2001 IIHF World U18 Championships

IIHF World U18 Championship 2001 2001 IIHF World U18 Championship.gif Finland April 12–22, 2001 10 3 3 ih18 Russia Switzerland Finland Czech Republic 1 31 226 26594 RUS Ilya Kovalchuk (15 points) 2000 2002 The 2001 IIHF World U18 Championships were held in Heinola, Helsinki, and Lahti, Finland. The championships ran between April 12 and April 22, 2001. Games were played at the Heinolan Jäähalli in Heinola, the Helsinki Ice Hall in Helsinki, and the Lahden Jäähalli in Lahti. Russia defeated Switzerland 6–2 in the final to win the gold medal, with Finland defeating the Czech Republic 2–1 to capture the bronze medal. Championship results Preliminary round Group A main WDL Q 2 y FIN FIN USA USA SUI SUI SVK SVK UKR UKR 4 0 0 17 3 3 0 1 23 7 2 0 2 12 10 1 0 3 14 15 0 0 4 3 34 #ccffcc A A A #ffccff E E complete IIHF Results #eeeeee April 12, 2001 UKR 2–6 SUI Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti 312 #ffffff April 12, 2001 SVK 0–3 FIN Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti 846 #eeeeee April 13, 2001 USA 11–0 UKR Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti 397 #ffffff April 14, 2001 SUI 5–2 SVK Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti 634 #eeeeee April 14, 2001 FIN 4–3 USA Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti 2,012 #ffffff April 15, 2001 UKR 0–7 FIN Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti 1,316 #eeeeee April 16, 2001 SUI 1–3 USA Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti 338 #ffffff April 16, 2001 SVK 10–1 UKR Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti 300 #eeeeee April 17, 2001 USA 6–2 SVK Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti 300 #ffffff April 17, 2001 FIN 3–0 SUI Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti 2,037 Group B main WDL Q 2 y RUS RUS GER GER CZE CZE SWE SWE NOR NOR 3 0 1 29 11 2 1 1 10 12 2 0 2 13 14 2 0 2 10 10 0 1 3 8 23 #ccffcc A A A #ffccff E E complete IIHF Results #eeeeee April 12, 2001 CZE 3–8 RUS Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola 613 #ffffff April 12, 2001 NOR 3–4 SWE Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola 498 #eeeeee April 13, 2001 GER 2–2 NOR Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola 616 #ffffff April 14, 2001 SWE 1–2 CZE Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola 537 #eeeeee April 14, 2001 RUS 8–3 GER Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola 416 #ffffff April 15, 2001 NOR 1–10 RUS Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola 550 #eeeeee April 16, 2001 SWE 1–2 GER Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola 540 #ffffff April 16, 2001 CZE 7–2 NOR Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola 570 #eeeeee April 17, 2001 RUS 3–4 SWE Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola 640 #ffffff April 17, 2001 GER 3–1 CZE Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola 525 Relegation Round main WDL Q 2 y SWE SWE SVK SVK NOR NOR UKR UKR 3 0 0 18 8 1 1 1 15 10 1 1 1 12 10 0 0 3 7 24 #ffccff E complete IIHF Note: The following matches from the preliminary round carry forward to the relegation round: April 12, 2001: NOR 3-4 SWE April 16, 2001: SVK 10-1 UKR Ukraine was relegated. However with Canada entering the tournament for 2002, Ukraine was re-instated to top level as the tournament was expanded to 12 teams for a year. Results #eeeeee April 19, 2001 SVK 4–4 NOR Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola 340 #ffffff April 19, 2001 SWE 9–4 UKR Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola 410 #eeeeee April 20, 2001 SWE 5–1 SVK Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola 325 #ffffff April 20, 2001 NOR 5–2 UKR Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola 300 Final round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final A2 USA 4 B3 CZE 5 B2 GER 1 A3 SUI 7 B1 RUS 8 QF1 CZE 3 A1 FIN 2 QF2 SUI 4 SF1 RUS 6 SF2 SUI 2 Quarterfinals #eeeeee April 19, 2001 GER 1–7 SUI Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti 329 #ffffff April 19, 2001 USA 4–5 (SO) CZE Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti 519 Semifinals #eeeeee April 20, 2001 RUS 8–3 CZE Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki 2,152 #ffffff April 20, 2001 SUI 4–2 FIN Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki 2,811 Fifth place game #eeeeee April 22, 2001 USA 1–2 GER Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola 335 Bronze medal game #eeeeee April 22, 2001 FIN 2–1 CZE Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki Gold medal game #eeeeee April 22, 2001 RUS 6–2 SUI Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki 5,076 Final standings Rk.TeamRUSSUIFIN4CZE5GER6USA7SWE8SVK9NOR10UKR UKR were supposed to be relegated to Division I for the 2002 IIHF World U18 Championships, however with the late addition of CAN it was decided to temporarily expand the tournament to twelve teams.Ukraine avoids relegation Scoring leaders PlayerCountryGPGA PtsPIMIlya Kovalchuk RUS 6 11 4 15 26Igor Grigorenko RUS 6 6 4 10 8Yuri Trubachev RUS 6 2 7 9 8Tomas Jasko SVK 6 4 4 8 0Dwight Helminen USA 6 3 5 8 0Petr Kanko CZE 7 6 1 7 4Joey Crabb USA 6 5 2 7 2Patrik Bärtschi SUI 7 5 2 7 4Alexander Perezhogin RUS 6 4 3 7 0Jiří Novotný CZE 6 4 3 7 2 Goaltending leaders (Minimum 60 minutes played) PlayerCountryMINSGASv%GAASOTuomas Nissinen FIN 120:00 1 .974 0.50 1Yuri Klyuchnikov RUS 72:47 2 .882 1.65 0Kari Lehtonen FIN 239:10 7 .935 1.76 2Michal Zajkowski SWE 120:00 4 .944 2.00 0Travis Weber USA 180:00 6 .924 2.00 1 Division I First round main WDL Q Group A (in Riga) 2 BLR Belarus JPN Japan DAN Denmark PRK North Korea 3 0 0 23 8 2 0 1 17 7 1 0 2 12 19 0 0 3 7 25 #BCD2EE A A #CAE1FF B B y grey 3–2 11–5 9–1 2–3 4–2 11–2 5–11 2–4 5–4 1–9 2–11 4–5 complete IIHF main WDL Q Group B (in Liepaja) 2 AUT Austria LAT Latvia KAZ Kazakhstan ITA Italy 2 1 0 10 5 1 1 1 13 9 1 1 1 12 10 0 1 2 3 14 #BCD2EE A A #CAE1FF B B y grey 3–0 5–3 2–2 0–3 5–5 8–1 3–5 5–5 4–0 2–2 1–8 0–4 complete IIHF Final round main WDL Q 5th-8th place 2 KAZ Kazakhstan ITA Italy DAN Denmark PRK North Korea 3 0 0 24 4 2 0 1 11 12 1 0 2 12 18 0 0 3 9 22 #CAE1FF B B B #EECFA1 C y grey (4–0) 8–2 12–2 (0–4) 6–5 5–3 2–8 5–6 (5–4) 2–12 3–5 (4–5) complete IIHF main WDL Q 1st-4th place 2 BLR Belarus AUT Austria JPN Japan LAT Latvia 2 1 0 14 9 1 2 0 10 7 1 1 1 10 8 0 0 3 5 15 #EECFA1 C #CAE1FF B B B y grey 4–4 (3–2) 7–3 4–4 3–3 (3–0) (2–3) 3–3 5–2 3–7 (0–3) 2–5 complete IIHF BLR 1995 were promoted to the top level, and PRK were relegated to Division II for the 2002 IIHF World U18 Championships. Division II First round main WDL Q Group A (in Kaunas) 2 SLO Slovenia POL Poland CRO Croatia HUN Hungary 3 0 0 31 2 2 0 1 24 11 1 0 2 8 27 0 0 3 7 30 #A2B5CD A #BCD2EE B B #CAE1FF C y grey 10–1 11–0 10–1 1–10 10–1 13–0 0–11 1–10 7–6 1–10 0–13 6–7 complete IIHF main WDL Q Group B (in Elektrėnai) 2 FRA France EST Estonia GBR Great Britain LTU Lithuania 2 1 0 21 4 2 1 0 16 8 1 0 2 10 18 0 0 3 5 22 #A2B5CD A #BCD2EE B B #CAE1FF C y grey 4–4 9–0 8–0 4–4 6–2 6–2 0–9 2–6 8–3 0–8 2–6 3–8 complete IIHF Finals 7th place 31 March 2001 Kaunas Lithuania – Hungary 1:11 (0:3,1:1,0:7)5th place 31 March 2001 Kaunas Great Britain – Croatia 5:4 (0:1,1:1,4:2)3rd place 31 March 2001 Elektrėnai Poland – Estonia 4:2 (1:1,0:0,3:1)Final 31 March 2001 Elektrėnai Slovenia – France 5:2 (1:1,4:0,0:1) SLO were promoted to the Division I, and LTU 1988 were relegated to Division III for the 2002 IIHF World U18 Championships. Division III First round main WDL Q Group A 2 ROM Romania RSA South Africa BEL Belgium YUG Yugoslavia 3 0 0 16 2 2 0 1 7 15 1 0 2 8 9 0 0 3 4 9 #EECFA1 D #CAE1FF C C C y grey 10–0 5–2 1–0 0–10 3–2 4–3 2–5 2–3 4–1 0–1 3–4 1–4 IIHF main WDL Q Group B 2 NED Netherlands ESP Spain BUL Bulgaria ISR Israel 3 0 0 35 3 2 0 1 19 16 1 0 2 5 27 0 0 3 5 18 #EECFA1 D #CAE1FF C C C y grey 11–0 14–1 10–2 0–11 13–2 6–3 1–14 2–13 2–0 2–10 3–6 0–2 complete IIHF Final 7th place 11 March 2001 Sofia Yugoslavia – Israel 7:6 n.P. (1:2,2:3,3:1,0:0,1:0)5th place 11 March 2001 Sofia Bulgaria – Belgium 3:11 (1:2,0:4,2:5)3rd place 11 March 2001 Sofia Spain – South Africa 8:1 (4:0,2:1,2:0)Final 11 March 2001 Sofia Netherlands – Romania 4:3 (1:1,2:0,1:2) NED were promoted to the Division II, and ISR were relegated to Division III Qualification (which was not played, Israel returned to competition in 2003) for the 2002 IIHF World U18 Championships. References External links Official results and statistics from the International Ice Hockey Federation Championship IIHF World U18 Championships Category:IIHF World U18 Championships World Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Finland Category:International sports competitions in Helsinki Category:April 2001 sports events in Europe Category:2000s in Helsinki