1977 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

1977 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Czechoslovakia
Dates December 22, 1976 –
January 2, 1977
Teams 8
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions   Soviet Union (1st title)
Runner-up   Canada
Third place   Czechoslovakia
Fourth place  Finland
Tournament statistics
Matches played 28
Goals scored 251 (8.96 per match)
Attendance 53,172 (1,899 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Canada Dale McCourt
(18 points)
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The 1977 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1977 WJHC) were held between December 22, 1976, and January 2, 1977, in Banská Bystrica and Zvolen, Czechoslovakia. The Soviet team won the tournament with a perfect 7–0 record.[1] This was the fourth edition of the IIHF World U20 Championship, but the first to be included in official IIHF records.[2] Canada was represented by the 1976 Memorial Cup champions St. Catharines Fincups with eight additions from other OHA teams,[3] but the other seven nations were represented by teams of their top under-20 players.[4] The tournament was expanded to eight teams, with West Germany and Poland making their debut.

Final standings

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

Rank Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
1st, gold medalist(s) Soviet Union7700511914
2nd, silver medalist(s) Canada7511502011
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Czechoslovakia742132179
4 Finland743035298
5 Sweden734028306
6 West Germany725018334
7 United States715125453
8 Poland706112581

While not relegated, Poland did have the opportunity to play a challenge against Switzerland for inclusion in the 1978 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, but declined.[5]

Results

December 22, 1976United States 3 – 6
(2–3, 0–0, 1–3)		 FinlandBanská Bystrica
December 23, 1976Czechoslovakia 0 – 4
(0–0, 0–2, 0–2)		 Soviet UnionBanská Bystrica
December 23, 1976Poland 0 – 14
(0–3, 0–5, 0–6)		 CanadaBanská Bystrica
December 23, 1976Sweden 5 – 4
(1–2, 1–0, 3–2)		 FinlandZvolen
December 23, 1976United States 3 – 4
(1–2, 0–2, 2–0)		 West GermanyZvolen
December 25, 1976West Germany 1 – 4 FinlandBanská Bystrica
December 25, 1976United States 8 – 5 SwedenBanská Bystrica
December 25, 1976Canada 4 – 4 CzechoslovakiaZvolen
December 25, 1976Soviet Union 10 – 1
(3–0, 3–1, 4–0)		 PolandZvolen
December 26, 1976Czechoslovakia 8 – 2
(2–1, 3–0, 3–1)		 West GermanyBanská Bystrica
December 26, 1976Poland 2 – 2 United StatesBanská Bystrica
December 26, 1976Canada 6 – 4
(2–1, 2–2, 2–1)		 FinlandZvolen
December 26, 1976Sweden 2 – 4
(0–1, 2–3, 0–0)		 Soviet UnionZvolen
December 28, 1976Canada 5 – 3 SwedenBanská Bystrica
December 28, 1976Soviet Union 2 – 1
(1–0, 1–1, 0–0)		 West GermanyBanská Bystrica
December 28, 1976Finland 8 – 2
(2–1, 3–0, 3–1)		 PolandZvolen
December 28, 1976United States 2 – 5
(1–1, 1–2, 0–2)		 CzechoslovakiaZvolen
December 29, 1976West Germany 1 – 9
(0–2, 1–2, 0–5)		 CanadaBanská Bystrica
December 29, 1976Sweden 6 – 5
(2–1, 1–3, 3–1)		 PolandZvolen
December 30, 1976Soviet Union 15 – 5
(6–1, 6–1, 3–3)		 United StatesBanská Bystrica
December 30, 1976Czechoslovakia 2 – 3
(1–0, 1–3, 0–0)		 FinlandZvolen
January 1, 1977Finland 6 – 10
(0–3, 2–3, 4–4)		 Soviet UnionBanská Bystrica
January 1, 1977Poland 0 – 9
(0–3, 0–2, 0–4)		 CzechoslovakiaBanská Bystrica
January 1, 1977Canada 8 – 2
(3–2, 2–0, 3–0)		 United StatesZvolen
January 1, 1977West Germany 0 – 5
(0–1, 0–4, 0–0)		 SwedenZvolen
January 2, 1977Czechoslovakia 4 – 2
(2–0, 0–0, 2–2)		 SwedenBanská Bystrica
January 2, 1977Soviet Union 6 – 4
(6–0, 0–0, 0–4)		 CanadaZvolen
January 2, 1977West Germany 9 – 2
(3–0, 5–1, 1–1)		 PolandZvolen

Scoring leaders

Rank Player Country G A Pts
1Dale McCourt Canada10818
2John Anderson Canada11516
3Igor Romashin Soviet Union6612
4Juha Jyrkkio Finland7411
5Alexei Frolikovs Soviet Union6511
6Erkki Laine Finland549
7Joe Contini Canada459
Gerd Truntschka West Germany459
9Dale Hunter Canada628
Jaroslav Korbela Czechoslovakia628

Tournament awards

IIHF Directorate AwardsMedia All-Star Team
Goaltender Czechoslovakia Jan HrabákSoviet Union Alexander Tyzhunyk
Defencemen Soviet Union Viacheslav FetisovSoviet Union Viacheslav Fetisov
Finland Risto Siltanen
Forwards Canada Dale McCourtCanada Dale McCourt
Soviet Union Igor Romashin
Sweden Bengt-Åke Gustafsson

References

  1. ↑ "1977 World Junior Championship". Hockey Canada. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
  2. ↑ "IIHF World U20 Championships". IIHF. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
  3. ↑ 1977 team Canada roster
  4. ↑ "IIHF World Junior Championship History". Hockey Canada. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
  5. ↑ 1978 Qualification
  • "IIHF World Junior Championship All-Star Teams". Hockey Canada. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
  • "WJHC History - 1977–1981". TSN.ca. CTVglobemedia. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
  • "Championnat du monde 1977 des moins de 20 ans". Retrieved 2011-10-19.
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