2001 IIHF World U18 Championships

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.

2001 IIHF World U18 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Finland
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
DatesApril 12–22, 2001
Teams10
Final positions
Champions  Russia (1st title)
Runner-up   Switzerland
Third place  Finland
Fourth place Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played31
Goals scored226 (7.29 per game)
Attendance26,594 (858 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Russia Ilya Kovalchuk (15 points)
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Championship results

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Preliminary round

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Group A

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PosTeamPldWLDGFGAGDPts
1  Finland4400173+148
2  United States4310237+166
3   Switzerland42201210+24
4  Slovakia41301415−12
5  Ukraine4040334−310
Source: IIHF
Results
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April 12, 2001  Ukraine2–6   SwitzerlandLahden Jäähalli, Lahti
Attendance: 312
April 12, 2001  Slovakia0–3  FinlandLahden Jäähalli, Lahti
Attendance: 846
April 13, 2001  United States11–0  UkraineLahden Jäähalli, Lahti
Attendance: 397
April 14, 2001   Switzerland5–2  SlovakiaLahden Jäähalli, Lahti
Attendance: 634
April 14, 2001  Finland4–3  United StatesLahden Jäähalli, Lahti
Attendance: 2,012
April 15, 2001  Ukraine0–7  FinlandLahden Jäähalli, Lahti
Attendance: 1,316
April 16, 2001   Switzerland1–3  United StatesLahden Jäähalli, Lahti
Attendance: 338
April 16, 2001  Slovakia10–1  UkraineLahden Jäähalli, Lahti
Attendance: 300
April 17, 2001  United States6–2  SlovakiaLahden Jäähalli, Lahti
Attendance: 300
April 17, 2001  Finland3–0   SwitzerlandLahden Jäähalli, Lahti
Attendance: 2,037

Group B

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PosTeamPldWLDGFGAGDPts
1  Russia43102911+186
2  Germany42111012−25
3  Czech Republic42201314−14
4  Sweden4220101004
5  Norway4031823−151
Source: IIHF
Results
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April 12, 2001  Czech Republic3–8  RussiaHeinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 613
April 12, 2001  Norway3–4  SwedenHeinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 498
April 13, 2001  Germany2–2  NorwayHeinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 616
April 14, 2001  Sweden1–2  Czech RepublicHeinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 537
April 14, 2001  Russia8–3  GermanyHeinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 416
April 15, 2001  Norway1–10  RussiaHeinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 550
April 16, 2001  Sweden1–2  GermanyHeinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 540
April 16, 2001  Czech Republic7–2  NorwayHeinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 570
April 17, 2001  Russia3–4  SwedenHeinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 640
April 17, 2001  Germany3–1  Czech RepublicHeinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 525

Relegation Round

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PosTeamPldWLDGFGAGDPts
1  Sweden3300188+106
2  Slovakia31111510+53
3  Norway31111210+23
4  Ukraine3030724−170
Source: IIHF

Note: The following matches from the preliminary round carry forward to the relegation round:

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

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April 19, 2001  Slovakia4–4  NorwayHeinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 340
April 19, 2001  Sweden9–4  UkraineHeinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 410
April 20, 2001  Sweden5–1  SlovakiaHeinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 325
April 20, 2001  Norway5–2  UkraineHeinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 300

Final round

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QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
B1  Russia8
A2  United States4QF1  Czech Republic3
B3  Czech Republic5SF1  Russia6
SF2   Switzerland2
A1  Finland2
B2  Germany1QF2   Switzerland4
A3   Switzerland7

Quarterfinals

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April 19, 2001  Germany1–7   SwitzerlandLahden Jäähalli, Lahti
Attendance: 329
April 19, 2001  United States4–5 (SO)  Czech RepublicLahden Jäähalli, Lahti
Attendance: 519

Semifinals

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April 20, 2001  Russia8–3  Czech RepublicHelsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki
Attendance: 2,152
April 20, 2001   Switzerland4–2  FinlandHelsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki
Attendance: 2,811

Fifth place game

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April 22, 2001  United States1–2  GermanyHeinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 335

Bronze medal game

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April 22, 2001  Finland2–1  Czech RepublicHelsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki

Gold medal game

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April 22, 2001  Russia6–2   SwitzerlandHelsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki
Attendance: 5,076

Final standings

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Rk.Team
 Russia
  Switzerland
 Finland
4  Czech Republic
5  Germany
6  United States
7  Sweden
8  Slovakia
9  Norway
10  Ukraine

 Ukraine were supposed to be relegated to Division I for the 2002 IIHF World U18 Championships, however with the late addition of  Canada it was decided to temporarily expand the tournament to twelve teams.[1]

Scoring leaders

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PlayerCountryGPGAPtsPIM
Ilya Kovalchuk  Russia61141526
Igor Grigorenko  Russia664108
Yuri Trubachev  Russia62798
Tomas Jasko  Slovakia64480
Dwight Helminen  United States63580
Petr Kanko  Czech Republic76174
Joey Crabb  United States65272
Patrik Bärtschi   Switzerland75274
Alexander Perezhogin  Russia64370
Jiří Novotný  Czech Republic64372

Goaltending leaders

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(Minimum 60 minutes played)

PlayerCountryMINSGASv%GAASO
Tuomas Nissinen  Finland120:001.9740.501
Yuri Klyuchnikov  Russia72:472.8821.650
Kari Lehtonen  Finland239:107.9351.762
Michal Zajkowski  Sweden120:004.9442.000
Travis Weber  United States180:006.9242.001

Division I

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First round

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Group A (in Riga)
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsBLRJPNDANPRK
1Belarus3300238+1563–211–59–1
2Japan3201177+1042–34–211–2
3Denmark31021219−725–112–45–4
4North Korea3003725−1801–92–114–5
Source: IIHF
Group B (in Liepaja)
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsAUTLATKAZITA
1Austria3210105+553–05–32–2
2Latvia3111139+430–35–58–1
3Kazakhstan31111210+233–55–54–0
4Italy3012314−1112–21–80–4
Source: IIHF

Final round

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5th-8th place
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsKAZITADANPRK
1Kazakhstan3300244+206(4–0)8–212–2
2Italy32011112−14(0–4)6–55–3
3Denmark31021218−622–85–6(5–4)
4North Korea3003922−1302–123–5(4–5)
Source: IIHF
1st-4th place
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsBLRAUTJPNLAT
1Belarus3210149+554–4(3–2)7–3
2Austria3120107+344–43–3(3–0)
3Japan3111108+23(2–3)3–35–2
4Latvia3003515−1003–7(0–3)2–5
Source: IIHF

 Belarus were promoted to the top level, and  North Korea were relegated to Division II for the 2002 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Division II

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First round

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Group A (in Kaunas)
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsSLOPOLCROHUN
1Slovenia3300312+29610–111–010–1
2Poland32012411+1341–1010–113–0
3Croatia3102827−1920–111–107–6
4Hungary3003730−2301–100–136–7
Source: IIHF
Group B (in Elektrėnai)
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsFRAESTGBRLTU
1France3210214+1754–49–08–0
2Estonia3210168+854–46–26–2
3Great Britain31021018−820–92–68–3
4Lithuania3003522−1700–82–63–8
Source: IIHF

Finals

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7th place
31 March 2001KaunasLithuaniaHungary1:11 (0:3,1:1,0:7)
5th place
31 March 2001KaunasGreat BritainCroatia5:4 (0:1,1:1,4:2)
3rd place
31 March 2001ElektrėnaiPolandEstonia4:2 (1:1,0:0,3:1)
Final
31 March 2001ElektrėnaiSloveniaFrance5:2 (1:1,4:0,0:1)

 Slovenia were promoted to the Division I, and  Lithuania were relegated to Division III for the 2002 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Division III

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First round

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Group A
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsROMRSABELYUG
1Romania3300162+14610–05–21–0
2South Africa3201715−840–103–24–3
3Belgium310289−122–52–34–1
4Yugoslavia300349−500–13–41–4
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: IIHF
Group B
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsNEDESPBULISR
1Netherlands3300353+32611–014–110–2
2Spain32011916+340–1113–26–3
3Bulgaria3102527−2221–142–132–0
4Israel3003518−1302–103–60–2
Source: IIHF

Final

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7th place
11 March 2001SofiaYugoslaviaIsrael7:6 n.P. (1:2,2:3,3:1,0:0,1:0)
5th place
11 March 2001SofiaBulgariaBelgium3:11 (1:2,0:4,2:5)
3rd place
11 March 2001SofiaSpainSouth Africa8:1 (4:0,2:1,2:0)
Final
11 March 2001SofiaNetherlandsRomania4:3 (1:1,2:0,1:2)

 Netherlands were promoted to the Division II, and  Israel were relegated to Division III Qualification (which was not played, Israel returned to competition in 2003) for the 2002 IIHF World U18 Championships.

References

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