2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 2001 IIHF World U20 Championship, commonly referred to as the 2001 World Junior Hockey Championships (2001 WJHC), was the 25th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. The tournament was held in Moscow and Podolsk, Russia from 26 December 2000, to 5 January 2001. The Czech Republic won the gold medal for the second consecutive year with a 2–1 victory over Finland in the championship game, while Canada won the bronze medal with a 2–1 overtime victory over Sweden.

Venues

Luzhniki Minor Arena Capacity: 8,700	Soviet Wings Sport Palace Capacity: 5,266	Vityaz Ice Palace Capacity: 5,500
File:Minorarenamoscow.jpg	File:Soviet wings sports palace.jpg	File:Vityaz-Podolsk.jpg
Russia – Moscow	Russia – Moscow	Russia – Podolsk

Top Division

Preliminary round

Group A

All times local (MSK/UTC+3).

Group B

All times local (MSK/UTC+3).

Relegation round

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Template:Ihj was relegated to Division I for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Final round

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† Overtime victory.

Scoring leaders

Rank	Player	Country	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/−
1	Pavel Brendl	Template:Ihj	F	7	4	6	10	8	+8
2	Jani Rita	Template:Ihj	F	7	8	1	9	0	+5
3	Jon DiSalvatore	Template:Ihj	F	7	6	3	9	2	+2
4	Václav Nedorost	Template:Ihj	F	7	4	5	9	0	+7
4	Andy Hilbert	Template:Ihj	F	7	4	5	9	6	+3
6	Jeff Taffe	Template:Ihj	F	7	6	2	8	6	+1
7	Zdeněk Blatný	Template:Ihj	F	7	5	2	7	6	+8
8	Ville Hämäläinen	Template:Ihj	F	7	4	3	7	0	+4
8	Jamie Lundmark	Template:Ihj	F	7	4	3	7	6	0
10	Rostislav Klesla	Template:Ihj	D	7	3	4	7	4	8

Goaltending leaders

Minimum 90 minutes played.

Rank	Player	Country	TOI	SOG	GA	GAA	Saves	Sv %	SO
1	Tomáš Duba	Template:Ihj	420:00	151	8	1.14	143	94.70	2
2	Maxime Ouellet	Template:Ihj	398:24	172	10	1.51	162	94.19	1
3	Ari Ahonen	Template:Ihj	358:17	119	8	1.34	111	93.28	1
4	Henrik Lundqvist	Template:Ihj	419:19	180	13	1.86	167	92.78	0
5	Rick DiPietro	Template:Ihj	359:43	109	8	1.33	101	92.66	1

Tournament awards

	Goaltender	Defencemen		Forwards
IIHF Directorate Awards	Template:Flagicon Tomáš Duba	Template:Flagicon Rostislav Klesla		Template:Flagicon Pavel Brendl
Media All-Star Team	Template:Flagicon Ari Ahonen	Template:Flagicon Rostislav Klesla	Template:Flagicon Tuukka Mäntylä	Template:Flagicon Jason Spezza	Template:Flagicon Pavel Brendl	Template:Flagicon Jani Rita

Final standings

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Division I

The Division I tournament was played in Landsberg and Füssen, Germany between 10 December and 16 December 2000.

Final round

Template:Ihj was promoted to the Top Division for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Relegation round

Template:Ihj was relegated to Division II for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Division II

The Division II tournament was played in Elektrėnai and Kaunas, Lithuania between 30 December 2000, and 3 January 2001.

Final round

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All times local (EET/UTC+2).

7th place game

Template:Ihj was relegated to Division III for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

1st place game

Template:Ihj was promoted to Division I for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Division III

The Division III tournament was played in Belgrade, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia between 4 January and 8 January 2001.

Final round

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All times local (EET/UTC+2).

7th place game

Template:Ihj was relegated to Division III Qualification for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, but did not participate again until 2003.

1st place game

Template:Ihj was promoted to Division II for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Division III Qualification

The Division III qualification tournament was played in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg between 26 April and 28 April 2001.

Template:Ihj was promoted to Division III of the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.