1999 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

The 1999 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships were held in Oslo, Hamar and Lillehammer in Norway from 1 to 16 May.
== World Championship Group A ==
=== Qualifying Round ===
Three qualifying tournaments were played to establish the last five entrants to the World Championship. Two groups of four played in Europe, first and second place from each advanced, while the others were relegated to Group B. The winner of the "Far East" tournament advanced to the World Championship, while the losers played in Group C.
==== Group 1 (Austria) ====
Played 5–8 November 1998 in Klagenfurt.
 	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	 	3 	3 	0 	0 	12 - 01 	6
2	 	3 	2 	0 	1 	12 - 06 	4
3	 	3 	1 	0 	2 	10 - 09 	2
4	 	3 	0 	0 	3 	03 - 21 	0
The USA and Austria advanced to the World Championship. 
==== Group 2 (Slovenia) ====
Played 5–8 November 1998 in Ljubljana.
 	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	 	3 	2 	1 	0 	08 - 04 	5
2	 	3 	2 	0 	1 	09 - 07 	4
3	 	3 	0 	2 	1 	05 - 08 	2
4	 	3 	0 	1 	2 	03 - 06 	1
The Ukraine and France advanced to the World Championship.
==== Far East (Japan) ====
Played 4–6 September 1998 in Tokyo.
 	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	 	2 	2 	0 	0 	24 - 05 	4
2	 	2 	1 	0 	1 	04 - 09 	2
3	 	2 	0 	0 	2 	02 - 16 	0
Japan advanced to the World Championship.
=== First Round ===
In each group, the top two nations advanced to the next round. Third place teams played a final round against each other to determine who escaped having to qualify for next year's tournament. Fourth place teams did not play further, they were automatically entered in qualifiers for next year's tournament.
==== Group 1 ====
Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	3 	3	0	0	12	6 	6
 	3 	2	0	1	17	9 	4
 	3 	1	0	2	9 	14	2
 	3 	0	0	3	8 	17	0
Italy was relegated to the qualifiers for the 2000 IIHF World Championship.
====Group 2 ====
Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	3 	3	0	0	14	5 	6
 	3 	2	0	1	12	9 	4
 	3 	1	0	2	14	14	2
 	3 	0	0	3	6 	18	0
France was relegated to the qualifiers for the 2000 IIHF World Championship.
====Group 3====
Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	3 	3	0	0	23	5 	6
 	3 	2	0	1	15	7 	4
 	3 	1	0	2	6 	14	2
 	3 	0	0	3	5 	23	0
Japan was relegated to the qualifiers for the 2000 IIHF World Championship.
====Group 4====
Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	3 	2	1	0	10	5 	5
 	3 	1	2	0	9 	6 	4
 	3 	1	1	1	9 	7 	3
 	3 	0	0	3	3 	13	0
The Ukraine was relegated to the qualifiers for the 2000 IIHF World Championship.
===Second Round===
====Group 5====
Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	3 	3	0	0	13	6 	6
 	3 	2	0	1	14	7 	4
 	3 	1	0	2	7 	8 	2
 	3 	0	0	3	3 	16	0
====Group 6====
Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	3 	2	0	1	11	8 	4
 	3 	2	0	1	6 	4 	4
 	3 	1	1	1	9 	7 	3
 	3 	0	1	2	5 	12	1
===Final Round===
Each playoff match up consisted of a two-game series. If tied, the two teams would play an overtime-style mini game (10 minutes in duration for the semi-finals and 20 minutes in the final) to determine the winner, and then a shoot-out if no scoring occurred. The only mini-game to go to a shoot-out was the Czech versus Canada tiebreaker, with a 4 to 3 Czech victory. Note that the mini-games show up as a game played in the players statistics. The exception was for the Bronze medal game which was just one game.
===Semifinals===
===Match for third place===
===Final===
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===Consolation Round 9-12 Place===
Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	3 	3	0	0	7 	3 	6
 	3 	2	0	1	10	5 	4
 	3 	1	0	2	10	8 	2
 	3 	0	0	3	1 	12	0
Latvia and Norway were relegated to the qualifiers for the 2000 IIHF World Championship.
==Ranking and statistics==
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===Final standings===
The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:
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Places eleven through sixteen had to play in qualifying tournaments for entry into the 2000 tournament.
==World Championship Group B==
Played at Odense and Rodovre, Denmark April 8–17. The top three teams at the end of the tournament advanced to the qualifying round for the 2000 IIHF World Championship. The Germans, after failing to qualify for Group A, lost their final game to Kazakhstan and finished fourth. The twentieth place overall was by far the worst finish in their history.Tournament summary at Passionhockey.com
===Final Round 17-24 Place===
 	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
17	 	7 	6	1	0	30	12	13
18	 	7 	5	1	1	24	16	11
19	 	7 	5	0	2	25	11	10
20	 	7 	5	0	2	19	17	10
21	 	7 	2	1	4	14	17	5
22	 	7 	2	1	4	17	25	5
23	 	7 	1	0	6	15	23	2
24	 	7 	0	0	7	10	33	0
Denmark, Great Britain, and Kazakhstan all advanced to the qualifiers for the 2000 IIHF World Championship. Hungary was relegated to Group C. 
==World Championship Group C==
Played at Eindhoven and Tilburg, Netherlands April 5–11. Yugoslavia was supposed to participate in this tournament, but was prevented by the host Dutch government.
===First Round===
===Group 1===
Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	3 	3	0	0	28	01	6
 	3 	2	0	1	10	12	4
 	3 	1	0	2	15	13	2
 	3 	0	0	3	02	29	0
===Group 2===
Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	2 	2	0	0	13	05	4
 	2 	0	1	1	06	09	1
 	2 	0	1	1	07	12	1
===Final Round 25-28 Place===
 	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
25	 	3 	3	0	0	23	02	6
26	 	3 	2	0	1	16	13	4
27	 	3 	0	1	2	07	15	1
28	 	3 	0	1	2	06	22	1
The Netherlands was promoted to Group B.
===Final Round 29-32 Place===
* Because Yugoslavia was unable to participate for political reasons, the IIHF officially maintained their 30th place from the previous World Championship.Chart showing Yugoslavia's rank after 1999
 	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
29	 	2 	1	1	0	16	06	3
31	 	2 	1	1	0	11	10	3
32	 	2 	0	0	2	06	17	0
No team was relegated, with Yugoslavia resuming their place in 2000 the tournament was played with nine teams.
==World Championship Group D==
Played at Krugersdorp, South Africa April 14–20
===First Round===
===Group 1===
Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	2 	2	0	0	30	01	4
 	2 	1	0	1	04	25	2
 	2 	0	0	2	01	09	0
===Group 2===
Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	2 	2	0	0	26	02	4
 	2 	1	0	1	19	07	2
 	2 	0	0	2	02	38	0
===Group 3===
Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	2 	2	0	0	16	02	4
 	2 	1	0	1	16	06	2
 	2 	0	0	2	00	24	0
===Final Round 33-35 Place===
 	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
33	 	2 	1	1	0	08	06	3
34	 	2 	1	1	0	05	03	3
35	 	2 	0	0	2	03	07	0
Spain was promoted to Group C.
===Consolation Round 36-38 Place===
 	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
36	 	2 	2	0	0	16	03	4
37	 	2 	1	0	1	05	07	2
38	 	2 	0	0	2	03	14	0
===Consolation Round 39-41 Place===
 	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
39	 	2 	1	0	1	05	04	2
40	 	2 	1	0	1	09	09	2
41	 	2 	1	0	1	09	10	2
==Citations==
==References==
*Complete results
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Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
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