1983 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

1983 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Soviet Union
Dates December 26, 1982 –
January 4, 1983
Teams 8
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions   Soviet Union (5th title)
Runner-up   Czechoslovakia
Third place   Canada
Fourth place  Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played 28
Goals scored 257 (9.18 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Czechoslovakia Vladimír Růžička
(20 points)
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The 1983 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1983 WJHC) was the seventh edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held in Leningrad, Soviet Union between December 26, 1982 and January 4, 1983. The host Soviet team won the tournament with a perfect 7–0 record.

Pool A

The tournament was a round-robin format, with each team playing each of the other seven teams once.

Final standings

Rank Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
1st  Soviet Union 7 7 0 0 50 15 14
2nd  Czechoslovakia 7 5 1 1 43 22 11
3rd  Canada 7 4 2 1 39 24 9
4  Sweden 7 4 3 0 35 23 8
5  United States 7 3 4 0 28 29 6
6  Finland 7 3 4 0 35 29 6
7  West Germany 7 1 6 0 14 46 2
8  Norway 7 0 7 0 13 69 0

 Norway was relegated to Pool B for the 1984 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Results

December 26, 1982 Canada  4 – 0
(0–0, 3–0, 1–0)		  West Germany Leningrad
December 26, 1982 Soviet Union  10 – 1
(4–0, 3–1, 3–0)		  Norway Leningrad
December 26, 1982 Sweden  4 – 6
(0–0, 2–2, 2-4)		  Finland Leningrad
December 26, 1982 Czechoslovakia  6 – 4
(3–0, 3–1, 0–3)		  United States Leningrad
December 27, 1982 Canada  4 – 2
(2–2, 1–0, 1–0)		  United States Leningrad
December 27, 1982 Soviet Union  4 – 3
(1–0, 2–2, 1–1)		  Czechoslovakia Leningrad
December 27, 1982 Sweden  4 – 3
  West Germany Leningrad
December 27, 1982 Finland  10 – 2
(3–0, 3–0, 4–2)		  Norway Leningrad
December 29, 1982 Canada  6 – 3
(3–1, 1–1, 2–1)		  Finland Leningrad
December 29, 1982 Soviet Union  12 – 2
  West Germany Leningrad
December 29, 1982 Czechoslovakia  9 – 2
(3–2, 2–0, 4–0)		  Norway Leningrad
December 29, 1982 United States  1 – 4
(0–0, 0–1, 1–3)		  Sweden Leningrad
December 30, 1982 Soviet Union  7 – 3
(3–0, 3–1, 1–2		  Canada Leningrad
December 30, 1982 Czechoslovakia  4 – 2
(1–0, 2–1, 1–1)		  Sweden Leningrad
December 30, 1982 West Germany  4 - 2
(1-0, 1–0, 2–2)		  Norway Leningrad
December 30, 1982 Finland  2 – 4
(0–2, 0–1, 1–2)		  United States Leningrad
January 1, 1983 Czechoslovakia  7 – 7
(1–1, 6–5, 0–1)		  Canada Leningrad
January 1, 1983 Finland  9 – 1
(1–0, 5–1, 3–0)		  West Germany Leningrad
January 1, 1983 Sweden  15 – 3
(1–1, 6–2, 8–0)		  Norway Leningrad
January 1, 1983 Soviet Union  5 – 3
(1–0, 2–1, 2–2)		  United States Leningrad
January 2, 1983 Sweden  5 – 2
(3–0, 1–1, 1–1)		  Canada Leningrad
January 2, 1983 Soviet Union  7 – 2
(0–1, 3–1, 4–0)		  Finland Leningrad
January 2, 1983 Czechoslovakia  9 – 0
(2–0, 6–0, 1–0)		  West Germany Leningrad
January 2, 1983 United States  8 – 3
(3–2, 3–0, 2–1)		  Norway Leningrad
January 4, 1983 Canada  13 – 0
(5–0, 6–0, 2–0)		  Norway Leningrad
January 4, 1983 Soviet Union  5 – 1
(1–1, 2–0, 2–0)		  Sweden Leningrad
January 4, 1983 Czechoslovakia  5 – 3
(2–1, 2–0, 1–2)		  Finland Leningrad
January 4, 1983 United States  6 – 5
(1–3, 1–2, 4–0)		  West Germany Leningrad

Scoring leaders

Rank Player Country G A Pts
1 Vladimír Růžička  Czechoslovakia 12 8 20
2 Herman Volgin  Soviet Union 11 3 14
3 Tomas Sandström  Sweden 9 3 12
4 Oleg Starkov  Soviet Union 6 6 12
5 Dave Andreychuk  Canada 6 5 11
6 Sergei Kharin  Soviet Union 8 2 10
7 Jali Wahlsten  Finland 7 3 10
8 Mario Lemieux  Canada 5 5 10
9 Leonid Trukhno  Soviet Union 4 6 10
10 Petr Klima  Czechoslovakia 4 4 8

Tournament awards

IIHF Directorate Awards Media All-Star Team
Goaltender Czechoslovakia Dominik Hašek Finland Matti Rautianen
Defencemen Soviet Union Ilya Byakin Soviet Union Ilya Byakin
Finland Simo Saarinen
Forwards Sweden Tomas Sandström Czechoslovakia Vladimír Růžička
Sweden Tomas Sandström
Soviet Union Hermin Volgin

Pool B

The second tier was contested from March 14 to 20, in Anglet, 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.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Japan 3 2 1 0 22 10 4
 Austria 3 2 1 0 18 13 4
 Netherlands 3 2 1 0 20 18 4
 Italy 3 0 3 0 11 30 0
Austria  8 – 4
(3–1, 4–0, 1–3)		  Netherlands Anglet
Japan  12 – 2
(2–0, 6–1, 4–1)		  Italy Anglet
Japan  4 – 5
(2–4, 0–1, 2–0)		  Netherlands Anglet
Italy  3 – 7
(2–3, 1–2, 0–2)		  Austria Anglet
Austria  3 – 6
(2–3, 0–1, 1–2)		  Japan Anglet
Netherlands  11 – 6
(5–1, 6–3, 0–2)		  Italy Anglet

Group B

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
  Switzerland 3 3 0 0 22 8 6
 Poland 3 2 1 0 18 11 4
 France 3 1 2 0 19 15 2
 Denmark 3 0 3 0 6 31 0
Switzerland   6 – 2
(3–1, 0–1, 3–0)		  Poland Anglet
France  11 – 3
(4–2, 3–1, 4–0)		  Denmark Anglet
Denmark  2 – 10
(1–2, 0–2, 1-6)		  Poland Anglet
France  5 – 6
(1–2, 3–1, 1–3)		   Switzerland Anglet
Switzerland   10 – 1
(1–0, 4–0, 5–1)		  Denmark Anglet
France  3 – 6
(0–1, 0–4, 3–1)		  Poland Anglet

Relegation round

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

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 France 3 2 0 1 24 9 5
 Netherlands 3 1 1 1 20 22 3
 Denmark 3 1 1 1 14 21 3
 Italy 3 0 2 1 13 19 1

 Italy was relegated to Pool C for the 1984 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Netherlands  6 – 6
  Denmark Anglet
France  3 – 3
  Italy Anglet
Denmark  5 – 4
(2–0, 1–1, 2–3)		  Italy Anglet
France  10 – 3
(2–2, 8–1, 0–0)		  Netherlands Anglet

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 1 0 13 8 4
 Japan 3 2 1 0 13 9 4
 Poland 3 2 1 0 13 12 4
 Austria 3 0 3 0 8 18 0

  Switzerland was promoted to Pool A for the 1984 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Japan  3 – 5
(0–2, 1–1, 2–2)		  Poland Anglet
Switzerland   6 – 2
(1–2, 3–0, 2–0)		  Austria Anglet
Poland  6 – 3
  Austria Anglet
Switzerland   1 – 4
(1–2, 0–1, 0–1)		  Japan Anglet

Scoring leaders

Rank Player Country G A Pts
1 Christophe Ville  France 7 4 11
2 Franck Ganis  France 5 5 10
3 Marian Guzy  Poland 8 1 9

Pool C

A double round robin (each team played each other twice) was played in Bucarest, Romania from March 3 to 9. This was the first year of a 'C' pool, and it marked the debut of junior teams from Romania, Bulgaria, and Australia.

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Romania 6 6 0 0 49 9 12
 Bulgaria 6 3 3 0 16 19 6
 Hungary 6 3 3 0 21 30 6
 Australia 6 0 6 0 12 40 0

 Romania was promoted to Pool B for the 1984 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Hungary  3 – 1
(1–1, 2–0, 0–0)		  Bulgaria Bucarest
Romania  10 – 2
(3–0, 4–1, 3–1)		  Australia Bucarest
Australia  1 – 3
  Bulgaria Bucarest
Romania  9 – 3
(3–0, 3–0, 3–3)		  Hungary Bucarest
Hungary  7 – 5
(1–2, 1–1, 5–2)		  Australia Bucarest
Romania  4 – 1
(0–0, 1–0, 3–1)		  Bulgaria Bucarest
Bulgaria  4 – 2
(3-1, 1–1, 0–0)		  Hungary Bucarest
Romania  10 – 1
  Australia Bucarest
Bulgaria  4 – 0
(1–0, 2–0, 1–0)		  Australia Bucarest
Romania  8 – 0
(4–0, 1–0, 3–0)		  Hungary Bucarest
Australia  3 – 6
(1–3, 1–0, 1–3)		  Hungary Bucarest
Romania  8 – 2
(5–0, 2–2, 1–0)		  Bulgaria Bucarest

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