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 
Ukraine was relegated. However with Canada entering the tournament for 2002, Ukraine was re-instated to top level as the tournament was expanded to 12 teams for a year.
====Results====
===Final round===
====Quarterfinals====
====Semifinals====
====Fifth place game====
====Bronze medal game====
====Gold medal game====
===Final standings===
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 were supposed to be relegated to Division I for the 2002 IIHF World U18 Championships, however with the late addition of it was decided to temporarily expand the tournament to twelve teams.Ukraine avoids relegation
==Division I==
=== First round ===
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Teams 	BLR 	JPN 	DAN 	PRK 	GF-GA	Pts
1. Belarus 	 	3:2 	11:5	9:1 	23:8 	6:0
2. Japan 	2:3 	 	4:2 	11:2	17:7 	4:2
3. Denmark 	5:11	2:4 	 	5:4 	12:19	2:4
4. North Korea	1:9 	2:11	4:5 	 	7:25 	0:6
=== Final round ===
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Teams 	KAZ 	ITA 	DAN 	PRK 	GF-GA	Pts
1. Kazakhstan	 	(4:0)	8:2 	12:2 	24:4 	6:0
2. Italy 	(0:4)	 	6:5 	5:3 	11:12	4:2
3. Denmark 	2:8 	5:6 	 	(5:4)	12:18	2:4
4. North Korea 	2:12 	3:5 	(4:5)	 	9:22 	0:6
 were promoted to the top level, and were relegated to Division II for the 2002 IIHF World U18 Championships.
==Division II==
=== First round ===
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Teams 	SLO 	POL 	CRO 	HUN 	GF-GA	Pts
1. Slovenia	 	10:1	11:0	10:1	31:2 	6:0
2. Poland 	1:10	 	10:1	13:0	24:11	4:2
3. Croatia 	0:11	1:10	 	7:6 	8:27 	2:4
4. Hungary 	1:10	0:13	6:7 	 	7:30 	0:6
=== Finals ===
7th place 	7th place 	7th place 	7th place	7th place	7th place	7th place
31. March 2001	Kaunas 	Lithuania 	– 	Hungary 	 	1:11 (0:3,1:1,0:7)
 	 	 	 	 	 	
5th place 	5th place 	5th place 	5th place	5th place	5th place	5th place
31. March 2001	Kaunas 	Great Britain	– 	Croatia 	 	5:4 (0:1,1:1,4:2)
 	 	 	 	 	 	
3rd place 	3rd place 	3rd place 	3rd place	3rd place	3rd place	3rd place
31. March 2001	Elektrėnai	Poland 	– 	Estonia 	 	4:2 (1:1,0:0,3:1)
 	 	 	 	 	 	
Final 	Final 	Final 	Final 	Final 	Final 	Final
31. March 2001	Elektrėnai	Slovenia 	– 	France 	 	5:2 (1:1,4:0,0:1)
 were promoted to the Division I, and were relegated to Division III for the 2002 IIHF World U18 Championships.
==Division III==
=== First round ===
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Teams 	ROM 	RSA 	BEL	YUG	GF-GA	Pts
1. Romania 	 	10:0	5:2	1:0	16:2 	6:0
2. South Africa 	0:10	 	3:2	4:3	7:15 	4:2
3. Belgium 	2:5 	2:3 	 	4:1	8:9 	2:4
4. Serbia and Montenegro	0:1 	3:4 	1:4	 	4:9 	0:6
=== Final ===
7th place 	7th place	7th place 	7th place	7th place 	7th place	7th place
11. March 2001	Sofia 	Serbia and Montenegro	– 	Israel 	 	7:6 n.P. (1:2,2:3,3:1,0:0,1:0)
 	 	 	 	 	 	
5th place 	5th place	5th place 	5th place	5th place 	5th place	5th place
11. March 2001	Sofia 	Bulgaria 	– 	Belgium 	 	3:11 (1:2,0:4,2:5)
 	 	 	 	 	 	
3rd place 	3rd place	3rd place 	3rd place	3rd place 	3rd place	3rd place
11. March 2001	Sofia 	Spain 	– 	South Africa	 	8:1 (4:0,2:1,2:0)
 	 	 	 	 	 	
Final 	Final 	Final 	Final 	Final 	Final 	Final
11. March 2001	Sofia 	Netherlands 	– 	Romania 	 	4:3 (1:1,2:0,1:2)
 were promoted to the Division II, and were relegated to Division III Qualification (which was not played, Israel returned to competition in 2003) for the 2002 IIHF World U18 Championships.
==References==
==External links==
*Official results and statistics from the International Ice Hockey Federation
**Championship
IIHF World U18 Championships
Category:IIHF World U18 Championships