2000 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 2000 World Junior Hockey Championships, was the 24th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. The tournament was hosted in Skellefteå and Umeå, Sweden from December 25, 1999, to January 4, 2000. The Czech Republic won the gold medal with a 1–0 shootout victory over Russia in the championship game, while Canada won the bronze medal with a 4–3 shootout victory over the United States. This still remains as the only tournament to where both medal games have been decided in a shootout.
The playoff round was expanded to eight teams, with group leaders not getting a bye to the semifinals.Venues
Pool A
Preliminary round
Group A
All times local.Group B
All times local.Relegation round
was relegated to Division I for the 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.Final round
‡ Shootout victory.
All times local.Quarterfinals
Consolation round
Semifinals
7th place game
5th place game
Gold medal game
Scoring leaders
Goaltending leaders
Minimum 40% of team's ice time.
| Rank | Player | Country | | | | | Saves | | |
| 1 | Ilya Bryzgalov | | 234:04 | 105 | 3 | 0.77 | 102 | 97.14 | 1 |
| 2 | Alexei Volkov | | 185:11 | 81 | 4 | 1.30 | 77 | 95.06 | 0 |
| 3 | Zdeněk Šmíd | | 420:00 | 182 | 11 | 1.57 | 171 | 93.96 | 1 |
| 4 | Maxime Ouellet | | 360:00 | 181 | 11 | 1.83 | 170 | 93.92 | 0 |
| 5 | Rick DiPietro | | 298:57 | 138 | 9 | 1.81 | 129 | 93.48 | 1 |
Tournament awards
Final standings
Pool B
The following teams took part in the Pool B tournament. This group played in Minsk, Belarus between December 13 and December 19, 1999.Preliminary round
Group A
Group B
Relegation round
was relegated to Division II for the 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.Final round
was promoted to the Top Division for the 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.Pool C
The following teams took part in the Pool C tournament. This group played in Nagano, Japan between December 30, 1999, and January 3, 2000.Preliminary round
Group A
Group B
Final round
All times local.7th place game
was relegated to Division III for the 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.5th place game
3rd place game
1st place game
was promoted to Division I for the 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.Pool D
The following teams took part in the Pool D tournament. This group played in Mexico City, Mexico between January 9 and January 15, 2000.Preliminary round
Group A
Group B
Group C
Final round
Places 7 to 9
was relegated to Division III Qualification for the 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.Places 4 to 6
Places 1 to 3
was promoted to Division II for the 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
