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.
Tournament details | |
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Host country | |
Venue(s) | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
Dates | April 12–22, 2001 |
Teams | 10 |
Final positions | |
Champions | |
Runner-up | |
Third place | |
Fourth place | |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 31 |
Goals scored | 226 (7.29 per game) |
Attendance | 26,594 (858 per game) |
Scoring leader(s) | |
Championship results
editPreliminary round
editGroup A
editPos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | +14 | 8 | |
2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 7 | +16 | 6 | |
3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 4 | |
4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 15 | −1 | 2 | |
5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 34 | −31 | 0 |
Results
editApril 12, 2001 | 2–6 | Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti Attendance: 312 |
April 12, 2001 | 0–3 | Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti Attendance: 846 |
April 13, 2001 | 11–0 | Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti Attendance: 397 |
April 14, 2001 | 5–2 | Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti Attendance: 634 |
April 14, 2001 | 4–3 | Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti Attendance: 2,012 |
April 15, 2001 | 0–7 | Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti Attendance: 1,316 |
April 16, 2001 | 1–3 | Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti Attendance: 338 |
April 16, 2001 | 10–1 | Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti Attendance: 300 |
April 17, 2001 | 6–2 | Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti Attendance: 300 |
April 17, 2001 | 3–0 | Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti Attendance: 2,037 |
Group B
editPos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 11 | +18 | 6 | |
2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 5 | |
3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 14 | −1 | 4 | |
4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4 | |
5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 23 | −15 | 1 |
Results
editApril 12, 2001 | 3–8 | Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola Attendance: 613 |
April 12, 2001 | 3–4 | Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola Attendance: 498 |
April 13, 2001 | 2–2 | Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola Attendance: 616 |
April 14, 2001 | 1–2 | Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola Attendance: 537 |
April 14, 2001 | 8–3 | Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola Attendance: 416 |
April 15, 2001 | 1–10 | Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola Attendance: 550 |
April 16, 2001 | 1–2 | Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola Attendance: 540 |
April 16, 2001 | 7–2 | Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola Attendance: 570 |
April 17, 2001 | 3–4 | Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola Attendance: 640 |
April 17, 2001 | 3–1 | Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola Attendance: 525 |
Relegation Round
editPos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 6 | |
2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 3 | |
3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 3 | |
4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 24 | −17 | 0 |
Note: The following matches from the preliminary round carry forward to the relegation round:
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
editApril 19, 2001 | 4–4 | Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola Attendance: 340 |
April 19, 2001 | 9–4 | Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola Attendance: 410 |
April 20, 2001 | 5–1 | Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola Attendance: 325 |
April 20, 2001 | 5–2 | Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola Attendance: 300 |
Final round
editQuarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
B1 | 8 | |||||||||||||
A2 | 4 | QF1 | 3 | |||||||||||
B3 | 5 | SF1 | 6 | |||||||||||
SF2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
A1 | 2 | |||||||||||||
B2 | 1 | QF2 | 4 | |||||||||||
A3 | 7 |
Quarterfinals
editApril 19, 2001 | 1–7 | Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti Attendance: 329 |
April 19, 2001 | 4–5 (SO) | Lahden Jäähalli, Lahti Attendance: 519 |
Semifinals
editApril 20, 2001 | 8–3 | Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki Attendance: 2,152 |
April 20, 2001 | 4–2 | Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki Attendance: 2,811 |
Fifth place game
editApril 22, 2001 | 1–2 | Heinolan Jäähalli, Heinola Attendance: 335 |
Bronze medal game
editApril 22, 2001 | 2–1 | Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki |
Gold medal game
editApril 22, 2001 | 6–2 | Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki Attendance: 5,076 |
Final standings
editRk. | Team |
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4 | |
5 | |
6 | |
7 | |
8 | |
9 | |
10 |
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
editPlayer | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Ilya Kovalchuk | 6 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 26 | |
Igor Grigorenko | 6 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 8 | |
Yuri Trubachev | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 | |
Tomas Jasko | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | |
Dwight Helminen | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | |
Petr Kanko | 7 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 4 | |
Joey Crabb | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | |
Patrik Bärtschi | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | |
Alexander Perezhogin | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | |
Jiří Novotný | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
Goaltending leaders
edit(Minimum 60 minutes played)
Player | Country | MINS | GA | Sv% | GAA | SO |
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Tuomas Nissinen | 120:00 | 1 | .974 | 0.50 | 1 | |
Yuri Klyuchnikov | 72:47 | 2 | .882 | 1.65 | 0 | |
Kari Lehtonen | 239:10 | 7 | .935 | 1.76 | 2 | |
Michal Zajkowski | 120:00 | 4 | .944 | 2.00 | 0 | |
Travis Weber | 180:00 | 6 | .924 | 2.00 | 1 |
Division I
editFirst round
editPos | 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 |
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 |
Final round
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | KAZ | ITA | DAN | PRK | |
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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) |
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 |
Belarus were promoted to the top level, and
North Korea were relegated to Division II for the 2002 IIHF World U18 Championships.
Division II
editFirst round
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | SLO | POL | CRO | HUN | |
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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 |
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 |
Finals
edit7th 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
editFirst round
editPos | 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 |
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 |
Final
edit7th 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
editExternal links
edit- Official results and statistics from the International Ice Hockey Federation