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1996 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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1996 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation  United States
Dates December 26, 1995 - January 4, 1996
Teams 10
Venue(s) 7 (in 6[1] host cities)
Champions  Canada (9 titles)
Tournament statistics
Games played 31
Goals scored 218  (7.03 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Canada Jarome Iginla (12 points)

The 1996 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1996 WJHC) was the 20th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championship, hosted in Massachusetts. The tournament was won by Canada—defeating Sweden 4-1 in the gold-medal game—earning Canada their fourth straight gold medal and ninth overall, tying the Soviet team's record in both regards.

Attendance was less than spectacular for the championships in the United States. It would be the last time the US would host the tournament until 2005 in Grand Forks.

Among this edition of the tournament's future NHL stars were Milan Hejduk, Miikka Kiprusoff, Chris Drury, Marco Sturm, José Theodore, Mattias Ohlund, Daymond Langkow, Sergei Samsonov and tournament scoring leader Jarome Iginla.

This was the first World Juniors tournament to implement the two groups, round-robin/preliminaries and playoff format. It was also Slovakia's first appearance at the top level in the junior tournament.

Round robin[]

Group A[]

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Canada 4 4 0 0 19 4 8
 United States 4 2 2 0 13 17 4
 Finland 4 2 2 0 14 10 4
 Switzerland 4 1 3 0 10 14 2
 Ukraine 4 1 3 0 9 20 2
December 26, 1995 Canada  6 – 1
  United States Worcester
December 26, 1995 Finland  5 – 1
  Switzerland Marlborough
December 27, 1995 Canada  2 – 1
  Switzerland Amherst
December 27, 1995 Ukraine  4 – 3
  United States Boston
December 28, 1995 Finland  4 – 1
  Ukraine Boston
December 29, 1995 Canada  3 – 1
  Finland Boston
December 29, 1995 United States  4 – 3
  Switzerland Springfield
December 30, 1995 Switzerland  5 – 3
  Ukraine Marlborough
December 31, 1995 Canada  8 – 1
  Ukraine Boston
December 31, 1995 United States  5 – 4
  Finland Amherst

Group B[]

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Czech Republic 4 2 0 2 15 10 6
 Russia 4 2 1 1 19 12 5
 Sweden 4 2 1 1 14 7 5
 Slovakia 4 0 1 3 11 17 3
 Germany 4 0 3 1 11 24 1
December 26, 1995 Czech Republic  5 – 3
  Russia Amherst
December 26, 1995 Sweden  6 – 0
  Slovakia Worcester
December 27, 1995 Slovakia  3 – 3
  Russia Boston
December 27, 1995 Czech Republic  6 – 3
  Germany Amherst
December 28, 1995 Sweden  6 – 2
  Germany Boston
December 29, 1995 Czech Republic  4 – 4
  Slovakia Boston
December 29, 1995 Russia  5 – 2
  Sweden Springfield
December 30, 1995 Germany  4 – 4
  Slovakia Marlborough
December 31, 1995 Czech Republic  0 – 0
  Sweden Boston
December 31, 1995 Russia  8 – 2
  Germany Amherst

Relegation round[]

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Slovakia 3 2 0 1 17 10 5
 Germany 3 1 0 2 12 7 4
 Switzerland 3 1 1 1 11 13 3
 Ukraine 3 0 3 0 6 16 0
December 30, 1995 Switzerland  5 – 3
  Ukraine Marlborough
December 30, 1995 Germany  4 – 4
  Slovakia Marlborough
January 2, 1996 Switzerland  3 – 3
  Germany Marlborough
January 2, 1996 Ukraine  3 – 6
  Slovakia Marlborough
January 3, 1996 Switzerland  3 – 7
  Slovakia Marlborough
January 3, 1996 Ukraine  0 – 5
  Germany Marlborough

 Ukraine was relegated for the 1997 World Junior Championships.

Playoffs[]

  Quarter finals     Semi finals     Final
                           
      QF1   Sweden 8  
  A2   United States 0     B1   Czech Republic 2    
  B3   Sweden 3         SF1   Sweden 1
      SF2   Canada 4
      QF2   Russia 3    
  B2   Russia 6     A1   Canada 4   Third place
  A3   Finland 2   QF1   Czech Republic 1
  QF2   Russia 4

Quarterfinals[]

January 1, 1996 United States  0 – 3
(0–1, 0–1, 0–1) 		 Sweden Amherst
January 1, 1996 Russia  6 – 2
(0–1, 5–1, 1–0) 		 Finland Amherst

Semifinals[]

January 3, 1996 Canada  4 – 3
(1–1, 2–1, 1–1) 		 Russia Boston
January 3, 1996 Sweden  8 – 2
(0–0, 6–1, 2–1) 		 Czech Republic Boston

5th place game[]

January 4, 1996 Finland  7 – 8
(3–1, 3–4, 1–2, 0-1) 		 United States Marlborough

Bronze medal game[]

January 4, 1996 Czech Republic  1 – 4
(1–0, 0–2, 0–2) 		 Russia 1 Chestnut Hill

Gold medal game[]

January 4, 1996 1 Sweden  1 – 4
(1–1, 0–2, 0–1) 		 Canada 1 Chestnut Hill

Final standings[]

Team
 Canada
 Sweden
 Russia
4th  Czech Republic
5th  United States
6th  Finland
7th  Slovakia
8th  Germany
9th  Switzerland
10th  Ukraine

Pool B[]

The second tier was held in Sosnowiec and Tychy Poland, from December 28 to January 4. Two groups of four played round robins, and then the top three played each of the top three teams from the other group. All scores carried forward except the results against the lone eliminated team from each group.

Preliminary Round[]

Group A
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Flag of Poland Flag of Hungary Flag of Japan Flag of Austria
 Poland 3 3 0 0 32 2 6 7 - 2 9 - 0 16 - 0
 Hungary 3 2 1 0 14 12 4 2 - 7 7 - 1 5 - 4
 Japan 3 1 2 0 4 17 2 0 - 9 1 - 7 3 - 1
 Austria 3 0 3 0 5 24 0 0 - 16 4 - 5 1 - 3
Group B
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Flag of Latvia Flag of Italy Flag of Norway Flag of France
 Latvia 3 3 0 0 15 9 6 5 - 1 5 - 4 5 - 4
 Italy 3 1 2 0 8 11 2 1 - 5 3 - 4 4 - 2
 Norway 3 1 2 0 8 9 2 4 - 5 4 - 3 0 - 1
 France 3 1 2 0 7 9 2 4 - 5 2 - 4 1 - 0

Final Round[]

Rank Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Flag of Poland Flag of Latvia Flag of Norway Flag of Hungary Flag of Italy Flag of Japan
1  Poland 5 5 0 0 31 7 10 5 - 3 3 - 2 7 - 2 7 - 0 9 - 0
2  Latvia 5 4 1 0 22 16 8 3 - 5 5 - 4 5 - 4 5 - 1 4 - 2
3  Norway 5 3 2 0 18 15 6 2 - 3 4 - 5 3 - 1 4 - 3 5 - 3
4  Hungary 5 2 3 0 19 16 4 2 - 7 4 - 5 1 - 3 5 - 0 7 - 1
5  Italy 5 1 4 0 9 25 2 0 - 7 1 - 5 3 - 4 0 - 5 5 - 4
6  Japan 5 0 5 0 10 30 0 0 - 9 2 - 4 3 - 5 1 - 7 4 - 5

 Poland was promoted to Pool A for 1997.

Relegation Round[]

France  4 – 2
  Austria
France  7 – 3
  Austria

 Austria was relegated to Pool C for 1997.

Pool C[]

Played in Jesenice, Bled, and Kranj Slovenia from December 30 to January 3.

Preliminary Round[]

Group A
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Flag of Slovenia Flag of Denmark Flag of Romania Flag of Netherlands
 Slovenia 3 3 0 0 22 5 6 2 - 1 10 - 4 10 - 0
 Denmark 3 2 1 0 18 5 4 1 - 2 13 - 0 4 - 3
 Romania 3 1 2 0 10 26 2 4 - 10 0 - 13 6 - 3
 Netherlands 3 0 3 0 6 20 0 0 - 10 3 - 4 3 - 6
Group B
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Flag of Kazakhstan Flag of Belarus Flag of the United Kingdom Flag of Spain
 Kazakhstan 3 3 0 0 25 11 6 7 - 6 7 - 2 11 - 3
 Belarus 3 2 1 0 23 11 4 6 - 7 6 - 4 11 - 0
 Great Britain 3 1 2 0 14 14 2 2 - 7 4 - 6 8 - 1
 Spain 3 0 3 0 4 30 0 3 - 11 0 - 11 1 - 8

Placement Games[]

 Kazakhstan was promoted to Pool B, and  Spain was relegated to Pool D for 1997.

Pool D[]

Played in Tallinn Estonia from December 31 to January 4.

Preliminary Round[]

Group A
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Flag of Estonia Flag of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Flag of South Africa
 Estonia 2 2 0 0 24 3 4 4 - 2 20 - 1
 Yugoslavia 2 1 1 0 10 5 2 2 - 4 8 - 1
 South Africa 2 0 2 0 2 28 0 1 - 20 1 - 8
Group B
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Flag of Croatia Flag of Lithuania Flag of Bulgaria
 Croatia 2 2 0 0 20 4 4 5 - 2 15 - 2
 Lithuania 2 1 1 0 21 7 2 2 - 5 19 - 2
 Bulgaria 2 0 2 0 4 34 0 2 - 15 2 - 19

Placement Games[]

 Croatia was promoted to Pool C for 1997.

References[]

  1. ↑ Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press, 198–99. 


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