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World Championship Group A (Russia)
- Czech Republic
- Slovakia
- Finland
- Canada
- United States
- Switzerland
- Sweden
- Latvia
- Belarus
- Norway
- Russia
- Italy
- Austria
- Ukraine
- France — relegated to Division I for 2001
- Japan
World Championship Group B (Poland)
Played April 12–21 in Katowice and Krakow. This was the final year of the qualifying tournaments (except for the "Far East"), so it was a simple matter of the winner being promoted. This was also the final year of the traditional eight team tournament. Beginning in 2001 Group B would be renamed 'Division I' and consist of two six team divisions.
Contents
- World Championship Group A Russia
- World Championship Group B Poland
- Final Round 17 24 Place
- World Championship Group C China PR
- Group 1
- Group 2
- Group 3
- Consolation Round 28 30 Place
- World Championship Group D Iceland
- Consolation Round 40 42 Place
- References
Final Round 17-24 Place
Germany was promoted to the 2001 IIHF World Championship. No team was relegated.
World Championship Group C (China PR)
Played March 20–26 in Beijing. In 1999 Group C was disrupted because of political issues surrounding Kosovo. The IIHF chose to have no team relegated and have Yugoslavia retain their position, the result was a nine team tournament this year. With the forthcoming realignment, four nations had the opportunity to be promoted to Division I, the remaining five would participate in next year's Division II.
Group 1
Hungary was promoted to Division I
Group 2
Croatia came back from a two goal deficit to tie Romania, and thereby clinch a promotion to Division I.
Group 3
China was promoted to Division I.
Consolation Round 28-30 Place
Lithuania was promoted to Division I.
World Championship Group D (Iceland)
Played April 10–16 in Reykjavik. The upcoming realignment meant that seven of the nine teams moved up to "Division II" for 2001.
Group 1
Both Israel and Iceland were promoted to Division II.
Group 2
Both Australia and New Zealand were promoted to Division II.
Group 3
Both Belgium and South Africa were promoted to Division II.
Consolation Round 40-42 Place
Both Luxembourg and Turkey had to stay behind in what was initially called Division II Qualification (later renamed Division III). There was no third team to play against so they both simply skipped a year and joined Division II in 2002