1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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1999 IIHF U20 World Championship
File:1999 WJHC logo.jpg
Tournament details
Host country Canada
Venue(s)6 (in 6 host cities)
DatesDecember 26 - January 5
Teams10
Final positions
Champions  Russia (1st title)
Runner-up  Canada
Third place  Slovakia
Fourth place Sweden
Tournament statistics
Games played31
Goals scored225 (7.26 per game)
Attendance173,453 (5,595 per game)
Scoring leader(s)United States Brian Gionta (11 points)
← 1998
2000 →

The 1999 Ice Hockey World Junior Championship (1999 WJC) was held in Winnipeg, and five other communities in Manitoba, Canada, December 26, 1998 to 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.

Pool A

Group A

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Slovakia 4 3 0 1 10 7 7
 Canada 4 2 1 1 10 9 5
 Finland 4 2 2 0 17 16 4
 Czech Republic 4 1 3 0 11 12 2
 United States 4 1 3 0 13 17 2
December 26, 1998Slovakia 3 – 2 Czech RepublicBrandon
December 26, 1998Finland 6 – 3 United StatesWinnipeg
December 27, 1998Slovakia 0 – 0 CanadaBrandon
December 28, 1998Canada 6 – 4 FinlandWinnipeg
December 28, 1998Czech Republic 6 – 3 United StatesBrandon
December 29, 1998Slovakia 4 – 3 FinlandWinnipeg
December 30, 1998Canada 2 – 0 Czech RepublicWinnipeg
December 30, 1998Slovakia 3 – 2 United StatesSelkirk
December 31, 1998United States 5 – 2 CanadaWinnipeg
December 31, 1998Finland 4 – 3 Czech RepublicSelkirk

Group B

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Sweden 4 4 0 0 25 11 8
 Russia 4 3 1 0 25 4 6
 Kazakhstan 4 1 2 1 9 20 3
 Switzerland 4 1 3 0 5 17 2
 Belarus 4 0 3 1 9 21 1
December 26, 1998Sweden 4 – 2 RussiaWinnipeg
December 26, 1998Switzerland 4 – 3 BelarusSelkirk
December 27, 1998Kazakhstan 2 – 2 BelarusPortage la Prairie
December 28, 1998Sweden 5 – 1  SwitzerlandWinnipeg
December 28, 1998Russia 7 – 0 KazakhstanPortage la Prairie
December 29, 1998Russia 10 – 0 BelarusBrandon
December 30, 1998Kazakhstan 3 – 0  SwitzerlandBrandon
December 30, 1998Sweden 5 – 4 BelarusMorden
December 31, 1998Russia 6 – 0  SwitzerlandBrandon
December 31, 1998Sweden 11 – 4 KazakhstanTeulon

Relegation round

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Czech Republic 3 3 0 0 21 9 6
 United States 3 2 1 0 15 12 4
  Switzerland 3 1 2 0 12 13 2
 Belarus 3 0 3 0 7 21 0
December 26, 1998Switzerland 4 – 3 BelarusSelkirk
December 28, 1998Czech Republic 6 – 3 United StatesBrandon
January 3, 1999Czech Republic 10 – 2 BelarusWinnipeg
January 3, 1999United States 5 – 4  SwitzerlandPortage la Prairie
January 4, 1999Czech Republic 5 – 4  SwitzerlandMorden
January 4, 1999United States 7 – 2 BelarusSelkirk

 Belarus was relegated for the 2000 World Juniors

Final round

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Quarterfinals

January 2, 1999Canada 12 – 2
(3–0, 5–0, 4–2)		 KazakhstanWinnipeg
January 2, 1999Russia 3 – 2 ot
(1–0, 0–2, 1–0, 1-0)		 FinlandWinnipeg
Denis Arkhipov otGoals

Semifinals

January 4, 1999Canada 6 – 1
(1–1, 2–0, 3–0)		 SwedenWinnipeg
January 4, 1999Russia 3 – 2
(2–0, 1–2, 0–0)		 SlovakiaWinnipeg

5th place game

January 4, 1999Finland 6 – 1
(2–1, 2–0, 2–0,)		 KazakhstanBrandon

Bronze medal game

January 5, 19993rd place, bronze medalist(s) Slovakia 5 – 4
(2–0, 1–3, 2–1)		 SwedenWinnipeg

Gold medal game

January 5, 19991st place, gold medalist(s) Russia 3 – 2 ot
(1–0, 1–1, 0–1, 1-0)		 Canada 2nd place, silver medalist(s)Winnipeg
Attendance: 13,225
0-129:59 − Simon Gagné
Artem Chubarov − 19:071-1
Maxim Balmochnykh − 34:232-1
2-253:52 − Bryan Allen
Artem Chubarov − 65:133-2

Final ranking

Rank Country
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Russia
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Slovakia
4  Sweden
5  Finland
6  Kazakhstan
7  Czech Republic
8  United States
9   Switzerland
10  Belarus

Scoring leaders

Player Country GP G A Pts +/- PIM
Brian Gionta  United States 6 6 5 11 -1 6
Daniel Tkaczuk  Canada 7 6 4 10 +1 10
Daniel Sedin  Sweden 6 5 5 10 +6 2
Scott Gomez  United States 6 3 7 10 +2 4
Henrik Sedin  Sweden 6 3 6 9 +7 10
Tomáš Divíšek  Czech Republic 6 2 7 9 +2 6
Simon Gagné  Canada 7 7 1 8 +9 2
Eero Somervuori  Finland 6 4 4 8 0 2
Christian Berglund  Sweden 6 4 4 8 +5 33
Niklas Hagman  Finland 6 3 5 8 +3 2

Pool B

Played at Székesfehérvár and Dunaújváros, 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.

Group A

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Denmark Latvia Germany Hungary
 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

Group B

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Ukraine Poland Norway France
 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

Medal round

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Ukraine Poland Denmark Germany Latvia Norway
 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

 Ukraine was promoted to Pool A for 2000.

Relegation round

France 3 – 1
(2–0, 1–1, 0–0)		 Hungary
France 9 – 1
(1–0, 4–1, 4–0)		 Hungary

 Hungary lost two games to none and was relegated to Pool C for 2000.

Pool C

Played at Kaunas and Elektrenai, Lithuania from December 30 to January 3

Preliminary Round

Group A
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Japan Austria Lithuania Croatia
 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 Slovenia Estonia United Kingdom
 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

Placement Games

 Italy was promoted to Pool B, and  Croatia was relegated to Pool D for 2000.

Pool D

Played at Novi Sad, Yugoslavia from December 29 to January 4.

Group A

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Romania South Africa Bulgaria
 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

Group B

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Netherlands Mexico Turkey
 Netherlands 2 2 0 0 44 3 4 7 - 3 37 - 0
 Mexico 2 1 1 0 31 8 2 3 - 7 28 - 1
 Turkey 2 0 2 0 1 65 0 0 - 37 1 - 28

Group C

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Spain Iceland
 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

Promotion Group

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Netherlands Romania
 Yugoslavia 2 2 0 0 9 2 4 4 - 1 5 - 1
 Netherlands 2 1 1 0 7 6 2 1 - 4 6 - 2
 Romania 2 0 2 0 3 11 0 1 - 5 2 - 6

 Yugoslavia was promoted to Pool C for 2000.

4th to 6th

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Spain Mexico South Africa
 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

7th to 9th

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Bulgaria Iceland Turkey
 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

References

  • Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press.
  • http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/U-20_1999.htm
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