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{{Infobox International Ice Hockey Competition
 | tourney_name =IIHF World U20 Championship
 | year = 1978
 | country = Canada
 | dates = December 22, 1977 –<br/>January 3, 1978
 | num_teams = 8
 | venues = 5
 | cities = 5
 | winners = Soviet Union
 | count = 2
 | second = Sweden
 | third = Canada
 | fourth = Czechoslovakia
 | games = 25
 | goals = 248
 | scoring_leader = {{flagicon|CAN}} Wayne Gretzky
 | points = 17
 | prevseason = [[1977 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1977]]
 | nextseason = [[1979 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1979]]
}}
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.''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!width=40|Rank
!width=165|Team
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GP|Games played}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|W|Wins}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|L|Losses}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|T|Ties}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}
|- style="background:#f7f6a8;"
| {{Gold1}} ||align=left| {{ihj|URS}} || 7 || 6 || 1 || 0 || 50 || 16 || 12
|-
|- bgcolor="#dce5e5"
| {{Silver2}} ||align=left| {{ihj|SWE}} || 7 || 4 || 2 || 1 || 28 || 24 || 9
|-
|- bgcolor="#ffdab9"
| {{Bronze3}} ||align=left| {{ihj|CAN}} || 6 || 4 || 2 || 0 || 36 || 18 || 8
|- 
| 4 ||align=left| {{ihj|TCH}} || 6 || 2 || 4 || 0 || 21 || 32 || 4
|- style="border-top: 2px solid grey;" 
| 5 ||align=left| {{ihj|USA}} || 6 || 4 || 2 || 0 || 41 || 30 || 8
|-
| 6 ||align=left| {{ihj|FIN}} || 6 || 3 || 2 || 1 || 45 || 25 || 6
|-
| 7 ||align=left| {{ihj|FRG}} || 6 || 1 || 5 || 0 || 20 || 33 || 2
|- bgcolor="#ffccff"
| 8 ||align=left| {{ihj|SUI}} || 6 || 0 || 6 || 0 || 7 || 70 || 0
|}
''{{ihj|SUI}} was relegated to Pool B for the [[1979 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]].''

==Preliminary round==

===Gold group===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!width=165|Team
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GP|Games played}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|W|Wins}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|L|Losses}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|T|Ties}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"| {{ihj|SWE}} || 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 18 || 8 || 5
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"| {{ihj|URS}} || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 31 || 11 || 4
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| {{ihj|FIN}} || 3 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 26 || 15 || 3
|- 
|style="text-align:left;"| {{ihj|SUI}} || 3 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 3 || 44 || 0
|}

{{Icehockeybox
| bg = #eee
| date = December 22, 1977
| team1 = '''{{ihj-rt|URS}}'''
| score = 18 – 1
| team2 = {{ihj|SUI}}
| periods = (4–0, 5–0, 9–1)
| stadium = [[Cornwall, Ontario]]
}}
{{Icehockeybox
| bg = #eff
| date = December 22, 1977
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|SWE}}
| score = 4 – 4
| team2 = {{ihj|FIN}}
| periods = (1–2, 1–1, 2–1)
| stadium = [[Chicoutimi, Quebec]]
}}
{{Icehockeybox
| bg = #eee
| date = December 23, 1977
| team1 = '''{{ihj-rt|SWE}}'''
| score = 6 – 3
| team2 = {{ihj|URS}}
| periods = (2–0, 3–1, 1–2)
| stadium = [[Quebec City, Quebec]]
}}
{{Icehockeybox
| bg = #eff
| date = December 23, 1977
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|SUI}}
| score = 1 – 18
| team2 = '''{{ihj|FIN}}'''
| periods = (0–4, 1–7, 0–7)
| stadium = [[Chicoutimi, Quebec]]
}}
{{Icehockeybox
| bg = #eee
| date = December 26, 1977
| team1 = '''{{ihj-rt|SWE}}'''
| score = 8 – 1
| team2 = {{ihj|SUI}}
| periods = (3–0, 3–0, 2–1)
| stadium = [[Cornwall, Ontario]]
}}
{{Icehockeybox
| bg = #eff
| date = December 26, 1977
| team1 = '''{{ihj-rt|URS}}'''
| score = 10 – 4
| team2 = {{ihj|FIN}}
| periods = (3–1, 3–2, 4–1)
| stadium = [[Montreal, Quebec]]
}}

===Blue group===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!width=165|Team
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GP|Games played}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|W|Wins}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|L|Losses}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|T|Ties}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"| {{ihj|CAN}} || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 23 || 6 || 6
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"| {{ihj|TCH}} || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 16 || 18 || 4
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| {{ihj|USA}} || 3 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 16 || 18 || 2
|- 
|style="text-align:left;"| {{ihj|FRG}} || 3 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 8 || 21 || 0
|}

{{Icehockeybox
| bg = #eee
| date = December 22, 1977
| team1 = '''{{ihj-rt|CAN}}'''
| score = 6 – 3
| team2 = {{ihj|USA}}
| periods = (2–1, 1–2, 3–0)
| stadium = [[Montreal, Quebec]]
}}
{{Icehockeybox
| bg = #eff
| date = December 22, 1977
| team1 = '''{{ihj-rt|TCH}}'''
| score = 5 – 4
| team2 = {{ihj|FRG}}
| periods = (2–0, 2–3, 1–1)
| stadium = [[Quebec City, Quebec]]
}}
{{Icehockeybox
| bg = #eee
| date = December 23, 1977
| team1 = '''{{ihj-rt|CAN}}'''
| score = 8 – 0
| team2 = {{ihj|FRG}}
| periods = (4–0, 4–0, 0–0)
| stadium = [[Cornwall, Ontario]]
}}
{{Icehockeybox
| bg = #eff
| date = December 23, 1977
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|USA}}
| score = 5 – 8
| team2 = '''{{ihj|TCH}}'''
| periods = (1–1, 1–7, 3–0)
| stadium = [[Hull, Quebec]]
}}
{{Icehockeybox
| bg = #eee
| date = December 26, 1977
| team1 = '''{{ihj-rt|CAN}}'''
| score = 9 – 3
| team2 = {{ihj|TCH}}
| periods = (4–2, 2–1, 3–0)
| stadium = [[Montreal, Quebec]]
}}
{{Icehockeybox
| bg = #eff
| date = December 26, 1977
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|FRG}}
| score = 4 – 8
| team2 = '''{{ihj|USA}}'''
| periods = (1–1, 1–4, 2–3)
| stadium = [[Hull, Quebec]]
}}

==Championship round==

===Group B===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!width=165|Team
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GP|Games played}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|W|Wins}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|L|Losses}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|T|Ties}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| {{ihj|USA}} || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 25 || 12 || 6
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| {{ihj|FIN}} || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 19 || 10 || 4
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| {{ihj|FRG}} || 3 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 12 || 12 || 2
|-  style="background:#ffccff;"
|style="text-align:left;"| {{ihj|SUI}} || 3 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 4 || 26 || 0
|}

{{Icehockeybox
| bg = #eee
| date = December 28, 1977
| team1 = '''{{ihj-rt|FIN}}'''
| score = 4 – 1
| team2 = {{ihj|FRG}}
| stadium = [[Chicoutimi, Quebec]]
}}
{{Icehockeybox
| bg = #eff
| date = December 28, 1977
| team1 = '''{{ihj-rt|USA}}'''
| score = 11 – 1
| team2 = {{ihj|SUI}}
| stadium = [[Cornwall, Ontario]]
}}
{{Icehockeybox
| bg = #eee
| date = December 31, 1977
| team1 = '''{{ihj-rt|FIN}}'''
| score = 9 – 1
| team2 = {{ihj|SUI}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Cornwall, Ontario]]
}}
{{Icehockeybox
| bg = #eff
| date = December 31, 1977
| team1 = '''{{ihj-rt|USA}}'''
| score = 6 – 5
| team2 = {{ihj|FRG}}
| stadium = [[Hull, Quebec]]
}}
{{Icehockeybox
| bg = #eee
| date = January 1, 1978
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|FIN}}
| score = 6 – 8
| team2 = '''{{ihj|USA}}
| stadium = [[Hull, Quebec]]
}}
{{Icehockeybox
| bg = #eff
| date = January 1, 1978
| team1 = '''{{ihj-rt|FRG}}'''
| score = 6 – 2
| team2 = {{ihj|SUI}}
| stadium = [[Cornwall, Ontario]]
}}

===Group A===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!width=165|Team
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GP|Games played}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|W|Wins}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|L|Losses}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|T|Ties}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"| {{ihj|URS}} || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 14 || 3 || 6
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"| {{ihj|SWE}} || 3 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 7 || 11 || 3
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| {{ihj|CAN}} || 3 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 13 || 12 || 2
|- 
|style="text-align:left;"| {{ihj|TCH}} || 3 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 5 || 13 || 1
|}

{{Icehockeybox
| bg = #eee
| date = December 28, 1977
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|CAN}}
| score = 2 – 3
| team2 = '''{{ihj|URS}}'''
| periods = (2–0, 0–2, 0–1)
| stadium = [[Quebec City, Quebec]]
}}
{{Icehockeybox
| bg = #eff
| date = December 28, 1977
| team1 = '''{{ihj-rt|SWE}}'''
| score = 1 – 1
| team2 = {{ihj|TCH}}
| periods = (0-1, 0-0, 1-0)
| stadium = [[Montreal, Quebec]]
}}
{{Icehockeybox
| bg = #eee
| date = December 31, 1977
| team1 = '''{{ihj-rt|CAN}}'''
| score = 6 – 3
| team2 = {{ihj|TCH}}
| periods = (1–1, 1–1, 4–1)
| stadium = [[Montreal, Quebec]]
}}
{{Icehockeybox
| bg = #eff
| date = December 31, 1977
| team1 = '''{{ihj-rt|URS}}'''
| score = 5 – 0
| team2 = {{ihj|SWE}}
| periods = (1–0, 1–0, 3–0)
| stadium = [[Quebec City, Quebec]]
}}
{{Icehockeybox
| bg = #eee
| date = January 1, 1978
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|CAN}}
| score = 5 – 6
| team2 = '''{{ihj|SWE}}'''
| periods = (2–2, 0–2, 3–2)
| stadium = [[Montreal, Quebec]]
}}
{{Icehockeybox
| bg = #eff
| date = January 1, 1978
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|TCH}}
| score = 1 – 6
| team2 = '''{{ihj|URS}}'''
| periods = (1–2, 0–0, 0–4)
| stadium = [[Quebec City, Quebec]]
}}

===Gold medal game===
{{Icehockeybox
| bg = #f7f6a8
| date = January 3, 1978
| team1 = {{Gold1}} '''{{ihj-rt|URS}}'''
| score = 5 – 2
| team2 = {{ihj|SWE}} {{Silver2}}
| periods = (2–1, 2–1, 1–0)
| stadium = [[Montreal, Quebec]]
}}

==References==

* {{cite book |last=Podnieks |first=Andrew |title=Red, White, and Gold: Canada at the World Junior Championships 1974–1999 |year=1998 |publisher=ECW Press |isbn=1-55022-382-8}}
*{{cite web |title=Championnat du monde 1978 des moins de 20 ans |url=http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/U-20_1978.htm |accessdate=2011-11-02}}
*[http://www.eliteprospects.com/league.php?leagueid=WJC-20&season=1977 Statistical leaders at eliteprospects.com]
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