1990 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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1990 IIHF World U20 Championship
90 WJHC Finland logo.jpeg
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
DatesDecember 26, 1989 – January 4, 1990
Teams10
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Gold medal blank.svg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (4th title)
Runner-up  Silver medal blank.svg Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Third place  Bronze medal blank.svg Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Fourth placeFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played28
Goals scored261 (9.32 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Robert Reichel (21 points)
  1989
1991  

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.

Contents

Final standings

The 1990 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 75113618+1811
2Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 75115023+2711
3Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 75205117+3410
4Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 74213221+119
5Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 74213829+99
6Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 72502551264
7Flag of the United States.svg  United States 71602237152
8Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 7070765580
Source: [ citation needed ]

Poland was relegated to Pool B for 1991.

Results

December 26, 1989 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg3 – 2Flag of the United States.svg  United States Turku
December 26, 1989 Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg11 – 0Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Kerava
December 26, 1989 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg4 – 3Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Kauniainen
December 26, 1989 Czechoslovakia  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg7 – 1Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Helsinki
December 27, 1989 Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg12 – 2Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Kauniainen
December 27, 1989 Czechoslovakia  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg7 – 1Flag of the United States.svg  United States Helsinki
December 28, 1989 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg12 – 0Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Kauniainen
December 28, 1989 Finland  Flag of Finland.svg5 – 2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Turku
December 29, 1989 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg6 – 3Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Kerava
December 29, 1989 Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg3 – 2Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Turku
December 29, 1989 Czechoslovakia  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg11 – 1Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Kauniainen
December 29, 1989 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg6 – 5Flag of the United States.svg  United States Helsinki
December 30, 1989 Czechoslovakia  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg13 – 2Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Kauniainen
December 30, 1989 Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg7 – 3Flag of the United States.svg  United States Helsinki
December 31, 1989 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg3 – 3Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Helsinki
December 31, 1989 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg14 – 0Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Turku
January 1, 1990 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg6 – 4Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Helsinki
January 1, 1990 Czechoslovakia  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg7 – 2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Turku
January 1, 1990 Finland  Flag of Finland.svg8 – 2Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Helsinki
January 1, 1990 United States  Flag of the United States.svg3 – 2Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Kerava
January 2, 1990 Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg8 – 5Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia Helsinki
January 2, 1990 Norway  Flag of Norway.svg6 – 5Flag of the United States.svg  United States Kerava
January 3, 1990 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg5 – 4Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Helsinki
January 3, 1990 Finland  Flag of Finland.svg7 – 1Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Helsinki
January 4, 1990 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg2 – 1Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia Turku
January 4, 1990 Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg5 – 5Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Helsinki
January 4, 1990 Norway  Flag of Norway.svg7 – 3Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Turku
January 4, 1990 Finland  Flag of Finland.svg6 – 3Flag of the United States.svg  United States Helsinki

Scoring leaders

RankPlayerCountryGAPts
1 Robert Reichel Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 101121
2 Jaromír Jágr Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 51318
3 Dave Chyzowski Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 9413
4 Patric Englund Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 9211
5 Bobby Holík Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 6511
6 Andrei Kovalenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 5611
7 Vyacheslav Kozlov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 4711
8 Pavel Bure Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 7310
9 Daniel Rydmark Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3710
10 Roman Oksiuta Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 729

Tournament awards

IIHF Directorate Awards Media All-Star Team
Goaltender Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Stéphane Fiset Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Stéphane Fiset
Defencemen Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Alexander Godynyuk Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Alexander Godynyuk
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Šlégr
Forwards Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Robert Reichel Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dave Chyzowski
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jaromír Jágr
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Robert Reichel

Pool B

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 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Japan.svg Flag of Denmark.svg Flag of France.svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Romania.svg Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg
1Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 76104814+34123–08–47–14–69–26–111–0
2Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 76103512+23120–35–24–25–24–011–16–2
3Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 74213833+594–82–55–35–49–26–47–7
4Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 72322631561–72–43–56–24–45–55–4
5Flag of France.svg  France 73403930+966–42–54–52–611–24–510–3
6Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 724120432352–90–42–94–42–113–27–4
7Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 724127391251–61–114–65–55–42–39–4
8Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 706124553110–112–67–74–53–104–74–9
Source: [ citation needed ]

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

Pool C

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 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Flag of North Korea.svg Flag of Italy.svg Flag of Bulgaria.svg Flag of South Korea.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag of Hungary.svg
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 65104017+23103–44–36–211–47–29–2
2Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 64112714+1394–33–14–410–12–34–2
3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 64203411+2383–41–36–16–07–111–2
4Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 63212630472–64–41–67–63–29–6
5Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 624024401644–111–100–66–76–47–2
6Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 624018301242–73–21–72–34–66–5
7Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 606019462702–92–42–116–92–75–6
Source: [ citation needed ]

The Netherlands was promoted to Pool B for 1991.

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