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{{Infobox International Ice Hockey Competition
 | tourney_name =IIHF World U20 Championship
 | year = 1998
 | other_titles =
 | image = 
 | size = 
 | caption = 
 | country =  Finland 
 | dates = December 25 - January 3
 | num_teams = 10
 | venues = 2
 | cities = 2
 | winners = Finland
 | count = 2
 | second = Russia
 | third = Switzerland
 | fourth = Czech Republic 
 | games = 34
 | goals = 219
 | attendance = 139680
 | scoring_leader = {{flagicon|USA}} Jeff Farkas<br />{{flagicon|FIN}} Olli Jokinen
 | points = 10
 | mvp = 
 | prevseason = [[1997 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1997]]
 | nextseason = [[1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1999]]
}}
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 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2016 tournament]], which was also held in Finland, had 215,225 spectators.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldjunior2016.com/en/news/215225-fans-in-helsinki/|title=215225 fans in Helsinki|last=Merk|first=Martin|date=2016-01-06|website=WorldJunior2016.com|accessdate=2016-01-22}}</ref>


==Championship results==

=== Pool A ===

==== Group A ====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=20|GP
!width=20|W
!width=20|L
!width=20|T
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|PTS
|-
|style="text-align:centre;"|{{FIN}}
|4||3||0||1||17||10||'''7'''
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{CZE}}
|4||2||1||1||16||12||'''5'''
|-
|style="text-align:centre;"|{{SWE}}
|4||2||2||0||16||6||'''4'''
|- 
|style="text-align:centre;"|{{CAN}}
|4||2||2||0||9||7||'''4'''
|-
|- bgcolor="#ffccff"
|style="text-align:centre;"|{{GER}}
|4||0||4||0||1||24||'''0'''
|}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = December 25, 1997
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|FIN}}
| score = 3 – 2
| team2 = {{ihj|CAN}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Helsinki]] }}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #ffffff
| date = December 25, 1997
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|CZE}}
| score = 2 – 1
| team2 = {{ihj|SWE}}
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| stadium = [[Hämeenlinna]] }}
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| date = December 26, 1997
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| score = 4 – 0
| team2 = {{ihj|CAN}}
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| stadium = [[Helsinki]] }}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #ffffff
| date = December 26, 1997
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| score = 5 – 0
| team2 = {{ihj|GER}}
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| goals2 =
| stadium = [[Hämeenlinna]] }}
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| bg = #eeeeee
| date = December 27, 1997
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|CZE}}
| score = 9 – 1
| team2 = {{ihj|GER}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Helsinki]] }}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #ffffff
| date = December 28, 1997
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|CAN}}
| score = 5 – 0
| team2 = {{ihj|CZE}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = [[Helsinki]]}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = December 28, 1997
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|FIN}}
| score = 4 – 3
| team2 = {{ihj|SWE}}
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| stadium = [[Helsinki]]}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #ffffff
| date = December 29, 1997
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|SWE}}
| score = 8 – 0
| team2 = {{ihj|GER}}
| goals1 =
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| stadium = [[Helsinki]]}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = December 30, 1997
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|CAN}}
| score = 2 – 0
| team2 = {{ihj|GER}}
| goals1 =
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| stadium = [[Helsinki]]}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #ffffff
| date = December 30, 1997
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|FIN}}
| score = 5 – 5
| team2 = {{ihj|CZE}}
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| stadium = [[Helsinki]]}}

==== Group B ====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=20|GP
!width=20|W
!width=20|L
!width=20|T
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|PTS
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{RUS}}
|4||3||0||1||22||6||'''7'''
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{SUI}}
|4||2||1||1||14||8||'''5'''
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{USA}}
|4||2||2||0||17||12||'''4'''
|- 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{KAZ}}
|4||1||3||0||8||29||'''2'''
|-
|- bgcolor="#ffccff"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{SVK}}
|4||1||3||0||9||15||'''2'''
|}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = December 25, 1997
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|RUS}}
| score = 12 – 1
| team2 = {{ihj|KAZ}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Hämeenlinna]] }}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #ffffff
| date = December 25, 1997
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|SVK}}
| score = 6 – 3
| team2 = {{ihj|USA}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = [[Helsinki]] }}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = December 26, 1997
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|USA}}
| score = 8 – 2
| team2 = {{ihj|KAZ}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Helsinki]] }}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #ffffff
| date = December 26, 1997
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|SUI}}
| score = 3 – 1
| team2 = {{ihj|SVK}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = [[Hämeenlinna]] }}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = December 27, 1997
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|RUS}}
| score = 3 – 3
| team2 = {{ihj|SUI}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Helsinki]] }}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #ffffff
| date = December 28, 1997
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|KAZ}}
| score = 5 – 2
| team2 = {{ihj|SVK}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = [[Hämeenlinna]]}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = December 28, 1997
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|RUS}}
| score = 3 – 2
| team2 = {{ihj|USA}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Hämeenlinna]]}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #ffffff
| date = December 29, 1997
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|SUI}}
| score = 7 – 0
| team2 = {{ihj|KAZ}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = [[Hämeenlinna]]}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = December 30, 1997
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|RUS}}
| score = 4 – 0
| team2 = {{ihj|SVK}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Hämeenlinna]]}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #ffffff
| date = December 30, 1997
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|USA}}
| score = 4 – 1
| team2 = {{ihj|SUI}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = [[Hämeenlinna]]}}

==== Final round ====
===== Quarterfinals =====
{{Icehockeybox
| bg = #eee
| date = December 31, 1997
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|RUS}}
| score = 2 – 1
| team2 = {{ihj|CAN}}
| periods = (1–0, 0–0, 0–1, 1-0)
| stadium = [[Hämeenlinna]]
}}
{{Icehockeybox
| bg = #eff
| date = December 31, 1997
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|FIN}}
| score = 14 – 1
| team2 = {{ihj|KAZ}}
| periods = (6–1, 5–0, 3–0)
| stadium = [[Helsinki]]
}}
{{Icehockeybox
| bg = #eee
| date = December 31, 1997
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|SUI}}
| score = 2 – 1 <small>SO</small>
| team2 = {{ihj|SWE}}
| periods = (0–0, 0–0, 1–1, 0-0, 5-4)
| stadium = [[Helsinki]]
}}
{{Icehockeybox
| bg = #eff
| date = December 31, 1997
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|CZE}}
| score = 4 – 1
| team2 = {{ihj|USA}}
| periods = (0–0, 3–0, 1–1)
| stadium = [[Hämeenlinna]]
}}

===== Semifinals =====
{{Icehockeybox
| bg = #eee
| date = January 1, 1998
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|RUS}}
| score = 5 – 1
| team2 = {{ihj|CZE}}
| periods = (0–0, 3–1, 2–0)
| stadium = [[Helsinki]]
}}
{{Icehockeybox
| bg = #eff
| date = January 1, 1998
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|FIN}}
| score = 2 – 1
| team2 = {{ihj|SUI}}
| periods = (1–0, 0–0, 1–1)
| stadium = [[Helsinki]]
}}

===== Placement games =====
{{Icehockeybox
| bg = #eee
| date = January 2, 1998
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|USA}}
| score = 3 – 0
| team2 = {{ihj|CAN}}
| periods = (1–0, 1–0, 1–0)
| stadium = [[Hämeenlinna]]
}}
{{Icehockeybox
| bg = #eff
| date = January 2, 1998
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|SWE}}
| score = 5 – 1
| team2 = {{ihj|KAZ}}
| periods = (1–0, 2–0, 2–1)
| stadium = [[Hämeenlinna]]
}}

===== 7th place game =====
{{Icehockeybox
| bg = #eee
| date = January 3, 1998
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|KAZ}}
| score = 6 – 3
| team2 = {{ihj|CAN}}
| periods = (2–0, 2–0, 2–3)
| goals2 =
| stadium = [[Hämeenlinna]]
}}

===== 5th place game =====
{{Icehockeybox
| bg = #eee
| date = January 3, 1998
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|USA}}
| score = 4 – 3
| team2 = {{ihj|SWE}}
| periods = (1–2, 2–0, 1–1)
| goals2 =
| stadium = [[Hämeenlinna]]
}}

===== Bronze medal game =====
{{Icehockeybox
| bg = #ffdab9
| date = January 3, 1998
| team1 = {{Bronze03}} {{ihj-rt|SUI}}
| score = 4 – 3 <small>SO</small>
| team2 = {{ihj|CZE}} 
| periods = (2–0, 0–2, 1–1, 0-0, 2-0)
| stadium = [[Helsinki]]
}}

===== Gold medal game =====
{{IceHockeybox
| date        = January 3, 1998
| time        = 18:30
| team1       = {{Gold01}} {{ihj-rt|FIN}}
| team2       = {{ihj|RUS}} {{Silver02}}
| score       = 2 – 1
| periods     = (0–0, 0–1, 1–0, 1-0)
| reference   = 
| official    = 
| official2   = 
| linesman    = 
| linesman2   = 
| stadium     = [[Helsinki]]
| attendance  = 
| penalties1  = 
| penalties2  = 
| shots1      = 
| shots2      = 
| bg          = #f7f6a8
}}

==== Relegation round ====
{{Icehockeybox
| bg = #eee
| date = January 1, 1998
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|SVK}}
| score = 9 – 0
| team2 = {{ihj|GER}}
| periods = (1–0, 4–0, 4–0)
| stadium = [[Helsinki]]
}}
{{Icehockeybox
| bg = #eff
| date = January 3, 1998
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|SVK}}
| score = 8 – 3
| team2 = {{ihj|GER}}
| periods = (0–1, 3–2, 5–0)
| stadium = [[Helsinki]]
}}

''{{ihj|GER}} lost the two game total goal series 17-3 and was relegated for the [[1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1999 World Juniors]]''

==== Final ranking ====
{| class="wikitable"
!Rank
!Country
|- bgcolor="#F7F6A8"
| align="center" style="height:23px"| {{goca}} || {{ihj|FIN}}
|- bgcolor="#DCE5E5"
| align="center" style="height:23px"| {{sica}} || {{ihj|RUS}}
|- bgcolor="#FFDAB9"
| align="center" style="height:23px"| {{Brca}} || {{ihj|SUI}}
|-
|4 || {{ihj|CZE}}
|-
|5 || {{ihj|USA}}
|-
|6 || {{ihj|SWE}}
|-
|7 || {{ihj|KAZ}}
|-
|8 || {{ihj|CAN}}
|-
|9 || {{ihj|SVK}}
|-bgcolor="#ffccff"
|10 || {{ihj|GER}}
|}
=== 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
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=20|GP
!width=20|W
!width=20|L
!width=20|T
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|PTS
!rowspan=10|
! {{flagicon|HUN}}
! {{flagicon|LAT}}
! {{flagicon|FRA}}
! {{flagicon|JPN}}
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|HUN}}
|3||1||0||2||10||9||'''4'''|| ||3 - 2||2 - 2||5 - 5
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|LAT}}
|3||2||1||0||15||10||'''4'''||2 - 3|| ||5 - 2||8 - 5
|-bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|FRA}}
|3||1||1||1||12||9||'''3'''||2 - 2||2 - 5|| ||8 - 2
|- 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|JPN}}
|3||0||2||1||12||21||'''1'''||5 - 5||5 - 8||2 - 8||
|}

;Group B
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=20|GP
!width=20|W
!width=20|L
!width=20|T
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|PTS
!rowspan=10|
! {{flagicon|POL}}
! {{flagicon|UKR}}
! {{flagicon|BLR}}
! {{flagicon|NOR}}
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|POL}}
|3||2||1||0||13||11||'''4'''|| ||7 - 3||1 - 4||5 - 4
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|UKR}}
|3||1||1||1||13||10||'''3'''||3 - 7|| ||2 - 2||8 - 1
|-bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|BLR}}
|3||1||1||1||6||6||'''3'''||4 - 1||2 - 2|| ||0 - 3
|- 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|NOR}}
|3||1||2||0||8||13||'''2'''||4 - 5||1 - 8||3 - 0||
|}

==== Final round ====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=20|Rank
!width=165|Team
!width=20|GP
!width=20|W
!width=20|L
!width=20|T
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|PTS
!rowspan=10|
! {{flagicon|BLR}}
! {{flagicon|UKR}}
! {{flagicon|POL}}
! {{flagicon|LAT}}
! {{flagicon|HUN}}
! {{flagicon|FRA}}
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|1||style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|BLR}}
|5||4||0||1||22||8||'''9'''|| ||2 - 2||4 - 1||3 - 1||8 - 0||5 - 4
|- 
|2||style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|UKR}}
|5||3||1||1||23||12||'''7'''||2 - 2|| ||3 - 7||5 - 1||4 - 1||9 - 1
|-
|3||style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|POL}}
|5||3||2||0||24||13||'''6'''||1 - 4||7 - 3|| ||2 - 3||8 - 0||6 - 3
|- 
|4||style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|LAT}} 
|5||2||3||0||12||15||'''4'''||1 - 3||1 - 5||3 - 2|| ||2 - 3||5 - 2
|-
|5||style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|HUN}}
|5||1||3||1||6||24||'''3'''||0 - 8||1 - 4||0 - 8||3 - 2|| ||2 - 2 
|-
|6||style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|FRA}}
|5||0||4||1||12||27||'''1'''||4 - 5||1 - 9||3 - 6||2 - 5||2 - 2|| 
|-
|}
''{{ihj|BLR}} was promoted to Pool A for [[1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1999]].''

==== Relegation round ====
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #ffffff
| date =
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|NOR}}
| score = 6 – 4
| team2 = {{ihj|JPN}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 = 
| stadium = }}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|NOR}}
| score = 3 – 4 ot
| team2 = {{ihj|JPN}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = }}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #ffffff
| date =
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|NOR}}
| score = 4 – 1
| team2 = {{ihj|JPN}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = }}

''{{ihj|JPN}} lost two games to one and was relegated to Pool C for [[1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1999]].''

=== Pool C ===
Played in [[Tallinn]] and [[Kohtla-Järve]] [[Estonia]] from December 28 to January 1.

==== Preliminary round ====
;Group A
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=20|GP
!width=20|W
!width=20|L
!width=20|T
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|PTS
!rowspan=10|
! {{flagicon|ITA}}
! {{flagicon|AUT}}
! {{flagicon|EST}}
! {{flagicon|GBR}}
|- 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|ITA}}
|3||2||0||1||20||6||'''5'''|| ||4 - 4||11 - 1||5 - 1
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|AUT}}
|3||2||0||1||18||6||'''5'''||4 - 4|| ||8 - 1||6 - 1
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|EST}}
|3||1||2||0||5||20||'''2'''||1 - 11||1 - 8|| ||3 - 1
|- 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|GBR}}
|3||0||3||0||3||14||'''0'''||1 - 5||1 - 6||1 - 3||
|}

;Group B
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=20|GP
!width=20|W
!width=20|L
!width=20|T
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|PTS
!rowspan=10|
! {{flagicon|DEN}}
! {{flagicon|SLO}}
! {{flagicon|CRO}}
! {{flagicon|ROM}}
|- 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|DEN}}
|3||3||0||0||26||8||'''6'''|| ||5 - 4||8 - 1||13 - 3
|- 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|SLO}}
|3||2||1||0||15||8||'''4'''||4 - 5|| ||4 - 1||7 - 2
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|CRO}}
|3||1||2||0||6||14||'''2'''||1 - 8||1 - 4|| ||4 - 2
|- 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|ROM}}
|3||0||3||0||7||24||'''0'''||3 - 13||2 - 7||2 - 4||
|}

==== Placement games ====
*7th place:{{ihj|GBR}} 7 - 5 {{ihj|ROM}}
*5th place:{{ihj|CRO}} 3 - 2 {{ihj|EST}}
*3rd place:{{ihj|SLO}} 4 - 2 {{ihj|AUT}}
*1st Place:{{ihj|DEN}} 6 - 4 {{ihj|ITA}}

''{{ihj|DEN}} was promoted to Pool B, and {{ihj|ROM}} was relegated to Pool D for [[1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1999]].''

=== Pool D ===
Played in [[Kaunas]] and [[Elektrenai]] [[Lithuania]] from December 30 to January 3.

==== Preliminary round ====
;Group A
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=20|GP
!width=20|W
!width=20|L
!width=20|T
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|PTS
!rowspan=10|
! {{flagicon|NED}}
! {{flagicon|ESP}}
! {{flagicon|BUL}}
! {{flagicon|TUR}}
|- 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|NED}}
|3||3||0||0||58||4||'''6'''|| ||7 - 1||19 - 2||32 - 1
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|ESP}}
|3||2||1||0||18||9||'''4'''||1 - 7|| ||6 - 2||11 - 0
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|BUL}}
|3||1||2||0||17||29||'''2'''||2 - 19||2 - 6|| ||13 - 4
|- 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|TUR}}
|3||0||3||0||5||56||'''0'''||1 - 32||0 - 11||4 - 13||
|}

;Group B
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=20|GP
!width=20|W
!width=20|L
!width=20|T
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|PTS
!rowspan=10|
! {{flagicon|LIT}}
! {{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}}
! {{flagicon|MEX}}
! {{flagicon|RSA}}
|- 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|LIT}}
|3||3||0||0||33||2||'''6'''|| ||5 - 1||14 - 0||14 - 1
|- 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|FR Yugoslavia}}
|3||2||1||0||23||7||'''4'''||1 - 5|| ||13 - 0||9 - 2
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|MEX}}
|3||1||2||0||3||28||'''2'''||0 - 14||0 - 13|| ||3 - 1
|- 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|RSA}}
|3||0||3||0||4||26||'''0'''||1 - 14||2 - 9||1 - 3||
|}

==== Placement games ====
*7th place:{{ihj|RSA}} 11 - 0 {{ihj|TUR}}
*5th place:{{ihj|MEX}} 6 - 4 {{ihj|BUL}}
*3rd place:{{ihj|FR Yugoslavia}} 9 - 0 {{ihj|ESP}}
*1st Place:{{ihj|LIT}} 6 - 3 {{ihj|NED}}

''{{ihj|LIT}} was promoted to Pool C for [[1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1999]].''

== References ==
{{Reflist|2}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.hockeycanada.ca/2/0/1/4/index1.shtml Statistics and results from Hockey Canada]
*http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/U-20_1998.htm
*{{cite book |last=Podnieks |first=Andrew |title=IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011 |year=2010 |publisher=Moydart Press}}

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