1999 IIHF World U18 Championships

1999 IIHF World U18 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Germany
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	April 8 to 18, 1999
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Finland
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)	Mikael Berg (10 points)
	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.^[1]^[2]

Division A

First round

Group A
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	SWE	SUI	CZE	UKR	GER
1	Sweden	4	3	1	0	22	8	7		3–0	4–4	10–2	5–2
2	Switzerland	4	3	0	1	10	6	6	0–3		3–2	4–1	3–0
3	Czech Republic	4	2	1	1	16	10	5	4–4	2–3		4–2	6–1
4	Ukraine	4	1	0	3	8	20	2	2–10	1–4	1–6		4–0
5	Germany	4	0	0	4	4	16	0	2–5	0–3	2–4	0–4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	Pts	FIN	SVK	RUS	USA	NOR
1	Finland	4	4	0	21	5	8		3–2	3–1	5–0	10–2
2	Slovakia	4	3	1	18	10	6	2–3		3–2	6–5	7–0
3	Russia	4	2	2	13	9	4	1–3	2–3		2–1	8–2
4	United States	4	1	3	16	15	2	0–5	5–6	1–2		10–2
5	Norway	4	0	4	6	35	0	2–10	0–7	2–8	2–10

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

7-10 place

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	Pts	USA	UKR	GER	NOR
1	United States	3	3	0	22	2	6		6–0	6–0	(10–2)
2	Ukraine	3	2	1	7	6	4	0–6		(4–0)	3–0
3	Germany	3	1	2	4	12	2	0–6	(0–4)		4–2
4	Norway	3	0	3	4	17	0	(2–10)	0–3	2–4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

1-6 place

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	FIN	SWE	SVK	SUI	CZE	RUS
1	Finland	5	3	1	1	12	12	7		2–2	(3–2)	1–6	3–1	(3–1)
2	Sweden	5	2	2	1	15	10	6	2–2		4–1	(3–0)	(4–4)	2–3
3	Slovakia	5	3	0	2	13	12	6	(2–3)	1–4		6–3	1–0	(3–2)
4	Switzerland	5	3	0	2	16	13	6	6–1	(0–3)	3–6		(3–2)	4–1
5	Czech Republic	5	1	1	3	12	13	3	1–3	(4–4)	0–1	(2–3)		5–2
6	Russia	5	1	0	4	9	17	2	(1–3)	3–2	(2–3)	1–4	2–5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Final standings

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Norway was relegated to Division B for 2000.

Division B

Group A
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	BLR	DAN	ITA	GBR
1	Belarus	3	3	0	0	23	6	6		10–4	5–1	8–1
2	Denmark	3	1	1	1	16	16	3	4–10		4–4	8–2
3	Italy	3	1	1	1	11	11	3	1–5	4–4		6–2
4	Great Britain	3	0	0	3	5	22	0	1–8	2–6	2–8

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	AUT	POL	FRA	HUN
1	Austria	3	2	1	0	23	5	5		6–0	3–3	14–2
2	Poland	3	2	0	1	13	11	4	0–6		5–3	8–2
3	France	3	1	1	1	15	10	3	3–3	3–5		9–2
4	Hungary	3	0	0	3	6	31	0	2–14	2–8	2–9

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Final round

5th-8th place
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	Pts	ITA	FRA	HUN	GBR
1	Italy	3	3	0	17	4	6		4–1	7–1	(6–2)
2	France	3	2	1	15	7	4	1–4		(9–2)	5–1
3	Hungary	3	1	2	7	19	2	1–7	(2–9)		4–3
4	Great Britain	3	0	3	6	15	0	(2–6)	1–5	3–4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Final round
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	BLR	AUT	POL	DAN
1	Belarus	3	1	2	0	15	9	4		2–2	3–3	(10–4)
2	Austria	3	1	1	1	11	7	3	2–2		(6–0)	3–5
3	Poland	3	1	1	1	6	11	3	3–3	(0–6)		3–2
4	Denmark	3	1	0	2	11	16	2	(4–10)	5–3	2–3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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

Group A
Pos	Team	GF	GA	Pts	LAT	EST	ROM	YUG
1	Latvia	41	5	6–0		6–2	11–2	24–1
2	Estonia	21	8	4–2	2–6		9–1	10–1
3	Romania	11	23	2–4	2–11	1–9		8–3
4	Yugoslavia	5	42	0–6	1–24	1–10	3–8

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B
Pos	Team	GF	GA	Pts	SLO	LTU	KAZ	CRO
1	Slovenia	22	9	6–0		6–4	6–2	10–3
2	Lithuania	13	9	4–2	4–6		5–0	4–3
3	Kazakhstan	12	13	2–4	2–6	0–5		10–2
4	Croatia	8	24	0–6	3–10	3–4	2–10

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Placing round

7th place
20 January 1999	Bucharest	Croatia	–	Yugoslavia	14–2 (3–2,4–0,7–0)

5th place
20 January 1999	Bucharest	Romania	–	Kazakhstan	0–15 (0–4,0–7,0–4)

3rd place
20 January 1999	Bucharest	Lithuania	–	Estonia	10–1 (2–1,5–0,3–0)

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

Yugoslavia were relegated to the European Division II, for 2000

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European Championships Division II

First round

Group A
Pos	Team	GF	GA	Pts	NED	ISR	BUL	IRL
1	Netherlands	64	2	6–0		10–2	12–0	42–0
2	Israel	29	14	4–2	2–10		8–3	19–1
3	Bulgaria	12	22	2–4	0–12	3–8		9–2
4	Ireland	3	70	0–6	0–42	1–19	2–9

Source: ^[citation needed]

Group B
Pos	Team	GF	GA	Pts	ESP	BEL	LUX	ISL
1	Spain	23	4	6–0		5–2	8–1	10–1
2	Belgium	20	6	4–2	2–5		8–1	10–0
3	Luxembourg	4	16	2–4	1–8	1–8		2–0
4	Iceland	1	22	0–6	1–10	0–10	0–2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Placing round

5th-8th place
Pos	Team	GF	GA	Pts	LUX	BUL	ISL	IRL
1	Luxembourg	17	5	4–2		4–5	(2–0)	11–0
2	Bulgaria	19	12	4–2	5–4		5–6	(9–2)
3	Iceland	20	7	4–2	(0–2)	6–5		14–0
4	Ireland	2	34	0–6	0–11	(2–9)	0–14

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

1st-4th place
Pos	Team	GF	GA	Pts	ESP	NED	BEL	ISR
1	Spain	19	7	5–1		3–3	(5–2)	11–2
2	Netherlands	14	6	4–2	3–3		1–1	(10–2)
3	Belgium	17	7	3–3	(2–5)	1–1		14–1
4	Israel	5	35	0–6	2–11	(2–10)	1–14

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Spain was promoted to the European Division I for 2000.

Asia-Oceania Division I

Pos	Team	GF	GA	Pts	JPN	KOR	CHN	AUS
1	Japan	36	5	6–0		8–4	13–1	15–0
2	South Korea	24	11	4–2	4–8		6–3	14–0
3	China	15	19	2–4	1–13	3–6		11–0
4	Australia	0	40	0–6	0–15	0–14	0–11

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Japan was promoted to Division B for 2000.

Asia-Oceania Division II

First round

Pos	Team	GF	GA	Pts	PRK	RSA	NZL	TPE
1	North Korea	56	3	6–0		9–3	23–0	24–0
2	South Africa	38	10	4–2	3–9		1–0	34–1
3	New Zealand	20	27	2–4	0–23	0–1		20–3
4	Chinese Taipei	4	78	0–6	0–24	1–34	3–20

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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^[3]

References

External links

Preceded by –	IIHF World U18 Championships 1999	Succeeded by 2000 World U18

[1] World and European tournaments

[2] Asian tournaments

[3] U18 WJC All-Star Teams

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United States
2023 Championship teams	Canada Czechia Finland Germany Latvia Norway Slovakia Sweden Switzerland United States
Championships	Germany 1999 Switzerland 2000 Finland 2001 Slovakia 2002 Russia 2003 Belarus 2004 Czech Republic 2005 Sweden 2006 Finland 2007 Russia 2008 United States 2009 Belarus 2010 Germany 2011 Czech Republic 2012 Russia 2013 Finland 2014 Switzerland 2015 United States 2016 Slovakia 2017 Russia 2018 Sweden 2019 ~~United States 2020~~ United States 2021 Germany 2022 Switzerland 2023 Finland 2024
Division I	1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ ~~2021~~ 2022 2023 2024
Division II	1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ ~~2021~~ 2022 2023 2024
Division III	1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ ~~2021~~ 2022 2023 2024
Predecessor: IIHF European Junior Championships (1967–1998)