1999 IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships (WFAC)

1997 IIHF World Championship

Tournament details
Dates	Pool A: 8 – 24 February 1999 Pool B: 6 – 15 May 1999 Pool C: 8 – 18 April 1999 Pool D: 14 – 24 April 1999
Teams	38
Final positions
Champions	Czechoslovakia (8th title)
Runner-up	Finland
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Canada
← 1997 2000 →

The 1999 IIHF Men's Ice Hockey World Championships will be the 58th edition of the Ice Hockey World Championships hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). 38 teams representing their countries participated at several levels of competition. The competition served as qualifications for division placements in the 2000 competition as well as selecting eight automatic qualifiers and the seeding for the qualification tournaments for the men's hockey competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.

Overview

Level	Number of teams	Host	Period
Pool A	16	Oslo, Hamar and Lillehammer, Norway	8 – 24 February 1999
Pool B	8	Eindhoven and Tilburg, Netherlands	6 – 15 May 1999
Pool C	8	Elektrėnai, Lithuania	8 – 18 April 1999
Pool D	6	Tehran, Iran	14 – 24 April 1999

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

Pool A

Pos	Team
	Czechoslovakia
	Finland
	Sweden
4	Canada
5	Soviet Union
6	Norway
7	United States
8	Latvia
9	Switzerland
10	Germany
11	Italy
12	Austria
13	Denmark
14	France
15	Poland
16	Japan

Pool B

Pos	Team
17	Netherlands
18	Great Britain
19	Yugoslavia
20	Estonia
21	Hungary
22	Romania
23	China
24	Republic of Korea

Pool C

Pos	Team
25	Lithuania
26	Bulgaria
27	Spain
28	Israel
29	Australia
30	Belgium
31	South Africa
32	Luxembourg

Pool D

Pos	Team
33	Iran
34	Iceland
35	Mexico
36	Argentina
37	Brazil
38	New Zealand
39	Turkey
40	Greece

Championship (Pool A)

The tournament took place from 13 to 28 February 1999 in Oslo, Hamar and Lillehammer, Norway.

1999 IIHF World Championship Winners Czechoslovakia 8th title

Pos	Team
	Czechoslovakia
	Finland
	Sweden
4	Canada
5	Soviet Union
6	Norway
7	United States
8	Latvia
9	Switzerland
10	Germany
11	Italy
12	Austria
13	Denmark
14	France
15	Poland
16	Japan

Quarterfinal

E1

Finland

4

F4

United States

3

Semifinal

E1

Finland

3

Quarterfinal

F2

Sweden

1

F2

Sweden

4

E3

Soviet Union

1

Final

E1

Finland

1

Quarterfinal

F1

Czechoslovakia

3

E2

Canada

4

F3

Norway

2

Semifinal

Bronze medal game

E2

Canada

5

E2

Canada

2

Quarterfinal

F1

Czechoslovakia

6

F2

Sweden

3

F1

Czechoslovakia

2

E4

Latvia

1

Pool B (Netherlands)

1999 IIHF World Championship Pool B

Tournament details
Host country	Netherlands
Dates	6 – 15 May 1999
Teams	8
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Qualified	Great Britain Netherlands Yugoslavia
Relegated ▼	Republic of Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	28
Goals scored	153 (5.46 per match)
Attendance	23,494 (839 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Tommie Hartogs (14 points)
← 1997 2000 →

Pool B was contested from 6 to 15 May 1999 in Eindhoven and Tilburg, the Netherlands. The top three teams at the end of the tournament advanced to the qualifying round for the 2000 IIHF World Championship.

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Netherlands	7	6	1	0	30	12	+18	13	Advanced to qualification tournament
Great Britain	7	5	1	1	24	16	+8	11
Yugoslavia	7	5	0	2	25	11	+14	10 A
Estonia	7	5	0	2	19	17	+2	10 A
Hungary	7	2	1	4	14	17	–3	5
Romania	7	2	1	4	17	25	–8	5
China	7	1	0	6	15	23	–8	2
Republic of Korea	7	0	0	7	10	33	–23	0	Relegated to Pool C

^A Yugoslavia 5−1 Estonia.

All times are local (UTC+01:00).

6 May 1999 15:00

Hungary

1 – 2 (0–0, 1–1, 0–1)

Great Britain

IJssportcentrum Eindhoven, Eindhoven Attendance: 800

6 May 1999 15:00

Yugoslavia

5 – 2 (3–1, 2–0, 0–1)

China

IJssportcentrum Stappegoor, Tilburg Attendance: 600

6 May 1999 19:00

Republic of Korea

2 – 5 (1–1, 0–3, 1–1)

Estonia

IJssportcentrum Eindhoven, Eindhoven Attendance: 450

6 May 1999 19:00

Netherlands

4 – 2 (2–1, 1–1, 1–0)

Romania

IJssportcentrum Stappegoor, Tilburg Attendance: 1,100

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7 May 1999 15:00

Romania

3 – 2 (1–1, 2–1, 0–0)

Republic of Korea

IJssportcentrum Eindhoven, Eindhoven Attendance: 300

7 May 1999 15:00

Estonia

3 – 1 (0–1, 3–0, 0–0)

China

IJssportcentrum Stappegoor, Tilburg Attendance: 348

7 May 1999 19:00

Netherlands

4 – 1 (3–0, 0–0, 1–1)

Hungary

IJssportcentrum Eindhoven, Eindhoven Attendance: 1,500

7 May 1999 19:00

Great Britain

1 – 0 (0–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Yugoslavia

IJssportcentrum Stappegoor, Tilburg Attendance: 400

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9 May 1999 15:00

Estonia

3 – 2 (1-2, 1-0, 1-0)

Great Britain

IJssportcentrum Eindhoven, Eindhoven Attendance: 800

9 May 1999 15:00

Yugoslavia

1 – 3 (0–2, 0–1, 1–0)

Netherlands

IJssportcentrum Stappegoor, Tilburg Attendance: 2,620

9 May 1999 19:00

Romania

3 – 1 (1–1, 1–0, 1–0)

China

IJssportcentrum Eindhoven, Eindhoven Attendance: 503

9 May 1999 19:00

Hungary

5 – 1 (1–1, 2–0, 2–0)

Republic of Korea

IJssportcentrum Stappegoor, Tilburg Attendance: 300

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10 May 1999 15:00

Yugoslavia

5 – 1 (2–0, 2–1, 1–0)

Republic of Korea

IJssportcentrum Eindhoven, Eindhoven Attendance: 300

10 May 1999 15:00

China

1 – 4 (0–2, 0–2, 1–0)

Hungary

IJssportcentrum Stappegoor, Tilburg Attendance: 468

10 May 1999 19:00

Netherlands

6 – 1 (2–0, 2–0, 2–1)

Estonia

IJssportcentrum Eindhoven, Eindhoven Attendance: 1,778

10 May 1999 19:00

Great Britain

6 – 2 (3–1, 0–0, 3–1)

Romania

IJssportcentrum Stappegoor, Tilburg Attendance: 502

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12 May 1999 15:00

Great Britain

4 – 3 (1–3, 2–0, 1–0)

China

IJssportcentrum Eindhoven, Eindhoven Attendance: 350

12 May 1999 15:00

Estonia

4 – 1 (2–0, 0–1, 2–0)

Romania

IJssportcentrum Stappegoor, Tilburg Attendance: 320

12 May 1999 19:00

Yugoslavia

4 – 0 (2–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Hungary

IJssportcentrum Eindhoven, Eindhoven Attendance: 387

12 May 1999 19:00

Republic of Korea

1 – 5 (0–2, 1–3, 0–0)

Netherlands

IJssportcentrum Stappegoor, Tilburg Attendance: 2,810

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13 May 1999 15:00

Romania

3 – 5 (1–1, 1–4, 1–0)

Yugoslavia

IJssportcentrum Eindhoven, Eindhoven Attendance: 300

13 May 1999 15:00

Republic of Korea

2 – 4 (0–3, 2–1, 0–0)

Great Britain

IJssportcentrum Stappegoor, Tilburg Attendance: 300

13 May 1999 19:00

China

1 – 3 (1–1, 0–2, 0–0)

Netherlands

IJssportcentrum Eindhoven, Eindhoven Attendance: 1,700

13 May 1999 19:00

Hungary

0 – 2 (0–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Estonia

IJssportcentrum Stappegoor, Tilburg Attendance: 410

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15 May 1999 11:00

Hungary

3 – 3 (1–1, 1–1, 1–1)

Romania

IJssportcentrum Eindhoven, Eindhoven Attendance: 300

15 May 1999 15:00

China

6 – 1 (0–0, 2–1, 4–0)

Republic of Korea

IJssportcentrum Eindhoven, Eindhoven Attendance: 328

15 May 1999 15:00

Estonia

1 – 5 (1–2, 0–2, 0–1)

Yugoslavia

IJssportcentrum Stappegoor, Tilburg Attendance: 620

15 May 1999 19:00

Netherlands

5 – 5 (1–1, 3–3, 1–1)

Great Britain

IJssportcentrum Stappegoor, Tilburg Attendance: 2,900

Directorate awards

Best players selected by the IIHF directorate:

Best Goaltender	Best Defenceman	Best Forward
Honoré Loos (NED)	Darren Durdle (GBR)	Tommie Hartogs (NED)

All-Star team

The tournament All-Star team voted by the media:

Goaltender	Defencemen	Forwards	Fair Play Trophy
Honoré Loos (NED)	Darren Durdle (GBR) Leo van den Thillart (NED)	Tommie Hartogs (NED) Tomaž Vnuk (YUG) Graham Garden (GBR)	Hungary

Pool C (Lithuania)

1999 IIHF World Championship Pool C

Tournament details
Host country	Lithuania
Dates	8 – 18 April 1999
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Promoted ▲	Lithuania
Relegated ▼	Luxembourg
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	151 (7.55 per match)
Attendance	11,091 (555 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Erikas Steponaitis (12 points)
← 1997 2000 →

Pool C was contested from 8 to 18 April 1999 in Elektrėnai, Lithuania.

All times are local (UTC+02:00).

Group A

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Lithuania	3	3	0	0	23	7	+16	6	Advanced to Medal Round
Bulgaria	3	2	0	1	20	9	+11	4
Belgium	3	1	0	2	9	8	+1	2	Sent to Relegation Round
Luxembourg	3	0	0	3	2	29	–27	0

8 April 1999 16:00

Bulgaria

13 – 0 (3–0, 6–0, 4–0)

Luxembourg

Elektrėnai Ice Palace, Elektrėnai Attendance: 234

8 April 1999 19:00

Belgium

3 – 7 (1–3, 2–3, 0–1)

Lithuania

Elektrėnai Ice Palace, Elektrėnai Attendance: 1,265

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10 April 1999 16:00

Lithuania

11 – 1 (3–1, 4–0, 4–0)

Luxembourg

Elektrėnai Ice Palace, Elektrėnai Attendance: 1,120

10 April 1999 19:00

Bulgaria

4 – 0 (1–0, 3–0, 0–0)

Belgium

Elektrėnai Ice Palace, Elektrėnai Attendance: 210

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12 April 1999 16:00

Luxembourg

1 – 5 (0–1, 1–2, 0–2)

Belgium

Elektrėnai Ice Palace, Elektrėnai Attendance: 300

12 April 1999 19:00

Lithuania

5 – 3 (1–2, 2–1, 2–0)

Bulgaria

Elektrėnai Ice Palace, Elektrėnai Attendance: 1,520

Group B

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Israel	3	2	1	0	13	4	+9	5 A	Advanced to Medal Round
Spain	3	2	1	0	14	6	+8	5 A
Australia	3	1	0	2	9	8	+1	2	Sent to Relegation Round
South Africa	3	0	0	3	2	20	–18	0

^A Israel +9 GD, Spain +8 GD.

9 April 1999 16:00

Israel

8 – 1 (4–1, 4–0, 0–0)

South Africa

Elektrėnai Ice Palace, Elektrėnai Attendance: 136

9 April 1999 19:00

Spain

5 – 3 (2–0, 2–2, 1–1)

Australia

Elektrėnai Ice Palace, Elektrėnai Attendance: 200

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11 April 1999 16:00

South Africa

0 – 6 (0–3, 0–2, 0–1)

Spain

Elektrėnai Ice Palace, Elektrėnai Attendance: 179

11 April 1999 19:00

Israel

2 – 0 (1–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Australia

Elektrėnai Ice Palace, Elektrėnai Attendance: 140

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13 April 1999 16:00

Australia

6 – 1 (4–1, 1–0, 1–0)

South Africa

Elektrėnai Ice Palace, Elektrėnai Attendance: 300

13 April 1999 19:00

Spain

3 – 3 (0–0, 2–2, 1–1)

Israel

Elektrėnai Ice Palace, Elektrėnai Attendance: 500

Relegation round

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
Australia	3	3	0	0	20	5	+15	6
Belgium	3	2	0	1	13	6	+7	4
South Africa	3	1	0	2	6	14	–8	2
Luxembourg	3	0	0	3	5	19	–14	0	Relegated to Pool D

15 April 1999 16:00

Luxembourg

2 – 10 (0–4, 2–1, 0–5)

Australia

Elektrėnai Ice Palace, Elektrėnai Attendance: 210

15 April 1999 19:00

Belgium

6 – 1 (0–0, 5–1, 1–0)

South Africa

Elektrėnai Ice Palace, Elektrėnai Attendance: 150

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17 April 1999 16:00

South Africa

4 – 2 (1–0, 1–1, 2–0)

Luxembourg

Elektrėnai Ice Palace, Elektrėnai Attendance: 135

17 April 1999 19:00

Australia

4 – 2 (1–1, 3–1, 0–0)

Belgium

Elektrėnai Ice Palace, Elektrėnai Attendance: 280

Medal round

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Lithuania	3	3	0	0	13	7	+6	6	Promoted to Pool B
Bulgaria	3	2	0	1	11	10	+1	4
Spain	3	0	1	2	8	10	–2	1 A
Israel	3	0	1	2	7	12	–5	1 A

^A Spain –2 GD, Israel –5 GD.

16 April 1999 16:00

Israel

2 – 5 (1–1, 0–3, 1–1)

Lithuania

Elektrėnai Ice Palace, Elektrėnai Attendance: 1,628

16 April 1999 19:00

Spain

3 – 4 (0–1, 2–2, 1–1)

Bulgaria

Elektrėnai Ice Palace, Elektrėnai Attendance: 300

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18 April 1999 15:00

Bulgaria

4 – 2 (3–1, 0–0, 1–1)

Israel

Elektrėnai Ice Palace, Elektrėnai Attendance: 450

18 April 1999 19:00

Lithuania

3 – 2 (1–0, 1–1, 1–1)

Spain

Elektrėnai Ice Palace, Elektrėnai Attendance: 1,834

Pool D (Iran)

1999 IIHF World Championship Pool D

Tournament details
Host country	Iran
Dates	14 – 24 April 1999
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Promoted ▲	Iran
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	152 (7.6 per match)
Attendance	11,118 (556 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Jorge Haiek Shahryar Amini (12 points)
← 1997 2000 →

Pool C was contested from 14 to 24 April 1999 in Tehran, Iran, with games played at the Ice Palace (Farsi: قصر یخ, Ghasr-e Yakh). Argentina, Mexico, Brazil and Iceland were the newest national teams to participate in the tournament. The host country Iran came into the final game knowing they had to win by five in order to advance. They defeated New Zealand 6 – 1 and was promoted to Pool C for 2000.

All times are local (UTC+04:30).

Group A

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Iran	3	2	1	0	20	6	+14	5	Advanced to Medal Round
Iceland	3	1	1	1	13	14	–1	3
Greece	3	1	0	2	9	15	–6	2 A	Sent to Consolation Round
Turkey	3	1	0	2	7	14	–7	2 A

^A Greece 2 Pts, –6 GD; Turkey 2 Pts, –7 GD.

14 April 1999 16:00

Iceland

6 – 8 (2–2, 2–2, 2–4)

Greece

Ice Palace, Tehran Attendance: 480

14 April 1999 19:00

Turkey

2 – 10 (2–0, 1–3, 0–7)

Iran

Ice Palace, Tehran Attendance: 1,450

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16 April 1999 16:00

Iran

6 – 0

Greece

Ice Palace, Tehran Attendance: 1,218

		(3–0, 2–0, 1–0)

16 April 1999 19:00

Iceland

3 – 2 (1–1, 1–1, 1–0)

Turkey

Ice Palace, Tehran Attendance: 300

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18 April 1999 16:00

Greece

1 – 3 (0–1, 0–1, 1–1)

Turkey

Ice Palace, Tehran Attendance: 620

18 April 1999 19:00

Iran

4 – 4 (0–2, 3–2, 1–0)

Iceland

Ice Palace, Tehran Attendance: 1,480

Group B

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Argentina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advanced to Medal Round
New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mexico	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Sent to Consolation Round
Brazil	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

15 April 1999 16:00

Argentina

5 – 3 (0–0, 3–0, 2–3)

Brazil

Ice Palace, Tehran Attendance: 120

15 April 1999 19:00

New Zealand

3 – 1 (2–1, 0–0, 1–0)

Mexico

Ice Palace, Tehran Attendance: 148

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17 April 1999 16:00

Brazil

1 – 6 (0–0, 1–5, 0–1)

New Zealand

Ice Palace, Tehran Attendance: 100

17 April 1999 19:00

Argentina

3 – 2 (1–0, 0–1, 2–1)

Mexico

Ice Palace, Tehran Attendance: 150

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19 April 1999 16:00

Mexico

7 – 1 (2–0, 2–1, 3–0)

Brazil

Ice Palace, Tehran Attendance: 120

19 April 1999 19:00

New Zealand

2 – 5 (1–3, 1–0, 0–2)

Argentina

Ice Palace, Tehran Attendance: 300

Consolation round

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
Mexico	3	3	0	0	19	4	+15	6
Brazil	3	1	1	1	9	13	–4	3
Turkey	3	1	0	2	10	13	–3	2
Greece	3	0	1	2	3	11	–8	1

21 April 1999 16:00

Greece

1 – 7 (0–2, 1–2, 0–3)

Mexico

Ice Palace, Tehran Attendance: 200

21 April 1999 19:00

Turkey

5 – 7 (3–3, 0–3, 2–1)

Brazil

Ice Palace, Tehran Attendance: 252

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23 April 1999 16:00

Brazil

1 – 1 (0–0, 0–1, 1–0)

Greece

Ice Palace, Tehran Attendance: 230

23 April 1999 19:00

Mexico

5 – 2 (1–0, 0–1, 4–1)

Turkey

Ice Palace, Tehran Attendance: 550

Medal round

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Iran	3	2	1	0	17	8	+9	5 A	Promoted to Pool C
Iceland	3	2	1	0	17	9	+8	5 A
Argentina	3	1	0	2	10	16	–6	2
New Zealand	3	0	0	3	6	17	–11	0

^A Iran 5 Pts, +9 GD; Iceland 5 Pts, +8 GD.

22 April 1999 16:00

Argentina

3 – 7 (0–2, 2–2, 1–3)

Iran

Ice Palace, Tehran Attendance: 1,500

22 April 1999 19:00

New Zealand

3 – 6 (1–1, 1–2, 1–2)

Iceland

Ice Palace, Tehran Attendance: 250

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24 April 1999 15:00

Iceland

7 – 2 (3–1, 2–1, 2–0)

Argentina

Ice Palace, Tehran Attendance: 150

24 April 1999 19:00

Iran

6 – 1 (2–0, 1–1, 3–0)

New Zealand

Ice Palace, Tehran Attendance: 1,500

See also

• IIHF World Championships (WFAC)
• Sports (WFAC)