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1998 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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1998 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation  Finland
Dates December 25 - January 3
Teams 10
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions  Finland (2 titles)
Tournament statistics
Games played 34
Goals scored 219  (6.44 per game)
Attendance 139,680  (4,108 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of United States Jeff Farkas
Flag of Finland Olli Jokinen

The 1998 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1998 WJHC) were held in Helsinki and Hämeenlinna, Finland. The championships began on December 25, 1997 and finished on January 3, 1998. Home team Finland was the winner, defeating Russia 2-1 in the gold medal game, thanks to the goaltending of Mika Noronen and the overtime heroics of Niklas Hagman. Switzerland defeated the Czech Republic 4-3 to capture the bronze medal, their first and only medal in the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Canada had its five-year title streak broken with its worst placing to date (8th). Canada would miss out on gold seven years in a row before beginning their 2005-2009 streak of five straight championships. It was the only tournament from 1993 to 2012 in which Canada failed to medal.

This tournament attracted 139,680 fans to 34 games for an average of 4,108 per game. This set a record for the highest-attended World Junior tournament in Europe until the 2016 tournament, which was also held in Finland, had 215,225 spectators.[1]


Championship results[]

Pool A[]

Group A[]

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Finland 4 3 0 1 17 10 7
 Czech Republic 4 2 1 1 16 12 5
 Sweden 4 2 2 0 16 6 4
 Canada 4 2 2 0 9 7 4
 Germany 4 0 4 0 1 24 0
December 25, 1997 Finland  3 – 2
  Canada Helsinki
December 25, 1997 Czech Republic  2 – 1
  Sweden Hämeenlinna
December 26, 1997 Sweden  4 – 0
  Canada Helsinki
December 26, 1997 Finland  5 – 0
  Germany Hämeenlinna
December 27, 1997 Czech Republic  9 – 1
  Germany Helsinki
December 28, 1997 Canada  5 – 0
  Czech Republic Helsinki
December 28, 1997 Finland  4 – 3
  Sweden Helsinki
December 29, 1997 Sweden  8 – 0
  Germany Helsinki
December 30, 1997 Canada  2 – 0
  Germany Helsinki
December 30, 1997 Finland  5 – 5
  Czech Republic Helsinki

Group B[]

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Russia 4 3 0 1 22 6 7
 Switzerland 4 2 1 1 14 8 5
 United States 4 2 2 0 17 12 4
 Kazakhstan 4 1 3 0 8 29 2
 Slovakia 4 1 3 0 9 15 2
December 25, 1997 Russia  12 – 1
  Kazakhstan Hämeenlinna
December 25, 1997 Slovakia  6 – 3
  United States Helsinki
December 26, 1997 United States  8 – 2
  Kazakhstan Helsinki
December 26, 1997 Switzerland  3 – 1
  Slovakia Hämeenlinna
December 27, 1997 Russia  3 – 3
  Switzerland Helsinki
December 28, 1997 Kazakhstan  5 – 2
  Slovakia Hämeenlinna
December 28, 1997 Russia  3 – 2
  United States Hämeenlinna
December 29, 1997 Switzerland  7 – 0
  Kazakhstan Hämeenlinna
December 30, 1997 Russia  4 – 0
  Slovakia Hämeenlinna
December 30, 1997 United States  4 – 1
  Switzerland Hämeenlinna

Final round[]

Quarterfinals[]
December 31, 1997 Russia  2 – 1
(1–0, 0–0, 0–1, 1-0) 		 Canada Hämeenlinna
December 31, 1997 Finland  14 – 1
(6–1, 5–0, 3–0) 		 Kazakhstan Helsinki
December 31, 1997 Switzerland  2 – 1 SO
(0–0, 0–0, 1–1, 0-0, 5-4) 		 Sweden Helsinki
December 31, 1997 Czech Republic  4 – 1
(0–0, 3–0, 1–1) 		 United States Hämeenlinna
Semifinals[]
January 1, 1998 Russia  5 – 1
(0–0, 3–1, 2–0) 		 Czech Republic Helsinki
January 1, 1998 Finland  2 – 1
(1–0, 0–0, 1–1) 		 Switzerland Helsinki
Placement games[]
January 2, 1998 United States  3 – 0
(1–0, 1–0, 1–0) 		 Canada Hämeenlinna
January 2, 1998 Sweden  5 – 1
(1–0, 2–0, 2–1) 		 Kazakhstan Hämeenlinna
7th place game[]
January 3, 1998 Kazakhstan  6 – 3
(2–0, 2–0, 2–3) 		 Canada Hämeenlinna
5th place game[]
January 3, 1998 United States  4 – 3
(1–2, 2–0, 1–1) 		 Sweden Hämeenlinna
Bronze medal game[]
January 3, 1998 1 Switzerland  4 – 3 SO
(2–0, 0–2, 1–1, 0-0, 2-0) 		 Czech Republic Helsinki
Gold medal game[]
January 3, 1998
18:30 		1 Finland  2 – 1
(0–0, 0–1, 1–0, 1-0) 		 Russia 1 Helsinki

Relegation round[]

January 1, 1998 Slovakia  9 – 0
(1–0, 4–0, 4–0) 		 Germany Helsinki
January 3, 1998 Slovakia  8 – 3
(0–1, 3–2, 5–0) 		 Germany Helsinki

 Germany lost the two game total goal series 17-3 and was relegated for the 1999 World Juniors

Final ranking[]

Rank Country
 Finland
 Russia
 Switzerland
4  Czech Republic
5  United States
6  Sweden
7  Kazakhstan
8  Canada
9  Slovakia
10  Germany

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 Hungary Flag of Latvia Flag of France Flag of Japan
 Hungary 3 1 0 2 10 9 4 3 - 2 2 - 2 5 - 5
 Latvia 3 2 1 0 15 10 4 2 - 3 5 - 2 8 - 5
 France 3 1 1 1 12 9 3 2 - 2 2 - 5 8 - 2
 Japan 3 0 2 1 12 21 1 5 - 5 5 - 8 2 - 8
Group B
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Flag of Poland Flag of Ukraine Flag of Belarus Flag of Norway
 Poland 3 2 1 0 13 11 4 7 - 3 1 - 4 5 - 4
 Ukraine 3 1 1 1 13 10 3 3 - 7 2 - 2 8 - 1
 Belarus 3 1 1 1 6 6 3 4 - 1 2 - 2 0 - 3
 Norway 3 1 2 0 8 13 2 4 - 5 1 - 8 3 - 0

Final round[]

Rank Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Flag of Belarus Flag of Ukraine Flag of Poland Flag of Latvia Flag of Hungary Flag of France
1  Belarus 5 4 0 1 22 8 9 2 - 2 4 - 1 3 - 1 8 - 0 5 - 4
2  Ukraine 5 3 1 1 23 12 7 2 - 2 3 - 7 5 - 1 4 - 1 9 - 1
3  Poland 5 3 2 0 24 13 6 1 - 4 7 - 3 2 - 3 8 - 0 6 - 3
4  Latvia 5 2 3 0 12 15 4 1 - 3 1 - 5 3 - 2 2 - 3 5 - 2
5  Hungary 5 1 3 1 6 24 3 0 - 8 1 - 4 0 - 8 3 - 2 2 - 2
6  France 5 0 4 1 12 27 1 4 - 5 1 - 9 3 - 6 2 - 5 2 - 2

 Belarus was promoted to Pool A for 1999.

Relegation round[]

Norway  6 – 4
  Japan
Norway  3 – 4 ot
  Japan
Norway  4 – 1
  Japan

 Japan lost two games to one and was relegated to Pool C for 1999.

Pool C[]

Played in Tallinn and Kohtla-Järve Estonia from December 28 to January 1.

Preliminary round[]

Group A
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Flag of Italy Flag of Austria Flag of Estonia Flag of the United Kingdom
 Italy 3 2 0 1 20 6 5 4 - 4 11 - 1 5 - 1
 Austria 3 2 0 1 18 6 5 4 - 4 8 - 1 6 - 1
 Estonia 3 1 2 0 5 20 2 1 - 11 1 - 8 3 - 1
 Great Britain 3 0 3 0 3 14 0 1 - 5 1 - 6 1 - 3
Group B
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Flag of Denmark Flag of Slovenia Flag of Croatia Flag of Romania
 Denmark 3 3 0 0 26 8 6 5 - 4 8 - 1 13 - 3
 Slovenia 3 2 1 0 15 8 4 4 - 5 4 - 1 7 - 2
 Croatia 3 1 2 0 6 14 2 1 - 8 1 - 4 4 - 2
 Romania 3 0 3 0 7 24 0 3 - 13 2 - 7 2 - 4

Placement games[]

 Denmark was promoted to Pool B, and  Romania was relegated to Pool D for 1999.

Pool D[]

Played in Kaunas and Elektrenai Lithuania from December 30 to January 3.

Preliminary round[]

Group A
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Flag of Netherlands Flag of Spain Flag of Bulgaria Flag of Turkey
 Netherlands 3 3 0 0 58 4 6 7 - 1 19 - 2 32 - 1
 Spain 3 2 1 0 18 9 4 1 - 7 6 - 2 11 - 0
 Bulgaria 3 1 2 0 17 29 2 2 - 19 2 - 6 13 - 4
 Turkey 3 0 3 0 5 56 0 1 - 32 0 - 11 4 - 13
Group B
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Flag of Lithuania Flag of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Flag of Mexico Flag of South Africa
 Lithuania 3 3 0 0 33 2 6 5 - 1 14 - 0 14 - 1
 Yugoslavia 3 2 1 0 23 7 4 1 - 5 13 - 0 9 - 2
 Mexico 3 1 2 0 3 28 2 0 - 14 0 - 13 3 - 1
 South Africa 3 0 3 0 4 26 0 1 - 14 2 - 9 1 - 3

Placement games[]

 Lithuania was promoted to Pool C for 1999.

References[]

  1. ↑ Merk, Martin (2016-01-06). "215225 fans in Helsinki". http://www.worldjunior2016.com/en/news/215225-fans-in-helsinki/. Retrieved 2016-01-22. 

External links[]


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