2001 IIHF World U18 Championship Host country Finland Venue(s) 3 (in 3 host cities) Dates April 12–22, 2001 Teams 10 Champions Russia (1st title) Runner-up Switzerland Third place Finland Fourth place Czech Republic Games played 31 Goals scored 226 (7.29 per game) Attendance 26,594 (858 per game) Scoring leader(s) Ilya Kovalchuk (15 points)
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
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
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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