The 1999 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships was the 63rd such event sanctioned by the

International Ice Hockey Federation The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF; ; ) is a worldwide governing body for ice hockey. It is based in Zurich, Switzerland, and has 84 member countries. The IIHF maintains the IIHF World Ranking based on international ice hockey to ...

(IIHF). Teams representing 41 countries participated in several levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for group placements in the 2000 competition.

World Championship Group A

The Championship took place between sixteen teams in

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. * (2nd, Group 1 Qualifier) * * * * (2nd, Group 2 Qualifier) * * * (Far East Qualifier) * * (Host) * * * * * (1st, Group 2 Qualifier) * (1st, Group 1 Qualifier)

World Championship Group B

Played at Odense and Rodovre, Denmark 8–17 April. The top three teams at the end of the tournament advanced to the qualifying round for the

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. The Germans, after failing to qualify for Group A, lost their final game to Kazakhstan and finished fourth. The twentieth place overall was by far the worst finish in their history.Tournament summary at Passionhockey.com
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Final Round 17–24 Place

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Great Britain Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland, and Wales. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the List of European ...

, and

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...

all advanced to the qualifiers for the

Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...

was relegated to Group C.''

World Championship Group C

Played at Eindhoven and Tilburg, Netherlands 5–11 April. While eight teams had qualified for the Group C tournament, the host Dutch government had suspended diplomatic relations with

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, due to the

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, and did not allow the Yugoslavian team to participate in the tournament.

First round

Group 1

Group 2

Final Round 25–28 Place

''The

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was promoted to Group B.''

Final Round 29–32 Place

* Because

was unable to participate for political reasons, the IIHF officially maintained their 30th place from the previous

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.Chart showing Yugoslavia's rank after 1999
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resuming their place in 2000 the tournament was played with nine teams.''

World Championship Group D

Played at Krugersdorp, South Africa 14–20 April

First round

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Final Round 33–35 Place

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was promoted to Group C.''

Consolation round 36–38 Place

Consolation round 39–41 Place

Citations

References

Complete results
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World Championship Group A

World Championship Group B

Final Round 17–24 Place

World Championship Group C

First round

Group 1

Group 2

Final Round 25–28 Place

Final Round 29–32 Place

World Championship Group D

First round

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Final Round 33–35 Place

Consolation round 36–38 Place

Consolation round 39–41 Place

See also

Citations

References