1999 IIHF World U18 Championships

1999 IIHF World U18 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Germany
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	April 8 to 18, 1999
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Finland
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)	Mikael Berg (10 points)
2000 →

The 1999 IIHF World U18 Championships was the first of its kind. It was held between April 8 and 18, 1999, in Füssen and Kaufbeuren, Germany. It replaced the European Under 18 Championship at the top two levels (which had run since 1977), by including one nation, the United States. Below the top two levels (Divisions A & B) two tiers of European divisions played, as well as two tiers of Asian divisions.^[1][2]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts		SWE	SUI	CZE	UKR	GER
1	Sweden	4	3	1	0	22	8	7			3–0	4–4	10–2	5–2
2	Switzerland	4	3	0	1	10	6	6		0–3		3–2	4–1	3–0
3	Czech Republic	4	2	1	1	16	10	5		4–4	2–3		4–2	6–1
4	Ukraine	4	1	0	3	8	20	2		2–10	1–4	1–6		4–0
5	Germany	4	0	0	4	4	16	0		2–5	0–3	2–4	0–4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts		FIN	SVK	RUS	USA	NOR
1	Finland	4	4	0	0	21	5	8			3–2	3–1	5–0	10–2
2	Slovakia	4	3	0	1	18	10	6		2–3		3–2	6–5	7–0
3	Russia	4	2	0	2	13	9	4		1–3	2–3		2–1	8–2
4	United States	4	1	0	3	16	15	2		0–5	5–6	1–2		10–2
5	Norway	4	0	0	4	6	35	0		2–10	0–7	2–8	2–10

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts		USA	UKR	GER	NOR
1	United States	3	3	0	0	22	2	6			6–0	6–0	(10–2)
2	Ukraine	3	2	0	1	7	6	4		0–6		(4–0)	3–0
3	Germany	3	1	0	2	4	12	2		0–6	(0–4)		4–2
4	Norway	3	0	0	3	4	17	0		(2–10)	0–3	2–4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts		FIN	SWE	SVK	SUI	CZE	RUS
1	Finland	5	3	1	1	12	12	7			2–2	(3–2)	1–6	3–1	(3–1)
2	Sweden	5	2	2	1	15	10	6		2–2		4–1	(3–0)	(4–4)	2–3
3	Slovakia	5	3	0	2	13	12	6		(2–3)	1–4		6–3	1–0	(3–2)
4	Switzerland	5	3	0	2	16	13	6		6–1	(0–3)	3–6		(3–2)	4–1
5	Czech Republic	5	1	1	3	12	13	3		1–3	(4–4)	0–1	(2–3)		5–2
6	Russia	5	1	0	4	9	17	2		(1–3)	3–2	(2–3)	1–4	2–5

1. Finland

2. Sweden

3. Slovakia

4. Switzerland

5. Czech Republic

6. Russia

7. United States

8. Ukraine

9. Germany

10. Norway

Norway was relegated to Division B for 2000.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts		BLR	DAN	ITA	GBR
1	Belarus	3	3	0	0	23	6	6			10–4	5–1	8–1
2	Denmark	3	1	1	1	16	16	3		4–10		4–4	8–2
3	Italy	3	1	1	1	11	11	3		1–5	4–4		6–2
4	Great Britain	3	0	0	3	5	22	0		1–8	2–6	2–8

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts		AUT	POL	FRA	HUN
1	Austria	3	2	1	0	23	5	5			6–0	3–3	14–2
2	Poland	3	2	0	1	13	11	4		0–6		5–3	8–2
3	France	3	1	1	1	15	10	3		3–3	3–5		9–2
4	Hungary	3	0	0	3	6	31	0		2–14	2–8	2–9

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

5th-8th place

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts		ITA	FRA	HUN	GBR
1	Italy	3	3	0	0	17	4	6			4–1	7–1	(6–2)
2	France	3	2	0	1	15	7	4		1–4		(9–2)	5–1
3	Hungary	3	1	0	2	7	19	2		1–7	(2–9)		4–3
4	Great Britain	3	0	0	3	6	15	0		(2–6)	1–5	3–4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Final round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts		BLR	AUT	POL	DAN
1	Belarus	3	1	2	0	15	9	4			2–2	3–3	(10–4)
2	Austria	3	1	1	1	11	7	3		2–2		(6–0)	3–5
3	Poland	3	1	1	1	6	11	3		3–3	(0–6)		3–2
4	Denmark	3	1	0	2	11	16	2		(4–10)	5–3	2–3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Belarus was promoted to Division A, and both Hungary and Great Britain were relegated to the European Division I, for 2000.

Group A

Pos	Team	GF	GA	Pts		LAT	EST	ROM	YUG
1	Latvia	41	5	6–0			6–2	11–2	24–1
2	Estonia	21	8	4–2		2–6		9–1	10–1
3	Romania	11	23	2–4		2–11	1–9		8–3
4	Yugoslavia	5	42	0–6		1–24	1–10	3–8

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Pos	Team	GF	GA	Pts		SLO	LTU	KAZ	CRO
1	Slovenia	22	9	6–0			6–4	6–2	10–3
2	Lithuania	13	9	4–2		4–6		5–0	4–3
3	Kazakhstan	12	13	2–4		2–6	0–5		10–2
4	Croatia	8	24	0–6		3–10	3–4	2–10

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

7th place
20 January 1999	Bucharest	Croatia	–	Yugoslavia		14–2 (3–2,4–0,7–0)
5th place
20 January 1999	Bucharest	Romania	–	Kazakhstan		0–15 (0–4,0–7,0–4)
3rd place
20 January 1999	Bucharest	Lithuania	–	Estonia		10–1 (2–1,5–0,3–0)
Final
20 January 1999	Bucharest	Latvia	–	Slovenia		5–1 (2–0,2–1,1–0)

Latvia was promoted to Division B, and both Croatia and Yugoslavia were relegated to the European Division II, for 2000.

Group A

Pos	Team	GF	GA	Pts		NED	ISR	BUL	IRL
1	Netherlands	64	2	6–0			10–2	12–0	42–0
2	Israel	29	14	4–2		2–10		8–3	19–1
3	Bulgaria	12	22	2–4		0–12	3–8		9–2
4	Ireland	3	70	0–6		0–42	1–19	2–9

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Pos	Team	GF	GA	Pts		ESP	BEL	LUX	ISL
1	Spain	23	4	6–0			5–2	8–1	10–1
2	Belgium	20	6	4–2		2–5		8–1	10–0
3	Luxembourg	4	16	2–4		1–8	1–8		2–0
4	Iceland	1	22	0–6		1–10	0–10	0–2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

5th-8th place

Pos	Team	GF	GA	Pts		LUX	BUL	ISL	IRL
1	Luxembourg	17	5	4–2			4–5	(2–0)	11–0
2	Bulgaria	19	12	4–2		5–4		5–6	(9–2)
3	Iceland	20	7	4–2		(0–2)	6–5		14–0
4	Ireland	2	34	0–6		0–11	(2–9)	0–14

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

1st-4th place

Pos	Team	GF	GA	Pts		ESP	NED	BEL	ISR
1	Spain	19	7	5–1			3–3	(5–2)	11–2
2	Netherlands	14	6	4–2		3–3		1–1	(10–2)
3	Belgium	17	7	3–3		(2–5)	1–1		14–1
4	Israel	5	35	0–6		2–11	(2–10)	1–14

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Spain was promoted to the European Division I for 2000.

Pos	Team	GF	GA	Pts		JPN	KOR	CHN	AUS
1	Japan	36	5	6–0			8–4	13–1	15–0
2	South Korea	24	11	4–2		4–8		6–3	14–0
3	China	15	19	2–4		1–13	3–6		11–0
4	Australia	0	40	0–6		0–15	0–14	0–11

Japan was promoted to Division B for 2000.

Pos	Team	GF	GA	Pts		PRK	RSA	NZL	TPE
1	North Korea	56	3	6–0			9–3	23–0	24–0
2	South Africa	38	10	4–2		3–9		1–0	34–1
3	New Zealand	20	27	2–4		0–23	0–1		20–3
4	Chinese Taipei	4	78	0–6		0–24	1–34	3–20

• North Korea 29 - 0 Chinese Taipei
• South Africa 15 - 0 New Zealand

• 3rd place: New Zealand 26 - 4 Chinese Taipei
• 1st place: North Korea 9 - 1 South Africa

North Korea was promoted to Asia-Oceania Division I for 2000.

Source: EliteProspects^[3]

• Ari Ahonen (Goaltender)
• David Jobin (Defence)
• Niklas Kronwall (Defence)
• Mikko Hyytiä (Centre)
• Marián Gáborík (Winger)
• Milan Bartovič (Winger)

• Full results (and explanation in french)
• Official results (archived)