1999 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

1999 edition of the Men's World Ice Hockey Championship December 2023 1999 March – May 1999 1998 2000 The 1999 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships was the 63rd such event sanctioned by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Teams representing 41 countries participated in several levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for group placements in the 2000 competition. World Championship Group A 1999 IIHF World Championship The Championship took place between sixteen teams in Norway. 25em AUT (2nd, Group 1 Qualifier) BLR 1995 CAN CZE FRA (2nd, Group 2 Qualifier) FIN ITA JPN (Far East Qualifier) LAT NOR (Host) RUS SVK SWE SUI UKR (1st, Group 2 Qualifier) USA (1st, Group 1 Qualifier) World Championship Group B Played at Odense and Rodovre, Denmark 8–17 April. The top three teams at the end of the tournament advanced to the qualifying round for the 2000 IIHF World Championship. The Germans, after failing to qualify for Group A, lost their final game to Kazakhstan and finished fourth. The twentieth place overall was by far the worst finish in their history.Tournament summary at Passionhockey.com Final Round 17–24 Place main WDL Q 2 17 DEN DEN GBR GBR KAZ KAZ GER GER SLO SLO EST EST POL POL HUN HUN 6 1 0 30 12 5 1 1 24 16 5 0 2 25 11 5 0 2 19 17 2 1 4 14 17 2 1 4 17 25 1 0 6 15 23 0 0 7 10 33 #ccffcc A A A red1 R complete Denmark, Great Britain, and Kazakhstan all advanced to the qualifiers for the 2000 IIHF World Championship. Hungary was relegated to Group C. #eeeeee 8 April SVN 1–2 GBR #eeeeee 8 April KAZ 5–2 POL #eeeeee 8 April HUN 2–5 GER #eeeeee 8 April DEN 4–2 EST #eeeeee 9 April EST 3–2 HUN #eeeeee 9 April GER 3–1 POL #eeeeee 9 April DEN 4–1 SVN #eeeeee 9 April GBR 1–0 KAZ #eeeeee 10 April GER 3–2 GBR #eeeeee 10 April DEN 3–1 KAZ #eeeeee 11 April EST 3–1 POL #eeeeee 11 April SVN 5–1 HUN #eeeeee 12 April KAZ 5–1 HUN #eeeeee 12 April POL 1–4 SVN #eeeeee 13 April DEN 6–1 GER #eeeeee 13 April GBR 6–2 EST #eeeeee 14 April GBR 4–3 POL #eeeeee 14 April GER 4–1 EST #eeeeee 15 April KAZ 4–0 SVN #eeeeee 15 April DEN 5–1 HUN #eeeeee 16 April KAZ 5–3 EST #eeeeee 16 April HUN 2–4 GBR #eeeeee 16 April DEN 3–1 POL #eeeeee 16 April GER 2–0 SVN #eeeeee 17 April SVN 3–3 EST #eeeeee 17 April POL 6–1 HUN #eeeeee 17 April KAZ 5–1 GER #eeeeee 17 April DEN 5–5 GBR World Championship Group C Played at Eindhoven and Tilburg, Netherlands 5–11 April. While eight teams had qualified for the Group C tournament, the host Dutch government had suspended diplomatic relations with Yugoslavia, due to the Kosovo War, and did not allow the Yugoslavian team to participate in the tournament. First round Group 1 main WDL Q 2 n NED NED CHN CHN CRO CRO BUL BUL 3 0 0 28 01 2 0 1 10 12 1 0 2 15 13 0 0 3 02 29 #ccffcc A A #ffcccc E E complete #eeeeee 5 April NED 13–0 BUL #eeeeee 5 April CHN 5–3 CRO #eeeeee 6 April CHN 5–1 BUL #eeeeee 6 April NED 7–1 CRO #eeeeee 8 April CRO 11–1 BUL #eeeeee 8 April NED 8–0 CHN Group 2 main WDL Q 2 n ROU ROU LTU LTU 1988 KOR KOR 2 0 0 13 05 0 1 1 06 09 0 1 1 07 12 #ccffcc A A #ffcccc E complete #eeeeee 5 April ROU 8–3 KOR #eeeeee 6 April LTU 1988 4–4 KOR #eeeeee 8 April ROU 5–2 LTU 1988 Final Round 25–28 Place main WDL P 2 25 NED NED ROU ROU LTU LTU 1988 CHN CHN 3 0 0 23 02 2 0 1 16 13 0 1 2 07 15 0 1 2 06 22 green1 P complete The Netherlands was promoted to Group B. #eeeeee 10 April NED 6–1 LTU 1988 #eeeeee 10 April ROU 10–2 CHN #eeeeee 11 April NED 9–1 ROU #eeeeee 11 April LTU 1988 4–4 CHN Final Round 29–32 Place Because Yugoslavia was unable to participate for political reasons, the IIHF officially maintained their 30th place from the previous World Championship.Chart showing Yugoslavia's rank after 1999 main WDL Q 2 CRO 29 CRO KOR 31 KOR BUL 32 BUL 1 1 0 16 06 1 1 0 11 10 0 0 2 06 17 complete No team was relegated, with Yugoslavia resuming their place in 2000 the tournament was played with nine teams. #eeeeee 10 April CRO 5–5 KOR #eeeeee 11 April BUL 5–6 KOR World Championship Group D Played at Krugersdorp, South Africa 14–20 April First round Group 1 main WDL Q 2 n ESP ESP NZL NZL GRE GRE 2 0 0 30 01 1 0 1 04 25 0 0 2 01 09 #ccffcc A #ffcccc E E complete #eeeeee 14 April GRE 0–6 ESP #eeeeee 15 April NZL 3–1 GRE #eeeeee 16 April ESP 24–1 NZL Group 2 main WDL Q 2 n AUS AUS RSA RSA TUR TUR 2 0 0 26 02 1 0 1 19 07 0 0 2 02 38 #ccffcc A #ffcccc E E complete #eeeeee 14 April AUS 20–1 TUR #eeeeee 15 April TUR 1–18 RSA #eeeeee 16 April RSA 1–6 AUS Group 3 main WDL Q 2 n ISR ISR BEL BEL ISL ISL 2 0 0 17 02 1 0 1 16 06 0 0 2 00 25 #ccffcc A #ffcccc E E complete #eeeeee 14 April ISL 0–11 ISR #eeeeee 15 April BEL 14–0 ISL #eeeeee 16 April ISR 6–2 BEL Final Round 33–35 Place main WDL P 2 33 ESP ESP ISR ISR AUS AUS 1 1 0 08 06 1 1 0 05 03 0 0 2 03 07 green1 P complete Spain was promoted to Group C. #eeeeee 18 April AUS 0–2 ISR #eeeeee 19 April ISR 3–3 ESP #eeeeee 20 April ESP 5–3 AUS Consolation round 36–38 Place main WDL Q 2 36 BEL BEL RSA RSA NZL NZL 2 0 0 16 03 1 0 1 05 07 0 0 2 03 14 complete #eeeeee 18 April RSA 1–6 BEL #eeeeee 19 April BEL 10–2 NZL #eeeeee 20 April NZL 1–4 RSA Consolation round 39–41 Place main WDL Q 2 39 TUR TUR GRE GRE ISL ISL 1 0 1 05 04 1 0 1 09 09 1 0 1 09 10 complete #eeeeee 18 April TUR 2–3 ISL #eeeeee 19 April ISL 6–8 GRE #eeeeee 20 April GRE 1–3 TUR See also World Juniors Women's Championships Citations References Complete results Podnieks Andrew IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011 2010 Moydart Press 163–4 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships Category:IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships