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
DatesDecember 26, 1988 – January 4, 1989
Teams8
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
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 match)
Scoring leader(s)United States Jeremy Roenick
(16 points)

Final standings

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:

West Germany was relegated to Pool B for 1990.

Results
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
Rank Player Country G A Pts
1Jeremy Roenick United States8816
2Mike Modano United States6915
3Pavel Bure Soviet Union8614
4Josef Beránek Czechoslovakia4913
5Alexander Mogilny Soviet Union7512
6Sergei Fedorov Soviet Union4812
7Robert Cimetta Canada7411
8Petri Aaltonen Finland6410
8John Leclair United States6410
10Teemu Selänne Finland5510
10Andrei Sidorov Soviet Union5510

Tournament awards
IIHF Directorate AwardsMedia All-Star Team
Goaltender Soviet Union Alexei IvashkinSoviet Union Alexei Ivashkin
Defencemen Sweden Ricard PerssonSweden Ricard Persson
Czechoslovakia Milan Tichý
Forwards Soviet Union Pavel BureSoviet Union Pavel Bure
Sweden Niklas Eriksson
United States Jeremy Roenick

Qualification for Pool B

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

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:

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

Pool C

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:

Austria was promoted to Pool B for 1990.

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