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====
* - 5:3
* - 8:2
* - 3:0
* - 10:1
* - 6:0
* - 6:2
* - 3:1
* - 4:4
* - 4:1
* - 3:2
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====
* - 3:1
* - 5:1
* - 7:1
* - 3:2
* - 18:1
* - 4:1
* - 5:2
* - 9:1
* - 11:1
* - 5:0 
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===
* - 10:0
* - 6:0
* - 3:1
* - 8:3
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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5 	
6 	
7 	
8 	
9 	
10 	
 is relegated to Division I for the 2001 IIHF World U18 Championships.
==Group B==
=== First round ===
{| class="wikitable"	 	 	 	 	 	
Teams 	JPN	NOR	ITA	DAN	GF-GA	Pts
1. Japan 	 	3:2	3:3	3:0	9:5 	5:1
2. Norway 	2:3	 	8:1	9:4	19:8 	4:2
3. Italy 	3:3	1:8	 	5:4	9:15 	3:3
4. Denmark	0:3	4:9	4:5	 	8:17 	0:6
=== Final round ===
{| class="wikitable"	 	 	 	 	 	
Teams 	DAN 	ITA 	POL 	FRA 	GF-GA	Pts
1. Denmark	 	(4:5)	9:4 	5:3 	18:12	4:2
2. Italy 	(5:4)	 	2:3 	4:1 	11:8 	4:2
3. Poland 	4:9 	3:2 	 	(5:4)	12:15	4:2
4. France 	3:5 	1:4 	(4:5)	 	8:14 	0:6
=== Final ranking ===
RF	Team
1 	
2 	
3 	
4 	
5 	
6 	
7 	
8 	
==European Championships Division I==
=== First round===
{| class="wikitable"	 	 	 	 	 	
Teams	EST	HUN 	LTU 	ESP 	GF-GA	Pts
1. 	 	6:5 	7:1 	8:1 	21:7 	6:0
2. 	5:6	 	9:3 	10:4	24:13	4:2
3. 	1:7	3:9 	 	10:7	14:23	2:4
4. 	1:8	4:10	7:10	 	12:28	0:6
=== Placing round ===
7th place 	7th place	7th place	7th place	7th place	7th place	7th place
24. March 2000	Maribor 	 	– 	 	 	7:2 (2:0,4:1,1:1)
 	 	 	 	 	 	
5th place 	5th place	5th place	5th place	5th place	5th place	5th place
24. March 2000	Maribor 	 	– 	 	 	5:4 SO (1:2,2:1,1:1,0:0,1:0)
 	 	 	 	 	 	
3rd place 	3rd place	3rd place	3rd place	3rd place	3rd place	3rd place
24. March 2000	Maribor 	 	– 	 	 	13:0 (4:0,4:0,5:0)
 	 	 	 	 	 	
Final 	Final 	Final 	Final 	Final 	Final 	Final
24. March 2000	Maribor 	 	– 	 	 	4:2 (1:1,2:1,1:0)
==European Championships Division II Qualification==
=== Group A (in Reykjavík, Iceland) ===
26. November 1999	Reykjavík		–			13:2 (2:0,7:0,4:2)
 	 		 			
27. November 1999	Reykjavík		–			12:3 (3:0,2:3,7:0)
=== Group B (in Sofia, Bulgaria) ===
4. March 2000	Sofia		–			3:1 (0:0,1:1,2:0)
==European Championships Division II==
=== First round ===
{| class="wikitable"	 	 	 	 	
Teams	CRO 	BUL 	LUX 	GF-GA	Pts
1. 	 	18:0	20:0	38:0 	4:0
2. 	0:18	 	3:2 	3:20 	2:2
3. 	0:20	2:3 	 	2:23 	0:4
===Placing round ===
{| class="wikitable"	 	 	 	 	
Teams	RSA	LUX	ISL	GF-GA	Pts
1. 	 	3:1	3:3	6:4 	3:1
2. 	1:3	 	8:5	9:8 	2:2
3. 	3:3	5:8	 	8:11 	1:3
==External links==
*Official results and statistics from the International Ice Hockey Federation
**Championship
IIHF World U18 Championships
Category:IIHF World U18 Championships