1999 IIHF World Championship

Qualifying Round

Three qualifying tournaments were played to establish the last five entrants to the World Championship. Two groups of four played in Europe, first and second place from each advanced, while the others were relegated to Group B. The winner of the "Far East" tournament advanced to the World Championship, while the losers played in Group C.

Group 1 (Austria)

Played 5–8 November 1998 in Klagenfurt.

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	United States	3	3	0	0	12 - 01	6
2	Austria	3	2	0	1	12 - 06	4
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	0	2	10 - 09	2
4	Estonia	3	0	0	3	03 - 21	0

The United States and Austria advanced to the World Championship.

5 November 1998

United States

3-0

Kazakhstan

5 November 1998

Austria

6-2

Estonia

7 November 1998

United States

7-1

Estonia

7 November 1998

Austria

6-2

Kazakhstan

8 November 1998

Kazakhstan

8-0

Estonia

8 November 1998

Austria

0-2

United States

Group 2 (Slovenia)

Played 5–8 November 1998 in Ljubljana.

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	Ukraine	3	2	1	0	08 - 04	5
2	France	3	2	0	1	09 - 07	4
3	Slovenia	3	0	2	1	05 - 08	2
4	Germany	3	0	1	2	03 - 06	1

Ukraine and France advanced to the World Championship.

5 November 1998

Slovenia

1-1

Germany

5 November 1998

Ukraine

4-1

France

7 November 1998

Germany

1-2

Ukraine

7 November 1998

Slovenia

2-5

France

8 November 1998

France

3-1

Germany

8 November 1998

Slovenia

2-2

Ukraine

Far East (Japan)

Played 4–6 September 1998 in Tokyo.

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	Japan	2	2	0	0	24 - 05	4
2	South Korea	2	1	0	1	04 - 09	2
3	China	2	0	0	2	02 - 16	0

Japan advanced to the World Championship.

4 September 1998

Japan

15-2

China

5 September 1998

South Korea

1-0

China

6 September 1998

Japan

9-2

South Korea

First Round

In each group, the top two nations advanced to the next round. Third place teams played a final round against each other to determine who escaped having to qualify for next year's tournament. Fourth place teams did not play further, they were automatically entered in qualifiers for next year's tournament.

Group 1

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
Canada	3	3	0	0	12	6	6
Slovakia	3	2	0	1	17	9	4
Norway	3	1	0	2	9	14	2
Italy	3	0	0	3	8	17	0

Italy was relegated to the qualifiers for the 2000 IIHF World Championship.

1 May

Canada

3-2

Slovakia

1 May

Norway

5-2

Italy

3 May

Slovakia

7-4

Italy

3 May

Norway

2-4

Canada

5 May

Canada

5-2

Italy

5 May

Norway

2-8

Slovakia

Group 2

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
Sweden	3	3	0	0	14	5	6
Switzerland	3	2	0	1	12	9	4
Latvia	3	1	0	2	14	14	2
France	3	0	0	3	6	18	0

France was relegated to the qualifiers for the 2000 IIHF World Championship.

1 May

Switzerland

5-3

Latvia

1 May

Sweden

4-1

France

3 May

Latvia

8-5

France

3 May

Sweden

6-1

Switzerland

5 May

Switzerland

6-0

France

5 May

Sweden

4-3

Latvia

Group 3

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
Czech Republic	3	3	0	0	23	5	6
United States	3	2	0	1	15	7	4
Austria	3	1	0	2	6	14	2
Japan	3	0	0	3	5	23	0

Japan was relegated to the qualifiers for the 2000 IIHF World Championship.

2 May

Czech Republic

7-0

Austria

2 May

United States

7-1

Japan

4 May

Czech Republic

12-2

Japan

4 May

United States

5-2

Austria

6 May

Czech Republic

4-3

United States

6 May

Austria

4-2

Japan

Group 4

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
Finland	3	2	1	0	10	5	5
Russia	3	1	2	0	9	6	4
Belarus	3	1	1	1	9	7	3
Ukraine	3	0	0	3	3	13	0

Ukraine was relegated to the qualifiers for the 2000 IIHF World Championship.

2 May

Russia

2-2

Belarus

2 May

Finland

3-1

Ukraine

4 May

Russia

4-1

Ukraine

4 May

Belarus

1-4

Finland

6 May

Belarus

6-1

Ukraine

6 May

Russia

3-3

Finland

Second Round

Group 5

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
Finland	3	3	0	0	13	6	6
Canada	3	2	0	1	14	7	4
United States	3	1	0	2	7	8	2
Switzerland	3	0	0	3	3	16	0

7 May

Canada

8-2

Switzerland

7 May

Finland

4-3

United States

8 May

Canada

4-1

United States

8 May

Finland

5-1

Switzerland

10 May

Finland

4-2

Canada

10 May

United States

3-0

Switzerland

Group 6

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	11	8	4
Sweden	3	2	0	1	6	4	4
Russia	3	1	1	1	9	7	3
Slovakia	3	0	1	2	5	12	1

7 May

Russia

6-1

Czech Republic

7 May

Sweden

2-1

Slovakia

8 May

Czech Republic

8-2

Slovakia

8 May

Sweden

4-1

Russia

10 May

Russia

2-2

Slovakia

10 May

Sweden

0-2

Czech Republic

Final Round

Each playoff match up consisted of a two-game series. If tied, the two teams would play an overtime-style mini game (10 minutes in duration for the semi-finals and 20 minutes in the final) to determine the winner, and then a shoot-out if no scoring occurred. The only mini-game to go to a shoot-out was the Czech versus Canada tiebreaker, with a 4 to 3 Czech victory. Note that the mini-games show up as a game played in the players statistics. The exception was for the Bronze medal game which was just one game.

	Semi-finals				Final
	May 12 & 13 – Lillehammer
	Finland	(3-1-1)
					May 15 & 16 – Lillehammer
	Sweden	(1-2-0)
					Finland	(1-4-0)
	May 12 & 13 – Lillehammer
					Czech Republic	(3-1-1)
	Czech Republic	(1-6-1)
	Canada	(2-4-0)
					Third place
					May 15 – Lillehammer
					Sweden	3
					Canada	2

Semifinals

12 May

Finland

3-1

Sweden

Lillehammer Attendance: 6,353

12 May

Czech Republic

1-2

Canada

Lillehammer Attendance: 6,100

13 May

Sweden

2-1 (0-1)

Finland

Lillehammer Attendance: 7,379

13 May

Canada

4-6 (3-4)

Czech Republic

Lillehammer Attendance: 6,579

Match for third place

15 May

Sweden

3-2 (2–0, 1–0, 0–2)

Canada

Lillehammer Attendance: 8,811

	Tommy Salo	Goalies	Ron Tugnutt	Referee: Rami Savolainen Linesmen: Panu Bruun Hirokazu Takahashi
	Markus Näslund − 12:14 1-0 Christer Olsson − 14:53 2-0 Jörgen Jönsson − 37:57 3-0 3-1 41:18 − Brian Savage 3-2 48:49 − Adam Graves

Final

15 May

Finland

1-3 (0-1, 0-1, 1-1)

Czech Republic

Lillehammer Attendance: 8,949

	Ari Sulander	Goalies	Milan Hnilička	Referee: Danny Kurmann Linesmen: Nadir Mandioni Kent Thudén
	0-1 10:53 − František Kaberle 0-2 37:20 − Martin Ručínský Juha Lind − 54:42 1-2 1-3 59:29 − Radek Dvořák

16 May

Czech Republic

1-4 (1-0) (0-2, 1-1, 0-1)

Finland

Lillehammer Attendance: 9,187

	Milan Hnilička	Goalies	Miika Kiprusoff	Referee: Danny Kurmann Linesmen: Nadir Mandioni Kent Thudén
	0-1 01:41 − Antti-Jussi Niemi 0-2 05:35 − Juha Lind 0-3 21:51 − Marko Tuomainen Viktor Ujčík − 30:47 1-3 1-4 46:52 − Ville Peltonen
	ot. Jan Hlaváč − 16:32 1-0

Consolation Round 9-12 Place

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
Belarus	3	3	0	0	7	3	6
Austria	3	2	0	1	10	5	4
Latvia	3	1	0	2	10	8	2
Norway	3	0	0	3	1	12	0

Latvia and Norway were relegated to the qualifiers for the 2000 IIHF World Championship.

8 May

Austria

5-2

Latvia

8 May

Norway

0-2

Belarus

9 May

Belarus

3-2

Austria

9 May

Norway

1-7

Latvia

11 May

Latvia

1-2

Belarus

11 May

Norway

0-3

Austria

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

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

Places eleven through sixteen had to play in qualifying tournaments for entry into the 2000 tournament.

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Saku Koivu	10	4	12	16	+8	4	F
Teemu Selänne	11	3	8	11	+6	16	F
Markus Näslund	10	6	4	10	+7	0	F
Žigmund Pálffy	6	5	5	10	0	6	F
Jan Hlaváč	10	5	5	10	+4	7	F
Martin Ručinský	10	4	6	10	+6	16	F
Alexei Yashin	6	8	1	9	+4	6	F
Daniel Alfredsson	10	4	5	9	+5	8	F
Viktor Ujčík	10	6	2	8	+3	12	F
Jere Karalahti	12	5	3	8	+5	2	D

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Leading goaltenders

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	GA	GAA	SVS%	SO
Parris Duffus	258	7	1.63	.939	1
Andrei Mezin	360	10	1.67	.931	1
Tommy Salo	424	13	1.84	.921	0
Ari Sulander	464	15	1.94	.921	0
Ron Tugnutt	328	11	2.01	.915	0

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