1996 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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1996 IIHF World U20 Championship
1996 WJHC logo.png
Tournament details
Host nation  United States
Dates December 26, 1995 - January 4, 1996
Teams 10
Venue(s) 7 (in 6[1] host cities)
Champions Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada (9 titles)
Tournament statistics
Games played 31
Goals scored 218  (7.03 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Canada Jarome Iginla (12 points)

The 1996 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1996 WJHC) was the 20th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championship, hosted in Massachusetts. 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 Theodore, Mattias Ohlund, 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 GP W L T GF GA Pts
Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada 4 4 0 0 19 4 8
Flag of the United States.svg.png United States 4 2 2 0 13 17 4
Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland 4 2 2 0 14 10 4
Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland 4 1 3 0 10 14 2
Flag of Ukraine.svg.png Ukraine 4 1 3 0 9 20 2
December 26, 1995 Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 6 – 1
 Flag of the United States.svg.png United States Worcester
December 26, 1995 Finland Flag of Finland.svg.png 5 – 1
 Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland Marlborough
December 27, 1995 Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 2 – 1
 Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland Amherst
December 27, 1995 Ukraine Flag of Ukraine.svg.png 4 – 3
 Flag of the United States.svg.png United States Boston
December 28, 1995 Finland Flag of Finland.svg.png 4 – 1
 Flag of Ukraine.svg.png Ukraine Boston
December 29, 1995 Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 3 – 1
 Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland Boston
December 29, 1995 United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 4 – 3
 Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland Springfield
December 30, 1995 Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg.png 5 – 3
 Flag of Ukraine.svg.png Ukraine Marlborough
December 31, 1995 Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 8 – 1
 Flag of Ukraine.svg.png Ukraine Boston
December 31, 1995 United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 5 – 4
 Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland Amherst

Group B

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czech Republic 4 2 0 2 15 10 6
Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia 4 2 1 1 19 12 5
Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden 4 2 1 1 14 7 5
Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia 4 0 1 3 11 17 3
Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany 4 0 3 1 11 24 1
December 26, 1995 Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png 5 – 3
 Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia Amherst
December 26, 1995 Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg.png 6 – 0
 Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia Worcester
December 27, 1995 Slovakia Flag of Slovakia.svg.png 3 – 3
 Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia Boston
December 27, 1995 Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png 6 – 3
 Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany Amherst
December 28, 1995 Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg.png 6 – 2
 Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany Boston
December 29, 1995 Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png 4 – 4
 Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia Boston
December 29, 1995 Russia Flag of Russia.svg.png 5 – 2
 Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden Springfield
December 30, 1995 Germany Flag of Germany.svg.png 4 – 4
 Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia Marlborough
December 31, 1995 Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png 0 – 0
 Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden Boston
December 31, 1995 Russia Flag of Russia.svg.png 8 – 2
 Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany Amherst

Relegation round

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia 3 2 0 1 17 10 5
Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany 3 1 0 2 12 7 4
Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland 3 1 1 1 11 13 3
Flag of Ukraine.svg.png Ukraine 3 0 3 0 6 16 0
December 30, 1995 Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg.png 5 – 3
 Flag of Ukraine.svg.png Ukraine Marlborough
December 30, 1995 Germany Flag of Germany.svg.png 4 – 4
 Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia Marlborough
January 2, 1996 Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg.png 3 – 3
 Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany Marlborough
January 2, 1996 Ukraine Flag of Ukraine.svg.png 3 – 6
 Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia Marlborough
January 3, 1996 Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg.png 3 – 7
 Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia Marlborough
January 3, 1996 Ukraine Flag of Ukraine.svg.png 0 – 5
 Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany Marlborough

Flag of Ukraine.svg.png Ukraine was relegated for the 1997 World Junior Championships.

Playoffs

  Quarter finals     Semi finals     Final
                           
      QF1  Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden 8  
  A2  Flag of the United States.svg.png United States 0     B1  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czech Republic 2    
  B3  Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden 3         SF1  Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden 1
      SF2  Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada 4
      QF2  Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia 3    
  B2  Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia 6     A1  Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada 4   Third place
  A3  Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland 2   QF1  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czech Republic 1
  QF2  Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia 4

Quarterfinals

January 1, 1996 United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 0 – 3
(0–1, 0–1, 0–1) 		Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden Amherst
January 1, 1996 Russia Flag of Russia.svg.png 6 – 2
(0–1, 5–1, 1–0) 		Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland Amherst

Semifinals

January 3, 1996 Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 4 – 3
(1–1, 2–1, 1–1) 		Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia Boston
January 3, 1996 Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg.png 8 – 2
(0–0, 6–1, 2–1) 		Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czech Republic Boston

5th place game

January 4, 1996 Finland Flag of Finland.svg.png 7 – 8
(3–1, 3–4, 1–2, 0-1) 		Flag of the United States.svg.png United States Marlborough

Bronze medal game

January 4, 1996 Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png 1 – 4
(1–0, 0–2, 0–2) 		Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia 1 Chestnut Hill

Gold medal game

January 4, 1996 1 Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg.png 1 – 4
(1–1, 0–2, 0–1) 		Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada 1 Chestnut Hill

Final standings

Team
Gold medal icon.png Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada
Silver medal icon.png Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden
Bronze medal icon.png Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia
4th Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czech Republic
5th Flag of the United States.svg.png United States
6th Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland
7th Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia
8th Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany
9th Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland
10th Flag of Ukraine.svg.png 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 GP W L T GF GA PTS Flag of Poland Flag of Hungary Flag of Japan Flag of Austria
Flag of Poland.svg.png Poland 3 3 0 0 32 2 6 7 - 2 9 - 0 16 - 0
Flag of Hungary.svg.png Hungary 3 2 1 0 14 12 4 2 - 7 7 - 1 5 - 4
Flag of Japan.svg.png Japan 3 1 2 0 4 17 2 0 - 9 1 - 7 3 - 1
Flag of Austria.svg.png Austria 3 0 3 0 5 24 0 0 - 16 4 - 5 1 - 3
Group B
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Flag of Latvia Flag of Italy Flag of Norway Flag of France
Flag of Latvia.svg.png Latvia 3 3 0 0 15 9 6 5 - 1 5 - 4 5 - 4
Flag of Italy.svg.png Italy 3 1 2 0 8 11 2 1 - 5 3 - 4 4 - 2
Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway 3 1 2 0 8 9 2 4 - 5 4 - 3 0 - 1
Flag of France.svg.png France 3 1 2 0 7 9 2 4 - 5 2 - 4 1 - 0

Final Round

Rank Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Flag of Poland Flag of Latvia Flag of Norway Flag of Hungary Flag of Italy Flag of Japan
1 Flag of Poland.svg.png Poland 5 5 0 0 31 7 10 5 - 3 3 - 2 7 - 2 7 - 0 9 - 0
2 Flag of Latvia.svg.png Latvia 5 4 1 0 22 16 8 3 - 5 5 - 4 5 - 4 5 - 1 4 - 2
3 Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway 5 3 2 0 18 15 6 2 - 3 4 - 5 3 - 1 4 - 3 5 - 3
4 Flag of Hungary.svg.png Hungary 5 2 3 0 19 16 4 2 - 7 4 - 5 1 - 3 5 - 0 7 - 1
5 Flag of Italy.svg.png Italy 5 1 4 0 9 25 2 0 - 7 1 - 5 3 - 4 0 - 5 5 - 4
6 Flag of Japan.svg.png Japan 5 0 5 0 10 30 0 0 - 9 2 - 4 3 - 5 1 - 7 4 - 5

Flag of Poland.svg.png Poland was promoted to Pool A for 1997.

Relegation Round

France Flag of France.svg.png 4 – 2
 Flag of Austria.svg.png Austria
France Flag of France.svg.png 7 – 3
 Flag of Austria.svg.png Austria

Flag of Austria.svg.png 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 GP W L T GF GA PTS Flag of Slovenia Flag of Denmark Flag of Romania Flag of Netherlands
Flag of Slovenia.svg.png Slovenia 3 3 0 0 22 5 6 2 - 1 10 - 4 10 - 0
Flag of Denmark.svg.png Denmark 3 2 1 0 18 5 4 1 - 2 13 - 0 4 - 3
Flag of Romania.svg.png Romania 3 1 2 0 10 26 2 4 - 10 0 - 13 6 - 3
Flag of the Netherlands.svg.png Netherlands 3 0 3 0 6 20 0 0 - 10 3 - 4 3 - 6
Group B
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Flag of Kazakhstan Flag of Belarus Flag of the United Kingdom Flag of Spain
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png Kazakhstan 3 3 0 0 25 11 6 7 - 6 7 - 2 11 - 3
Flag of Belarus.svg.png Belarus 3 2 1 0 23 11 4 6 - 7 6 - 4 11 - 0
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg.png Great Britain 3 1 2 0 14 14 2 2 - 7 4 - 6 8 - 1
Flag of Spain.svg.png Spain 3 0 3 0 4 30 0 3 - 11 0 - 11 1 - 8

Placement Games

Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png Kazakhstan was promoted to Pool B, and Flag of Spain.svg.png 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 GP W L T GF GA PTS Flag of Estonia Flag of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Flag of South Africa
Flag of Estonia.svg.png Estonia 2 2 0 0 24 3 4 4 - 2 20 - 1
Flag of FR Yugoslavia.svg.png Yugoslavia 2 1 1 0 10 5 2 2 - 4 8 - 1
Flag of South Africa.svg.png South Africa 2 0 2 0 2 28 0 1 - 20 1 - 8
Group B
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Flag of Croatia Flag of Lithuania Flag of Bulgaria
Flag of Croatia.svg.png Croatia 2 2 0 0 20 4 4 5 - 2 15 - 2
Flag of Lithuania.svg.png Lithuania 2 1 1 0 21 7 2 2 - 5 19 - 2
Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png Bulgaria 2 0 2 0 4 34 0 2 - 15 2 - 19

Placement Games

Flag of Croatia.svg.png Croatia was promoted to Pool C for 1997.

References

  1. ↑ Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press, 198–99. 


World Junior Championships
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