1988 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

1988 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Soviet Union
Dates December 26 - January 4
Teams 8
Final positions
Champions   Canada (3rd title)
Runner-up   Soviet Union
Third place   Finland
Fourth place  Czechoslovakia
Tournament statistics
Matches played 28
Goals scored 247 (8.82 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Soviet Union Alexander Mogilny (18 points)
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1989 →

The 1988 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 12th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held in Moscow, Soviet Union. Canada and the Soviet Union won the gold and silver medals respectively as the two nations redeemed themselves following their mutual disqualification in the 1987 tournament as a result of the Punch-up in Piestany. Finland won the bronze medal.

Final standings

The 1988 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 7601371613
2nd, silver medalist(s) Soviet Union 7610441812
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Finland 7511362011
4 Czechoslovakia 733136237
5 Sweden 733136247
6 United States 716028462
7 West Germany 716018472
8 Poland 716012532

Poland was relegated to Pool B for 1989.

Results

December 26, 1987Canada 4 – 2
 Sweden
December 26, 1987Soviet Union 6 – 4
 Czechoslovakia
December 26, 1987Finland 6 – 0
 West Germany
December 26, 1987Poland 4 – 3
 United States
December 28, 1987Canada 4 – 2
 Czechoslovakia
December 28, 1987Sweden 13 – 0
 Poland
December 28, 1987Soviet Union 6 – 2
 Finland
December 28, 1987United States 6 – 4
 West Germany
December 29, 1987Finland 4 – 4
 Canada
December 29, 1987Sweden 5 – 1
 West Germany
December 29, 1987Czechoslovakia 6 – 1
 Poland
December 29, 1987Soviet Union 7 – 3
 United States
December 31, 1987Canada 5 – 4
 United States
December 31, 1987Czechoslovakia 7 – 4
 West Germany
December 31, 1987Soviet Union 4 – 2
 Sweden
December 31, 1987Finland 9 – 1
 Poland
January 1, 1988Canada 3 – 2
 Soviet Union
January 1, 1988West Germany 6 – 3
 Poland
January 1, 1988Czechoslovakia 5 – 5
 Sweden
January 1, 1988Finland 8 – 6
 United States
January 3, 1988Canada 8 – 1
 West Germany
January 3, 1988Finland 5 – 2
 Sweden
January 3, 1988Soviet Union 7 – 2
 Poland
January 3, 1988Czechoslovakia 11 – 1
 United States
January 4, 1988Canada 9 – 1
 Poland
January 4, 1988Soviet Union 12 – 2
 West Germany
January 4, 1988Finland 2 – 1
 Czechoslovakia
January 4, 1988Sweden 7 – 5
 United States

Leading scorers

  GP G A Pts PIM
Soviet Union Alexander Mogilny 9918
Sweden Thomas Sjögren 6915
Sweden Ola Rosander 9514
Soviet Union Sergei Fedorov 5712
Finland Janne Ojanen 6511

Tournament All-Star Team

Pool B

Eight teams contested the second tier this year in Sapporo Japan from March 12 to 21. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games.

Standings
Rank Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Norway Romania Switzerland Japan France Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Netherlands Austria
1 Norway 7520381810 8 - 03 - 23 - 48 - 26 - 75 - 15 -2
2 Romania 75202427100 - 8 4 - 23 - 23 - 65 - 43 - 16 - 4
3  Switzerland 7421342392 - 32 - 4 1 - 16 - 56 - 59 - 28 - 3
4 Japan 7322342784 - 32 - 31 - 1 7 - 16 - 84 - 410 - 7
5 France 7430313682 - 86 - 35 - 61 - 7 7 - 67 - 53 - 1
6 Yugoslavia 7331373677 - 64 - 55 - 68 - 66 - 7 2 - 25 - 4
7 Netherlands 7043203531 - 51 - 32 - 94 - 45 - 72 - 2 5 - 5
8 Austria 7061264212 - 54 - 63 - 87 - 101 - 34 - 55 - 5

Norway was promoted to Pool A and Austria was relegated to Pool C for 1989.

Pool C

Eight teams contested the third tier this year in Belluno and Feltre, Italy from March 18 to 27. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games. The North Korean juniors debuted this year.

Standings
Rank Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Denmark Italy Bulgaria United Kingdom Spain Hungary North Korea Belgium
1 Denmark 7700591114 6 - 23 - 29 - 219 - 04 - 25 - 313 - 0
2 Italy 76102717122 - 6 4 - 16 - 44 - 23 - 23 - 25 - 0
3 Bulgaria 75203916102 - 31 - 4 7 - 38 - 110 - 08 - 43 - 1
4 Great Britain 7331212772 - 94 - 63 - 7 4 - 13 - 12 - 23 - 1
5 Spain 7241194550 - 192 - 41 - 81 - 4 6 - 25 - 54 - 3
6 Hungary 7250142842 - 42 - 30 - 101 - 32 - 6 4 - 13 - 1
7 North Korea 7142202943 - 52 - 34 - 82 - 25 - 51 - 4 3 - 2
8 Belgium 707083400 - 130 - 51 - 31 - 33 - 41 - 32 - 3

Denmark was initially promoted to Pool B for 1989, however because they used an ineligble player, a challenge series with Italy was played the following December to determine promotion.[2]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/3572/la_id/1.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/U-20_1989.htm
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