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.
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Tournament details | |
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Host country | ![]() |
Dates | December 26 – January 5 |
Teams | 10 |
Venue(s) | 6 (in 6 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions ![]() | ![]() |
Runner-up ![]() | ![]() |
Third place ![]() | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 31 |
Goals scored | 225 (7.26 per match) |
Attendance | 173,453 (5,595 per match) |
Scoring leader(s) | ![]() (11 points) |
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The playoff round reverts to six teams qualifying, with group leaders getting a bye to the semifinals.
Pool AEdit
Group AEdit
Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |
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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 | |||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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33 | Shots | 38 |
December 31, 1998 | Finland | 4 – 3 | Czech Republic | Selkirk Recreation Complex, Selkirk |
Group BEdit
Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |
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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 roundEdit
Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |
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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 roundEdit
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 | |||||||||
A3 | Finland | 2 | Third place | |||||||||||
QF1 | Sweden | 4 | ||||||||||||
QF2 | Slovakia | 5 |
QuarterfinalsEdit
January 2, 1999 | Canada | 12 – 2 (3–0, 5–0, 4–2) | Kazakhstan | Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg Attendance: 13,225 |
Roberto Luongo | Goalies | Vitali Kolesnik | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||
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46 | Shots | 21 |
SemifinalsEdit
January 4, 1999 | Sweden | 1 – 6 (1–1, 0–2, 0–3) | Canada | Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg Attendance: 13,225 |
Andreas Andersson | Goalies | Roberto Luongo | |||||||||||||||||||||
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27 | Shots | 22 |
January 4, 1999 | Slovakia | 2 – 3 (0–2, 2–1, 0–0) | Russia | Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg |
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5th place gameEdit
January 4, 1999 | Finland | 6 – 1 (2–1, 2–0, 2–0,) | Kazakhstan | Keystone Centre, Brandon |
Bronze medal gameEdit
January 5, 1999 | Sweden | 4 – 5 (0–2, 3–1, 1–2) | Slovakia | Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg |
Gold medal gameEdit
January 5, 1999 | Canada | 2–3 OT (0–1, 1–1, 1–0) (OT: 0-1) | Russia | Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg Attendance: 13,225 |
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40 | Shots | 18 |
Final rankingEdit
Rank | Country |
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Russia | |
Canada | |
Slovakia | |
4 | Sweden |
5 | Finland |
6 | Kazakhstan |
7 | Czech Republic |
8 | United States |
9 | Switzerland |
10 | Belarus |
Scoring leadersEdit
Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
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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 leadersEdit
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
Pos | Player | Country | TOI | GA | GAA | Sv% | SO |
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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 awardsEdit
IIHF Directorate Awards | Media All-Star Team | |
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Goaltender | Roberto Luongo | Roberto Luongo |
Defencemen | Vitaly Vishnevskiy | Brian Campbell Vitaly Vishnevskiy |
Forwards | Maxim Afinogenov | Daniel Tkaczuk Brian Gionta Maxim Balmochnykh |
Pool BEdit
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 AEdit
Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS | |||||
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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 BEdit
Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS | |||||
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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 roundEdit
Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS | |||||||
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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 roundEdit
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 CEdit
Played at Kaunas and Elektrenai, Lithuania from December 30 to January 3
Preliminary RoundEdit
- Group A
Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS | |||||
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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 | |||||
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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 GamesEdit
- 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 DEdit
Played at Novi Sad, Yugoslavia from December 29 to January 4.
Group AEdit
Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS | ||||
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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 BEdit
Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS | ||||
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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 CEdit
Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS | ||||
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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 GroupEdit
Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS | ||||
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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 6thEdit
Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS | ||||
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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 9thEdit
Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS | ||||
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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 |
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "Goalkeepers". IIHF.com. 14 July 2017. Archived from the original on 5 November 1999.
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- Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press.
- http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/U-20_1999.htm