1989 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

International ice hockey competition

1989 IIHF World U20 ChampionshipTournament details

Host country|  United States
Venue(s)| 2 (in 1 host city)
Dates| December 26, 1988 – January 4, 1989
Teams| 8
Final positions
Champions |  Soviet Union (8th title)
Runner-up |  Sweden
Third place |  Czechoslovakia
Fourth place|  Canada
Tournament statistics
Games played| 28
Goals scored| 254 (9.07 per game)
Attendance| 45,934 (1,641 per game)
Scoring leader(s)|  Jeremy Roenick (16 points)

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The 1989 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1989 WJHC) was the 13th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held in Anchorage, Alaska, United States at the Sullivan Arena. The Soviet Union won the gold medal, its eighth, and ultimately final, championship. Sweden won silver, and Czechoslovakia the bronze.

## Final standings

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The 1989 tournament was a round-robin format, with the top three teams winning gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.

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1  |  Soviet Union | 7  | 6  | 1  | 0  | 51  | 14  | +37  | 12
2  |  Sweden | 7  | 6  | 1  | 0  | 39  | 14  | +25  | 12
3  |  Czechoslovakia | 7  | 4  | 2  | 1  | 36  | 19  | +17  | 9
4  |  Canada | 7  | 4  | 2  | 1  | 31  | 23  | +8  | 9
5  |  United States | 7  | 3  | 3  | 1  | 41  | 25  | +16  | 7
6  |  Finland | 7  | 2  | 4  | 1  | 29  | 37  | −8  | 5
7  |  Norway | 7  | 1  | 6  | 0  | 14  | 56  | −42  | 2
8  |  West Germany | 7  | 0  | 7  | 0  | 13  | 66  | −53  | 0

Source: Hockey Canada

West Germany was relegated to Pool B for 1990.

## Results

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December 26, 1988| Canada | 7 – 1|  Norway| Eagle River

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December 26, 1988| Sweden | 5 – 3|  Czechoslovakia| Anchorage

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December 26, 1988| Soviet Union | 15 – 0|  West Germany| Anchorage

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December 26, 1988| Finland | 5 – 5|  United States| Anchorage

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December 27, 1988| Czechoslovakia | 7 – 1|  Norway| Anchorage

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December 27, 1988| Soviet Union | 4 – 2|  United States| Anchorage

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December 28, 1988| Canada | 7 – 4|  West Germany| Anchorage

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December 28, 1988| Sweden | 6 – 2|  Finland| Anchorage

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December 29, 1988| Canada | 5 – 1|  United States| Anchorage

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December 29, 1988| Soviet Union | 3 – 2|  Sweden| Anchorage

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December 29, 1988| Finland | 9 – 3|  Norway| Eagle River

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December 29, 1988| Czechoslovakia | 11 – 1|  West Germany| Eagle River

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December 30, 1988| Soviet Union | 10 – 0|  Norway| Anchorage

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December 30, 1988| United States | 5 – 1|  Czechoslovakia| Anchorage

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December 31, 1988| Sweden | 5 – 4|  Canada| Anchorage

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December 31, 1988| Finland | 5 – 3|  West Germany| Anchorage

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January 1, 1989| Canada | 2 – 2|  Czechoslovakia| Anchorage

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January 1, 1989| Soviet Union | 9 – 3|  Finland| Eagle River

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January 1, 1989| Sweden | 9 – 1|  Norway| Eagle River

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January 1, 1989| United States | 15 – 3|  West Germany| Anchorage

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January 2, 1989| Czechoslovakia | 5 – 3|  Soviet Union| Anchorage

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January 2, 1989| United States | 12 – 4|  Norway| Anchorage

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January 3, 1989| Canada | 4 – 3|  Finland| Anchorage

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January 3, 1989| Sweden | 9 – 0|  West Germany| Anchorage

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January 4, 1989| Soviet Union | 7 – 2|  Canada| Anchorage

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January 4, 1989| Norway | 4 – 2|  West Germany| Eagle River

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January 4, 1989| Czechoslovakia | 7 – 2|  Finland| Eagle River

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January 4, 1989| Sweden | 3 – 1|  United States| Anchorage

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### Scoring leaders

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Rank  | Player  | Country  | G | A | Pts

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1 | Jeremy Roenick |  United States | 8 | 8 | 16
2 | Mike Modano |  United States | 6 | 9 | 15
3 | Pavel Bure |  Soviet Union | 8 | 6 | 14
4 | Josef Beránek |  Czechoslovakia | 4 | 9 | 13
5 | Alexander Mogilny |  Soviet Union | 7 | 5 | 12
6 | Sergei Fedorov |  Soviet Union | 4 | 8 | 12
7 | Robert Cimetta |  Canada | 7 | 4 | 11
8 | Petri Aaltonen |  Finland | 6 | 4 | 10
8 | John Leclair |  United States | 6 | 4 | 10
10 | Teemu Selänne |  Finland | 5 | 5 | 10
10 | Andrei Sidorov |  Soviet Union | 5 | 5 | 10

### Tournament awards

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| IIHF Directorate Awards | Media All-Star Team

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Goaltender  |  Alexei Ivashkin |  Alexei Ivashkin
Defencemen  |  Ricard Persson |  Ricard Persson
Milan Tichý
Forwards  |  Pavel Bure |  Pavel Bure
Niklas Eriksson
Jeremy Roenick

## Qualification for Pool B

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Because Denmark had used an ineligible player in last year's Pool C, a special challenge was played with Italy (who had come second). The games were played in Canazei, Italy.[1]

December 18, 1988| Denmark | 4 – 3|  Italy|

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December 20, 1988| Denmark | 2 – 1|  Italy|

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## Pool B

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Eight teams contested the second tier this year in Chamonix, France from March 19 to 28. 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 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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1  |  Poland | 7  | 7  | 0  | 0  | 49  | 20  | +29  | 14  |  |  | 9–1  | 13–4  | 7–2  | 6–5  | 5–3  | 4–2  | 5–3
2  |  Switzerland | 7  | 6  | 1  | 0  | 45  | 19  | +26  | 12  |  | 1–9  |  | 2–0  | 9–5  | 13–1  | 3–1  | 8–1  | 9–2
3  |  Romania | 7  | 4  | 3  | 0  | 32  | 31  | +1  | 8  |  | 4–13  | 0–2  |  | 5–1  | 2–5  | 6–3  | 9–5  | 6–2
4  |  Japan | 7  | 4  | 3  | 0  | 32  | 34  | −2  | 8  |  | 2–7  | 5–9  | 1–5  |  | 8–4  | 6–2  | 5–4  | 5–3
5  |  Yugoslavia | 7  | 4  | 3  | 0  | 42  | 40  | +2  | 8  |  | 5–6  | 1–13  | 5–2  | 4–8  |  | 6–3  | 11–3  | 10–5
6  |  France | 7  | 1  | 5  | 1  | 23  | 31  | −8  | 3  |  | 3–5  | 1–3  | 3–6  | 2–6  | 3–6  |  | 4–4  | 7–1
7  |  Denmark | 7  | 1  | 5  | 1  | 25  | 42  | −17  | 3  |  | 2–4  | 1–8  | 5–9  | 4–5  | 3–11  | 4–4  |  | 6–1
8  |  Netherlands | 7  | 0  | 7  | 0  | 17  | 48  | −31  | 0  |  | 3–5  | 2–9  | 2–6  | 3–5  | 5–10  | 1–7  | 1–6  |

Source: [citation needed]

Poland was promoted to Pool A and the Netherlands was relegated to Pool C for 1990.

## Pool C

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This five team tournament was a round robin played in Basingstoke, Great Britain from March 16 to 22.

Standings
Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |  |  |  |  |  |

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1  |  Austria | 4  | 3  | 0  | 1  | 21  | 14  | +7  | 7  |  |  | 2–2  | 7–5  | 5–2  | 7–5
2  |  Italy | 4  | 2  | 0  | 2  | 22  | 14  | +8  | 6  |  | 2–2  |  | 7–4  | 6–6  | 7–2
3  |  North Korea | 4  | 2  | 2  | 0  | 17  | 20  | −3  | 4  |  | 5–7  | 4–7  |  | 5–4  | 3–2
4  |  Great Britain | 4  | 0  | 2  | 2  | 15  | 19  | −4  | 2  |  | 2–5  | 6–6  | 4–5  |  | 3–3
5  |  Bulgaria | 4  | 0  | 3  | 1  | 12  | 20  | −8  | 1  |  | 5–7  | 2–7  | 2–3  | 3–3  |

Source: [citation needed]

Austria was promoted to Pool B for 1990.

## References

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1. ^ "Championnats du monde juniors 1989 de hockey sur glace". www.passionhockey.com.

* Podnieks, Andrew (1998). Red, White, and Gold: Canada at the World Junior Championships 1974–1999. ECW Press. ISBN 1-55022-382-8.
* 1989 World Junior Hockey Championships at TSN

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