| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | Soviet Union |
| Dates | December 27, 1973 – January 6, 1974 |
| Teams | 6 |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Soviet Union |
| Runner-up | Finland |
| Third place | Canada |
| Fourth place | Sweden |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 135 (9 per match) |
| Scoring leader(s) | Roland Eriksson (9 points) |
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The 1974 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships were held in Leningrad, Soviet Union between December 27, 1973 and January 6, 1974. The host Soviet team won the tournament with a perfect 5–0 record.[1] This was the first edition of the IIHF World U20 Championship, but the results are not included in official IIHF records.[2] Canada was represented by a club team, the Peterborough Petes, while the other five nations were represented by teams of their top under-20 players.[3]
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The tournament was a round-robin format, with each team playing each of the other five teams once each.
| Rank | Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
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| Soviet Union | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 12 | 10 | |
| Finland | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 23 | 6 | |
| Canada | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 23 | 6 | |
| 4 | Sweden | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 21 | 4 |
| 5 | United States | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 32 | 2 |
| 6 | Czechoslovakia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 24 | 2 |
| Czechoslovakia | 6 – 4 (3–1, 1–2, 2–1) |
Sweden |
| Canada | 5 – 4 (1–1, 1–2, 3–1) |
United States |
| Soviet Union | 6 – 2 (1–1, 3–1, 2–0) |
Finland |
| Sweden | 9 – 4 (1–2, 6–2, 2–0) |
Finland |
| United States | 1 – 11 (0–6, 1–1, 0–4) |
Sweden |
| Soviet Union | 7 – 5 (1–0, 6–2, 0–3) |
Czechoslovakia |
| Finland | 4 – 3 (2–1, 0–2, 2–0) |
Canada |
| Soviet Union | 5 – 4 (2–2, 2–2, 1–0) |
Sweden |
| Finland | 5 – 1 (2–0, 2–0, 1–1) |
United States |
| Canada | 4 – 2 (2–0, 1–1, 1–1) |
Czechoslovakia |
| Finland | 6 – 4 (4–1, 1–2, 1–1) |
Czechoslovakia |
| Canada | 5 – 4 (1–2, 1–1, 3–1) |
Sweden |
| Soviet Union | 9 – 1 (3–0, 1–1, 5–0) |
United States |
| United States | 3 – 2 (0–1, 2–1, 1–0) |
Czechoslovakia |
| Soviet Union | 9 – 0 (1–0, 3–0, 5–0) |
Canada |
| Rank | Player | Country | G | A | Pts |
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| 1 | Roland Eriksson | Sweden | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Viktor Khatulev | Soviet Union | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 3 | Edmunds Vasiljevs | Soviet Union | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| Mats Ulander | Sweden | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
| 5 | Boris Aleksandrov | Soviet Union | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | Thomas Gradin | Sweden | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | Doug Jarvis | Canada | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 8 | Viktor Vakhrushev | Soviet Union | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 9 | Bo Berglund | Sweden | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 10 | Vladimir Gostyuzhev | Soviet Union | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Best Players | All-Star Team | |
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| Goaltender | Frank Salive | Tapio Virhimo |
| Defencemen | Viktor Kucherenko | Jim Turkiewicz Paul McIntosh |
| Forwards | Mats Ulander | Thomas Gradin Roland Eriksson Ismo Villa |
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