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.

Championship results[edit]

Preliminary round[edit]

Group A[edit]

Results[edit]

Group B[edit]

Results[edit]

Relegation Round[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sweden	3	3	0	0	18	8	+10	6
2	Slovakia	3	1	1	1	15	10	+5	3
3	Norway	3	1	1	1	12	10	+2	3
4	Ukraine	3	0	3	0	7	24	−17	0

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[edit]

Final round[edit]

Quarterfinals[edit]

Semifinals[edit]

Fifth place game[edit]

Bronze medal game[edit]

Gold medal game[edit]

Final standings[edit]

 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[edit]

Goaltending leaders[edit]

(Minimum 60 minutes played)

Division I[edit]

First round[edit]

Group A (in Riga)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		BLR	JPN	DAN	PRK
1	Belarus	3	3	0	0	23	8	+15	6			3–2	11–5	9–1
2	Japan	3	2	0	1	17	7	+10	4		2–3		4–2	11–2
3	Denmark	3	1	0	2	12	19	−7	2		5–11	2–4		5–4
4	North Korea	3	0	0	3	7	25	−18	0		1–9	2–11	4–5

Group B (in Liepaja)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		AUT	LAT	KAZ	ITA
1	Austria	3	2	1	0	10	5	+5	5			3–0	5–3	2–2
2	Latvia	3	1	1	1	13	9	+4	3		0–3		5–5	8–1
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	1	1	12	10	+2	3		3–5	5–5		4–0
4	Italy	3	0	1	2	3	14	−11	1		2–2	1–8	0–4

Final round[edit]

5th-8th place

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		KAZ	ITA	DAN	PRK
1	Kazakhstan	3	3	0	0	24	4	+20	6			(4–0)	8–2	12–2
2	Italy	3	2	0	1	11	12	−1	4		(0–4)		6–5	5–3
3	Denmark	3	1	0	2	12	18	−6	2		2–8	5–6		(5–4)
4	North Korea	3	0	0	3	9	22	−13	0		2–12	3–5	(4–5)

1st-4th place

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		BLR	AUT	JPN	LAT
1	Belarus	3	2	1	0	14	9	+5	5			4–4	(3–2)	7–3
2	Austria	3	1	2	0	10	7	+3	4		4–4		3–3	(3–0)
3	Japan	3	1	1	1	10	8	+2	3		(2–3)	3–3		5–2
4	Latvia	3	0	0	3	5	15	−10	0		3–7	(0–3)	2–5

 Belarus were promoted to the top level, and  North Korea were relegated to Division II for the 2002 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Division II[edit]

First round[edit]

Group A (in Kaunas)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		SLO	POL	CRO	HUN
1	Slovenia	3	3	0	0	31	2	+29	6			10–1	11–0	10–1
2	Poland	3	2	0	1	24	11	+13	4		1–10		10–1	13–0
3	Croatia	3	1	0	2	8	27	−19	2		0–11	1–10		7–6
4	Hungary	3	0	0	3	7	30	−23	0		1–10	0–13	6–7

Group B (in Elektrėnai)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		FRA	EST	GBR	LTU
1	France	3	2	1	0	21	4	+17	5			4–4	9–0	8–0
2	Estonia	3	2	1	0	16	8	+8	5		4–4		6–2	6–2
3	Great Britain	3	1	0	2	10	18	−8	2		0–9	2–6		8–3
4	Lithuania	3	0	0	3	5	22	−17	0		0–8	2–6	3–8

Finals[edit]

7th place
31 March 2001	Kaunas	Lithuania	–	Hungary		1:11 (0:3,1:1,0:7)
5th place
31 March 2001	Kaunas	Great Britain	–	Croatia		5:4 (0:1,1:1,4:2)
3rd place
31 March 2001	Elektrėnai	Poland	–	Estonia		4:2 (1:1,0:0,3:1)
Final
31 March 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[edit]

First round[edit]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		ROM	RSA	BEL	YUG
1	Romania	3	3	0	0	16	2	+14	6			10–0	5–2	1–0
2	South Africa	3	2	0	1	7	15	−8	4		0–10		3–2	4–3
3	Belgium	3	1	0	2	8	9	−1	2		2–5	2–3		4–1
4	Yugoslavia	3	0	0	3	4	9	−5	0		0–1	3–4	1–4

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		NED	ESP	BUL	ISR
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	35	3	+32	6			11–0	14–1	10–2
2	Spain	3	2	0	1	19	16	+3	4		0–11		13–2	6–3
3	Bulgaria	3	1	0	2	5	27	−22	2		1–14	2–13		2–0
4	Israel	3	0	0	3	5	18	−13	0		2–10	3–6	0–2

Final[edit]

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

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