1979 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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1979 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation  Sweden
Dates 27 December 1978 –
3 January 1979
Teams 8
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png Soviet Union (3 titles)
Tournament statistics
Games played 22
Goals scored 171  (7.77 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Soviet Union Vladimir Krutov

The 1979 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1979 WJHC) was the third edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held from 27 December 1978 until 3 January 1979. The tournament was held in Karlstad and Karlskoga, Sweden. The Soviet Union won its third consecutive gold medal, while Czechoslovakia won the silver, and Sweden the bronze.

Pool A

The 1979 tournament divided participants into two divisions of four teams, each playing three games. The top two teams in each division advanced to the championship round, while the bottom two were placed in the consolation round. Each division played another round robin. The top three teams in the championship round won the gold, silver and bronze medals. In the consolation round, the results between teams that faced each other in the preliminary round carried over.

Final standings

This is the aggregate standings, ordered according to final placing. The four teams in the championship round were ranked one through four, while the four teams in the consolation round were ranked five through eight regardless of overall record.

Rank Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png Soviet Union 6 5 0 1 46 11 11
1 Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg.png Czechoslovakia 6 3 1 2 19 23 8
1 Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden 6 4 1 1 19 13 9
4 Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland 6 2 4 0 20 19 4
5 Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada 5 3 2 0 23 10 6
6 Flag of the United States.svg.png United States 5 2 3 0 21 23 4
7 Flag of Germany.svg.png West Germany 5 1 4 0 17 26 2
8 Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway 5 0 5 0 6 46 0

Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway was relegated to Pool B for the 1980 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Preliminary round

Gold group

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden 3 3 0 0 8 3 6
Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland 3 2 1 0 11 4 4
Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada 3 1 2 0 7 6 2
Flag of Germany.svg.png West Germany 3 0 3 0 5 18 0
27 December 1978 Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 1 – 3
(0–0, 1–2, 0–1) 		Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland Karlstad
27 December1978 Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg.png 5 – 2
(3–0, 1–1, 1–1) 		Flag of Germany.svg.png West Germany Karlstad
28 December 1978 West Germany Flag of Germany.svg.png 2 – 6
(0–2, 1–2, 1–2) 		Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada Karlstad
28 December 1978 Finland Flag of Finland.svg.png 1 – 2
(0–1, 1–1, 0–0) 		Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden Karlskoga
30 December 1978 Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg.png 1 – 0
(0–0, 1–0, 0–0) 		Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada Karlskoga
30 December 1978 Finland Flag of Finland.svg.png 7 – 1
(2–1, 2–0, 3–0) 		Flag of Germany.svg.png West Germany Karlskoga

Blue group

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png Soviet Union 3 3 0 0 33 2 6
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg.png Czechoslovakia 3 2 1 0 10 15 4
Flag of the United States.svg.png United States 3 1 2 0 10 11 2
Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway 3 0 3 0 5 30 0
27 December 1978 Soviet Union Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png 17 – 0
(6–0, 1–0, 10–0) 		Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway Karlskoga
27 December 1978 Czechoslovakia Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg.png 3 – 2
(2–1, 0–1, 1–0) 		Flag of the United States.svg.png United States Karlskoga
28 December 1978 United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 1 – 7
(0–3, 1–4, 0–0) 		Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png Soviet Union Karlskoga
28 December 1978 Norway Flag of Norway.svg.png 4 – 6
(2–1, 2–4, 0–1) 		Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg.png Czechoslovakia Karlstad
30 December 1978 Soviet Union Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png 9 – 1
(3–1, 5–0, 1–0) 		Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg.png Czechoslovakia Karlstad
30 December 1978 Norway Flag of Norway.svg.png 1 – 7
(1–1, 0–5, 0–1) 		Flag of the United States.svg.png United States Karlstad

Consolation round

Results from any games played during the preliminary round were carried forward to the consolation round.

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada 3 3 0 0 22 6 6
Flag of the United States.svg.png United States 3 2 1 0 18 13 4
Flag of Germany.svg.png West Germany 3 1 2 0 14 14 2
Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway 3 0 3 0 2 23 0
31 December 1978 Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 10 – 1
(4–0, 3–1, 3–0) 		Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway Karlstad
31 December 1978 United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 8 – 6
(2–1, 3–2, 3–3) 		Flag of Germany.svg.png West Germany Karlskoga
2 January 1979 Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 6 – 3
(1–0, 4–3, 1–0) 		Flag of the United States.svg.png United States Karlskoga
2 January 1978 Norway Flag of Norway.svg.png 0 – 6
(0–3, 0–2, 0–1) 		Flag of Germany.svg.png West Germany Karlstad

Championship round

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png Soviet Union 3 2 0 1 13 9 5
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg.png Czechoslovakia 3 1 0 2 9 8 4
Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden 3 1 1 1 11 10 3
Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland 3 0 3 0 9 15 0
31 December 1978 Soviet Union Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png 4 – 2
(1–0, 1–2, 2–0) 		Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland Karlstad
31 December 1978 Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg.png 1 – 1
(0–0, 0–1, 1–0) 		Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg.png Czechoslovakia Karlskoga
2 January 1979 Finland Flag of Finland.svg.png 2 – 5
(2–2, 0–2, 0–1) 		Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden Karlstad
2 January 1979 Soviet Union Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png 2 – 2
(1–1, 1–1, 0–0) 		Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg.png Czechoslovakia Karlskoga
3 January 1979 Czechoslovakia Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg.png 6 – 5
(1–1, 3–2, 2–2) 		Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland Karlskoga
3 January 1979 Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg.png 5 – 7
(2–2, 2–2, 1–3) 		Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png Soviet Union Karlstad

Pool B

A second tier of the World Junior Championship was contested in Caen, France, from 5 to 9 March 1979. Two groups of four played round robins, followed by placement games where 1st played 1st, etc.. This is the first year a B pool was contested for the under 20's.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
Flag of France.svg.png France 3 3 0 0 22 8 6
Flag of Poland.svg.png Poland 3 2 1 0 37 12 4
Flag of Austria.svg.png Austria 3 1 2 0 11 15 2
Flag of Belgium.svg.png Belgium 3 0 3 0 7 42 0
France Flag of France.svg.png 3 – 1
(1–0, 1–1, 1–0) 		Flag of Austria.svg.png Austria
Poland Flag of Poland.svg.png 23 – 2
(8–0, 6–2, 9–0) 		Flag of Belgium.svg.png Belgium
France Flag of France.svg.png 9 – 2
(2–2, 5–0, 2–0) 		Flag of Belgium.svg.png Belgium
Poland Flag of Poland.svg.png 9 – 0
 Flag of Austria.svg.png Austria
Austria Flag of Austria.svg.png 10 – 3
(6–1, 2–0, 2–2) 		Flag of Belgium.svg.png Belgium
France Flag of France.svg.png 10 – 5
(1–2, 5–1, 4–2) 		Flag of Poland.svg.png Poland

Group B

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland 3 3 0 0 27 7 6
Flag of Denmark.svg.png Denmark 3 2 1 0 8 8 4
Flag of the Netherlands.svg.png Netherlands 3 1 2 0 11 17 2
Flag of Italy.svg.png Italy 3 0 3 0 5 19 0
Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg.png 10 – 4
(3–1, 4–1, 3–2) 		Flag of the Netherlands.svg.png Netherlands
Italy Flag of Italy.svg.png 0 – 3
 Flag of Denmark.svg.png Denmark
Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg.png 8 – 2
(4–1, 1–0, 3–1) 		Flag of Denmark.svg.png Denmark
Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands.svg.png 7 – 4
 Flag of Italy.svg.png Italy
Denmark Flag of Denmark.svg.png 3 – 0
(1–0, 1–0, 1–0) 		Flag of the Netherlands.svg.png Netherlands
Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg.png 9 – 1
(2–0, 5–1, 2–0) 		Flag of Italy.svg.png Italy

Final round

7th place game

Italy Flag of Italy.svg.png 17 – 2
 Flag of Belgium.svg.png Belgium

5th place game

Austria Flag of Austria.svg.png 6 – 5
 Flag of the Netherlands.svg.png Netherlands

3rd place game

Poland Flag of Poland.svg.png 6 – 5 OT
 Flag of Denmark.svg.png Denmark

1st place game

France Flag of France.svg.png 4 – 5 OT
(0–2, 2–0, 2–2, 0–1) 		Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland

Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland was promoted to Pool A for the 1980 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

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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