1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 1999 Ice Hockey World Junior Championship (1999 WJC) was held in Winnipeg, and five other communities in Manitoba, Canada, December 26, 1998 &mdash; January 5, 1999. In the gold medal match, 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.

Relegation round
 was relegated for the 2000 World Juniors

Pool B
Played at Székesfehérvár and Dunaújváros, Hungary from December 27 to January 3. Two groups of four played round robins, and then the top three played each of the top three teams from the other group. All scores carried forward except the results against the lone eliminated team from each group.

Medal round
 was promoted to Pool A for 2000.

Relegation round
 lost two games to none and was relegated to Pool C for 2000.

Pool C
Played at Kaunas and Elektrenai, Lithuania from December 30 to January 3

Preliminary Round

 * Group A


 * Group B

Placement Games

 * 7th place: 3 - 1
 * 5th place:      4 - 3ot
 * 3rd place:     6 - 2
 * 1st Place:          1 - 0

 was promoted to Pool B, and was relegated to Pool D for 2000.

Pool D
Played at Novi Sad, Yugoslavia from December 29 to January 4.

Promotion Group
 was promoted to Pool C for 2000.