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1989 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships


FieldValue
tourney_nameIIHF World U20 Championship
year1989
countryUnited States
dates26 December 1988 – 4 January 1989
num_teams8
venues2
cities1
typeihj
winnersSoviet Union
count8
secondSweden
thirdCzechoslovakia
fourthCanada
games28
goals254
attendance45934
scoring_leaderUSA Jeremy Roenick
points16
prevseason[1988](1988-world-junior-ice-hockey-championships)
nextseason[1990](1990-world-junior-ice-hockey-championships)

The 1989 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1989 WJHC) was the 13th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held in Anchorage, Alaska, United States at the Sullivan Arena. The Soviet Union won the gold medal, its eighth, and final, championship. Sweden won silver, and Czechoslovakia the bronze.

Final standings

The 1989 tournament was a round-robin format, with the top three teams winning gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.

West Germany was relegated to Pool B for 1990.

Results

Scoring leaders

RankPlayerCountryGAPts
1Jeremy Roenick8816
2Mike Modano6915
3Pavel Bure8614
4Josef Beránek4913
5Alexander Mogilny7512
6Sergei Fedorov4812
7Robert Cimetta7411
8Petri Aaltonen6410
8John Leclair6410
10Teemu Selänne5510
10Andrei Sidorov5510

Tournament awards

IIHF Directorate AwardsMedia All-Star TeamGoaltenderDefencemenForwards
URS Alexei IvashkinURS Alexei Ivashkin
SWE Ricard PerssonSWE Ricard Persson
TCH Milan Tichý
URS Pavel BureURS Pavel Bure
SWE Niklas Eriksson
USA Jeremy Roenick

Qualification for Pool B

Because Denmark had used an ineligible player in last year's Pool C, a special challenge was played with Italy (who had come second). The games were played in Canazei, Italy.

Pool B

Eight teams contested the second tier this year in Chamonix, France from 19 to 28 March. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games.

;Standings

Poland was promoted to Pool A and the Netherlands was relegated to Pool C for 1990.

Pool C

This five team tournament was a round robin played in Basingstoke, Great Britain from 16 to 22 March.

;Standings

Austria was promoted to Pool B for 1990.

References

References

  1. "Championnats du monde juniors 1989 de hockey sur glace".
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