The 2000 IIHF World U18 Championships were held in Kloten and Weinfelden, Switzerland. The championships ran between April 14 and April 24, 2000. Games were played at Eishalle Schluefweg in Kloten and Sportanlage Güttingersreuti in Weinfelden. Finland defeated Russia 3–1 in the final to win the gold medal, while Sweden defeated Switzerland 7–1 to capture the bronze medal.
Championship results
Preliminary round
Group A
Group B
Relegation Round
Note: The following matches from the preliminary round carry forward to the relegation round: April 18, 2000: 4–4 April 18, 2000: 1–9
Final round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Fifth place game
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Final standings Rk.Team45678910 is relegated to Division I for the 2001 IIHF World U18 Championships.
Scoring leaders PlayerCountryGPGA PtsPIMYegor Shastin 6 7 4 11 4Sven Helfenstein 7 5 6 11 2Jens Karlsson 6 5 4 9 20Marian Gaborik 6 6 2 8 12Tuomo Ruutu 7 6 2 8 0Martin Samuelsson 6 3 5 8 6Alexandr Svitov 6 3 5 8 8Janne Jokila 7 3 5 8 8Pavel Vorobiev 6 2 6 8 10Thibaut Monnet 7 4 3 7 6 Source: IIHF
Goaltending leaders
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
PlayerCountryMINSGASv%GAASOKari Lehtonen 307:11 9 96.30 1.76 1Travis Weber 150:39 2 96.00 0.80 1Andrei Medvedev 180:00 4 95.60 1.33 0Sergei Mylnikov 180:00 4 95.12 1.33 1Henrik Lundqvist 240:00 9 93.88 2.25 0 Source: IIHF
Group B
First round
Final round
Final ranking Rank Team1 Norway2 Austria3 Latvia4 Japan5 Denmark6 Italy7 Poland8 France
European Championships Division I
First round
Placing round 7th place 24 March 2000 Maribor – 7:2 (2:0,4:1,1:1)5th place 24 March 2000 Maribor – 5:4 n.P. (1:2,2:1,1:1,0:0,1:0)3rd place 24 March 2000 Maribor – 13:0 (4:0,4:0,5:0)Final 24 March 2000 Maribor – 4:2 (1:1,2:1,1:0)
European Championships Division II Qualification
Group A (in Reykjavík, Iceland) 26 November 1999 Reykjavík – 13:2 (2:0,7:0,4:2) 27 November 1999 Reykjavík – 12:3 (3:0,2:3,7:0)
Group B (in Sofia, Bulgaria) 4 March 2000 Sofia – 3:1 (0:0,1:1,2:0)
European Championships Division II
First round
Placing round
References
External links Official results and statistics from the International Ice Hockey Federation Championship