Soviet Union national junior ice hockey team


The Soviet Union men's national under 20 ice hockey team was the national under-20 ice hockey team in the Soviet Union. The team represented the Soviet Union at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World U20 Championship.[1] The team has won eleven gold medals (first three unofficial, once more as CIS), three silver medals, and two bronze medals at the World U20 Championships.[1]

Soviet Union
Most pointsPavel Bure (39)
IIHF codeURS
First international
 Soviet Union 6 - 2 Finland 
(Leningrad, Soviet Union; December 27, 1973)
Biggest win
 Soviet Union 19 - 1 Austria 
(Augsburg, Germany; December 27, 1980)
Biggest defeat
 Canada 7 - 0 Soviet Union 
(Winnipeg, Manitoba; December 26, 1981
IIHF World U20 Championship
Appearances15 (first in 1977)
Best result Gold: 8 (9) – (1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1992)
Medal record
IIHF World U20 Championship
1977 CzechoslovakiaSoviet Union
1978 CanadaSoviet Union
1979 SwedenSoviet Union
1980 FinlandSoviet Union
1983 Soviet UnionSoviet Union
1984 SwedenSoviet Union
1986 CanadaSoviet Union
1989 USASoviet Union
1992 GermanyCIS
1988 Soviet UnionSoviet Union
1990 FinlandSoviet Union
1991 CanadaSoviet Union
1981 West GermanySoviet Union
1985 FinlandSoviet Union

At the 1987 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, the team was disqualified as a result of the Punch-up in Piestany versus the Canada men's national junior ice hockey team. Soviet administrator Yuri Korolev expressed regret that the incident occurred but did not admit any guilt. He felt that the game should have been finished instead of both teams being disqualified from the tournament.[2]

World Junior Championships

References
  1. "Soviet Union". National Teams of Ice Hockey. Archived from the original on 2016-05-14. Retrieved 2013-06-16.
  2. Joyce, Gare (2006). When the Lights Went Out: How One Brawl Ended Hockey's Cold War and Changed the Game. Canada: Anchor Canada. p. 213. ISBN 978-0-385-66275-8 – via Google Books.
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