1990 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 1990 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1990 WJHC) was the 14th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held mainly in Helsinki, Finland. Canada won the gold medal, its fourth world junior championship, while the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia won silver and bronze, respectively.

1990 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Finland
DatesDecember 26 January 4
Teams10
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Canada (4th title)
Runner-up  Soviet Union
Third place  Czechoslovakia
Fourth place Finland
Tournament statistics
Matches played28
Goals scored261 (9.32 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Robert Reichel (21 points)
1989
1991

Final standings

The 1990 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
 Canada 7511361811
 Soviet Union 7511502311
 Czechoslovakia 7520511710
4 Finland 742132219
5 Sweden 742138299
6 Norway 725025514
7 United States 716022372
8 Poland 70707650

Poland was relegated to Pool B for 1991.

Results

December 26, 1989Canada 3 – 2 United StatesTurku
December 26, 1989Soviet Union 11 – 0 PolandKerava
December 26, 1989Sweden 4 – 3 NorwayKauniainen
December 26, 1989Czechoslovakia 7 – 1 FinlandHelsinki
December 27, 1989Soviet Union 12 – 2 NorwayKauniainen
December 27, 1989Czechoslovakia 7 – 1 United StatesHelsinki
December 28, 1989Canada 12 – 0 PolandKauniainen
December 28, 1989Finland 5 – 2 SwedenTurku
December 29, 1989Canada 6 – 3 NorwayKerava
December 29, 1989Soviet Union 3 – 2 FinlandTurku
December 29, 1989Czechoslovakia 11 – 1 PolandKauniainen
December 29, 1989Sweden 6 – 5 United StatesHelsinki
December 30, 1989Czechoslovakia 13 – 2 NorwayKauniainen
December 30, 1989Soviet Union 7 – 3 United StatesHelsinki
December 31, 1989Canada 3 – 3 FinlandHelsinki
December 31, 1989Sweden 14 – 0 PolandTurku
January 1, 1990Canada 6 – 4 Soviet UnionHelsinki
January 1, 1990Czechoslovakia 7 – 2 SwedenTurku
January 1, 1990Finland 8 – 2 NorwayHelsinki
January 1, 1990United States 3 – 2 PolandKerava
January 2, 1990Soviet Union 8 – 5 CzechoslovakiaHelsinki
January 2, 1990Norway 6 – 5 United StatesKerava
January 3, 1990Sweden 5 – 4 CanadaHelsinki
January 3, 1990Finland 7 – 1 PolandHelsinki
January 4, 1990Canada 2 – 1 CzechoslovakiaTurku
January 4, 1990Soviet Union 5 5 SwedenHelsinki
January 4, 1990Norway 7 – 3 PolandTurku
January 4, 1990Finland 6 – 3 United StatesHelsinki


Scoring leaders

Rank Player Country G A Pts
1Robert Reichel Czechoslovakia101121
2Jaromír Jágr Czechoslovakia51318
3Dave Chyzowski Canada9413
4Patric Englund Sweden9211
5Bobby Holík Czechoslovakia6511
6Andrei Kovalenko Soviet Union5611
7Vyacheslav Kozlov Soviet Union4711
8Pavel Bure Soviet Union7310
9Daniel Rydmark Sweden3710
10Roman Oksiuta Soviet Union729

Tournament awards

IIHF Directorate AwardsMedia All-Star Team
Goaltender Stéphane Fiset Stéphane Fiset
Defencemen Alexander Godynyuk Alexander Godynyuk
Jiří Šlégr
Forwards Robert Reichel Dave Chyzowski
Jaromír Jágr
Robert Reichel

Pool B

Eight teams contested the second tier this year in Bad Tölz West Germany from March 26 to April 4. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games.

Standings
Rank Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
1  Switzerland 76104814123 - 08 - 47 - 14 - 69 - 26 - 111 - 0
2 West Germany 76103512120 - 35 - 24 - 25 - 24 - 011 - 16 - 2
3 Japan 7421383394 - 82 - 55 - 35 - 49 - 26 - 47 - 7
4 Denmark 7232263161 - 72 - 43 - 56 - 24 - 45 - 55 - 4
5 France 7340393066 - 42 - 54 - 52 - 611 - 24 - 510 - 3
6 Austria 7241204352 - 90 - 42 - 94 - 42 - 113 - 27 - 4
7 Romania 7241273951 - 61 - 114 - 65 - 55 - 42 - 39 - 4
8 Yugoslavia 7061245510 - 112 - 67 - 74 - 53 - 104 - 74 - 9

Switzerland was promoted to Pool A and Yugoslavia was relegated to Pool C for 1991.

Pool C

Pool C was contested by seven teams in Eindhoven Netherlands from March 16 to 25. The South Korean juniors made their debut this year.

Standings
Rank Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
1 Netherlands 65104017103 - 44 - 36 - 211 - 47 - 29 - 2
2 North Korea 6411271494 - 33 - 14 - 410 - 12 - 34 - 2
3 Italy 6420341183 - 41 - 36 - 16 - 07- 111 - 2
4 Bulgaria 6321263072 - 64 - 41 - 67 - 63 - 29 - 6
5 South Korea 6240244044 - 111 - 100 - 66 - 76 - 47 - 2
6 Great Britain 6240183042 - 73 - 21 - 72 - 34 - 66 - 5
7 Hungary 6060194602 - 92 - 42 - 116 - 92 - 75 - 6

The Netherlands was promoted to Pool B for 1991.

References

  • Podnieks, Andrew (1998). Red, White, and Gold: Canada at the World Junior Championships 1974–1999. ECW Press. ISBN 1-55022-382-8.
  • 1990 World Junior Hockey Championships at TSN
  • Results at Passionhockey.com
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