The 1999 IIHF World Championship was held in Oslo, Hamar and Lillehammer in Norway from 1 to 16 May. It was the top tier of the men's championships for that year.
Venues LillehammerOsloHamar Håkons HallCapacity: 11,500 Jordal AmfiCapacity: 4,500 Hamar Olympic AmphitheatreCapacity: 6,000
World Championship Group A
Qualifying round Three qualifying tournaments were played to establish the last five entrants to the World Championship. Two groups of four played in Europe, first and second place from each advanced, while the others were relegated to Group B. The winner of the "Far East" tournament advanced to the World Championship, while the losers played in Group C.
Group 1 (Austria) Played 5–8 November 1998 in Klagenfurt.
The United States and Austria advanced to the World Championship.
Group 2 (Slovenia) Played 5–8 November 1998 in Ljubljana.
Ukraine and France advanced to the World Championship.
Far East (Japan) Played 4–6 September 1998 in Tokyo.
Japan advanced to the World Championship.
First round In each group, the top two nations advanced to the next round. Third place teams played a final round against each other to determine who escaped having to qualify for next year's tournament. Fourth place teams did not play further, they were automatically entered in qualifiers for next year's tournament.
Group 1
Italy was relegated to the qualifiers for the 2000 IIHF World Championship.
Group 2
France was relegated to the qualifiers for the 2000 IIHF World Championship.
Group 3
Japan was relegated to the qualifiers for the 2000 IIHF World Championship.
Group 4
Ukraine was relegated to the qualifiers for the 2000 IIHF World Championship.
Second round
Group 5
Group 6
Final round
Each playoff match up consisted of a two-game series. If tied, the two teams would play an overtime-style mini game (10 minutes in duration for the semi-finals and 20 minutes in the final) to determine the winner, and then a shoot-out if no scoring occurred. The only mini-game to go to a shoot-out was the Czech versus Canada tiebreaker, with a 4 to 3 Czech victory. Note that the mini-games show up as a game played in the players statistics. The exception was for the bronze medal game which was just one game.
Semifinals
Match for third place
Final
Consolation round 9–12 place
Latvia and Norway were relegated to the qualifiers for the 2000 IIHF World Championship.
Ranking and statistics
Tournament awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goaltender: Tommy Salo Best Defenceman: František Kučera Best Forward: Saku Koivu Most Valuable Player: Teemu Selänne Media All-Star Team: Goaltender: Tommy Salo Defence: Jere Karalahti, Pavel Kubina Forwards: Saku Koivu, Martin Ručinský, Teemu Selänne
Final standings The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF: 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Places eleven through sixteen had to play in qualifying tournaments for entry into the 2000 tournament.
Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. Player Saku Koivu 10 4 12 16 +8 4 F Teemu Selänne 11 3 8 11 +6 16 F Markus Näslund 10 6 4 10 +7 0 F Žigmund Pálffy 6 5 5 10 0 6 F Jan Hlaváč 10 5 5 10 +4 7 F Martin Ručinský 10 4 6 10 +6 16 F Alexei Yashin 6 8 1 9 +4 6 F Daniel Alfredsson 10 4 5 9 +5 8 F Viktor Ujčík 10 6 2 8 +3 12 F Jere Karalahti 12 5 3 8 +5 2 DSource:
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. Player Parris Duffus 258 7 1.63 .939 1 Andrei Mezin 360 10 1.67 .931 1 Tommy Salo 424 13 1.84 .921 0 Ari Sulander 464 15 1.94 .921 0 Ron Tugnutt 328 11 2.01 .915 0Source:
IIHF honors and awards The 1999 IIHF Hall of Fame induction ceremony has held in Lillehammer during the World Championships. Roman Neumayer of Germany was given the Paul Loicq Award for outstanding contributions to international ice hockey.
IIHF Hall of Fame inductees Austria: Sepp Puschnig Canada: Roger Bourbonnais, Derek Holmes, Fran Huck, Barry MacKenzie, Jackie McLeod Czech Republic: Jiří Holík, Oldřich Machač, František Pospíšil Finland: Harry Lindblad, Lasse Oksanen, Jorma Valtonen Germany: Joachim Ziesche Italy: Enrico Calcaterra Japan: Yoshiaki Tsutsumi Norway: Tore Johannessen Russia: Arkady Chernyshev, Alexander Maltsev, Boris Mayorov Slovakia: Ján Starší Sweden: Sven Bergqvist, Rudolf Eklöw, Leif Holmqvist, Roland Stoltz United States: Herb Brooks, Jim Craig, Mike Curran, Mark Johnson, Hal Trumble
See also 1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships 1999 IIHF Women's World Championship
Citations
References Complete results
Archive of Norway 1999