1981 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
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The 1981 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1981 WJHC) was the 5th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
and was held from December 27, 1980 until January 2, 1981. The tournament was held in Füssen
, West Germany
. Sweden
won the gold medal, while Finland
won the silver, and the Soviet Union
bronze.
Austria
was relegated to Pool B for 1982
.
Blue Division
Consolation round
France
. Eight teams were divided into two round robin groups where the top two, and bottom two, graduated to meet there respective opponents in a final round robin. Results between competitors who migrated together were carried forward. Yugoslavia made their debut, replacing Hungary.
Group A
Group B
Switzerland
was promoted to Pool a for 1982
.
Consolation Group
World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The International Ice Hockey Federation World Under 20 Championship is an annual event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation for national under-20 ice hockey teams from around the world...
and was held from December 27, 1980 until January 2, 1981. The tournament was held in Füssen
Füssen
Füssen is a town in Bavaria, Germany, in the district of Ostallgäu situated from the Austrian border. It is located on the banks of the Lech river. The River Lech flows into the Forggensee...
, West Germany
West Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
. Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
won the gold medal, while Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
won the silver, and the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
bronze.
Tournament format
The 1981 tournament divided participants into two divisions of four teams, each playing three games. The top two teams in each division advanced to the A division in the medal round, while the bottom two were placed in a B division. Each division played another round robin. The top three teams in the A division won the gold, silver and bronze medals. Teams that faced each other in the first round had their results carried over to the medal rounds.Overall standings
This is the aggregate standings, ordered according to final placing. The four teams in the A division in the medal round were ranked one through four, while the four teams in the B division were ranked five through eight regardless of overall record.| Rank | Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 18 | ||
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 14 | ||
| 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 21 | |
| 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 24 | |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 27 | |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 25 | |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 67 |
Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
was relegated to Pool B for 1982
1982 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 1982 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 6th edition World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held from December 22, 1981 until January 2, 1982. The tournament was hosted by the United States in various cities across the state of Minnesota with some games also played in the...
.
Preliminary round
Gold Division| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 5 | 6 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 3 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 51 | 0 |
Blue Division
| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 6 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 4 | |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 17 | 2 | |
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 0 |
Medal round
Championship round| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 3 | |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 2 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 2 |
Consolation round
| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 6 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 4 | |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 15 | 2 | |
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 0 |
Leading scorers
| GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Dieter HegenDieter Hegen Dieter Hegen is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the Ice Hockey Bundesliga and its replacement the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.-Playing career:... |
8 | 1 | 9 | ||
 Dale HawerchukDale Hawerchuk Dale Hawerchuk is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played in the National Hockey League for 16 seasons. He won the NHL's Calder Memorial Trophy as the league's Rookie of the Year in 1982 and was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in his second year of eligibility in 2001... |
5 | 4 | 9 | ||
 Bobby Carpenter |
5 | 4 | 9 | ||
 Ari Latheemaki |
5 | 4 | 9 | ||
 Vladimir Svitek |
5 | 4 | 9 |
Tournament all-stars
- Goaltender
Lars Eriksson - Defence Miloslav HořavaMiloslav HoravaMiloslav Hořava is a Czech ice hockey coach and former player. He played on the Silver medal winning ice hockey team at the 1984 Winter Olympics and bronze medal winning team at the 1992 Winter Olympics for Czechoslovakia....
- Defence Hakan Nordin
- Forward Ari Lahteenmaki
- Forward Patrik SundströmPatrik SundströmPatrik Sundström is a retired professional ice hockey centre, who played in the NHL for ten seasons.- Playing career :Sundström was drafted 175th overall by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft....
- Forward Jan ErixonJan ErixonJan Erixon is a former professional ice hockey player. Erixon was the thirtieth overall pick in the second round by the New York Rangers in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft. He began his NHL career with the Rangers in the 1983–84 season, and played with them through the 1992–93 season...
Pool B
The second tier was contested from March 23–29, in StrasbourgStrasbourg
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France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. Eight teams were divided into two round robin groups where the top two, and bottom two, graduated to meet there respective opponents in a final round robin. Results between competitors who migrated together were carried forward. Yugoslavia made their debut, replacing Hungary.
Group A
| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |  |
 |
 |
 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 6 | 10 - 0 | 8 - 1 | 7 - 3 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 - 10 | 3 - 2 | 6 - 1 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 1 - 8 | 2 - 3 | 7 - 4 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 3 - 7 | 1 - 6 | 4 - 7 |
Group B
| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |  |
 |
 |
 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 6 - 5 | 5 - 5 | 9 - 3 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 5 - 6 | 12 - 1 | 8 - 4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 20 | 3 | 5 - 5 | 1 - 12 | 7 - 3 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 24 | 0 | 3 - 9 | 4 - 8 | 3 - 7 |
Final Round
Promotion Group| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS | |
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 4 - 4 | 5 - 2 | 10 - 0 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 4 - 4 | 6 - 5 | 8 - 1 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 - 5 | 5 - 6 | 7 - 0 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 - 10 | 1 - 8 | 0 - 7 |
Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
was promoted to Pool a for 1982
1982 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 1982 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 6th edition World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held from December 22, 1981 until January 2, 1982. The tournament was hosted by the United States in various cities across the state of Minnesota with some games also played in the...
.
Consolation Group
| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 7 - 4 | 5 - 1 | 7 - 6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 4 - 7 | 8 - 3 | 4 - 4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 1 - 5 | 3 - 8 | 7 - 3 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 6 - 7 | 4 - 4 | 3 - 7 |