2000 IIHF World Championship

Qualification

This was the final year for qualifying rounds (except 'Far East'). Five teams advanced out of the eight that participated in the two European groups. The top two from each group played in the World Championship, and the third place teams played off against each other for the final spot. Both groups were played 11–14 November 1999.

Group 1 (Great Britain)

Played in Sheffield

Group 2 (France)

Played in Amiens

Playoff (Netherlands)

Played in Eindhoven

Far East (Japan)

Played 3–5 September 1999 in Aomori.

Venues

Preliminary round

Like the previous two years, sixteen nations played in four groups of four. However this year the format was modified so that the top three teams from each group would advance to a group of six, carrying forward the results against the teams who advanced with them. The nations from the first and fourth pools were grouped together, likewise the second and third pools. The fourth placed teams were put in a group together to contest relegation.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Fabrice Lhenry

Relegation round

Group G

The relegation round is composed of the four teams that placed last in Groups A through D. They play in a round-robin fashion, with the last placed team that is not the far east qualifier, being relegated to the Division I group in next year's World Championships.

• is relegated to Division I. will play together with China and Korea in 2001 IIHF World Championship Far East Qualification Tournament *

Qualifying round

Group E

Yegor Podomatsky Leonid Fatikov

Group F

Final round

Bracket

| RD1-seed1=E1 | RD1-team1= | RD1-score1=1 | RD1-seed2=F4 | RD1-team2= | RD1-score2=4 | RD1-seed3=F2 | RD1-team3= | RD1-score3=2 | RD1-seed4=E3 | RD1-team4= | RD1-score4=1 | RD1-seed5=E2 | RD1-team5= | RD1-score5=3 | RD1-seed6=F3 | RD1-team6= | RD1-score6=5 | RD1-seed7=F1 | RD1-team7= | RD1-score7=3 | RD1-seed8=E4 | RD1-team8= | RD1-score8=1 | RD2-seed1=QF1 | RD2-team1= | RD2-score1=3 | RD2-seed2=QF4 | RD2-team2= | RD2-score2=1 | RD2-seed3=QF3 | RD2-team3= | RD2-score3=1 | RD2-seed4=QF2 | RD2-team4= | RD2-score4=2 | RD3-seed1=SF1 | RD3-team1= | RD3-score1=3 | RD3-seed2=SF2 | RD3-team2= | RD3-score2=5 | RD3b-seed1=SF1 | RD3b-team1= | RD3b-score1=2 | RD3b-seed2=SF2 | RD3b-team2= | RD3b-score2=1

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

1–1 1–2 35:29 − Jukka Hentunen 49:02 − Marko Tuomainen

Final

Main article: 2000 IIHF World Championship Final

0–2 0–3 1–3 1–4 2–4 3–4 3–5

M. Štrbák (R. Suchý, P. Pucher) – 27:43

M. Hlinka – 55:22 M. Šatan (L. Bartečko) – 57:38 9:34 – T. Vlasák (P. Buzek) 12:25 – M. Procházka (T. Vlasák, P. Patera)

43:45 – J. Tomajko (J. Dopita, D. Výborný)

58:58 – R. Reichel (M. Sýkora, V. Prospal)

Ranking and statistics

Tournament Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: CZE Roman Čechmánek
  • Best Defenceman: FIN Petteri Nummelin
  • Best Forward: SVK Miroslav Šatan
  • Most Valuable Player: CZE Martin Procházka
• Media All-Star Team:
  • Goaltender: CZE Roman Čechmánek
  • Defence: FIN Petteri Nummelin, CZE Michal Sýkora
  • Forwards: CZE Jiří Dopita, SVK Miroslav Šatan, CZE Tomáš Vlasák

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are left out.

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

IIHF honors and awards

The 2000 IIHF Hall of Fame induction ceremony has held in Saint Petersburg during the World Championships. Vsevolod Kukushkin of Russia was given the Paul Loicq Award for outstanding contributions to international ice hockey.

IIHF Hall of Fame inductees

• Wayne Gretzky, Canada
• Tomas Jonsson, Sweden
• Udo Kießling, Germany
• Jari Kurri, Finland
• Boris Mikhailov, Russia
• Peter Šťastný, Slovakia
• Göran Stubb, Finland

Citations

References

• Complete results at Passionhockey.com
• Group A official results - IIHF archive
• Official results for qualifiers - IIHF archive
• 2000 IIHF World Championship - St. Petersburg Times
• 2000 IIHF World Championship - Canoe Sports
• 2000 IIHF World Championship - Official IIHF website

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5. (2014). "Jari Kurri".
6. Panyshev, Pavel. (6 October 2015). "Искусство Виртуоза. Борису Михайлову – 71 год".
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8. (2014). "Göran Stubb".