1996 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

1996 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country  United States
Dates December 26, 1995 - January 4, 1996
Teams 10
Venue(s) 7 (in 6[1] host cities)
Final positions
Champions   Canada (9th title)
Runner-up   Sweden
Third place   Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches played 31
Goals scored 218 (7.03 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Canada Jarome Iginla (12 points)
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1997 →

The 1996 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1996 WJHC) was the 20th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championship, hosted in Massachusetts. The tournament was won by Canada—defeating Sweden 4-1 in the gold-medal game—earning Canada their fourth straight gold medal and ninth overall.

Attendance was less than spectacular for the championships in the United States. It would be the last time the US would host the tournament until 2005 in Grand Forks.

Among this edition of the tournament's future NHL stars were Milan Hejduk, Miikka Kiprusoff, Chris Drury, Marco Sturm, José Theodore, Mattias Ohlund, Daymond Langkow, Sergei Samsonov and tournament scoring leader Jarome Iginla.

This was the first World Juniors tournament to implement the two groups, round-robin/preliminaries and playoff format. It was also Slovakia's first appearance at the top level in the junior tournament.

Round robin

Group A

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Canada 44001948
 United States 422013174
 Finland 422014104
  Switzerland 413010142
 Ukraine 41309202
December 26, 1995 Canada  6 – 1
  United States Worcester
December 26, 1995 Finland  5 – 1
   Switzerland Marlborough
December 27, 1995 Canada  2 – 1
   Switzerland Amherst
December 27, 1995 Ukraine  4 – 3
  United States Boston
December 28, 1995 Finland  4 – 1
  Ukraine Boston
December 29, 1995 Canada  3 – 1
  Finland Boston
December 29, 1995 United States  4 – 3
   Switzerland Springfield
December 30, 1995 Switzerland   5 – 3
  Ukraine Marlborough
December 31, 1995 Canada  8 – 1
  Ukraine Boston
December 31, 1995 United States  5 – 4
  Finland Amherst

Group B

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Czech Republic 420215106
 Russia 421119125
 Sweden 42111475
 Slovakia 401311173
 Germany 403111241
December 26, 1995 Czech Republic  5 – 3
  Russia Amherst
December 26, 1995 Sweden  6 – 0
  Slovakia Worcester
December 27, 1995 Slovakia  3 – 3
  Russia Boston
December 27, 1995 Czech Republic  6 – 3
  Germany Amherst
December 28, 1995 Sweden  6 – 2
  Germany Boston
December 29, 1995 Czech Republic  4 – 4
  Slovakia Boston
December 29, 1995 Russia  5 – 2
  Sweden Springfield
December 30, 1995 Germany  4 – 4
  Slovakia Marlborough
December 31, 1995 Czech Republic  0 – 0
  Sweden Boston
December 31, 1995 Russia  8 – 2
  Germany Amherst

Relegation round

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Slovakia 320117105
 Germany 31021274
  Switzerland 311111133
 Ukraine 30306160
December 30, 1995 Switzerland   5 – 3
  Ukraine Marlborough
December 30, 1995 Germany  4 – 4
  Slovakia Marlborough
January 2, 1996 Switzerland   3 – 3
  Germany Marlborough
January 2, 1996 Ukraine  3 – 6
  Slovakia Marlborough
January 3, 1996 Switzerland   3 – 7
  Slovakia Marlborough
January 3, 1996 Ukraine  0 – 5
  Germany Marlborough

 Ukraine was relegated for the 1997 World Junior Championships.

Playoffs

  Quarter finals     Semi finals     Final
                           
      QF1   Sweden 8  
  A2   United States 0     B1   Czech Republic 2    
  B3   Sweden 3         SF1   Sweden 1
      SF2   Canada 4
      QF2   Russia 3    
  B2   Russia 6     A1   Canada 4   Third place
  A3   Finland 2   QF1   Czech Republic 1
  QF2   Russia 4

Quarterfinals

January 1, 1996 United States  0 – 3
(0–1, 0–1, 0–1)		  Sweden Amherst
January 1, 1996 Russia  6 – 2
(0–1, 5–1, 1–0)		  Finland Amherst

Semifinals

January 3, 1996 Canada  4 – 3
(1–1, 2–1, 1–1)		  Russia Boston
January 3, 1996 Sweden  8 – 2
(0–0, 6–1, 2–1)		  Czech Republic Boston

5th place game

January 4, 1996 Finland  7 – 8
(3–1, 3–4, 1–2, 0-1)		  United States Marlborough

Bronze medal game

January 4, 1996 Czech Republic  1 – 4
(1–0, 0–2, 0–2)		  Russia 3rd Chestnut Hill

Gold medal game

January 4, 1996 2nd Sweden  1 – 4
(1–1, 0–2, 0–1)		  Canada 1st Chestnut Hill

Scoring leaders

Player Country GP G A Pts
Jarome Iginla  Canada 6 5 7 12
Florian Keller  Germany 6 4 8 12
Marco Sturm  Germany 6 4 6 10
Miika Elomo  Finland 6 4 5 9
Johan Davidsson  Sweden 7 3 6 9
Ruslan Shafikov  Russia 7 5 3 8
Dmitri Nabokov  Russia 7 3 5 8
Marcus Nilson  Sweden 7 3 5 8

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Player Country MINS GA GAA SO W L T
José Théodore  Canada 240 6 1.50 0 4 0 0
Per-Ragnar Bergkvist  Sweden 240 6 1.50 1 2 1 1
Magnust Nilsson  Sweden 180 7 2.33 0 2 1 1
Alexei Yegorov  Russia 358.9 17 2.84 0 3 2 1
Miikka Kiprusoff  Finland 159.3 9 3.39 0 1 2 0

Tournament awards

All-star team[2]
IIHF best player awards

Final standings

Team
1st  Canada
2nd  Sweden
3rd  Russia
4th  Czech Republic
5th  United States
6th  Finland
7th  Slovakia
8th  Germany
9th   Switzerland
10th  Ukraine

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
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Poland Hungary Japan Austria
 Poland 33003226 7 - 29 - 016 - 0
 Hungary 3210141242 - 7 7 - 15 - 4
 Japan 312041720 - 91 - 7 3 - 1
 Austria 303052400 - 164 - 51 - 3
Group B
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Latvia Italy Norway France
 Latvia 33001596 5 - 15 - 45 - 4
 Italy 312081121 - 5 3 - 44 - 2
 Norway 31208924 - 54 - 3 0 - 1
 France 31207924 - 52 - 41 - 0

Final Round

Rank Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Poland Latvia Norway Hungary Italy Japan
1 Poland 550031710 5 - 33 - 27 - 27 - 09 - 0
2 Latvia 5410221683 - 5 5 - 45 - 45 - 14 - 2
3 Norway 5320181562 - 34 - 5 3 - 14 - 35 - 3
4 Hungary 5230191642 - 74 - 51 - 3 5 - 07 - 1
5 Italy 514092520 - 71 - 53 - 40 - 5 5 - 4
6 Japan 5050103000 - 92 - 43 - 51 - 74 - 5

 Poland was promoted to Pool A for 1997.

Relegation Round

France  4 – 2
  Austria
France  7 – 3
  Austria

 Austria was relegated to Pool C for 1997.

Pool C

Played in Jesenice, Bled, and Kranj Slovenia from December 30 to January 3.

Preliminary Round

Group A
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Slovenia Denmark Romania Netherlands
 Slovenia 33002256 2 - 110 - 410 - 0
 Denmark 321018541 - 2 13 - 04 - 3
 Romania 3120102624 - 100 - 13 6 - 3
 Netherlands 303062000 - 103 - 43 - 6
Group B
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Kazakhstan Belarus United Kingdom Spain
 Kazakhstan 330025116 7 - 67 - 211 - 3
 Belarus 3210231146 - 7 6 - 411 - 0
 Great Britain 3120141422 - 74 - 6 8 - 1
 Spain 303043003 - 110 - 111 - 8

Placement Games

 Kazakhstan was promoted to Pool B, and  Spain was relegated to Pool D for 1997.

Pool D

Played in Tallinn Estonia from December 31 to January 4.

Preliminary Round

Group A
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Estonia Federal Republic of Yugoslavia South Africa
 Estonia 22002434 4 - 220 - 1
 Yugoslavia 211010522 - 4 8 - 1
 South Africa 202022801 - 201 - 8
Group B
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Croatia Lithuania Bulgaria
 Croatia 22002044 5 - 215 - 2
 Lithuania 211021722 - 5 19 - 2
 Bulgaria 202043402 - 152 - 19

Placement Games

 Croatia was promoted to Pool C for 1997.

References

  1. ↑ Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. pp. 198–99.
  2. ↑ http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/U-20_1996.htm
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