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{{Infobox International Ice Hockey Competition
 | tourney_name =IIHF World U18 Championship
 | year = 2001
 | other_titles =
 | image = 
 | size = 
 | caption = 
 | country = Finland
 | dates = April 12–22, 2001
 | num_teams = 10
 | venues = 3
 | cities = 3
 | winners = Russia
 | count = 1
 | games = 31
 | goals = 226
 | attendance = 26594
 | scoring_leader = {{flagicon|RUS}} Ilya Kovalchuk (15 points)
 | mvp = 
}}
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 [[Isku Areena|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====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=20|GP
!width=20|W
!width=20|L
!width=20|T
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|PTS
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{FIN}}
|4||4||0||0||17||3||'''8'''
|- style="background:#ccffcc;" 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{USA}}
|4||3||1||0||23||7||'''6'''
|- style="background:#ccffcc;" 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{SUI}}
|4||2||2||0||12||10||'''4'''
|- style="background:#ffccff;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{SVK}}
|4||1||3||0||14||15||'''2'''
|- style="background:#ffccff;" 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{UKR}}
|4||0||4||0||3||34||'''0'''
|}

=====Results=====
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = April 12, 2001
| team1 = {{UKR}}
| score = 2&ndash;6
| team2 = '''{{SUI}}'''
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Isku Areena|Lahden Jäähalli]], [[Lahti]]
| attendance = 312
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #ffffff
| date = April 12, 2001
| team1 = {{SVK}}
| score = 0&ndash;3
| team2 = '''{{FIN}}'''
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Isku Areena|Lahden Jäähalli]], [[Lahti]]
| attendance = 846
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = April 13, 2001
| team1 = '''{{USA}}'''
| score = 11&ndash;0
| team2 = {{UKR}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Isku Areena|Lahden Jäähalli]], [[Lahti]]
| attendance = 397
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #ffffff
| date = April 14, 2001
| team1 = '''{{SUI}}'''
| score = 5&ndash;2
| team2 = {{SVK}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Isku Areena|Lahden Jäähalli]], [[Lahti]]
| attendance = 634
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = April 14, 2001
| team1 = '''{{FIN}}'''
| score = 4&ndash;3
| team2 = {{USA}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Isku Areena|Lahden Jäähalli]], [[Lahti]]
| attendance = 2,012
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #ffffff
| date = April 15, 2001
| team1 = {{UKR}}
| score = 0&ndash;7
| team2 = '''{{FIN}}'''
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Isku Areena|Lahden Jäähalli]], [[Lahti]]
| attendance = 1,316
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = April 16, 2001
| team1 = {{SUI}}
| score = 1&ndash;3
| team2 = '''{{USA}}'''
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Isku Areena|Lahden Jäähalli]], [[Lahti]]
| attendance = 338
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #ffffff
| date = April 16, 2001
| team1 = '''{{SVK}}'''
| score = 10&ndash;1
| team2 = {{UKR}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Isku Areena|Lahden Jäähalli]], [[Lahti]]
| attendance = 300
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = April 17, 2001
| team1 = '''{{USA}}'''
| score = 6&ndash;2
| team2 = {{SVK}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Isku Areena|Lahden Jäähalli]], [[Lahti]]
| attendance = 300
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #ffffff
| date = April 17, 2001
| team1 = '''{{FIN}}'''
| score = 3&ndash;0
| team2 = {{SUI}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Isku Areena|Lahden Jäähalli]], [[Lahti]]
| attendance = 2,037
}}

====Group B====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=20|GP
!width=20|W
!width=20|L
!width=20|T
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|PTS
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{RUS}}
|4||3||1||0||29||11||'''6'''
|- style="background:#ccffcc;" 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{GER}}
|4||2||1||1||10||12||'''5'''
|- style="background:#ccffcc;" 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{CZE}}
|4||2||2||0||13||14||'''4'''
|- style="background:#ffccff;" 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{SWE}}
|4||2||2||0||10||10||'''4'''
|- style="background:#ffccff;" 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{NOR}}
|4||0||3||1||8||23||'''1'''
|}

=====Results=====
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = April 12, 2001
| team1 = {{CZE}}
| score = 3&ndash;8
| team2 = '''{{RUS}}'''
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = Heinolan Jäähalli, [[Heinola]]
| attendance = 613
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #ffffff
| date = April 12, 2001
| team1 = {{NOR}}
| score = 3&ndash;4
| team2 = '''{{SWE}}'''
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = Heinolan Jäähalli, [[Heinola]]
| attendance = 498
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = April 13, 2001
| team1 = {{GER}}
| score = 2&ndash;2
| team2 = {{NOR}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = Heinolan Jäähalli, [[Heinola]]
| attendance = 616
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #ffffff
| date = April 14, 2001
| team1 = {{SWE}}
| score = 1&ndash;2
| team2 = '''{{CZE}}'''
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = Heinolan Jäähalli, [[Heinola]]
| attendance = 537
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = April 14, 2001
| team1 = '''{{RUS}}'''
| score = 8&ndash;3
| team2 = {{GER}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = Heinolan Jäähalli, [[Heinola]]
| attendance = 416
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #ffffff
| date = April 15, 2001
| team1 = {{NOR}}
| score = 1&ndash;10
| team2 = '''{{RUS}}'''
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = Heinolan Jäähalli, [[Heinola]]
| attendance = 550
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = April 16, 2001
| team1 = {{SWE}}
| score = 1&ndash;2
| team2 = '''{{GER}}'''
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = Heinolan Jäähalli, [[Heinola]]
| attendance = 540
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #ffffff
| date = April 16, 2001
| team1 = '''{{CZE}}'''
| score = 7&ndash;2
| team2 = {{NOR}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = Heinolan Jäähalli, [[Heinola]]
| attendance = 570
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = April 17, 2001
| team1 = {{RUS}}
| score = 3&ndash;4
| team2 = '''{{SWE}}'''
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = Heinolan Jäähalli, [[Heinola]]
| attendance = 640
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #ffffff
| date = April 17, 2001
| team1 = '''{{GER}}'''
| score = 3&ndash;1
| team2 = {{CZE}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = Heinolan Jäähalli, [[Heinola]]
| attendance = 525
}}

===Relegation Round===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=20|GP
!width=20|W
!width=20|L
!width=20|T
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|PTS
|- 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{SWE}}
|3||3||0||0||18||8||'''6'''
|-  
|style="text-align:left;"|{{SVK}}
|3||1||1||1||15||10||'''3'''
|-  
|style="text-align:left;"|{{NOR}}
|3||1||1||1||12||10||'''3'''
|- style="background:#ffccff;" 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{UKR}}
|3||0||3||0||7||24||'''0'''
|}
<small>Note: The following matches from the preliminary round carry forward to the relegation round:
*April 12, 2001: {{NOR}} 3-4 {{SWE}}
*April 16, 2001: {{SVK}} 10-1 {{UKR}}</small>

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====
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = April 19, 2001
| team1 = {{SVK}}
| score = 4&ndash;4
| team2 = {{NOR}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = Heinolan Jäähalli, [[Heinola]]
| attendance = 340
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #ffffff
| date = April 19, 2001
| team1 = '''{{SWE}}'''
| score = 9&ndash;4
| team2 = {{UKR}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = Heinolan Jäähalli, [[Heinola]]
| attendance = 410
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = April 20, 2001
| team1 = '''{{SWE}}'''
| score = 5&ndash;1
| team2 = {{SVK}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = Heinolan Jäähalli, [[Heinola]]
| attendance = 325
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #ffffff
| date = April 20, 2001
| team1 = '''{{NOR}}'''
| score = 5&ndash;2
| team2 = {{UKR}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = Heinolan Jäähalli, [[Heinola]]
| attendance = 300
}}

===Final round===

====Quarterfinals====
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = April 19, 2001
| team1 = {{GER}}
| score = 1&ndash;7
| team2 = '''{{SUI}}'''
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Isku Areena|Lahden Jäähalli]], [[Lahti]]
| attendance = 329
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #ffffff
| date = April 19, 2001
| team1 = {{USA}}
| score = 4&ndash;5 (SO)
| team2 = '''{{CZE}}'''
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Isku Areena|Lahden Jäähalli]], [[Lahti]]
| attendance = 519
}}

====Semifinals====
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = April 20, 2001
| team1 = '''{{RUS}}'''
| score = 8&ndash;3
| team2 = {{CZE}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Helsinki Ice Hall]], [[Helsinki]]
| attendance = 2,152
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #ffffff
| date = April 20, 2001
| team1 = '''{{SUI}}'''
| score = 4&ndash;2
| team2 = {{FIN}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Helsinki Ice Hall]], [[Helsinki]]
| attendance = 2,811
}}

====Fifth place game====
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = April 22, 2001
| team1 = {{USA}}
| score = 1&ndash;2
| team2 = '''{{GER}}'''
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = Heinolan Jäähalli, [[Heinola]]
| attendance = 335
}}

====Bronze medal game====
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = April 22, 2001
| team1 = '''{{FIN}}'''
| score = 2&ndash;1
| team2 = {{CZE}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Helsinki Ice Hall]], [[Helsinki]]
| attendance = 
}}

====Gold medal game====
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = April 22, 2001
| team1 = '''{{RUS}}'''
| score = 6&ndash;2
| team2 = {{SUI}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Helsinki Ice Hall]], [[Helsinki]]
| attendance = 5,076
}}

===Final standings===
{| class="wikitable" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" style="border:1px solid #AAAAAA;font-size:90%" 
|-bgcolor="#E4E4E4"
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" width=40|Rk.
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" width=120|Team
|- bgcolor="#F7F6A8"
|align="center"|{{goca}}||{{RUS}}
|- bgcolor="#DCE5E5"
|align="center"|{{sica}}||{{SUI}}
|- bgcolor="#FFDAB9" 
|align="center"|{{Brca}}||{{FIN}}
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|align="center"|4||{{CZE}}
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|align="center"|5||{{GER}}
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|align="center"|6||{{USA}}
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|align="center"|7||{{SWE}}
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|align="center"|8||{{SVK}}
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|align="center"|9||{{NOR}}
|- style="background:#ffccff;" 
|align="center"|10||{{UKR}}
|}
<small>{{UKR}} were supposed to be relegated to Division I for the [[2002 IIHF World U18 Championships]], however with the late addition of {{ih18|CAN}} it was decided to temporarily expand the tournament to twelve teams.<ref>[http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/U-18_2001.htm Ukraine avoids relegation]</ref></small>

==Division I==

=== First round ===
{|
|-
|
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Group A (in Riga)
|-bgcolor="#BCD2EE"
! Teams !! BLR !! JPN !! DAN !! PRK !! GF-GA !! Pts
|-bgcolor="#BCD2EE" align="center"
| align="left"|1.   Belarus || style="background:#000000;" | ||3:2||11:5||9:1||23:8||6:0
|-bgcolor="#BCD2EE" align="center"
| align="left"|2.   Japan ||2:3|| style="background:#000000;" | ||4:2||11:2||17:7||4:2
|-bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left"|3.  Denmark ||5:11||2:4|| style="background:#000000;" | ||5:4||12:19||2:4
|-bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left"|4.   North Korea ||1:9||2:11||4:5|| style="background:#000000;" | ||7:25||0:6
|}
| 
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Group B (in Liepaja)
|-bgcolor="#BCD2EE"
! Teams !! AUT !! LAT !! KAZ !! ITA !! GF-GA !! Pts
|-bgcolor="#BCD2EE" align="center"
| align="left"|1.  Austria|| style="background:#000000;" | ||3:0||5:3||2:2||10:5||5:1
|-bgcolor="#BCD2EE" align="center"
| align="left"|2.   Latvia ||0:3|| style="background:#000000;" | ||5:5||8:1||13:9||3:3
|-bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left"|3.   Kazakhstan ||3:5||5:5|| style="background:#000000;" | ||4:0||12:10||3:3
|-bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left"|4.  Italy ||2:2||1:8||0:4|| style="background:#000000;" | ||3:14||1:5
|}
|}

=== Final round ===
{|
|-
|
{| class="wikitable"
|+ 5th-8th place
|-bgcolor="#BCD2EE"
! Teams !! KAZ !! ITA !! DAN !! PRK !! GF-GA !! Pts
|-bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left"|1.   Kazakhstan || style="background:#000000;" | ||(4:0)||8:2||12:2||24:4||6:0
|-bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left"|2.  Italy||(0:4)|| style="background:#000000;" | ||6:5||5:3||11:12||4:2
|-bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left"|3.  Denmark ||2:8||5:6|| style="background:#000000;" | ||(5:4)||12:18||2:4
|-bgcolor="#EECFA1" align="center"
| align="left"|4. North Korea ||2:12||3:5||(4:5)|| style="background:#000000;" | ||9:22||0:6
|}
| 
{| class="wikitable"
|+ 1st-4th place
|-bgcolor="#BCD2EE"
! Teams !! BLR !! AUT !! JPN !! LAT !! GF-GA !! Pts
|-bgcolor="#EECFA1" align="center"
| align="left"|1.  Belarus|| style="background:#000000;" | ||4:4||(3:2)||7:3||14:9||5:1
|-bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left"|2.  Austria ||4:4|| style="background:#000000;" | ||3:3||(3:0)||10:7||4:2
|-bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left"|3. Japan ||(2:3)||3:3|| style="background:#000000;" | ||5:2||10:8||3:3
|-bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left"|4. Latvia ||3:7||(0:3)||2:5|| style="background:#000000;" | ||5:15||0:6
|}
|}
<small>{{ih18|BLR}} were promoted to the top level, and {{ih18|PRK}} were relegated to Division II for the [[2002 IIHF World U18 Championships]].</small>

==Division II==

=== First round ===
{|
|-
|
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Group A (in Kaunas)
|-bgcolor="#BCD2EE"
! Teams !! SLO !! POL !! CRO !! HUN !! GF-GA !! Pts
|-bgcolor="#A2B5CD" align="center"
| align="left"|1.   Slovenia|| style="background:#000000;" | ||10:1||11:0||10:1||31:2||6:0
|-bgcolor="#BCD2EE" align="center"
| align="left"|2.   Poland ||1:10|| style="background:#000000;" | ||10:1||13:0||24:11||4:2
|-bgcolor="#BCD2EE" align="center"
| align="left"|3.   Croatia ||0:11||1:10|| style="background:#000000;" | ||7:6||8:27||2:4
|-bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left"|4.   Hungary ||1:10||0:13||6:7|| style="background:#000000;" | ||7:30||0:6
|}
| 
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Group B (in Elektrėnai)
|-bgcolor="#BCD2EE"
! Teams !! FRA !! EST !! GBR !! LTU !! GF-GA !! Pts
|-bgcolor="#A2B5CD" align="center"
| align="left"|1.   France|| style="background:#000000;" | ||4:4||9:0||8:0||21:4||5:1
|-bgcolor="#BCD2EE" align="center"
| align="left"|2.   Estonia ||4:4|| style="background:#000000;" | ||6:2||6:2||16:8||5:1
|-bgcolor="#BCD2EE" align="center"
| align="left"|3.   Great Britain||0:9||2:6|| style="background:#000000;" | ||8:3||10:18||2:4
|-bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left"|4.   Lithuania ||0:8||2:6||3:8|| style="background:#000000;" | ||5:22||0:6
|}
|}

=== Finals ===
{| cellspacing="2" border="0" cellpadding="3" bgcolor="#EFEFFF" width="80%"
|-
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE" colspan="7" align="center"|''7th place''
|-
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| 31. March 2001
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| [[Kaunas]]
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE"|   Lithuania ||bgcolor="#EEEEEE" align="center"| – ||bgcolor="#EEEEEE"|  '''Hungary'''
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE"|
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE" align="right"| 1:11 (0:3,1:1,0:7)
|-
|
|-
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE" colspan="7" align="center"|'''5th place'''
|-
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| 31. March 2001
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| [[Kaunas]]
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE"|   '''Great Britain''' ||bgcolor="#EEEEEE" align="center"| – ||bgcolor="#EEEEEE"|  Croatia
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE"|
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE" align="right"| 5:4 (0:1,1:1,4:2)
|-
|
|-
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE" colspan="7" align="center"|'''3rd place'''
|-
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| 31. March 2001
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| [[Elektrėnai]]
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE"|   '''Poland''' ||bgcolor="#EEEEEE" align="center"| – ||bgcolor="#EEEEEE"|  Estonia
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE"|
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE" align="right"| 4:2 (1:1,0:0,3:1)
|-
|
|-
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE" colspan="7" align="center"|'''Final'''
|-
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| 31. March 2001
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| [[Elektrėnai]]
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE"|   '''Slovenia''' ||bgcolor="#EEEEEE" align="center"| – ||bgcolor="#EEEEEE"|  France
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE"|
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE" align="right"| 5:2 (1:1,4:0,0:1)
|}
<small>{{ih18|SLO}} were promoted to the Division I, and {{ih18|LTU}} were relegated to Division III for the [[2002 IIHF World U18 Championships]].</small>

==Division III==

=== First round ===
{|
|-
|
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Group A
|-bgcolor="#BCD2EE"
! Teams !! ROM !! RSA !! BEL !! YUG !! GF-GA !! Pts
|-bgcolor="#EECFA1" align="center"
| align="left"|1.   Romania|| style="background:#000000;" | ||10:0||5:2||1:0||16:2||6:0
|-bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left"|2.   South Africa ||0:10|| style="background:#000000;" | ||3:2||4:3||7:15||4:2
|-bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left"|3.  Belgium ||2:5||2:3|| style="background:#000000;" | ||4:1||8:9||2:4
|-bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left"|4.  Serbia and Montenegro ||0:1||3:4||1:4|| style="background:#000000;" | ||4:9||0:6
|}
| 
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Group B
|-bgcolor="#BCD2EE"
! Teams !! NED !! ESP !! BUL !! ISR !! GF-GA !! Pts
|-bgcolor="#EECFA1" align="center"
| align="left"|1.   Netherlands || style="background:#000000;" | ||11:0||14:1||10:2||35:3||6:0
|-bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left"|2.  Spain ||0:11|| style="background:#000000;" | ||13:2||6:3||19:16||4:2
|-bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left"|3.  Bulgaria ||1:14||2:13|| style="background:#000000;" | ||2:0||5:27||2:4
|-bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left"|4.   Israel ||2:10||3:6||0:2|| style="background:#000000;" | ||5:18||0:6
|}
|}

=== Final ===
{| cellspacing="2" border="0" cellpadding="3" bgcolor="#EFEFFF" width="80%"
|-
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE" colspan="7" align="center"|'''7th place'''
|-
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| 11. March 2001
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| [[Sofia]]
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE"|   '''Serbia and Montenegro''' ||bgcolor="#EEEEEE" align="center"| – ||bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| Israel
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE"|
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE" align="right"| 7:6 n.P. (1:2,2:3,3:1,0:0,1:0)
|-
|
|-
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE" colspan="7" align="center"|'''5th place'''
|-
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| 11. March 2001
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| [[Sofia]]
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE"|  Bulgaria ||bgcolor="#EEEEEE" align="center"| – ||bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| '''Belgium'''
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE"|
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE" align="right"| 3:11 (1:2,0:4,2:5)
|-
|
|-
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE" colspan="7" align="center"|'''3rd place'''
|-
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| 11. March 2001
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| [[Sofia]]
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE"|  '''Spain''' ||bgcolor="#EEEEEE" align="center"| – ||bgcolor="#EEEEEE"|  South Africa
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE"|
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE" align="right"| 8:1 (4:0,2:1,2:0)
|-
|
|-
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE" colspan="7" align="center"|'''Final'''
|-
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| 11. March 2001
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| [[Sofia]]
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE"|  '''Netherlands''' ||bgcolor="#EEEEEE" align="center"| – ||bgcolor="#EEEEEE"|  Romania
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE"|
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE" align="right"| 4:3 (1:1,2:0,1:2)
|}
<small>{{ih18|NED}} were promoted to the Division II, and {{ih18|ISR}} were relegated to Division III Qualification (which was not played, Israel returned to competition in 2003) for the [[2002 IIHF World U18 Championships]].</small>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*Official results and statistics from the [[International Ice Hockey Federation]]
**[http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0001/W18/0001/pg000001.htm Championship]

{{World Junior Ice Hockey Championships}}
{{Wikipedia}}

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