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
Dates	April 12–22, 2001
Teams	10
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Russia (1st title)
Runner-up	Switzerland
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played	31
Goals scored	226 (7.29 per game)
Attendance	26,594 (858 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Ilya Kovalchuk (15 points)
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Championship results

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Finland	4	4	0	0	17	3	+14	8
2	United States	4	3	1	0	23	7	+16	6
3	Switzerland	4	2	2	0	12	10	+2	4
4	Slovakia	4	1	3	0	14	15	−1	2
5	Ukraine	4	0	4	0	3	34	−31	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Results

April 12, 2001

Ukraine

2–6

Switzerland

Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti Attendance: 312

April 12, 2001

Slovakia

0–3

Finland

Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti Attendance: 846

April 13, 2001

United States

11–0

Ukraine

Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti Attendance: 397

April 14, 2001

Switzerland

5–2

Slovakia

Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti Attendance: 634

April 14, 2001

Finland

4–3

United States

Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti Attendance: 2,012

April 15, 2001

Ukraine

0–7

Finland

Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti Attendance: 1,316

April 16, 2001

Switzerland

1–3

United States

Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti Attendance: 338

April 16, 2001

Slovakia

10–1

Ukraine

Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti Attendance: 300

April 17, 2001

United States

6–2

Slovakia

Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti Attendance: 300

April 17, 2001

Finland

3–0

Switzerland

Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti Attendance: 2,037

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Russia	4	3	1	0	29	11	+18	6
2	Germany	4	2	1	1	10	12	−2	5
3	Czech Republic	4	2	2	0	13	14	−1	4
4	Sweden	4	2	2	0	10	10	0	4
5	Norway	4	0	3	1	8	23	−15	1

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Results

April 12, 2001

Czech Republic

3–8

Russia

Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola Attendance: 613

April 12, 2001

Norway

3–4

Sweden

Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola Attendance: 498

April 13, 2001

Germany

2–2

Norway

Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola Attendance: 616

April 14, 2001

Sweden

1–2

Czech Republic

Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola Attendance: 537

April 14, 2001

Russia

8–3

Germany

Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola Attendance: 416

April 15, 2001

Norway

1–10

Russia

Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola Attendance: 550

April 16, 2001

Sweden

1–2

Germany

Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola Attendance: 540

April 16, 2001

Czech Republic

7–2

Norway

Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola Attendance: 570

April 17, 2001

Russia

3–4

Sweden

Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola Attendance: 640

April 17, 2001

Germany

3–1

Czech Republic

Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola Attendance: 525

Relegation Round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sweden	3	3	0	0	18	8	+10	6
2	Slovakia	3	1	1	1	15	10	+5	3
3	Norway	3	1	1	1	12	10	+2	3
4	Ukraine	3	0	3	0	7	24	−17	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

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

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

April 19, 2001

Slovakia

4–4

Norway

Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola Attendance: 340

April 19, 2001

Sweden

9–4

Ukraine

Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola Attendance: 410

April 20, 2001

Sweden

5–1

Slovakia

Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola Attendance: 325

April 20, 2001

Norway

5–2

Ukraine

Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola Attendance: 300

Final round

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

April 19, 2001

Germany

1–7

Switzerland

Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti Attendance: 329

April 19, 2001

United States

4–5 (SO)

Czech Republic

Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti Attendance: 519

Semifinals

April 20, 2001

Russia

8–3

Czech Republic

Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki Attendance: 2,152

April 20, 2001

Switzerland

4–2

Finland

Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki Attendance: 2,811

Fifth place game

April 22, 2001

United States

1–2

Germany

Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola Attendance: 335

Bronze medal game

April 22, 2001

Finland

2–1

Czech Republic

Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki

Gold medal game

April 22, 2001

Russia

6–2

Switzerland

Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki Attendance: 5,076

Final standings

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

Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Ilya Kovalchuk	Russia	6	11	4	15	26
Igor Grigorenko	Russia	6	6	4	10	8
Yuri Trubachev	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

(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

First round

Group A (in Riga)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		BLR	JPN	DAN	PRK
1	Belarus	3	3	0	0	23	8	+15	6			3–2	11–5	9–1
2	Japan	3	2	0	1	17	7	+10	4		2–3		4–2	11–2
3	Denmark	3	1	0	2	12	19	−7	2		5–11	2–4		5–4
4	North Korea	3	0	0	3	7	25	−18	0		1–9	2–11	4–5

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group B (in Liepaja)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		AUT	LAT	KAZ	ITA
1	Austria	3	2	1	0	10	5	+5	5			3–0	5–3	2–2
2	Latvia	3	1	1	1	13	9	+4	3		0–3		5–5	8–1
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	1	1	12	10	+2	3		3–5	5–5		4–0
4	Italy	3	0	1	2	3	14	−11	1		2–2	1–8	0–4

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Final round

5th-8th place

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		KAZ	ITA	DAN	PRK
1	Kazakhstan	3	3	0	0	24	4	+20	6			(4–0)	8–2	12–2
2	Italy	3	2	0	1	11	12	−1	4		(0–4)		6–5	5–3
3	Denmark	3	1	0	2	12	18	−6	2		2–8	5–6		(5–4)
4	North Korea	3	0	0	3	9	22	−13	0		2–12	3–5	(4–5)

Source:^{[citation needed]}

1st-4th place

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		BLR	AUT	JPN	LAT
1	Belarus	3	2	1	0	14	9	+5	5			4–4	(3–2)	7–3
2	Austria	3	1	2	0	10	7	+3	4		4–4		3–3	(3–0)
3	Japan	3	1	1	1	10	8	+2	3		(2–3)	3–3		5–2
4	Latvia	3	0	0	3	5	15	−10	0		3–7	(0–3)	2–5

Source:^{[citation needed]}

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

Division II

First round

Group A (in Kaunas)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		SLO	POL	CRO	HUN
1	Slovenia	3	3	0	0	31	2	+29	6			10–1	11–0	10–1
2	Poland	3	2	0	1	24	11	+13	4		1–10		10–1	13–0
3	Croatia	3	1	0	2	8	27	−19	2		0–11	1–10		7–6
4	Hungary	3	0	0	3	7	30	−23	0		1–10	0–13	6–7

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group B (in Elektrėnai)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		FRA	EST	GBR	LTU
1	France	3	2	1	0	21	4	+17	5			4–4	9–0	8–0
2	Estonia	3	2	1	0	16	8	+8	5		4–4		6–2	6–2
3	Great Britain	3	1	0	2	10	18	−8	2		0–9	2–6		8–3
4	Lithuania	3	0	0	3	5	22	−17	0		0–8	2–6	3–8

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Finals

7th place
31 March 2001	Kaunas	Lithuania	–	Hungary		1:11 (0:3,1:1,0:7)
5th place
31 March 2001	Kaunas	Great Britain	–	Croatia		5:4 (0:1,1:1,4:2)
3rd place
31 March 2001	Elektrėnai	Poland	–	Estonia		4:2 (1:1,0:0,3:1)
Final
31 March 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

First round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		ROM	RSA	BEL	YUG
1	Romania	3	3	0	0	16	2	+14	6			10–0	5–2	1–0
2	South Africa	3	2	0	1	7	15	−8	4		0–10		3–2	4–3
3	Belgium	3	1	0	2	8	9	−1	2		2–5	2–3		4–1
4	Yugoslavia	3	0	0	3	4	9	−5	0		0–1	3–4	1–4

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		NED	ESP	BUL	ISR
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	35	3	+32	6			11–0	14–1	10–2
2	Spain	3	2	0	1	19	16	+3	4		0–11		13–2	6–3
3	Bulgaria	3	1	0	2	5	27	−22	2		1–14	2–13		2–0
4	Israel	3	0	0	3	5	18	−13	0		2–10	3–6	0–2

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Final

7th place
11 March 2001	Sofia	Yugoslavia	–	Israel		7:6 n.P. (1:2,2:3,3:1,0:0,1:0)
5th place
11 March 2001	Sofia	Bulgaria	–	Belgium		3:11 (1:2,0:4,2:5)
3rd place
11 March 2001	Sofia	Spain	–	South Africa		8:1 (4:0,2:1,2:0)
Final
11 March 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

1. Ukraine avoids relegation

External links

• Official results and statistics from the International Ice Hockey Federation
  • Championship