2001 IIHF World U18 Championships

2001 IIHF World U18 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Finland
Dates	April 12–22, 2001
Teams	10
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Russia (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	226 (7.29 per match)
Attendance	26,594 (858 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Ilya Kovalchuk (15 points)

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 [edit]

Preliminary round [edit]

Group A [edit]

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	PTS
Finland	4	4	0	17	3	8
United States	4	3	1	23	7	6
Switzerland	4	2	2	12	10	4
Slovakia	4	1	3	14	15	2
Ukraine	4	0	4	3	34	0

Results [edit]

April 12, 2001	Ukraine	2–6	Switzerland	Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti

Game summary
				Attendance: 312

April 12, 2001	Slovakia	0–3	Finland	Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti

Game summary
				Attendance: 846

April 13, 2001	United States	11–0	Ukraine	Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti

Game summary
				Attendance: 397

April 14, 2001	Switzerland	5–2	Slovakia	Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti

Game summary
				Attendance: 634

April 14, 2001	Finland	4–3	United States	Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti

Game summary
				Attendance: 2,012

April 15, 2001	Ukraine	0–7	Finland	Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti

Game summary
				Attendance: 1,316

April 16, 2001	Switzerland	1–3	United States	Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti

Game summary
				Attendance: 338

April 16, 2001	Slovakia	10–1	Ukraine	Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti

Game summary
				Attendance: 300

April 17, 2001	United States	6–2	Slovakia	Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti

Game summary
				Attendance: 300

April 17, 2001	Finland	3–0	Switzerland	Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti

Game summary
				Attendance: 2,037

Group B [edit]

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Russia	4	3	1	0	29	11	6
Germany	4	2	1	1	10	12	5
Czech Republic	4	2	2	0	13	14	4
Sweden	4	2	2	0	10	10	4
Norway	4	0	3	1	8	23	1

Results [edit]

April 12, 2001	Czech Republic	3–8	Russia	Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola

Game summary
				Attendance: 613

April 12, 2001	Norway	3–4	Sweden	Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola

Game summary
				Attendance: 498

April 13, 2001	Germany	2–2	Norway	Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola

Game summary
				Attendance: 616

April 14, 2001	Sweden	1–2	Czech Republic	Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola

Game summary
				Attendance: 537

April 14, 2001	Russia	8–3	Germany	Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola

Game summary
				Attendance: 416

April 15, 2001	Norway	1–10	Russia	Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola

Game summary
				Attendance: 550

April 16, 2001	Sweden	1–2	Germany	Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola

Game summary
				Attendance: 540

April 16, 2001	Czech Republic	7–2	Norway	Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola

Game summary
				Attendance: 570

April 17, 2001	Russia	3–4	Sweden	Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola

Game summary
				Attendance: 640

April 17, 2001	Germany	3–1	Czech Republic	Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola

Game summary
				Attendance: 525

Relegation Round [edit]

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Sweden	3	3	0	0	18	8	6
Slovakia	3	1	1	1	15	10	3
Norway	3	1	1	1	12	10	3
Ukraine	3	0	3	0	7	24	0

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

April 12, 2001: Norway 3-4 Sweden
April 16, 2001: Slovakia 10-1 Ukraine

Results [edit]

April 19, 2001	Slovakia	4–4	Norway	Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola

Game summary
				Attendance: 340

April 19, 2001	Sweden	9–4	Ukraine	Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola

Game summary
				Attendance: 410

April 20, 2001	Sweden	5–1	Slovakia	Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola

Game summary
				Attendance: 325

April 20, 2001	Norway	5–2	Ukraine	Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola

Game summary
				Attendance: 300

Final round [edit]

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

B1

Russia

8

A2

United States

4

QF1

Czech Republic

3

B3

Czech Republic

5

SF1

Russia

6

SF2

Switzerland

2

A1

Finland

2

B2

Germany

1

QF2

Switzerland

4

A3

Switzerland

7

Quarterfinals [edit]

April 19, 2001	Germany	1–7	Switzerland	Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti

Game summary
				Attendance: 329

April 19, 2001	United States	4–5 (SO)	Czech Republic	Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti

Game summary
				Attendance: 519

Semifinals [edit]

April 20, 2001	Russia	8–3	Czech Republic	Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki

Game summary
				Attendance: 2,152

April 20, 2001	Switzerland	4–2	Finland	Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki

Game summary
				Attendance: 2,811

Fifth place game [edit]

April 22, 2001	United States	1–2	Germany	Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola

Game summary
				Attendance: 335

Bronze medal game [edit]

April 22, 2001	Finland	2–1	Czech Republic	Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki

Game summary

Gold medal game [edit]

April 22, 2001	Russia	6–2	Switzerland	Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki

Game summary
				Attendance: 5,076

Final standings [edit]

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 [edit]

Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Ilya Kovalchuk	Russia	6	11	4	15	26
Igor Grigorenko	Russia	6	6	4	10	8
Yuri Troubatchev	Russia	6	2	7	9	8
Tomas Jasko	Slovakia	6	4	4	8	0
Dwight Helminen	United States	6	3	5	8	0
Petr Kanko	Czech Republic	7	6	1	7	4
Joey Crabb	United States	6	5	2	7	2
Patrik Bärtschi	Switzerland	7	5	2	7	4
Alexander Perezhogin	Russia	6	4	3	7	0
Jiří Novotný	Czech Republic	6	4	3	7	2

Goaltending leaders [edit]

(Minimum 60 minutes played)

Player	Country	MINS	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
Tuomas Nissinen	Finland	120:00	1	.974	0.50	1
Yuri Klyuchnikov	Russia	72:47	2	.882	1.65	0
Kari Lehtonen	Finland	239:10	7	.935	1.76	2
Michal Zajkowski	Sweden	120:00	4	.944	2.00	0
Travis Weber	United States	180:00	6	.924	2.00	1

Division I [edit]

First round [edit]

Group A (in Riga)
Teams	BLR	JPN	DAN	PRK	Tore	Pkt.
1. Belarus		3:2	11:5	9:1	23:8	6:0
2. Japan	2:3		4:2	11:2	17:7	4:2
3. Denmark	5:11	2:4		5:4	12:19	2:4
4. North Korea	1:9	2:11	4:5		7:25	0:6

Group B (in Liepaja)
Teams	AUT	LAT	KAZ	ITA	Tore	Pkt.
1. Austria		3:0	5:3	2:2	10:5	5:1
2. Latvia	0:3		5:5	8:1	13:9	3:3
3. Kazakhstan	3:5	5:5		4:0	12:10	3:3
4. Italy	2:2	1:8	0:4		3:14	1:5

Final round [edit]

5th-8th place
Teams	KAZ	ITA	DAN	PRK	Tore	Pkt.
1. Kazakhstan		(4:0)	8:2	12:2	24:4	6:0
2. Italy	(0:4)		6:5	5:3	11:12	4:2
3. Denmark	2:8	5:6		(5:4)	12:18	2:4
4. North Korea	2:12	3:5	(4:5)		9:22	0:6

1st-4th place
Teams	BLR	AUT	JPN	LAT	Tore	Pkt.
1. Belarus		4:4	(3:2)	7:3	14:9	5:1
2. Austria	4:4		3:3	(3:0)	10:7	4:2
3. Japan	(2:3)	3:3		5:2	10:8	3:3
4. Latvia	3:7	(0:3)	2:5		5:15	0:6

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

Division II [edit]

First round [edit]

Group A (in Kaunas)
Teams	SLO	POL	CRO	HUN	Tore	Pkt.
1. Slovenia		10:1	11:0	10:1	31:2	6:0
2. Poland	1:10		10:1	13:0	24:11	4:2
3. Croatia	0:11	1:10		7:6	8:27	2:4
4. Hungary	1:10	0:13	6:7		7:30	0:6

Group B (in Elektrėnai)
Teams	FRA	EST	GBR	LTU	Tore	Pkt.
1. France		4:4	9:0	8:0	21:4	5:1
2. Estonia	4:4		6:2	6:2	16:8	5:1
3. Great Britain	0:9	2:6		8:3	10:18	2:4
4. Lithuania	0:8	2:6	3:8		5:22	0:6

Finals [edit]

7th place
31. März 2001	Kaunas	Lithuania	–	Hungary	1:11 (0:3,1:1,0:7)

5th place
31. März 2001	Kaunas	Great Britain	–	Croatia	5:4 (0:1,1:1,4:2)

3rd place
31. März 2001	Elektrėnai	Poland	–	Estonia	4:2 (1:1,0:0,3:1)

Final
31. März 2001	Elektrėnai	Slovenia	–	France	5:2 (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 [edit]

First round [edit]

Group A
Teams	ROM	RSA	BEL	YUG	Tore	Pkt.
1. Romania		10:0	5:2	1:0	16:2	6:0
2. South Africa	0:10		3:2	4:3	7:15	4:2
3. Belgium	2:5	2:3		4:1	8:9	2:4
4. Serbia and Montenegro	0:1	3:4	1:4		4:9	0:6

Group B
Teams	NED	ESP	BUL	ISR	Tore	Pkt.
1. Netherlands		11:0	14:1	10:2	35:3	6:0
2. Spain	0:11		13:2	6:3	19:16	4:2
3. Bulgaria	1:14	2:13		2:0	5:27	2:4
4. Israel	2:10	3:6	0:2		5:18	0:6

Final [edit]

7th place
11. März 2001	Sofia	Serbia and Montenegro	–	Israel	7:6 n.P. (1:2,2:3,3:1,0:0,1:0)

5th place
11. März 2001	Sofia	Bulgaria	–	Belgium	3:11 (1:2,0:4,2:5)

3rd place
11. März 2001	Sofia	Spain	–	South Africa	8:1 (4:0,2:1,2:0)

Final
11. März 2001	Sofia	Netherlands	–	Romania	4:3 (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 [edit]

^ Ukraine avoids relegation

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

External links [edit]

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[1] Ukraine avoids relegation

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2001 IIHF World U18 Championships

Contents

Championship results [edit]

Preliminary round [edit]

Group A [edit]

Results [edit]

Group B [edit]

Results [edit]

Relegation Round [edit]

Results [edit]

Final round [edit]

Quarterfinals [edit]

Semifinals [edit]

Fifth place game [edit]

Bronze medal game [edit]

Gold medal game [edit]

Final standings [edit]

Scoring leaders [edit]

Goaltending leaders [edit]

Division I [edit]

First round [edit]

Final round [edit]

Division II [edit]

First round [edit]

Finals [edit]

Division III [edit]

First round [edit]

Final [edit]

References [edit]

External links [edit]

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