1999 IIHF World Championship

The 1999 IIHF World Championship was held in Oslo, Hamar and Lillehammer in Norway from 1 to 16 May. It was the top tier of the men's championships for that year.

1999 IIHF World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Norway
Dates1–16 May
Officially opened byHarald V
Teams16
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
Games played49
Goals scored302 (6.16 per game)
Attendance180,394 (3,682 per match)
Scoring leader(s)Finland Saku Koivu (16 pts)
MVPFinland Teemu Selänne

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.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  United States 3 3 0 0 12 1 +11 6
2  Austria 3 2 0 1 12 6 +6 4
3  Kazakhstan 3 1 0 2 10 9 +1 2
4  Estonia 3 0 0 3 3 21 −18 0
Source:

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.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Ukraine 3 2 1 0 8 4 +4 5
2  France 3 2 0 1 9 7 +2 4
3  Slovenia 3 0 2 1 5 8 −3 2
4  Germany 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
Source:

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.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Japan 2 2 0 0 24 4 +20 4
2  South Korea 2 1 0 1 3 9 −6 2
3  China 2 0 0 2 2 16 −14 0
Source:

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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Canada 3 3 0 0 12 6 +6 6
 Slovakia 3 2 0 1 17 9 +8 4
 Norway 3 1 0 2 9 14 −5 2
 Italy 3 0 0 3 8 17 −9 0
Source:

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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Sweden 3 3 0 0 14 5 +9 6
  Switzerland 3 2 0 1 12 9 +3 4
 Latvia 3 1 0 2 14 14 0 2
 France 3 0 0 3 6 18 −12 0
Source:

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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Czech Republic 3 3 0 0 23 5 +18 6
 United States 3 2 0 1 15 7 +8 4
 Austria 3 1 0 2 6 14 −8 2
 Japan 3 0 0 3 5 23 −18 0
Source:

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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Finland 3 2 1 0 10 5 +5 5
 Russia 3 1 2 0 9 6 +3 4
 Belarus 3 1 1 1 9 7 +2 3
 Ukraine 3 0 0 3 3 13 −10 0
Source:

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

Group 5
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Finland 3 3 0 0 13 6 +7 6
 Canada 3 2 0 1 14 7 +7 4
 United States 3 1 0 2 7 8 −1 2
  Switzerland 3 0 0 3 3 16 −13 0
Source:
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Czech Republic 3 2 0 1 11 8 +3 4
 Sweden 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 4
 Russia 3 1 1 1 9 7 +2 3
 Slovakia 3 0 1 2 5 12 −7 1
Source:
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.

 
SemifinalsFinals
 
          
 
12 and 13 May – Lillehammer
 
 
 Finland311
 
15 and 16 May – Lillehammer
 
 Sweden120
 
 Finland140
 
12 and 13 May – Lillehammer
 
 Czech Republic311
 
 Czech Republic161
 
 
 Canada240
 
Bronze medal game
 
 
15 May – Lillehammer
 
 
 Sweden3
 
 
 Canada2

Semifinals
12 MayFinland 3-1 SwedenLillehammer
Attendance: 6,353
Ari SulanderGoaliesTommy Salo
Marko Tuomainen − 23:381-0
Raimo Helminen − 29:092-0
2-133:38 − Niklas Sundström
Jere Karalahti − 50:173-1
12 MayCzech Republic 1-2 CanadaLillehammer
Attendance: 6,100
0-104:01 − Wade Redden
0-235:35 − Cory Stillman
Pavel Kubina − 53:541-2
13 MaySweden 2-1 (0-1) FinlandLillehammer
Attendance: 7,379
Tommy SaloGoaliesAri Sulander
Jörgen Jönsson − 26:371-0
1-151:58 − Juha Lind
Jörgen Jönsson − 53:042-1
0-106:26 − Marko Tuomainen ot.
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
Tommy SaloGoaliesRon TugnuttReferee:
Rami Savolainen Finland
Linesmen:
Panu Bruun Finland
Hirokazu Takahashi Japan
Markus Näslund − 12:141-0
Christer Olsson − 14:532-0
Jörgen Jönsson − 37:573-0
3-141:18 − Brian Savage
3-248:49 − Adam Graves

Final
15 MayFinland 1-3
(0-1, 0-1, 1-1)		 Czech RepublicLillehammer
Attendance: 8,949
Ari SulanderGoaliesMilan HniličkaReferee:
Danny Kurmann Switzerland
Linesmen:
Nadir Mandioni Switzerland
Kent Thudén Sweden
0-110:53 − František Kaberle
0-237:20 − Martin Ručinský
Juha Lind − 54:421-2
1-359:29 − Radek Dvořák
16 MayCzech Republic 1-4 (1-0)
(0-2, 1-1, 0-1)		 FinlandLillehammer
Attendance: 9,187
Milan HniličkaGoaliesMiikka KiprusoffReferee:
Danny Kurmann Switzerland
Linesmen:
Nadir Mandioni Switzerland
Kent Thudén Sweden
0-101:41 − Antti-Jussi Niemi
0-205:35 − Juha Lind
0-321:51 − Marko Tuomainen
Viktor Ujčík − 30:471-3
1-446:52 − Ville Peltonen
ot. Jan Hlaváč − 16:321-0

Consolation round 9–12 place
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Belarus 3 3 0 0 7 3 +4 6
 Austria 3 2 0 1 10 5 +5 4
 Latvia 3 1 0 2 10 8 +2 2
 Norway 3 0 0 3 1 12 −11 0
Source:

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:

1st place, gold medalist(s) Czech Republic
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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 Koivu1041216+84F
Finland Teemu Selänne113811+616F
Sweden Markus Näslund106410+70F
Slovakia Žigmund Pálffy6551006F
Czech Republic Jan Hlaváč105510+47F
Czech Republic Martin Ručinský104610+616F
Russia Alexei Yashin6819+46F
Sweden Daniel Alfredsson10459+58F
Czech Republic Viktor Ujčík10628+312F
Finland Jere Karalahti12538+52D

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 Duffus25871.63.9391
Belarus Andrei Mezin360101.67.9311
Sweden Tommy Salo424131.84.9210
Finland Ari Sulander464151.94.9210
Canada Ron Tugnutt328112.01.9150

Source:

See also

Citations

    References
    • Complete results
    • Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. pp. 163–4.
    • Archive of Norway 1999
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