1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1999 WJC) was held in Winnipeg, and five other communities in Manitoba, Canada from December 26, 1998 to January 5, 1999. In the gold medal match at Winnipeg Arena, Russia defeated Canada 3–2 on Artem Chubarov's overtime goal. The bronze medal was claimed by Slovakia, giving the six-year-old country its first medal at an IIHF event.

1999 IIHF U20 World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Dates	December 26 – January 5
Teams	10
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Russia (1st title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	Slovakia
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	225 (7.26 per match)
Attendance	173,453 (5,595 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Brian Gionta (11 points)
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The playoff round reverts to six teams qualifying, with group leaders getting a bye to the semifinals.

Pool A

Group A

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Slovakia	4	3	0	1	10	7	7
Canada	4	2	1	1	10	9	5
Finland	4	2	2	0	17	16	4
Czech Republic	4	1	3	0	11	12	2
United States	4	1	3	0	13	17	2

December 26, 1998

Slovakia

3 – 2

Czech Republic

Keystone Centre, Brandon

December 26, 1998

Finland

6 – 3

United States

Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg

December 27, 1998

Slovakia

0 – 0 (0-0, 0-0, 0-0)

Canada

Keystone Centre, Brandon Attendance: 6,000

	Ján Lašák	Goalies	Roberto Luongo
	0-0
	36	Shots	31

December 28, 1998

Canada

6 – 4 (3-0, 1-3, 2-1)

Finland

Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg Attendance: 13,225

	Roberto Luongo	Goalies	Mika Noronen
	Calder) (Stuart, Tkaczuk) (PP) - 1:50 1-0 Chimera (Allen) - 2:37 2-0 Fata (Tkaczuk) - 13:13 3-0 3-1 22:46 - Somervuori (Gustafsson, Hagman) 3-2 30:14 - Ahonen (Laatikainen, Somervuori) Chimera (Leeb, Druken) - 30:59 4-2 4-3 49:18 - Kauppinen (Koskela, Hagman) (PP) Tkaczuk (Calder) - 46:54 5-3
	28	Shots	40

December 28, 1998

Czech Republic

6 – 3

United States

Keystone Centre, Brandon

December 29, 1998

Slovakia

4 – 3

Finland

Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg

December 30, 1998

Canada

2 – 0 (1-0, 0-0, 1-0)

Czech Republic

Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg Attendance: 13,225

	Roberto Luongo	Goalies	Vlastimil Lakosil
	Campbell (Tkaczuk), Calder) - 18:10 1-0 Tkaczuk (Fata, Chimera) - 54:25 2-0
	32	Shots	29

December 30, 1998

Slovakia

3 – 2

United States

Selkirk Recreation Complex, Selkirk

December 31, 1998

United States

5 – 2 (1-0, 3-2, 1-0)

Canada

Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg Attendance: 13,225

	Joe Blackburn	Goalies	Roberto Luongo
	Gionta - 14:46 1-0 1-1 23:42 - Mair Murphy (Gionta, Gomez) - 26:23 2-1 Heisten (Gomez, Mara) (PP) - 28:03 3-1 Gionta (Murphy, Gomez) - 30:33 4-1 4-2 37:21 - Tkaczuk (A. Ference, Calder) (PP) Gomez (Mara, Blackburn) (PP) - 41:15 5-2
	33	Shots	38

December 31, 1998

Finland

4 – 3

Czech Republic

Selkirk Recreation Complex, Selkirk

Group B

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Sweden	4	4	0	0	25	11	8
Russia	4	3	1	0	25	4	6
Kazakhstan	4	1	2	1	9	20	3
Switzerland	4	1	3	0	5	17	2
Belarus	4	0	3	1	9	21	1

December 26, 1998

Sweden

4 – 2

Russia

Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg

December 26, 1998

Switzerland

4 – 3

Belarus

Selkirk Recreation Complex, Selkirk

December 27, 1998

Kazakhstan

2 – 2

Belarus

Centennial Arena, Portage la Prairie

December 28, 1998

Sweden

5 – 1

Switzerland

Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg

December 28, 1998

Russia

7 – 0

Kazakhstan

Centennial Arena, Portage la Prairie

December 29, 1998

Russia

10 – 0

Belarus

Keystone Centre, Brandon

December 30, 1998

Kazakhstan

3 – 0

Switzerland

Keystone Centre, Brandon

December 30, 1998

Sweden

5 – 4

Belarus

Morden Recreation Centre, Morden

December 31, 1998

Russia

6 – 0

Switzerland

Keystone Centre, Brandon

December 31, 1998

Sweden

11 – 4

Kazakhstan

Teulon-Rockwood Arena, Teulon

Relegation round

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Czech Republic	3	3	0	0	21	9	6
United States	3	2	1	0	15	12	4
Switzerland	3	1	2	0	12	13	2
Belarus	3	0	3	0	7	21	0

December 26, 1998

Switzerland

4 – 3

Belarus

Selkirk Recreation Complex, Selkirk

December 28, 1998

Czech Republic

6 – 3

United States

Keystone Centre, Brandon

January 3, 1999

Czech Republic

10 – 2

Belarus

Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg

January 3, 1999

United States

5 – 4

Switzerland

Centennial Arena, Portage la Prairie

January 4, 1999

Czech Republic

5 – 4

Switzerland

Morden Recreation Centre, Morden

January 4, 1999

United States

7 – 2

Belarus

Selkirk Recreation Complex, Selkirk

 Belarus was relegated for the 2000 World Juniors

Final round

Quarter finals

Semi finals

Final

QF1

Canada

6

A2

Canada

12

B1

Sweden

1

B3

Kazakhstan

2

SF1

Canada

2

SF2

Russia

3

QF2

Russia

3

B2

Russia

3

A1

Slovakia

2

Third place

A3

Finland

2

QF1

Sweden

4

QF2

Slovakia

5

Quarterfinals

January 2, 1999

Canada

12 – 2 (3–0, 5–0, 4–2)

Kazakhstan

Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg Attendance: 13,225

	Roberto Luongo	Goalies	Vitali Kolesnik
	Bouck (Mair, Ward) - 2:22 1-0 Gagné (Morrow, B. Ference) - 5:39 2-0 Tkaczuk (Fata, Calder - 15:20 3-0 Gagné (Morrow, Leeb) - 21:05 4-0 Ward - 33:25 5-0 Tkaczuk (Calder) - 34:22 6-0 Gagné (Leeb, Morrow) - 34:52 7-0 Leeb (Morrow, Van Ryn) - 35:08 8-0 8-1 40:50 - Zarzhytsky (Yeremeyev, Litvinenko) Morrow (Leeb) - 42:30 9-1 Druken (McDonell, Chimera) - 43:24 10-1 Morrow - 46:39 11-1 11-2 47:27 - Zarzhytsky (Yakovlev, Antropov) Gagné (Leeb, Morrow) - 58:45 12-2
	36	Shots	21

January 2, 1999

Russia

3 – 2 OT (1–0, 0–2, 1–0, 1-0)

Finland

Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg Attendance: 6,960

	Alexei Volkov	Goalies	Mika Lehto
	Lyashenko (Schastlivy, Verenikin) - 10:10 1-0 1-1 20:34 - Hagman (Mikkola) 1-2 24:33 - Elomo (Väänänen, Virkkunen) Kirilenko (Vishnevski) - 53:41 2-2 Denis Arkhipov (Dobryshkin) (PP) - 67:33 3-2
	46	Shots	21

Semifinals

January 4, 1999

Sweden

1 – 6 (1–1, 0–2, 0–3)

Canada

Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg Attendance: 13,225

	Andreas Andersson	Goalies	Roberto Luongo
	Karlin (Wallin, Persson) - 11:31 1-0 1-1 15:01 - McDonell (A. Ference, B. Ference) 1-2 23:18 - Gagné (SH) 1-3 35:41 - Tkaczuk (Calder, Fata) (PP) 1-4 41:49 - Leeb (Morrow) 1-5 43:58 - A. Ference (PP) 1-6 48:35 - Calder (Tkaczuk)
	27	Shots	22

January 4, 1999

Slovakia

2 – 3 (0–2, 2–1, 0–0)

Russia

Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg

	0-1 Balmochnykh (Arkhipov, Maslennikov) - 1:29 0-2 Dobryshkin (Vishnevski, Nikitenko) - 15:04 0-3 Verenikin (Lyashenko, Donika) (PP) - 23:22 31:29 - Cibak (Sejna, Cakajik) (PP) 1-3 32:03 - Hudec (Hujsa) 2-3

5th place game

January 4, 1999

Finland

6 – 1 (2–1, 2–0, 2–0,)

Kazakhstan

Keystone Centre, Brandon

Bronze medal game

January 5, 1999

Sweden

4 – 5 (0–2, 3–1, 1–2)

Slovakia

Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg

Gold medal game

January 5, 1999

Canada

2–3 OT (0–1, 1–1, 1–0) (OT: 0-1)

Russia

Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg Attendance: 13,225

	0-1 19:07 - Chubarov (Dobryshkin) Simon Gagné (Campbell, Luongo) - 29:59 1-1 1-2 34:23 - Balmochnykh (Zevakhin, Maslennikov) Bryan Allen - 53:52 2-2 2-3 65:13 - Chubarov (Afinogenov, Kirilenko)
	40	Shots	18

Final ranking

Rank	Country
	Russia
	Canada
	Slovakia
4	Sweden
5	Finland
6	Kazakhstan
7	Czech Republic
8	United States
9	Switzerland
10	Belarus

Scoring leaders

Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Brian Gionta	United States	6	6	5	11	-1	6
Daniel Tkaczuk	Canada	7	6	4	10	+1	10
Daniel Sedin	Sweden	6	5	5	10	+6	2
Scott Gomez	United States	6	3	7	10	+2	4
Henrik Sedin	Sweden	6	3	6	9	+7	10
Tomáš Divíšek	Czech Republic	6	2	7	9	+2	6
Simon Gagné	Canada	7	7	1	8	+9	2
Christian Berglund	Sweden	6	4	4	8	+5	33
Eero Somervuori	Finland	6	4	4	8	0	2
Niklas Hagman	Finland	6	3	5	8	+3	2
Nik Antropov	Kazakhstan	6	3	5	8	–3	14

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Roberto Luongo	Canada	405:13	13	1.92	94.20	2
2	Alexei Volkov	Russia	407:27	10	1.47	93.55	0
3	Mika Lehto	Finland	206:52	8	2.32	93.28	0
4	Ján Lašák	Slovakia	359:48	14	2.33	92.71	1
5	Vlastimil Lakosil	Czech Republic	358:55	18	3.01	90.77	0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts

Source: IIHF[1]

Tournament awards

	IIHF Directorate Awards	Media All-Star Team
Goaltender	Roberto Luongo	Roberto Luongo
Defencemen	Vitaly Vishnevskiy	Brian Campbell Vitaly Vishnevskiy
Forwards	Maxim Afinogenov	Daniel Tkaczuk Brian Gionta Maxim Balmochnykh

Pool B

Played at Székesfehérvár and Dunaújváros, Hungary from December 27 to January 3. Two groups of four played round robins, and then the top three played each of the top three teams from the other group. All scores carried forward except the results against the lone eliminated team from each group.

Group A

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Denmark	3	2	1	0	8	7	4			4 - 3	2 - 1	2 - 3
Latvia	3	2	1	0	8	5	4		3 - 4		3 - 1	2 - 0
Germany	3	1	2	0	10	5	2		1 - 2	1 - 3		8 - 0
Hungary	3	1	2	0	3	12	2		3 - 2	0 - 2	0 - 8

Group B

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Ukraine	3	2	0	1	12	8	5			3 - 3	5 - 3	4 - 2
Poland	3	1	1	1	11	10	3		3 - 3		5 - 2	3 - 5
Norway	3	1	2	0	12	13	2		3 - 5	2 - 5		7 - 3
France	3	1	2	0	10	14	2		2 - 4	5 - 3	3 - 7

Medal round

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Ukraine	5	4	0	1	26	11	9			3 - 3	7 - 3	5 - 1	6 - 1	5 - 3
Poland	5	3	0	2	17	11	8		3 - 3		2 - 2	3 - 2	4 - 2	5 - 2
Denmark	5	3	1	1	16	15	7		3 - 7	2 - 2		2 - 1	4 - 3	5 - 2
Germany	5	1	4	0	11	14	2		1 - 5	2 - 3	1 - 2		1 - 3	6 - 1
Latvia	5	1	4	0	10	17	2		1 - 6	2 - 4	3 - 4	3 - 1		1 - 2
Norway	5	1	4	0	10	22	2		3 - 5	2 - 5	2 - 5	1 - 6	2 - 1

 Ukraine was promoted to Pool A for 2000.

Relegation round

France

3 – 1 (2–0, 1–1, 0–0)

Hungary

France

9 – 1 (1–0, 4–1, 4–0)

Hungary

 Hungary lost two games to none and was relegated to Pool C for 2000.

Pool C

Played at Kaunas and Elektrenai, Lithuania from December 30 to January 3

Preliminary Round

Group A

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Japan	3	3	0	0	16	4	6			7 - 1	4 - 1	5 - 2
Austria	3	2	1	0	15	11	4		1 - 7		5 - 2	9 - 2
Lithuania	3	0	2	1	8	14	1		1 - 4	2 - 5		5 - 5
Croatia	3	0	2	1	9	19	1		2 - 5	2 - 9	5 - 5

Group B

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Italy	3	2	1	0	9	6	4			4 - 2	0 - 2	5 - 2
Slovenia	3	2	1	0	13	9	4		2 - 4		5 - 4	6 - 1
Estonia	3	1	1	1	9	8	3		2 - 0	4 - 5		3 - 3
Great Britain	3	0	2	1	6	14	1		2 - 5	1 - 6	3 - 3

Placement Games

• 7th place: Great Britain 3 - 1  Croatia
• 5th place: Estonia 4 - 3ot  Lithuania
• 3rd place: Slovenia 6 - 2  Austria
• 1st Place: Italy 1 - 0  Japan

 Italy was promoted to Pool B, and  Croatia was relegated to Pool D for 2000.

Pool D

Played at Novi Sad, Yugoslavia from December 29 to January 4.

Group A

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Romania	2	2	0	0	30	0	4			5 - 0	25 - 0
South Africa	2	1	1	0	10	9	2		0 - 5		10 - 4
Bulgaria	2	0	2	0	4	35	0		0 - 25	4 - 10

Group B

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Netherlands	2	2	0	0	44	3	4			7 - 3	37 - 0
Mexico	2	1	1	0	31	8	2		3 - 7		28 - 1
Turkey	2	0	2	0	1	65	0		0 - 37	1 - 28

Group C

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
FR Yugoslavia	2	2	0	0	21	2	4			6 - 1	15 - 1
Spain	2	0	1	1	6	11	1		1 - 6		5 - 5
Iceland	2	0	1	1	6	20	1		1 - 15	5 - 5

Promotion Group

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
FR Yugoslavia	2	2	0	0	9	2	4			4 - 1	5 - 1
Netherlands	2	1	1	0	7	6	2		1 - 4		6 - 2
Romania	2	0	2	0	3	11	0		1 - 5	2 - 6

 FR Yugoslavia was promoted to Pool C for 2000.

4th to 6th

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Spain	2	2	0	0	10	4	4			4 - 2	6 - 2
Mexico	2	1	1	0	9	5	2		2 - 4		7 - 1
South Africa	2	0	2	0	3	13	0		2 - 6	1 - 7

7th to 9th

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Bulgaria	2	2	0	0	21	2	4			9 - 2	12 - 0
Iceland	2	1	1	0	18	9	2		2 - 9		16 - 0
Turkey	2	0	2	0	0	28	0		0 - 12	0 - 16

References

1. "Goalkeepers". IIHF.com. 14 July 2017. Archived from the original on 5 November 1999.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

• Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press.
• http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/U-20_1999.htm