2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

International ice hockey competition

2001 IIHF World Junior Championship

Tournament details
Host country|  Russia
Venue(s)| 3 (in 2 host cities)
Dates| December 26, 2000 – January 5, 2001
Teams| 10
Final positions
Champions |  Czech Republic (2nd title)
Runner-up |  Finland
Third place |  Canada
Fourth place|  Sweden
Tournament statistics
Games played| 34
Goals scored| 205 (6.03 per game)
Attendance| 84,100 (2,474 per game)
Scoring leader(s)|  Pavel Brendl (10 points)

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The 2001 IIHF World U20 Championship, commonly referred to as the 2001 World Junior Hockey Championships (2001 WJHC), was the 25th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. The tournament was held in Moscow and Podolsk, Russia from December 26, 2000, to January 5, 2001.[1] 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

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Luzhniki Minor Arena
Capacity: 8,700  | Soviet Wings Sport Palace
Capacity: 5,266  | Vityaz Ice Palace
Capacity: 5,500

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## Rosters

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Main article: 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters

## Top Division

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### Preliminary round

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#### Group A

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Czech Republic | 4  | 4  | 0  | 0  | 20  | 4  | +16  | 8  | Quarterfinals
2  |  United States | 4  | 3  | 0  | 1  | 21  | 8  | +13  | 6
3  |  Sweden | 4  | 2  | 0  | 2  | 13  | 8  | +5  | 4
4  |  Slovakia | 4  | 1  | 0  | 3  | 10  | 15  | −5  | 2
5  |  Kazakhstan | 4  | 0  | 0  | 4  | 4  | 33  | −29  | 0  | Relegation round

Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

All times local (MSK/UTC+3).

December 26, 2000
15:00| United States | 9–1
(5–0, 1–0, 3–1)|  Kazakhstan| Soviet Wings Sport Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 800

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December 26, 2000
18:30| Sweden | 1–2
(0–0, 0–1, 1–1)|  Czech Republic| Soviet Wings Sport Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 1,500

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December 27, 2000
15:00| Kazakhstan | 1–9
(1–5, 0–2, 0–2)|  Czech Republic| Soviet Wings Sport Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 850

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December 27, 2000
18:30| Sweden | 3–1
(1–0, 0–1, 2–0)|  Slovakia| Soviet Wings Sport Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 1,200

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December 28, 2000
18:30| Slovakia | 2–7
(1–3, 1–2, 0–2)|  United States| Soviet Wings Sport Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 1,500

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December 29, 2000
18:30| Czech Republic | 4–2
(1–0, 2–1, 1–1)|  United States| Soviet Wings Sport Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 1,300

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December 29, 2000
18:30| Kazakhstan | 2–8
(1–0, 1–4, 0–4)|  Sweden| Vityaz Arena, Podolsk
Attendance: 1,500

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December 30, 2000
15:00| Slovakia | 7–0
(1–0, 3–0, 3–0)|  Kazakhstan| Soviet Wings Sport Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 700

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December 31, 2000
13:00| Czech Republic | 5–0
(1–0, 1–0, 3–0)|  Slovakia| Soviet Wings Sport Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 950

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December 31, 2000
17:00| United States | 3–1
(1–1, 1–0, 1–0)|  Sweden| Soviet Wings Sport Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 1,200

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#### Group B

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Finland | 4  | 3  | 1  | 0  | 13  | 5  | +8  | 7  | Quarterfinals
2  |  Russia | 4  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 19  | 8  | +11  | 5
3  |  Canada | 4  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 20  | 9  | +11  | 5
4  |  Switzerland | 4  | 1  | 1  | 2  | 12  | 15  | −3  | 3
5  |  Belarus | 4  | 0  | 0  | 4  | 2  | 29  | −27  | 0  | Relegation round

Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

All times local (MSK/UTC+3).

December 26, 2000
15:00| Canada | 9–0
(5–0, 1–0, 3–0)|  Belarus| Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 800

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| Maxime Ouellet| Goalies| Dmitri Poshelyuk|
| Cammalleri (Lundmark) (PP) - 0:46| 1-0|

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Heatley (Lundmark) (PP) - 5:41| 2-0|
Cammalleri (Lundmark) - 9:14| 3-0|
Heatley (Reid, Boyes) - (PP) - 14:53| 4-0|
Spezza (Zigomanis, Popovich) - 19:52| 5-0|
Torres (Zigomanis) - 32:26| 6-0|
Reid (Hamhuis, Jackman) - 43:23| 7-0|
Torres (Zigomanis) - 46:05| 8-0|
Cammalleri (Popovich) - 55:25| 9-0|
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37| Shots| 21
December 26, 2000
18:30| Switzerland | 3–3
(0–2, 1–0, 2–1)|  Russia| Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 6,300

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December 27, 2000
18:30| Switzerland | 2–3
(2–1, 0–0, 0–2)|  Finland| Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 1,450

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December 27, 2000
18:30| Belarus | 1–12
(0–4, 1–4, 0–4)|  Russia| Vityaz Arena, Podolsk
Attendance: 4,500

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December 28, 2000
18:30| Finland | 2–2
(0–1, 1–1, 1–0)|  Canada| Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 2,100

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| Kari Lehtonen| Goalies| Maxime Ouellet|
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Salmelainen (Mäntylä, Hämäläinen) - 24:36| 1-1|
| 1-2| 39:35 - Boyes (Spezza, Jackman) (PP)
Rita (Paukkunen, Ruutu) - 52:01| 2-2|
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December 29, 2000
15:00| Belarus | 1–3
(0–1, 0–2, 1–0)|  Switzerland| Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 2,300

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December 29, 2000
18:30| Russia | 3–1
(0–0, 1–0, 2–1)|  Canada| Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 7,500

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| Andrei Medvedev| Goalies| Maxime Ouellet|
| Buturlin (Volchenkov, Yakubov) - 23:33| 1-0|

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Buturlin (Volchenkov) (PP) - 42:54| 2-0|
| 2-1| 46:12 - McCarthy (Boyes)
Kovalchuk (Chistov) (EN) - 59:26| 3-1|
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27| Shots| 35
December 30, 2000
15:00| Finland | 5–0
(1–0, 3–0, 1–0)|  Belarus| Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 1,150

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December 31, 2000
13:00| Russia | 1–3
(0–1, 0–2, 1–0)|  Finland| Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 6,200

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December 31, 2000
17:00| Canada | 8–4
(4–0, 2–0, 2–4)|  Switzerland| Vityaz Arena, Podolsk
Attendance: 1,300

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| Maxime Ouellet| Goalies| Pascal Sievert|
| Lundmark (Heatley, McCarthy) - 1:06| 1-0|

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Spezza (Bouwmeester) (PP) - 4:10| 2-0|
Lundmark (Reid) - 7:48| 3-0|
Jaspers (MacKenzie) - 10:00| 4-0|
Heatley - 20:33| 5-0|
Cammalleri (Ott, Stoll) - 39:33| 6-0|
| 6-1| 43:14 - Lakhmatov (Aeberli, Gerber) (PP)
| 6-2| 43:59 - Hirschi (Duca)
| 6-3| 51:54 - Heberlein (Helbling, Neff) (PP)
Spezza (Boyes) (PP) - 55:51| 7-3|
Ott (Stoll) - 57:42| 8-3|
| 8-4| 57:57 - Camenzind (Helbling)
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### Relegation round

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Source:[2]

January 2, 2001
18:30| Kazakhstan | 2–5
(1–0, 1–1, 0–4)|  Belarus| Vityaz Arena, Podolsk
Attendance: 3,850

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January 3, 2001
18:30| Belarus | 5–5
(1–1, 1–1, 3–3)|  Kazakhstan| Vityaz 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

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Source:[3]

| Quarterfinals | | | Semifinals | | | Gold medal game |

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| A1 |  Czech Republic | 4 | | |
| B4 |  Switzerland | 3 |
| | A1 |  Czech Republic | 1 |
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| B2 |  Russia | 2 |

| A3 |  Sweden | 3 |
| | A1 |  Czech Republic | 2 |
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| A2 |  United States | 1 | |
| B3 |  Canada | 2 |
| | B3 |  Canada | 2 | | | Bronze medal game
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| B1 |  Finland | 3 | | | B3 |  Canada | 2†

| A4 |  Slovakia | 1 | | | A3 |  Sweden | 1

† Overtime victory.

#### Quarterfinals

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January 2, 2001
15:00| Russia | 2–3
(0–1, 1–1, 1–1)|  Sweden| Luzhniki 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)|  Switzerland| Soviet Wings Sport Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 1,300

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January 2, 2001
18:30| Finland | 3–1
(0–0, 2–0, 1–1)|  Slovakia| Luzhniki 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)|  Canada| Soviet Wings Sport Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 2,500

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| Rick DiPietro| Goalies| Maxime Ouellet|
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| 1-1| 5:48 - Ott (Reid, Jackman)
| 1-2| 54:54 - Lundmark (Heatley, Cammalleri) (PP)
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#### Consolation round

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January 3, 2001
15:00| Russia | 2–3
(0–1, 1–1, 1–1)|  Switzerland| Soviet Wings Sport Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 2,500

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January 3, 2001
18:30| United States | 3–2
(1–1, 1–1, 1–0)|  Slovakia| Soviet Wings Sport Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 600

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January 3, 2001
15:00| Czech Republic | 1–0
(1–0, 0–0, 0–0)|  Sweden| Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 2,500

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January 3, 2001
18:30| Canada | 2–5
(0–1, 1–2, 1–2)|  Finland| Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 1,950

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| Maxime Ouellet| Goalies| Ari Ahonen|
| | 0-1| 5:23 - Rita (Mäntylä)

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MacKenzie (Morisset) - 24:11| 1-1|
| 1-2| 30:05 - Mäntylä
| 1-3| 48:44 - Hämäläinen (Koivu, Mäntylä)
Torres (MacKenzie) - 48:05| 2-3|
| 2-4| 57:17 - Venäläinen (Sainomaa)
| 2-5| 59:40 - Malmivaara (EN)
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#### 7th place game

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January 5, 2001
12:00| Russia | 4–3
(2–0, 1–1, 1–2)|  Slovakia| Soviet Wings Sport Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 2,500

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January 5, 2001
16:00| United States | 4–0
(1–0, 1–0, 2–0)|  Switzerland| Soviet Wings Sport Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 1,000

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#### Bronze medal game

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January 5, 2001
12:00|  Canada | 2–1 OT
(0-1, 1-0, 0-0, 1-0)|  Sweden| Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 1,750

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| Maxime Ouellet| Goalies| Henrik Lundqvist|
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23:03 - Zigomanis (Spezza, Torres)| 1-1|
60:37 - Torres (Spezza)| 2–1|
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#### Gold medal game

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January 5, 2001
16:00|  Czech Republic | 2–1
1–0, 1–1, 0–0)|  Finland | Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 6,400

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| Tomáš Duba| Goalies| Ari Ahonen|
| Rostislav Klesla – 13:19| 1–0|

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Václav Nedorost – 22:54| 2–0|
| 2–1| 38:51 − Jani Rita
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### Scoring leaders

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Rank  | Player  | Country  | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/−

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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
4 | 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
8 | Jamie Lundmark |  Canada | F | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0
10 | Rostislav Klesla |  Czech Republic | D | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8

### Goaltending leaders

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Minimum 90 minutes played.

Rank  | Player  | Country  | TOI | SOG | GA | GAA | Saves  | Sv % | SO

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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

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IIHF Directorate Awards |  Tomáš Duba |  Rostislav Klesla |  Pavel Brendl
Media All-Star Team |  Ari Ahonen |  Rostislav Klesla  |  Tuukka Mäntylä |  Jason Spezza |  Pavel Brendl  |  Jani Rita

### Final standings

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4 |  Sweden
5 |  United States
6 |  Switzerland
7 |  Russia
8 |  Slovakia
9 |  Belarus
10 |  Kazakhstan

## Division I

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The Division I tournament was played in Landsberg and Füssen, Germany between December 10 and December 16, 2000.[4]

### Preliminary round

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#### Group A

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Ukraine | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 13  | 5  | +8  | 6  | Final round
2  |  Norway | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 8  | 7  | +1  | 3
3  |  Austria | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 11  | 12  | −1  | 3  | Relegation round
4  |  Poland | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 7  | 15  | −8  | 0

Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

December 10, 2000
15:00| Ukraine | 4–0
(1–0, 2–0, 1–0)|  Austria|
Attendance: 350

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December 10, 2000
18:30| Norway | 2–0
(1–0, 0–0, 1–0)|  Poland|
Attendance: 301

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December 12, 2000
16:00| Norway | 3–3
(1–1, 1–0, 1–2)|  Austria|
Attendance: 500

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December 12, 2000
19:30| Poland | 2–5
(0–3, 1–1, 1–1)|  Ukraine|
Attendance: 496

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December 13, 2000
16:00| Austria | 8–5
(0–2, 4–2, 4–1)|  Poland|
Attendance: 450

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December 13, 2000
19:30| Ukraine | 4–3
(2–0, 2–2, 0–1)|  Norway|
Attendance: 334

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1  |  France | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 7  | 6  | +1  | 4  | Final round
2  |  Germany | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 7  | 3  | +4  | 4
3  |  Latvia | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 9  | 12  | −3  | 3  | Relegation round
4  |  Italy | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 5  | 7  | −2  | 1

Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

December 10, 2000
15:00| Germany | 5–1
(2–0, 1–1, 2–0)|  Latvia|
Attendance: 352

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December 10, 2000
18:30| France | 2–1
(1–0, 1–1, 0–0)|  Italy|
Attendance: 400

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December 11, 2000
16:00| France | 3–4
(1–1, 1–3, 1–0)|  Latvia|
Attendance: 400

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December 11, 2000
19:30| Italy | 0–1
(0–1, 0–0, 0–0)|  Germany|
Attendance: 400

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December 13, 2000
16:00| Latvia | 4–4
(0–0, 3–3, 1–1)|  Italy|
Attendance: 350

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December 13, 2000
19:30| Germany | 1–2
(0–1, 0–0, 1–1)|  France|
Attendance: 300

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion

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1  |  France | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 4  | 9  | −5  | 4  | Promoted to the 2002 Top Division
2  |  Germany | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 8  | 5  | +3  | 4  |
3  |  Ukraine | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 6  | 7  | −1  | 2
4  |  Norway | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 12  | 9  | +3  | 2

Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

Carried forward from| Germany | 1–2|  France|

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December 15, 2000
16:00| Ukraine | 1–2
(1–0, 0–1, 0–1)|  Germany|
Attendance: 1,205

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December 15, 2000
19:30| France | 0–7
(0–2, 0–3, 0–2)|  Norway|
Attendance: 515

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December 16, 2000
16:00| Norway | 2–5
(1–1, 1–0, 0–4)|  Germany|
Attendance: 1,206

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December 16, 2000
19:30| Ukraine | 1–2
(0–1, 1–1, 0–0)|  France|
Attendance: 550

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

### Relegation round

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation

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5  |  Austria | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 16  | 11  | +5  | 5  |
6  |  Poland | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 19  | 15  | +4  | 4
7  |  Italy | 3  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 10  | 14  | −4  | 2
8  |  Latvia | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 11  | 16  | −5  | 1  | Relegated to the 2002 Division II

Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

Carried forward from| Latvia | 4–4|  Italy|

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December 15, 2000
16:00| Latvia | 4–7
(1–0, 2–0, 1–7)|  Poland|
Attendance: 320

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December 15, 2000
19:30| Austria | 3–3
(0–1, 2–1, 1–1)|  Italy|
Attendance: 346

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December 16, 2000
16:00| Austria | 5–3
(2–1, 2–1, 1–1)|  Latvia|
Attendance: 350

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December 16, 2000
19:30| Poland | 7–3
(1–0, 3–2, 3–1)|  Italy|
Attendance: 340

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

## Division II

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The Division II tournament was played in Elektrėnai and Kaunas, Lithuania between December 30, 2000, and January 3, 2001.[5]

### Preliminary round

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#### Group A

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Japan | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 26  | 4  | +22  | 6  | 1st place game
2  |  Denmark | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 22  | 13  | +9  | 4  | 3rd place game
3  |  Croatia | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 7  | 21  | −14  | 1  | 5th place game
4  |  Hungary | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 10  | 27  | −17  | 1  | 7th place game

Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

December 30, 2000
15:30| Hungary | 0–14
(0–3, 0–4, 0–7)|  Japan|
Attendance: 353

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December 30, 2000
19:00| Denmark | 10–2
(2–0, 6–0, 2–2)|  Croatia|
Attendance: 300

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December 31, 2000
14:00| Hungary | 5–5
(0–2, 2–1, 3–2)|  Croatia|
Attendance: 300

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December 31, 2000
17:30| Japan | 6–4
(1–0, 2–1, 3–3)|  Denmark|
Attendance: 300

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January 2, 2001
14:00| Croatia | 0–6
(0–2, 0–3, 0–1)|  Japan|
Attendance: 300

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January 2, 2001
17:30| Denmark | 8–5
(1–1, 3–1, 4–3)|  Hungary|
Attendance: 333

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#### Group B

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Slovenia | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 17  | 4  | +13  | 6  | 1st place game
2  |  Lithuania | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 11  | 10  | +1  | 4  | 3rd place game
3  |  Great Britain | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 6  | 13  | −7  | 2  | 5th place game
4  |  Estonia | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 3  | 10  | −7  | 0  | 7th place game

Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

December 30, 2000
14:00| Great Britain | 4–2
(1–1, 2–1, 1–0)|  Estonia|
Attendance: 300

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December 30, 2000
17:30| Slovenia | 8–3
(1–0, 3–1, 4–2)|  Lithuania|
Attendance: 1,600

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December 31, 2000
14:00| Estonia | 1–3
(0–1, 0–2, 1–0)|  Slovenia|
Attendance: 300

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December 31, 2000
17:30| Great Britain | 2–5
(1–1, 0–3, 1–1)|  Lithuania|
Attendance: 800

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January 2, 2001
14:00| Slovenia | 6–0
(2–0, 0–0, 4–0)|  Great Britain|
Attendance: 300

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January 2, 2001
17:30| Lithuania | 3–0
(3–0, 0–0, 0–0)|  Estonia|
Attendance: 2000

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### Final round

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Source:[6]

All times local (EET/UTC+2).

#### 7th place game

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January 3, 2001
14:00| Hungary | 5–3
(1–0, 3–1, 1–2)|  Estonia| Kaunas
Attendance: 300

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

#### 5th place game

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January 3, 2001
18:00| Croatia | 6–7
(2–4, 0–1, 4–2)|  Great Britain| Kaunas
Attendance: 323

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#### 3rd place game

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January 3, 2001
14:00| Denmark | 4–5
(3–3, 1–1, 0–1)|  Lithuania| Elektrėnai
Attendance: 676

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#### 1st place game

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January 3, 2001
18:00| Japan | 3–4
(0–1, 2–1, 1–2)|  Slovenia| Elektrėnai
Attendance: 300

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

## Division III

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The Division III tournament was played in Belgrade, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia between January 4 and January 8, 2001.[7]

### Preliminary round

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#### Group A

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Spain | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 20  | 4  | +16  | 6  | 1st place game
2  |  Yugoslavia | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 20  | 9  | +11  | 4  | 3rd place game
3  |  Bulgaria | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 5  | 14  | −9  | 2  | 5th place game
4  |  Mexico | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 3  | 21  | −18  | 0  | 7th place game

Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

January 4, 2001
11:30| Spain | 10–0
(3–0, 2–0, 5–0)|  Mexico| Hala Pionir, Belgrade
Attendance: 300

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January 4, 2001
17:30| Yugoslavia | 9–1
(1–1, 4–0, 4–0)|  Bulgaria| Hala Pionir, Belgrade
Attendance: 3,000

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January 5, 2001
11:30| Spain | 3–0
(0–0, 1–0, 2–0)|  Bulgaria| Hala Pionir, Belgrade
Attendance: 300

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January 5, 2001
17:30| Mexico | 1–7
(0–3, 1–0, 0–4)|  Yugoslavia| Hala Pionir, Belgrade
Attendance: 2,000

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January 7, 2001
11:30| Bulgaria | 4–2
(2–1, 1–0, 1–1)|  Mexico| Hala Pionir, Belgrade
Attendance: 300

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January 7, 2001
17:30| Yugoslavia | 4–7
(1–1, 2–4, 1–2)|  Spain| Hala Pionir, Belgrade
Attendance: 3,000

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#### Group B

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Netherlands | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 30  | 3  | +27  | 6  | 1st place game
2  |  Romania | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 26  | 7  | +19  | 4  | 3rd place game
3  |  South Africa | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 10  | 29  | −19  | 1  | 5th place game
4  |  Australia | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 7  | 34  | −27  | 1  | 7th place game

Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

January 4, 2001
14:30| Netherlands | 11–1
(3–0, 4–0, 4–1)|  South Africa| Hala Pionir, Belgrade
Attendance: 300

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January 4, 2001
20:30| Romania | 13–0
(3–0, 5–0, 5–0)|  Australia| Hala Pionir, Belgrade
Attendance: 300

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January 5, 2001
14:30| South Africa | 2–11
(0–3, 1–6, 1–2)|  Romania| Hala Pionir, Belgrade
Attendance: 300

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January 5, 2001
20:30| Netherlands | 14–0
(4–0, 4–0, 6–0)|  Australia| Hala Pionir, Belgrade
Attendance: 300

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January 7, 2001
14:30| Romania | 2–5
(1–2, 1–2, 0–1)|  Netherlands| Hala Pionir, Belgrade
Attendance: 300

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January 7, 2001
20:30| Australia | 7–7
(2–1, 2–3, 3–3)|  South Africa| Hala Pionir, Belgrade
Attendance: 300

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### Final round

[edit]

Source:[8]

All times local (EET/UTC+2).

#### 7th place game

[edit]

January 8, 2001
11:30| Mexico | 5–3
(2–2, 3–1, 0–0)|  Australia| Hala Pionir, Belgrade
Attendance: 300

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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

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January 8, 2001
14:30| Bulgaria | 3–2
(1–0, 0–0, 2–2)|  South Africa| Hala Pionir, Belgrade
Attendance: 300

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#### 3rd place game

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January 8, 2001
17:30| Yugoslavia | 3–5
(0–2, 0–1, 3–2)|  Romania| Hala Pionir, Belgrade
Attendance: 2,000

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#### 1st place game

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January 8, 2001
20:30| Spain | 1–6
(1–1, 0–1, 0–4)|  Netherlands| Hala Pionir, Belgrade
Attendance: 1,700

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

## Division III Qualification

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The Division III qualification tournament was played in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg between April 26 and April 28, 2001.[9]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion

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1  |  Iceland | 2  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 26  | 3  | +23  | 4  | Promoted to the 2002 Division III
2  |  Luxembourg | 2  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 12  | 6  | +6  | 2  |
3  |  Ireland | 2  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 30  | −29  | 0

Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

April 26, 2001
19:00| Iceland | 6–2
(2–0, 3–1, 1–1)|  Luxembourg| Luxembourg City
Attendance: 300

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April 27, 2001
18:00| Luxembourg | 10–0
(4–0, 4–0, 2–0)|  Ireland| Luxembourg City
Attendance: 300

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April 28, 2001
11:00| Ireland | 1–20
(1–9, 0–3, 0–8)|  Iceland| Luxembourg City
Attendance: 300

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

## References

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1. ^ "2001 IIHF World U20 Championship Top Division statistics". Archived from the original on 2003-07-04. Retrieved 2006-12-23.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
2. ^ "Relegation round results". Archived from the original on 2003-08-07. Retrieved 2011-01-07.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
3. ^ "Playoff round results". Archived from the original on 2003-08-07. Retrieved 2011-01-07.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
4. ^ "2001 IIHF World U20 Championship Division I statistics". Archived from the original on 2003-10-06. Retrieved 2023-01-18.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
5. ^ "2001 IIHF World U20 Championship Division II statistics". Archived from the original on 2003-08-05. Retrieved 2023-01-18.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
6. ^ "Playoff round results". Archived from the original on 2003-08-18. Retrieved 2023-01-18.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
7. ^ "2001 IIHF World U20 Championship Division III statistics". Archived from the original on 2003-08-05. Retrieved 2023-01-18.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
8. ^ "Playoff round results". Archived from the original on 2003-08-18. Retrieved 2023-01-18.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
9. ^ "2001 IIHF World U20 Championship Division III Qualification statistics". Archived from the original on 2003-12-15. Retrieved 2023-01-18.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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