1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

1999 IIHF U20 World Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Dates	December 26, 1998 – January 5, 1999
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Russia (1st title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	Slovakia
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Games played	31
Goals scored	225 (7.26 per game)
Attendance	173,453 (5,595 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Brian Gionta (11 points)
	← 1998 2000 →

The 1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1999 WJC) was held in Winnipeg, and five other communities in Manitoba, Canada from December 26, 1998, to January 5, 1999.^[1] In the gold medal match at Winnipeg Arena, 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.

The playoff round reverted back to six teams qualifying, with group leaders getting a bye to the semifinals.

Pool A

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovakia	4	3	1	0	10	7	+3	7	Semifinals
2	Canada	4	2	1	1	10	9	+1	5	Quarterfinals
3	Finland	4	2	0	2	17	16	+1	4	Quarterfinals
4	Czech Republic	4	1	0	3	11	12	−1	2	Relegation round
5	United States	4	1	0	3	13	17	−4	2	Relegation round

Source: IIHF.net at the Wayback Machine

December 26, 1998

Slovakia

3 – 2

Czech Republic

Keystone Centre, Brandon

December 26, 1998

Finland

6 – 3

United States

Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg

December 27, 1998

Slovakia

0 – 0
(0-0, 0-0, 0-0)

Canada

Keystone Centre, Brandon
Attendance: 6,000


Ján Lašák	Goalies	Roberto Luongo


36	Shots	31

December 28, 1998

Canada

6 – 4
(3-0, 1-3, 2-1)

Finland

Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg
Attendance: 13,225

Roberto Luongo

Goalies

Mika Noronen

Calder) (Stuart, Tkaczuk) (PP) - 1:50	1-0
Chimera (Allen) - 2:37	2-0
Fata (Tkaczuk) - 13:13	3-0
	3-1	22:46 - Somervuori (Gustafsson, Hagman)
	3-2	30:14 - Ahonen (Laatikainen, Somervuori)
Chimera (Leeb, Druken) - 30:59	4-2
	4-3	49:18 - Kauppinen (Koskela, Hagman) (PP)
Tkaczuk (Calder) - 46:54	5-3
Gagné (EN) - 59:50	6-3
	6-4	59:43 - Valtonen (Kauppinen, Väänänen) (PP)

28

Shots

40

December 28, 1998

Czech Republic

6 – 3

United States

Keystone Centre, Brandon

December 29, 1998

Slovakia

4 – 3

Finland

Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg

December 30, 1998

Canada

2 – 0
(1-0, 0-0, 1-0)

Czech Republic

Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg
Attendance: 13,225

Roberto Luongo

Goalies

Vlastimil Lakosil

Campbell (Tkaczuk), Calder) - 18:10	1-0
Tkaczuk (Fata, Chimera) - 54:25	2-0

32

Shots

29

December 30, 1998

Slovakia

3 – 2

United States

Selkirk Recreation Complex, Selkirk

December 31, 1998

United States

5 – 2
(1-0, 3-2, 1-0)

Canada

Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg
Attendance: 13,225

Joe Blackburn

Goalies

Roberto Luongo

Gionta - 14:46	1-0
	1-1	23:42 - Mair
Murphy (Gionta, Gomez) - 26:23	2-1
Heisten (Gomez, Mara) (PP) - 28:03	3-1
Gionta (Murphy, Gomez) - 30:33	4-1
	4-2	37:21 - Tkaczuk (A. Ference, Calder) (PP)
Gomez (Mara, Blackburn) (PP) - 41:15	5-2

33

Shots

38

December 31, 1998

Finland

4 – 3

Czech Republic

Selkirk Recreation Complex, Selkirk

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	4	4	0	0	25	11	+14	8	Semifinals
2	Russia	4	3	0	1	25	4	+21	6	Quarterfinals
3	Kazakhstan	4	1	1	2	9	20	−11	3	Quarterfinals
4	Switzerland	4	1	0	3	5	17	−12	2	Relegation round
5	Belarus	4	0	1	3	9	21	−12	1	Relegation round

Source: IIHF.net at the Wayback Machine

December 26, 1998

Sweden

4 – 2

Russia

Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg

December 26, 1998

Switzerland

4 – 3

Belarus

Selkirk Recreation Complex, Selkirk

December 27, 1998

Kazakhstan

2 – 2

Belarus

Centennial Arena, Portage la Prairie

December 28, 1998

Sweden

5 – 1

Switzerland

Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg

December 28, 1998

Russia

7 – 0

Kazakhstan

Centennial Arena, Portage la Prairie

December 29, 1998

Russia

10 – 0

Belarus

Keystone Centre, Brandon

December 30, 1998

Kazakhstan

3 – 0

Switzerland

Keystone Centre, Brandon

December 30, 1998

Sweden

5 – 4

Belarus

Morden Recreation Centre, Morden

December 31, 1998

Russia

6 – 0

Switzerland

Keystone Centre, Brandon

December 31, 1998

Sweden

11 – 4

Kazakhstan

Teulon-Rockwood Arena, Teulon

Relegation round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Czech Republic	3	3	0	21	9	+12	6
2	United States	3	2	1	15	12	+3	4
3	Switzerland	3	1	2	12	13	−1	2
4	Belarus	3	0	3	7	21	−14	0	Relegated to the 2000 Pool B

Source: IIHF.net at the Wayback Machine

Source:^[2]

December 26, 1998

Switzerland

4 – 3

Belarus

Selkirk Recreation Complex, Selkirk

December 28, 1998

Czech Republic

6 – 3

United States

Keystone Centre, Brandon

January 3, 1999

Czech Republic

10 – 2

Belarus

Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg

January 3, 1999

United States

5 – 4

Switzerland

Centennial Arena, Portage la Prairie

January 4, 1999

Czech Republic

5 – 4

Switzerland

Morden Recreation Centre, Morden

January 4, 1999

United States

7 – 2

Belarus

Selkirk Recreation Complex, Selkirk

Belarus was relegated for the 2000 World Juniors

Final round

Source:^[3]

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

QF1

Canada

6

A2

Canada

12

B1

Sweden

1

B3

Kazakhstan

2

SF1

Canada

2

SF2

Russia

3

QF2

Russia

3

B2

Russia

3

A1

Slovakia

2

A3

Finland

2

Third place

QF1

Sweden

4

QF2

Slovakia

5

Quarterfinals

January 2, 1999

Canada

12 – 2
(3–0, 5–0, 4–2)

Kazakhstan

Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg
Attendance: 13,225

Roberto Luongo

Goalies

Vitali Kolesnik

Bouck (Mair, Ward) - 2:22	1-0
Gagné (Morrow, B. Ference) - 5:39	2-0
Tkaczuk (Fata, Calder - 15:20	3-0
Gagné (Morrow, Leeb) - 21:05	4-0
Ward - 33:25	5-0
Tkaczuk (Calder) - 34:22	6-0
Gagné (Leeb, Morrow) - 34:52	7-0
Leeb (Morrow, Van Ryn) - 35:08	8-0
	8-1	40:50 - Zarzhytsky (Yeremeyev, Litvinenko)
Morrow (Leeb) - 42:30	9-1
Druken (McDonell, Chimera) - 43:24	10-1
Morrow - 46:39	11-1
	11-2	47:27 - Zarzhytsky (Yakovlev, Antropov)
Gagné (Leeb, Morrow) - 58:45	12-2

36

Shots

21

January 2, 1999

Russia

3 – 2 OT
(1–0, 0–2, 1–0, 1-0)

Finland

Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg
Attendance: 6,960

Alexei Volkov

Goalies

Mika Lehto

Lyashenko (Schastlivy, Verenikin) - 10:10	1-0
	1-1	20:34 - Hagman (Mikkola)
	1-2	24:33 - Elomo (Väänänen, Virkkunen)
Kirilenko (Vishnevski) - 53:41	2-2
Denis Arkhipov (Dobryshkin) (PP) - 67:33	3-2

46

Shots

21

Semifinals

January 4, 1999

Sweden

1 – 6
(1–1, 0–2, 0–3)

Canada

Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg
Attendance: 13,225

Andreas Andersson

Goalies

Roberto Luongo

Karlin (Wallin, Persson) - 11:31	1-0
	1-1	15:01 - McDonell (A. Ference, B. Ference)
	1-2	23:18 - Gagné (SH)
	1-3	35:41 - Tkaczuk (Calder, Fata) (PP)
	1-4	41:49 - Leeb (Morrow)
	1-5	43:58 - A. Ference (PP)
	1-6	48:35 - Calder (Tkaczuk)

27

Shots

22

January 4, 1999

Slovakia

2 – 3
(0–2, 2–1, 0–0)

Russia

Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg

	0-1	Balmochnykh (Arkhipov, Maslennikov) - 1:29
	0-2	Dobryshkin (Vishnevski, Nikitenko) - 15:04
	0-3	Verenikin (Lyashenko, Donika) (PP) - 23:22
31:29 - Cibak (Sejna, Cakajik) (PP)	1-3
32:03 - Hudec (Hujsa)	2-3

5th place game

January 4, 1999

Finland

6 – 1
(2–1, 2–0, 2–0,)

Kazakhstan

Keystone Centre, Brandon

Bronze medal game

January 5, 1999

Sweden

4 – 5
(0–2, 3–1, 1–2)

Slovakia

Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg

Gold medal game

January 5, 1999

Canada

2–3 OT
(0–1, 1–1, 1–0)
(OT: 0-1)

Russia

Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg
Attendance: 13,225

	0-1	19:07 - Chubarov (Dobryshkin)
Simon Gagné (Campbell, Luongo) - 29:59	1-1
	1-2	34:23 - Balmochnykh (Zevakhin, Maslennikov)
Bryan Allen - 53:52	2-2
	2-3	65:13 - Chubarov (Afinogenov, Kirilenko)

40

Shots

18

Final standings

Rank	Country
	Russia
	Canada
	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
Christian Berglund	Sweden	6	4	4	8	+5	33
Eero Somervuori	Finland	6	4	4	8	0	2
Niklas Hagman	Finland	6	3	5	8	+3	2
Nik Antropov	Kazakhstan	6	3	5	8	–3	14

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Roberto Luongo	Canada	405:13	13	1.92	94.20	2
2	Alexei Volkov	Russia	407:27	10	1.47	93.55	0
3	Mika Lehto	Finland	206:52	8	2.32	93.28	0
4	Ján Lašák	Slovakia	359:48	14	2.33	92.71	1
5	Vlastimil Lakosil	Czech Republic	358:55	18	3.01	90.77	0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source:^[4]

Tournament awards

	IIHF Directorate Awards	Media All-Star Team
Goaltender	Roberto Luongo	Roberto Luongo
Defencemen	Vitaly Vishnevskiy	Brian Campbell Vitaly Vishnevskiy
Forwards	Maxim Afinogenov	Daniel Tkaczuk Brian Gionta Maxim Balmochnykh

Pool B

The Pool B tournament was played in Székesfehérvár and Dunaújváros, Hungary from December 27, 1998, to January 3, 1999. 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.

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	3	2	1	8	7	+1	4	Medal round		4–3	2–1	2–3
2	Latvia	3	2	1	8	5	+3	4		3–4		3–1	2–0
3	Germany	3	1	2	10	5	+5	2		1–2	1–3		8–0
4	Hungary	3	1	2	3	12	−9	2	Relegation round	3–2	0–2	0–8

Source: IIHF.net at the Wayback Machine

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ukraine	3	2	1	0	12	8	+4	5	Medal round		3–3	5–3	4–2
2	Poland	3	1	1	1	11	10	+1	3		3–3		5–2	3–5
3	Norway	3	1	0	2	12	13	−1	2		3–5	2–5		7–3
4	France	3	1	0	2	10	14	−4	2	Relegation round	2–4	5–3	3–7

Source: IIHF.net at the Wayback Machine

Medal round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Ukraine	5	4	1	0	26	11	+15	9	Promoted to the 2000 Pool A		3–3	7–3	5–1	6–1	5–3
2	Poland	5	3	2	0	17	11	+6	8		3–3		2–2	3–2	4–2	5–2
3	Denmark	5	3	1	1	16	15	+1	7		3–7	2–2		2–1	4–3	5–2
4	Germany	5	1	0	4	11	14	−3	2		1–5	2–3	1–2		1–3	6–1
5	Latvia	5	1	0	4	10	17	−7	2		1–6	2–4	3–4	3–1		1–2
6	Norway	5	1	0	4	10	22	−12	2		3–5	2–5	2–5	1–6	2–1

Source: IIHF.net at the Wayback Machine

Ukraine was promoted to Pool A for 2000.

Relegation round

Source:^[5]

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

The Pool C tournament was played in Kaunas and Elektrėnai, Lithuania from December 30, 1998, to January 3, 1999.

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	0	16	4	+12	6	1st place game		7–1	4–1	5–2
2	Austria	3	2	0	1	15	11	+4	4	3rd place game	1–7		5–2	9–2
3	Lithuania	3	0	1	2	8	14	−6	1	5th place game	1–4	2–5		5–5
4	Croatia	3	0	1	2	9	19	−10	1	7th place game	2–5	2–9	5–5

Source: IIHF.net at the Wayback Machine

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	2	0	1	9	6	+3	4	1st place game		4–2	0–2	5–2
2	Slovenia	3	2	0	1	13	9	+4	4	3rd place game	2–4		5–4	6–1
3	Estonia	3	1	1	1	9	8	+1	3	5th place game	2–0	4–5		3–3
4	Great Britain	3	0	1	2	6	14	−8	1	7th place game	2–5	1–6	3–3

Source: IIHF.net at the Wayback Machine

Placement games

Source:^[6]

7th place game

January 3, 1999

Croatia

1–3
(0–1, 1–1, 0–1)

Great Britain

Croatia was relegated to Pool D for the 2000 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

5th place game

January 3, 1999

Lithuania

3–4 OT
(2–2, 1–1, 0–0)
(OT: 0–1)

Estonia

3rd place game

January 3, 1999

Austria

2–6
(1–3, 0–3, 1–0)

Slovenia

1st place game

January 3, 1999

Japan

0–1
(0–0, 0–1, 0–0)

Italy

Italy was promoted to Pool B for the 2000 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Pool D

The Pool D tournament was played in Novi Sad, FR Yugoslavia from December 29, 1998, to January 4, 1999.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Romania	2	2	0	30	0	+30	4	1st–3rd place group		5–0	25–0
2	South Africa	2	1	1	10	9	+1	2	4th–6th place group	0–5		10–4
3	Bulgaria	2	0	2	4	35	−31	0	7th–9th place group	0–25	4–10

Source: IIHF.net at the Wayback Machine

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	2	2	0	44	3	+41	4	1st–3rd place group		7–3	37–0
2	Mexico	2	1	1	31	8	+23	2	4th–6th place group	3–7		28–1
3	Turkey	2	0	2	1	65	−64	0	7th–9th place group	0–37	1–28

Source: IIHF.net at the Wayback Machine

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yugoslavia	2	2	0	0	21	2	+19	4	1st–3rd place group		6–1	15–1
2	Spain	2	0	1	1	6	11	−5	1	4th–6th place group	1–6		5–5
3	Iceland	2	0	1	1	6	20	−14	1	7th–9th place group	1–15	5–5

Source: IIHF.net at the Wayback Machine

1st–3rd place group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Yugoslavia	2	2	0	9	2	+7	4	Promoted to the 2000 Pool C		4–1	5–1
2	Netherlands	2	1	1	7	6	+1	2		1–4		6–2
3	Romania	2	0	2	3	11	−8	0		1–5	2–6

Source: IIHF.net at the Wayback Machine

Yugoslavia was promoted to Pool C for 2000.

4th–6th place group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
4	Spain	2	2	0	10	4	+6	4		4–2	6–2
5	Mexico	2	1	1	9	5	+4	2	2–4		7–1
6	South Africa	2	0	2	3	13	−10	0	2–6	1–7

Source: IIHF.net at the Wayback Machine

7th–9th place group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Bulgaria	2	2	0	21	2	+19	4		9–2	12–0
8	Iceland	2	1	1	18	9	+9	2	2–9		16–0
9	Turkey	2	0	2	0	28	−28	0	0–12	0–16

Source: IIHF.net at the Wayback Machine

References

^ "1999 IIHF World U20 Championship Pool A statistics". Archived from the original on 1999-04-28. Retrieved 2023-01-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "Relegation round results". Archived from the original on 1999-10-03. Retrieved 2023-01-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "Playoff round results". Archived from the original on 1999-10-03. Retrieved 2023-01-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "Goalies SVS". Archived from the original on 1999-11-05. Retrieved 2018-01-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "Relegation round results". Archived from the original on 1999-10-05. Retrieved 2023-01-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "Playoff round results". Archived from the original on 1999-10-05. Retrieved 2023-01-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press.

External links

[1] "1999 IIHF World U20 Championship Pool A statistics". Archived from the original on 1999-04-28. Retrieved 2023-01-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[2] "Relegation round results". Archived from the original on 1999-10-03. Retrieved 2023-01-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[3] "Playoff round results". Archived from the original on 1999-10-03. Retrieved 2023-01-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[4] "Goalies SVS". Archived from the original on 1999-11-05. Retrieved 2018-01-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[5] "Relegation round results". Archived from the original on 1999-10-05. Retrieved 2023-01-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[6] "Playoff round results". Archived from the original on 1999-10-05. Retrieved 2023-01-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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