1996 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
Tournament details | |
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Host country | United States |
Venue(s) | 7 (in 6[1] host cities) |
Dates | December 26, 1995 – January 4, 1996 |
Teams | 10 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Canada (9th title) |
Runner-up | Sweden |
Third place | Russia |
Fourth place | Czech Republic |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 31 |
Goals scored | 218 (7.03 per game) |
Scoring leader(s) | Jarome Iginla (12 points) |
The 1996 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1996 WJHC) was the 20th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, hosted in Massachusetts, United States. The tournament was won by Canada—defeating Sweden 4–1 in the gold-medal game—earning Canada their fourth straight gold medal and ninth overall, tying the Soviet team's record in both regards.
Attendance was less than spectacular for the championships in the United States. It would be the last time the US would host the tournament until 2005 in Grand Forks.
Among this edition of the tournament's future NHL stars were Milan Hejduk, Miikka Kiprusoff, Chris Drury, Marco Sturm, José Théodore, Mattias Öhlund, Daymond Langkow, Sergei Samsonov and tournament scoring leader Jarome Iginla.
This was the first World Juniors tournament to implement the two groups, round-robin/preliminaries and playoff format. It was also Slovakia's first appearance at the top level in the junior tournament.
Round robin
Group A
Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Canada | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | +15 | 8 |
United States | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 17 | −4 | 4 |
Finland | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 4 |
Switzerland | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 2 |
Ukraine | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 20 | −11 | 2 |
December 26, 1995 | Canada | 6 – 1 | United States | Centrum in Worcester, Worcester |
December 26, 1995 | Finland | 5 – 1 | Switzerland | New England Sports Center, Marlborough |
December 27, 1995 | Canada | 2 – 1 | Switzerland | Mullins Center, Amherst |
December 27, 1995 | Ukraine | 4 – 3 | United States | Matthews Arena, Boston |
December 28, 1995 | Finland | 4 – 1 | Ukraine | Matthews Arena, Boston |
December 29, 1995 | Canada | 3 – 1 | Finland | Matthews Arena, Boston |
December 29, 1995 | United States | 4 – 3 | Switzerland | Springfield Civic Center, Springfield |
December 30, 1995 | Switzerland | 5 – 3 | Ukraine | New England Sports Center, Marlborough |
December 31, 1995 | Canada | 8 – 1 | Ukraine | Matthews Arena, Boston |
December 31, 1995 | United States | 5 – 4 | Finland | Mullins Center, Amherst |
Group B
Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Czech Republic | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 6 |
Russia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 12 | +7 | 5 |
Sweden | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 5 |
Slovakia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 17 | −6 | 3 |
Germany | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 24 | −13 | 1 |
December 26, 1995 | Czech Republic | 5 – 3 | Russia | Mullins Center, Amherst |
December 26, 1995 | Sweden | 6 – 0 | Slovakia | Centrum in Worcester, Worcester |
December 27, 1995 | Slovakia | 3 – 3 | Russia | Matthews Arena, Boston |
December 27, 1995 | Czech Republic | 6 – 3 | Germany | Mullins Center, Amherst |
December 28, 1995 | Sweden | 6 – 2 | Germany | Matthews Arena, Boston |
December 29, 1995 | Czech Republic | 4 – 4 | Slovakia | Matthews Arena, Boston |
December 29, 1995 | Russia | 5 – 2 | Sweden | Springfield Civic Center, Springfield |
December 30, 1995 | Germany | 4 – 4 | Slovakia | New England Sports Center, Marlborough |
December 31, 1995 | Czech Republic | 0 – 0 | Sweden | Matthews Arena, Boston |
December 31, 1995 | Russia | 8 – 2 | Germany | Mullins Center, Amherst |
Relegation round
Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Slovakia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 5 |
Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 4 |
Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 3 |
Ukraine | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 16 | −10 | 0 |
December 30, 1995 | Switzerland | 5 – 3 | Ukraine | New England Sports Center, Marlborough |
December 30, 1995 | Germany | 4 – 4 | Slovakia | New England Sports Center, Marlborough |
January 2, 1996 | Switzerland | 3 – 3 | Germany | New England Sports Center, Marlborough |
January 2, 1996 | Ukraine | 3 – 6 | Slovakia | New England Sports Center, Marlborough |
January 3, 1996 | Switzerland | 3 – 7 | Slovakia | New England Sports Center, Marlborough |
January 3, 1996 | Ukraine | 0 – 5 | Germany | New England Sports Center, Marlborough |
Ukraine was relegated for the 1997 World Junior Championships.
Playoffs
Quarter finals | Semi finals | Final | ||||||||||||
QF1 | Sweden | 8 | ||||||||||||
A2 | United States | 0 | B1 | Czech Republic | 2 | |||||||||
B3 | Sweden | 3 | SF1 | Sweden | 1 | |||||||||
SF2 | Canada | 4 | ||||||||||||
QF2 | Russia | 3 | ||||||||||||
B2 | Russia | 6 | A1 | Canada | 4 | |||||||||
A3 | Finland | 2 | Third place | |||||||||||
QF1 | Czech Republic | 1 | ||||||||||||
QF2 | Russia | 4 |
Quarterfinals
January 1, 1996 13:00 | United States | 0 – 3 (0–1, 0–1, 0–1) | Sweden | Mullins Center, Amherst |
Brian Boucher | Goalies | Per-Ragnar Bergkvist | |||||||||
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24 | Shots | 31 |
January 1, 1996 17:00 | Russia | 6 – 2 (0–1, 5–1, 1–0) | Finland | Mullins Center, Amherst |
Semifinals
January 3, 1996 15:30 | Canada | 4 – 3 (1–1, 2–1, 1–1) | Russia | Matthews Arena, Boston Attendance: 2,500 (approx.) |
José Theodore | Goalies | Alexei Yegorov | |||||||||||||||||||||
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28 | Shots | 49 |
January 3, 1996 18:30 | Sweden | 8 – 2 (0–0, 6–1, 2–1) | Czech Republic | Matthews Arena, Boston |
5th place game
January 4, 1996 12:00 | Finland | 7 – 8 (3–1, 3–4, 1–2, 0-1) | United States | New England Sports Center, Marlborough |
Vesa Toskala | Goalies | Brian Boucher | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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17 | Shots | 44 |
Bronze medal game
January 4, 1996 15:30 | Czech Republic | 1 – 4 (1–0, 0–2, 0–2) | Russia | Conte Forum, Chestnut Hill |
Tomáš Vokoun | Goalies | Alexei Yegorov | |||||||||||||||
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42 | Shots | 21 |
Gold medal game
January 4, 1996 19:30 | Sweden | 1 – 4 (1–1, 0–2, 0–1) | Canada | Conte Forum, Chestnut Hill Attendance: 5,781 |
Per-Ragnar Bergkvist | Goalies | José Théodore | |||||||||||||||
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33 | Shots | 35 |
Scoring leaders
Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts |
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Jarome Iginla | Canada | 6 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
Florian Keller | Germany | 6 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
Marco Sturm | Germany | 6 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
Miika Elomo | Finland | 6 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
Johan Davidsson | Sweden | 7 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
Ruslan Shafikov | Russia | 7 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
Alexei Morozov | Russia | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
Juho Jokinen | Finland | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
Dmitri Nabokov | Russia | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
Marcus Nilson | Sweden | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
Goaltending leaders
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
Player | Country | MINS | GA | GAA | SO | W | L | T |
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José Théodore | Canada | 240 | 6 | 1.50 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Per-Ragnar Bergkvist | Sweden | 240 | 6 | 1.50 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Magnus Wennström | Sweden | 180 | 7 | 2.33 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Alexei Yegorov | Russia | 358.9 | 17 | 2.84 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Miikka Kiprusoff | Finland | 159.3 | 9 | 3.39 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Tournament awards
- All-star team[2]
- Goaltender: José Théodore
- Defencemen: Nolan Baumgartner, Mattias Öhlund
- Forwards: Jarome Iginla, Johan Davidsson, Alexei Morozov
- IIHF best player awards
- Goaltender: José Théodore
- Defenceman: Mattias Öhlund
- Forward: Jarome Iginla
Final standings
Team | |
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Canada | |
Sweden | |
Russia | |
4th | Czech Republic |
5th | United States |
6th | Finland |
7th | Slovakia |
8th | Germany |
9th | Switzerland |
10th | Ukraine |
Pool B
The second tier was held in Sosnowiec and Tychy, Poland, from December 28 to January 4. Two groups of four played round robins, and then the top three played each of the top three teams from the other group. All scores carried forward except the results against the lone eliminated team from each group.
Preliminary round
- Group A
Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |||||
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Poland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 2 | +30 | 6 | 7–2 | 9–0 | 16–0 | ||
Hungary | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 4 | 2–7 | 7–1 | 5–4 | ||
Japan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 17 | −13 | 2 | 0–9 | 1–7 | 3–1 | ||
Austria | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 24 | −19 | 0 | 0–16 | 4–5 | 1–3 |
- Group B
Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |||||
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Latvia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 6 | 5–1 | 5–4 | 5–4 | ||
Italy | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 2 | 1–5 | 3–4 | 4–2 | ||
Norway | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 2 | 4–5 | 4–3 | 0–1 | ||
France | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 2 | 4–5 | 2–4 | 1–0 |
Final Round
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |||||||
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1 | Poland | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 7 | +24 | 10 | 5–3 | 3–2 | 7–2 | 7–0 | 9–0 | ||
2 | Latvia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 16 | +6 | 8 | 3–5 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 5–1 | 4–2 | ||
3 | Norway | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 15 | +3 | 6 | 2–3 | 4–5 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 5–3 | ||
4 | Hungary | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 16 | +3 | 4 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 7–1 | ||
5 | Italy | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 25 | −16 | 2 | 0–7 | 1–5 | 3–4 | 0–5 | 5–4 | ||
6 | Japan | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 30 | −20 | 0 | 0–9 | 2–4 | 3–5 | 1–7 | 4–5 |
Poland was promoted to Pool A for 1997.
Relegation Round
France | 4 – 2 | Austria |
France | 7 – 3 | Austria |
Austria was relegated to Pool C for 1997.
Pool C
Played in Jesenice, Bled, and Kranj, Slovenia, from December 30 to January 3.
Preliminary round
- Group A
Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |||||
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Slovenia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5 | +17 | 6 | 2–1 | 10–4 | 10–0 | ||
Denmark | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5 | +13 | 4 | 1–2 | 13–0 | 4–3 | ||
Romania | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 26 | −16 | 2 | 4–10 | 0–13 | 6–3 | ||
Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 20 | −14 | 0 | 0–10 | 3–4 | 3–6 |
- Group B
Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |||||
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Kazakhstan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 11 | +14 | 6 | 7–6 | 7–2 | 11–3 | ||
Belarus | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 11 | +12 | 4 | 6–7 | 6–4 | 11–0 | ||
Great Britain | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2–7 | 4–6 | 8–1 | ||
Spain | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 30 | −26 | 0 | 3–11 | 0–11 | 1–8 |
Placement Games
- 7th place: Netherlands 4 - 1 Spain
- 5th place: Great Britain 3 - 2 Romania
- 3rd place: Denmark 5 - 4 Belarus
- 1st Place: Kazakhstan 6 - 5 Slovenia
Kazakhstan was promoted to Pool B, and Spain was relegated to Pool D for 1997.
Pool D
Played in Tallinn, Estonia, from December 31 to January 4.
Preliminary round
- Group A
Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||||
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Estonia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3 | +21 | 4 | 4–2 | 20–1 | ||
Yugoslavia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 2 | 2–4 | 8–1 | ||
South Africa | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 28 | −26 | 0 | 1–20 | 1–8 |
- Group B
Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||||
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Croatia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | +16 | 4 | 5–2 | 15–2 | ||
Lithuania | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 7 | +14 | 2 | 2–5 | 19–2 | ||
Bulgaria | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 34 | −30 | 0 | 2–15 | 2–19 |
Placement Games
- 5th place: Bulgaria 10 - 1 South Africa
- 3rd place: Yugoslavia 5 - 4 Lithuania
- 1st Place: Croatia 2 - 0 Estonia
Croatia was promoted to Pool C for 1997.
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