1993 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

1993 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Sweden
Venue(s)7 (in 7 host cities)
DatesDecember 26, 1992 – January 4, 1993
Teams8
Final positions
Champions  Canada (6th title)
Runner-up  Sweden
Third place  Czechoslovakia
Fourth place United States
Tournament statistics
Games played28
Goals scored242 (8.64 per game)
Attendance36,397 (1,300 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Sweden Peter Forsberg (31 points)
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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[1] 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.[2] Meanwhile, the former Soviet Union, which had competed in 1992 as the Commonwealth of Independent States was replaced in this tournament by Russia.

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1  Canada 7 6 1 0 37 17 +20 12
2  Sweden 7 6 1 0 53 15 +38 12
3 Czech Republic and Slovakia[a] 7 4 2 1 38 27 +11 9
4  United States 7 4 3 0 32 23 +9 8
5  Finland 7 3 3 1 31 20 +11 7
6  Russia 7 2 3 2 26 20 +6 6
7  Germany 7 1 6 0 16 37 −21 2
8  Japan 7 0 7 0 9 83 −74 0
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ started championship as  Czechoslovakia

Japan was relegated to Pool B for 1994.

Results

December 26, 1992 Canada3 – 0 United StatesGävle
December 26, 1992 Russia16 – 0 JapanFalun
December 26, 1992 Finland5 – 2 CzechoslovakiaBollnäs
December 26, 1992 Sweden4 – 2 GermanyGävle
December 27, 1992 Canada5 – 4 SwedenGävle
December 27, 1992 Russia4 – 0 GermanyFalun
December 27, 1992 Finland7 – 0 JapanGävle
December 27, 1992 Czechoslovakia6 – 5 United StatesUppsala
December 29, 1992 Canada9 – 1 RussiaGävle
December 29, 1992 Finland11 – 0 GermanyHofors
December 29, 1992 United States12 – 2 JapanFalun
December 29, 1992 Sweden7 – 2 CzechoslovakiaGävle
December 30, 1992 Canada3 – 2 FinlandUppsala
December 30, 1992 Czechoslovakia1 – 1 RussiaGävle
December 30, 1992 Sweden20 – 1 JapanGävle
December 30, 1992 United States4 – 3 GermanyBollnäs
January 1, 1993 Canada5 – 2 GermanyGävle
January 1, 1993Czech Republic and Slovakia14 – 2 JapanSkutskar
January 1, 1993 Finland1 – 1 RussiaGävle
January 1, 1993 Sweden4 – 2 United StatesUppsala
January 2, 1993 Canada8 – 1 JapanHudiksvall
January 2, 1993 Sweden9 – 2 FinlandGävle
January 2, 1993Czech Republic and Slovakia6 – 3 GermanyUppsala
January 2, 1993 United States4 – 2 RussiaGävle
January 4, 1993Czech Republic and Slovakia7 – 4 CanadaGävle
January 4, 1993 Germany6 – 3 JapanHofors
January 4, 1993 Sweden5 – 1 RussiaGävle
January 4, 1993 United States5 – 3 FinlandGävle

Scoring leaders

Rank Player Country G A Pts
1 Peter Forsberg  Sweden 7 24 31
2 Markus Näslund  Sweden 13 11 24
3 David Výborný  Czechoslovakia 6 9 15
4 Niklas Sundström  Sweden 10 4 14
5 Jere Lehtinen  Finland 6 8 14
6 Pat Peake  United States 4 9 13
7 Peter Ferraro  United States 7 4 11
8 Ville Peltonen  Finland 5 6 11
9 Chris Ferraro  United States 4 7 11
10 Jan Vopat  Czechoslovakia 6 4 10

Tournament awards

IIHF Directorate Awards Media All-Star Team
Goaltender Canada Manny Legace Canada Manny Legace
Defencemen Finland Janne Grönvall Canada Brent Tully
Sweden Kenny Jönsson
Forwards Sweden Peter Forsberg Canada Paul Kariya
Sweden Markus Näslund
Sweden 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.[3]

Standings
Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1   Switzerland 7 6 0 1 39 13 +26 13 5–4 5–1 7–1 6–4 4–2 1–1 11–0
2  Norway 7 6 1 0 49 11 +38 12 4–5 5–0 7–0 8–4 7–1 9–1 9–0
3  Italy 7 4 2 1 23 18 +5 9 1–5 0–5 3–1 6–3 0–0 7–3 6–1
4  Austria 7 4 3 0 26 23 +3 8 1–7 0–7 1–3 2–1 6–3 9–1 7–1
5  France 7 3 4 0 26 30 −4 6 4–6 4–8 3–6 1–2 4–3 5–2 5–3
6  Poland 7 1 5 1 17 28 −11 3 2–4 1–7 0–0 3–6 3–4 5–3 3–4
7  Romania 7 1 5 1 16 37 −21 3 1–1 1–9 3–7 1–9 2–5 3–5 5–1
8  Netherlands 7 1 6 0 10 46 −36 2 0–11 0–9 1–6 1–7 3–5 4–3 1–5
Source: [citation needed]

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
Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
 Latvia 4 4 0 0 71 5 +66 8 2–1 12–3 10–0 47–1
 Slovenia 4 3 1 0 46 6 +40 6 1–2 4–3 11–0 30–1
 Estonia 4 2 2 0 46 21 +25 4 3–12 3–4 6–3 34–2
 Croatia 4 1 3 0 24 27 −3 2 0–10 0–11 3–6 21–0
 Greece 4 0 4 0 4 132 −128 0 1–47 1–30 2–34 0–21
Source: [citation needed]
Minsk Group
Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
 Ukraine 3 3 0 0 24 0 +24 6 1–0 3–0 20–0
 Kazakhstan 3 2 1 0 17 1 +16 4 0–1 4–0 13–0
 Belarus 3 1 2 0 19 7 +12 2 0–3 0–4 19–0
 Lithuania 3 0 3 0 0 52 −52 0 0–20 0–13 0–19
Source: [citation needed]

Qualification Game

November 15, 1992Latvia 1 – 2
(0–1, 0–0, 1–1)
 UkraineRiga

 Ukraine 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
Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
 Ukraine 3 3 0 0 38 3 +35 6 9–2 16–1 13–0
 Hungary 3 1 1 1 15 15 0 3 2–9 5–5 8–1
 North Korea 3 0 1 2 9 24 −15 2 1–16 5–5 3–3
 Spain 3 0 2 1 4 24 −20 1 0–13 1–8 3–3
Source: [citation needed]
Group B
Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
 Denmark 3 2 0 1 23 10 +13 5 9–1 5–5 9–4
 Bulgaria 3 1 1 1 12 17 −5 3 1–9 6–3 5–5
 Great Britain 3 1 1 1 15 12 +3 3 5–5 3–6 7–1
 South Korea 3 0 2 1 10 21 −11 1 4–9 5–5 1–7
Source: [citation needed]

Placement Games

 Ukraine was promoted to Pool B for 1994.

References

  1. ^ 1993 World Junior Hockey Championships coverage by TSN
  2. ^ Podnieks, Andrew (1998). Red, White, and Gold: Canada at the World Junior Championships 1974–1999. ECW Press. p. 257. ISBN 1-55022-382-8.
  3. ^ 1993 full results

External links

  • pre-tournament interview with Peter Forsberg and Markus Näslund at SVT's open archive (in Swedish)
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