1994 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 1994 Ice Hockey World Junior Championship (1994 WJC) was the 18th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held in Ostrava and Frýdek-Místek, Czech Republic. Canada won the gold medal for the second consecutive year, and its seventh overall, while Sweden won silver, and Russia the bronze.

1994 IIHF U20 World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Czech Republic
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
DatesDecember 26, 1993 – January 4, 1994
Teams8
Final positions
Champions  Canada (7th title)
Runner-up  Sweden
Third place  Russia
Fourth place Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played28
Goals scored195 (6.96 per game)
Attendance58,143 (2,077 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Sweden Niklas Sundström (11 points)
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Final standings

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The 1994 tournament was a round-robin format, with the top three teams winning gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1   Canada 7 6 0 1 39 20 +19 13
2   Sweden 7 6 1 0 35 16 +19 12
3   Russia 7 5 1 1 23 17 +6 11
4   Finland 7 4 3 0 27 24 +3 8
5   Czech Republic 7 3 4 0 31 29 +2 6
6   United States 7 1 5 1 20 33 −13 3
7   Germany 7 1 6 0 10 26 −16 2
8    Switzerland 7 0 6 1 10 30 −20 1

Switzerland was relegated to Pool B for 1995.

Results

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December 26, 1993  Canada5 – 1   SwitzerlandFrýdek-Místek
December 26, 1993  Sweden4 – 1  GermanyOstrava
December 26, 1993  Russia5 – 1  Czech RepublicOstrava
December 26, 1993  Finland5 – 2  United StatesFrýdek-Místek
December 27, 1993  Canada5 – 2  GermanyOstrava
December 27, 1993  Sweden3 – 0  RussiaOstrava
December 27, 1993  Finland7 – 3  Czech RepublicFrýdek-Místek
December 27, 1993   Switzerland1 – 1  United StatesFrýdek-Místek
December 29, 1993  Canada3 – 3  RussiaFrýdek-Místek
December 29, 1993  Czech Republic6 – 0   SwitzerlandFrýdek-Místek
December 29, 1993  Sweden6 – 2  FinlandOstrava
December 29, 1993  United States7 – 2  GermanyOstrava
December 30, 1993  Canada6 – 3  FinlandOstrava
December 30, 1993  Czech Republic6 – 2  GermanyOstrava
December 30, 1993  Sweden6 – 2   SwitzerlandFrýdek-Místek
December 30, 1993  Russia4 – 3  United StatesFrýdek-Místek
January 1, 1994  Canada8 – 3  United StatesFrýdek-Místek
January 1, 1994  Finland4 – 2   SwitzerlandOstrava
January 1, 1994  Sweden6 – 4  Czech RepublicFrýdek-Místek
January 1, 1994  Russia1 – 0  GermanyOstrava
January 2, 1994  Canada6 – 4  Czech RepublicOstrava
January 2, 1994  Finland2 – 0  GermanyFrýdek-Místek
January 2, 1994  Russia5 – 3   SwitzerlandFrýdek-Místek
January 2, 1994  Sweden6 – 1  United StatesOstrava
January 4, 1994  Canada6 – 4  SwedenOstrava
January 4, 1994  Germany3 – 1   SwitzerlandOstrava
January 4, 1994  Russia5 – 4  FinlandFrýdek-Místek
January 4, 1994  Czech Republic7 – 3  United StatesFrýdek-Místek

Scoring leaders

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Rank Player Country G A Pts
1 Niklas Sundström   Sweden 4 7 11
2 Martin Gendron   Canada 6 4 10
3 Yanick Dubé   Canada 5 5 10
4 Rick Girard   Canada 6 3 9
5 Mats Lindgren   Sweden 5 4 9
6 Jason Allison   Canada 3 6 9
6 Saku Koivu   Finland 3 6 9
8 Petr Sýkora   Czech Republic 6 2 8
9 Valeri Bure   Russia 5 3 8
10 Kenny Jönsson   Sweden 3 5 8

Tournament awards

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IIHF Directorate Awards Media All-Star Team
Goaltender   Jamie Storr   Evgeni Ryabchikov
Defencemen   Kenny Jönsson   Kimmo Timonen
  Kenny Jönsson
Forwards   Niklas Sundström   Niklas Sundström
  Valeri Bure
  David Výborný

Pool B

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

Standings
Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts                
1   Ukraine 7 7 0 0 35 10 +25 14 4–3 5–1 7–0 2–1 5–2 3–0 9–3
2   Norway 7 5 1 1 28 15 +13 11 3–4 6–2 4–1 3–2 6–2 3–1 3–3
3   France 7 3 3 1 23 23 0 7 1–5 2–6 1–3 5–2 4–4 3–1 7–2
4   Poland 7 3 4 0 15 26 −11 6 0–7 1–4 3–1 3–0 2–4 5–4 1–6
5   Italy 7 2 4 1 20 22 −2 5 1–2 2–3 2–5 0–3 3–3 7–5 5–1
6   Austria 7 1 3 3 21 27 −6 5 2–5 2–6 4–4 4–2 3–3 3–4 3–3
7   Japan 7 2 5 0 19 27 −8 4 0–3 1–3 1–3 4–5 5–7 4–3 4–3
8   Romania 7 1 4 2 21 32 −11 4 3–9 3–3 2–7 6–1 1–5 3–3 3–4
Source: [citation needed]

  Ukraine was promoted to Pool A and   Romania was relegated to Pool C for 1995.

Qualification for Pool C

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A Qualification tournament was played in Nitra and Nové Zámky, Slovakia, from November 1 to 7. Games between teams that had played each other in the preliminary round carried forward and counted in the final round.

Preliminary round

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Group A
Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts        
  Latvia 3 3 0 0 15 10 +5 6 2–1 9–1 13–1
  Belarus 3 2 1 0 22 11 +11 4 1–2 6–0 6–1
  Slovenia 3 1 2 0 19 17 +2 2 1–9 0–6 5–1
  Estonia 3 0 3 0 9 27 −18 0 1–13 1–6 1–5
Source: [citation needed]
Group B
Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts      
  Slovakia 2 2 0 0 21 4 +17 4 6–4 15–0
  Kazakhstan 2 1 1 0 16 7 +9 2 4–6 12–1
  Croatia 2 0 2 0 1 27 −26 0 0–15 1–12
Source: [citation needed]

Final Round

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Group A
Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts        
  Latvia 3 2 1 0 8 7 +1 4 4–3 2–3 2–1
  Slovakia 3 2 1 0 16 10 +6 4 3–4 6–4 7–2
  Kazakhstan 3 1 1 1 9 10 −1 3 3–2 4–6 2–2
  Belarus 3 0 2 1 5 11 −6 1 1–2 2–7 2–2
Source: [citation needed]

  Latvia and   Slovakia won the right to participate in Pool C.

Pool C

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Eight teams were divided into two round robin groups, with placement games to follow (1st played 1st, etc.). The tournament took place from December 30 to January 3, in Odense and Esbjerg, Denmark.

Preliminary round

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Group A
Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts        
  Latvia 3 3 0 0 55 3 +52 6 16–2 14–0 25–1
  Great Britain 3 2 1 0 16 22 −6 4 2–16 6–1 8–5
  Netherlands 3 1 2 0 6 22 −16 2 0–14 1–6 5–2
  Bulgaria 3 0 3 0 8 38 −30 0 1–25 5–8 2–5
Source: [citation needed]
Group B
Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts        
  Slovakia 3 3 0 0 49 1 +48 6 22–0 12–1 15–0
  Denmark 3 2 1 0 9 26 −17 4 0–22 5–4 4–0
  Hungary 3 1 2 0 15 17 −2 2 1–12 4–5 10–0
  Spain 3 0 3 0 0 29 −29 0 0–15 0–4 0–10
Source: [citation needed]

Placement Games

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  Slovakia was promoted to Pool B for 1995.

References

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  • Podnieks, Andrew (1998). Red, White, and Gold: Canada at the World Junior Championships 1974–1999. ECW Press. ISBN 1-55022-382-8.
  • 1994 World Junior Hockey Championships at TSN
  • 1994 results at Passionhockey.com