The 2000 IIHF World Championship was held in
Saint Petersburg
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,
Russia
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from 29 April to 14 May.
Qualification
This was the final year for qualifying rounds (except 'Far East'). Five teams advanced out of the eight that participated in the two European groups. The top two from each group played in the World Championship, and the third place teams played off against each other for the final spot. Both groups were played 11–14 November 1999.
Group 1 (Great Britain)
Played in
Sheffield
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Group 2 (France)
Played in
Amiens
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Playoff (Netherlands)
Played in
Eindhoven
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.
Venues
Preliminary round
Like the previous two years, sixteen nations played in four groups of four. However this year the format was modified so that the top three teams from each group would advance to a group of six, carrying forward the results against the teams who advanced with them. The nations from the first and fourth pools were grouped together, likewise the second and third pools. The fourth placed teams were put in a group together to contest relegation.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Relegation round
Group G
The relegation round is composed of the four teams that placed last in Groups A through D. They play in a round-robin fashion, with the last placed team that is not the far east qualifier, being relegated to the
Division I group in next year's World Championships.
'' is relegated to Division I. will play together with China and Korea in 2001 IIHF World Championship Far East Qualification Tournament ''
Qualifying round
Group E
Group F
Final round
Bracket
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal game
Final
Ranking and statistics
Tournament Awards
*Best players selected by the directorate:
**Best
Goaltender
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:
Roman Čechmánek
**Best
Defenceman
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:
Petteri Nummelin
**Best
Forward:
Miroslav Šatan
**Most Valuable Player:
Martin Procházka
*Media All-Star Team:
**Goaltender: Roman Čechmánek
**Defence: Petteri Nummelin,
Michal Sýkora
**Forwards:
Jiří Dopita
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, Miroslav Šatan,
Tomáš Vlasák
Final standings
The final standings of the tournament according to
IIHF
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Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are left out.
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.
See also
*
2000 IIHF Women's World Championship
*
2000 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
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Citations
References
Complete results at Passionhockey.com*
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