1981 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

1981 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	West Germany
Dates	December 27, 1980 – January 2, 1981
Teams	8
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Sweden (1st title)
Runner-up	Finland
Third place	Soviet Union
Fourth place	Czechoslovakia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	207 (10.35 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Dieter Hegen (11 points)
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The 1981 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1981 WJHC) was the fifth edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held from December 27, 1980, until January 2, 1981. The tournament was held in Füssen, West Germany. Sweden won the gold medal, while Finland won the silver, and the Soviet Union bronze.

Pool A

The 1981 tournament divided participants into two divisions of four teams, each playing three games. The top two teams in each division advanced to the A division in the medal round, while the bottom two were placed in a B division. Each division played another round robin. The top three teams in the A division won the gold, silver and bronze medals. Teams that faced each other in the first round had their results carried over to the medal rounds.

Final standings

This is the aggregate standings, ordered according to final placing. The four teams in the A division in the medal round were ranked one through four, while the four teams in the B division were ranked five through eight regardless of overall record.

Rank	Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
	Sweden	5	4	0	1	25	11	9
	Finland	5	3	1	1	29	18	7
	Soviet Union	5	3	2	0	36	14	6
4	Czechoslovakia	5	1	1	3	34	21	5
5	West Germany	5	3	2	0	29	24	6
6	United States	5	2	3	0	19	27	4
7	Canada	5	1	3	1	26	25	3
8	Austria	5	0	5	0	9	67	0

Austria was relegated to Pool B for the 1982 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Preliminary round

Gold group

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Soviet Union	3	3	0	0	31	5	6
Czechoslovakia	3	1	1	1	25	12	3
Canada	3	1	1	1	17	11	3
Austria	3	0	3	0	6	51	0

December 27, 1980

3 – 3
(1–0, 0–2, 2–1)

December 27, 1980

Soviet Union

19 – 1
(7–0, 8–0, 4–1)

December 28, 1980

Soviet Union

7 – 3
(3–1, 3–0, 1–2)

December 28, 1980

Czechoslovakia

21 – 4
(6–1, 6–3, 9–0)

December 30, 1980

Canada

11 – 1

December 30, 1980

Soviet Union

5 – 1
(2–1, 0–0, 3–0)

Blue group

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Sweden	3	3	0	0	19	6	6
Finland	3	2	1	0	17	9	4
West Germany	3	1	2	0	13	17	2
United States	3	0	3	0	5	22	0

December 27, 1980

3 – 7
(2–3, 0–2, 1–2)

Sweden

December 27, 1980

Finland

8 – 1
(0–0, 5–1, 3–0)

December 28, 1980

6 – 8
(1–3, 3–4, 2–1)

Finland

December 28, 1980

Sweden

10 – 2
(0–1, 6–1, 4–0)

December 30, 1980

Sweden

2 – 1
(0–1, 2–0, 0–0)

December 30, 1980

West Germany

4 – 2

Consolation round

Results from any games played during the preliminary round were carried forward to the consolation round.

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
West Germany	3	3	0	0	20	9	6
United States	3	2	1	0	16	9	4
Canada	3	1	2	0	20	15	2
Austria	3	0	3	0	4	27	0

December 31, 1980

United States

7 – 3
(2–1, 2–2, 3–0)

December 31, 1980

West Germany

9 – 1
(1–0, 5–0, 3–1)

January 2, 1981

West Germany

7 – 6
(5–2, 2–3, 0–1)

January 2, 1981

United States

7 – 2
(2–0, 2–1, 3–1)

Championship round

Results from any games played during the preliminary round were carried forward to the championship round.

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Sweden	3	2	0	1	8	6	5
Finland	3	1	1	1	13	11	3
Soviet Union	3	1	2	0	10	10	2
Czechoslovakia	3	0	1	2	10	14	2

December 31, 1980

Finland

6 – 3
(2–0, 3–1, 1–2)

December 31, 1980

3 – 3
(0–1, 2–1, 1–1)

January 2, 1981

Sweden

3 – 2
(2–1, 1–1, 0–0)

Augsburg
Attendance: 2700

January 2, 1981

6 – 6
(2–2, 1–2, 3–2)

Scoring leaders

Rank	Player	Country	G	A	Pts
1	Dieter Hegen	West Germany	8	1	9
2	Dale Hawerchuk	Canada	5	4	9
	Vladimir Svitek	Czechoslovakia	5	4	9
	Ari Lähteenmäki	Finland	5	4	9
	Bobby Carpenter	United States	5	4	9
6	Håkan Nordin	Sweden	2	7	9
7	Jan Vodila	Czechoslovakia	5	3	8
8	Patrik Sundström	Sweden	7	0	7
9	Pekka Järvelä	Finland	5	2	7
10	Klaus Gotsch	West Germany	4	3	7

Tournament awards

	IIHF Directorate Awards	Media All-Star Team
Goaltender	Lars Eriksson	Lars Eriksson
Defencemen	Miloslav Hořava	Håkan Nordin Miloslav Hořava
Forwards	Patrik Sundström	Jan Erixon Patrik Sundström Ari Lähteenmäki

Pool B

The second tier was contested from March 23–29, in Strasbourg, France. Eight teams were divided into two round robin groups where the top two, and bottom two, graduated to meet there respective opponents in a final round robin. Results between competitors who migrated together were carried forward. Yugoslavia made their debut, replacing Hungary.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Switzerland	3	3	0	0	25	4	6
Netherlands	3	2	1	0	9	13	4
Denmark	3	1	2	0	10	15	2
Yugoslavia	3	0	3	0	8	20	0

Netherlands

3 – 2
(1–1, 2–0, 0–1)

Switzerland

7 – 3
(2–0, 1–2, 4–1)

Switzerland

8 – 1
(1–1, 3–0, 4–0)

Netherlands

6 – 1
(2–1, 1–0, 3–0)

Switzerland

10 – 0
(5–0, 3–0, 2–0)

Denmark

7 – 4
(1–1, 1–1, 5–2)

Group B

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Norway	3	2	0	1	20	13	5
Poland	3	2	1	0	25	11	4
Italy	3	1	1	1	13	20	3
France	3	0	3	0	10	24	0

5 – 5
(0–1, 3–1, 2–3)

4 – 8
(2–3, 2–2, 0–3)

Poland

Poland

12 – 1
(4–0, 4–0, 4–1)

3 – 9
(0–4, 2–2, 1–3)

Norway

Norway

6 – 5
(0–3, 2–1, 4–1)

3 – 7
(2–2, 3–0, 2–1)

Italy

Consolation round

Results from any games played during the preliminary round were carried forward to the consolation round.

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Denmark	3	3	0	0	19	11	6
Yugoslavia	3	1	1	1	16	14	3
Italy	3	1	2	0	11	16	2
France	3	0	2	1	13	18	1

6 – 7
(0–2, 5–1, 1–4)

Denmark

3 – 8
(0–2, 2–2, 1–4)

Yugoslavia

4 – 4
(1–2, 0–2, 3–0)

Denmark

5 – 1
(0–0, 2–1, 3–0)

Promotion round

Results from any games played during the preliminary round were carried forward to the promotion round.

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Switzerland	3	2	0	1	19	6	5
Norway	3	2	0	1	18	10	5
Poland	3	1	2	0	14	11	2
Netherlands	3	0	3	0	1	25	0

Switzerland was promoted to Pool A for the 1982 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Norway

8 – 1
(2–1, 5–0, 1–0)

Switzerland

5 – 2
(2–0, 2–1, 1–1)

0 – 7
(0–2, 0–2, 0–3)

Poland

4 – 4
(0–0, 3–1, 1–3)

Scoring leaders

Rank	Player	Country	G	A	Pts
1	Murajica Pajic	Yugoslavia	10	1	11
2	Alfred Lüthl	Switzerland	7	4	11
3	Martin Pavlu	Italy	5	6	11
4	Stanislaw Szpreglewski	Poland	9	0	9
5	Beat Eggimann	Switzerland	5	4	9
6	Guy Ireland	France	5	3	8

References

Podnieks, Andrew (1998). Red, White, and Gold: Canada at the World Junior Championships 1974–1999. ECW Press. ISBN 1-55022-382-8.
1977–81 World Junior Hockey Championships at TSN
Results at passionhockey.com

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