The 2000 IIHF World Championship was held in Saint Petersburg, Russia from 29 April to 14 May.
Qualification This was the final year for qualifying rounds (except 'Far East'). Five teams advanced out of the eight that participated in the two European groups. The top two from each group played in the World Championship, and the third place teams played off against each other for the final spot. Both groups were played 11–14 November 1999.
Group 1 (Great Britain) Played in Sheffield
Group 2 (France) Played in Amiens
Playoff (Netherlands) Played in Eindhoven
Far East (Japan) Played 3–5 September 1999 in Aomori.
Venues Saint PetersburgSaint Petersburg Ice PalaceCapacity: 12300 YubileynyCapacity: 7000
Preliminary round Like the previous two years, sixteen nations played in four groups of four. However this year the format was modified so that the top three teams from each group would advance to a group of six, carrying forward the results against the teams who advanced with them. The nations from the first and fourth pools were grouped together, likewise the second and third pools. The fourth placed teams were put in a group together to contest relegation.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Relegation round Group G The relegation round is composed of the four teams that placed last in Groups A through D. They play in a round-robin fashion, with the last placed team that is not the far east qualifier, being relegated to the Division I group in next year's World Championships.
is relegated to Division I. will play together with China and Korea in 2001 IIHF World Championship Far East Qualification Tournament
Qualifying round Group E
Group F
Final round Bracket
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal game
Final
Ranking and statistics
Tournament Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goaltender: Roman Čechmánek Best Defenceman: Petteri Nummelin Best Forward: Miroslav Šatan Most Valuable Player: Martin Procházka Media All-Star Team: Goaltender: Roman Čechmánek Defence: Petteri Nummelin, Michal Sýkora Forwards: Jiří Dopita, Miroslav Šatan, Tomáš Vlasák
Final standings The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF: 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are left out. Player Miroslav Šatan 9 10 2 12 +3 14 F Jiří Dopita 9 4 7 11 +8 16 F David Výborný 9 4 6 10 +6 6 F Todd Bertuzzi 9 5 4 9 +5 47 F Tomáš Vlasák 9 4 5 9 +4 0 F Trond Magnussen 6 3 6 9 +4 10 F Ryan Smyth 9 3 6 9 +3 0 F Michal Sýkora 9 5 3 8 +7 16 D Arnaud Briand 6 4 4 8 −2 8 F Maurice Rozenthal 6 3 5 8 0 8 F
Leading goaltenders Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list. Player José Théodore 478:11 192 13 1.63 93.23 2 Reinhard Divis 358:56 201 15 2.51 92.54 0 Roman Čechmánek 480:00 212 16 2.00 92.45 1 Tommy Salo 358:31 128 10 1.67 92.19 1 Reto Pavoni 299:41 151 14 2.80 90.73 0
IIHF honors and awards The 2000 IIHF Hall of Fame induction ceremony has held in Saint Petersburg during the World Championships. Vsevolod Kukushkin of Russia was given the Paul Loicq Award for outstanding contributions to international ice hockey.
IIHF Hall of Fame inductees Wayne Gretzky, Canada Tomas Jonsson, Sweden Udo Kießling, Germany Jari Kurri, Finland Boris Mikhailov, Russia Peter Šťastný, Slovakia Göran Stubb, Finland
See also 2000 IIHF Women's World Championship 2000 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
Citations
References Complete results at Passionhockey.com
Group A official results - IIHF archive Official results for qualifiers - IIHF archive 2000 IIHF World Championship - St. Petersburg Times 2000 IIHF World Championship - Canoe Sports 2000 IIHF World Championship - Official IIHF website