1991 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
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The 1991 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1991 WJHC) was the 15th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
and was held in various communities in Saskatchewan
, Canada
. Canada won its second consecutive gold medal, and fifth overall, while the Soviet Union
won silver, and Czechoslovakia
the bronze.
format, with the top three teams winning gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.
Norway
was relegated to Pool B for 1992
.
and Oswiecim
Poland
from December 27 to January 5. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games.
Standings
Germany
was promoted to Pool A and Denmark
was relegated to Pool C for 1992
.
Yugoslavia
from December 27 to January 5. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games. Greece's national junior team made their debut this year.
Standings
North Korea
was promoted to Pool B for 1992
.
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 in various communities in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. Canada won its second consecutive gold medal, and fifth overall, while 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....
won silver, and Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
the bronze.
Final standings
The 1991 tournament was a round-robinRound-robin
The term round-robin was originally used to describe a document signed by multiple parties in a circle to make it more difficult to determine the order in which it was signed, thus preventing a ringleader from being identified...
format, with the top three teams winning gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.
| Rank | Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 18 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 15 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 19 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 19 | 9 | |
| 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 30 | 7 | |
| 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 29 | 6 | |
| 7 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 48 | 2 | |
| 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 75 | 0 |
Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
was relegated to Pool B for 1992
1992 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 1992 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 16th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held from December 26, 1991 until January 4, 1992. It was held in Füssen and Kaufbeuren, Germany...
.
Results
Leading scorers
| GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Doug WeightDoug Weight Douglas Daniel Weight is a retired American professional ice hockey player who is currently an Assistant Coach and Special Assistant to the General Manager for the New York Islanders. During his 19-year National Hockey League career, he played for the New York Rangers, Edmonton Oilers, Carolina... |
11 | 10 | 21 | ||
 Eric LindrosEric Lindros Eric Bryan Lindros is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player. Lindros played junior hockey in the OHL for the Oshawa Generals prior to being selected first overall in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft by the Quebec Nordiques... |
6 | 11 | 17 | ||
 Pavel BurePavel Bure Pavel Vladimirovich Bure is a retired Russian professional ice hockey right winger. Nicknamed "The Russian Rocket" for his speed, Bure played for 12 seasons in the National Hockey League with the Vancouver Canucks, Florida Panthers and New York Rangers... |
12 | 3 | 15 | ||
 Martin RučínskýMartin Rucinsky Martin Ručinský is a Czech professional ice hockey player currently playing for HC Litvínov of the Czech Extraliga. Ručínský was drafted by the Edmonton Oilers in the first round as the 20th overall selection in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft on June 22, 1991. Ručinský led the Montreal Canadiens in... |
9 | 5 | 14 | ||
| Žigmund Pálffy Zigmund Palffy Žigmund "Ziggy" Pálffy is a Slovak professional ice hockey player of Hungarian origin, who plays for HK 36 Skalica of the Slovak Extraliga.... |
7 | 6 | 13 |
Tournament all-stars
- Goaltender
Pauli JaksPauli JaksPauli Jaks is a retired professional ice hockey goaltender who played one game in the NHL with the Los Angeles Kings during the 1994–95 NHL season... - Defence Dmitry Yushkevich
- Defence Scott LachanceScott LachanceScott Joseph Lachance is a former American professional ice hockey defenseman who last played for the Lowell Devils of the American Hockey League....
- Forward Mike CraigMike CraigMichael Craig is a professional hockey player. He currently plays right wing for the EC VSV in the Austrian Hockey League...
- Forward Eric LindrosEric LindrosEric Bryan Lindros is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player. Lindros played junior hockey in the OHL for the Oshawa Generals prior to being selected first overall in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft by the Quebec Nordiques...
- Forward Martin RučínskýMartin RucinskyMartin Ručinský is a Czech professional ice hockey player currently playing for HC Litvínov of the Czech Extraliga. Ručínský was drafted by the Edmonton Oilers in the first round as the 20th overall selection in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft on June 22, 1991. Ručinský led the Montreal Canadiens in...
Pool B
Eight teams contested the second tier this year in TychyTychy
Tychy is a city in Silesia, Poland, approximately south of Katowice. Situated on the southern edge of the Upper Silesian industrial district, the city borders Katowice to the north, Mikołów to the west, Bieruń to the east and Kobiór to the south...
and Oswiecim
Oswiecim
Oświęcim is a town in the Lesser Poland province of southern Poland, situated west of Kraków, near the confluence of the rivers Vistula and Soła.- History :...
Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
from December 27 to January 5. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games.
Standings
| Rank | Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |  |
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| 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 15 | 13 | 5 - 3 | 2 - 2 | 7 - 4 | 9 - 1 | 8 - 1 | 11 - 2 | 7 - 2 | ||
| 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 17 | 12 | 3 - 5 | 5 - 4 | 7 - 2 | 6 - 3 | 10 - 0 | 14 - 0 | 8 - 3 | ||
| 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 19 | 10 | 2 - 2 | 4 - 5 | 4 - 4 | 13 - 3 | 7 - 1 | 5 - 1 | 7 - 3 | ||
| 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 22 | 9 | 4 - 7 | 2 - 7 | 4 - 4 | 7 - 0 | 4 - 2 | 6 - 1 | 7 - 1 | ||
| 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 43 | 5 | 1 - 9 | 3 - 6 | 3 - 13 | 0 - 7 | 3 - 3 | 4 - 2 | 9 - 3 | ||
| 6 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 43 | 3 | 1 - 8 | 0 - 10 | 1 - 7 | 2 - 4 | 3 - 3 | 6 - 3 | 3 - 8 | ||
| 7 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 48 | 2 | 2 - 11 | 0 - 14 | 1 - 5 | 1 - 6 | 2 - 4 | 3 - 6 | 4 - 2 | ||
| 8 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 45 | 2 | 2 - 7 | 3 - 8 | 3 - 7 | 1 - 7 | 3 - 9 | 8 - 3 | 2 - 4 |
Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
was promoted to Pool A and Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
was relegated to Pool C for 1992
1992 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 1992 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 16th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held from December 26, 1991 until January 4, 1992. It was held in Füssen and Kaufbeuren, Germany...
.
Pool C
Eight teams contested the third tier this year in BelgradeBelgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
from December 27 to January 5. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games. Greece's national junior team made their debut this year.
Standings
| Rank | Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |  |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 18 | 12 | 4 - 3 | 1 - 9 | 4 - 2 | 5 - 2 | 10 - 1 | 6 - 1 | 20 - 0 | ||
| 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 11 | 12 | 3 - 4 | 6 - 2 | 5 - 2 | 5 - 1 | 8 - 1 | 9 - 0 | 21 - 1 | ||
| 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 77 | 21 | 8 | 9 - 1 | 2 - 6 | 5 - 2 | 7 - 7 | 13 - 2 | 8 - 2 | 33 - 1 | ||
| 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 20 | 8 | 2 - 4 | 2 - 5 | 2 - 5 | 3 - 2 | 5 - 1 | 9 - 3 | 22 - 0 | ||
| 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 55 | 28 | 7 | 2 - 5 | 1 - 5 | 7 - 7 | 2 - 3 | 8 - 2 | 9 - 5 | 26 - 1 | ||
| 6 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 48 | 4 | 1 - 10 | 1 - 8 | 2 - 13 | 1 - 5 | 2 - 8 | 5 - 3 | 22 - 1 | ||
| 7 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 46 | 2 | 1 - 6 | 0 - 9 | 2 - 8 | 3 - 9 | 5 - 9 | 3 - 5 | 14 - 0 | ||
| 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 158 | 0 | 0 - 20 | 1 - 21 | 1 - 33 | 0 - 22 | - 26 | 1 - 22 | 0 - 14 |
North Korea
North Korea
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea , , is a country in East Asia, occupying the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. Its capital and largest city is Pyongyang. The Korean Demilitarized Zone serves as the buffer zone between North Korea and South Korea...
was promoted to Pool B for 1992
1992 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 1992 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 16th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held from December 26, 1991 until January 4, 1992. It was held in Füssen and Kaufbeuren, Germany...
.