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2001 IIHF World U20 Championship
File:2001 WJHC logo.gif
Tournament details
Host country Russia
Venue(s)3 (in 2 host cities)
DatesDecember 26, 2000 –
January 5, 2001
Teams10
Final positions
Champions  Czech Republic (2nd title)
Runner-up  Finland
Third place  Canada
Fourth place Sweden
Tournament statistics
Games played34
Goals scored205 (6.03 per game)
Attendance82,400 (2,424 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Czech Republic Pavel Brendl (10 points)
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The 2001 IIHF World U20 Championship, commonly referred as the 2001 World Junior Hockey Championships (2001 WJHC), was the 25th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. The tournament was held in Moscow and Podolsk, Russia from December 26, 2000 to January 5, 2001. The Czech Republic won the gold medal for the second consecutive year with a 2–1 victory over Finland in the championship game, while Canada won the bronze medal with a 2–1 overtime victory over Sweden.

Venues

Luzhniki Minor Arena
Capacity: 8,700 		Sovjet Wings Arena
Capacity: 5,266 		Vityaz Ice Palace
Capacity: 5,500
 Russia – Moscow  Russia – Moscow  Russia - Podolsk

Top Division

Preliminary round

Group A

Team GP W T L GF GA Pts
 Czech Republic 4 4 0 0 20 4 8
 United States 4 3 0 1 21 8 6
 Sweden 4 2 0 2 13 8 4
 Slovakia 4 1 0 3 10 15 2
 Kazakhstan 4 0 0 4 4 33 0

All times local (MSK/UTC+3).

December 26, 2000
15:00		United States 9 – 1
(5–0, 1–0, 3–1)		 KazakhstanSovjet Wings Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 800
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December 26, 2000
18:30		Sweden 1 – 2
(0–0, 0–1, 1–1)		 Czech RepublicSovjet Wings Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 1,500
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December 27, 2000
15:00		Kazakhstan 1 – 9
(1–5, 0–2, 0–2)		 Czech RepublicSovjet Wings Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 850
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December 27, 2000
18:30		Sweden 3 – 1
(1–0, 0–1, 2–0)		 SlovakiaSovjet Wings Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 1,200
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December 28, 2000
18:30		Slovakia 2 – 7
(1–3, 1–2, 0–2)		 United StatesSovjet Wings Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 1,500
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December 29, 2000
18:30		Czech Republic 4 – 2
(1–0, 2–1, 1–1)		 United StatesSovjet Wings Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 1,300
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December 29, 2000
18:30		Kazakhstan 2 – 8
(1–0, 1–4, 0–4)		 SwedenVityaz Arena, Podolsk
Attendance: 1,500
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December 30, 2000
15:00		Slovakia 7 – 0
(1–0, 3–0, 3–0)		 KazakhstanSovjet Wings Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 700
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December 31, 2000
13:00		Czech Republic 5 – 0
(1–0, 1–0, 3–0)		 SlovakiaSovjet Wings Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 950
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December 31, 2000
17:00		United States 3 – 1
(1–1, 1–0, 1–0)		 SwedenSovjet Wings Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 1,200
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Group B

Team GP W T L GF GA Pts
 Finland 4 3 1 0 13 5 7
 Russia 4 2 1 1 19 8 5
 Canada 4 2 1 1 20 9 5
  Switzerland 4 1 1 2 12 15 3
 Belarus 4 0 0 4 2 29 0

All times local (MSK/UTC+3).

December 26, 2000
15:00		Canada 9 – 0
(5–0, 1–0, 3–0)		 BelarusLuzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 800
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December 26, 2000
18:30		Switzerland 3 – 3
(0–2, 1–0, 2–1)		 RussiaLuzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 6,300
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December 27, 2000
18:30		Switzerland 2 – 3
(2–1, 0–0, 0–2)		 FinlandLuzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 1,450
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December 27, 2000
18:30		Belarus 1 – 12
(0–4, 1–4, 0–4)		 RussiaVityaz Arena, Podolsk
Attendance: 4,500
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December 28, 2000
18:30		Finland 2 – 2
(0–1, 1–1, 1–0)		 CanadaLuzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 2,100
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December 29, 2000
15:00		Belarus 1 – 3
(0–1, 0–2, 1–0)		  SwitzerlandLuzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 2,300
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December 29, 2000
18:30		Russia 3 – 1
(0–0, 1–0, 2–1)		 CanadaLuzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 7,500
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December 30, 2000
15:00		Finland 5 – 0
(1–0, 3–0, 1–0)		 BelarusLuzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 1,150
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December 31, 2000
13:00		Russia 1 – 3
(0–1, 0–2, 1–0)		 FinlandLuzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 6,200
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December 31, 2000
17:00		Canada 8 – 4
(4–0, 2–0, 2–4)		  SwitzerlandVityaz Arena, Podolsk
Attendance: 1,300
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Relegation round

January 2, 2001
18:30		Kazakhstan 2 – 5
(1–0, 1–1, 0–4)		 BelarusVityaz Arena, Podolsk
Attendance: 3,850
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January 3, 2001
18:30		Belarus 5 – 5
(1–1, 1–1, 3–3)		 KazakhstanVityaz Arena, Podolsk
Attendance: 2,100
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 Kazakhstan was relegated to Division I for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Final round

Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold medal game
         
A1  Czech Republic 4
B4   Switzerland 3
A1  Czech Republic 1
A3  Sweden 0
B2  Russia 2
A3  Sweden 3
A1  Czech Republic 2
B1  Finland 1
A2  United States 1
B3  Canada 2
B3  Canada 2 Bronze medal game
B1  Finland 5
B1  Finland 3 B3  Canada 2†
A4  Slovakia 1 A3  Sweden 1

† Overtime victory.

Quarterfinals

January 2, 2001
15:00		Russia 2 – 3
(0–1, 1–1, 1–1)		 SwedenLuzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 7,300
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January 2, 2001
15:00		Czech Republic 4 – 3
(1–1, 1–2, 2–0)		  SwitzerlandSovjet Wings Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 1,300
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January 2, 2001
18:30		Finland 3 – 1
(0–0, 2–0, 1–1)		 SlovakiaLuzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 1,050
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January 2, 2001
18:30		United States 1 – 2
(1–1, 0–0, 0–1)		 CanadaSovjet Wings Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 2,500
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January 2

Consolation round

January 3, 2001
15:00		Russia 2 – 3
(0–1, 1–1, 1–1)		  SwitzerlandSovjet Wings Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 2,500
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January 3, 2001
18:30		United States 3 – 2
(1–1, 1–1, 1–0)		 SlovakiaSovjet Wings Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 600
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Semifinals

January 3, 2001
15:00		Czech Republic 1 – 0
(1–0, 0–0, 0–0)		 SwedenLuzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 2,500
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January 3, 2001
18:30		Canada 2 – 5
(0–1, 1–2, 1–2)		 FinlandLuzhniki Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 1,950
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7th place game

January 5, 2001
12:00		Russia 4 – 3
(2–0, 1–1, 1–2)		 SlovakiaSovjet Wings Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 2,500
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5th place game

January 5, 2001
16:00		United States 4 – 0
(1–0, 1–0, 2–0)		  SwitzerlandSovjet Wings Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 1,000
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Bronze medal game

January 5, 2001
12:00		3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Canada 2 – 1 OT
(0–1, 1–0, 0–0, 1–0)		 SwedenLuzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 1,750
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Gold medal game

January 5, 2001
16:00		1st place, gold medalist(s) Czech Republic 2 – 1
1–0, 1–1, 0–0)		 Finland 2nd place, silver medalist(s)Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 6,400
Game reference
Tomáš DubaGoaliesAri Ahonen
Rostislav Klesla − 13:191-0
Václav Nedorost − 22:542-0
2-138:51 − Jani Rita

Scoring leaders

Rank Player Country Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/−
1 Pavel Brendl  Czech Republic F 7 4 6 10 8 +8
2 Jani Rita  Finland F 7 8 1 9 0 +5
3 Jon DiSalvatore  United States F 7 6 3 9 2 +2
4 Václav Nedorost  Czech Republic F 7 4 5 9 0 +7
5 Andy Hilbert  United States F 7 4 5 9 6 +3
6 Jeff Taffe  United States F 7 6 2 8 6 +1
7 Zdeněk Blatný  Czech Republic F 7 5 2 7 6 +8
8 Ville Hämäläinen  Finland F 7 4 3 7 0 +4
9 Jamie Lundmark  Canada F 7 4 3 7 6 0
10 Rostislav Klesla  Czech Republic D 7 3 4 7 4 8

Goaltending leaders

Minimum 90 minutes played.

Rank Player Country TOI SOG GA GAA Saves Sv % SO
1 Tomáš Duba  Czech Republic 420:00 151 8 1.14 143 94.70 2
2 Maxime Ouellet  Canada 398:24 172 10 1.51 162 94.19 1
3 Ari Ahonen  Finland 358:17 119 8 1.34 111 93.28 1
4 Henrik Lundqvist  Sweden 419:19 180 13 1.86 167 92.78 0
5 Rick DiPietro  United States 359:43 109 8 1.33 101 92.66 1

Tournament awards

Goaltender Defencemen Forwards
IIHF Directorate Awards Czech Republic Tomáš Duba Czech Republic Rostislav Klesla Czech Republic Pavel Brendl
Media All-Star Team Finland Ari Ahonen Czech Republic Rostislav Klesla Finland Tuukka Mäntylä Canada Jason Spezza Czech Republic Pavel Brendl Finland Jani Rita

Final standings

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

Division I

The following teams took part in the Division I tournament. This group played in Landsberg and Füssen, Germany between December 10 and December 16, 2000.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team GP W T L GF GA Pts
 Ukraine 3 3 0 0 13 5 6
 Norway 3 1 1 1 8 7 3
 Austria 3 1 1 1 11 12 3
 Poland 3 0 0 3 7 15 0
Ukraine 4 – 0 Austria
Norway 2 – 0 Poland
Norway 3 – 3 Austria
Ukraine 5 – 2 Poland
Austria 8 – 5 Poland
Ukraine 4 – 3 Norway

Group B

Team GP W T L GF GA Pts
 France 3 2 0 1 7 6 4
 Germany 3 2 0 1 7 3 4
 Latvia 3 1 1 1 9 12 3
 Italy 3 0 1 2 5 7 1
Germany 5 – 1 Latvia
France 2 – 1 Italy
Germany 1 – 0 Italy
Latvia 4 – 3 France
Italy 4 – 4 Latvia
France 2 – 1 Germany

Relegation round

Team GP W T L GF GA Pts
 Austria 3 2 1 0 16 11 5
 Poland 3 2 0 1 19 15 4
 Italy 3 0 2 1 10 14 2
 Latvia 3 0 1 2 11 16 1
Carried forward fromAustria 8 – 5 Poland
preliminary roundItaly 4 – 4 Latvia
Poland 7 – 4 Latvia
Austria 3 – 3 Italy
Austria 5 – 3 Latvia
Poland 7 – 3 Italy

 Latvia was relegated to Division II for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Final round

Team GP W T L GF GA Pts
 France 3 2 0 1 4 9 4
 Germany 3 2 0 1 8 5 4
 Ukraine 3 1 0 2 6 7 2
 Norway 3 1 0 2 12 9 2
Carried forward fromFrance 2 – 1 Germany
preliminary roundUkraine 4 – 3 Norway
Germany 2 – 1 Ukraine
Norway 7 – 0 France
Germany 5 – 2 Norway
France 2 – 1 Ukraine

 France was promoted to the Top Division for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Division II

The following teams took part in the Division II tournament. This group played in Elektrėnai and Kaunas, Lithuania between December 30, 2000 and January 3, 2001.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team GP W T L GF GA Pts
 Japan 3 3 0 0 26 4 6
 Denmark 3 2 0 1 22 13 4
 Croatia 3 0 1 2 7 21 1
 Hungary 3 0 1 2 10 27 1
Japan 14 – 0 Hungary
Denmark 10 – 2 Croatia
Hungary 5 – 5 Croatia
Japan 6 – 4 Denmark
Japan 6 – 0 Croatia
Denmark 8 – 5 Hungary

Group B

Team GP W T L GF GA Pts
 Slovenia 3 3 0 0 17 4 6
 Lithuania 3 2 0 1 11 10 4
 Great Britain 3 1 0 2 6 13 2
 Estonia 3 0 0 3 3 10 0
Great Britain 4 – 2 Estonia
Slovenia 8 – 3 Lithuania
Slovenia 3 – 1 Estonia
Lithuania 5 – 2 Great Britain
Slovenia 6 – 0 Great Britain
Lithuania 3 – 0 Estonia

Final round

All times local (EET/UTC+2).

7th place game

January 3, 2001
14:00		Hungary 5 – 3
(1–0, 3–1, 1–2)		 EstoniaKaunas
Attendance: 300
Game reference

 Estonia was relegated to Division III for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

5th place game

January 3, 2001
18:00		Croatia 6 – 7
(2–4, 0–1, 4–2)		 Great BritainKaunas
Attendance: 323
Game reference

3rd place game

January 3, 2001
14:00		Denmark 4 – 5
(3–3, 1–1, 0–1)		 LithuaniaElektrėnai
Attendance: 676
Game reference

1st place game

January 3, 2001
18:00		Japan 3 – 4
(0–1, 2–1, 1–2)		 SloveniaElektrėnai
Attendance: 300
Game reference

 Slovenia was promoted to Division I for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Division III

The following teams took part in the Division III tournament. This group played in Belgrade, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia between January 4 and January 8, 2001.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team GP W T L GF GA Pts
 Spain 3 3 0 0 20 4 6
 Yugoslavia 3 2 0 1 20 9 4
 Bulgaria 3 1 0 2 5 14 2
 Mexico 3 0 0 3 3 21 0

Group B

Team GP W T L GF GA Pts
 Netherlands 3 3 0 0 30 3 6
 Romania 3 2 0 1 26 7 4
 South Africa 3 0 1 2 10 29 1
 Australia 3 0 1 2 7 34 1

Final round

All times local (EET/UTC+2).

7th place game

January 8, 2001
11:30		Mexico 5 – 3
(2–2, 3–1, 0–0)		 AustraliaHala Pionir, Belgrade
Attendance: 300
Game reference

 Australia was relegated to Division III Qualification for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, but did not participate again until 2003.

5th place game

January 8, 2001
14:30		Bulgaria 3 – 2
(1–0, 0–0, 2–2)		 South AfricaHala Pionir, Belgrade
Attendance: 300
Game reference

3rd place game

January 8, 2001
17:30		Yugoslavia 3 – 5
(0–2, 0–1, 3–2)		 RomaniaHala Pionir, Belgrade
Attendance: 2,000
Game reference

1st place game

January 8, 2001
20:30		Spain 1 – 6
(1–1, 0–1, 0–4)		 NetherlandsHala Pionir, Belgrade
Attendance: 1,700
Game reference

 Netherlands was promoted to Division II for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Division III Qualification

The following teams took part in the Division III qualification tournament. This group played in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg between April 26 and April 28, 2001.

Team GP W T L GF GA Pts
 Iceland 2 2 0 0 26 3 4
 Luxembourg 2 1 0 1 12 6 2
 Ireland 2 0 0 2 1 30 0
Iceland 6 – 2 Luxembourg
Luxembourg 10 – 0 Ireland
Iceland 20 – 1 Ireland

 Iceland was promoted to Division III of the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Preceded by World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
See also: 2001 World Championships 		Succeeded by
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