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, tying the Soviet team's record in both regards.

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, 1995Canada 6 – 1 United StatesWorcester
December 26, 1995Finland 5 – 1  SwitzerlandMarlborough
December 27, 1995Canada 2 – 1  SwitzerlandAmherst
December 27, 1995Ukraine 4 – 3 United StatesBoston
December 28, 1995Finland 4 – 1 UkraineBoston
December 29, 1995Canada 3 – 1 FinlandBoston
December 29, 1995United States 4 – 3  SwitzerlandSpringfield
December 30, 1995Switzerland  5 – 3 UkraineMarlborough
December 31, 1995Canada 8 – 1 UkraineBoston
December 31, 1995United States 5 – 4 FinlandAmherst

Group B

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Czech Republic 420215106
 Russia 421119125
 Sweden 42111475
 Slovakia 401311173
 Germany 403111241
December 26, 1995Czech Republic 5 – 3 RussiaAmherst
December 26, 1995Sweden 6 – 0 SlovakiaWorcester
December 27, 1995Slovakia 3 – 3 RussiaBoston
December 27, 1995Czech Republic 6 – 3 GermanyAmherst
December 28, 1995Sweden 6 – 2 GermanyBoston
December 29, 1995Czech Republic 4 – 4 SlovakiaBoston
December 29, 1995Russia 5 – 2 SwedenSpringfield
December 30, 1995Germany 4 – 4 SlovakiaMarlborough
December 31, 1995Czech Republic 0 – 0 SwedenBoston
December 31, 1995Russia 8 – 2 GermanyAmherst

Relegation round

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

 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, 1996United States 0 – 3
(0–1, 0–1, 0–1)		 SwedenAmherst
January 1, 1996Russia 6 – 2
(0–1, 5–1, 1–0)		 FinlandAmherst

Semifinals

January 3, 1996Canada 4 – 3
(1–1, 2–1, 1–1)		 RussiaBoston
January 3, 1996Sweden 8 – 2
(0–0, 6–1, 2–1)		 Czech RepublicBoston

5th place game

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

Bronze medal game

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

Gold medal game

January 4, 19962nd, silver medalist(s) Sweden 1 – 4
(1–1, 0–2, 0–1)		 Canada 1st, gold medalist(s)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 1 8 9
Alexei Morozov  Russia 7 5 3 8
Juho Jokinen  Finland 6 3 5 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
Magnus Wennström  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, gold medalist(s)  Canada
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Sweden
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  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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