2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

2001 IIHF World Junior Championship
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)
Attendance84,100 (2,474 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Czech Republic 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
 RussiaMoscow  RussiaMoscow  RussiaPodolsk

Rosters

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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
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

All times local (MSK/UTC+3).

December 26, 2000
15:00
United States 9–1
(5–0, 1–0, 3–1)
 KazakhstanSoviet Wings Sport Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 800
December 26, 2000
18:30
Sweden 1–2
(0–0, 0–1, 1–1)
 Czech RepublicSoviet Wings Sport Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 1,500
December 27, 2000
15:00
Kazakhstan 1–9
(1–5, 0–2, 0–2)
 Czech RepublicSoviet Wings Sport Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 850
December 27, 2000
18:30
Sweden 3–1
(1–0, 0–1, 2–0)
 SlovakiaSoviet Wings Sport Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 1,200
December 28, 2000
18:30
Slovakia 2–7
(1–3, 1–2, 0–2)
 United StatesSoviet Wings Sport Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 1,500
December 29, 2000
18:30
Czech Republic 4–2
(1–0, 2–1, 1–1)
 United StatesSoviet Wings Sport Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 1,300
December 29, 2000
18:30
Kazakhstan 2–8
(1–0, 1–4, 0–4)
 SwedenVityaz Arena, Podolsk
Attendance: 1,500
December 30, 2000
15:00
Slovakia 7–0
(1–0, 3–0, 3–0)
 KazakhstanSoviet Wings Sport Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 700
December 31, 2000
13:00
Czech Republic 5–0
(1–0, 1–0, 3–0)
 SlovakiaSoviet Wings Sport Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 950
December 31, 2000
17:00
United States 3–1
(1–1, 1–0, 1–0)
 SwedenSoviet Wings Sport Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 1,200

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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

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
Maxime OuelletGoaliesDmitri Poshelyuk
Cammalleri (Lundmark) (PP) - 0:461-0
Heatley (Lundmark) (PP) - 5:412-0
Cammalleri (Lundmark) - 9:143-0
Heatley (Reid, Boyes) - (PP) - 14:534-0
Spezza (Zigomanis, Popovich) - 19:525-0
Torres (Zigomanis) - 32:266-0
Reid (Hamhuis, Jackman) - 43:237-0
Torres (Zigomanis) - 46:058-0
Cammalleri (Popovich) - 55:259-0
37Shots21
December 26, 2000
18:30
Switzerland 3–3
(0–2, 1–0, 2–1)
 RussiaLuzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 6,300
December 27, 2000
18:30
Switzerland 2–3
(2–1, 0–0, 0–2)
 FinlandLuzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 1,450
December 27, 2000
18:30
Belarus 1–12
(0–4, 1–4, 0–4)
 RussiaVityaz Arena, Podolsk
Attendance: 4,500
December 28, 2000
18:30
Finland 2–2
(0–1, 1–1, 1–0)
 CanadaLuzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 2,100
Kari LehtonenGoaliesMaxime Ouellet
0-110:53 - Lundmark (Cammalleri, Bouwmeester)
Salmelainen (Mäntylä, Hämäläinen) - 24:361-1
1-239:35 - Boyes (Spezza, Jackman) (PP)
Rita (Paukkunen, Ruutu) - 52:012-2
27Shots25
December 29, 2000
15:00
Belarus 1–3
(0–1, 0–2, 1–0)
  SwitzerlandLuzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 2,300
December 29, 2000
18:30
Russia 3–1
(0–0, 1–0, 2–1)
 CanadaLuzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 7,500
Andrei MedvedevGoaliesMaxime Ouellet
Buturlin (Volchenkov, Yakubov) - 23:331-0
Buturlin (Volchenkov) (PP) - 42:542-0
2-146:12 - McCarthy (Boyes)
Kovalchuk (Chistov) (EN) - 59:263-1
27Shots35
December 30, 2000
15:00
Finland 5–0
(1–0, 3–0, 1–0)
 BelarusLuzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 1,150
December 31, 2000
13:00
Russia 1–3
(0–1, 0–2, 1–0)
 FinlandLuzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 6,200
December 31, 2000
17:00
Canada 8–4
(4–0, 2–0, 2–4)
  SwitzerlandVityaz Arena, Podolsk
Attendance: 1,300
Maxime OuelletGoaliesPascal Sievert
Lundmark (Heatley, McCarthy) - 1:061-0
Spezza (Bouwmeester) (PP) - 4:102-0
Lundmark (Reid) - 7:483-0
Jaspers (MacKenzie) - 10:004-0
Heatley - 20:335-0
Cammalleri (Ott, Stoll) - 39:336-0
6-143:14 - Lakhmatov (Aeberli, Gerber) (PP)
6-243:59 - Hirschi (Duca)
6-351:54 - Heberlein (Helbling, Neff) (PP)
Spezza (Boyes) (PP) - 55:517-3
Ott (Stoll) - 57:428-3
8-457:57 - Camenzind (Helbling)
38Shots21

Relegation round

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Source:[2]

January 2, 2001
18:30
Kazakhstan 2–5
(1–0, 1–1, 0–4)
 BelarusVityaz Arena, Podolsk
Attendance: 3,850
January 3, 2001
18:30
Belarus 5–5
(1–1, 1–1, 3–3)
 KazakhstanVityaz Arena, Podolsk
Attendance: 2,100

 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
         
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

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January 2, 2001
15:00
Russia 2–3
(0–1, 1–1, 1–1)
 SwedenLuzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 7,300
January 2, 2001
15:00
Czech Republic 4–3
(1–1, 1–2, 2–0)
  SwitzerlandSoviet Wings Sport Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 1,300
January 2, 2001
18:30
Finland 3–1
(0–0, 2–0, 1–1)
 SlovakiaLuzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 1,050
January 2, 2001
18:30
United States 1–2
(1–1, 0–0, 0–1)
 CanadaSoviet Wings Sport Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 2,500
Rick DiPietroGoaliesMaxime Ouellet
Surma - 3:181-0
1-15:48 - Ott (Reid, Jackman)
1-254:54 - Lundmark (Heatley, Cammalleri) (PP)
23Shots15

Consolation round

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January 3, 2001
15:00
Russia 2–3
(0–1, 1–1, 1–1)
  SwitzerlandSoviet Wings Sport Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 2,500
January 3, 2001
18:30
United States 3–2
(1–1, 1–1, 1–0)
 SlovakiaSoviet Wings Sport Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 600

Semifinals

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January 3, 2001
15:00
Czech Republic 1–0
(1–0, 0–0, 0–0)
 SwedenLuzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 2,500
January 3, 2001
18:30
Canada 2–5
(0–1, 1–2, 1–2)
 FinlandLuzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 1,950
Maxime OuelletGoaliesAri Ahonen
0-15:23 - Rita (Mäntylä)
MacKenzie (Morisset) - 24:111-1
1-230:05 - Mäntylä
1-348:44 - Hämäläinen (Koivu, Mäntylä)
Torres (MacKenzie) - 48:052-3
2-457:17 - Venäläinen (Sainomaa)
2-559:40 - Malmivaara (EN)
30Shots30

7th place game

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

5th place game

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

Bronze medal game

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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
Maxime OuelletGoaliesHenrik Lundqvist
0-15:04 - Samuelsson (Eriksson, Tolsa)
23:03 - Zigomanis (Spezza, Torres)1-1
60:37 - Torres (Spezza)2–1
34Shots36

Gold medal game

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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
Tomáš DubaGoaliesAri Ahonen
Rostislav Klesla – 13:191–0
Václav Nedorost – 22:542–0
2–138:51 − Jani Rita

Scoring leaders

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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
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
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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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

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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

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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
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
December 10, 2000
15:00
Ukraine 4–0
(1–0, 2–0, 1–0)
 Austria
Attendance: 350
December 10, 2000
18:30
Norway 2–0
(1–0, 0–0, 1–0)
 Poland
Attendance: 301
December 12, 2000
16:00
Norway 3–3
(1–1, 1–0, 1–2)
 Austria
Attendance: 500
December 12, 2000
19:30
Poland 2–5
(0–3, 1–1, 1–1)
 Ukraine
Attendance: 496
December 13, 2000
16:00
Austria 8–5
(0–2, 4–2, 4–1)
 Poland
Attendance: 450
December 13, 2000
19:30
Ukraine 4–3
(2–0, 2–2, 0–1)
 Norway
Attendance: 334

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
December 10, 2000
15:00
Germany 5–1
(2–0, 1–1, 2–0)
 Latvia
Attendance: 352
December 10, 2000
18:30
France 2–1
(1–0, 1–1, 0–0)
 Italy
Attendance: 400
December 11, 2000
16:00
France 3–4
(1–1, 1–3, 1–0)
 Latvia
Attendance: 400
December 11, 2000
19:30
Italy 0–1
(0–1, 0–0, 0–0)
 Germany
Attendance: 400
December 13, 2000
16:00
Latvia 4–4
(0–0, 3–3, 1–1)
 Italy
Attendance: 350
December 13, 2000
19:30
Germany 1–2
(0–1, 0–0, 1–1)
 France
Attendance: 300

Final round

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
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
Carried forward fromGermany 1–2 France
preliminary roundUkraine 4–3 Norway
December 15, 2000
16:00
Ukraine 1–2
(1–0, 0–1, 0–1)
 Germany
Attendance: 1,205
December 15, 2000
19:30
France 0–7
(0–2, 0–3, 0–2)
 Norway
Attendance: 515
December 16, 2000
16:00
Norway 2–5
(1–1, 1–0, 0–4)
 Germany
Attendance: 1,206
December 16, 2000
19:30
Ukraine 1–2
(0–1, 1–1, 0–0)
 France
Attendance: 550

 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
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
Carried forward fromLatvia 4–4 Italy
preliminary roundAustria 8–5 Poland
December 15, 2000
16:00
Latvia 4–7
(1–0, 2–0, 1–7)
 Poland
Attendance: 320
December 15, 2000
19:30
Austria 3–3
(0–1, 2–1, 1–1)
 Italy
Attendance: 346
December 16, 2000
16:00
Austria 5–3
(2–1, 2–1, 1–1)
 Latvia
Attendance: 350
December 16, 2000
19:30
Poland 7–3
(1–0, 3–2, 3–1)
 Italy
Attendance: 340

 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
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
December 30, 2000
15:30
Hungary 0–14
(0–3, 0–4, 0–7)
 Japan
Attendance: 353
December 30, 2000
19:00
Denmark 10–2
(2–0, 6–0, 2–2)
 Croatia
Attendance: 300
December 31, 2000
14:00
Hungary 5–5
(0–2, 2–1, 3–2)
 Croatia
Attendance: 300
December 31, 2000
17:30
Japan 6–4
(1–0, 2–1, 3–3)
 Denmark
Attendance: 300
January 2, 2001
14:00
Croatia 0–6
(0–2, 0–3, 0–1)
 Japan
Attendance: 300
January 2, 2001
17:30
Denmark 8–5
(1–1, 3–1, 4–3)
 Hungary
Attendance: 333

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
December 30, 2000
14:00
Great Britain 4–2
(1–1, 2–1, 1–0)
 Estonia
Attendance: 300
December 30, 2000
17:30
Slovenia 8–3
(1–0, 3–1, 4–2)
 Lithuania
Attendance: 1,600
December 31, 2000
14:00
Estonia 1–3
(0–1, 0–2, 1–0)
 Slovenia
Attendance: 300
December 31, 2000
17:30
Great Britain 2–5
(1–1, 0–3, 1–1)
 Lithuania
Attendance: 800
January 2, 2001
14:00
Slovenia 6–0
(2–0, 0–0, 4–0)
 Great Britain
Attendance: 300
January 2, 2001
17:30
Lithuania 3–0
(3–0, 0–0, 0–0)
 Estonia
Attendance: 2000

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)
 EstoniaKaunas
Attendance: 300

 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 BritainKaunas
Attendance: 323

3rd place game

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

1st place game

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

 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
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
January 4, 2001
11:30
Spain 10–0
(3–0, 2–0, 5–0)
 MexicoHala Pionir, Belgrade
Attendance: 300
January 4, 2001
17:30
Yugoslavia 9–1
(1–1, 4–0, 4–0)
 BulgariaHala Pionir, Belgrade
Attendance: 3,000
January 5, 2001
11:30
Spain 3–0
(0–0, 1–0, 2–0)
 BulgariaHala Pionir, Belgrade
Attendance: 300
January 5, 2001
17:30
Mexico 1–7
(0–3, 1–0, 0–4)
 YugoslaviaHala Pionir, Belgrade
Attendance: 2,000
January 7, 2001
11:30
Bulgaria 4–2
(2–1, 1–0, 1–1)
 MexicoHala Pionir, Belgrade
Attendance: 300
January 7, 2001
17:30
Yugoslavia 4–7
(1–1, 2–4, 1–2)
 SpainHala Pionir, Belgrade
Attendance: 3,000

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
January 4, 2001
14:30
Netherlands 11–1
(3–0, 4–0, 4–1)
 South AfricaHala Pionir, Belgrade
Attendance: 300
January 4, 2001
20:30
Romania 13–0
(3–0, 5–0, 5–0)
 AustraliaHala Pionir, Belgrade
Attendance: 300
January 5, 2001
14:30
South Africa 2–11
(0–3, 1–6, 1–2)
 RomaniaHala Pionir, Belgrade
Attendance: 300
January 5, 2001
20:30
Netherlands 14–0
(4–0, 4–0, 6–0)
 AustraliaHala Pionir, Belgrade
Attendance: 300
January 7, 2001
14:30
Romania 2–5
(1–2, 1–2, 0–1)
 NetherlandsHala Pionir, Belgrade
Attendance: 300
January 7, 2001
20:30
Australia 7–7
(2–1, 2–3, 3–3)
 South AfricaHala Pionir, Belgrade
Attendance: 300

Final round

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Source:[8]

All times local (EET/UTC+2).

7th place game

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

 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 AfricaHala Pionir, Belgrade
Attendance: 300

3rd place game

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

1st place game

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

 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
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
April 26, 2001
19:00
Iceland 6–2
(2–0, 3–1, 1–1)
 LuxembourgLuxembourg City
Attendance: 300
April 27, 2001
18:00
Luxembourg 10–0
(4–0, 4–0, 2–0)
 IrelandLuxembourg City
Attendance: 300
April 28, 2001
11:00
Ireland 1–20
(1–9, 0–3, 0–8)
 IcelandLuxembourg City
Attendance: 300

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