1978 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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1978 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation  Canada
Dates December 22, 1977 –
January 3, 1978
Teams 8
Venue(s) 5 (in 5 host cities)
Champions  Soviet Union (2 titles)
Tournament statistics
Games played 25
Goals scored 248  (9.92 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Canada Wayne Gretzky

The 1978 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1978 WJHC) was the second edition World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held from December 22, 1977 until January 3, 1978. The tournament was held in Canada, mainly in Montreal and Quebec City. The Soviet Union won its second consecutive gold medal, while Sweden won the silver, and Canada the bronze.

Final standings

The 1978 tournament divided participants into two divisions of four teams, each playing three games. The top two teams in each division advanced to the medal round (Group A), while the bottom two were placed in Group B. Each division played another round robin. The top two teams in the medal round played a one-game final for the gold medal.

This is the aggregate standings, ordered according to final placing. The four teams in the medal round (Group A) were ranked one through four, while the four teams in Group B were ranked five through eight regardless of overall record.

Rank Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
1  Soviet Union 7 6 1 0 50 16 12
1  Sweden 7 4 2 1 28 24 9
1  Canada 6 4 2 0 36 18 8
4  Czechoslovakia 6 2 4 0 21 32 4
5  United States 6 4 2 0 41 30 8
6  Finland 6 3 2 1 45 25 6
7  West Germany 6 1 5 0 20 33 2
8  Switzerland 6 0 6 0 7 70 0

 Switzerland was relegated to Pool B for the 1979 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Preliminary round

Gold group

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Sweden 3 2 0 1 18 8 5
 Soviet Union 3 2 1 0 31 11 4
 Finland 3 1 1 1 26 15 3
 Switzerland 3 0 3 0 3 44 0
December 22, 1977 Soviet Union  18 – 1
(4–0, 5–0, 9–1) 		 Switzerland Cornwall, Ontario
December 22, 1977 Sweden  4 – 4
(1–2, 1–1, 2–1) 		 Finland Chicoutimi, Quebec
December 23, 1977 Sweden  6 – 3
(2–0, 3–1, 1–2) 		 Soviet Union Quebec City, Quebec
December 23, 1977 Switzerland  1 – 18
(0–4, 1–7, 0–7) 		 Finland Chicoutimi, Quebec
December 26, 1977 Sweden  8 – 1
(3–0, 3–0, 2–1) 		 Switzerland Cornwall, Ontario
December 26, 1977 Soviet Union  10 – 4
(3–1, 3–2, 4–1) 		 Finland Montreal, Quebec

Blue group

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Canada 3 3 0 0 23 6 6
 Czechoslovakia 3 2 1 0 16 18 4
 United States 3 1 2 0 16 18 2
 West Germany 3 0 3 0 8 21 0
December 22, 1977 Canada  6 – 3
(2–1, 1–2, 3–0) 		 United States Montreal, Quebec
December 22, 1977 Czechoslovakia  5 – 4
(2–0, 2–3, 1–1) 		 West Germany Quebec City, Quebec
December 23, 1977 Canada  8 – 0
(4–0, 4–0, 0–0) 		 West Germany Cornwall, Ontario
December 23, 1977 United States  5 – 8
(1–1, 1–7, 3–0) 		 Czechoslovakia Hull, Quebec
December 26, 1977 Canada  9 – 3
(4–2, 2–1, 3–0) 		 Czechoslovakia Montreal, Quebec
December 26, 1977 West Germany  4 – 8
(1–1, 1–4, 2–3) 		 United States Hull, Quebec

Championship round

Group B

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 United States 3 3 0 0 25 12 6
 Finland 3 2 1 0 19 10 4
 West Germany 3 1 2 0 12 12 2
 Switzerland 3 0 3 0 4 26 0
December 28, 1977 Finland  4 – 1
  West Germany Chicoutimi, Quebec
December 28, 1977 United States  11 – 1
  Switzerland Cornwall, Ontario
December 31, 1977 Finland  9 – 1
  Switzerland Cornwall, Ontario
December 31, 1977 United States  6 – 5
  West Germany Hull, Quebec
January 1, 1978 Finland  6 – 8
  United States Hull, Quebec
January 1, 1978 West Germany  6 – 2
  Switzerland Cornwall, Ontario

Group A

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Soviet Union 3 3 0 0 14 3 6
 Sweden 3 1 1 1 7 11 3
 Canada 3 1 2 0 13 12 2
 Czechoslovakia 3 0 2 1 5 13 1
December 28, 1977 Canada  2 – 3
(2–0, 0–2, 0–1) 		 Soviet Union Quebec City, Quebec
December 28, 1977 Sweden  1 – 1
(0-1, 0-0, 1-0) 		 Czechoslovakia Montreal, Quebec
December 31, 1977 Canada  6 – 3
(1–1, 1–1, 4–1) 		 Czechoslovakia Montreal, Quebec
December 31, 1977 Soviet Union  5 – 0
(1–0, 1–0, 3–0) 		 Sweden Quebec City, Quebec
January 1, 1978 Canada  5 – 6
(2–2, 0–2, 3–2) 		 Sweden Montreal, Quebec
January 1, 1978 Czechoslovakia  1 – 6
(1–2, 0–0, 0–4) 		 Soviet Union Quebec City, Quebec

Gold medal game

January 3, 1978 1 Soviet Union  5 – 2
(2–1, 2–1, 1–0) 		 Sweden 1 Montreal, Quebec

References


World Junior Championships
IIHF World U20 Championship (1974-)

Soviet Union 1974 - Canada 1975 - Finland 1976 - Czechoslovakia 1977 - Canada 1978 - Sweden 1979 - Finland 1980 - West Germany 1981 - United States 1982 - Soviet Union 1983 - Sweden 1984 - Finland 1985 - Canada 1986 - Czechoslovakia 1987 - Soviet Union 1988 - United States 1989 - Finland 1990 - Canada 1991 - Germany 1992 - Sweden 1993 - Czech Republic 1994 - Canada 1995 - United States 1996 - Switzerland 1997 - Finland 1998 - Canada 1999 - Sweden 2000 - Russia 2001 - Czech Republic 2002 - Canada 2003 - Finland 2004 - United States 2005 - Canada 2006 - Sweden 2007 - Czech Republic 2008 - Canada 2009 - Canada 2010 - United States 2011 - Canada 2012 - Russia 2013 - Sweden 2014 - Canada 2015 - Finland 2016 - Canada 2017 - United States 2018 - Canada 2019 - Czech Republic 2020 - Canada 2021 - Canada 2022 - Canada 2023

IIHF World U18 Championship (1999-)

Germany 1999 - Switzerland 2000 - Finland 2001 - Slovakia 2002 - Russia 2003 - Belarus 2004 - Czech Republic 2005 - Sweden 2006 - Finland 2007 - Russia 2008 - United States 2009 - Belarus 2010 - Germany 2011 - Czech Republic 2012 - Russia 2013 - Finland 2014 = Switzerland 2015 - United States 2016 - Slovakia 2017 - Russia 2018 - Sweden 2019 - United States 2020 - United States 2021 - Germany 2022 - Switzerland 2023

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