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1978 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | IIHF World Junior Championship |
| year | 1978 |
| country | Canada |
| dates | December 22, 1977 – |
| January 3, 1978 | |
| num_teams | 8 |
| venues | 5 |
| cities | 5 |
| type | ihj |
| winners | Soviet Union |
| count | 2 |
| second | Sweden |
| third | Canada |
| fourth | Czechoslovakia |
| games | 25 |
| goals | 248 |
| attendance | 41681 |
| scoring_leader | CAN Wayne Gretzky |
| points | 17 |
| prevseason | [1977](1977-world-junior-ice-hockey-championships) |
| nextseason | [1979](1979-world-junior-ice-hockey-championships) |
January 3, 1978 The 1978 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1978 WJHC) was the second edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held from December 22, 1977, until January 3, 1978. The tournament was held in Canada, mainly in Montreal and Quebec City. The Soviet Union won its second consecutive gold medal, while Sweden won the silver, and Canada the bronze.
Final standings
The 1978 tournament divided participants into two divisions of four teams, each playing three games. The top two teams in each division advanced to the medal round (Group A), while the bottom two were placed in Group B. Each division played another round robin. The top two teams in the medal round played a one-game final for the gold medal.
This is the aggregate standings, ordered according to final placing. The four teams in the medal round (Group A) were ranked one through four, while the four teams in Group B were ranked five through eight regardless of overall record.
- was relegated to Pool B for the 1979 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.*
Preliminary round
Gold group
Blue group
Championship round
Group B
Group A
Gold medal game
Scoring leaders
| Rank | Player | Country | G | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wayne Gretzky | 8 | 9 | 17 | |
| 2 | Viktor Shkurdyuk | 10 | 6 | 16 | |
| 3 | Sergei Makarov | 8 | 7 | 15 | |
| 4 | Bobby Crawford | 4 | 9 | 13 | |
| 5 | Jorma Sevon | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| Mark Green | 7 | 5 | 12 | ||
| 7 | Timo Susi | 7 | 3 | 10 | |
| Rainer Risku | 7 | 3 | 10 | ||
| Gerd Truntschka | 7 | 3 | 10 | ||
| 10 | Wayne Babych | 5 | 5 | 10 |
Tournament awards
| IIHF Directorate Awards | Media All-Star Team | Goaltender | Defencemen | Forwards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| URS Alexander Tyzhnykh | URS Alexander Tyzhnykh | |||
| URS Viacheslav Fetisov | USSR Viacheslav Fetisov | |||
| FIN Risto Siltanen | ||||
| CAN Wayne Gretzky | TCH Anton Šťastný | |||
| CAN Wayne Gretzky | ||||
| SWE Mats Näslund |
References
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