The 1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (''1999 WJC'') was held in

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, and five other communities in

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from December 26, 1998 to January 5, 1999. In the gold medal match at Winnipeg Arena,

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defeated

3–2 on Artem Chubarov's overtime goal. The bronze medal was claimed by

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, giving the six-year-old country its first medal at an

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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

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Tournament awards

Pool B

Played at Székesfehérvár and

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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

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Relegation round

'' lost two games to none and was relegated to Pool C for

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Pool C

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

Preliminary Round

;Group A ;Group B

Placement Games

*7th place: 3 - 1 *5th place: 4 - 3ot *3rd place: 6 - 2 *1st Place: 1 - 0 '' was promoted to Pool B, and was relegated to Pool D for

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Pool D

Played at

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from December 29 to January 4.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Promotion Group

'' was promoted to Pool C for

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4th to 6th

7th to 9th

References

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