The 2000 World Junior Hockey Championships (''2000 WJHC''), was the 24th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. The tournament was hosted in

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and

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, Sweden from December 25, 1999, to January 4, 2000. The

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won the gold medal with a 1–0

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victory over

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in the championship game, while

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won the bronze medal with a 4–3 shootout victory over the

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. This still remains as the only tournament to where both medal games have been decided in a shootout. The playoff round was (again) expanded to eight teams, with group leaders not getting a bye to the semifinals.

Venues

Pool A

Preliminary round

Group A

''All times local (

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/UTC+1).''

Group B

''All times local (

/UTC+1).''

Relegation round

10-minute tie break game

'' was relegated to Division I for the

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.''

Final round

‡ ''

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victory.'' ''All times local (

/UTC+1).''

Quarterfinals

Consolation round

Semifinals

7th place game

5th place game

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Scoring leaders

Goaltending leaders

''Minimum 40% of team's ice time.''

Tournament awards

Final standings

Pool B

The following teams took part in the Pool B tournament. This group played in

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between December 13 and December 19, 1999.

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Relegation round

'' was relegated to Division II for the

.''

Final round

'' was promoted to the Top Division for the

.''

Pool C

The following teams took part in the Pool C tournament. This group played in

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, Japan between December 30, 1999, and January 3, 2000.

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Final round

''All times local ( JST/UTC+9).''

7th place game

'' was relegated to Division III for the

.''

5th place game

3rd place game

1st place game

'' was promoted to Division I for the

.''

Pool D

The following teams took part in the Pool D tournament. This group played in

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between January 9 and January 15, 2000.

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Final round

Places 7 to 9

'' was relegated to Division III Qualification for the

.''

Places 4 to 6

Places 1 to 3

'' was promoted to Division II for the

.''

External links

Official IIHF Results – Pool A

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