2000 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 2000 IIHF World U20 Championship, commonly referred as the 2000 World Junior Hockey Championships (2000 WJHC), was the 24th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. The tournament was hosted in Skellefteå and Umeå, Sweden from December 25, 1999 to January 4, 2000. The Czech Republic won the gold medal with a 1–0 shootout victory over Russia in the championship game, while Canada won the bronze medal with a 4–3 shootout victory over the United States.
==Pool A==
===Preliminary round===
====Group A====
Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	4	2	2	0	12	7 	6
 	4	2	2	0	9 	5 	6
 	4	1	2	1	5 	6 	4
 	4	1	1	2	8 	9 	3
 	4	0	1	3	4 	11	1
All times local (CET/UTC+1).
====Group B====
Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	4	4	0	0	30	4 	8
 	4	3	0	1	27	8 	6
 	4	2	0	2	13	16	4
 	4	1	0	3	7 	34	2
 	4	0	0	4	6 	21	0
All times local (CET/UTC+1).
===Relegation round===
====10-minute tie break game====
 was relegated to Division I for the 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
===Final round===
‡ shootout victory.
All times local (CET/UTC+1).
====Quarterfinals====
====Consolation round====
====Semifinals====
====7th place game====
====5th place game====
====Bronze medal game====
====Gold medal game====
===Final standings===
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==Pool B==
The following teams took part in the Pool B tournament. This group played in Minsk, Belarus between December 13 and December 19, 1999.
===Preliminary round===
====Group A====
Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	3	2	1	0	7	3	5
 	3	2	0	1	9	6	4
 	3	1	1	1	4	5	3
 	3	0	0	3	2	8	0
====Group B====
Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	3	2	1	0	11	8 	5
 	3	2	0	1	14	8 	4
 	3	1	1	1	13	12	3
 	3	0	0	3	10	20	0
===Relegation round===
Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	3	2	1	0	13	7 	5
 	3	1	1	1	4 	6 	3
 	3	1	0	2	7 	8 	2
 	3	1	0	2	11	14	2
 was relegated to Division II for the 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
===Final round===
Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	3	3	0	0	17	9 	6
 	3	2	0	1	8 	5 	4
 	3	1	0	2	8 	15	2
 	3	0	0	3	6 	10	0
 was promoted to the Top Division for the 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
==Pool C==
The following teams took part in the Pool C tournament. This group played in Nagano, Japan between December 30, 1999 and January 3, 2000.
===Preliminary round===
====Group A====
Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	3	3	0	0	31	5 	6
 	3	2	0	1	14	18	4
 	3	0	1	2	10	19	1
 	3	0	1	2	7 	20	1
====Group B====
Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	3	2	1	0	12	7 	5
 	3	1	2	0	9 	7 	4
 	3	1	1	1	11	9 	3
 	3	0	0	3	6 	15	0
===Final round===
All times local (JST/UTC+9).
====7th place game====
 was relegated to Division III for the 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
====5th place game====
====3rd place game====
====1st place game====
 was promoted to Division I for the 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
==Pool D==
The following teams took part in the Pool D tournament. This group played in Mexico City, Mexico between January 9 and January 15, 2000.
===Preliminary round===
====Group A====
Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
 	2	2	0	0	35	2 	4		 	13 - 1	22 - 1
 	2	1	0	1	13	14	2		1 - 13	 	12 - 1
 	2	0	0	2	2 	34	0		1 - 22	1 - 12	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
====Group B====
Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
 	2	2	0	0	24	1 	4		 	10 - 0	14 - 1
 	2	1	0	1	8 	13	2		0 - 10	 	8 - 3
 	2	0	0	2	4 	22	0		1 - 14	3 - 8 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
====Group C====
Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
 	2	2	0	0	24	5 	4		 	6 - 3	18 - 2
 	2	1	0	1	8 	9 	2		3 - 6 	 	5 - 3
 	2	0	0	2	5 	23	0		2 - 18	3 - 5	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
===Final round===
====Places 7 to 9====
Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
 	2	2	0	0	16	6 	4		 	8 - 2	8 - 4
 	2	1	0	1	9 	9 	2		2 - 8	 	7 - 1
 	2	0	0	2	5 	15	0		4 - 8	1 - 7	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
 was relegated to Division III Qualification for the 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
====Places 4 to 6====
Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
 	2	2	0	0	16	6 	4		 	10 - 2	6 - 4
 	2	1	0	1	5 	11	2		2 - 10	 	3 - 1
 	2	0	0	2	5 	9 	0		4 - 6	1 - 3 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
====Places 1 to 3====
Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
 	2	2	0	0	12	8 	4		 	6 - 4	6 - 4
 	2	1	0	1	9 	8 	2		4 - 6	 	5 - 2
 	2	0	0	2	6 	11	0		4 - 6	2 - 5	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
 was promoted to Division II for the 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
==External links==
* Official IIHF Results – Pool A
* Official IIHF Results – Pool B
* Official IIHF Results – Pool C
* Official IIHF Results – Pool D
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