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
DatesApril 12–22, 2001
Teams10
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Russia (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played31
Goals scored226 (7.29 per match)
Attendance26,594 (858 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Ilya Kovalchuk (15 points)
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Championship results

Group A
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Finland 44001738
 United States 43102376
  Switzerland 422012104
 Slovakia 413014152
 Ukraine 40403340
Results
April 12, 2001 Ukraine2–6  SwitzerlandLahden Jäähalli, Lahti
Attendance: 312
April 12, 2001 Slovakia0–3 FinlandLahden Jäähalli, Lahti
Attendance: 846
April 13, 2001 United States11–0 UkraineLahden Jäähalli, Lahti
Attendance: 397
April 14, 2001  Switzerland5–2 SlovakiaLahden Jäähalli, Lahti
Attendance: 634
April 14, 2001 Finland4–3 United StatesLahden Jäähalli, Lahti
Attendance: 2,012
April 15, 2001 Ukraine0–7 FinlandLahden Jäähalli, Lahti
Attendance: 1,316
April 16, 2001  Switzerland1–3 United StatesLahden Jäähalli, Lahti
Attendance: 338
April 16, 2001 Slovakia10–1 UkraineLahden Jäähalli, Lahti
Attendance: 300
April 17, 2001 United States6–2 SlovakiaLahden Jäähalli, Lahti
Attendance: 300
April 17, 2001 Finland3–0  SwitzerlandLahden Jäähalli, Lahti
Attendance: 2,037

Group B
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Russia 431029116
 Germany 421110125
 Czech Republic 422013144
 Sweden 422010104
 Norway 40318231
Results
April 12, 2001 Czech Republic3–8 RussiaHeinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 613
April 12, 2001 Norway3–4 SwedenHeinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 498
April 13, 2001 Germany2–2 NorwayHeinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 616
April 14, 2001 Sweden1–2 Czech RepublicHeinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 537
April 14, 2001 Russia8–3 GermanyHeinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 416
April 15, 2001 Norway1–10 RussiaHeinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 550
April 16, 2001 Sweden1–2 GermanyHeinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 540
April 16, 2001 Czech Republic7–2 NorwayHeinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 570
April 17, 2001 Russia3–4 SwedenHeinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 640
April 17, 2001 Germany3–1 Czech RepublicHeinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 525

Relegation Round
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Sweden 33001886
 Slovakia 311115103
 Norway 311112103
 Ukraine 30307240

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
April 19, 2001 Slovakia4–4 NorwayHeinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 340
April 19, 2001 Sweden9–4 UkraineHeinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 410
April 20, 2001 Sweden5–1 SlovakiaHeinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 325
April 20, 2001 Norway5–2 UkraineHeinolan 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 Germany1–7  SwitzerlandLahden Jäähalli, Lahti
Attendance: 329
April 19, 2001 United States4–5 (SO) Czech RepublicLahden Jäähalli, Lahti
Attendance: 519

Semifinals
April 20, 2001 Russia8–3 Czech RepublicHelsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki
Attendance: 2,152
April 20, 2001  Switzerland4–2 FinlandHelsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki
Attendance: 2,811

Fifth place game
April 22, 2001 United States1–2 GermanyHeinolan Jäähalli, Heinola
Attendance: 335

Bronze medal game
April 22, 2001 Finland2–1 Czech RepublicHelsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki

Gold medal game
April 22, 2001 Russia6–2  SwitzerlandHelsinki 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 Russia61141526
Igor Grigorenko Russia664108
Yuri Trubachev Russia62798
Tomas Jasko Slovakia64480
Dwight Helminen United States63580
Petr Kanko Czech Republic76174
Joey Crabb United States65272
Patrik Bärtschi  Switzerland75274
Alexander Perezhogin Russia64370
Jiří Novotný Czech Republic64372

Goaltending leaders

(Minimum 60 minutes played)

Player Country MINS GA Sv% GAA SO
Tuomas Nissinen Finland120:001.9740.501
Yuri Klyuchnikov Russia72:472.8821.650
Kari Lehtonen Finland239:107.9351.762
Michal Zajkowski Sweden120:004.9442.000
Travis Weber United States180:006.9242.001

Division I

First round
Group A (in Riga)
TeamsBLRJPNDANPRKTorePkt.
1. Belarus3:211:59:123:86:0
2. Japan2:34:211:217:74:2
3. Denmark5:112:45:412:192:4
4. North Korea1:92:114:57:250:6
Group B (in Liepaja)
TeamsAUTLATKAZITATorePkt.
1. Austria3:05:32:210:55:1
2. Latvia0:35:58:113:93:3
3. Kazakhstan3:55:54:012:103:3
4. Italy2:21:80:43:141:5

Final round
5th-8th place
TeamsKAZITADANPRKTorePkt.
1. Kazakhstan(4:0)8:212:224:46:0
2. Italy(0:4)6:55:311:124:2
3. Denmark2:85:6(5:4)12:182:4
4. North Korea2:123:5(4:5)9:220:6
1st-4th place
TeamsBLRAUTJPNLATTorePkt.
1. Belarus4:4(3:2)7:314:95:1
2. Austria4:43:3(3:0)10:74:2
3. Japan(2:3)3:35:210:83:3
4. Latvia3:7(0:3)2:55:150:6

 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)
TeamsSLOPOLCROHUNTorePkt.
1. Slovenia10:111:010:131:26:0
2. Poland1:1010:113:024:114:2
3. Croatia0:111:107:68:272:4
4. Hungary1:100:136:77:300:6
Group B (in Elektrėnai)
TeamsFRAESTGBRLTUTorePkt.
1. France4:49:08:021:45:1
2. Estonia4:46:26:216:85:1
3. Great Britain0:92:68:310:182:4
4. Lithuania0:82:63:85:220:6

Finals
7th place
31. März 2001 Kaunas Lithuania–Hungary 1:11 (0:3,1:1,0:7)
5th place
31. März 2001 Kaunas Great Britain–Croatia 5:4 (0:1,1:1,4:2)
3rd place
31. März 2001 Elektrėnai Poland–Estonia 4:2 (1:1,0:0,3:1)
Final
31. März 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
TeamsROMRSABELYUGTorePkt.
1. Romania10:05:21:016:26:0
2. South Africa0:103:24:37:154:2
3. Belgium2:52:34:18:92:4
4. Yugoslavia0:13:41:44:90:6
Group B
TeamsNEDESPBULISRTorePkt.
1. Netherlands11:014:110:235:36:0
2. Spain0:1113:26:319:164:2
3. Bulgaria1:142:132:05:272:4
4. Israel2:103:60:25:180:6

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