2001 IIHF World U18 Championships

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2001 IIHF World U18 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation  Finland
Dates April 12–22, 2001
Teams 10
Venue(s) 3 (in 3 host cities)
Champions Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia (1 title)
Tournament statistics
Games played 31
Goals scored 226  (7.29 per game)
Attendance 26,594  (858 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Russia Ilya Kovalchuk (15 points)

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 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

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Finland 4 4 0 0 17 3 8
 United States 4 3 1 0 23 7 6
 Switzerland 4 2 2 0 12 10 4
 Slovakia 4 1 3 0 14 15 2
 Ukraine 4 0 4 0 3 34 0
Results
April 12, 2001  Ukraine 2–6
  Switzerland Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti
Attendance: 312
April 12, 2001  Slovakia 0–3
  Finland Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti
Attendance: 846
April 13, 2001  United States 11–0
  Ukraine Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti
Attendance: 397
April 14, 2001  Switzerland 5–2
  Slovakia Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti
Attendance: 634
April 14, 2001  Finland 4–3
  United States Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti
Attendance: 2,012
April 15, 2001  Ukraine 0–7
  Finland Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti
Attendance: 1,316
April 16, 2001  Switzerland 1–3
  United States Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti
Attendance: 338
April 16, 2001  Slovakia 10–1
  Ukraine Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti
Attendance: 300
April 17, 2001  United States 6–2
  Slovakia Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti
Attendance: 300
April 17, 2001  Finland 3–0
  Switzerland Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti
Attendance: 2,037

Group B

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Russia 4 3 1 0 29 11 6
 Germany 4 2 1 1 10 12 5
 Czech Republic 4 2 2 0 13 14 4
 Sweden 4 2 2 0 10 10 4
 Norway 4 0 3 1 8 23 1
Results
April 12, 2001  Czech Republic 3–8
  Russia Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 613
April 12, 2001  Norway 3–4
  Sweden Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 498
April 13, 2001  Germany 2–2
  Norway Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 616
April 14, 2001  Sweden 1–2
  Czech Republic Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 537
April 14, 2001  Russia 8–3
  Germany Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 416
April 15, 2001  Norway 1–10
  Russia Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 550
April 16, 2001  Sweden 1–2
  Germany Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 540
April 16, 2001  Czech Republic 7–2
  Norway Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 570
April 17, 2001  Russia 3–4
  Sweden Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 640
April 17, 2001  Germany 3–1
  Czech Republic Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 525

Relegation Round

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Sweden 3 3 0 0 18 8 6
 Slovakia 3 1 1 1 15 10 3
 Norway 3 1 1 1 12 10 3
 Ukraine 3 0 3 0 7 24 0

Note: The following matches from the preliminary round carry forward to the relegation round:

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

April 19, 2001  Slovakia 4–4
  Norway Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 340
April 19, 2001  Sweden 9–4
  Ukraine Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 410
April 20, 2001  Sweden 5–1
  Slovakia Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 325
April 20, 2001  Norway 5–2
  Ukraine Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 300

Final round

Quarterfinals

April 19, 2001  Germany 1–7
  Switzerland Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti
Attendance: 329
April 19, 2001  United States 4–5 (SO)
  Czech Republic Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti
Attendance: 519

Semifinals

April 20, 2001  Russia 8–3
  Czech Republic Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki
Attendance: 2,152
April 20, 2001  Switzerland 4–2
  Finland Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki
Attendance: 2,811

Fifth place game

April 22, 2001  United States 1–2
  Germany Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 335

Bronze medal game

April 22, 2001  Finland 2–1
  Czech Republic Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki

Gold medal game

April 22, 2001  Russia 6–2
  Switzerland Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki
Attendance: 5,076

Final standings

Rk. Team
Gold medal icon.png  Russia
Silver medal icon.png  Switzerland
Bronze medal icon.png  Finland
4  Czech Republic
5  Germany
6  United States
7  Sweden
8  Slovakia
9  Norway
10  Ukraine

 Ukraine were supposed to be relegated to Division I for the 2002 IIHF World U18 Championships, however with the late addition of  Canada it was decided to temporarily expand the tournament to twelve teams.[1]

Division I

First round

Group A (in Riga)
Teams BLR JPN DAN PRK GF-GA Pts
1. Belarus 3:2 11:5 9:1 23:8 6:0
2. Japan 2:3 4:2 11:2 17:7 4:2
3. Denmark 5:11 2:4 5:4 12:19 2:4
4. North Korea 1:9 2:11 4:5 7:25 0:6
Group B (in Liepaja)
Teams AUT LAT KAZ ITA GF-GA Pts
1. Austria 3:0 5:3 2:2 10:5 5:1
2. Latvia 0:3 5:5 8:1 13:9 3:3
3. Kazakhstan 3:5 5:5 4:0 12:10 3:3
4. Italy 2:2 1:8 0:4 3:14 1:5

Final round

5th-8th place
Teams KAZ ITA DAN PRK GF-GA Pts
1. Kazakhstan (4:0) 8:2 12:2 24:4 6:0
2. Italy (0:4) 6:5 5:3 11:12 4:2
3. Denmark 2:8 5:6 (5:4) 12:18 2:4
4. North Korea 2:12 3:5 (4:5) 9:22 0:6
1st-4th place
Teams BLR AUT JPN LAT GF-GA Pts
1. Belarus 4:4 (3:2) 7:3 14:9 5:1
2. Austria 4:4 3:3 (3:0) 10:7 4:2
3. Japan (2:3) 3:3 5:2 10:8 3:3
4. Latvia 3:7 (0:3) 2:5 5:15 0:6

 Belarus were promoted to the top level, and  North Korea were relegated to Division II for the 2002 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Division II

First round

Group A (in Kaunas)
Teams SLO POL CRO HUN GF-GA Pts
1. Slovenia 10:1 11:0 10:1 31:2 6:0
2. Poland 1:10 10:1 13:0 24:11 4:2
3. Croatia 0:11 1:10 7:6 8:27 2:4
4. Hungary 1:10 0:13 6:7 7:30 0:6
Group B (in Elektrėnai)
Teams FRA EST GBR LTU GF-GA Pts
1. France 4:4 9:0 8:0 21:4 5:1
2. Estonia 4:4 6:2 6:2 16:8 5:1
3. Great Britain 0:9 2:6 8:3 10:18 2:4
4. Lithuania 0:8 2:6 3:8 5:22 0:6

Finals

7th place
31. March 2001 Kaunas Lithuania – Hungary 1:11 (0:3,1:1,0:7)
5th place
31. March 2001 Kaunas Great Britain – Croatia 5:4 (0:1,1:1,4:2)
3rd place
31. March 2001 Elektrėnai Poland – Estonia 4:2 (1:1,0:0,3:1)
Final
31. March 2001 Elektrėnai Slovenia – France 5:2 (1:1,4:0,0:1)

 Slovenia were promoted to the Division I, and  Lithuania were relegated to Division III for the 2002 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Division III

First round

Group A
Teams ROM RSA BEL YUG GF-GA Pts
1. Romania 10:0 5:2 1:0 16:2 6:0
2. South Africa 0:10 3:2 4:3 7:15 4:2
3. Belgium 2:5 2:3 4:1 8:9 2:4
4. Serbia and Montenegro 0:1 3:4 1:4 4:9 0:6
Group B
Teams NED ESP BUL ISR GF-GA Pts
1. Netherlands 11:0 14:1 10:2 35:3 6:0
2. Spain 0:11 13:2 6:3 19:16 4:2
3. Bulgaria 1:14 2:13 2:0 5:27 2:4
4. Israel 2:10 3:6 0:2 5:18 0:6

Final

7th place
11. March 2001 Sofia Serbia and Montenegro – Israel 7:6 n.P. (1:2,2:3,3:1,0:0,1:0)
5th place
11. March 2001 Sofia Bulgaria – Belgium 3:11 (1:2,0:4,2:5)
3rd place
11. March 2001 Sofia Spain – South Africa 8:1 (4:0,2:1,2:0)
Final
11. March 2001 Sofia Netherlands – Romania 4:3 (1:1,2:0,1:2)

 Netherlands were promoted to the Division II, and  Israel were relegated to Division III Qualification (which was not played, Israel returned to competition in 2003) for the 2002 IIHF World U18 Championships.

References

  1. ↑ Ukraine avoids relegation

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