1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships


The 1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships 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.
The playoff round reverts to six teams qualifying, with group leaders getting a bye to the semifinals.

Pool A

Group A

Group B

Relegation round

was relegated for the 2000 World Juniors

Final round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

5th place game

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Final ranking

Scoring leaders

PlayerCountryGPGAPts+/-PIM
Brian Gionta66511-16
Daniel Tkaczuk76410+110
Daniel Sedin65510+62
Scott Gomez63710+24
Henrik Sedin6369+710
Tomáš Divíšek6279+26
Simon Gagné7718+92
Christian Berglund6448+533
Eero Somervuori644802
Niklas Hagman6358+32
Nik Antropov6358–314

Goaltending leaders

PosPlayerCountryTOIGAGAASv%SO
1Roberto Luongo405:13131.9294.202
2Alexei Volkov407:27101.4793.550
3Mika Lehto206:5282.3293.280
4Ján Lašák359:48142.3392.711
5Vlastimil Lakosil358:55183.0190.770
TOI = Time On Ice ; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF

Tournament awards

Pool B

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 A

Group B

Medal round

was promoted to Pool A for 2000.

Relegation round

lost two games to none and was relegated to Pool C for 2000.

Pool C

Played at Kaunas and Elektrenai, Lithuania from December 30 to January 3

Preliminary Round

;Group A
TeamGPWLTGFGAPTS
330016467 - 14 - 15 - 2
3210151141 - 75 - 29 - 2
302181411 - 42 - 55 - 5
302191912 - 52 - 95 - 5
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;Group B
TeamGPWLTGFGAPTS
32109644 - 20 - 25 - 2
321013942 - 45 - 46 - 1
31119832 - 04 - 53 - 3
302161412 - 51 - 63 - 3
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Placement Games

was promoted to Pool B, and was relegated to Pool D for 2000.

Pool D

Played at Novi Sad, Yugoslavia from December 29 to January 4.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Promotion Group

was promoted to Pool C for 2000.

4th to 6th

7th to 9th