1999 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

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The 1999 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships was the 63rd such event sanctioned by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Teams representing 41 countries participated in several levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for group placements in the 2000 competition.

1999 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships
Dates	March – May 1999
← 1998 2000 →

World Championship Group A

The Championship took place between sixteen teams in Norway.

Austria (2nd, Group 1 Qualifier)
Belarus
Canada
Czech Republic
France (2nd, Group 2 Qualifier)
Finland
Italy
Japan (Far East Qualifier)
Latvia
Norway (Host)
Russia
Slovakia
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine (1st, Group 2 Qualifier)
United States (1st, Group 1 Qualifier)

World Championship Group B

Played at Odense and Rodovre, Denmark 8–17 April. The top three teams at the end of the tournament advanced to the qualifying round for the 2000 IIHF World Championship. The Germans, after failing to qualify for Group A, lost their final game to Kazakhstan and finished fourth. The twentieth place overall was by far the worst finish in their history.^[1]

Final Round 17–24 Place

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
17	Denmark	7	6	1	0	30	12	+18	13
18	Great Britain	7	5	1	1	24	16	+8	11
19	Kazakhstan	7	5	0	2	25	11	+14	10
20	Germany	7	5	0	2	19	17	+2	10
21	Slovenia	7	2	1	4	14	17	−3	5
22	Estonia	7	2	1	4	17	25	−8	5
23	Poland	7	1	0	6	15	23	−8	2
24	Hungary	7	0	0	7	10	33	−23	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Denmark, Great Britain, and Kazakhstan all advanced to the qualifiers for the 2000 IIHF World Championship. Hungary was relegated to Group C.

8 April

1–2

8 April

5–2

8 April

2–5

8 April

4–2

9 April

3–2

9 April

3–1

9 April

4–1

9 April

1–0

10 April

3–2

10 April

3–1

11 April

3–1

11 April

5–1

12 April

5–1

12 April

1–4

13 April

6–1

13 April

6–2

14 April

4–3

14 April

4–1

15 April

4–0

15 April

5–1

16 April

5–3

16 April

2–4

16 April

3–1

16 April

2–0

17 April

3–3

17 April

6–1

17 April

5–1

17 April

5–5

World Championship Group C

Played at Eindhoven and Tilburg, Netherlands 5–11 April. While eight teams had qualified for the Group C tournament, the host Dutch government had suspended diplomatic relations with Yugoslavia, due to the Kosovo War, and did not allow the Yugoslavian team to participate in the tournament.^[1]

First round

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	3	3	0	0	28	1	+27	6
China	3	2	0	1	10	12	−2	4
Croatia	3	1	0	2	15	13	+2	2
Bulgaria	3	0	0	3	2	29	−27	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

5 April

13–0

5 April

5–3

6 April

5–1

6 April

7–1

8 April

11–1

8 April

8–0

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Romania	2	2	0	0	13	5	+8	4
Lithuania	2	0	1	1	6	9	−3	1
South Korea	2	0	1	1	7	12	−5	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

5 April

8–3

6 April

4–4

8 April

5–2

Final Round 25–28 Place

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
25	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	23	2	+21	6
26	Romania	3	2	0	1	16	13	+3	4
27	Lithuania	3	0	1	2	7	15	−8	1
28	China	3	0	1	2	6	22	−16	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

The Netherlands was promoted to Group B.

10 April

6–1

10 April

10–2

11 April

9–1

11 April

4–4

Final Round 29–32 Place

Because Yugoslavia was unable to participate for political reasons, the IIHF officially maintained their 30th place from the previous World Championship.^[2]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
29	Croatia	2	1	1	0	16	6	+10	3
31	South Korea	2	1	1	0	11	10	+1	3
32	Bulgaria	2	0	0	2	6	17	−11	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

No team was relegated, with Yugoslavia resuming their place in 2000 the tournament was played with nine teams.

10 April

5–5

11 April

5–6

World Championship Group D

Played at Krugersdorp, South Africa 14–20 April

First round

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	2	2	0	0	30	1	+29	4
New Zealand	2	1	0	1	4	25	−21	2
Greece	2	0	0	2	1	9	−8	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

14 April

0–6

15 April

3–1

16 April

24–1

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Australia	2	2	0	0	26	2	+24	4
South Africa	2	1	0	1	19	7	+12	2
Turkey	2	0	0	2	2	38	−36	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

14 April

20–1

15 April

1–18

16 April

1–6

Group 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Israel	2	2	0	0	17	2	+15	4
Belgium	2	1	0	1	16	6	+10	2
Iceland	2	0	0	2	0	25	−25	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

14 April

0–11

15 April

14–0

16 April

6–2

Final Round 33–35 Place

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
33	Spain	2	1	1	0	8	6	+2	3
34	Israel	2	1	1	0	5	3	+2	3
35	Australia	2	0	0	2	3	7	−4	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Spain was promoted to Group C.

18 April

0–2

19 April

3–3

20 April

5–3

Consolation round 36–38 Place

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
36	Belgium	2	2	0	0	16	3	+13	4
37	South Africa	2	1	0	1	5	7	−2	2
38	New Zealand	2	0	0	2	3	14	−11	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

18 April

1–6

19 April

10–2

20 April

1–4

Consolation round 39–41 Place

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
39	Turkey	2	1	0	1	5	4	+1	2
40	Greece	2	1	0	1	9	9	0	2
41	Iceland	2	1	0	1	9	10	−1	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

18 April

2–3

19 April

6–8

20 April

1–3

See also

Citations

References

Complete results
Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. pp. 163–4.

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