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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Germany |
| Dates | 10 – 25 February 2001 |
| Teams | 16 |
| Venue(s) | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
Champions  |
 Czechoslovakia (10th title) |
Runner-up  |
 Finland |
Third place  |
 Sweden |
| Fourth place |  United States |
| Scoring leader(s) | Sami Kapanen (14 points) |
| MVP | Robert Reichel |
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The 2001 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships was the 60th edition of the Ice Hockey World Championships hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). It took place between 10 and 25 February 2000 in Nuremberg, Cologne and Hanover, Germany. Czechoslovakia was the defending champion, having won the previous two championships.
In a rematch of the 1999 final, Czechoslovakia won their third consecutive world championship title by defeating Finland 3–2 in overtime. As a result, Czechoslovakia secured a Golden hattrick (zlatý hattrick). Sweden defeated the United States 3–2 for the bronze medal.
Qualification
| Date | Vacancies | Qualified | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Host | N/A | 1 |  Germany
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| Ranked among 1−14 at the 2000 IIHF World Championship |
12 – 27 February 2000 | 10 |  Austria Canada Czechoslovakia Denmark Finland France Italy Latvia Norway Sweden Switzerland Soviet Union United States
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| Promoted from the 2000 IIHF World Championship Pool B |
5 – 14 May 2000 | 1 |  Great Britain
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| Far East qualification tournament | 4 – 6 September 2000 | 1 |  Japan
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| Total | 16 |
Seeding
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
| Czechoslovakia (1)
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Canada (2)
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Sweden (5)
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Soviet Union (3)
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| Switzerland (7)
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Finland (4)
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United States (6)
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Norway (8)
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| Germany (10)
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Austria (13)
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Latvia (9)
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Italy (11)
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| Great Britain (17)
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Japan (15)
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Denmark (14)
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France (12)
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Preliminary round
Group A
| Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Czechoslovakia
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Advances to the second round |
| Germany
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Switzerland
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Great Britain
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Relegation round |
Group B
| Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Advances to the second round |
| Finland
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Austria
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Japan
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation round |
Group C
| Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Advances to the second round |
| United States
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Denmark
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Latvia
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Relegation round |
Group D
| Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soviet Union
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3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Advances to the second round |
| Norway
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Italy
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| France
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation round |
Second round
Group E
| Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Czechoslovakia
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5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | Advances to the quarterfinals |
| Soviet Union
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5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Germany
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5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Switzerland
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5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Italy
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5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Norway
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5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Group F
| Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finland
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5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | Advances to the quarterfinals |
| Sweden
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5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| United States
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5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Canada
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5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Denmark
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5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Austria
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5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | Canada
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5 – 3 (3–1, 0–2, 2–0) |
Soviet Union
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| 2001 | Canada
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5 – 3 (3–1, 0–2, 2–0) |
Soviet Union
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Relegation round, Group G
| Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| France
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Relegated to Division I |
| Great Britain
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Japan
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Playoff round
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| E1 | Czechoslovakia
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| F4 | Canada
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0 | Semifinal | ||||||||||
| E1 | Czechoslovakia
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3 | |||||||||||
| Quarterfinal | F2 | Sweden
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2 | ||||||||||
| F2 | Sweden
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4 | |||||||||||
| E3 | Germany
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3 | Final | ||||||||||
| E1 | Czechoslovakia
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3 | |||||||||||
| Quarterfinal | F1 | Finland
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| E2 | Soviet Union
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3 | |||||||||||
| F3 | United States
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4 | Semifinal | Bronze medal game | |||||||||
| F3 | United States
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1 | F2 | Sweden
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3 | ||||||||
| Quarterfinal | F1 | Finland
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3 | F3 | United States
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| F1 | Finland
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| E4 | Switzerland
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Final ranking
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The official IIHF final ranking of the tournament:
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See also
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