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1989 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | IIHF World U20 Championship |
| year | 1989 |
| country | United States |
| dates | 26 December 1988 – 4 January 1989 |
| num_teams | 8 |
| venues | 2 |
| cities | 1 |
| type | ihj |
| winners | Soviet Union |
| count | 8 |
| second | Sweden |
| third | Czechoslovakia |
| fourth | Canada |
| games | 28 |
| goals | 254 |
| attendance | 45934 |
| scoring_leader | USA Jeremy Roenick |
| points | 16 |
| 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
| Rank | Player | Country | G | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeremy Roenick | 8 | 8 | 16 | |
| 2 | Mike Modano | 6 | 9 | 15 | |
| 3 | Pavel Bure | 8 | 6 | 14 | |
| 4 | Josef Beránek | 4 | 9 | 13 | |
| 5 | Alexander Mogilny | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| 6 | Sergei Fedorov | 4 | 8 | 12 | |
| 7 | Robert Cimetta | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
| 8 | Petri Aaltonen | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| 8 | John Leclair | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| 10 | Teemu Selänne | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| 10 | Andrei Sidorov | 5 | 5 | 10 |
Tournament awards
| IIHF Directorate Awards | Media All-Star Team | Goaltender | Defencemen | Forwards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| URS Alexei Ivashkin | URS Alexei Ivashkin | |||
| SWE Ricard Persson | SWE Ricard Persson | |||
| TCH Milan Tichý | ||||
| URS Pavel Bure | URS 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
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