2001 IIHF World Championship

The 2001 IIHF World Championship was held between 28 April and 13 May 2001 in Nuremberg, Cologne and Hanover, Germany.

2001 IIHF World Championship
Eishockey-Weltmeisterschaft der Herren 2001 (in German)
Tournament details
Host country Germany
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Dates28 April – 13 May
Opened byJohannes Rau
Teams16
Final positions
Champions  Czech Republic (4th title)
Runner-up  Finland
Third place  Sweden
Fourth place United States
Tournament statistics
Games played56
Goals scored318 (5.68 per game)
Attendance407,547 (7,278 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Finland Juha Ylönen (14 points)
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It was the 65th annual event, and was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).

Venues

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Preussag Arena
Capacity: 10,767
Kölnarena
Capacity: 18,500
Nuremberg Arena
Capacity: 6,500
     
  GermanyHanover   GermanyCologne   GermanyNuremberg

Qualification Tournament

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Far Eastern Qualification for the tournament took place between September 4 and September 6, 2000 in Sapporo, Japan.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Japan 2 2 0 0 13 3 +10 4
  China 2 1 0 1 13 6 +7 2
  South Korea 2 0 0 2 1 18 −17 0
Source: IIHF

All times local

4 September 2000
18:30
South Korea  0–8  JapanSapporo
5 September 2000
18:30
China  10–1  South KoreaSapporo
6 September 2000
18:30
Japan  5–3  ChinaSapporo

Final tournament

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In the first round, the top 3 teams from each group progressed to the second round, whilst the last placed team progressed to the consolation round.

First round

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Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Czech Republic 3 2 1 0 10 4 +6 5
  Germany 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 3
   Switzerland 3 1 0 2 7 8 −1 2
  Belarus 3 1 0 2 5 10 −5 2
Source: IIHF

All times local

28 April 2001
15:15
Switzerland  1–3  Germany
28 April 2001
16:00
Belarus  1–5  Czech Republic
29 April 2001
20:00
Czech Republic  2–2  Germany
30 April 2001
16:00
Switzerland  5–2  Belarus
1 May 2001
20:00
Czech Republic  3–1   Switzerland
2 May 2001
15:15
Germany  0–2  Belarus

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Finland 3 3 0 0 18 3 +15 6
  Slovakia 3 2 0 1 15 9 +6 4
  Austria 3 1 0 2 4 12 −8 2
  Japan 3 0 0 3 6 19 −13 0
Source: IIHF

All times local

28 April 2001
20:00
Austria  1–5  Finland
29 April 2001
16:00
Slovakia  8–4  Japan
30 April 2001
16:00
Slovakia  5–0  Austria
30 April 2001
20:00
Finland  8–0  Japan
2 May 2001
16:00
Japan  2–3  Austria
2 May 2001
20:00
Finland  5–2  Slovakia

Group C

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Sweden 3 2 1 0 12 4 +8 5
  United States 3 1 1 1 8 7 +1 3
  Ukraine 3 1 0 2 7 13 −6 2
  Latvia 3 1 0 2 6 9 −3 2
Source: IIHF

All times local

28 April 2001
20:00
United States  6–3  Ukraine
29 April 2001
16:00
Latvia  2–5  Sweden
30 April 2001
20:00
United States  0–2  Latvia
1 May 2001
20:00
Sweden  5–0  Ukraine
2 May 2001
16:00
Ukraine  4–2  Latvia
2 May 2001
20:00
Sweden  2–2  United States

Group D

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Canada 3 3 0 0 13 2 +11 6
  Russia 3 2 0 1 12 5 +7 4
  Italy 3 0 1 2 5 14 −9 1
  Norway 3 0 1 2 4 13 −9 1
Source: IIHF

All times local

28 April 2001
16:00
Norway  0–5  Canada
28 April 2001
20:00
Russia  7–0  Italy
29 April 2001
20:00
Russia  4–0  Norway
30 April 2001
16:00
Canada  3–1  Italy
1 May 2001
20:00
Italy  4–4  Norway
2 May 2001
20:00
Canada  5–1  Russia

Second round

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In the Second Round, the top 4 teams from each group progressed to the Final Round, whilst the bottom 2 teams are eliminated.

Group E

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Tables and scores below include meetings between teams during the First Round.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Czech Republic 5 4 1 0 24 8 +16 9
  Canada 5 3 1 1 19 11 +8 7
  Russia 5 3 0 2 16 11 +5 6
  Germany 5 1 2 2 10 12 −2 4
   Switzerland 5 1 0 4 13 15 −2 2
  Italy 5 1 0 4 5 30 −25 2
Source: IIHF
28 April 2001
15:15
Switzerland  1–3  Germany
28 April 2001
20:00
Russia  7–0  Italy
29 April 2001
20:00
Czech Republic  2–2  Germany
30 April 2001
16:00
Canada  3–1  Italy
1 May 2001
20:00
Czech Republic  3–1   Switzerland
2 May 2001
20:00
Canada  5–1  Russia
4 May 2001
15:15
Canada  6–2   Switzerland
4 May 2001
20:00
Germany  1–3  Italy
5 May 2001
16:00
Czech Republic  4–3  Russia
5 May 2001
20:00
Canada  3–3  Germany
6 May 2001
16:00
Russia  2–1   Switzerland
6 May 2001
20:00
Czech Republic  11–0  Italy
7 May 2001
16:00
Switzerland  8–1  Italy
8 May 2001
16:00
Russia  3–1  Germany
8 May 2001
20:00
Canada  2–4  Czech Republic

Group F

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Tables and scores below include meetings between teams during the First Round.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Finland 5 4 0 1 23 12 +11 8
  Sweden 5 3 1 1 25 8 +17 7
  United States 5 3 1 1 15 10 +5 7
  Slovakia 5 2 0 3 12 12 0 4
  Ukraine 5 1 0 4 7 21 −14 2
  Austria 5 1 0 4 4 23 −19 2
Source: IIHF
28 April 2001
20:00
Austria  1–5  Finland
28 April 2001
20:00
United States  6–3  Ukraine
30 April 2001
16:00
Slovakia  5–0  Austria
1 May 2001
20:00
Sweden  5–0  Ukraine
2 May 2001
20:00
Finland  5–2  Slovakia
2 May 2001
20:00
Sweden  2–2  United States
4 May 2001
16:00
Slovakia  3–1  Ukraine
4 May 2001
20:00
Sweden  11–0  Austria
5 May 2001
16:00
Finland  1–4  United States
5 May 2001
20:00
Sweden  3–1  Slovakia
6 May 2001
16:00
United States  0–3  Austria
6 May 2001
20:00
Finland  7–1  Ukraine
7 May 2001
20:00
Ukraine  2–0  Austria
8 May 2001
16:00
Slovakia  1–3  United States
8 May 2001
20:00
Finland  5–4  Sweden

Consolation round 13–16 Place

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Group G

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Latvia 3 2 1 0 13 4 +9 5
  Belarus 3 2 1 0 9 5 +4 5
  Norway 3 0 1 2 5 9 −4 1
  Japan 3 0 1 2 6 15 −9 1
Source: IIHF

As the Far Eastern qualifier,   Japan avoids relegation. Therefore,   Belarus and   Norway are relegated to Division I for the 2002 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

All times local

4 May 2001
15:15
Latvia  2–2  Belarus
4 May 2001
20:00
Norway  3–3  Japan
5 May 2001
16:00
Belarus  3–2  Norway
5 May 2001
20:00
Latvia  8–2  Japan
7 May 2001
16:00
Belarus  4–1  Japan
7 May 2001
20:00
Latvia  3–0  Norway

Final round

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
10 May
 
 
  Czech Republic 2
 
12 May
 
  Slovakia 0
 
  Czech Republic 3
 
10 May
 
  Sweden 2
 
  Sweden 4
 
13 May
 
  Russia 3
 
  Czech Republic 3
 
10 May
 
  Finland 2
 
  Canada 3
 
12 May
 
  United States 4
 
  United States 1
 
10 May
 
  Finland 3 Third place
 
  Finland 4
 
13 May
 
  Germany 1
 
  United States 2
 
 
  Sweden 3
 

Quarterfinals

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10 May 2001
16:00
Czech Republic  2-0
(1-0, 1-0, 0-0)
  SlovakiaPreussag Arena, Hanover
Attendance: 3,681
Game reference
10 May 2001
16:00
Germany  1-4
(0-1, 0-2, 1-1)
  FinlandKölnarena, Cologne
Attendance: 18,514
Game reference
10 May 2001
20:00
Canada  3–4 OT
(1-0, 2-3, 0-0)
(OT: 0-1)
  United StatesPreussag Arena, Hanover
Attendance: 6,857
Game reference
10 May 2001
20:00
Sweden  4-3 OT
(0-1, 2-2, 1-0)
(OT: 1-0)
  RussiaKölnarena, Cologne
Attendance: 18,498
Game reference

Semifinals

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12 May 2001
15:00
Czech Republic  3–2 GWS
(1-0, 0-1, 1-1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 2–1)
  SwedenPreussag Arena, Hanover
Attendance: 10,513
Game reference
12 May 2001
19:00
Finland  3–1
(1-0, 0-1, 2-0)
  United StatesPreussag Arena, Hanover
Attendance: 10,513
Game reference

Match for third place

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13 May 2001
15:00
Sweden  3–2
(1-0, 1-1, 1-1)
  United StatesPreussag Arena, Hanover
Attendance: 10,513
Game reference

Final

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13 May 2001
19:00
Czech Republic  3–2 OT
(0-1, 0-1, 2-0)
(OT: 1–0)
  FinlandPreussag Arena, Hanover
Attendance: 10,513
Game reference
0-117:35 − Juha Lind
0-238:39 − Juha Ylönen
Martin Procházka − 44:311-2
Jiří Dopita − 54:052-2
David Moravec − 70:383-2

Ranking and statistics

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 2001 IIHF World Championship winners 
 
Czech Republic
4th title

Tournament Awards

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Final standings

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According to the IIHF: The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

    Czech Republic
    Finland
    Sweden
4   United States
5   Canada
6   Russia
7   Slovakia
8   Germany
9    Switzerland
10   Ukraine
11   Austria
12   Italy
13   Latvia
14   Belarus
15   Norway
16   Japan

Scoring leaders

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A gold medal that was awarded to Petr Čajánek.

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.

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
  Juha Ylönen 9 5 9 14 +9 2 F
  Petteri Nummelin 9 1 12 13 +4 0 D
  Robert Reichel 9 5 7 12 +11 4 F
  Sami Kapanen 8 7 4 11 +5 8 F
  Per-Johan Axelsson 9 3 6 9 +8 12 F
  Sami Salo 9 3 6 9 +9 6 D
  Radek Dvořák 9 4 4 8 +8 8 F
  Kim Johnsson 9 4 4 8 +11 6 D
  Kristofer Ottosson 9 4 4 8 +10 0 F
  Daniel Alfredsson 9 3 5 8 +6 6 F

Leading goaltenders

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Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
  Leonid Fatikov 160:00 70 3 1.13 95.71 1
  Milan Hnilička 540:38 269 13 1.44 95.17 1
  Pasi Nurminen 410:38 193 12 1.75 93.78 0
  Robert Esche 359:11 188 13 2.17 93.09 1
  Maxim Sokolov 321:57 125 9 1.68 92.80 2

See also

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References

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