2000 IIHF World Championship

The 2000 IIHF World Championship was held in Saint Petersburg, Russia from 29 April to 14 May.

2000 IIHF World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Russia
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Dates	29 April – 14 May
Opened by	Vladimir Putin
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Czech Republic (3rd title)
Runner-up	Slovakia
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Canada
Tournament statistics
Games played	56
Goals scored	327 (5.84 per game)
Attendance	318,449 (5,687 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Miroslav Šatan (12 points)

Vladimir Putin at the opening ceremony

Main article: 2000 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Latvia	3	1	2	0	6	3	+3	4
2	Ukraine	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	4
3	Great Britain	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	1	2	6	10	−4	1

Source: IIHF

11 November 1999

Latvia

6–3

Kazakhstan

11 November 1999

Great Britain

2–2

Ukraine

13 November 1999

Ukraine

3–2

Kazakhstan

13 November 1999

Great Britain

0–0

Latvia

14 November 1999

Great Britain

1–1

Kazakhstan

14 November 1999

Latvia

0–0

Ukraine

Group 2 (France)

Played in Amiens

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Italy	3	2	0	1	11	7	+4	4
2	France	3	1	1	1	10	10	0	3
3	Norway	3	1	1	1	7	8	−1	3
4	Denmark	3	1	0	2	9	12	−3	2

Source: IIHF

11 November 1999

Italy

3–5

Denmark

11 November 1999

France

3–3

Norway

13 November 1999

Italy

4–1

Norway

13 November 1999

France

6–3

Denmark

14 November 1999

Denmark

1–3

Norway

14 November 1999

France

1–4

Italy

Playoff (Netherlands)

Played in Eindhoven

14 December 1999

Great Britain

1–2

Norway

Far East (Japan)

Played 3–5 September 1999 in Aomori.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Japan	2	2	0	0	14	0	+14	4
2	China	2	1	0	1	4	7	−3	2
3	South Korea	2	0	0	2	2	13	−11	0

Source: IIHF

03 September 1999

China

4–2

South Korea

04 September 1999

Japan

9–0

South Korea

05 September 1999

Japan

5–0

China

Venues

Saint Petersburg	Ice Palace Yubileyny class=notpageimage| Locations of the two venues in Saint Petersburg.	Saint Petersburg
Ice Palace Capacity: 12300		Yubileyny Capacity: 7000

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	3	0	0	17	3	+14	6	Qualifying round
2	Latvia	3	2	0	1	9	7	+2	4
3	Belarus	3	1	0	2	10	16	−6	2
4	Ukraine	3	0	0	3	6	16	−10	0	Relegation round

Source: IIHF

30 April 2000 16:30

Belarus

7–3 (3–1, 3–1, 1–1)

Ukraine

Ice Palace Attendance: 3,500

Game reference

30 April 2000 20:30

Latvia

1–3 (0–2, 1–1, 0–0)

Sweden

Ice Palace Attendance: 6,500

Game reference

2 May 2000 16:30

Belarus

3–6 (0–2, 3–3, 0–1)

Latvia

Ice Palace Attendance: 7,200

Game reference

2 May 2000 20:30

Sweden

7–2 (2–1, 3–1, 2–0)

Ukraine

Ice Palace Attendance: 4,200

Game reference

4 May 2000 16:30

Ukraine

1–2 (1–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Latvia

Ice Palace Attendance: 10,800

Game reference

4 May 2000 20:30

Sweden

7–0 (4–0, 0–0, 3–0)

Belarus

Ice Palace Attendance: 7,200

Game reference

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovakia	3	2	1	0	10	4	+6	5	Qualifying round
2	Finland	3	1	2	0	11	5	+6	4
3	Italy	3	1	0	2	5	12	−7	2
4	Austria	3	0	1	2	3	8	−5	1	Relegation round

Source: IIHF

30 April 2000 16:30

Slovakia

2–0 (0–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Austria

Yubileyny Attendance: 750

Game reference

30 April 2000 20:30

Italy

0–6 (0–2, 0–4, 0–0)

Finland

Yubileyny Attendance: 3051

Game reference

2 May 2000 16:30

Slovakia

6–2 (2–1, 0–0, 4–1)

Italy

Yubileyny Attendance: 1,950

Game reference

2 May 2000 20:30

Finland

3–3 (0–0, 1–2, 2–1)

Austria

Yubileyny Attendance: 3,950

Game reference

4 May 2000 16:30

Austria

0–3 (0–1, 0–1, 0–1)

Italy

Yubileyny Attendance: 3,059

Game reference

4 May 2000 20:30

Finland

2–2 (1–1, 1–0, 0–1)

Slovakia

Yubileyny Attendance: 6,995

Game reference

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	3	3	0	0	12	4	+8	6	Qualifying round
2	Norway	3	2	0	1	13	7	+6	4
3	Canada	3	1	0	2	10	6	+4	2
4	Japan	3	0	0	3	3	21	−18	0	Relegation round

Source: IIHF

29 April 2000 16:30

Canada

6–0 (1–0, 2–0, 3–0)

Japan

Yubileyny Attendance: 852

Game reference

29 April 2000 20:30

Norway

0–4 (0–1, 0–0, 0–3)

Czech Republic

Yubileyny Attendance: 1,600

Game reference

1 May 2000 16:30

Czech Republic

6–3 (2–1, 2–1, 2–1)

Japan

Yubileyny Attendance: 1,500

Game reference

1 May 2000 20:30

Canada

3–4 (0–0, 3–3, 0–1)

Norway

Yubileyny Attendance: 3,300

Game reference

3 May 2000 16:30

Japan

0–9 (0–4, 0–3, 0–2)

Norway

Yubileyny Attendance: 1,685

Game reference

3 May 2000 20:30

Czech Republic

2–1 (1–1, 1–0, 0–0)

Canada

Yubileyny Attendance: 5,261

Game reference

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	2	1	0	9	5	+4	5	Qualifying round
2	Switzerland	3	1	1	1	8	9	−1	3
3	Russia (H)	3	1	0	2	10	7	+3	2
4	France	3	1	0	2	7	13	−6	2	Relegation round

Source: IIHF
(H) Hosts

29 April 2000 16:30

United States

3–3 (1–1, 1–1, 1–1)

Switzerland

Ice Palace Attendance: 5,730

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	22	Shots	25

29 April 2000 20:30

Russia

8–1 (3–1, 4–0, 1–0)

France

Ice Palace Attendance: 11,000

Game reference
	Ilya Bryzgalov	Goalies	Patrick Rolland Fabrice Lhenry	Referee: Vladimír Šindler Linesmen: Panu Bruun Johan Norrman
	Sushinsky (Markov) – 01:14 1–0 Sushinsky (Kharitonov) – 06:21 2–0 Afinogenov (Petrov, Kozlov) – 09:31 3–0 3–1 10:54 – Bachelet Gonchar (Kudashov) (PP) – 22:54 4–1 Bure – 24:15 5–1 Sushinsky (Prokopiev, Kharitonov) – 28:52 6–1 Bure (Zhitnik) – 30:41 7–1 Prokopiev (Sushinsky) – 57:56 8–1
	8 min	Penalties	20 min
	48	Shots	14

1 May 2000 16:30

Switzerland

2–4 (0–0, 2–2, 0–2)

France

Ice Palace Attendance: 3,200

Game reference
	16 min	Penalties	14 min
	27	Shots	33

1 May 2000 20:30

Russia

0–3 (0–0, 0–2, 0–1)

United States

Ice Palace Attendance: 12,350

Game reference
	Ilya Bryzgalov	Goalies	Robert Esche	Referee: Vladimír Mihálik Linesmen: Panu Bruun Johan Norrman
	0–1 29:17 – Blake (Peluso, Weinrich) (PP) 0–2 31:13 – Housley (Peluso, Heinze) 0–3 46:06 – Legwand
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	44	Shots	30

3 May 2000 16:30

France

2–3 (0–2, 1–0, 1–1)

United States

Ice Palace Attendance: 5,500

Game reference
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	21	Shots	31

3 May 2000 20:30

Switzerland

3–2 (1–1, 2–1, 0–0)

Russia

Ice Palace Attendance: 12,300

Game reference
	Reto Pavoni	Goalies	Ilya Bryzgalov	Referee: Kevin Acheson Linesmen: Pål Garsjø Christian Oswald
	0–1 12:19 – Yashin (Bure, Kozlov) Sutter (Jenni, Keller) – 01:14 1–1 1–2 35:11 – Kozlov (Yashin, Markov) Conne (Della Rossa) – 36:05 2–2 Ziegler (Micheli) – 38:03 3–2
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	21	Shots	36

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.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Austria	3	2	1	0	11	8	+3	5
2	Ukraine	3	2	0	1	9	5	+4	4
3	France	3	1	1	1	12	8	+4	3	Relegation to Division I
4	Japan	3	0	0	3	5	16	−11	0

Source: IIHF

6 May 2000 16:30

France

3–3 (0–2, 2–1, 1–0)

Austria

Yubileyny Attendance: 4,168

Game reference

6 May 2000 16:30

Ukraine

4–0 (3–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Japan

Ice Palace Attendance: 5,250

Game reference

7 May 2000 12:30

France

2–3 (0–1, 0–1, 2–1)

Ukraine

Ice Palace Attendance: 5,200

Game reference

7 May 2000 12:30

Austria

5–3 (2–1, 1–1, 2–1)

Japan

Yubileyny Attendance: 4,848

Game reference

9 May 2000 12:30

France

7–2 (3–0, 1–1, 3–1)

Japan

Ice Palace Attendance: 8,050

Game reference

9 May 2000 12:30

Austria

3–2 (0–0, 0–2, 3–0)

Ukraine

Yubileyny Attendance: 5,412

Game reference

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

Qualifying round

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	5	3	2	0	13	7	+6	8	Quarterfinals
2	Switzerland	5	2	2	1	14	12	+2	6
3	Sweden	5	2	1	2	16	11	+5	5
4	Latvia	5	2	1	2	12	13	−1	5
5	Belarus	5	2	0	3	9	17	−8	4
6	Russia (H)	5	1	0	4	8	12	−4	2

Source: IIHF
(H) Hosts

5 May 2000 16:30

Latvia

3–2 (0–0, 3–2, 0–0)

Russia

Ice Palace Attendance: 7,500

Game reference
	Artūrs Irbe	Goalies	Ilya Bryzgalov Yegor Podomatsky	Referee: Peter Andersson Linesmen: John Costello Serge Carpentier
	Beļavskis (Kerčs, Laviņš) (PP) – 21:58 1–0 1–1 34:16 – Petrov (Zhamnov) Semjonovs (Ņiživijs) – 36:58 2–1 Semjonovs (PP) – 38:36 3–1 3–2 39:25 – Bure (Kozlov)
	12 min	Penalties	16 min
	26	Shots	39

5 May 2000 20:30

United States

1–0 (0–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Belarus

Ice Palace Attendance: 5,300

Game reference
	Damian Rhodes	Goalies	Andrei Mezin
	Luongo – 26:17 1–0
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	28	Shots	25

6 May 2000 20:30

Sweden

1–1 (0–0, 0–0, 1–1)

Switzerland

Ice Palace Attendance: 6,800

Game reference
	14 min	Penalties	18 min
	35	Shots	9

7 May 2000 16:30

Russia

0–1 (0–1, 0–0, 0–0)

Belarus

Ice Palace Attendance: 11,600

Game reference
	Yegor Podomatsky	Goalies	Andrei Mezin Leonid Fatikov	Referee: Vladimír Šindler Linesmen: Nadir Mandioni Christian Oswald
	0–1 12:00 – Tsyplakov (Kalyuzhny) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	31	Shots	18

7 May 2000 20:30

United States

1–1 (0–1, 0–0, 1–0)

Latvia

Ice Palace Attendance: 3,100

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	37	Shots	19

8 May 2000 16:30

Latvia

1–4 (0–0, 0–3, 1–1)

Switzerland

Ice Palace Attendance: 3,600

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	24	Shots	21

8 May 2000 20:30

Sweden

3–5 (1–2, 2–2, 0–1)

United States

Ice Palace Attendance: 5,800

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	23	Shots	22

9 May 2000 16:30

Switzerland

3–5 (3–1, 0–3, 0–1)

Belarus

Ice Palace Attendance: 5,100

Game reference
	18 min	Penalties	30 min
	20	Shots	31

9 May 2000 20:30

Sweden

2–4 (1–1, 0–1, 1–2)

Russia

Ice Palace Attendance: 12,100

Game reference
	Mikael Tellqvist	Goalies	Yegor Podomatsky	Referee: Pekka Haajanen Linesmen: Nadir Mandioni Christian Oswald
	0–1 03:27 – Kharitonov (Khavanov) Axelsson – 03:53 1–1 1–2 26:24 – Kharitonov (Prokopiev) (SH) 1–3 42:21 – Prokopiev (Kharitonov) (SH) 1–4 56:06 – Bure Nordström (Andersson, Nord)– 56:21 2–4
	16 min	Penalties	10 min
	15	Shots	27

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	5	4	0	1	25	11	+14	8	Quarterfinals
2	Finland	5	3	1	1	22	15	+7	7
3	Canada	5	3	0	2	19	10	+9	6
4	Slovakia	5	2	1	2	22	15	+7	5
5	Norway	5	1	1	3	10	24	−14	3
6	Italy	5	0	1	4	5	28	−23	1

Source: IIHF

5 May 2000 16:30

Finland

1–5 (1–0, 0–1, 0–4)

Canada

Yubileyny Attendance: 6,615

Game reference

5 May 2000 20:30

Czech Republic

9–2 (2–0, 5–0, 2–2)

Italy

Yubileyny Attendance: 3,132

Game reference

6 May 2000 20:30

Slovakia

9–1 (3–0, 1–1, 5–0)

Norway

Yubileyny Attendance: 2,001

Game reference

7 May 2000 16:30

Canada

6–0 (2–0, 3–0, 1–0)

Italy

Yubileyny Attendance: 4,730

Game reference

7 May 2000 20:30

Czech Republic

4–6 (2–1, 1–2, 1–3)

Finland

Yubileyny Attendance: 7,182

Game reference

8 May 2000 16:30

Norway

4–7 (0–2, 3–4, 1–1)

Finland

Yubileyny Attendance: 4,610

Game reference

8 May 2000 20:30

Czech Republic

6–2 (1–0, 3–2, 2–0)

Slovakia

Yubileyny Attendance: 3,999

Game reference

9 May 2000 16:30

Norway

1–1 (0–0, 1–0, 0–1)

Italy

Yubileyny Attendance: 3,080

Game reference

9 May 2000 20:30

Slovakia

3–4 (1–0, 1–2, 1–2)

Canada

Yubileyny Attendance: 5,525

Game reference

Final round

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

E1

United States

1

F4

Slovakia

4

QF1

Slovakia

3

QF4

Finland

1

F2

Finland

2

E3

Sweden

1

SF1

Slovakia

3

SF2

Czech Republic

5

E2

Switzerland

3

F3

Canada

5

QF3

Canada

1

QF2

Czech Republic

2

F1

Czech Republic

3

E4

Latvia

1

Quarterfinals

11 May 2000 16:30

United States

1–4 (1–0, 0–3, 0–1)

Slovakia

Ice Palace Attendance: 1,900

11 May 2000 16:30

Finland

2–1 (0–1, 0–0, 2–0)

Sweden

Yubileyny Attendance: 6,120

11 May 2000 20:30

Switzerland

3–5 (0–1, 2–1, 1–3)

Canada

Ice Palace Attendance: 3,500

11 May 2000 20:30

Czech Republic

3–1 (0–0, 3–1, 0–0)

Latvia

Yubileyny Attendance: 3,244

Semifinals

12 May 2000 16:30

Slovakia

3–1 (2–0, 1–1, 0–0)

Finland

Ice Palace Attendance: 10800

12 May 2000 20:30

Canada

1–2 (1–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Czech Republic

Ice Palace Attendance: 11,700

Bronze medal game

14 May 2000 14:30

Canada

1–2 (1–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Finland

Ice Palace Attendance: 10,700

	Adrian Aucoin – 07:37 1–0 1–1 35:29 − Jukka Hentunen 1–2 49:02 − Marko Tuomainen

Final

Main article: 2000 IIHF World Championship Final

14 May 2000 18:30

Slovakia

3–5 (0–3, 1–0, 2–2)

Czech Republic

Ice Palace Arena, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 12,350

Game reference
	Ján Lašák	Goalies	Roman Čechmánek	Referee: K. Acheson Linesmen: S. Carpentier J. Costello
	0–1 6:04 – M. Sýkora (M. Procházka, V. Varaďa) 0–2 9:34 – T. Vlasák (P. Buzek) 0–3 12:25 – M. Procházka (T. Vlasák, P. Patera) M. Štrbák (R. Suchý, P. Pucher) – 27:43 1–3 1–4 43:45 – J. Tomajko (J. Dopita, D. Výborný) M. Hlinka – 55:22 2–4 M. Šatan (L. Bartečko) – 57:38 3–4 3–5 58:58 – R. Reichel (M. Sýkora, V. Prospal)
	5 min	Penalties	10 min
	33	Shots	15

Ranking and statistics

2000 IIHF World Championship winners
Czech Republic 3rd title

Tournament Awards

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

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

	Czech Republic
	Slovakia
	Finland
4	Canada
5	United States
6	Switzerland
7	Sweden
8	Latvia
9	Belarus
10	Norway
11	Russia
12	Italy
13	Austria
14	Ukraine
15	France
16	Japan

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
Miroslav Šatan	9	10	2	12	+3	14	F
Jiří Dopita	9	4	7	11	+8	16	F
David Výborný	9	4	6	10	+6	6	F
Todd Bertuzzi	9	5	4	9	+5	47	F
Tomáš Vlasák	9	4	5	9	+4	0	F
Trond Magnussen	6	3	6	9	+4	10	F
Ryan Smyth	9	3	6	9	+3	0	F
Michal Sýkora	9	5	3	8	+7	16	D
Arnaud Briand	6	4	4	8	−2	8	F
Maurice Rozenthal	6	3	5	8	0	8	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
José Théodore	478:11	192	13	1.63	93.23	2
Reinhard Divis	358:56	201	15	2.51	92.54	0
Roman Čechmánek	480:00	212	16	2.00	92.45	1
Tommy Salo	358:31	128	10	1.67	92.19	1
Reto Pavoni	299:41	151	14	2.80	90.73	0

See also

• 2000 IIHF Women's World Championship
• 2000 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

References

• Complete results at Passionhockey.com
• Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. pp. 164–5.
• 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