2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

2001 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Russia
Dates	December 26, 2000 – January 5, 2001
Teams	10
Venue(s)	3 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Czech Republic (2 titles)
Tournament statistics
Games played	34
Goals scored	205  (6.03 per game)
Attendance	82,400  (2,424 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Pavel Brendl

The 2001 IIHF World U20 Championship, commonly referred as the 2001 World Junior Hockey Championships (2001 WJHC), was the 25th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. The tournament was held in Moscow and Podolsk, Russia from December 26, 2000 to January 5, 2001. The Czech Republic won the gold medal for the second consecutive year with a 2–1 victory over Finland in the championship game, while Canada won the bronze medal with a 2–1 overtime victory over Sweden.

Top Division

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Czech Republic	4	4	0	0	20	4	8
United States	4	3	0	1	21	8	6
Sweden	4	2	0	2	13	8	4
Slovakia	4	1	0	3	10	15	2
Kazakhstan	4	0	0	4	4	33	0

All times local (MSK/UTC+3).

December 26, 2000 15:00

United States

9 – 1 (5–0, 1–0, 3–1)

Kazakhstan

Sovjet Wings Arena, Moscow Attendance: 800

Game reference

December 26, 2000 18:30

Sweden

1 – 2 (0–0, 0–1, 1–1)

Czech Republic

Sovjet Wings Arena, Moscow Attendance: 1,500

Game reference

December 27, 2000 15:00

Kazakhstan

1 – 9 (1–5, 0–2, 0–2)

Czech Republic

Sovjet Wings Arena, Moscow Attendance: 850

Game reference

December 27, 2000 18:30

Sweden

3 – 1 (1–0, 0–1, 2–0)

Slovakia

Sovjet Wings Arena, Moscow Attendance: 1,200

Game reference

December 28, 2000 18:30

Slovakia

2 – 7 (1–3, 1–2, 0–2)

United States

Sovjet Wings Arena, Moscow Attendance: 1,500

Game reference

December 29, 2000 18:30

Czech Republic

4 – 2 (1–0, 2–1, 1–1)

United States

Sovjet Wings Arena, Moscow Attendance: 1,300

Game reference

December 29, 2000 18:30

Kazakhstan

2 – 8 (1–0, 1–4, 0–4)

Sweden

Vityaz Arena, Podolsk Attendance: 1,500

Game reference

December 30, 2000 15:00

Slovakia

7 – 0 (1–0, 3–0, 3–0)

Kazakhstan

Sovjet Wings Arena, Moscow Attendance: 700

Game reference

December 31, 2000 13:00

Czech Republic

5 – 0 (1–0, 1–0, 3–0)

Slovakia

Sovjet Wings Arena, Moscow Attendance: 950

Game reference

December 31, 2000 17:00

United States

3 – 1 (1–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Sweden

Sovjet Wings Arena, Moscow Attendance: 1,200

Game reference

Group B

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Finland	4	3	1	0	13	5	7
Russia	4	2	1	1	19	8	5
Canada	4	2	1	1	20	9	5
Switzerland	4	1	1	2	12	15	3
Belarus	4	0	0	4	2	29	0

All times local (MSK/UTC+3).

December 26, 2000 15:00

Canada

9 – 0 (5–0, 1–0, 3–0)

Belarus

Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow Attendance: 800

Game reference

December 26, 2000 18:30

Switzerland

3 – 3 (0–2, 1–0, 2–1)

Russia

Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow Attendance: 6,300

Game reference

December 27, 2000 18:30

Switzerland

2 – 3 (2–1, 0–0, 0–2)

Finland

Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow Attendance: 1,450

Game reference

December 27, 2000 18:30

Belarus

1 – 12 (0–4, 1–4, 0–4)

Russia

Vityaz Arena, Podolsk Attendance: 4,500

Game reference

December 28, 2000 18:30

Finland

2 – 2 (0–1, 1–1, 1–0)

Canada

Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow Attendance: 2,100

Game reference

December 29, 2000 15:00

Belarus

1 – 3 (0–1, 0–2, 1–0)

Switzerland

Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow Attendance: 2,300

Game reference

December 29, 2000 18:30

Russia

3 – 1 (0–0, 1–0, 2–1)

Canada

Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow Attendance: 7,500

Game reference

December 30, 2000 15:00

Finland

5 – 0 (1–0, 3–0, 1–0)

Belarus

Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow Attendance: 1,150

Game reference

December 31, 2000 13:00

Russia

1 – 3 (0–1, 0–2, 1–0)

Finland

Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow Attendance: 6,200

Game reference

December 31, 2000 17:00

Canada

8 – 4 (4–0, 2–0, 2–4)

Switzerland

Vityaz Arena, Podolsk Attendance: 1,300

Game reference

Relegation round

January 2, 2001 18:30

Kazakhstan

2 – 5 (1–0, 1–1, 0–4)

Belarus

Vityaz Arena, Podolsk Attendance: 3,850

Game reference

January 3, 2001 18:30

Belarus

5 – 5 (1–1, 1–1, 3–3)

Kazakhstan

Vityaz Arena, Podolsk Attendance: 2,100

Game reference

Kazakhstan was relegated to Division I for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Final round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gold medal game

A1

Czech Republic

4

B4

Switzerland

3

A1

Czech Republic

1

A3

Sweden

0

B2

Russia

2

A3

Sweden

3

A1

Czech Republic

2

B1

Finland

1

A2

United States

1

B3

Canada

2

B3

Canada

2

Bronze medal game

B1

Finland

5

B1

Finland

3

B3

Canada

2†

A4

Slovakia

1

A3

Sweden

1

† OT victory.

Quarterfinals

January 2, 2001 15:00

Russia

2 – 3 (0–1, 1–1, 1–1)

Sweden

Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow Attendance: 7,300

Game reference

January 2, 2001 15:00

Czech Republic

4 – 3 (1–1, 1–2, 2–0)

Switzerland

Sovjet Wings Arena, Moscow Attendance: 1,300

Game reference

January 2, 2001 18:30

Finland

3 – 1 (0–0, 2–0, 1–1)

Slovakia

Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow Attendance: 1,050

Game reference

January 2, 2001 18:30

United States

1 – 2 (1–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Canada

Sovjet Wings Arena, Moscow Attendance: 2,500

Game reference

January 2

Consolation round

January 3, 2001 15:00

Russia

2 – 3 (0–1, 1–1, 1–1)

Switzerland

Sovjet Wings Arena, Moscow Attendance: 2,500

Game reference

January 3, 2001 18:30

United States

3 – 2 (1–1, 1–1, 1–0)

Slovakia

Sovjet Wings Arena, Moscow Attendance: 600

Game reference

Semifinals

January 3, 2001 15:00

Czech Republic

1 – 0 (1–0, 0–0, 0–0)

Sweden

Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow Attendance: 2,500

Game reference

January 3, 2001 18:30

Canada

2 – 5 (0–1, 1–2, 1–2)

Finland

Luzhniki Arena, Moscow Attendance: 1,950

Game reference

7th place game

January 5, 2001 12:00

Russia

4 – 3 (2–0, 1–1, 1–2)

Slovakia

Sovjet Wings Arena, Moscow Attendance: 2,500

Game reference

5th place game

January 5, 2001 16:00

United States

4 – 0 (1–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Switzerland

Sovjet Wings Arena, Moscow Attendance: 1,000

Game reference

Bronze medal game

January 5, 2001 12:00

1 ! Canada

2 – 1 OT (0–1, 1–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Sweden

Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow Attendance: 1,750

Game reference

Gold medal game

January 5, 2001 16:00

1 ! Czech Republic

2 – 1 1–0, 1–1, 0–0)

Finland 1 !

Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow Attendance: 6,400

Game reference

Final standings

	Team
1 !	Czech Republic
1 !	Finland
1 !	Canada
4	Sweden
5	United States
6	Switzerland
7	Russia
8	Slovakia
9	Belarus
10	Kazakhstan

Division I

The following teams took part in the Division I tournament. This group played in Landsberg and Füssen, Germany between December 10 and December 16, 2000.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Ukraine	3	3	0	0	13	5	6
Norway	3	1	1	1	8	7	3
Austria	3	1	1	1	11	12	3
Poland	3	0	0	3	7	15	0

Ukraine

4 – 0

Austria

Norway

2 – 0

Poland

Norway

3 – 3

Austria

Ukraine

5 – 2

Poland

Austria

8 – 5

Poland

Ukraine

4 – 3

Norway

Group B

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
France	3	2	0	1	7	6	4
Germany	3	2	0	1	7	3	4
Latvia	3	1	1	1	9	12	3
Italy	3	0	1	2	5	7	1

Germany

5 – 1

Latvia

France

2 – 1

Italy

Germany

1 – 0

Italy

Latvia

4 – 3

France

Italy

4 – 4

Latvia

France

2 – 1

Germany

Relegation round

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Austria	3	2	1	0	16	11	5
Poland	3	2	0	1	19	15	4
Italy	3	0	2	1	10	14	2
Latvia	3	0	1	2	11	16	1

Carried forward from

Austria

8 – 5

Poland

preliminary round

Italy

4 – 4

Latvia

Poland

7 – 4

Latvia

Austria

3 – 3

Italy

Austria

5 – 3

Latvia

Poland

7 – 3

Italy

Latvia was relegated to Division II for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Final round

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
France	3	2	0	1	4	9	4
Germany	3	2	0	1	8	5	4
Ukraine	3	1	0	2	6	7	2
Norway	3	1	0	2	12	9	2

Carried forward from

France

2 – 1

Germany

preliminary round

Ukraine

4 – 3

Norway

Germany

2 – 1

Ukraine

Norway

7 – 0

France

Germany

5 – 2

Norway

France

2 – 1

Ukraine

France was promoted to the Top Division for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Division II

The following teams took part in the Division II tournament. This group played in Elektrėnai and Kaunas, Lithuania between December 30, 2000 and January 3, 2001.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Japan	3	3	0	0	26	4	6
Denmark	3	2	0	1	22	13	4
Croatia	3	0	1	2	7	21	1
Hungary	3	0	1	2	10	27	1

Japan

14 – 0

Hungary

Denmark

10 – 2

Croatia

Hungary

5 – 5

Croatia

Japan

6 – 4

Denmark

Japan

6 – 0

Croatia

Denmark

8 – 5

Hungary

Group B

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Slovenia	3	3	0	0	17	4	6
Lithuania	3	2	0	1	11	10	4
Great Britain	3	1	0	2	6	13	2
Estonia	3	0	0	3	3	10	0

Great Britain

4 – 2

Estonia

Slovenia

8 – 3

Lithuania

Slovenia

3 – 1

Estonia

Lithuania

5 – 2

Great Britain

Slovenia

6 – 0

Great Britain

Lithuania

3 – 0

Estonia

Final round

All times local (EET/UTC+2).

7th place game

January 3, 2001 14:00

Hungary

5 – 3 (1–0, 3–1, 1–2)

Estonia

Kaunas Attendance: 300

Game reference

Estonia was relegated to Division III for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

5th place game

January 3, 2001 18:00

Croatia

6 – 7 (2–4, 0–1, 4–2)

Great Britain

Kaunas Attendance: 323

Game reference

3rd place game

January 3, 2001 14:00

Denmark

4 – 5 (3–3, 1–1, 0–1)

Lithuania

Elektrėnai Attendance: 676

Game reference

1st place game

January 3, 2001 18:00

Japan

3 – 4 (0–1, 2–1, 1–2)

Slovenia

Elektrėnai Attendance: 300

Game reference

Slovenia was promoted to Division I for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Division III

The following teams took part in the Division III tournament. This group played in Belgrade, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia between January 4 and January 8, 2001.

Preliminary round

Group A

• Spain - Mexico 10:0
• Yugoslavia - Bulgaria 9:1
• Spain - Bulgaria 3:0
• Mexico - Yugoslavia 1:7
• Bulgaria - Mexico 4:2
• Spain - Yugoslavia 7:4

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	0	20	4	6
Yugoslavia	3	2	0	1	20	9	4
Bulgaria	3	1	0	2	5	14	2
Mexico	3	0	0	3	3	21	0

Group B

• Netherlands - South Africa 11:1
• Romania - Australia 13:0
• Romania - South Africa 11:2
• Netherlands - Australia 14:0
• Netherlands - Romania 5:2
• Australia - South Africa 7:7

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Netherlands	3	3	0	0	30	3	6
Romania	3	2	0	1	26	7	4
South Africa	3	0	1	2	10	29	1
Australia	3	0	1	2	7	34	1

Final round

All times local (EET/UTC+2).

7th place game

January 8, 2001 11:30

Mexico

5 – 3 (2–2, 3–1, 0–0)

Australia

Hala Pionir, Belgrade Attendance: 300

Game reference

Australia was relegated to Division III Qualification for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, but did not participate again until 2003.

5th place game

January 8, 2001 14:30

Bulgaria

3 – 2 (1–0, 0–0, 2–2)

South Africa

Hala Pionir, Belgrade Attendance: 300

Game reference

3rd place game

January 8, 2001 17:30

Yugoslavia

3 – 5 (0–2, 0–1, 3–2)

Romania

Hala Pionir, Belgrade Attendance: 2,000

Game reference

1st place game

January 8, 2001 20:30

Spain

1 – 6 (1–1, 0–1, 0–4)

Netherlands

Hala Pionir, Belgrade Attendance: 1,700

Game reference

Netherlands was promoted to Division II for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Division III Qualification

The following teams took part in the Division III qualification tournament. This group played in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg between April 26 and April 28, 2001.

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Iceland	2	2	0	0	26	3	4
Luxembourg	2	1	0	1	12	6	2
Ireland	2	0	0	2	1	30	0

Iceland

6 – 2

Luxembourg

Luxembourg

10 – 0

Ireland

Iceland

20 – 1

Ireland

Iceland was promoted to Division III of the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

External links

• IIHF Official Results – Top Division
• IIHF Official Results – Division I
• IIHF Official Results – Division II
• IIHF Official Results – Division III
• IIHF Official Results – Division III Qualification

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