1995 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

1995 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Canada
Dates December 26 - January 4
Teams 8
Venue(s) 13 (in 13 host cities)
Final positions
Champions   Canada (8th title)
Runner-up   Russia
Third place   Sweden
Fourth place  Finland
Tournament statistics
Matches played 28
Goals scored 247 (8.82 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Canada Marty Murray & Canada Jason Allison (15 points)
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The 1995 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1995 WJHC) was the 18th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was hosted in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada with games held throughout central Alberta. The host Canadians won their third straight gold medal, and its eighth overall, while Russia won silver, and Sweden the Bronze

Final standings

The 1995 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) Canada 7700492214
2nd, silver medalist(s) Russia 7520362410
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Sweden 742135219
4 Finland 733129267
5 United States 734028336
6 Czech Republic 734043266
7 Germany 716017552
8 Ukraine 716012422

No team was relegated to Pool B as the tournament expanded to ten teams for 1996.

Results

December 26, 1994 Canada7 – 1
 UkraineRed Deer
December 26, 1994 Sweden10 – 2
 GermanyLeduc
December 26, 1994 Czech Republic3 – 0
 FinlandSpruce Grove
December 26, 1994 United States4 – 3
 RussiaInnisfail
December 27, 1994 Canada9 – 1
 GermanyRed Deer
December 27, 1994 Russia4 – 3
 Czech RepublicStettler
December 27, 1994 Finland6 – 2
 UkraineRocky Mountain House
December 27, 1994 Sweden4 – 2
 United StatesRed Deer
December 29, 1994 Canada8 – 3
 United StatesRed Deer
December 29, 1994 Sweden4 – 3
 Czech RepublicRed Deer
December 29, 1994 Russia4 – 2
 UkraineEdmonton
December 29, 1994 Finland7 – 1
 GermanyWetaskiwin
December 30, 1994 Canada7 – 5
 Czech RepublicCalgary
December 30, 1994 Sweden7 – 1
 UkraineSherwood Park
December 30, 1994 Russia8 – 1
 GermanyLacombe
December 30, 1994 Finland7 – 5
 United StatesRed Deer
January 1, 1995 Canada6 – 4
 FinlandEdmonton
January 1, 1995 Russia6 – 4
 SwedenCalgary
January 1, 1995 Czech Republic10 – 1
 UkraineRed Deer
January 1, 1995 United States5 – 3
 GermanyEdmonton
January 2, 1995 Canada8 – 5
 RussiaRed Deer
January 2, 1995 Finland3 – 3
 SwedenCalgary
January 2, 1995 Czech Republic14 – 3
 GermanyRed Deer
January 2, 1995 Ukraine3 – 2
 United StatesCamrose
January 4, 1995 Canada4 – 3
 SwedenRed Deer
January 4, 1995 Russia6 – 2
 FinlandRed Deer
January 4, 1995 Germany6 – 2
 UkraineStettler
January 4, 1995 United States7 – 5
 Czech RepublicPonoka

Leading scorers

  GP G A Pts PIM
Canada Marty Murray 6915
Canada Jason Allison 31215
Canada Bryan McCabe 3912
Germany Alixander Serikow 2911

Tournament all-stars

Pool B

Eight teams contested the second tier this year in Caen, Rouen, Le Havre, and Louviers France from December 27 to January 5. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games. Two teams were promoted, no team was relegated because of the expansion of the top tier.

Standings
Rank Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Switzerland Slovakia Poland France Norway Austria Japan Italy
1  Switzerland 7502401212 3 - 14 - 44 - 14 - 46 - 111 - 18 - 0
2 Slovakia 75203316101 - 3 4 - 26 - 14 - 18 - 27 - 33 - 4
3 Poland 7421262294 - 42 - 4 0 - 65 - 44 - 16 - 05 - 3
4 France 7430241581 - 41 - 66 - 0 1 - 23 - 06 - 36 - 0
5 Norway 7331272674 - 41 - 44 - 52 - 1 2 - 79 - 15 - 4
6 Austria 7241203151 - 62 - 81 - 40 - 37 - 2 4 - 45 - 4
7 Japan 7151174431 - 113 - 70 - 63 - 61 - 94 - 4 5 - 1
8 Italy 7160163720 - 84 - 33 - 50 - 64 - 54 - 51 - 5

  Switzerland and  Slovakia were promoted to Pool A for 1996.

Qualification for Pool C1

This would be the final year for a pre-tournament qualification. The winner of this tournament would participate in the C1 pool, second and third would participate in C2. It was played from September 3 to 5, in Minsk, Belarus.[1]

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Belarus Kazakhstan Slovenia
 Belarus 22001354 8 - 45 - 1
 Kazakhstan 211015824 - 8 11 - 0
 Slovenia 202011601 - 50 - 11

Pool C1

Eight teams were divided into two round robin groups, with placement games to follow (1st played 1st, etc.). Because there were to be two teams promoted, each group winner secured promotion before the placement games. The tournament took place from December 29 to January 3, in Puigcerda Spain.

Preliminary Round

Group A
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Hungary Belarus Romania United Kingdom
 Hungary 33002236 5 - 211 - 06 - 1
 Belarus 321013942 - 5 3 - 28 - 2
 Romania 312061720 - 112 - 3 4 - 3
 Great Britain 303061801 - 62 - 83 - 4

 Hungary was promoted to Pool B for 1996.

Group B
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Latvia Denmark Spain Netherlands
 Latvia 33002966 7 - 59 - 013 - 1
 Denmark 3210151145 - 7 5 - 25 - 2
 Spain 312061720 - 92 - 5 4 - 3
 Netherlands 303062201 - 132 - 53 - 4

 Latvia was promoted to Pool B for 1996.

Placement Games

Pool C2

Six teams played a round robin, with the top two gain promotion for the following year's Pool C, the remaining teams would be placed in Pool D. It was played from December 31 to January 6, in Tallinn Estonia.

Standings
Rank Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Kazakhstan Slovenia Estonia Lithuania Croatia Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
1 Kazakhstan 530247108 3 - 313 - 111 - 22 - 218 - 2
2 Slovenia 5302401583 - 3 3 - 39 - 38 - 217 - 4
3 Estonia 5212242561 - 133 - 3 6 - 42 - 212 - 3
4 Lithuania 5230293042 - 113 - 94 - 6 7 - 213 - 2
5 Croatia 5023102132 - 22 - 82 - 22 - 7 2 - 2
6 Yugoslavia 5041136212 - 184 - 173 - 122 - 132 - 2

 Kazakhstan and  Slovenia were promoted to Pool C for 1996.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/U-20_1995.htm
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