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1999 IIHF U20 World Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Canada
Venue(s)6 (in 6 host cities)
DatesDecember 26, 1998 – January 5, 1999
Teams10
Final positions
Champions    Russia (1st title)
Runner-up    Canada
Third place    Slovakia
Fourth place  Sweden
Tournament statistics
Games played31
Goals scored225 (7.26 per game)
Attendance173,453 (5,595 per game)
Scoring leader(s) United States Brian Gionta (11 points)
←  1998
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The 1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1999 WJC) was held in Winnipeg, and five other communities in Manitoba, Canada from December 26, 1998, to January 5, 1999. [1] In the gold medal match at Winnipeg Arena, Russia defeated Canada 3–2 on Artem Chubarov's overtime goal. The bronze medal was claimed by Slovakia, giving the six-year-old country its first medal at an IIHF event.

The playoff round reverted back to six teams qualifying, with group leaders getting a bye to the semifinals.

Pool A

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Slovakia 4 3 1 0 10 7 +3 7 Semifinals
2   Canada 4 2 1 1 10 9 +1 5 Quarterfinals
3   Finland 4 2 0 2 17 16 +1 4
4   Czech Republic 4 1 0 3 11 12 −1 2 Relegation round
5   United States 4 1 0 3 13 17 −4 2
Source: IIHF.net at the Wayback Machine
December 26, 1998 Slovakia 3 – 2  Czech Republic Keystone Centre, Brandon
December 26, 1998 Finland 6 – 3  United States Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg
December 27, 1998 Slovakia 0 – 0
(0-0, 0-0, 0-0)		  Canada Keystone Centre, Brandon
Attendance: 6,000
Ján LašákGoalies Roberto Luongo
36Shots31
December 28, 1998 Canada 6 – 4
(3-0, 1-3, 2-1)		  Finland Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg
Attendance: 13,225
Roberto LuongoGoalies Mika Noronen
Calder) ( Stuart, Tkaczuk) (PP) - 1:501-0
Chimera ( Allen) - 2:372-0
Fata (Tkaczuk) - 13:133-0
3-122:46 - Somervuori ( Gustafsson, Hagman)
3-230:14 - Ahonen ( Laatikainen, Somervuori)
Chimera ( Leeb, Druken) - 30:594-2
4-349:18 - Kauppinen ( Koskela, Hagman) (PP)
Tkaczuk (Calder) - 46:545-3
Gagné (EN) - 59:506-3
6-459:43 - Valtonen (Kauppinen, Väänänen) (PP)
28Shots40
December 28, 1998 Czech Republic 6 – 3  United States Keystone Centre, Brandon
December 29, 1998 Slovakia 4 – 3  Finland Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg
December 30, 1998 Canada 2 – 0
(1-0, 0-0, 1-0)		  Czech Republic Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg
Attendance: 13,225
Roberto LuongoGoalies Vlastimil Lakosil
Campbell ( Tkaczuk), Calder) - 18:101-0
Tkaczuk ( Fata, Chimera) - 54:252-0
32Shots29
December 30, 1998 Slovakia 3 – 2  United States Selkirk Recreation Complex, Selkirk
December 31, 1998 United States 5 – 2
(1-0, 3-2, 1-0)		  Canada Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg
Attendance: 13,225
Joe BlackburnGoalies Roberto Luongo
Gionta - 14:461-0
1-123:42 - Mair
Murphy ( Gionta, Gomez) - 26:232-1
Heisten (Gomez, Mara) (PP) - 28:033-1
Gionta (Murphy, Gomez) - 30:334-1
4-237:21 - Tkaczuk ( A. Ference, Calder) (PP)
Gomez (Mara, Blackburn) (PP) - 41:155-2
33Shots38
December 31, 1998 Finland 4 – 3  Czech Republic Selkirk Recreation Complex, Selkirk

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Sweden 4 4 0 0 25 11 +14 8 Semifinals
2   Russia 4 3 0 1 25 4 +21 6 Quarterfinals
3   Kazakhstan 4 1 1 2 9 20 −11 3
4    Switzerland 4 1 0 3 5 17 −12 2 Relegation round
5   Belarus 4 0 1 3 9 21 −12 1
Source: IIHF.net at the Wayback Machine
December 26, 1998 Sweden 4 – 2  Russia Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg
December 26, 1998 Switzerland 4 – 3  Belarus Selkirk Recreation Complex, Selkirk
December 27, 1998 Kazakhstan 2 – 2  Belarus Centennial Arena, Portage la Prairie
December 28, 1998 Sweden 5 – 1   Switzerland Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg
December 28, 1998 Russia 7 – 0  Kazakhstan Centennial Arena, Portage la Prairie
December 29, 1998 Russia 10 – 0  Belarus Keystone Centre, Brandon
December 30, 1998 Kazakhstan 3 – 0   Switzerland Keystone Centre, Brandon
December 30, 1998 Sweden 5 – 4  BelarusMorden Recreation Centre, Morden
December 31, 1998 Russia 6 – 0   Switzerland Keystone Centre, Brandon
December 31, 1998 Sweden 11 – 4  KazakhstanTeulon-Rockwood Arena, Teulon

Relegation round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1   Czech Republic 3 3 0 0 21 9 +12 6
2   United States 3 2 0 1 15 12 +3 4
3    Switzerland 3 1 0 2 12 13 −1 2
4   Belarus 3 0 0 3 7 21 −14 0 Relegated to the 2000 Pool B
Source: IIHF.net at the Wayback Machine

Source: [2]

December 26, 1998 Switzerland 4 – 3  Belarus Selkirk Recreation Complex, Selkirk
December 28, 1998 Czech Republic 6 – 3  United States Keystone Centre, Brandon
January 3, 1999 Czech Republic 10 – 2  Belarus Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg
January 3, 1999 United States 5 – 4   Switzerland Centennial Arena, Portage la Prairie
January 4, 1999 Czech Republic 5 – 4   SwitzerlandMorden Recreation Centre, Morden
January 4, 1999 United States 7 – 2  Belarus Selkirk Recreation Complex, Selkirk

  Belarus was relegated for the 2000 World Juniors

Final round

Source: [3]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
QF1   Canada 6
A2   Canada 12 B1   Sweden 1
B3   Kazakhstan 2 SF1   Canada 2
SF2   Russia 3
QF2   Russia 3
B2   Russia 3 A1   Slovakia 2
A3   Finland 2 Third place
QF1   Sweden 4
QF2   Slovakia 5

Quarterfinals

January 2, 1999 Canada 12 – 2
(3–0, 5–0, 4–2)		  Kazakhstan Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg
Attendance: 13,225
Roberto LuongoGoalies Vitali Kolesnik
Bouck ( Mair, Ward) - 2:221-0
Gagné ( Morrow, B. Ference) - 5:392-0
Tkaczuk ( Fata, Calder - 15:203-0
Gagné (Morrow, Leeb) - 21:054-0
Ward - 33:255-0
Tkaczuk (Calder) - 34:226-0
Gagné (Leeb, Morrow) - 34:527-0
Leeb (Morrow, Van Ryn) - 35:088-0
8-140:50 - Zarzhytsky ( Yeremeyev, Litvinenko)
Morrow (Leeb) - 42:309-1
Druken ( McDonell, Chimera) - 43:2410-1
Morrow - 46:3911-1
11-247:27 - Zarzhytsky ( Yakovlev, Antropov)
Gagné (Leeb, Morrow) - 58:4512-2
36Shots21
January 2, 1999 Russia 3 – 2 OT
(1–0, 0–2, 1–0, 1-0)		  Finland Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg
Attendance: 6,960
Alexei VolkovGoalies Mika Lehto
Lyashenko ( Schastlivy, Verenikin) - 10:101-0
1-120:34 - Hagman ( Mikkola)
1-224:33 - Elomo ( Väänänen, Virkkunen)
Kirilenko ( Vishnevski) - 53:412-2
Denis Arkhipov ( Dobryshkin) (PP) - 67:333-2
46Shots21

Semifinals

January 4, 1999 Sweden 1 – 6
(1–1, 0–2, 0–3)		  Canada Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg
Attendance: 13,225
Andreas AnderssonGoalies Roberto Luongo
Karlin ( Wallin, Persson) - 11:311-0
1-115:01 - McDonell ( A. Ference, B. Ference)
1-223:18 - Gagné (SH)
1-335:41 - Tkaczuk ( Calder, Fata) (PP)
1-441:49 - Leeb ( Morrow)
1-543:58 - A. Ference (PP)
1-648:35 - Calder (Tkaczuk)
27Shots22
January 4, 1999 Slovakia 2 – 3
(0–2, 2–1, 0–0)		  Russia Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg
0-1 Balmochnykh ( Arkhipov, Maslennikov) - 1:29
0-2 Dobryshkin ( Vishnevski, Nikitenko) - 15:04
0-3 Verenikin ( Lyashenko, Donika) (PP) - 23:22
31:29 - Cibak ( Sejna, Cakajik) (PP)1-3
32:03 - Hudec ( Hujsa)2-3

5th place game

January 4, 1999 Finland 6 – 1
(2–1, 2–0, 2–0,)		  Kazakhstan Keystone Centre, Brandon

Bronze medal game

January 5, 1999 Sweden 4 – 5
(0–2, 3–1, 1–2)		  Slovakia 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg

Gold medal game

January 5, 19992nd place, silver medalist(s) Canada 2–3 OT
(0–1, 1–1, 1–0)
( OT: 0-1)		  Russia 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg
Attendance: 13,225
0-119:07 - Chubarov ( Dobryshkin)
Simon Gagné ( Campbell, Luongo) - 29:591-1
1-234:23 - Balmochnykh ( Zevakhin, Maslennikov)
Bryan Allen - 53:522-2
2-365:13 - Chubarov ( Afinogenov, Kirilenko)
40Shots18

Final standings

Rank Country
1st place, gold medalist(s)   Russia
2nd place, silver medalist(s)   Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)   Slovakia
4   Sweden
5   Finland
6   Kazakhstan
7   Czech Republic
8   United States
9    Switzerland
10   Belarus

Scoring leaders

Player Country GP G A Pts +/- PIM
Brian Gionta   United States 6 6 5 11 -1 6
Daniel Tkaczuk   Canada 7 6 4 10 +1 10
Daniel Sedin   Sweden 6 5 5 10 +6 2
Scott Gomez   United States 6 3 7 10 +2 4
Henrik Sedin   Sweden 6 3 6 9 +7 10
Tomáš Divíšek   Czech Republic 6 2 7 9 +2 6
Simon Gagné   Canada 7 7 1 8 +9 2
Christian Berglund   Sweden 6 4 4 8 +5 33
Eero Somervuori   Finland 6 4 4 8 0 2
Niklas Hagman   Finland 6 3 5 8 +3 2
Nik Antropov   Kazakhstan 6 3 5 8 –3 14

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos Player Country TOI GA GAA Sv% SO
1 Roberto Luongo   Canada 405:13 13 1.92 94.20 2
2 Alexei Volkov   Russia 407:27 10 1.47 93.55 0
3 Mika Lehto   Finland 206:52 8 2.32 93.28 0
4 Ján Lašák   Slovakia 359:48 14 2.33 92.71 1
5 Vlastimil Lakosil   Czech Republic 358:55 18 3.01 90.77 0
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: [4]

Tournament awards

IIHF Directorate Awards Media All-Star Team
Goaltender Canada Roberto Luongo Canada Roberto Luongo
Defencemen Russia Vitaly Vishnevskiy Canada Brian Campbell
Russia Vitaly Vishnevskiy
Forwards Russia Maxim Afinogenov Canada Daniel Tkaczuk
United States Brian Gionta
Russia Maxim Balmochnykh

Pool B

The Pool B tournament was played in Székesfehérvár and Dunaújváros, Hungary from December 27, 1998, to January 3, 1999. Two groups of four played round robins, and then the top three played each of the top three teams from the other group. All scores carried forward except the results against the lone eliminated team from each group.

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Denmark 3 2 0 1 8 7 +1 4 Medal round 4–3 2–1 2–3
2   Latvia 3 2 0 1 8 5 +3 4 3–4 3–1 2–0
3   Germany 3 1 0 2 10 5 +5 2 1–2 1–3 8–0
4   Hungary 3 1 0 2 3 12 −9 2 Relegation round 3–2 0–2 0–8
Source: IIHF.net at the Wayback Machine

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Ukraine 3 2 1 0 12 8 +4 5 Medal round 3–3 5–3 4–2
2   Poland 3 1 1 1 11 10 +1 3 3–3 5–2 3–5
3   Norway 3 1 0 2 12 13 −1 2 3–5 2–5 7–3
4   France 3 1 0 2 10 14 −4 2 Relegation round 2–4 5–3 3–7
Source: IIHF.net at the Wayback Machine

Medal round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1   Ukraine 5 4 1 0 26 11 +15 9 Promoted to the 2000 Pool A 3–3 7–3 5–1 6–1 5–3
2   Poland 5 3 2 0 17 11 +6 8 3–3 2–2 3–2 4–2 5–2
3   Denmark 5 3 1 1 16 15 +1 7 3–7 2–2 2–1 4–3 5–2
4   Germany 5 1 0 4 11 14 −3 2 1–5 2–3 1–2 1–3 6–1
5   Latvia 5 1 0 4 10 17 −7 2 1–6 2–4 3–4 3–1 1–2
6   Norway 5 1 0 4 10 22 −12 2 3–5 2–5 2–5 1–6 2–1
Source: IIHF.net at the Wayback Machine

  Ukraine was promoted to Pool A for 2000.

Relegation round

Source: [5]

France 3 – 1
(2–0, 1–1, 0–0)		  Hungary
France 9 – 1
(1–0, 4–1, 4–0)		  Hungary

  Hungary lost two games to none and was relegated to Pool C for 2000.

Pool C

The Pool C tournament was played in Kaunas and Elektrėnai, Lithuania from December 30, 1998, to January 3, 1999.

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Japan 3 3 0 0 16 4 +12 6 1st place game 7–1 4–1 5–2
2   Austria 3 2 0 1 15 11 +4 4 3rd place game 1–7 5–2 9–2
3   Lithuania 3 0 1 2 8 14 −6 1 5th place game 1–4 2–5 5–5
4   Croatia 3 0 1 2 9 19 −10 1 7th place game 2–5 2–9 5–5
Source: IIHF.net at the Wayback Machine

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Italy 3 2 0 1 9 6 +3 4 1st place game 4–2 0–2 5–2
2   Slovenia 3 2 0 1 13 9 +4 4 3rd place game 2–4 5–4 6–1
3   Estonia 3 1 1 1 9 8 +1 3 5th place game 2–0 4–5 3–3
4   Great Britain 3 0 1 2 6 14 −8 1 7th place game 2–5 1–6 3–3
Source: IIHF.net at the Wayback Machine

Placement games

Source: [6]

7th place game

January 3, 1999 Croatia 1–3
(0–1, 1–1, 0–1)		  Great Britain

  Croatia was relegated to Pool D for the 2000 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

5th place game

January 3, 1999 Lithuania 3–4 OT
(2–2, 1–1, 0–0)
(OT: 0–1)		  Estonia

3rd place game

January 3, 1999 Austria 2–6
(1–3, 0–3, 1–0)		  Slovenia

1st place game

January 3, 1999 Japan 0–1
(0–0, 0–1, 0–0)		  Italy

  Italy was promoted to Pool B for the 2000 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Pool D

The Pool D tournament was played in Novi Sad, FR Yugoslavia from December 29, 1998, to January 4, 1999.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Romania 2 2 0 0 30 0 +30 4 1st–3rd place group 5–0 25–0
2   South Africa 2 1 0 1 10 9 +1 2 4th–6th place group 0–5 10–4
3   Bulgaria 2 0 0 2 4 35 −31 0 7th–9th place group 0–25 4–10
Source: IIHF.net at the Wayback Machine

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Netherlands 2 2 0 0 44 3 +41 4 1st–3rd place group 7–3 37–0
2   Mexico 2 1 0 1 31 8 +23 2 4th–6th place group 3–7 28–1
3   Turkey 2 0 0 2 1 65 −64 0 7th–9th place group 0–37 1–28
Source: IIHF.net at the Wayback Machine

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Yugoslavia 2 2 0 0 21 2 +19 4 1st–3rd place group 6–1 15–1
2   Spain 2 0 1 1 6 11 −5 1 4th–6th place group 1–6 5–5
3   Iceland 2 0 1 1 6 20 −14 1 7th–9th place group 1–15 5–5
Source: IIHF.net at the Wayback Machine

1st–3rd place group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1   Yugoslavia 2 2 0 0 9 2 +7 4 Promoted to the 2000 Pool C 4–1 5–1
2   Netherlands 2 1 0 1 7 6 +1 2 1–4 6–2
3   Romania 2 0 0 2 3 11 −8 0 1–5 2–6
Source: IIHF.net at the Wayback Machine

  Yugoslavia was promoted to Pool C for 2000.

4th–6th place group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
4   Spain 2 2 0 0 10 4 +6 4 4–2 6–2
5   Mexico 2 1 0 1 9 5 +4 2 2–4 7–1
6   South Africa 2 0 0 2 3 13 −10 0 2–6 1–7
Source: IIHF.net at the Wayback Machine

7th–9th place group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
7   Bulgaria 2 2 0 0 21 2 +19 4 9–2 12–0
8   Iceland 2 1 0 1 18 9 +9 2 2–9 16–0
9   Turkey 2 0 0 2 0 28 −28 0 0–12 0–16
Source: IIHF.net at the Wayback Machine

References

  1. ^ "1999 IIHF World U20 Championship Pool A statistics". Archived from the original on 1999-04-28. Retrieved 2023-01-21.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link)
  2. ^ "Relegation round results". Archived from the original on 1999-10-03. Retrieved 2023-01-21.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link)
  3. ^ "Playoff round results". Archived from the original on 1999-10-03. Retrieved 2023-01-21.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link)
  4. ^ "Goalies SVS". Archived from the original on 1999-11-05. Retrieved 2018-01-23.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link)
  5. ^ "Relegation round results". Archived from the original on 1999-10-05. Retrieved 2023-01-21.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link)
  6. ^ "Playoff round results". Archived from the original on 1999-10-05. Retrieved 2023-01-21.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link)
  • Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press.

External links

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