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2001 IIHF World Championship

2001 edition of the IIHF World Championship

Field	Value
year	2001
image	2001 IIHF World Championship logo.svg
size	235px
country	Germany
dates	28 April – 13 May
opened	Johannes Rau
num_teams	16
venues	3
cities	3
type	ih
winners	Czech Republic
count	4
games	56
second	Finland
third	Sweden
fourth	United States
goals	318
attendance	407547
scoring_leader	FIN Juha Ylönen
points	14
prevseason	[2000](2000-iihf-world-championship)
nextseason	[2002](2002-iihf-world-championship)

Main article: 2001 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

The 2001 IIHF World Championship was held between 28 April and 13 May 2001 in Nuremberg, Cologne and Hanover, Germany.

It was the 65th annual event, and was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).

Venues

Preussag Arena
Capacity: 10,767	Kölnarena
Capacity: 18,500	Nuremberg Arena
Capacity: 6,500	Germany – Hanover	Germany – Cologne	Germany – Nuremberg
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Qualification Tournament

Far Eastern Qualification for the tournament took place between September 4 and September 6, 2000 in Sapporo, Japan.

All times local

18:30

Final tournament

In the first round, the top 3 teams from each group progressed to the second round, whilst the last placed team progressed to the consolation round.

First round

Group A

All times local

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Group B

All times local

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Group C

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Group D

All times local

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Second round

In the Second Round, the top 4 teams from each group progressed to the Final Round, whilst the bottom 2 teams are eliminated.

Group E

Tables and scores below include meetings between teams during the First Round.

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Group F

Tables and scores below include meetings between teams during the First Round.

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Consolation round 13–16 Place

Group G

As the Far Eastern qualifier, avoids relegation. Therefore, and are relegated to Division I for the 2002 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

All times local

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Final round

|10 May || 2 || 0 |10 May || 4 || 3 |10 May || 3 || 4 |10 May || 4 || 1 |12 May || 3 || 2 |12 May || 1 || 3 |13 May || 3 || 2 |13 May || 2 || 3

Quarterfinals

(OT: 0-1)

(OT: 1-0)

Semifinals

(OT: 0–0) (SO: 2–1)

Match for third place

Final

(OT: 1–0) 0-2 1-2 2-2 3-2

Martin Procházka − 44:31 Jiří Dopita − 54:05 David Moravec − 70:38 38:39 − Juha Ylönen

Ranking and statistics

Tournament Awards

Best players selected by the directorate:
- Best Goaltender: CZE Milan Hnilička
- Best Defenceman: SWE Kim Johnsson
- Best Forward: FIN Sami Kapanen
- Most Valuable Player: CZE David Moravec
Media All-Star Team:
- Goaltender: CZE Milan Hnilička
- Defence: SWE Kim Johnsson, FIN Petteri Nummelin
- Forwards: FIN Sami Kapanen, CZE Robert Reichel, CZE Martin Ručinský

Final standings

According to the IIHF: The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

16

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.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
FIN Juha Ylönen	9	5	9	14	+9	2	F
FIN Petteri Nummelin	9	1	12	13	+4	0	D
CZE Robert Reichel	9	5	7	12	+11	4	F
FIN Sami Kapanen	8	7	4	11	+5	8	F
SWE Per-Johan Axelsson	9	3	6	9	+8	12	F
FIN Sami Salo	9	3	6	9	+9	6	D
CZE Radek Dvořák	9	4	4	8	+8	8	F
SWE Kim Johnsson	9	4	4	8	+11	6	D
SWE Kristofer Ottosson	9	4	4	8	+10	0	F
SWE Daniel Alfredsson	9	3	5	8	+6	6	F

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.

Player	MIP	SOG	GA	GAA	SVS%	SO
BLR Leonid Fatikov	160:00	70	3	1.13	95.71	1
CZE Milan Hnilička	540:38	269	13	1.44	95.17	1
FIN Pasi Nurminen	410:38	193	12	1.75	93.78	0
USA Robert Esche	359:11	188	13	2.17	93.09	1
RUS Maxim Sokolov	321:57	125	9	1.68	92.80	2

IIHF honors and awards

The 2001 IIHF Hall of Fame induction ceremony has held in Hanover during the World Championships. Isao Kataoka of Japan was given the Paul Loicq Award for outstanding contributions to international ice hockey.

IIHF Hall of Fame inductees

Dave King, Canada
Sergei Makarov, Russia
Vladimír Martinec, Czech Republic
György Pásztor, Hungary
Hans Rampf, Germany
Ulf Sterner, Sweden

References

(10 December 2015). "Remembering Kataoka, Paul Loicq Award winner passes away".
Stephen, Mark. (6 May 2001). "Hats off to King for Hall selection". [[Calgary Herald]].
(27 April 2001). "Макаров занесен в Зал славы ИИХФ". Sports.ru.
(2023). "Síň slávy IIHF".
(22 August 2022). "Gyász: életének 100. évében elhunyt Pásztor György".
(8 May 2001). "Deutsches Eishockey verliert mit Hans Rampf eine Vaterfigur". [[Die Welt]].
(2023). "Ulf Sterner".

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