2000 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

The 2000 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships were the 64th such event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. 42 teams representing their countries participated in several levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for division placements in the 2001 competition.

World Championship Group A (Russia)

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Final standings

1. Czech Republic
2. Slovakia
3. Finland
4. Canada
5. United States
6. Switzerland
7. Sweden
8. Latvia
9. Belarus
10. Norway
11. Russia
12. Italy
13. Austria
14. Ukraine
15. France — relegated to Division I for 2001
16. Japan

World Championship Group B (Poland)

Played April 12–21 in Katowice and Kraków. This was the final year of the qualifying tournaments (except for the "Far East"), so it was a simple matter of the winner being promoted. This was also the final year of the traditional eight team tournament. Beginning in 2001 Group B would be renamed 'Division I' and consist of two six team divisions.

Final Round 17–24 Place

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World Championship Group C (China PR)

Played March 20–26 in Beijing. In 1999 Group C was disrupted because of political issues surrounding Kosovo. The IIHF chose to have no team relegated and have Yugoslavia retain their position, the result was a nine team tournament this year. With the forthcoming realignment, four nations had the opportunity to be promoted to Division I, the remaining five would participate in next year's Division II.

Group 1

Hungary was promoted to Division I Template:IceHockeybox Template:IceHockeybox Template:IceHockeybox

Group 2

Croatia came back from a two goal deficit to tie Romania, and thereby clinch a promotion to Division I. Template:IceHockeybox Template:IceHockeybox Template:IceHockeybox

Group 3

China was promoted to Division I. Template:IceHockeybox Template:IceHockeybox Template:IceHockeybox

Consolation Round 28–30 Place

Lithuania was promoted to Division I. Template:IceHockeybox Template:IceHockeybox Template:IceHockeybox

World Championship Group D (Iceland)

Played April 10–16 in Reykjavík. The upcoming realignment meant that seven of the nine teams moved up to "Division II" for 2001.

Group 1

Both Israel and Iceland were promoted to Division II. Template:IceHockeybox Template:IceHockeybox Template:IceHockeybox

Group 2

Both Australia and New Zealand were promoted to Division II. Template:IceHockeybox Template:IceHockeybox Template:IceHockeybox

Group 3

Both Belgium and South Africa were promoted to Division II. Template:IceHockeybox Template:IceHockeybox Template:IceHockeybox

Consolation Round 40–42 Place

Both Luxembourg and Turkey had to stay behind in what was initially called Division II Qualification (later renamed Division III). There was no third team to play against so they both simply skipped a year and joined Division II in 2002 Template:IceHockeybox Template:IceHockeybox Template:IceHockeybox

See also

• Women's Championship
• World Juniors

References

• Complete results at Passionhockey.com
• Group A official results
• Group B official results
• Group C official results
• Group D official results