2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships Explained

Tourney Name:IIHF World Junior Championship
Year:2001
Size:180px
Country:Russia
Dates:December 26, 2000 – January 5, 2001
Num Teams:10
Venues:3
Cities:2
Type:ihj
Winners:CZE
Count:2
Second:FIN
Third:CAN
Fourth:SWE
Games:34
Goals:205
Attendance:84100
Points:10
Nextseason:2002

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.

Rosters

See main article: 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters.

Top Division

Preliminary round

Group A

All times local (MSK/UTC+3).

Group B

All times local (MSK/UTC+3).

Relegation round

Source:[2]

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

Final round

Source:[3]

Overtime victory.

Gold medal game

Scoring leaders

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1 F 7 4 6 10 8 +8
2 F 7 8 1 9 0 +5
3 F 7 6 3 9 2 +2
4 F 7 4 5 9 0 +7
4 F 7 4 5 9 6 +3
6 F 7 6 2 8 6 +1
7 F 7 5 2 7 6 +8
8 F 7 4 3 7 0 +4
8 F 7 4 3 7 6 0
10 D 7 3 4 7 4 8

Goaltending leaders

Minimum 90 minutes played.

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1 420:00 151 8 1.14 143 94.70 2
2 398:24 172 10 1.51 162 94.19 1
3 358:17 119 8 1.34 111 93.28 1
4 419:19 180 13 1.86 167 92.78 0
5 359:43 109 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 Ahonenwidth=180 Rostislav Kleslawidth=180 Tuukka Mäntyläwidth=180 Jason Spezzawidth=180 Pavel Brendlwidth=180 Jani Rita

Final standings

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Division I

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

Preliminary round

Group B

Final round

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

Relegation round

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

Division II

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

Preliminary round

Group B

Final round

Source:[6]

All times local (EET/UTC+2).

7th place game

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

1st place game

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

Division III

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

Preliminary round

Group B

Final round

Source:[8]

All times local (EET/UTC+2).

7th place game

was relegated to Division III Qualification for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, but did not participate again until 2003.

1st place game

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

Division III Qualification

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

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2001 IIHF World U20 Championship Top Division statistics . 2006-12-23 . 2003-07-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20030704025555/http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0001/W20/0001/pg000001.htm . bot: unknown .
  2. Web site: Relegation round results . 2011-01-07 . 2003-08-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20030807211545/http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0001/W20/cs/pg000008.htm . bot: unknown .
  3. Web site: Playoff round results . 2011-01-07 . 2003-08-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20030807211344/http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0001/W20/cs/pg000007.htm . bot: unknown .
  4. Web site: 2001 IIHF World U20 Championship Division I statistics . 2023-01-18 . 2003-10-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20031006202736/http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0001/W20I/0001/pg000001.htm . bot: unknown .
  5. Web site: 2001 IIHF World U20 Championship Division II statistics . 2023-01-18 . 2003-08-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20030805143256/http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0001/W20II/0001/pg000001.htm . bot: unknown .
  6. Web site: Playoff round results . 2023-01-18 . 2003-08-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20030818164234/http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0001/W20II/cs/pg000007.htm . bot: unknown .
  7. Web site: 2001 IIHF World U20 Championship Division III statistics . 2023-01-18 . 2003-08-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20030805143606/http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0001/W20III/0001/pg000001.htm . bot: unknown .
  8. Web site: Playoff round results . 2023-01-18 . 2003-08-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20030818162015/http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0001/W20III/cs/pg000007.htm . bot: unknown .
  9. Web site: 2001 IIHF World U20 Championship Division III Qualification statistics . 2023-01-18 . 2003-12-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20031215160510/http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0001/W20IIIQ/0001/pg000001.htm . bot: unknown .