1990 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Finland |
Dates | December 26 - January 4 |
Teams | 10 |
Venue(s) | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Canada (4th title) |
Runner-up | Soviet Union |
Third place | Czechoslovakia |
Fourth place | Finland |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 28 |
Goals scored | 261 (9.32 per match) |
Scoring leader(s) | Robert Reichel (21 points) |
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The 1990 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1990 WJHC) was the 14th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships 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.
Final standings
The 1990 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 |
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Canada | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 18 | 11 | |
Soviet Union | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 23 | 11 | |
Czechoslovakia | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 17 | 10 | |
4 | Finland | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 21 | 9 |
5 | Sweden | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 29 | 9 |
6 | Norway | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 51 | 4 |
7 | United States | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 37 | 2 |
8 | Poland | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 65 | 0 |
Poland was relegated to Pool B for 1991.
Results
December 26, 1989 | Canada | 3 – 2 | United States | Turku |
December 26, 1989 | Soviet Union | 11 – 0 | Poland | Kerava |
December 26, 1989 | Sweden | 4 – 3 | Norway | Kauniainen |
December 26, 1989 | Czechoslovakia | 7 – 1 | Finland | Helsinki |
December 27, 1989 | Soviet Union | 12 – 2 | Norway | Kauniainen |
December 27, 1989 | Czechoslovakia | 7 – 1 | United States | Helsinki |
December 28, 1989 | Canada | 12 – 0 | Poland | Kauniainen |
December 28, 1989 | Finland | 5 – 2 | Sweden | Turku |
December 29, 1989 | Canada | 6 – 3 | Norway | Kerava |
December 29, 1989 | Soviet Union | 3 – 2 | Finland | Turku |
December 29, 1989 | Czechoslovakia | 11 – 1 | Poland | Kauniainen |
December 29, 1989 | Sweden | 6 – 5 | United States | Helsinki |
December 30, 1989 | Czechoslovakia | 13 – 2 | Norway | Kauniainen |
December 30, 1989 | Soviet Union | 7 – 3 | United States | Helsinki |
December 31, 1989 | Canada | 3 – 3 | Finland | Helsinki |
December 31, 1989 | Sweden | 14 – 0 | Poland | Turku |
January 1, 1990 | Canada | 6 – 4 | Soviet Union | Helsinki |
January 1, 1990 | Czechoslovakia | 7 – 2 | Sweden | Turku |
January 1, 1990 | Finland | 8 – 2 | Norway | Helsinki |
January 1, 1990 | United States | 3 – 2 | Poland | Kerava |
January 2, 1990 | Soviet Union | 8 – 5 | Czechoslovakia | Helsinki |
January 2, 1990 | Norway | 6 – 5 | United States | Kerava |
January 3, 1990 | Sweden | 5 – 4 | Canada | Helsinki |
January 3, 1990 | Finland | 7 – 1 | Poland | Helsinki |
January 4, 1990 | Canada | 2 – 1 | Czechoslovakia | Turku |
January 4, 1990 | Soviet Union | 5 - 5 | Sweden | Helsinki |
January 4, 1990 | Norway | 7 – 3 | Poland | Turku |
January 4, 1990 | Finland | 6 – 3 | United States | Helsinki |
Leading scorers
GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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Robert Reichel | 10 | 11 | 21 | ||
Jaromír Jágr | 5 | 13 | 18 | ||
David Chyzowski | 9 | 4 | 13 | ||
Patric Englund | 9 | 2 | 11 | ||
Bobby Holík | 6 | 5 | 11 |
Tournament all-stars
- Goaltender Stéphane Fiset
- Defence Alexander Godynyuk
- Defence Jiří Šlégr
- Forward Dave Chyzowski
- Forward Jaromír Jágr
- Forward Robert Reichel
Pool B
Eight teams contested the second tier this year in Bad Tolz West Germany from March 26 to April 4. 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 | Switzerland | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 14 | 12 | 3 - 0 | 8 - 4 | 7 - 1 | 4 - 6 | 9 - 2 | 6 - 1 | 11 - 0 | ||
2 | West Germany | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 12 | 12 | 0 - 3 | 5 - 2 | 4 - 2 | 5 - 2 | 4 - 0 | 11 - 1 | 6 - 2 | ||
3 | Japan | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 33 | 9 | 4 - 8 | 2 - 5 | 5 - 3 | 5 - 4 | 9 - 2 | 6 - 4 | 7 - 7 | ||
4 | Denmark | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 31 | 6 | 1 - 7 | 2 - 4 | 3 - 5 | 6 - 2 | 4 - 4 | 5 - 5 | 5 - 4 | ||
5 | France | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 30 | 6 | 6 - 4 | 2 - 5 | 4 - 5 | 2 - 6 | 11 - 2 | 4 - 5 | 10 - 3 | ||
6 | Austria | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 43 | 5 | 2 - 9 | 0 - 4 | 2 - 9 | 4 - 4 | 2 - 11 | 3 - 2 | 7 - 4 | ||
7 | Romania | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 39 | 5 | 1 - 6 | 1 - 11 | 4 - 6 | 5 - 5 | 5 - 4 | 2 - 3 | 9 - 4 | ||
8 | Yugoslavia | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 55 | 1 | 0 - 11 | 2 - 6 | 7 - 7 | 4 - 5 | 3 - 10 | 4 - 7 | 4 - 9 |
Switzerland was promoted to Pool A and Yugoslavia was relegated to Pool C for 1991.
Pool C
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
Rank | Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS | ||||||||
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1 | Netherlands | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 17 | 10 | 3 - 4 | 4 - 3 | 6 - 2 | 11 - 4 | 7 - 2 | 9 - 2 | ||
2 | North Korea | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 4 - 3 | 3 - 1 | 4 - 4 | 10 - 1 | 2 - 3 | 4 - 2 | ||
3 | Italy | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 11 | 8 | 3 - 4 | 1 - 3 | 6 - 1 | 6 - 0 | 7- 1 | 11 - 2 | ||
4 | Bulgaria | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 30 | 7 | 2 - 6 | 4 - 4 | 1 - 6 | 7 - 6 | 3 - 2 | 9 - 6 | ||
5 | South Korea | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 40 | 4 | 4 - 11 | 1 - 10 | 0 - 6 | 6 - 7 | 6 - 4 | 7 - 2 | ||
6 | Great Britain | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 30 | 4 | 2 - 7 | 3 - 2 | 1 - 7 | 2 - 3 | 4 - 6 | 6 - 5 | ||
7 | Hungary | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 46 | 0 | 2 - 9 | 2 - 4 | 2 - 11 | 6 - 9 | 2 - 7 | 5 - 6 |
The Netherlands was promoted to Pool B for 1991.
References
- 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