1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

1999 IIHF U20 World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Canada
Venue(s)6 (in 6 host cities)
DatesDecember 26, 1998 – January 5, 1999
Teams10
Final positions
Champions  Russia (1st title)
Runner-up  Canada
Third place  Slovakia
Fourth place Sweden
Tournament statistics
Games played31
Goals scored225 (7.26 per game)
Attendance173,453 (5,595 per game)
Scoring leader(s)United States Brian Gionta (11 points)
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The 1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1999 WJC) was held in Winnipeg, and five other communities in Manitoba, Canada from December 26, 1998, to January 5, 1999.[1] In the gold medal match at Winnipeg Arena, Russia defeated Canada 3–2 on Artem Chubarov's overtime goal. The bronze medal was claimed by Slovakia, giving the six-year-old country its first medal at an IIHF event.

The playoff round reverted back to six teams qualifying, with group leaders getting a bye to the semifinals.

  1. ^ "1999 IIHF World U20 Championship Pool A statistics". Archived from the original on 1999-04-28. Retrieved 2023-01-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)