1999 IIHF World Championship

1999 IIHF World Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Norway
Dates 1–16 May
Teams 16
Venue(s) 3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions   Czech Republic (2nd title)
Runner-up   Finland
Third place   Sweden
Fourth place  Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played 49
Goals scored 302 (6.16 per match)
Attendance 180,394 (3,682 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Finland Saku Koivu (16 pts)
MVP Finland Teemu Selänne
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The 1999 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships were held in Oslo, Hamar and Lillehammer in Norway from 1 to 16 May.

Venues

Lillehammer Oslo Hamar
Håkons Hall
Capacity: 11,500		 Jordal Amfi
Capacity: 4,500		 Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre
Capacity: 6,000

World Championship Group A

Qualifying Round

Three qualifying tournaments were played to establish the last five entrants to the World Championship. Two groups of four played in Europe, first and second place from each advanced, while the others were relegated to Group B. The winner of the "Far East" tournament advanced to the World Championship, while the losers played in Group C.

Group 1 (Austria)

Played 5–8 November 1998 in Klagenfurt.

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
1  United States 3 3 0 0 12 - 01 6
2  Austria 3 2 0 1 12 - 06 4
3  Kazakhstan 3 1 0 2 10 - 09 2
4  Estonia 3 0 0 3 03 - 21 0

The United States and Austria advanced to the World Championship.

5 November 1998United States 3-0
 Kazakhstan
5 November 1998Austria 6-2
 Estonia
7 November 1998United States 7-1
 Estonia
7 November 1998Austria 6-2
 Kazakhstan
8 November 1998Kazakhstan 8-0
 Estonia
8 November 1998Austria 0-2
 United States

Group 2 (Slovenia)

Played 5–8 November 1998 in Ljubljana.

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
1  Ukraine 3 2 1 0 08 - 04 5
2  France 3 2 0 1 09 - 07 4
3  Slovenia 3 0 2 1 05 - 08 2
4  Germany 3 0 1 2 03 - 06 1

The Ukraine and France advanced to the World Championship.

5 November 1998Slovenia 1-1
 Germany
5 November 1998Ukraine 4-1
 France
7 November 1998Germany 1-2
 Ukraine
7 November 1998Slovenia 2-5
 France
8 November 1998France 3-1
 Germany
8 November 1998Slovenia 2-2
 Ukraine

Far East (Japan)

Played 4–6 September 1998 in Tokyo.

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
1  Japan 2 2 0 0 24 - 05 4
2  South Korea 2 1 0 1 04 - 09 2
3  China 2 0 0 2 02 - 16 0

Japan advanced to the World Championship.

4 September 1998Japan 15-2
 China
5 September 1998South Korea 1-0
 China
6 September 1998Japan 9-2
 South Korea

First Round

In each group, the top two nations advanced to the next round. Third place teams played a final round against each other to determine who escaped having to qualify for next year's tournament. Fourth place teams did not play further, they were automatically entered in qualifiers for next year's tournament.

Group 1

Team GP W T L GF GA PTS
 Canada 3 3 0 0 12 6 6
 Slovakia 3 2 0 1 17 9 4
 Norway 3 1 0 2 9 14 2
 Italy 3 0 0 3 8 17 0

Italy was relegated to the qualifiers for the 2000 IIHF World Championship.

1 MayCanada 3-2
 Slovakia
1 MayNorway 5-2
 Italy
3 MaySlovakia 7-4
 Italy
3 MayNorway 2-4
 Canada
5 MayCanada 5-2
 Italy
5 MayNorway 2-8
 Slovakia

Group 2

Team GP W T L GF GA PTS
 Sweden 3 3 0 0 14 5 6
  Switzerland 3 2 0 1 12 9 4
 Latvia 3 1 0 2 14 14 2
 France 3 0 0 3 6 18 0

France was relegated to the qualifiers for the 2000 IIHF World Championship.

1 MaySwitzerland  5-3
 Latvia
1 MaySweden 4-1
 France
3 MayLatvia 8-5
 France
3 MaySweden 6-1
  Switzerland
5 MaySwitzerland  6-0
 France
5 MaySweden 4-3
 Latvia

Group 3

Team GP W T L GF GA PTS
 Czech Republic 3 3 0 0 23 5 6
 United States 3 2 0 1 15 7 4
 Austria 3 1 0 2 6 14 2
 Japan 3 0 0 3 5 23 0

Japan was relegated to the qualifiers for the 2000 IIHF World Championship.

2 MayCzech Republic 7-0
 Austria
2 MayUnited States 7-1
 Japan
4 MayCzech Republic 12-2
 Japan
4 MayUnited States 5-2
 Austria
6 MayCzech Republic 4-3
 United States
6 MayAustria 4-2
 Japan

Group 4

Team GP W T L GF GA PTS
 Finland 3 2 1 0 10 5 5
 Russia 3 1 2 0 9 6 4
 Belarus 3 1 1 1 9 7 3
 Ukraine 3 0 0 3 3 13 0

The Ukraine was relegated to the qualifiers for the 2000 IIHF World Championship.

2 MayRussia 2-2
 Belarus
2 MayFinland 3-1
 Ukraine
4 MayRussia 4-1
 Ukraine
4 MayBelarus 1-4
 Finland
6 MayBelarus 6-1
 Ukraine
6 MayRussia 3-3
 Finland

Second Round

Group 5

Team GP W T L GF GA PTS
 Finland 3 3 0 0 13 6 6
 Canada 3 2 0 1 14 7 4
 United States 3 1 0 2 7 8 2
  Switzerland 3 0 0 3 3 16 0
7 MayCanada 8-2
  Switzerland
7 MayFinland 4-3
 United States
8 MayCanada 4-1
 United States
8 MayFinland 5-1
  Switzerland
10 MayFinland 4-2
 Canada
10 MayUnited States 3-0
  Switzerland

Group 6

Team GP W T L GF GA PTS
 Czech Republic 3 2 0 1 11 8 4
 Sweden 3 2 0 1 6 4 4
 Russia 3 1 1 1 9 7 3
 Slovakia 3 0 1 2 5 12 1
7 MayRussia 6-1
 Czech Republic
7 MaySweden 2-1
 Slovakia
8 MayCzech Republic 8-2
 Slovakia
8 MaySweden 4-1
 Russia
10 MayRussia 2-2
 Slovakia
10 MaySweden 0-2
 Czech Republic

Final Round

Each playoff match up consisted of a two-game series. If tied, the two teams would play an overtime-style mini game (10 minutes in duration for the semi-finals and 20 minutes in the final) to determine the winner, and then a shoot-out if no scoring occurred. The only mini-game to go to a shoot-out was the Czech versus Canada tiebreaker, with a 4 to 3 Czech victory. Note that the mini-games show up as a game played in the players statistics. The exception was for the Bronze medal game which was just one game.

Semi-finals Final
May 12 & 13 – Lillehammer
  Finland  (3-1-1)  
  Sweden  (1-2-0)  
 
May 15 & 16 – Lillehammer
      Finland  (1-4-0)
    Czech Republic  (3-1-1)
Third place
May 12 & 13 – Lillehammer May 15 – Lillehammer
  Czech Republic  (1-6-1)   Sweden  3
  Canada  (2-4-0)     Canada  2

Semifinals

12 MayFinland 3-1
 SwedenLillehammer
Attendance: 6,353
12 MayCzech Republic 1-2
 CanadaLillehammer
Attendance: 6,100
13 MaySweden 2-1 (0-1)
 FinlandLillehammer
Attendance: 7,379
13 MayCanada 4-6 (3-4)
 Czech RepublicLillehammer
Attendance: 6,579

Match for third place

15 MaySweden 3-2
(2–0, 1–0, 0–2)		 CanadaLillehammer
Attendance: 8,811

Final

15 MayFinland 1-3
(0-1, 0-1, 1-1)		 Czech RepublicLillehammer
Attendance: 8,949
16 MayCzech Republic 1-4 (1-0)
(0-2, 1-1, 0-1)		 FinlandLillehammer
Attendance: 9,187

Consolation Round 9-12 Place

Team GP W T L GF GA PTS
 Belarus 3 3 0 0 7 3 6
 Austria 3 2 0 1 10 5 4
 Latvia 3 1 0 2 10 8 2
 Norway 3 0 0 3 1 12 0

Latvia and Norway were relegated to the qualifiers for the 2000 IIHF World Championship.

8 MayAustria 5-2
 Latvia
8 MayNorway 0-2
 Belarus
9 MayBelarus 3-2
 Austria
9 MayNorway 1-7
 Latvia
11 MayLatvia 1-2
 Belarus
11 MayNorway 0-3
 Austria

Ranking and statistics

 


 1999 IIHF World Championship Winners 

Czech Republic
2nd title

Tournament Awards

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

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

Places eleven through sixteen had to play in qualifying tournaments for entry into the 2000 tournament.

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Finland Saku Koivu 10 4 12 16 +8 4 F
Finland Teemu Selänne 11 3 8 11 +6 16 F
Sweden Markus Naslund 10 6 4 10 +7 0 F
Slovakia Žigmund Pálffy 6 5 5 10 0 6 F
Czech Republic Jan Hlaváč 10 5 5 10 +4 7 F
Czech Republic Martin Ručinský 10 4 6 10 +6 16 F
Russia Alexei Yashin 6 8 1 9 +4 6 F
Sweden Daniel Alfredsson 10 4 5 9 +5 8 F
Czech Republic Viktor Ujčík 10 6 2 8 +3 12 F
Finland Jere Karalahti 12 5 3 8 +5 2 D

Source:

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 GA GAA SVS% SO
United States Parris Duffus 258 7 1.63 .939 1
Belarus Andrei Mezin 360 10 1.67 .931 1
Sweden Tommy Salo 424 13 1.84 .921 0
Finland Ari Sulander 464 15 1.94 .921 0
Canada Ron Tugnutt 328 11 2.01 .915 0

Source:

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