2000 Baltika Cup

2000 Baltika Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Russia
City	Moscow
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	17–20 December 2000
Teams	5
Final positions
Champions	Russia (7th title)
Runners-up	Czech Republic
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Goals scored	32 (5.33 per game)
Attendance	33,030 (5,505 per game)
Scoring leader	Kamil Piroš (6 points)
Awards
MVP	Dmitri Kvartalnov
←  1999 2001  →

The 2000 Baltika Cup was played between 17 and 20 December 2000. The Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden and Russia played a round-robin for a total of three games per team and six games in total. All of the matches were played in Luzhniki Palace of Sports in Moscow, Russia. Russia won the tournament. The tournament was part of the 2000–01 Euro Hockey Tour.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	SOW	OTL	SOL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Russia	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	8	5	+3	8
2	Czech Republic	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	14	9	+5	7
3	Finland	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	7	9	−2	3
4	Sweden	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	9	−6	0

Source: swehockey ^[1]

Games

All times are local.Moscow – (Moscow Time – UTC+4)

17 December 2000 13:00

Finland

1-2 (0-1, 0-0, 1-1)

Russia

Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow Attendance: 9,000

Game reference
	Kimmo Kapanen	Goalies	Viktor Chistov
	0-1 04:03 – Evstafiev (Orekhovsky, Razin) Hyvönen (Immonen, Pakaslahti) – 44:41 1-1 1-2 44:54 – Razin (Gorbushin)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	14	Shots	23

17 December 2000 17:00

Sweden

2-4 (1-1, 0-1, 1-2)

Czech Republic

Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow Attendance: 5,300

Game reference
	Stefan Liv	Goalies	Dušan Salfický	Referee: Leonid Vaisfeld Linesmen: Biryukov Chimic
	0-1 06:11 – Hübl (Vostřák) Sundin (Johansson, Falk) – 10:19 1-1 1-2 23:18 – Piroš (Vlasák) 1-3 43:06 – Ujčík (Piroš) Hedin (Olsson, Molin) – 47:55 2-3 2-4 44:37 – Kotalík
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	37	Shots	18

18 December 2000 14:30

Sweden

1-4 (3-2, 3-0, 0-0)

Finland

Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow Attendance: 1,050

Game reference
	Andreas Hadelöv	Goalies	Kimmo Kapanen	Referee: Sergei Karabanov Linesmen: Sergei Kulakov Anatoly Zakharov
	Falk (Sundin, Andreas Salomonsson) – 08:47 1-0 1-1 23:07 – Miettinen (Pirnes, Puistola) 1-2 39:01 – Hassinen (Immonen) 1-3 42:22 – Joenväärä (Kauppinen) 1-4 52:32 – Hagman (Pirnes, Miettinen)
	18 min	Penalties	14 min
	13	Shots	21

18 December 2000 18:30

Russia

5-4 GWS (1-2, 1-2, 2-0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Czech Republic

Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow Attendance: 6,500

Game reference
	Viktor Chistov	Goalies	Martin Prusek	Referee: Ulf Rådbjer Linesmen: Biryukov Chimic
	0-1 04:31 – Piroš Karpov (Kozlov) – 07:30 1-1 1-2 08:23 – Matějovský (Kubinčák, Kotalík) 1-3 26:35 – Hübl (Vostřák) 1-4 28:58 – Ujčík (Piroš, Vlasák) Kvartalnov (Bykov, Datsyuk) – 36:27 2-4 Karpov (Razin, Afinogenov) – 43:46 3-4 Karpov (Evstafiev) – 57:15 4-4
	Karpov	Shootout
	10 min	Penalties	24 min
	41	Shots	19

20 December 2000 14:30

Czech Republic

6-2 (3-2, 3-0, 0-0)

Finland

Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow Attendance: 2,180

Game reference
	Dušan Salfický	Goalies	Jussi Markkanen	Referee: Mikhail Buturlin Linesmen: Sergei Kulakov Anatoly Zakharov
	0-1 03:03 – Hyvönen (Palsola) 0-2 06:29 – Immonen (Hyvönen, Pisto) J.Hlinka (Martínek, Hübl) – 11:18 1-2 Piroš (Tesařík, Vlasák) – 16:47 2-2 J.Hlinka (Píša, Hübl) – 17:49 3-2 Piroš (Vlasák) – 17:18 4-2 Sýkora (J.Kudrna) – 29:24 5-2 Matějovský (Čajánek, Salfický) – 34:15 6-2
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	34	Shots	20

20 December 2000 18:30

Russia

1-0 (0-0, 1-0, 0-0)

Sweden

Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow Attendance: 9,000

Game reference
	Andreas Hadelöv	Goalies	Vadim Tarasov	Referee: Vladimír Šindler Linesmen: Makarov Sergei Shelyanin
	Datsyuk (Kvartalnov) – 22:33 1-0
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	21	Shots	18

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
1	Kamil Piroš	Czech Republic	3	4	2	6	+4	0	F
2	Valeri Karpov	Russia	3	4	0	4	+5	0	F
3	Viktor Hübl	Czech Republic	3	2	2	4	+4	0	F
3	Tomáš Vlasák	Czech Republic	3	0	4	4	+4	0	F
5	Hannes Hyvönen	Finland	3	2	1	3	+1	0	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: quanthockey ^[2]

Goaltending leaders

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Vadim Tarasov	Russia	96:00	0	0.00	100.00	1
2	Jussi Markkanen	Finland	60:00	1	1.00	93.33	0
3	Dušan Salfický	Czech Republic	120:00	4	2.00	92.98	0
4	Martin Prusek	Czech Republic	65:00	5	4.62	88.64	0
5	Andreas Hadelöv	Sweden	119:00	5	2.52	88.10	0
6	Kimmo Kapanen	Finland	120:00	8	4.00	85.45	0
7	Viktor Chistov	Russia	89:00	5	3.37	80.00	0
8	Stefan Liv	Sweden	60:00	4	4.00	77.78	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: swehockey ^[3]

Tournament awards

The tournament directorate named the following players in the tournament 2000: ^[4]

• Best goaltender: Dušan Salfický
• Best defenceman: Ilkka Mikkola
• Best forward: Valeri Karpov
• Most Valuable Player: Dmitri Kvartalnov

References

1. "Baltika Cup 2000 Standings". swehockey.se. swehockey. 20 December 2000. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
2. "Baltika Cup 2000 Scoring Leaders". quanthockey.com. quanthockey. 20 December 2000. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
3. "Baltika Cup 2001 Goaltending Leaders". swehockey.se. swehockey. 22 December 2000. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
4. "Best players by position".

External links

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