2000 IIHF World Championship


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

Qualification

This was the final year for qualifying rounds. 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 November 11–14, 1999.

Group 1 (Great Britain)

Group 2 (France)

Played in Amiens
TeamGamesWonDrawnLostPoints differencePoints
1320111–74
2311110–103
331117–83
431029–122

Playoff (Netherlands)

Played in Eindhoven

Far East (Japan)

Played September 3–5, 1999 in Aomori.
TeamGamesWonDrawnLostPoints differencePoints
1220014–04
221014–72
320022–130

Venues

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

Group B

Group C

Group D

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

Qualifying round

Group E

Group F

Final round

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Final

Ranking and statistics

Tournament Awards

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:
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5
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7
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10
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12
13
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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
Miroslav Šatan910212+314F
Jiří Dopita94711+816F
David Výborný94610+66F
Todd Bertuzzi9549+547F
Tomáš Vlasák9459+40F
Trond Magnussen6369+410F
Ryan Smyth9369+30F
Michal Sýkora9538+716D
Arnaud Briand6448−28F
Maurice Rozenthal635808F

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
José Théodore478:11192131.6393.232
Reinhard Divis358:56201152.5192.540
Roman Čechmánek480:00212162.0092.451
Tommy Salo358:31128101.6792.191
Reto Pavoni299:41151142.8090.730

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