2000 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

2000 edition of the Men's World Ice Hockey Championship 2000 1999 2001 The 2000 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships were the 64th such event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. 42 teams representing their countries participated in several levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for division placements in the 2001 competition. World Championship Group A (Russia) 200px|right| 2000 IIHF World Championship Final standings CZE SVK FIN CAN USA SUI SWE LAT BLR 1995 NOR RUS ITA AUT UKR FRA — relegated to Division I for 2001 JPN World Championship Group B (Poland) Played April 12–21 in Katowice and Kraków. This was the final year of the qualifying tournaments (except for the "Far East"), so it was a simple matter of the winner being promoted. This was also the final year of the traditional eight team tournament. Beginning in 2001 Group B would be renamed 'Division I' and consist of two six team divisions. Final Round 17–24 Place main WDL Q 2 17 GER GER KAZ KAZ GBR GBR POL POL DEN DEN EST EST SVN SVN NED NED 6 0 1 30 15 5 0 2 30 22 4 1 2 31 23 4 1 2 28 19 2 2 3 22 19 3 0 4 19 27 0 2 5 16 31 0 2 5 13 33 #ccffcc A complete IIHF Germany was promoted to the 2001 IIHF World Championship. No team was relegated. #eeeeee 12 April GBR 5-6 EST #eeeeee 12 April GER 7-2 SVN #eeeeee 12 April NED 3-5 KAZ #eeeeee 12 April POL 3-3 DEN #eeeeee 13 April SVN 3-3 GBR #eeeeee 13 April GER 5-1 NED #eeeeee 13 April EST 0-4 DEN #eeeeee 13 April POL 2-5 KAZ #eeeeee 15 April GBR 9-0 NED #eeeeee 15 April DEN 4-2 SVN #eeeeee 15 April KAZ 4-2 EST #eeeeee 15 April POL 6-2 GER #eeeeee 16 April SVN 4-9 KAZ #eeeeee 16 April EST 2-3 GER #eeeeee 16 April DEN 2-2 NED #eeeeee 16 April POL 4-6 GBR #eeeeee 18 April NED 2-2 SVN #eeeeee 18 April KAZ 2-5 GER #eeeeee 18 April DEN 4-5 GBR #eeeeee 18 April POL 5-1 EST #eeeeee 19 April GBR 3-1 KAZ #eeeeee 19 April GER 3-2 DEN #eeeeee 19 April NED 4-5 EST #eeeeee 19 April POL 3-1 SVN #eeeeee 21 April SVN 2-3 EST #eeeeee 21 April GBR 0-5 GER #eeeeee 21 April KAZ 4-3 DEN #eeeeee 21 April POL 5-1 NED World Championship Group C (China PR) Played March 20–26 in Beijing. In 1999 Group C was disrupted because of political issues surrounding Kosovo.1999 Summary The IIHF chose to have no team relegated and have Yugoslavia retain their position, the result was a nine team tournament this year. With the forthcoming realignment, four nations had the opportunity to be promoted to Division I, the remaining five would participate in next year's Division II.http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/mondial2000.htm 2000 Summary 2012-10-26 2017-10-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20171014005207/http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/mondial2000.htm dead First round Group 1 main WDL Q n 2 HUN HUN KOR KOR ESP ESP 2 0 0 16 4 1 0 1 12 12 0 0 2 5 17 #ccffcc A #ffc B #ffcccc E complete IIHF Hungary was promoted to Division I #eeeeee 20 March ESP 2-7 HUN #eeeeee 21 March KOR 10-3 ESP #eeeeee 22 March HUN 9-2 KOR Group 2 main WDL Q n 2 CRO CRO ROU ROU BUL BUL 1 1 0 15 4 1 1 0 13 5 0 0 2 1 20 #ccffcc A #ffc B #ffcccc E complete IIHF Croatia came back from a two goal deficit to tie Romania, and thereby clinch a promotion to Division I. #eeeeee 20 March BUL 1-9 ROU #eeeeee 21 March CRO 11-0 BUL #eeeeee 22 March ROU 4-4 CRO Group 3 main WDL Q n 2 CHN CHN LTU LTU 1988 YUG FR Yugoslavia 2 0 0 18 2 1 0 1 10 8 0 0 2 0 18 #ccffcc A #ffc B #ffcccc E complete IIHF China was promoted to Division I. #eeeeee 20 March FR Yugoslavia 0-8 LTU 1988 #eeeeee 21 March CHN 10-0 FR Yugoslavia #eeeeee 22 March LTU 1988 2-8 CHN Final Round 25–27 Place main WDL Q 2 25 HUN HUN CHN CHN CRO CRO 2 0 0 16 5 1 0 1 7 3 0 0 2 3 18 #ccffcc A A A complete IIHF #eeeeee 24 March CRO 0-5 CHN #eeeeee 25 March CHN 2-3 HUN #eeeeee 26 March HUN 13-3 CRO Consolation Round 28–30 Place main WDL Q 2 28 LTU LTU 1988 KOR KOR ROU ROU 1 1 0 13 8 1 0 1 7 11 0 1 1 8 9 #ccffcc A complete IIHF Lithuania was promoted to Division I. #eeeeee 24 March ROU 5-5 LTU 1988 #eeeeee 25 March LTU 1988 8-3 KOR #eeeeee 26 March KOR 4-3 ROU Consolation Round 31–33 Place main WDL Q 2 31 ESP ESP YUG FR Yugoslavia BUL BUL 1 1 0 6 4 0 2 0 4 4 0 1 1 6 8 complete IIHF #eeeeee 24 March BUL 3-3 FR Yugoslavia #eeeeee 25 March FR Yugoslavia 1-1 ESP #eeeeee 26 March ESP 5-3 BUL World Championship Group D (Iceland) Played April 10–16 in Reykjavík. The upcoming realignment meant that seven of the nine teams moved up to "Division II" for 2001. First round Group 1 main WDL Q 2 n ISR ISR ISL ISL TUR TUR 2 0 0 21 3 1 0 1 13 6 0 0 2 0 25 #ccffcc A #ffc B #ffcccc E complete IIHF Both Israel and Iceland were promoted to Division II. #eeeeee 10 April TUR 0-10 ISL #eeeeee 11 April ISL 3-6 ISR #eeeeee 12 April ISR 15-0 TUR Group 2 main WDL Q 2 n AUS AUS NZL NZL LUX LUX 2 0 0 17 0 1 0 1 4 11 0 0 2 1 11 #ccffcc A #ffc B #ffcccc E complete IIHF Both Australia and New Zealand were promoted to Division II. #eeeeee 10 April LUX 0-7 AUS #eeeeee 11 April NZL 4-1 LUX #eeeeee 12 April AUS 10-0 NZL Group 3 main WDL Q 2 n BEL BEL RSA RSA MEX MEX 2 0 0 15 1 1 0 1 10 14 0 0 2 4 14 #ccffcc A #ffc B #ffcccc E complete IIHF Both Belgium and South Africa were promoted to Division II. #eeeeee 10 April MEX 0-5 BEL #eeeeee 11 April RSA 9-4 MEX #eeeeee 12 April BEL 10-1 RSA Final Round 34–36 Place main WDL Q 2 34 ISR ISR BEL BEL AUS AUS 1 1 0 10 4 1 1 0 8 4 0 0 2 6 16 complete IIHF #eeeeee 14 April AUS 3-7 BEL #eeeeee 15 April BEL 1-1 ISR #eeeeee 16 April ISR 9-3 AUS Consolation Round 37–39 Place main WDL Q 2 37 RSA RSA ISL ISL NZL NZL 2 0 0 16 5 1 0 1 9 12 0 0 2 5 13 complete IIHF #eeeeee 14 April NZL 2-7 RSA #eeeeee 15 April RSA 9-3 ISL #eeeeee 16 April ISL 6-3 NZL Consolation Round 40–42 Place main WDL R 2 40 MEX MEX LUX LUX TUR TUR 2 0 0 12 3 1 0 1 8 12 0 0 2 7 12 red1 R R complete IIHF Both Luxembourg and Turkey had to stay behind in what was initially called Division II Qualification (later renamed Division III). There was no third team to play against so they both simply skipped a year and joined Division II in 2002 #eeeeee 14 April LUX 1-7 MEX #eeeeee 15 April MEX 5-2 TUR #eeeeee 16 April TUR 5-7 LUX Citations See also Women's Championship World Juniors References Complete results at Passionhockey.com https://web.archive.org/web/20171014005207/http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/mondial2000.htm 2017-10-14 Podnieks Andrew IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011 2010 Moydart Press 164–5 Group A official results Group B official results Group C official results Group D official results Category:IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships World Ice Hockey Championships - Men's