1999 IIHF World U18 Championships

The 1999 International Ice Hockey Federation World Under-18 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 United States. 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 ===
{| class="wikitable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	
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==
{| class="wikitable"	 	 	 	 	 	
Teams 	BLR 	DAN 	ITA	GBR	GF-GA	Pts
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 ===
{| class="wikitable"	 	 	 	 	 	
Teams 	ITA 	FRA 	HUN 	GBR 	GF-GA	Pts
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 ====
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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 ===
{| class="wikitable"	 	 	 	 	 	
Teams	LAT 	EST 	ROM 	YUG 	GF-GA	Pts
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 ===
{| class="wikitable"	 	 	 	 	 	
Teams	NED 	ISR 	BUL 	IRL 	GF-GA	Pts
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 ===
{| class="wikitable"	 	 	 	 	 	
Teams	LUX 	BUL 	ISL 	IRL 	GF-GA	Pts
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 	GF-GA	Pts
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 	GF-GA	Pts
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	20:27	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.
==References==
==External links==
*Full results (and explanation in french)
*Official results (archived)
Category:IIHF World U18 Championships
Iihf World U18 Championships, 1999