1998 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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1998 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Finland
Dates	December 25 - January 3
Teams	10
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Finland (2 titles)
Tournament statistics
Games played	34
Goals scored	219 (6.44 per game)
Attendance	139,680 (4,108 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Jeff Farkas Olli Jokinen

The 1998 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1998 WJHC) were held in Helsinki and Hämeenlinna, Finland. The championships began on December 25, 1997 and finished on January 3, 1998. Home team Finland was the winner, defeating Russia 2-1 in the gold medal game, thanks to the goaltending of Mika Noronen and the overtime heroics of Niklas Hagman. Switzerland defeated the Czech Republic 4-3 to capture the bronze medal, their first and only medal in the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Canada had its five-year title streak broken with its worst placing to date (8th). Canada would miss out on gold seven years in a row before beginning their 2005-2009 streak of five straight championships. It was the only tournament from 1993 to 2012 in which Canada failed to medal.

This tournament attracted 139,680 fans to 34 games for an average of 4,108 per game. This set a record for the highest-attended World Junior tournament in Europe until the 2016 tournament, which was also held in Finland, had 215,225 spectators.^[1]

Championship results

Pool A

Group A

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Finland	4	3	0	1	17	10	7
Czech Republic	4	2	1	1	16	12	5
Sweden	4	2	2	0	16	6	4
Canada	4	2	2	0	9	7	4
Germany	4	0	4	0	1	24	0

December 25, 1997

3 – 2

December 25, 1997

2 – 1

December 26, 1997

4 – 0

December 26, 1997

5 – 0

December 27, 1997

9 – 1

December 28, 1997

5 – 0

December 28, 1997

4 – 3

December 29, 1997

8 – 0

December 30, 1997

2 – 0

December 30, 1997

5 – 5

Group B

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Russia	4	3	0	1	22	6	7
Switzerland	4	2	1	1	14	8	5
United States	4	2	2	0	17	12	4
Kazakhstan	4	1	3	0	8	29	2
Slovakia	4	1	3	0	9	15	2

December 25, 1997

12 – 1

December 25, 1997

6 – 3

December 26, 1997

8 – 2

December 26, 1997

3 – 1

December 27, 1997

3 – 3

December 28, 1997

5 – 2

December 28, 1997

3 – 2

December 29, 1997

7 – 0

December 30, 1997

4 – 0

December 30, 1997

4 – 1

Final round

Quarterfinals

December 31, 1997

2 – 1
(1–0, 0–0, 0–1, 1-0)

December 31, 1997

14 – 1
(6–1, 5–0, 3–0)

December 31, 1997

2 – 1 SO
(0–0, 0–0, 1–1, 0-0, 5-4)

December 31, 1997

4 – 1
(0–0, 3–0, 1–1)

Semifinals

January 1, 1998

5 – 1
(0–0, 3–1, 2–0)

January 1, 1998

2 – 1
(1–0, 0–0, 1–1)

Placement games

January 2, 1998

3 – 0
(1–0, 1–0, 1–0)

January 2, 1998

5 – 1
(1–0, 2–0, 2–1)

7th place game

January 3, 1998

6 – 3
(2–0, 2–0, 2–3)

5th place game

January 3, 1998

4 – 3
(1–2, 2–0, 1–1)

Bronze medal game

January 3, 1998

4 – 3 SO
(2–0, 0–2, 1–1, 0-0, 2-0)

Gold medal game

January 3, 1998
18:30

2 – 1
(0–0, 0–1, 1–0, 1-0)

Relegation round

January 1, 1998

9 – 0
(1–0, 4–0, 4–0)

January 3, 1998

8 – 3
(0–1, 3–2, 5–0)

Germany lost the two game total goal series 17-3 and was relegated for the 1999 World Juniors

Final ranking

Rank	Country
	Finland
	Russia
	Switzerland
4	Czech Republic
5	United States
6	Sweden
7	Kazakhstan
8	Canada
9	Slovakia
10	Germany

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
Hungary	3	1	0	2	10	9	4			3 - 2	2 - 2	5 - 5
Latvia	3	2	1	0	15	10	4		2 - 3		5 - 2	8 - 5
France	3	1	1	1	12	9	3		2 - 2	2 - 5		8 - 2
Japan	3	0	2	1	12	21	1		5 - 5	5 - 8	2 - 8

Group B

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Poland	3	2	1	0	13	11	4			7 - 3	1 - 4	5 - 4
Ukraine	3	1	1	1	13	10	3		3 - 7		2 - 2	8 - 1
Belarus	3	1	1	1	6	6	3		4 - 1	2 - 2		0 - 3
Norway	3	1	2	0	8	13	2		4 - 5	1 - 8	3 - 0

Final round

Rank	Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
1	Belarus	5	4	0	1	22	8	9			2 - 2	4 - 1	3 - 1	8 - 0	5 - 4
2	Ukraine	5	3	1	1	23	12	7		2 - 2		3 - 7	5 - 1	4 - 1	9 - 1
3	Poland	5	3	2	0	24	13	6		1 - 4	7 - 3		2 - 3	8 - 0	6 - 3
4	Latvia	5	2	3	0	12	15	4		1 - 3	1 - 5	3 - 2		2 - 3	5 - 2
5	Hungary	5	1	3	1	6	24	3		0 - 8	1 - 4	0 - 8	3 - 2		2 - 2
6	France	5	0	4	1	12	27	1		4 - 5	1 - 9	3 - 6	2 - 5	2 - 2

Belarus was promoted to Pool A for 1999.

Relegation round

6 – 4

3 – 4 ot

4 – 1

Japan lost two games to one and was relegated to Pool C for 1999.

Pool C

Played in Tallinn and Kohtla-Järve Estonia from December 28 to January 1.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Italy	3	2	0	1	20	6	5			4 - 4	11 - 1	5 - 1
Austria	3	2	0	1	18	6	5		4 - 4		8 - 1	6 - 1
Estonia	3	1	2	0	5	20	2		1 - 11	1 - 8		3 - 1
Great Britain	3	0	3	0	3	14	0		1 - 5	1 - 6	1 - 3

Group B

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Denmark	3	3	0	0	26	8	6			5 - 4	8 - 1	13 - 3
Slovenia	3	2	1	0	15	8	4		4 - 5		4 - 1	7 - 2
Croatia	3	1	2	0	6	14	2		1 - 8	1 - 4		4 - 2
Romania	3	0	3	0	7	24	0		3 - 13	2 - 7	2 - 4

Placement games

7th place: Great Britain 7 - 5 Romania
5th place: Croatia 3 - 2 Estonia
3rd place: Slovenia 4 - 2 Austria
1st Place: Denmark 6 - 4 Italy

Denmark was promoted to Pool B, and Romania was relegated to Pool D for 1999.

Pool D

Played in Kaunas and Elektrenai Lithuania from December 30 to January 3.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Netherlands	3	3	0	0	58	4	6			7 - 1	19 - 2	32 - 1
Spain	3	2	1	0	18	9	4		1 - 7		6 - 2	11 - 0
Bulgaria	3	1	2	0	17	29	2		2 - 19	2 - 6		13 - 4
Turkey	3	0	3	0	5	56	0		1 - 32	0 - 11	4 - 13

Group B

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Lithuania	3	3	0	0	33	2	6			5 - 1	14 - 0	14 - 1
Yugoslavia	3	2	1	0	23	7	4		1 - 5		13 - 0	9 - 2
Mexico	3	1	2	0	3	28	2		0 - 14	0 - 13		3 - 1
South Africa	3	0	3	0	4	26	0		1 - 14	2 - 9	1 - 3

Placement games

7th place: South Africa 11 - 0 Turkey
5th place: Mexico 6 - 4 Bulgaria
3rd place: Yugoslavia 9 - 0 Spain
1st Place: Lithuania 6 - 3 Netherlands

Lithuania was promoted to Pool C for 1999.

References

↑ Merk, Martin (2016-01-06). "215225 fans in Helsinki". http://www.worldjunior2016.com/en/news/215225-fans-in-helsinki/. Retrieved 2016-01-22.

External links

Statistics and results from Hockey Canada
http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/U-20_1998.htm
Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press.

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