The 2000 World Junior Hockey Championships (2000 WJHC), was the 24th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. 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. This still remains as the only tournament to where both medal games have been decided in a shootout.
The playoff round was (again) expanded to eight teams, with group leaders not getting a bye to the semifinals.
Venues Skellefteå Kraft ArenaCapacity: 6,000 Umeå ArenaCapacity: 6,000 – Skellefteå – Umeå
Pool A Preliminary round Group A
All times local (CET/UTC+1).
Group B
All times local (CET/UTC+1).
Relegation round Source:
10-minute tie-break game
was relegated to Division I for the 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
Final round Source:
‡ Shootout victory.
All times local (CET/UTC+1).
Quarterfinals
Consolation round
Semifinals
7th place game
5th place game
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Scoring leaders RankPlayerCountry 1 Henrik Sedin F 7 4 9 13 6 +9 2 Milan Kraft F 7 5 7 12 0 +8 3 Daniel Sedin F 7 6 4 10 0 +8 4 Brandon Reid F 7 4 5 9 4 +3 5 Evgueni Mouratov F 7 6 2 8 4 +8 6 Alexei Tereschenko F 7 3 5 8 2 +6 7 Erik Lewerström D 7 3 5 8 14 +2 8 Alexandre Riazentsev D 7 2 6 8 2 +10 9 David Nyström F 7 2 6 8 2 +6 10 Oleg Smirnov F 7 2 6 8 2 +7
Goaltending leaders Minimum 40% of team's ice time. RankPlayerCountrySaves 1 Ilya Bryzgalov 234:04 105 3 0.77 102 97.14 1 2 Alexei Volkov 185:11 81 4 1.30 77 95.06 0 3 Zdeněk Šmíd 420:00 182 11 1.57 171 93.96 1 4 Maxime Ouellet 360:00 181 11 1.83 170 93.92 0 5 Rick DiPietro 298:57 138 9 1.81 129 93.48 1
Tournament awards Goaltender Defencemen Forwards IIHF Directorate Awards Rick DiPietro Alexander Ryazantsev Milan Kraft Media All-Star Team Rick DiPietro Mathieu Biron Alexander Ryazantsev Milan Kraft Evgeny Muratov Alexei Tereschenko
Final standings Team 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Pool B The Pool B tournament was played in Minsk, Belarus between December 13 and December 19, 1999.
Preliminary round Group A
Group B
Final round
was promoted to the Top Division for the 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
Relegation round
was relegated to Division II for the 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
Pool C The Pool C tournament was played in Nagano, Japan between December 30, 1999, and January 3, 2000.
Preliminary round Group A
Group B
Final round Source:
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 Pool D tournament was played in Mexico City, Mexico between January 9 and January 15, 2000.
Preliminary round Group A
Group B
Group C
Final round 1st–3rd place group
was promoted to Division II for the 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
4th–6th place group
7th–9th place group
was relegated to Division III Qualification for the 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
References
External links Official website of IIHF