2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships


The 2001 IIHF World U20 Championship, commonly referred as the 2001 World Junior Hockey Championships, was the 25th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. The tournament was held in Moscow and Podolsk, Russia from December 26, 2000 to January 5, 2001. The Czech Republic won the gold medal for the second consecutive year with a 2–1 victory over Finland in the championship game, while Canada won the bronze medal with a 2–1 overtime victory over Sweden.

Venues

Rosters

Top Division

Preliminary round

Group A

All times local.

Group B

All times local.

Relegation round

was relegated to Division I for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Final round

† Overtime victory.

Quarterfinals

January 2

Consolation round

Semifinals

7th place game

5th place game

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Scoring leaders

Goaltending leaders

Minimum 90 minutes played.
RankPlayerCountrySaves
1Tomáš Duba420:0015181.1414394.702
2Maxime Ouellet398:24172101.5116294.191
3Ari Ahonen358:1711981.3411193.281
4Henrik Lundqvist419:19180131.8616792.780
5Rick DiPietro359:4310981.3310192.661

Tournament awards

Final standings

Division I

The following teams took part in the Division I tournament. This group played in Landsberg and Füssen, Germany between December 10 and December 16, 2000.

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Relegation round

was relegated to Division II for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Final round

was promoted to the Top Division for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Division II

The following teams took part in the Division II tournament. This group played in Elektrėnai and Kaunas, Lithuania between December 30, 2000 and January 3, 2001.

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Final round

All times local.

7th place game

was relegated to Division III for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

5th place game

3rd place game

1st place game

was promoted to Division I for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Division III

The following teams took part in the Division III tournament. This group played in Belgrade, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia between January 4 and January 8, 2001.

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Final round

All times local.

7th place game

was relegated to Division III Qualification for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, but did not participate again until 2003.

5th place game

3rd place game

1st place game

was promoted to Division II for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Division III Qualification

The following teams took part in the Division III qualification tournament. This group played in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg between April 26 and April 28, 2001.
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was promoted to Division III of the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.