The 2001 IIHF World U20 Championship, commonly referred to as the 2001 World Junior Hockey Championships (2001 WJHC), was the 25th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. The tournament was held in Moscow and Podolsk, Russia from 26 December 2000, to 5 January 2001. The Czech Republic won the gold medal for the second consecutive year with a 2–1 victory over Finland in the championship game, while Canada won the bronze medal with a 2–1 overtime victory over Sweden.
Venues Luzhniki Minor ArenaCapacity: 8,700 Soviet Wings Sport PalaceCapacity: 5,266 Vityaz Ice PalaceCapacity: 5,500 – Moscow – Moscow – Podolsk
Rosters
Top Division Preliminary round Group A
All times local (MSK/UTC+3).
Group B
All times local (MSK/UTC+3).
Relegation round Source:
was relegated to Division I for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
Final round Source:
† Overtime victory.
Quarterfinals
Consolation round
Semifinals
7th place game
5th place game
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Scoring leaders RankPlayerCountry 1 Pavel Brendl F 7 4 6 10 8 +8 2 Jani Rita F 7 8 1 9 0 +5 3 Jon DiSalvatore F 7 6 3 9 2 +2 4 Václav Nedorost F 7 4 5 9 0 +7 4 Andy Hilbert F 7 4 5 9 6 +3 6 Jeff Taffe F 7 6 2 8 6 +1 7 Zdeněk Blatný F 7 5 2 7 6 +8 8 Ville Hämäläinen F 7 4 3 7 0 +4 8 Jamie Lundmark F 7 4 3 7 6 0 10 Rostislav Klesla D 7 3 4 7 4 8
Goaltending leaders Minimum 90 minutes played. RankPlayerCountrySaves 1 Tomáš Duba 420:00 151 8 1.14 143 94.70 2 2 Maxime Ouellet 398:24 172 10 1.51 162 94.19 1 3 Ari Ahonen 358:17 119 8 1.34 111 93.28 1 4 Henrik Lundqvist 419:19 180 13 1.86 167 92.78 0 5 Rick DiPietro 359:43 109 8 1.33 101 92.66 1
Tournament awards Goaltender Defencemen Forwards IIHF Directorate Awards Tomáš Duba Rostislav Klesla Pavel Brendl Media All-Star Team Ari Ahonen Rostislav Klesla Tuukka Mäntylä Jason Spezza Pavel Brendl Jani Rita
Final standings Team 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Division I The Division I tournament was played in Landsberg and Füssen, Germany between 10 December and 16 December 2000.
Preliminary round Group A
Group B
Final round
was promoted to the Top Division for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
Relegation round
was relegated to Division II for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
Division II The Division II tournament was played in Elektrėnai and Kaunas, Lithuania between 30 December 2000, and 3 January 2001.
Preliminary round Group A
Group B
Final round Source:
All times local (EET/UTC+2).
7th place game
was relegated to Division III for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
5th place game
3rd place game
1st place game
was promoted to Division I for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
Division III The Division III tournament was played in Belgrade, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia between 4 January and 8 January 2001.
Preliminary round Group A
Group B
Final round Source:
All times local (EET/UTC+2).
7th place game
was relegated to Division III Qualification for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, but did not participate again until 2003.
5th place game
3rd place game
1st place game
was promoted to Division II for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
Division III Qualification The Division III qualification tournament was played in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg between 26 April and 28 April 2001.
was promoted to Division III of the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
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