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1991 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Field	Value
year	1991
image	91_WJHC_Canada_logo.gif
country	Canada
dates	December 26, 1990 – January 4, 1991
num_teams	8
venues	9
cities	9
type	ihj
winners	Canada
count	5
second	Soviet Union
third	Czechoslovakia
fourth	United States
games	28
goals	253
attendance	137067
scoring_leader	USA Doug Weight
points	19
prevseason	[1990](1990-world-junior-ice-hockey-championships)
nextseason	[1992](1992-world-junior-ice-hockey-championships)

The 1991 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1991 WJHC) was the 15th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held in various communities in Saskatchewan, Canada. Canada won its second consecutive gold medal, and fifth overall, while the Soviet Union won silver, and Czechoslovakia the bronze.

Final standings

The 1991 tournament was a round-robin format, with the top three teams winning gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.

Norway was relegated to Pool B for 1992.

Results

Scoring leaders

Rank	Player	G	A	Pts
1	Doug Weight	5	14	19
2	Eric Lindros	6	11	17
3	Pavel Bure	12	3	15
4	Martin Ručinský	9	5	14
5	Žigmund Pálffy	7	6	13
6	Marko Jantunen	3	10	13
7	Trent Klatt	6	6	12
8	Ted Drury	5	7	12
9	Vyacheslav Kozlov	3	9	12
10	Mike Craig	6	5	11
10	Michael Nylander	6	5	11
10	Vesa Viitakoski	6	5	11

Tournament awards

IIHF Directorate Awards	Media All-Star Team	Goaltender	Defencemen	Forwards
SUI Pauli Jaks	SUI Pauli Jaks
TCH Jiří Šlégr	URS Dmitry Yushkevich
USA Scott Lachance
CAN Eric Lindros	CAN Mike Craig
CAN Eric Lindros
TCH Martin Ručinský

Pool B

Eight teams contested the second tier in Tychy and Oswiecim Poland from December 27 to January 5. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games.

;Standings

Germany was promoted to Pool A and Denmark was relegated to Pool C for 1992.

Pool C

Eight teams contested the third tier in Belgrade Yugoslavia from December 27 to January 5. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games. Greece's national junior team made their debut this year.

;Standings

North Korea was promoted to Pool B for 1992.

References

Maron, Brandon. (2020-12-12). "Canadian Gold: Remembering the 1991 World Junior Championship".

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