1997 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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1997 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation  Switzerland
Dates December 26 - January 4
Teams 10
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada (10 titles)
Tournament statistics
Games played 31
Goals scored 204  (6.58 per game)
Attendance 31,336  (1,011 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of United States Mike York

The 1997 IIHF World U20 Championship were held in Geneva and Morges, Switzerland. The tournament was won by Canada, who won their record fifth-straight gold medal with a 2–0 victory over the United States in the gold medal match. Mike York of the United States was the top scorer in the tournament, with five goals and five assists for ten points.

The tournament all-star team selected upon the conclusion of the tournament included forwards Mike York (United States), Sergei Samsonov (Russia) and Christian Dube (Canada); defencemen Mark Streit (Switzerland) and Chris Phillips (Canada); and goaltender Brian Boucher (United States).

Notable future National Hockey League (NHL) stars that played in this year's tournament included Joe Thornton (Canada), Daniel Brière (Canada) and Marián Hossa (Slovakia).

Round robin

Group A

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
Flag of the United States.svg.png United States 4 3 0 1 18 5 7
Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada 4 2 0 2 15 9 6
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czech Republic 4 1 1 2 13 8 4
Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland 4 1 2 1 8 11 3
Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany 4 0 4 0 5 26 0
December 26, 1996 United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 4 – 0
 Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland Geneva
December 26, 1996 Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png 8 – 2
 Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany Morges
December 27, 1996 Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 4 – 1
 Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany Geneva
December 27, 1996 Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png 1 – 1
 Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland Morges
December 28, 1996 Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 4 – 4
 Flag of the United States.svg.png United States Geneva
December 29, 1996 Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg.png 6 – 2
 Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany Geneva
December 29, 1996 United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 2 – 1
 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czech Republic Geneva
December 30, 1996 Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 4 – 1
 Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland Geneva
December 31, 1996 Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 3 – 3
 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czech Republic Geneva
December 31, 1996 United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 8 – 0
 Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany Geneva

Group B

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia 4 3 0 1 20 5 7
Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland 4 3 1 0 17 9 6
Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia 4 2 2 0 17 13 4
Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden 4 1 2 1 10 10 3
Flag of Poland.svg.png Poland 4 0 4 0 6 33 0
December 26, 1996 Russia Flag of Russia.svg.png 4 – 3
 Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia Geneva
December 26, 1996 Finland Flag of Finland.svg.png 7 – 0
 Flag of Poland.svg.png Poland Morges
December 27, 1996 Slovakia Flag of Slovakia.svg.png 4 – 1
 Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden Geneva
December 27, 1996 Russia Flag of Russia.svg.png 12 – 0
 Flag of Poland.svg.png Poland Morges
December 28, 1996 Finland Flag of Finland.svg.png 4 – 2
 Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden Morges
December 29, 1996 Slovakia Flag of Slovakia.svg.png 7 – 4
 Flag of Poland.svg.png Poland Morges
December 29, 1996 Russia Flag of Russia.svg.png 4 – 2
 Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland Morges
December 30, 1996 Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg.png 7 – 2
 Flag of Poland.svg.png Poland Morges
December 31, 1996 Finland Flag of Finland.svg.png 4 – 3
 Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia Morges
December 31, 1996 Russia Flag of Russia.svg.png 0 – 0
 Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden Morges

Relegation round

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland 3 3 0 0 18 5 6
Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden 3 2 1 0 17 10 4
Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany 3 1 2 0 11 14 2
Flag of Poland.svg.png Poland 3 0 3 0 3 20 0
December 29, 1996 Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg.png 6 – 2
 Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany Geneva
December 30, 1996 Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg.png 7 – 2
 Flag of Poland.svg.png Poland Morges
January 2, 1997 Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg.png 6 – 1
 Flag of Poland.svg.png Poland Morges
January 2, 1997 Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg.png 8 – 2
 Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany Morges
January 3, 1997 Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg.png 6 – 2
 Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden Morges
January 3, 1997 Germany Flag of Germany.svg.png 7 – 0
 Flag of Poland.svg.png Poland Morges

Flag of Poland.svg.png Poland was relegated for the 1998 World Junior Championships.

Medal Rounds

  Quarter finals     Semi finals     Final
                           
      QF1  Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada 3  
  A2  Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada 7     B1  Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia 2    
  B3  Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia 2         SF1  Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada 2
      SF2  Flag of the United States.svg.png United States 0
      QF2  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czech Republic 2    
  B2  Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland 2     A1  Flag of the United States.svg.png United States 5   Third place
  A3  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czech Republic 3   QF1  Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia 4
  QF2  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czech Republic 1

Quarterfinals

January 1, 1997 Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 7 – 2
(0–0, 3–1, 4–1) 		Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia Geneva
January 1, 1997 Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png 3 – 2 SO
(0–1, 1–0, 1–1, 0-0, 3-1) 		Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland Geneva

Semifinals

January 3, 1997 Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 3 – 2
(1–1, 0–1, 2–0) 		Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia Geneva
January 3, 1997 United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 5 – 2
(2–2, 1–0, 2–0) 		Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czech Republic Geneva

5th place game

January 3, 1997 Finland Flag of Finland.svg.png 6 – 4
(4–1, 0–1, 2–2) 		Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia Morges

Bronze Medal Game

4 January 1997 1 Russia Flag of Russia.svg.png 4-1
(2-0, 1-1, 1-0) 		Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czech Republic Vernets Arena
Attendance: 855

Gold Medal Game

4 January 1997 1 Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 2-0
(0-0, 1-0, 1-0) 		Flag of the United States.svg.png United States 1 Vernets Arena
Attendance: 4,269

Final standings

Team
Gold medal icon.png Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada
Silver medal icon.png Flag of the United States.svg.png United States
Bronze medal icon.png Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia
4th Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czech Republic
5th Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland
6th Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia
7th Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland
8th Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden
9th Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany
10th Flag of Poland.svg.png Poland

Flag of Poland.svg.png Poland was relegated for the 1998 World Juniors

Pool B

This tournament was played in Kiev Ukraine, from December 27 to January 5.

Standings
Rank Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Flag of Kazakhstan Flag of Latvia Flag of France Flag of Norway Flag of Ukraine Flag of Japan Flag of Hungary Flag of Italy
1 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png Kazakhstan 7 6 0 1 39 15 13 4 - 1 1 - 1 7 - 5 3 - 1 4 - 0 11 - 3 9 - 4
2 Flag of Latvia.svg.png Latvia 7 5 1 1 28 19 11 1 - 4 4 - 3 5 - 5 2 - 1 4 - 3 9 - 1 3 - 2
3 Flag of France.svg.png France 7 4 1 2 22 16 10 1 - 1 3 - 4 5 - 4 4 - 3 1 - 1 3 - 2 5 - 1
4 Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway 7 2 2 3 33 23 7 5 - 7 5 - 5 4 - 5 2 - 2 3 - 3 5 - 1 9 - 0
5 Flag of Ukraine.svg.png Ukraine 7 3 3 1 26 18 7 1 - 3 1 - 2 3 - 4 2 - 2 4 - 3 8 - 1 7 - 3
6 Flag of Japan.svg.png Japan 7 2 3 2 24 17 6 0 - 4 3 - 4 1 - 1 3 - 3 3 - 4 6 - 1 8 - 0
7 Flag of Hungary.svg.png Hungary 7 1 6 0 14 44 2 3 - 11 1 - 9 2 - 3 1 - 5 1 - 8 1 - 6 5 - 2
8 Flag of Italy.svg.png Italy 7 0 7 0 12 46 0 4 - 9 2 - 3 1 - 5 0 - 9 3 - 7 0 - 8 2 - 5

Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png Kazakhstan was promoted to Pool A, and Flag of Italy.svg.png Italy was relegated to Pool C, for 1998.

Pool C

Played in Gheorgheni and Miercurea Ciuc, Romania from December 30 to January 3.

Preliminary Round

Group A
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Flag of Belarus Flag of the United Kingdom Flag of Austria Flag of Croatia
Flag of Belarus.svg.png Belarus 3 3 0 0 26 2 6 7 - 2 8 - 0 11 - 0
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg.png Great Britain 3 2 1 0 13 9 4 2 - 7 4 - 2 7 - 0
Flag of Austria.svg.png Austria 3 1 2 0 6 12 2 0 - 8 2 - 4 4 - 0
Flag of Croatia.svg.png Croatia 3 0 3 0 0 22 0 0 - 11 0 - 7 0 - 4
Group B
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 6 6 6 - 2 6 - 2 10 - 2
Flag of Denmark.svg.png Denmark 3 2 1 0 27 8 4 2 - 6 9 - 0 16 - 2
Flag of Romania.svg.png Romania 3 1 2 0 8 18 2 2 - 6 0 - 9 6 - 3
Flag of the Netherlands.svg.png Netherlands 3 0 3 0 7 32 0 2 - 10 2 - 16 3 - 6

Placement Games

Flag of Belarus.svg.png Belarus was promoted to Pool B, and Flag of the Netherlands.svg.png Netherlands was relegated to Pool D for 1998.

Pool D

Played in Sofia Bulgaria from December 30 to January 3.

Preliminary Round

Group A
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Flag of Lithuania Flag of Spain Flag of Bulgaria Flag of Mexico
Flag of Lithuania.svg.png Lithuania 3 3 0 0 45 4 6 10 - 1 15 - 1 20 - 2
Flag of Spain.svg.png Spain 3 2 1 0 17 12 4 1 - 10 3 - 1 13 - 1
Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png Bulgaria 3 1 2 0 9 20 2 1 - 15 1 - 3 7 - 2
Flag of Mexico.svg.png Mexico 3 0 3 0 5 40 0 2 - 20 1 - 13 2 - 7
Group B
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Flag of Estonia Flag of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Flag of Israel Flag of South Africa
Flag of Estonia.svg.png Estonia 3 3 0 0 38 7 6 8 - 3 12 - 3 18 - 1
Flag of FR Yugoslavia.svg.png Yugoslavia 3 2 1 0 22 12 4 3 - 8 9 - 4 10 - 0
Flag of Israel.svg.png Israel 3 1 2 0 13 23 2 3 - 12 4 - 9 6 - 2
Flag of South Africa.svg.png South Africa 3 0 3 0 3 34 0 1 - 18 0 - 10 2 - 6

Placement Games

Flag of Estonia.svg.png Estonia was promoted to Pool C for 1998.

External links

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 - Sweden 2024

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 - Finland 2024

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