The 2000 IIHF World Championship was held in Saint Petersburg, Russia from 29 April to 14 May.

The relegation round is composed of the four teams that placed last in Groups A through D. They play in a round-robin fashion, with the last placed team that is not the far east qualifier, being relegated to the Division I group in next year's World Championships.

France is relegated to Division I.  Japan will play together with China and Korea in 2001 IIHF World Championship Far East Qualification Tournament

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF: List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.