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1993 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | IIHF World U20 Championship |
| year | 1993 |
| image | 93_WJHC_Sweden_logo.gif |
| size | 180px |
| country | Sweden |
| dates | December 26, 1992 – January 4, 1993 |
| num_teams | 8 |
| venues | 7 |
| cities | 7 |
| type | ihj |
| winners | Canada |
| count | 6 |
| second | Sweden |
| third | Czechoslovakia |
| fourth | United States |
| games | 28 |
| goals | 242 |
| attendance | 36397 |
| scoring_leader | SWE Peter Forsberg |
| points | 31 |
| prevseason | [1992](1992-world-junior-ice-hockey-championships) |
| nextseason | [1994](1994-world-junior-ice-hockey-championships) |
The 1993 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1993 WJHC) was the 17th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held in Gävle, Sweden. Canada won the gold medal, its sixth championship, while Sweden won silver, and the combined team of the Czech Republic and Slovakia won bronze. Peter Forsberg of Sweden scored a tournament record 31 points, while teammate Markus Näslund's 13 goals also set a tournament record.
Final standings
The 1993 tournament was a round-robin format, with the top three teams winning gold, silver and bronze medals respectively. As the tournament was ongoing, the nation of Czechoslovakia was dissolved into two separate nations, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, on New Years Day, 1993. The team remained unified throughout the tournament, however the Czechoslovak flag and anthem were replaced with the flag and anthem of the International Ice Hockey Federation on January 1. Meanwhile, the former Soviet Union, which had competed in 1992 as the Commonwealth of Independent States was replaced in this tournament by Russia.
Japan was relegated to Pool B for 1994.
Results
Scoring leaders
| Rank | Player | Country | G | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Forsberg | 7 | 24 | 31 | |
| 2 | Markus Näslund | 13 | 11 | 24 | |
| 3 | David Výborný | 6 | 9 | 15 | |
| 4 | Niklas Sundström | 10 | 4 | 14 | |
| 5 | Jere Lehtinen | 6 | 8 | 14 | |
| 6 | Pat Peake | 4 | 9 | 13 | |
| 7 | Peter Ferraro | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
| 8 | Ville Peltonen | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| 9 | Chris Ferraro | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| 10 | Jan Vopat | 6 | 4 | 10 |
Tournament awards
| IIHF Directorate Awards | Media All-Star Team | Goaltender | Defencemen | Forwards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN Manny Legace | CAN Manny Legace | |||
| FIN Janne Grönvall | CAN Brent Tully | |||
| SWE Kenny Jönsson | ||||
| SWE Peter Forsberg | CAN Paul Kariya | |||
| SWE Markus Näslund | ||||
| SWE Peter Forsberg |
Pool B
Eight teams contested the second tier this year in Lillehammer and Hamar Norway from December 27 to January 5. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games. ;Standings
Switzerland was promoted to Pool A and the Netherlands was relegated to Pool C for 1994.
Qualification for Pool C
Nine countries played a qualification tournament from November 10 to 15, for a spot in the C Pool. Five teams played in Riga, Latvia while the remaining four played in Minsk Belarus, with the first place teams playing each other in Riga. Greece was the only competitor who was not making their debut.
;Riga Group
;Minsk Group
Qualification Game
- won the right to participate in Pool C.*
Pool C
Eight teams were divided into two round robin groups, with placement games to follow (1st played 1st, etc.). The tournament took place from December 30 to January 3, in Odense and Esbjerg Denmark.
Preliminary round
;Group A
;Group B
Placement Games
- 7th place: 13 - 2
- 5th place: 4 - 2
- 3rd place: 15 - 4
- 1st Place: 8 - 3
- was promoted to Pool B for 1994.*
References
References
- TSN]]
- Podnieks, Andrew. (1998). "Red, White, and Gold: Canada at the World Junior Championships 1974–1999". ECW Press.
- [http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/U-20_1993.htm 1993 full results]
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