International ice hockey competition
1999 IIHF World U18 Championship Host country Germany Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities) Dates April 8 to 18, 1999 Teams 10 Champions Finland Scoring leader(s) Mikael Berg (10 points)
The 1999 IIHF World U18 Championships was the first of its kind. It was held between April 8 and 18, 1999, in Füssen and Kaufbeuren , Germany . It replaced the European Under 18 Championship at the top two levels (which had run since 1977), by including one nation, the United States. Below the top two levels (Divisions A & B) two tiers of European divisions played, as well as two tiers of Asian divisions.[1] [2]
Division A [ edit ] First round [ edit ]
7-10 place [ edit ] 1-6 place [ edit ] Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts FIN SWE SVK SUI CZE RUS 1 Finland 5 3 1 1 12 12 7 2–2 (3–2) 1–6 3–1 (3–1) 2 Sweden 5 2 2 1 15 10 6 2–2 4–1 (3–0) (4–4) 2–3 3 Slovakia 5 3 0 2 13 12 6 (2–3) 1–4 6–3 1–0 (3–2) 4 Switzerland 5 3 0 2 16 13 6 6–1 (0–3) 3–6 (3–2) 4–1 5 Czech Republic 5 1 1 3 12 13 3 1–3 (4–4) 0–1 (2–3) 5–2 6 Russia 5 1 0 4 9 17 2 (1–3) 3–2 (2–3) 1–4 2–5
Final standings [ edit ] 1. Finland 2. Sweden 3. Slovakia 4. Switzerland 5. Czech Republic 6. Russia 7. United States 8. Ukraine 9. Germany 10. Norway Norway was relegated to Division B for 2000 .
Division B [ edit ] Group B Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts AUT POL FRA HUN 1 Austria 3 2 1 0 23 5 5 6–0 3–3 14–2 2 Poland 3 2 0 1 13 11 4 0–6 5–3 8–2 3 France 3 1 1 1 15 10 3 3–3 3–5 9–2 4 Hungary 3 0 0 3 6 31 0 2–14 2–8 2–9
Final round [ edit ] 5th-8th place Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts ITA FRA HUN GBR 1 Italy 3 3 0 0 17 4 6 4–1 7–1 (6–2) 2 France 3 2 0 1 15 7 4 1–4 (9–2) 5–1 3 Hungary 3 1 0 2 7 19 2 1–7 (2–9) 4–3 4 Great Britain 3 0 0 3 6 15 0 (2–6) 1–5 3–4
Final round Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts BLR AUT POL DAN 1 Belarus 3 1 2 0 15 9 4 2–2 3–3 (10–4) 2 Austria 3 1 1 1 11 7 3 2–2 (6–0) 3–5 3 Poland 3 1 1 1 6 11 3 3–3 (0–6) 3–2 4 Denmark 3 1 0 2 11 16 2 (4–10) 5–3 2–3
Final ranking [ edit ] RF Team 1 Belarus 2 Austria 3 Poland 4 Denmark 5 Italy 6 France 7 Hungary 8 Great Britain
Belarus was promoted to Division A, and both Hungary and Great Britain were relegated to the European Division I, for 2000 .
European Championships Division I [ edit ] First round [ edit ]
Placing round [ edit ] Latvia was promoted to Division B, and both Croatia and Yugoslavia were relegated to the European Division II, for 2000 .
European Championships Division II [ edit ] First round [ edit ]
Placing round [ edit ]
Spain was promoted to the European Division I for 2000 .
Asia-Oceania Division I [ edit ] Japan was promoted to Division B for 2000 .
Asia-Oceania Division II [ edit ] First round [ edit ] Semi-finals [ edit ] North Korea 29 - 0 Chinese Taipei South Africa 15 - 0 New Zealand 3rd place: New Zealand 26 - 4 Chinese Taipei 1st place: North Korea 9 - 1 South Africa North Korea was promoted to Asia-Oceania Division I for 2000 .
All-Star Team [ edit ] Source: EliteProspects [3]
References [ edit ] External links [ edit ]