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1989 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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

1989 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country United States
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
DatesDecember 26, 1988 – January 4, 1989
Teams8
Final positions
Champions  Soviet Union (8th title)
Runner-up  Sweden
Third place  Czechoslovakia
Fourth place Canada
Tournament statistics
Games played28
Goals scored254 (9.07 per game)
Attendance45,934 (1,641 per game)
Scoring leader(s)United States Jeremy Roenick (16 points)
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Final standings edit

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

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1   Soviet Union 7 6 1 0 51 14 +37 12
2   Sweden 7 6 1 0 39 14 +25 12
3   Czechoslovakia 7 4 2 1 36 19 +17 9
4   Canada 7 4 2 1 31 23 +8 9
5   United States 7 3 3 1 41 25 +16 7
6   Finland 7 2 4 1 29 37 −8 5
7   Norway 7 1 6 0 14 56 −42 2
8   West Germany 7 0 7 0 13 66 −53 0
Source: [citation needed]

West Germany was relegated to Pool B for 1990.

Results edit

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

Scoring leaders edit

Rank Player Country G A Pts
1 Jeremy Roenick   United States 8 8 16
2 Mike Modano   United States 6 9 15
3 Pavel Bure   Soviet Union 8 6 14
4 Josef Beránek   Czechoslovakia 4 9 13
5 Alexander Mogilny   Soviet Union 7 5 12
6 Sergei Fedorov   Soviet Union 4 8 12
7 Robert Cimetta   Canada 7 4 11
8 Petri Aaltonen   Finland 6 4 10
8 John Leclair   United States 6 4 10
10 Teemu Selänne   Finland 5 5 10
10 Andrei Sidorov   Soviet Union 5 5 10

Tournament awards edit

IIHF Directorate Awards Media All-Star Team
Goaltender   Alexei Ivashkin   Alexei Ivashkin
Defencemen   Ricard Persson   Ricard Persson
  Milan Tichý
Forwards   Pavel Bure   Pavel Bure
  Niklas Eriksson
  Jeremy Roenick

Qualification for Pool B edit

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 edit

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
Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts                
1   Poland 7 7 0 0 49 20 +29 14 9–1 13–4 7–2 6–5 5–3 4–2 5–3
2    Switzerland 7 6 1 0 45 19 +26 12 1–9 2–0 9–5 13–1 3–1 8–1 9–2
3   Romania 7 4 3 0 32 31 +1 8 4–13 0–2 5–1 2–5 6–3 9–5 6–2
4   Japan 7 4 3 0 32 34 −2 8 2–7 5–9 1–5 8–4 6–2 5–4 5–3
5   Yugoslavia 7 4 3 0 42 40 +2 8 5–6 1–13 5–2 4–8 6–3 11–3 10–5
6   France 7 1 5 1 23 31 −8 3 3–5 1–3 3–6 2–6 3–6 4–4 7–1
7   Denmark 7 1 5 1 25 42 −17 3 2–4 1–8 5–9 4–5 3–11 4–4 6–1
8   Netherlands 7 0 7 0 17 48 −31 0 3–5 2–9 2–6 3–5 5–10 1–7 1–6
Source: [citation needed]

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

Pool C edit

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

Standings
Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts          
1   Austria 4 3 0 1 21 14 +7 7 2–2 7–5 5–2 7–5
2   Italy 4 2 0 2 22 14 +8 6 2–2 7–4 6–6 7–2
3   North Korea 4 2 2 0 17 20 −3 4 5–7 4–7 5–4 3–2
4   Great Britain 4 0 2 2 15 19 −4 2 2–5 6–6 4–5 3–3
5   Bulgaria 4 0 3 1 12 20 −8 1 5–7 2–7 2–3 3–3
Source: [citation needed]

Austria was promoted to Pool B for 1990.

References edit

  1. ^ "Championnats du monde juniors 1989 de hockey sur glace". www.passionhockey.com.
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