1995 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

1995 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Canada
Dates	December 26 - January 4
Teams	8
Venue(s)	13 (in 13 host cities)
Champions	Canada (8 titles)
Tournament statistics
Games played	28
Goals scored	247  (8.82 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Marty Murray & Jason Allison (15 points)

The 1995 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1995 WJHC) was the 18th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was hosted in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada with games held throughout central Alberta. The host Canadians won their third straight gold medal, and its eighth overall, while Russia won silver, and Sweden the Bronze

Final standings

The 1995 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
	Canada	7	7	0	0	49	22	14
	Russia	7	5	2	0	36	24	10
	Sweden	7	4	2	1	35	21	9
4	Finland	7	3	3	1	29	26	7
5	United States	7	3	4	0	28	33	6
6	Czech Republic	7	3	4	0	43	26	6
7	Germany	7	1	6	0	17	55	2
8	Ukraine	7	1	6	0	12	42	2

No team was relegated to Pool B as the tournament expanded to ten teams for 1996.

Results

December 26, 1994

Canada

7 – 1

Ukraine

Red Deer

December 26, 1994

Sweden

10 – 2

Germany

Leduc

December 26, 1994

Czech Republic

3 – 0

Finland

Spruce Grove

December 26, 1994

United States

4 – 3

Russia

Innisfail

December 27, 1994

Canada

9 – 1

Germany

Red Deer

December 27, 1994

Russia

4 – 3

Czech Republic

Stettler

December 27, 1994

Finland

6 – 2

Ukraine

Rocky Mountain House

December 27, 1994

Sweden

4 – 2

United States

Red Deer

December 29, 1994

Canada

8 – 3

United States

Red Deer

December 29, 1994

Sweden

4 – 3

Czech Republic

Red Deer

December 29, 1994

Russia

4 – 2

Ukraine

Edmonton

December 29, 1994

Finland

7 – 1

Germany

Wetaskiwin

December 30, 1994

Canada

7 – 5

Czech Republic

Calgary

December 30, 1994

Sweden

7 – 1

Ukraine

Sherwood Park

December 30, 1994

Russia

8 – 1

Germany

Lacombe

December 30, 1994

Finland

7 – 5

United States

Red Deer

January 1, 1995

Canada

6 – 4

Finland

Edmonton

January 1, 1995

Russia

6 – 4

Sweden

Calgary

January 1, 1995

Czech Republic

10 – 1

Ukraine

Red Deer

January 1, 1995

United States

5 – 3

Germany

Edmonton

January 2, 1995

Canada

8 – 5

Russia

Red Deer

January 2, 1995

Finland

3 – 3

Sweden

Calgary

January 2, 1995

Czech Republic

14 – 3

Germany

Red Deer

January 2, 1995

Ukraine

3 – 2

United States

Camrose

January 4, 1995

Canada

4 – 3

Sweden

Red Deer

January 4, 1995

Russia

6 – 2

Finland

Red Deer

January 4, 1995

Germany

6 – 2

Ukraine

Stettler

January 4, 1995

United States

7 – 5

Czech Republic

Ponoka

Pool B

Eight teams contested the second tier this year in Caen, Rouen, Le Havre, and Louviers France from December 27 to January 5. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games. Two teams were promoted, no team was relegated because of the expansion of the top tier.

Standings

Rank	Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
1	Switzerland	7	5	0	2	40	12	12			3 - 1	4 - 4	4 - 1	4 - 4	6 - 1	11 - 1	8 - 0
2	Slovakia	7	5	2	0	33	16	10		1 - 3		4 - 2	6 - 1	4 - 1	8 - 2	7 - 3	3 - 4
3	Poland	7	4	2	1	26	22	9		4 - 4	2 - 4		0 - 6	5 - 4	4 - 1	6 - 0	5 - 3
4	France	7	4	3	0	24	15	8		1 - 4	1 - 6	6 - 0		1 - 2	3 - 0	6 - 3	6 - 0
5	Norway	7	3	3	1	27	26	7		4 - 4	1 - 4	4 - 5	2 - 1		2 - 7	9 - 1	5 - 4
6	Austria	7	2	4	1	20	31	5		1 - 6	2 - 8	1 - 4	0 - 3	7 - 2		4 - 4	5 - 4
7	Japan	7	1	5	1	17	44	3		1 - 11	3 - 7	0 - 6	3 - 6	1 - 9	4 - 4		5 - 1
8	Italy	7	1	6	0	16	37	2		0 - 8	4 - 3	3 - 5	0 - 6	4 - 5	4 - 5	1 - 5

Switzerland and Slovakia were promoted to Pool A for 1996.

Qualification for Pool C1

This would be the final year for a pre-tournament qualification. The winner of this tournament would participate in the C1 pool, second and third would participate in C2. It was played from September 3 to 5, in Minsk, Belarus.

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Belarus	2	2	0	0	13	5	4			8 - 4	5 - 1
Kazakhstan	2	1	1	0	15	8	2		4 - 8		11 - 0
Slovenia	2	0	2	0	1	16	0		1 - 5	0 - 11

Pool C1

Eight teams were divided into two round robin groups, with placement games to follow (1st played 1st, etc.). Because there were to be two teams promoted, each group winner secured promotion before the placement games. The tournament took place from December 29 to January 3, in Puigcerda Spain.

Preliminary Round

Group A

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Hungary	3	3	0	0	22	3	6			5 - 2	11 - 0	6 - 1
Belarus	3	2	1	0	13	9	4		2 - 5		3 - 2	8 - 2
Romania	3	1	2	0	6	17	2		0 - 11	2 - 3		4 - 3
Great Britain	3	0	3	0	6	18	0		1 - 6	2 - 8	3 - 4

Hungary was promoted to Pool B for 1996.

Group B

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Latvia	3	3	0	0	29	6	6			7 - 5	9 - 0	13 - 1
Denmark	3	2	1	0	15	11	4		5 - 7		5 - 2	5 - 2
Spain	3	1	2	0	6	17	2		0 - 9	2 - 5		4 - 3
Netherlands	3	0	3	0	6	22	0		1 - 13	2 - 5	3 - 4

Latvia was promoted to Pool B for 1996.

Placement Games

• 7th place:Netherlands 4 - 3(ot) Great Britain
• 5th place:Spain 3 - 2 Romania
• 3rd place:Denmark 3 - 2 Belarus
• 1st Place:Latvia 5 - 2 Hungary

Pool C2

Six teams played a round robin, with the top two gain promotion for the following year's Pool C, the remaining teams would be placed in Pool D. It was played from December 31 to January 6, in Tallinn Estonia.

Standings

Rank	Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
1	Kazakhstan	5	3	0	2	47	10	8			3 - 3	13 - 1	11 - 2	2 - 2	18 - 2
2	Slovenia	5	3	0	2	40	15	8		3 - 3		3 - 3	9 - 3	8 - 2	17 - 4
3	Estonia	5	2	1	2	24	25	6		1 - 13	3 - 3		6 - 4	2 - 2	12 - 3
4	Lithuania	5	2	3	0	29	30	4		2 - 11	3 - 9	4 - 6		7 - 2	13 - 2
5	Croatia	5	0	2	3	10	21	3		2 - 2	2 - 8	2 - 2	2 - 7		2 - 2
6	Yugoslavia	5	0	4	1	13	62	1		2 - 18	4 - 17	3 - 12	2 - 13	2 - 2

Kazakhstan and Slovenia were promoted to Pool C for 1996.

References

• Podnieks, Andrew (1998). Red, White, and Gold: Canada at the World Junior Championships 1974–1999. ECW Press. ISBN 1-55022-382-8. 
• http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/U-20_1995.htm at Passionhockey.com

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