1991 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

1991 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
Tournament details
Host country  Canada
Dates December 26 – January 4
Teams 8
Venue(s) 9 (in 9 host cities)
Final positions
Champions   Canada (5th title)
Runner-up   Soviet Union
Third place   Czechoslovakia
Fourth place  United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played 28
Goals scored 253 (9.04 per match)
Attendance 137,067 (4,895 per match)
Scoring leader(s) United States Doug Weight
(19 points)
← 1990
1992 →

The 1991 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1991 WJHC) was the 15th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held in various communities in Saskatchewan, Canada. Canada won its second consecutive gold medal, and fifth overall, while the Soviet Union won silver, and Czechoslovakia the bronze.

Final standings

The 1991 tournament was a round-robin format, with the top three teams winning gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.

Rank Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
1st, gold medalist(s) Canada 7511401811
2nd, silver medalist(s) Soviet Union 7511441511
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Czechoslovakia 7520441910
4 United States 742145199
5 Finland 733135307
6 Sweden 734032296
7  Switzerland 71605482
8 Norway 70708750

Norway was relegated to Pool B for 1992.

Results

December 26, 1990Canada 6 – 0  SwitzerlandSaskatoon
December 26, 1990Czechoslovakia 11 – 3 NorwayRosetown
December 26, 1990Finland 8 – 5 SwedenSaskatoon
December 26, 1990Soviet Union 4 – 2 United StatesPrince Albert
December 27, 1990Canada 4 – 4 United StatesSaskatoon
December 27, 1990Sweden 4 – 3 CzechoslovakiaRegina
December 28, 1990Finland 7 – 1  SwitzerlandMoose Jaw
December 28, 1990Soviet Union 13 – 0 NorwaySaskatoon
December 29, 1990Canada 10 – 1 NorwayRegina
December 29, 1990Soviet Union 5 – 1 SwedenSaskatoon
December 29, 1990Czechoslovakia 10 – 0  SwitzerlandKindersley
December 29, 1990United States 6 – 3 FinlandNorth Battleford
December 30, 1990Canada 7 – 4 SwedenRegina
December 30, 1990Czechoslovakia 5 – 1 United StatesSaskatoon
December 31, 1990Finland 10 – 2 NorwaySaskatoon
December 31, 1990Soviet Union 10 – 1  SwitzerlandYorkton
January 1, 1991Canada 5 – 1 FinlandSaskatoon
January 1, 1991United States 19 – 1 NorwayRegina
January 1, 1991Sweden 6 – 1  SwitzerlandSaskatoon
January 1, 1991Soviet Union 5 – 3 CzechoslovakiaRegina
January 2, 1991Czechoslovakia 6 – 5 CanadaSaskatoon
January 2, 1991United States 5 – 2 SwedenHumboldt
January 3, 1991Soviet Union 5 – 5 FinlandRegina
January 3, 1991Switzerland  2 – 1 NorwaySaskatoon
January 4, 1991Canada 3 – 2 Soviet UnionSaskatoon
January 4, 1991Sweden 10 – 0 NorwayPrince Albert
January 4, 1991Czechoslovakia 6 – 1 FinlandSaskatoon
January 4, 1991United States 8 – 0  SwitzerlandRegina


Scoring leaders

Rank Player Country G A Pts
1 Doug Weight  United States 5 14 19
2 Eric Lindros  Canada 6 11 17
3 Pavel Bure  Soviet Union 12 3 15
4 Martin Ručínský  Czechoslovakia 9 5 14
5 Žigmund Pálffy  Czechoslovakia 7 6 13
6 Marko Jantunen  Finland 3 10 13
7 Trent Klatt  United States 6 6 12
8 Ted Drury  United States 5 7 12
9 Vyacheslav Kozlov  Soviet Union 3 9 12
10 Mike Craig  Canada 6 5 11
10 Michael Nylander  Sweden 6 5 11
10 Vesa Viitakoski  Finland 6 5 11

Tournament awards

IIHF Directorate Awards Media All-Star Team
Goaltender Switzerland Pauli Jaks Switzerland Pauli Jaks
Defencemen Czechoslovakia Jiří Šlégr Soviet Union Dmitry Yushkevich
United States Scott Lachance
Forwards Canada Eric Lindros Canada Mike Craig
Canada Eric Lindros
Czechoslovakia Martin Ručínský

Pool B

Eight teams contested the second tier this year in Tychy and Oswiecim Poland from December 27 to January 5. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games.

Standings
Rank Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Germany Poland France Japan Romania Netherlands Austria Denmark
1 Germany 7601491513 5 - 32 - 27 - 49 - 18 - 111 - 27 - 2
2 Poland 76105317123 - 5 5 - 47 - 26 - 310 - 014 - 08 - 3
3 France 74124219102 - 24 - 5 4 - 413 - 37 - 15 - 17 - 3
4 Japan 7421342294 - 72 - 74 - 4 7 - 04 - 26 - 17 - 1
5 Romania 7241234351 - 93 - 63 - 130 - 7 3 - 34 - 29 - 3
6 Netherlands 7151164331 - 80 - 101 - 72 - 43 - 3 6 - 33 - 8
7 Austria 7160134822 - 110 - 141 - 51 - 62 - 43 - 6 4 - 2
8 Denmark 7160224522 - 73 - 83 - 71 - 73 - 98 - 32 - 4

Germany was promoted to Pool A and Denmark was relegated to Pool C for 1992.

Pool C

Eight teams contested the third tier this year in Belgrade Yugoslavia from December 27 to January 5. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games. Greece's national junior team made their debut this year.

Standings
Rank Team GP W L T GF GA PTS North Korea Italy Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia United Kingdom South Korea Bulgaria Hungary Greece
1 North Korea 7610501812 4 - 31 - 94 - 25 - 210 - 16 - 120 - 0
2 Italy 76105711123 - 4 6 - 25 - 25 - 18 - 19 - 021 - 1
3 Yugoslavia 75117721119 - 12 - 6 5 - 27 - 713 - 28 - 233 - 1
4 Great Britain 7430452082 - 42 - 52 - 5 3 - 25 - 19 - 322 - 0
5 South Korea 7331552872 - 51 - 57 - 72 - 3 8 - 29 - 526 - 1
6 Bulgaria 7250344841 - 101 - 82 - 131 - 52 - 8 5 - 322 - 1
7 Hungary 7160284621 - 60 - 92 - 83 - 95 - 93 - 5 14 - 0
8 Greece 7070415800 - 201 - 211 - 330 - 221 - 261 - 220 - 14

North Korea was promoted to Pool B for 1992.

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