2001 IIHF World U18 Championships

The 2001 IIHF World U18 Championships were held in Heinola, Helsinki, and Lahti, Finland. The championships ran between April 12 and April 22, 2001. Games were played at the Heinolan Jäähalli in Heinola, the Helsinki Ice Hall in Helsinki, and the Lahden Jäähalli in Lahti. Russia defeated Switzerland 6–2 in the final to win the gold medal, with Finland defeating the Czech Republic 2–1 to capture the bronze medal.

Championship results

Preliminary round

Group A

Results

Group B

Results

Relegation Round

Note: The following matches from the preliminary round carry forward to the relegation round:

April 12, 2001: 3-4
April 16, 2001: 10-1

Ukraine was relegated. However with Canada entering the tournament for 2002, Ukraine was re-instated to top level as the tournament was expanded to 12 teams for a year.

Final standings

were supposed to be relegated to Division I for the 2002 IIHF World U18 Championships, however with the late addition of it was decided to temporarily expand the tournament to twelve teams.

Goaltending leaders

Player	Country	MINS	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
Tuomas Nissinen		120:00	1	.974	0.50	1
Yuri Klyuchnikov		72:47	2	.882	1.65	0
Kari Lehtonen		239:10	7	.935	1.76	2
Michal Zajkowski		120:00	4	.944	2.00	0
Travis Weber		180:00	6	.924	2.00	1

Division I

Final round

were promoted to the top level, and were relegated to Division II for the 2002 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Division II

Finals

were promoted to the Division I, and were relegated to Division III for the 2002 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Division III

Final

were promoted to the Division II, and were relegated to Division III Qualification for the 2002 IIHF World U18 Championships.