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1999 IIHF World U18 Championships

Field	Value
tourney_name	IIHF World U18 Championship
type	ih18
year	1999
country	Germany
dates	April 8 to 18, 1999
num_teams	10
venues	2
cities	2
winners	Finland
scoring_leader	SWE Mikael Berg (10 points)
nextseason	2000

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.

Division A

First round

7-10 place

1-6 place

Final standings

: 1. FIN Finland : 2. SWE Sweden : 3. SVK Slovakia : 4. SWI Switzerland : 5. CZE Czech Republic : 6. RUS Russia : 7. USA United States : 8. UKR Ukraine : 9. GER Germany : 10. NOR Norway

Norway was relegated to Division B for 2000.

Division B

Final round

Final ranking

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

First round

Placing round

20 January 1999	Bucharest		–			5–1 (2–0,2–1,1–0)

Latvia was promoted to Division B, and both Croatia and Yugoslavia were relegated to the European Division II, for 2000.

European Championships Division II

First round

Placing round

Spain was promoted to the European Division I for 2000.

Asia-Oceania Division I

Japan was promoted to Division B for 2000.

Asia-Oceania Division II

First round

Semi-finals

North Korea 29 - 0 Chinese Taipei
South Africa 15 - 0 New Zealand

Finals

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

Source: EliteProspects

Ari Ahonen (Goaltender)
David Jobin (Defence)
Niklas Kronwall (Defence)
Mikko Hyytiä (Centre)
Marián Gáborík (Winger)
Milan Bartovič (Winger)

References

[http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/U-18_1999.htm World and European tournaments]
[http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/U-18asie1999.htm Asian tournaments]
[http://www.eliteprospects.com/awards.php?award=U18%20WJC%20All-Star%20Team U18 WJC All-Star Teams]

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