2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 2001 IIHF World U20 Championship, commonly referred to as the 2001 World Junior Hockey Championships, was the 25th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. The tournament was held in Moscow and Podolsk, Russia from 26 December 2000, to 5 January 2001. The Czech Republic won the gold medal for the second consecutive year with a 2–1 victory over Finland in the championship game, while Canada won the bronze medal with a 2–1 overtime victory over Sweden.
Top Division
Preliminary round
Group A
''All times local.''Group B
''All times local.''Relegation round
Source:'' was relegated to Division I for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.''
Final round
Source:† ''Overtime victory.''
Goaltending leaders
Minimum 90 minutes played.| Rank | Player | Country | Saves | ||||||
| 1 | Tomáš Duba | 420:00 | 151 | 8 | 1.14 | 143 | 94.70 | 2 | |
| 2 | Maxime Ouellet | 398:24 | 172 | 10 | 1.51 | 162 | 94.19 | 1 | |
| 3 | Ari Ahonen | 358:17 | 119 | 8 | 1.34 | 111 | 93.28 | 1 | |
| 4 | Henrik Lundqvist | 419:19 | 180 | 13 | 1.86 | 167 | 92.78 | 0 | |
| 5 | Rick DiPietro | 359:43 | 109 | 8 | 1.33 | 101 | 92.66 | 1 |
Division I
The Division I tournament was played in Landsberg and Füssen, Germany between 10 December and 16 December 2000.Final round
'' was promoted to the Top Division for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.''Relegation round
'' was relegated to Division II for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.''Division II
The Division II tournament was played in Elektrėnai and Kaunas, Lithuania between 30 December 2000, and 3 January 2001.Final round
Source:''All times local.''
7th place game
'' was relegated to Division III for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.''1st place game
'' was promoted to Division I for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.''Division III
The Division III tournament was played in Belgrade, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia between 4 January and 8 January 2001.Final round
Source:''All times local.''
7th place game
'' was relegated to Division III Qualification for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, but did not participate again until 2003.''1st place game
'' was promoted to Division II for the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.''Division III Qualification
The Division III qualification tournament was played in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg between 26 April and 28 April 2001.'' was promoted to Division III of the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.''