1981 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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1981 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation  West Germany
Dates December 27, 1980 –
January 2, 1981
Teams 8
Venue(s) 6 (in 6 host cities)
Champions  Sweden (1 title)
Tournament statistics
Games played 20
Goals scored 207  (10.35 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of West Germany Dieter Hegen

The 1981 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1981 WJHC) was the fifth edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held from December 27, 1980 until January 2, 1981. The tournament was held in Füssen, West Germany. Sweden won the gold medal, while Finland won the silver, and the Soviet Union bronze.

Pool A

The 1981 tournament divided participants into two divisions of four teams, each playing three games. The top two teams in each division advanced to the A division in the medal round, while the bottom two were placed in a B division. Each division played another round robin. The top three teams in the A division won the gold, silver and bronze medals. Teams that faced each other in the first round had their results carried over to the medal rounds.

Final standings

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

Rank Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
1  Sweden 5 4 0 1 25 11 9
1  Finland 5 3 1 1 29 18 7
1  Soviet Union 5 3 2 0 36 14 6
4  Czechoslovakia 5 1 1 3 34 21 5
5  West Germany 5 3 2 0 29 24 6
6  United States 5 2 3 0 19 27 4
7  Canada 5 1 3 1 26 25 3
8  Austria 5 0 5 0 9 67 0

 Austria was relegated to Pool B for the 1982 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Preliminary round

Gold group

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Soviet Union 3 3 0 0 31 5 6
 Czechoslovakia 3 1 1 1 25 12 3
 Canada 3 1 1 1 17 11 3
 Austria 3 0 3 0 6 51 0
December 27, 1980 Czechoslovakia  3 – 3
(1–0, 0–2, 2–1) 		 Canada Kaufbeuren
December 27, 1980 Soviet Union  19 – 1
(7–0, 8–0, 4–1) 		 Austria Augsburg
December 28, 1980 Soviet Union  7 – 3
(3–1, 3–0, 1–2) 		 Canada Landsberg
December 28, 1980 Czechoslovakia  21 – 4
(6–1, 6–3, 9–0) 		 Austria Fussen
December 30, 1980 Canada  11 – 1
  Austria Landsberg
December 30, 1980 Soviet Union  5 – 1
(2–1, 0–0, 3–0) 		 Czechoslovakia Fussen

Blue group

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Sweden 3 3 0 0 19 6 6
 Finland 3 2 1 0 17 9 4
 West Germany 3 1 2 0 13 17 2
 United States 3 0 3 0 5 22 0
December 27, 1980 West Germany  3 – 7
(2–3, 0–2, 1–2) 		 Sweden Fussen
December 27, 1980 Finland  8 – 1
(0–0, 5–1, 3–0) 		 United States Landsberg
December 28, 1980 West Germany  6 – 8
(1–3, 3–4, 2–1) 		 Finland Oberstdorf
December 28, 1980 Sweden  10 – 2
(0–1, 6–1, 4–0) 		 United States Augsburg
December 30, 1980 Sweden  2 – 1
(0–1, 2–0, 0–0) 		 Finland Kempten
December 30, 1980 West Germany  4 – 2
  United States Kaufbeuren

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
 West Germany 3 3 0 0 20 9 6
 United States 3 2 1 0 16 9 4
 Canada 3 1 2 0 20 15 2
 Austria 3 0 3 0 4 27 0
December 31, 1980 United States  7 – 3
(2–1, 2–2, 3–0) 		 Canada Landsberg
December 31, 1980 West Germany  9 – 1
(1–0, 5–0, 3–1) 		 Austria Fussen
January 2, 1981 West Germany  7 – 6
(5–2, 2–3, 0–1) 		 Canada Kaufbeuren
January 2, 1981 United States  7 – 2
(2–0, 2–1, 3–1) 		 Austria Fussen

Championship round

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

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Sweden 3 2 0 1 8 6 5
 Finland 3 1 1 1 13 11 3
 Soviet Union 3 1 2 0 10 10 2
 Czechoslovakia 3 0 1 2 10 14 2
December 31, 1980 Finland  6 – 3
(2–0, 3–1, 1–2) 		 Soviet Union Kaufbeuren
December 31, 1980 Sweden  3 – 3
(0–1, 2–1, 1–1) 		 Czechoslovakia Oberstdorf
January 2, 1981 Sweden  3 – 2
(2–1, 1–1, 0–0) 		 Soviet Union Augsburg
Attendance: 2700
January 2, 1981 Czechoslovakia  6 – 6
(2–2, 1–2, 3–2) 		 Finland Landsberg

Pool B

The second tier was contested from March 23–29, in Strasbourg, France. Eight teams were divided into two round robin groups where the top two, and bottom two, graduated to meet there respective opponents in a final round robin. Results between competitors who migrated together were carried forward. Yugoslavia made their debut, replacing Hungary.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Switzerland 3 3 0 0 25 4 6
 Netherlands 3 2 1 0 9 13 4
 Denmark 3 1 2 0 10 15 2
 Yugoslavia 3 0 3 0 8 20 0
Netherlands  3 – 2
(1–1, 2–0, 0–1) 		 Denmark Strasbourg
Switzerland  7 – 3
(2–0, 1–2, 4–1) 		 Yugoslavia Strasbourg
Switzerland  8 – 1
(1–1, 3–0, 4–0) 		 Denmark Strasbourg
Netherlands  6 – 1
(2–1, 1–0, 3–0) 		 Yugoslavia Strasbourg
Switzerland  10 – 0
(5–0, 3–0, 2–0) 		 Netherlands Strasbourg
Denmark  7 – 4
(1–1, 1–1, 5–2) 		 Yugoslavia Strasbourg

Group B

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Norway 3 2 0 1 20 13 5
 Poland 3 2 1 0 25 11 4
 Italy 3 1 1 1 13 20 3
 France 3 0 3 0 10 24 0
Norway  5 – 5
(0–1, 3–1, 2–3) 		 Italy Strasbourg
France  4 – 8
(2–3, 2–2, 0–3) 		 Poland Strasbourg
Poland  12 – 1
(4–0, 4–0, 4–1) 		 Italy Strasbourg
France  3 – 9
(0–4, 2–2, 1–3) 		 Norway Strasbourg
Norway  6 – 5
(0–3, 2–1, 4–1) 		 Poland Strasbourg
France  3 – 7
(2–2, 3–0, 2–1) 		 Italy Strasbourg

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
 Denmark 3 3 0 0 19 11 6
 Yugoslavia 3 1 1 1 16 14 3
 Italy 3 1 2 0 11 16 2
 France 3 0 2 1 13 18 1
France  6 – 7
(0–2, 5–1, 1–4) 		 Denmark Strasbourg
Italy  3 – 8
(0–2, 2–2, 1–4) 		 Yugoslavia Strasbourg
France  4 – 4
(1–2, 0–2, 3–0) 		 Yugoslavia Strasbourg
Denmark  5 – 1
(0–0, 2–1, 3–0) 		 Italy Strasbourg

Promotion round

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

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Switzerland 3 2 0 1 19 6 5
 Norway 3 2 0 1 18 10 5
 Poland 3 1 2 0 14 11 2
 Netherlands 3 0 3 0 1 25 0

 Switzerland was promoted to Pool A for the 1982 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Norway  8 – 1
(2–1, 5–0, 1–0) 		 Netherlands Strasbourg
Switzerland  5 – 2
(2–0, 2–1, 1–1) 		 Poland Strasbourg
Netherlands  0 – 7
(0–2, 0–2, 0–3) 		 Poland Strasbourg
Switzerland  4 – 4
(0–0, 3–1, 1–3) 		 Norway Strasbourg

References

  • Podnieks, Andrew (1998). Red, White, and Gold: Canada at the World Junior Championships 1974–1999. ECW Press. ISBN 1-55022-382-8. 
  • Results at passionhockey.com


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