1999 IIHF World U20 Championship
| Tournament details |
| Host country |
Canada |
| Dates |
December 26 - January 5 |
| Teams |
10 |
| Venue(s) |
6 (in 6 host cities) |
| Final positions |
Champions  |
Russia (1st title) |
Runner-up  |
Canada |
Third place  |
Slovakia |
| Fourth place |
Sweden |
| Tournament statistics |
| Matches played |
31 |
| Goals scored |
225 (7.26 per match) |
| Attendance |
173,453 (5,595 per match) |
| Scoring leader(s) |
Brian Gionta (11 points) |
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The 1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1999 WJHC) were held in Winnipeg, and five other communities in Manitoba, Canada, December 26, 1998 — January 5, 1999. In the gold medal match, Russia defeated Canada 3-2 on Artem Chubarov's overtime goal. The bronze medal was claimed by Slovakia, giving the six-year-old country its first medal at an IIHF event.
[edit] Pool A
[edit] Group A
[edit] Group B
[edit] Relegation round
Belarus was relegated for the 2000 World Juniors
[edit] Final round
[edit] Quarterfinals
[edit] Semifinals
[edit] 5th place game
[edit] Bronze medal game
[edit] Gold medal game
[edit] Final ranking
[edit] Scoring leaders
[edit] Pool B
Played at Szekesfehervar and Dunaujvaros, Hungary from December 27 to January 3. Two groups of four played round robins, and then the top three played each of the top three teams from the other group. All scores carried forward except the results against the lone eliminated team from each group.
[edit] Group A
| Team |
GP |
W |
L |
T |
GF |
GA |
PTS |
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
Denmark |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
7 |
4 |
|
4 - 3 |
2 - 1 |
2 - 3 |
Latvia |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
5 |
4 |
3 - 4 |
|
3 - 1 |
2 - 0 |
Germany |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
10 |
5 |
2 |
1 - 2 |
1 - 3 |
|
8 - 0 |
Hungary |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
12 |
2 |
3 - 2 |
0 - 2 |
0 - 8 |
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[edit] Group B
| Team |
GP |
W |
L |
T |
GF |
GA |
PTS |
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
Ukraine |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
12 |
8 |
5 |
|
3 - 3 |
5 - 3 |
4 - 2 |
Poland |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
11 |
10 |
3 |
3 - 3 |
|
5 - 2 |
3 - 5 |
Norway |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
12 |
13 |
2 |
3 - 5 |
2 - 5 |
|
7 - 3 |
France |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
10 |
14 |
2 |
2 - 4 |
5 - 3 |
3 - 7 |
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[edit] Medal round
| Team |
GP |
W |
L |
T |
GF |
GA |
PTS |
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Ukraine |
5 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
26 |
11 |
9 |
|
3 - 3 |
7 - 3 |
5 - 1 |
6 - 1 |
5 - 3 |
Poland |
5 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
17 |
11 |
8 |
3 - 3 |
|
2 - 2 |
3 - 2 |
4 - 2 |
5 - 2 |
Denmark |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
16 |
15 |
7 |
3 - 7 |
2 - 2 |
|
2 - 1 |
4 - 3 |
5 - 2 |
Germany |
5 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
11 |
14 |
2 |
1 - 5 |
2 - 3 |
1 - 2 |
|
1 - 3 |
6 - 1 |
Latvia |
5 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
10 |
17 |
2 |
1 - 6 |
2 - 4 |
3 - 4 |
3 - 1 |
|
1 - 2 |
Norway |
5 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
10 |
22 |
2 |
3 - 5 |
2 - 5 |
2 - 5 |
1 - 6 |
2 - 1 |
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Ukraine was promoted to Pool A for 2000.
[edit] Relegation round
Hungary lost two games to none and was relegated to Pool C for 2000.
[edit] Pool C
Played at Kaunas and Elektrenai, Lithuania from December 30 to January 3
[edit] Preliminary Round
- Group A
| Team |
GP |
W |
L |
T |
GF |
GA |
PTS |
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
Japan |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
4 |
6 |
|
7 - 1 |
4 - 1 |
5 - 2 |
Austria |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
15 |
11 |
4 |
1 - 7 |
|
5 - 2 |
9 - 2 |
Lithuania |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
14 |
1 |
1 - 4 |
2 - 5 |
|
5 - 5 |
Croatia |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
9 |
19 |
1 |
2 - 5 |
2 - 9 |
5 - 5 |
|
- Group B
| Team |
GP |
W |
L |
T |
GF |
GA |
PTS |
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
Italy |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
6 |
4 |
|
4 - 2 |
0 - 2 |
5 - 2 |
Slovenia |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
13 |
9 |
4 |
2 - 4 |
|
5 - 4 |
6 - 1 |
Estonia |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
8 |
3 |
2 - 0 |
4 - 5 |
|
3 - 3 |
Great Britain |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
14 |
1 |
2 - 5 |
1 - 6 |
3 - 3 |
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[edit] Placement Games
Italy was promoted to Pool B, and
Croatia was relegated to Pool D for 2000.
[edit] Pool D
Played at Novi Sad, Yugoslavia from December 29 to January 4.
[edit] Group A
| Team |
GP |
W |
L |
T |
GF |
GA |
PTS |
|
 |
 |
 |
Romania |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
30 |
0 |
4 |
|
5 - 0 |
25 - 0 |
South Africa |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
10 |
9 |
2 |
0 - 5 |
|
10 - 4 |
Bulgaria |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
35 |
0 |
0 - 25 |
4 - 10 |
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[edit] Group B
| Team |
GP |
W |
L |
T |
GF |
GA |
PTS |
|
 |
 |
 |
Netherlands |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
44 |
3 |
4 |
|
7 - 3 |
37 - 0 |
Mexico |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
31 |
8 |
2 |
3 - 7 |
|
1 - 28 |
Turkey |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
65 |
0 |
0 - 37 |
1 - 28 |
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[edit] Group C
| Team |
GP |
W |
L |
T |
GF |
GA |
PTS |
|
 |
 |
 |
Yugoslavia |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
21 |
2 |
4 |
|
6 - 1 |
15 - 1 |
Spain |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
11 |
1 |
1 - 6 |
|
5 - 5 |
Iceland |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
20 |
1 |
1 - 15 |
5 - 5 |
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[edit] Promotion Group
Yugoslavia was promoted to Pool C for 2000.
[edit] 4th to 6th
| Team |
GP |
W |
L |
T |
GF |
GA |
PTS |
|
 |
 |
 |
Spain |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
4 |
4 |
|
4 - 2 |
6 - 2 |
Mexico |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
5 |
2 |
2 - 4 |
|
7 - 1 |
South Africa |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
13 |
0 |
2 - 6 |
1 - 7 |
|
[edit] 7th to 9th
| Team |
GP |
W |
L |
T |
GF |
GA |
PTS |
|
 |
 |
 |
Bulgaria |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
21 |
2 |
4 |
|
9 - 2 |
12 - 0 |
Iceland |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
18 |
9 |
2 |
2 - 9 |
|
16 - 0 |
Turkey |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
28 |
0 |
0 - 12 |
0 - 16 |
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[edit] References
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World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
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