0	3	3 	21	0
====Group B====
* - 11:1
* - 13:0
* - 11:2
* - 14:0
* - 5:2
* - 7:7
Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	3	3	0	0	30	3 	6
 	3	2	0	1	26	7 	4
 	3	0	1	2	10	29	1
 	3	0	1	2	7 	34	1
===Final round===
All times local (EET/UTC+2).
====7th place game====
 was relegated to Division III Qualification for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, but did not participate again until 2003.
====5th place game====
====3rd place game====
====1st place game====
 was promoted to Division II for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
==Division III Qualification==
The following teams took part in the Division III qualification tournament. This group played in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg between April 26 and April 28, 2001.
Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	2	2	0	0	26	3 	4
 	2	1	0	1	12	6 	2
 	2	0	0	2	1 	30	0
 was promoted to Division III of the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
==External links==
* IIHF Official Results – Top Division
* IIHF Official Results – Division I
* IIHF Official Results – Division II
* IIHF Official Results – Division III
* IIHF Official Results – Division III Qualification
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