1990 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 1990 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1990 WJHC) was the 14th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held mainly in Helsinki, Finland. Canada won the gold medal, its fourth world junior championship, while the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia won silver and bronze, respectively.

1990 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Finland
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
DatesDecember 26, 1989 – January 4, 1990
Teams10
Final positions
Champions  Canada (4th title)
Runner-up  Soviet Union
Third place  Czechoslovakia
Fourth place Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played28
Goals scored261 (9.32 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Czechoslovakia Robert Reichel (21 points)
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Final standings edit

The 1990 tournament was a round-robin format, with the top three teams winning gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.

PosTeamPldWLDGFGAGDPts
1  Canada75113618+1811
2  Soviet Union75115023+2711
3  Czechoslovakia75205117+3410
4  Finland74213221+119
5  Sweden74213829+99
6  Norway72502551−264
7  United States71602237−152
8  Poland7070765−580
Source: [citation needed]

Poland was relegated to Pool B for 1991.

Results edit

December 26, 1989Canada  3 – 2  United StatesTurku
December 26, 1989Soviet Union  11 – 0  PolandKerava
December 26, 1989Sweden  4 – 3  NorwayKauniainen
December 26, 1989Czechoslovakia  7 – 1  FinlandHelsinki
December 27, 1989Soviet Union  12 – 2  NorwayKauniainen
December 27, 1989Czechoslovakia  7 – 1  United StatesHelsinki
December 28, 1989Canada  12 – 0  PolandKauniainen
December 28, 1989Finland  5 – 2  SwedenTurku
December 29, 1989Canada  6 – 3  NorwayKerava
December 29, 1989Soviet Union  3 – 2  FinlandTurku
December 29, 1989Czechoslovakia  11 – 1  PolandKauniainen
December 29, 1989Sweden  6 – 5  United StatesHelsinki
December 30, 1989Czechoslovakia  13 – 2  NorwayKauniainen
December 30, 1989Soviet Union  7 – 3  United StatesHelsinki
December 31, 1989Canada  3 – 3  FinlandHelsinki
December 31, 1989Sweden  14 – 0  PolandTurku
January 1, 1990Canada  6 – 4  Soviet UnionHelsinki
January 1, 1990Czechoslovakia  7 – 2  SwedenTurku
January 1, 1990Finland  8 – 2  NorwayHelsinki
January 1, 1990United States  3 – 2  PolandKerava
January 2, 1990Soviet Union  8 – 5  CzechoslovakiaHelsinki
January 2, 1990Norway  6 – 5  United StatesKerava
January 3, 1990Sweden  5 – 4  CanadaHelsinki
January 3, 1990Finland  7 – 1  PolandHelsinki
January 4, 1990Canada  2 – 1  CzechoslovakiaTurku
January 4, 1990Soviet Union  5 – 5  SwedenHelsinki
January 4, 1990Norway  7 – 3  PolandTurku
January 4, 1990Finland  6 – 3  United StatesHelsinki

Scoring leaders edit

RankPlayerCountryGAPts
1Robert Reichel  Czechoslovakia101121
2Jaromír Jágr  Czechoslovakia51318
3Dave Chyzowski  Canada9413
4Patric Englund  Sweden9211
5Bobby Holík  Czechoslovakia6511
6Andrei Kovalenko  Soviet Union5611
7Vyacheslav Kozlov  Soviet Union4711
8Pavel Bure  Soviet Union7310
9Daniel Rydmark  Sweden3710
10Roman Oksiuta  Soviet Union729

Tournament awards edit

IIHF Directorate AwardsMedia All-Star Team
Goaltender Stéphane Fiset Stéphane Fiset
Defencemen Alexander Godynyuk Alexander Godynyuk
Jiří Šlégr
Forwards Robert Reichel Dave Chyzowski
Jaromír Jágr
Robert Reichel

Pool B edit

Eight teams contested the second tier this year in Bad Tölz West Germany from March 26 to April 4. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games.

Standings
PosTeamPldWLDGFGAGDPts
1   Switzerland76104814+34123–08–47–14–69–26–111–0
2  West Germany76103512+23120–35–24–25–24–011–16–2
3  Japan74213833+594–82–55–35–49–26–47–7
4  Denmark72322631−561–72–43–56–24–45–55–4
5  France73403930+966–42–54–52–611–24–510–3
6  Austria72412043−2352–90–42–94–42–113–27–4
7  Romania72412739−1251–61–114–65–55–42–39–4
8  Yugoslavia70612455−3110–112–67–74–53–104–74–9
Source: [citation needed]

Switzerland was promoted to Pool A and Yugoslavia was relegated to Pool C for 1991.

Pool C edit

Pool C was contested by seven teams in Eindhoven Netherlands from March 16 to 25. The South Korean juniors made their debut this year.

Standings
PosTeamPldWLDGFGAGDPts
1  Netherlands65104017+23103–44–36–211–47–29–2
2  North Korea64112714+1394–33–14–410–12–34–2
3  Italy64203411+2383–41–36–16–07–111–2
4  Bulgaria63212630−472–64–41–67–63–29–6
5  South Korea62402440−1644–111–100–66–76–47–2
6  Great Britain62401830−1242–73–21–72–34–66–5
7  Hungary60601946−2702–92–42–116–92–75–6
Source: [citation needed]

The Netherlands was promoted to Pool B for 1991.

References edit

  • Podnieks, Andrew (1998). Red, White, and Gold: Canada at the World Junior Championships 1974–1999. ECW Press. ISBN 1-55022-382-8.
  • 1990 World Junior Hockey Championships at TSN
  • Results at Passionhockey.com