1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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1999 IIHF U20 World Championship
1999 WJHC logo.jpg
Tournament details
Host nation  Canada
Dates December 26 - January 5
Teams 10
Venue(s) (in 6 host cities)
Champions  Russia (1 title)
Tournament statistics
Games played 31
Goals scored 225  (7.26 per game)
Attendance 173,453  (5,595 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of United States Brian Gionta (11 points)

The 1999 Ice Hockey World Junior Championship (1999 WJC) was held in Winnipeg, and five other communities in Manitoba, Canada, December 26, 1998 — January 5, 1999. In the gold medal match, Russia defeated Canada 3-2 on Artem Chubarov's overtime goal. The bronze medal was claimed by Slovakia, giving the six-year-old country its first medal at an IIHF event.

Pool A

Group A

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Slovakia 4 3 0 1 10 7 7
 Canada 4 2 1 1 10 9 5
 Finland 4 2 2 0 17 16 4
 Czech Republic 4 1 3 0 11 12 2
 United States 4 1 3 0 13 17 2
December 26, 1998 Slovakia  3 – 2
 Czech Republic Brandon
December 26, 1998 Finland  6 – 3
 United States Winnipeg
December 27, 1998 Slovakia  0 – 0
 Canada Brandon
December 28, 1998 Canada  6 – 4
 Finland Winnipeg
December 28, 1998 Czech Republic  6 – 3
 United States Brandon
December 29, 1998 Slovakia  4 – 3
 Finland Winnipeg
December 30, 1998 Canada  2 – 0
 Czech Republic Winnipeg
December 30, 1998 Slovakia  3 – 2
 United States Selkirk
December 31, 1998 United States  5 – 2
 Canada Winnipeg
December 31, 1998 Finland  4 – 3
 Czech Republic Selkirk

Group B

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Sweden 4 4 0 0 25 11 8
 Russia 4 3 1 0 25 4 6
 Kazakhstan 4 1 2 1 9 20 3
 Switzerland 4 1 3 0 5 17 2
 Belarus 4 0 3 1 9 21 1
December 26, 1998 Sweden  4 – 2
 Russia Winnipeg
December 26, 1998 Switzerland  4 – 3
 Belarus Selkirk
December 27, 1998 Kazakhstan  2 – 2
 Belarus Portage la Prairie
December 28, 1998 Sweden  5 – 1
 Switzerland Winnipeg
December 28, 1998 Russia  7 – 0
 Kazakhstan Portage la Prairie
December 29, 1998 Russia  10 – 0
 Belarus Brandon
December 30, 1998 Kazakhstan  3 – 0
 Switzerland Brandon
December 30, 1998 Sweden  5 – 4
 Belarus Morden
December 31, 1998 Russia  6 – 0
 Switzerland Brandon
December 31, 1998 Sweden  11 – 4
 Kazakhstan Teulon

Relegation round

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Czech Republic 3 3 0 0 21 9 6
 United States 3 2 1 0 15 12 4
 Switzerland 3 1 2 0 12 13 2
 Belarus 3 0 3 0 7 21 0
December 26, 1998 Switzerland  4 – 3
 Belarus Selkirk
December 28, 1998 Czech Republic  6 – 3
 United States Brandon
January 3, 1999 Czech Republic  10 – 2
 Belarus Winnipeg
January 3, 1999 United States  5 – 4
 Switzerland Portage la Prairie
January 4, 1999 Czech Republic  5 – 4
 Switzerland Morden
January 4, 1999 United States  7 – 2
 Belarus Selkirk

 Belarus was relegated for the 2000 World Juniors

Final round

  Quarter finals     Semi finals     Final
                           
      QF1   Canada 6  
  A2   Canada 12     B1   Sweden 1    
  B3   Kazakhstan 2         SF1   Canada 2
      SF2   Russia 3
      QF2   Russia 3    
  B2   Russia 3     A1   Slovakia 2   Third place
  A3   Finland 2   QF1   Sweden 4
  QF2   Slovakia 5

Quarterfinals

January 2, 1999 Canada  12 – 2
(3–0, 5–0, 4–2)
 Kazakhstan Winnipeg
January 2, 1999 Russia  3 – 2 ot
(1–0, 0–2, 1–0, 1-0)
 Finland Winnipeg

Semifinals

January 4, 1999 Canada  6 – 1
(1–1, 2–0, 3–0)
 Sweden Winnipeg
January 4, 1999 Russia  3 – 2
(2–0, 1–2, 0–0)
 Slovakia Winnipeg

5th place game

January 4, 1999 Finland  6 – 1
(2–1, 2–0, 2–0,)
 Kazakhstan Brandon

Bronze medal game

January 5, 1999 1 Slovakia  5 – 4
(2–0, 1–3, 2–1)
 Sweden Winnipeg

Gold medal game

January 5, 1999 1 Russia  3 – 2 ot
(1–0, 1–1, 0–1, 1-0)
 Canada 1 Winnipeg
Attendance: 13,225

Final ranking

Rank Country
Gold medal icon.png  Russia
Silver medal icon.png  Canada
Bronze medal icon.png  Slovakia
4  Sweden
5  Finland
6  Kazakhstan
7  Czech Republic
8  United States
9  Switzerland
10  Belarus


Pool B

Played at Székesfehérvár and Dunaújváros, Hungary from December 27 to January 3. Two groups of four played round robins, and then the top three played each of the top three teams from the other group. All scores carried forward except the results against the lone eliminated team from each group.

Group A

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Flag of Denmark Flag of Latvia Flag of Germany Flag of Hungary
 Denmark 3 2 1 0 8 7 4 4 - 3 2 - 1 2 - 3
 Latvia 3 2 1 0 8 5 4 3 - 4 3 - 1 2 - 0
 Germany 3 1 2 0 10 5 2 1 - 2 1 - 3 8 - 0
 Hungary 3 1 2 0 3 12 2 3 - 2 0 - 2 0 - 8

Group B

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Flag of Ukraine Flag of Poland Flag of Norway Flag of France
 Ukraine 3 2 0 1 12 8 5 3 - 3 5 - 3 4 - 2
 Poland 3 1 1 1 11 10 3 3 - 3 5 - 2 3 - 5
 Norway 3 1 2 0 12 13 2 3 - 5 2 - 5 7 - 3
 France 3 1 2 0 10 14 2 2 - 4 5 - 3 3 - 7

Medal round

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Flag of Ukraine Flag of Poland Flag of Denmark Flag of Germany Flag of Latvia Flag of Norway
 Ukraine 5 4 0 1 26 11 9 3 - 3 7 - 3 5 - 1 6 - 1 5 - 3
 Poland 5 3 0 2 17 11 8 3 - 3 2 - 2 3 - 2 4 - 2 5 - 2
 Denmark 5 3 1 1 16 15 7 3 - 7 2 - 2 2 - 1 4 - 3 5 - 2
 Germany 5 1 4 0 11 14 2 1 - 5 2 - 3 1 - 2 1 - 3 6 - 1
 Latvia 5 1 4 0 10 17 2 1 - 6 2 - 4 3 - 4 3 - 1 1 - 2
 Norway 5 1 4 0 10 22 2 3 - 5 2 - 5 2 - 5 1 - 6 2 - 1

 Ukraine was promoted to Pool A for 2000.

Relegation round

France  3 – 1
(2–0, 1–1, 0–0)
 Hungary
France  9 – 1
(1–0, 4–1, 4–0)
 Hungary

 Hungary lost two games to none and was relegated to Pool C for 2000.

Pool C

Played at Kaunas and Elektrenai, Lithuania from December 30 to January 3

Preliminary Round

Group A
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Flag of Japan Flag of Austria Flag of Lithuania Flag of Croatia
 Japan 3 3 0 0 16 4 6 7 - 1 4 - 1 5 - 2
 Austria 3 2 1 0 15 11 4 1 - 7 5 - 2 9 - 2
 Lithuania 3 0 2 1 8 14 1 1 - 4 2 - 5 5 - 5
 Croatia 3 0 2 1 9 19 1 2 - 5 2 - 9 5 - 5
Group B
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Flag of Italy Flag of Slovenia Flag of Estonia Flag of the United Kingdom
 Italy 3 2 1 0 9 6 4 4 - 2 0 - 2 5 - 2
 Slovenia 3 2 1 0 13 9 4 2 - 4 5 - 4 6 - 1
 Estonia 3 1 1 1 9 8 3 2 - 0 4 - 5 3 - 3
 Great Britain 3 0 2 1 6 14 1 2 - 5 1 - 6 3 - 3

Placement Games

 Italy was promoted to Pool B, and  Croatia was relegated to Pool D for 2000.

Pool D

Played at Novi Sad, Yugoslavia from December 29 to January 4.

Group A

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Flag of Romania Flag of South Africa Flag of Bulgaria
 Romania 2 2 0 0 30 0 4 5 - 0 25 - 0
 South Africa 2 1 1 0 10 9 2 0 - 5 10 - 4
 Bulgaria 2 0 2 0 4 35 0 0 - 25 4 - 10

Group B

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Flag of Netherlands Flag of Mexico Flag of Turkey
 Netherlands 2 2 0 0 44 3 4 7 - 3 37 - 0
 Mexico 2 1 1 0 31 8 2 3 - 7 28 - 1
 Turkey 2 0 2 0 1 65 0 0 - 37 1 - 28

Group C

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Flag of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Flag of Spain Flag of Iceland
 Yugoslavia 2 2 0 0 21 2 4 6 - 1 15 - 1
 Spain 2 0 1 1 6 11 1 1 - 6 5 - 5
 Iceland 2 0 1 1 6 20 1 1 - 15 5 - 5

Promotion Group

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Flag of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Flag of Netherlands Flag of Romania
 Yugoslavia 2 2 0 0 9 2 4 4 - 1 5 - 1
 Netherlands 2 1 1 0 7 6 2 1 - 4 6 - 2
 Romania 2 0 2 0 3 11 0 1 - 5 2 - 6

 Yugoslavia was promoted to Pool C for 2000.

4th to 6th

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Flag of Spain Flag of Mexico Flag of South Africa
 Spain 2 2 0 0 10 4 4 4 - 2 6 - 2
 Mexico 2 1 1 0 9 5 2 2 - 4 7 - 1
 South Africa 2 0 2 0 3 13 0 2 - 6 1 - 7

7th to 9th

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Flag of Bulgaria Flag of Iceland Flag of Turkey
 Bulgaria 2 2 0 0 21 2 4 9 - 2 12 - 0
 Iceland 2 1 1 0 18 9 2 2 - 9 16 - 0
 Turkey 2 0 2 0 0 28 0 0 - 12 0 - 16

References


World Junior Championships
IIHF World U20 Championship (1974-)

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IIHF World U18 Championship (1999-)

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