The World Hockey Championships, held in Oslo, Hamar and Lillehammer, Norway May 1-16, 1999. Top two teams (*) in each pool after preliminary round-robin advance to the qualifying round. Third place teams play in a consolation round. Top two teams from each pool of the qualifying round advance to the semifinals. The semifinals and finals are best-of-two series with a 10-minute overtime if necessary. If teams are still tied, a shootout decides the winner.
Final Round Robin Standings
| POOL A |
W-L-T |
Pts |
GF |
GA |
| *Canada |
3-0-0 |
6 |
12 |
6 |
| *Slovakia |
2-1-0 |
4 |
17 |
9 |
| Norway |
1-2-0 |
2 |
9 |
14 |
| Italy |
0-3-0 |
0 |
8 |
17 |
| POOL B |
W-L-T |
Pts |
GF |
GA |
| *Sweden |
3-0-0 |
6 |
14 |
5 |
| *Switzerland |
2-1-0 |
4 |
12 |
9 |
| Latvia |
1-2-0 |
2 |
14 |
14 |
| France |
0-3-0 |
0 |
6 |
18 |
| POOL C |
W-L-T |
Pts |
GF |
GA |
| *Czech Republic |
3-0-0 |
6 |
23 |
5 |
| *United States |
2-1-0 |
4 |
15 |
7 |
| Austria |
1-2-0 |
2 |
6 |
14 |
| Japan |
0-3-0 |
0 |
5 |
23 |
| POOL D |
W-L-T |
Pts |
GF |
GA |
| *Finland |
2-0-1 |
5 |
10 |
5 |
| *Russia |
1-0-2 |
4 |
9 |
6 |
| Belarus |
1-1-1 |
3 |
6 |
7 |
| Ukraine |
0-3-0 |
0 |
2 |
13 |
Qualifying Round
| POOL E |
W-L-T |
Pts |
GF |
GA |
| *Finland |
3-0-0 |
6 |
13 |
6 |
| *Canada |
2-1-0 |
4 |
14 |
7 |
| United States |
1-2-0 |
2 |
7 |
8 |
| Switzerland |
0-3-0 |
0 |
3 |
16 |
| POOL F |
W-L-T |
Pts |
GF |
GA |
| *Czech Republic |
2-1-0 |
4 |
11 |
8 |
| *Sweden |
2-1-0 |
4 |
6 |
4 |
| Russia |
1-1-1 |
3 |
9 |
7 |
| Slovakia |
0-2-1 |
1 |
5 |
12 |
Semifinals (best of two)
| Finland 3 |
Sweden 1 |
| Sweden 2 |
Finland 1† |
| Canada 2 |
Czech Republic 1 |
| Czech Republic 4* |
Canada 3 |
†Finland advances with a goal in OT.
*Czech Republic wins shootout, 4-3.
Championship (best of two)
| Czech Republic 3 |
Finland 1 |
| Finland 4 |
Czech Republic 1* |
*Czech Republic wins championship with goal in OT.
Scoring Leaders
| |
Gm |
G |
A |
Pts |
PM |
| Saku Koivu, Finland |
10 |
4 |
12 |
16 |
4 |
| Teemu Selanne, Finland |
11 |
3 |
8 |
11 |
2 |
| Markus Naslund, Sweden |
10 |
6 |
4 |
10 |
16 |
| Zigmund Palffy, Slovakia |
6 |
5 |
5 |
10 |
6 |
| Jan Hlavac, Czech Republic |
12 |
5 |
5 |
10 |
4 |
| Martin Rucinsky, Czech Republic |
12 |
4 |
6 |
10 |
16 |
| Alexei Yashin, Russia |
6 |
8 |
1 |
9 |
6 |
| Daniel Alfredsson, Sweden |
10 |
4 |
5 |
9 |
8 |
| Viktor Ujcik, Czech Republic |
12 |
6 |
2 |
8 |
12 |
| Jere Karalahti, Finland |
12 |
5 |
3 |
8 |
2 |
| Cory Stillman, Canada |
10 |
4 |
4 |
8 |
14 |
| David Vyborny, Czech Republic |
12 |
4 |
4 |
8 |
6 |
| Radek Dvorak, Czech Republic |
12 |
4 |
4 |
8 |
6 |
| Ted Donato, USA |
6 |
2 |
6 |
8 |
6 |
| Pavel Kubina, Czech Republic |
12 |
2 |
6 |
8 |
12 |
Goaltending Leaders
| (At least 180 minutes) |
Gm |
Min |
Sv% |
GAA |
| Parris Duffus, USA |
5 |
258 |
.939 |
1.63 |
| Andrei Mezin, Belarus |
6 |
360 |
.931 |
1.67 |
| Tommy Salo, Sweden |
8 |
423 |
.921 |
1.84 |
| Ari Sulander, Finland |
9 |
464 |
.922 |
1.94 |
| Ron Tugnutt, Canada |
7 |
328 |
.915 |
2.01 |
| Milan Hnilicka, Czech Republic |
9 |
429 |
.911 |
2.24 |
| Egor Podomatski, Russia |
6 |
323 |
.906 |
2.41 |
| Roman Cechmanek, Czech Rep. |
4 |
197 |
.900 |
2.44 |
| Rick Tabaracci, Canada |
4 |
219 |
.891 |
3.01 |
| Arturs Irbe, Latvia |
4 |
238 |
.861 |
3.03 |
World All-Star Team
(Selected by media)
First team: G— Tommy Salo, Sweden; D— Pavel Kubina, Czech Republic; Jere Karalahti, Finland; F— Martin Rucinsky, Czech Republic; Saku Koivu, Finland; Teemu Selanne, Finland.
