1985 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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1985 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Finland.svg Finland
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
DatesDecember 23, 1984 – January 1, 1985
Teams8
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (2nd title)
Runners-up Silver medal blank.svgFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Third place Bronze medal blank.svgFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Fourth placeFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played28
Goals scored230 (8.21 per game)
Attendance61,023 (2,179 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Finland.svg Esa Keskinen (20 points)
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The 1985 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1985 WJHC) was the ninth edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held mainly in Turku and Helsinki, Finland. Canada won the gold medal, its second championship, Czechoslovakia silver and the Soviet Union bronze.

Contents

Final standings

The 1985 tournament was a round-robin format, with the top three teams winning gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.

PosTeamPldWLDGFGAGDPts
1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 75024414+3012
2Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 75023213+1912
3Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 75203817+2110
4Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 74124220+2210
5Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 73403226+66
6Flag of the United States.svg  United States 72502337−144
7Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 7061944−351
8Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 70611059−491
Source: Hockey Canada

Poland was relegated to Pool B for 1986.

Results

December 23, 1984 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg8 – 2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Helsinki
December 23, 1984 Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg10 – 0Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Vantaa
December 23, 1984 Finland  Flag of Finland.svg9 – 0Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Turku
December 23, 1984 Czechoslovakia  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg9 – 1Flag of the United States.svg  United States Turku
December 25, 1984 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg12 – 1Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Turku
December 25, 1984 Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg12 – 1Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Vantaa
December 25, 1984 Czechoslovakia  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg4 – 3Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Helsinki
December 25, 1984 Finland  Flag of Finland.svg7 – 4Flag of the United States.svg  United States Turku
December 26, 1984 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg6 – 0Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Helsinki
December 26, 1984 Czechoslovakia  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg6 – 2Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Espoo
December 26, 1984 Finland  Flag of Finland.svg5 – 3Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Turku
December 26, 1984 Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg4 – 2Flag of the United States.svg  United States Turku
December 28, 1984 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg7 – 5Flag of the United States.svg  United States Turku
December 28, 1984 Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg5 – 1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Turku
December 28, 1984 Czechoslovakia  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg7 – 3Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Vantaa
December 28, 1984 Finland  Flag of Finland.svg11 – 2Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Helsinki
December 29, 1984 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg5 – 0Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Turku
December 29, 1984 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg11 – 0Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Turku
December 29, 1984 Czechoslovakia  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg1 – 1Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Helsinki
December 29, 1984 United States  Flag of the United States.svg2 – 1Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Helsinki
December 31, 1984 Finland  Flag of Finland.svg4 – 4Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Helsinki
December 31, 1984 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg5 – 1Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Turku
December 31, 1984 Czechoslovakia  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg3 – 1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Turku
December 31, 1984 United States  Flag of the United States.svg6 – 2Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
January 1, 1985 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg2 – 2Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia Helsinki
January 1, 1985 Poland  Flag of Poland.svg3 – 3Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Vantaa
January 1, 1985 Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg6 – 5Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Helsinki
January 1, 1985 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg7 – 3Flag of the United States.svg  United States Vantaa

Scoring leaders

RankPlayerCountryGAPts
1 Esa Keskinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 61420
2 Esa Tikkanen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 71219
3 Brian Bradley Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 9514
4 Peter Andersson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 41014
5 Mikko Mäkelä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 11213
6 Michal Pivoňka Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 9413
7 Adam Creighton Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8412
8 Sergei Novosyolov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 3912
9 Alexander Semak Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 7411
10 Ravil Khaidarov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 639

Tournament awards

IIHF Directorate Awards Media All-Star Team
Goaltender Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Craig Billington Flag of Finland.svg Timo Lehkonen
Defencemen Flag of Finland.svg Vesa Salo Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bobby Dollas
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Mikhail Tatarinov
Forwards Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Michal Pivoňka Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Michal Pivoňka
Flag of Finland.svg Esa Tikkanen
Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Mäkelä

Pool B

Eight teams contested the second tier this year in Sapporo Japan from March 15 to 24. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games.

Standings
PosTeamPldWLDGFGAGDPts Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Flag of the Netherlands.svg Flag of Japan.svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Italy.svg Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Flag of France.svg
1Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 77005822+36145–45–320–76–17–18–67–0
2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 75114714+33114–54–48–15–17–17–112–1
3Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 74213423+1193–54–410–33–15–23–56–3
4Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 73313053−2377–201–83–105–53–27–64–2
5Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 72412328−551–61–51–35–51–27–17–6
6Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 72501428−1441–71–72–52–32–15–31–2
7Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 71512742−1536–81–75–36–71–73–55–5
8Flag of France.svg  France 71511942−2330–71–123–62–46–72–15–5
Source: [ citation needed ]

Switzerland was promoted to Pool A and France was relegated to Pool C for 1986.

Pool C

This tournament took place in Belgium from February 22 to 27. It was played in Brussels, Heist-op-den-Berg, Liège, Geel, Deurne and Antwerp.

Standings
PosTeamPldWLDGFGAGDPts Flag of Bulgaria.svg Flag of Hungary.svg Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Flag of Denmark.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag of Spain.svg
1Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 55002817+11103–211–95–14–15–4
2Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 54103512+2382–36–110–211–26–4
3Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 52213227+559–111–65–511–16–4
4Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark [A] 52212024−451–52–105–58–14–3
5Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 51401037−2721–42–111–111–85–3
6Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 50501826−804–54–64–63–43–5
Source: [ citation needed ]

Bulgaria was promoted to Pool B for 1986.

^ A. While Total Hockey lists Denmark in their standings, passionhockey.com states that this was a Netherlands team that does not count in the standings. The IIHF encyclopedia does not include Denmark in the 1985 standings.

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