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2001 IIHF European Championship
2001 IIHF European Championship (WFAC) logo
Tournament details
Host country Template:Country data Germany Germany
Dates 26 August – 9 September 2001
Teams 12
Venue(s) (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (16th title)
Runner-up Silver medal blank Finland Finland
Third place Bronze medal blank Flag of Switzerland Switzerland
Fourth place Sweden Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played 40
Scoring leader(s) Finland Teemu Selänne
(14 points)
MVP Czechoslovakia Miroslav Šatan
1999
2003

The 2001 IIHF European Championship was the 61st European ice hockey championships arranged by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). The tournament was held in Cologne and Hanover, Germany.

As the World Championships, teams participated at three levels of competition.

Bidding process[]

At the annual IIHF congress in Helsinki on 26 September 1997, Germany was voted the host of the 2001 Euro tournament, defeating the runner-up Soviet Union by 49 votes. Other countries in the running were Austria and Switzerland, which withdrew from the race and endorsed the German bid.

Country Votes
Template:Country data Germany Germany 67
Soviet Union Soviet Union 18
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 8
Flag of Austria Austria 3

Venues[]

Template:Country data Germany GermanyCologne 2001 IIHF Euro Championships arena map Template:Country data Germany GermanyHanover
Kölnarena Preussag Arena
Capacity: 18,500 Capacity: 10,767
Lanxess Arena, Cologne TUI Arena, Hanover

Qualification[]

Date Vacancies Qualified
Host N/A 1 Template:Country data Germany Germany
Ranked 1−11 at the
1999 IIHF European Championship
10 Austria Austria
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
Finland Finland
France France
Flag of Italy Italy
Latvia Latvia
Norway Norway
Soviet Union Soviet Union
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland
Sweden Sweden
Promoted from the
1999 IIHF European Championship Pool B
1 Flag of Serbia and Montenegro Yugoslavia
Total 12

Seeding[]

The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the 2000 IIHF World Ranking:

Group A (Cologne) Group B (Hanover)
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (1) Sweden Sweden (2)
Soviet Union Soviet Union (5) Finland Finland (3)
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland (7) Norway Norway (8)
Flag of Italy Italy (10) Latvia Latvia (9)
Template:Country data Germany Germany (11) France France (12)
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro Yugoslavia (15) Austria Austria (13)

Officials[]

The IIHF selected 8 referees and 16 linesmen to work the tournament.

Referees Linesmen
  • Sweden Thomas Andersson
  • Finland Pekka Haajanen
  • Soviet Union Sergei Karabanov
  • Flag of Switzerland Daniel Kurmann
  • Template:Country data Germany Gerhard Müller
  • Sweden Ulf Rådbjer
  • Template:Country data Germany Wilhelm Schimm
  • Czechoslovakia Vladimír Šindler
  • Finland Riku Peltonen
  • Norway Pål Garsjø
  • Template:Country data Germany Alfred Hascher
  • Finland Antti Hämäläinen
  • Soviet Union Sergei Kulakov
  • Czechoslovakia Rudolf Lauff
  • Flag of Switzerland Nadir Mandioni
  • Sweden Johan Norrman
  • Latvia Eduards Odiņš
  • Template:Country data Germany Martin Reichert
  • Sweden Ulf Rönnmark
  • Soviet Union Sergei Shelyanin

Rosters[]

Each team's roster consisted of at least 15 skaters (forwards and defencemen) and two goaltenders, and at most 22 skaters and three goaltenders. All 12 participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a roster by the first IIHF directorate meeting.

Preliminary round[]

Group A[]

Team GP W T L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 5 4 1 0 21 7 +14 9 Advances to the quarterfinals
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 5 4 0 1 19 8 +11 8
Soviet Union Soviet Union 5 3 0 2 22 7 +15 6
Template:Country data Germany Germany 5 1 2 2 10 12 –2 4
Flag of Italy Italy 5 1 1 3 8 31 –23 3
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro Yugoslavia 5 0 0 5 4 23 –19 0 Team competes in Consolation Round

Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams.

26 August 2001
15:00
Soviet Union Soviet Union 7 – 0
(2–0, 3–0, 2–0)
Flag of Italy Italy Kölnarena, Cologne
26 August 2001
19:00
Yugoslavia Flag of Serbia and Montenegro 0 – 2
(0–10 1–1, 0–0)
Template:Country data Germany Germany Kölnarena, Cologne

27 August 2001
15:00
Italy Flag of Italy 4 – 4
(1–1, 1–0, 2–3)
Template:Country data Germany Germany Kölnarena, Cologne
27 August 2001
19:00
Switzerland Flag of Switzerland 1 – 3
(1–0, 0–1, 0–2)
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Kölnarena, Cologne

28 August 2001
15:00
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 5 – 1
(0–1, 3–0, 2–0)
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro Yugoslavia Kölnarena, Cologne
28 August 2001
19:00
Soviet Union Soviet Union 1 – 2
(1–0, 0–2, 0–0)
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Kölnarena, Cologne

29 August 2001
15:00
Yugoslavia Flag of Serbia and Montenegro 0 – 8
(1–1, 0–4, 0–3)
Soviet Union Soviet Union Kölnarena, Cologne

30 August 2001
15:00
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 2 – 2
(1–1, 1–1, 0–0)
Template:Country data Germany Germany Kölnarena, Cologne
30 August 2001
19:00
Italy Flag of Italy 1 – 8
(1–2, 0–2, 0–4)
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Kölnarena, Cologne

31 August 2001
15:00
Germany Template:Country data Germany 1 – 3
(0–0, 1–1, 0–2)
Soviet Union Soviet Union Kölnarena, Cologne
31 August 2001
19:00
Switzerland Flag of Switzerland 5 – 2
(3–1, 2–1, 0–0)
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro Yugoslavia Kölnarena, Cologne

1 September 2001
15:00
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 11 – 0
(3–0, 7–0, 1–0)
Flag of Italy Italy Kölnarena, Cologne

2 September 2001
15:00
Germany Template:Country data Germany 1 – 3
(1–0, 0–1, 0–2)
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Kölnarena, Cologne
2 September 2001
19:00
Soviet Union Soviet Union 3 – 4
(0–0, 2–2, 1–2)
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Kölnarena, Cologne

3 September 2001
15:00
Italy Flag of Italy 3 – 1
(1–0, 1–0, 1–1)
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro Yugoslavia Kölnarena, Cologne

Group B[]

Team GP W T L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
Finland Finland 5 5 0 0 24 11 +13 10 Advances to the quarter finals
Sweden Sweden 5 4 0 1 28 10 +18 8
Norway Norway 5 2 1 2 10 12 –2 5
Latvia Latvia 5 2 1 2 14 19 –5 5
France France 5 0 1 4 11 18 –7 1
Austria Austria 5 0 1 0 7 26 –19 1 Team competes in Consolation Round

Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams.

26 August 2001
15:00
Finland Finland 6 – 3
Flag of France France Preussag Arena, Hanover
26 August 2001
19:00
Sweden Sweden 5 – 2
Norway Norway Preussag Arena, Hanover

27 August 2001
19:00
Austria Flag of Austria 2 – 4
Latvia Latvia Preussag Arena, Hanover

28 August 2001
15:00
Latvia Latvia 2 – 5
(0–0, 1–2, 1–3)
Finland Finland Preussag Arena, Hanover
28 August 2001
19:00
Sweden Sweden 3 – 1
(1–1, 1–0, 1–0)
Flag of France France Preussag Arena, Hanover

29 August 2001
15:00
France Flag of France 3 – 3
Austria Austria Preussag Arena, Hanover
29 August 2001
19:00
Norway Norway 1 – 3
(0–0, 0–2, 1–1)
Finland Finland Preussag Arena, Hanover

30 August 2001
15:00
Latvia Latvia 2 – 2
(1–1, 1–0, 0–1)
Norway Norway Preussag Arena, Hanover
30 August 2001
19:00
Austria Austria 0 – 11
(0–2, 0–3, 0–6)
Sweden Sweden Preussag Arena, Hanover

31 August 2001
19:00
Sweden Sweden 5 – 2
(1–2, 1–2, 0–1)
Latvia Latvia Preussag Arena, Hanover

1 September 2001
15:00
Finland Finland 5 – 1
(1–1, 0–0, 4–0)
Austria Austria Preussag Arena, Hanover
1 September 2001
19:00
France France 1 – 2
(0–0, 1–1, 0–1)
Norway Norway Preussag Arena, Hanover

2 September 2001
15:00
France France 3 – 4
(0–1, 2–2, 2–1)
Latvia Latvia Preussag Arena, Hanover
2 September 2001
19:00
Sweden Sweden 4 – 5
(1–3, 1–0, 2–2)
Finland Finland Preussag Arena, Hanover
Attendance: 10,188

3 September 2001
15:00
Norway Norway 3 – 1
(1–1, 0–0, 2–0)
Austria Austria Preussag Arena, Hanover
Attendance: 8,350

Consolation Round 11-12th Place[]

2001 Austria Austria 3 – 2
(1–1, 2–1, 0–0)
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro Yugoslavia Preussag Arena, Hanover
Attendance: 4,161
2001 Yugoslavia Flag of Serbia and Montenegro 0 – 2
(0–1, 0–0, 0–1)
Austria Austria Preussag Arena, Hanover
Attendance: 4,058

Flag of Serbia and Montenegro Yugoslavia was relegated to Division I for 2003.

Playoff round[]

  Quarterfinal                    
  A1  Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 2  
  B4  Latvia Latvia 0   Semifinal
      A1  Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 3  
  Quarterfinal   B2  Sweden Sweden 2  
  B2  Sweden Sweden 4
  A3  Soviet Union Soviet Union 3         Final
              A1  Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 3
  Quarterfinal             B1  Finland Finland 2
  B1  Finland Finland 4      
  A4  Template:Country data Germany Germany 1   Semifinal   Bronze medal game
      B1  Finland Finland 3   A2  Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 3
  Quarterfinal   A2  Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 1     B2  Sweden Sweden 2
  A2  Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 4
  B3  Norway Norway 3  

Quarterfinals[]

2001
16:00
Sweden Sweden 4 – 3 OT
(0–1, 2–2:, 1–0, 1–0)
Soviet Union Soviet Union Preussag Arena, Hanover
2001
16:00
Switzerland Flag of Switzerland 4 – 3 OT
(0–1, 2–0, 1–2, 1–0)
Norway Norway Kölnarena, Cologne
Attendance: 18,514
2001
20:00
Finland Finland 4 – 1
(1–0, 2–0, 1–1)
Template:Country data Germany Germany Preussag Arena, Hanover
Attendance: 10,767
2001
20:00
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 2 – 0
(1–0, 1–0, 0–0)
Latvia Latvia Kölnarena, Cologne
Attendance: 18,514

Semifinals[]

2001
15:00
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 3 – 2 GWS
(1–0, 0–1, 1–1, 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)
Sweden Sweden Kölnarena, Cologne
Attendance: 18,539
2001
19:00
Finland Finland 3 – 1
(1–0, 0–1, 2–0)
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Kölnarena, Cologne
Attendance: 18,341

Bronze medal game[]

2001
15:00
Bronze medal blank Switzerland Flag of Switzerland 3 – 2
(0–1, 2–0, 1–1)
Sweden Sweden Kölnarena, Cologne
Attendance: 17,538

Gold medal game[]

2001
19:00
Gold medal blank Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 3 – 2 OT
(0–1, 0–1, 2–0, 1–0)
Finland Finland Silver medal blank Kölnarena, Cologne
Attendance: 18,700

Final ranking[]

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

Sundin Teemu Selänne Marian Hossa Jaromir Jagr Alexei Yashin Nicklas Lidström SUI Daniel Alfredsson FIN Vjacelslavs Fanduls
Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Teemu Selänne Finland Finland 8 5 9 14 2
Petteri Nummelin Finland Finland 8 1 12 13 0
Mats Sundin Sweden Sweden 0 0 0 0 0
Marián Hossa Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 0 0 0 0 0
Jaromír Jágr Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 0 0 0 0 0
Alexei Yashin Soviet Union Soviet Union 0 0 0 0 0
Nicklas Lidström Sweden Sweden 0 0 0 0 0
[[Wikipedia:|]] Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0
[[Wikipedia:|]] Finland Finland 0 0 0 0 0
Vjačeslavs Fanduļs Latvia Latvia 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltending leaders[]

Awards[]

Directorate awards[]

Best players selected by the IIHF directorate:

Best Goaltender Best Defenceman Best Forward
Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Halák (Czechoslovakia) Sweden Brent Burns (Sweden) Finland Sidney Crosby (Finland)

All-Star team[]

The tournament All-Star team voted by the media:

Goaltender Defencemen Forwards Tournament MVP
Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Halák (Czechoslovakia) Sweden Oliver Ekman-Larsson (Sweden)
Finland Sidney Crosby (Finland)
Czechoslovakia Jaromír Jágr (Czechoslovakia)
Czechoslovakia Jaromír Jágr (Czechoslovakia)
Czechoslovakia Jaromír Jágr (Czechoslovakia)
Czechoslovakia Jaromír Jágr (Czechoslovakia)


Division I (Poland)[]

Team GP W T L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
Flag of Denmark Denmark 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promoted to Top Division
Flag of Poland Poland 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
United Kingdom Great Britain 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of Hungary Hungary 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of Estonia Estonia 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of Romania Romania 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lithuania Lithuania 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to Division II

Division II (Spain)[]

Team GP W T L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
Flag of Belgium Belgium 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promoted to Division I
Israel Israel 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of Turkey Turkey 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spain Spain 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of Iceland Iceland 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

See also[]


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