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The World Hockey Championships, held in Hanover, Cologne, and Nuremberg, Germany from April 28-May 13, 2001. Top three teams (*) in each group after preliminary round-robin advance to the second round. Fourth-place teams play in a consolation round. Top four teams from each group of the second round advance to the quarterfinals.

Final Round Robin Standings

GROUP A	W-L-T	Pts	GF	GA
*Czech Republic	2-0-1	5	10	4
*Germany	1-1-1	3	5	5
*Switzerland	1-2-0	2	7	8
Belarus	1-2-0	2	5	10

GROUP B	W-L-T	Pts	GF	GA
*Finland	3-0-0	6	18	3
*Slovakia	2-1-0	4	15	9
*Austria	1-2-0	2	4	12
Japan	0-3-0	0	6	19

GROUP C	W-L-T	Pts	GF	GA
*Sweden	2-0-1	5	12	4
*United States	1-1-1	3	8	7
*Ukraine	1-2-0	2	7	13
Latvia	1-2-0	2	6	9

GROUP D	W-L-T	Pts	GF	GA
*Canada	3-0-0	6	13	2
*Russia	2-1-0	4	12	5
*Italy	0-2-1	1	5	14
Norway	0-2-1	1	4	13

Second Round

GROUP E	W-L-T	Pts	GF	GA
*Czech Republic	4-0-1	9	24	8
*Canada	3-1-1	7	19	11
*Russia	3-2-0	6	16	11
*Germany	1-2-2	4	10	12
Switzerland	1-4-0	2	13	15
Italy	1-4-0	2	5	30

GROUP F	W-L-T	Pts	GF	GA
*Finland	4-1-0	8	23	12
*Sweden	3-1-1	7	25	8
*United States	3-1-1	7	15	10
*Slovakia	2-3-0	4	12	12
Ukraine	1-4-0	2	7	21
Austria	1-4-0	2	4	23

Quarterfinals

Czech Republic 2		Slovakia 0
Finland 4		Germany 1
United States 4	OT	Canada 3
Sweden 4	OT	Russia 3

Semifinals

Czech Republic 3	OT*	Sweden 2
Finland 3		United States 1

* After a scoreless overtime, Czech Republic won the penalty shootout.

Bronze Medal: Sweden 3		United States 2
Gold Medal: Czech Rep. 3	OT	Finland 2

Scoring Leaders

	Gm	G	A	Pts	PM
Juha Ylonen, Finland	9	5	9	14	2
Petteri Nummelin, Finland	9	1	12	13	0
Robert Reichel, Czech Republic	9	5	7	12	4
Sami Kapanen, Finland	8	7	4	11	8
Sami Salo, Finland	9	3	6	9	6
P.J. Axelsson, Sweden	9	3	6	9	12

Goaltending Leaders

(At least 200 minutes)	Gm	Min	Sv%	GAA
Milan Hnilicka, Czech Rep.	9	541	.952	1.44
Maxim Sokolov, Russia	7	322	.928	1.68
Pasi Nurminen, Finland	7	411	.938	1.75
Tommy Salo, Sweden	8	494	.920	1.94
Pavol Rybar, Slovakia	4	239	.911	2.01

World All-Star Team

(Selected by media)

First team: G—Milan Hnilicka, Czech Republic; D—Petteri Nummelin, Finland; Kim Johnsson, Sweden; F—Martin Rucinsky, Czech Republic; Robert Reichel, Czech Republic; Sami Kapanen, Finland.

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