1989 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

1989 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country  United States
Dates December 26 - January 4
Teams 8
Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions   Soviet Union (8th title)
Runner-up   Sweden
Third place   Czechoslovakia
Fourth place  Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played 28
Goals scored 254 (9.07 per match)
Scoring leader(s) United States Jeremy Roenick (16 points)
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1990 →

The 1989 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1989 WJHC) was the 13th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held in Anchorage, Alaska, United States. The Soviet Union won the gold medal, its 11th, and ultimately final, championship. Sweden won silver, and Czechoslovakia the bronze.

Final standings

The 1989 tournament was a round-robin format, with the top three teams winning gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.

Rank Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
1st, gold medalist(s) Soviet Union 7610511412
2nd, silver medalist(s) Sweden 7610391412
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Czechoslovakia 742136199
4 Canada 742131239
5 United States 733141257
6 Finland 724129375
7 Norway 716014562
8 West Germany 707013660

West Germany was relegated to Pool B for 1990.

Results

December 26, 1988Canada 7 – 1
 NorwayEagle River
December 26, 1988Sweden 5 – 3
 CzechoslovakiaAnchorage
December 26, 1988Soviet Union 15 – 0
 West GermanyAnchorage
December 26, 1988Finland 5 – 5
 United StatesAnchorage
December 27, 1988Czechoslovakia 7 – 1
 NorwayAnchorage
December 27, 1988Soviet Union 4 – 2
 United StatesAnchorage
December 28, 1988Canada 7 – 4
 West GermanyAnchorage
December 28, 1988Sweden 6 – 2
 FinlandAnchorage
December 29, 1988Canada 5 – 1
 United StatesAnchorage
December 29, 1988Soviet Union 3 – 2
 SwedenAnchorage
December 29, 1988Finland 9 – 3
 NorwayEagle River
December 29, 1988Czechoslovakia 11 – 1
 West GermanyEagle River
December 30, 1988Soviet Union 10 – 0
 NorwayAnchorage
December 30, 1988United States 5 – 1
 CzechoslovakiaAnchorage
December 31, 1988Sweden 5 – 4
 CanadaAnchorage
December 31, 1988Finland 5 – 3
 West GermanyAnchorage
January 1, 1989Canada 2 – 2
 CzechoslovakiaAnchorage
January 1, 1989Soviet Union 9 – 3
 FinlandEagle River
January 1, 1989Sweden 9 – 1
 NorwayEagle River
January 1, 1989United States 15 – 3
 West GermanyAnchorage
January 2, 1989Czechoslovakia 5 – 3
 Soviet UnionAnchorage
January 2, 1989United States 12 – 4
 NorwayAnchorage
January 3, 1989Canada 4 – 3
 FinlandAnchorage
January 3, 1989Sweden 9 – 0
 West GermanyAnchorage
January 4, 1989Soviet Union 7 – 2
 CanadaAnchorage
January 4, 1989Norway 4 – 2
 West GermanyEagle River
January 4, 1989Czechoslovakia 7 – 2
 FinlandEagle River
January 4, 1989Sweden 3 – 1
 United StatesAnchorage

Leading scorers

  GP G A Pts PIM
United States Jeremy Roenick 8816
United States Mike Modano 6915
Soviet Union Pavel Bure 8614
Soviet Union Alexander Mogilny 7512
Czechoslovakia Josef Beránek 5712
Soviet Union Sergei Fedorov 4812

Tournament all-stars

Qualification for Pool B

Because Denmark had used an ineligible player in last year's Pool C, a special challenge was played with Italy (who had come second). The games were played in Canazei, Italy.[1]

December 18, 1988Denmark 4 – 3
 Italy
December 20, 1988Denmark 2 – 1
 Italy

Pool B

Eight teams contested the second tier this year in Chamonix, France from March 19 to 28. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games.

Standings
Rank Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Poland Switzerland Romania Japan Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia France Denmark Netherlands
1 Poland 7700492014 9 - 113 - 47 - 26 - 55 - 34 - 25 - 3
2  Switzerland 76104519121 - 9 2 - 09 - 513 - 13 - 18 - 19 - 2
3 Romania 7430323184 - 130 - 2 5 - 12 - 56 - 39 - 56 - 2
4 Japan 7430323482 - 75 - 91 - 5 8 - 46 - 25 - 45 - 3
5 Yugoslavia 7430424085 - 61 - 135 - 24 - 8 6 - 311 - 310 - 5
6 France 7151233133 - 51 - 33 - 62 - 63 - 6 4 - 47 - 1
7 Denmark 7151254232 - 41 - 85 - 94 - 53 - 114 - 4 6 - 1
8 Netherlands 7070174803 - 52 - 92 - 63 - 55 - 101 - 71 - 6

Poland was promoted to Pool A and the Netherlands was relegated to Pool C for 1990.

Pool C

This five team tournament was a round robin played in Basingstoke, Great Britain from March 16 to 22.

Standings
Rank Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Austria Italy North Korea United Kingdom Bulgaria
1 Austria 430121147 2 - 27 - 55 - 27 - 5
2 Italy 4202221462 - 2 7 - 46 - 67 - 2
3 North Korea 4220172045 - 74 - 7 5 - 43 - 2
4 Great Britain 4022151922 - 56 - 64 - 5 3 - 3
5 Bulgaria 4031122015 - 72 - 72 - 33 - 3

Austria was promoted to Pool B for 1990.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/U-20_1989.htm
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