1984 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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1984 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Sweden
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
DatesDecember 25, 1983 –
January 3, 1984
Teams8
Final positions
Champions  Soviet Union (6th title)
Runner-up  Finland
Third place  Czechoslovakia
Fourth place Canada
Tournament statistics
Games played28
Goals scored271 (9.68 per game)
Attendance32,384 (1,157 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Finland Raimo Helminen (24 points)
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The 1984 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1984 WJHC) was the eighth edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. It was held from December 25, 1983, to January 3, 1984, in Norrköping and Nyköping, Sweden. The Soviet Union won its second consecutive gold medal and sixth overall. Finland won silver and Czechoslovakia bronze.

Pool A

The 1984 tournament was a round-robin format, with the top three teams winning gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1  Soviet Union 7 6 0 1 50 17 +33 13
2  Finland 7 6 1 0 44 21 +23 12
3  Czechoslovakia 7 5 2 0 51 24 +27 10
4  Canada 7 4 2 1 39 17 +22 9
5  Sweden 7 3 4 0 27 28 −1 6
6  United States 7 2 5 0 32 38 −6 4
7  
West Germany
 7 1 6 0 12 54 −42 2
8   Switzerland 7 0 7 0 16 72 −56 0
Source: [citation needed]

  Switzerland was relegated to Pool B for the 1985 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Results

December 25, 1983Canada 2 – 4
(1–3, 0–1, 1–0)		 FinlandNyköping
December 25, 1983Switzerland 2 – 14
(1–7, 0–6, 1–1)		 Soviet UnionNorrköping
December 25, 1983
West Germany
Nyköping
December 25, 1983Sweden 4 – 1
(0–0, 3–0, 1–1)		 United StatesNorrköping
December 26, 1983United States 2 – 5
(0–3, 2–2, 0–0)		 CanadaNyköping
December 26, 1983Sweden 5 – 2
(3–0, 0–0, 2–0)		  SwitzerlandNorrköping
December 26, 1983
West Germany 
1 – 9
(0–3, 0–3, 1–3)		 Soviet UnionNorrköping
December 26, 1983Finland 8 – 7
(3–3, 4–2, 2–1)		 CzechoslovakiaNorrköping
December 28, 1983Canada 12 – 0
(1–0, 7–0, 4–0)		  SwitzerlandNorrköping
December 28, 1983Soviet Union 3 – 1
(2–0, 0–0, 1–1)		 FinlandNyköping
December 28, 1983
West Germany
Nyköping
December 28, 1983Czechoslovakia 10 – 1
(4–0, 3–1, 3–0)		 United StatesNorrköping
December 29, 1983
West Germany 
0 – 7
(0–1, 0–5, 0–1)		 CanadaNyköping
December 28, 1983Czechoslovakia 13 – 2
(3–0, 2–1, 8–1)		  SwitzerlandNyköping
December 29, 1983Finland 4 – 1
(0–0, 1–1, 3–0)		 SwedenNorrköping
December 29, 1983United States 4 – 7
(3–3, 1–1, 0–3)		 Soviet UnionNorrköping
December 31, 1983Canada 6 – 2
(0–1, 3–1, 3–0)		 SwedenNorrköping
December 31, 1983Soviet Union 6 – 4
(5–0, 0–1, 1–3)		 CzechoslovakiaNyköping
December 31, 1983
West Germany
Norrköping
December 31, 1983United States 2 – 7
(0–0, 2–3, 0–4)		 FinlandNyköping
January 2, 1984Canada 3 – 3
(0–0, 3–1, 0–0)		 Soviet UnionNorrköping
January 2, 1984Switzerland 4 – 12
(3-4, 1–4, 0–4)		 FinlandNyköping
January 2, 1984Sweden 2 – 5
(1–2, 0–0, 1–3)		 CzechoslovakiaNyköping
January 2, 1984
West Germany 
2 – 10
(0–5, 2–5, 0–0)		 United StatesNorrköping
January 3, 1984Czechoslovakia 6 – 4
(1–2, 1–1, 4–1)		 CanadaNyköping
January 3, 1984
West Germany
Nyköping
January 3, 1984Soviet Union 8 – 2
(1–1, 4–0, 3–1)		 SwedenNorrköping
January 3, 1984Switzerland 3 – 12
(1–2, 0–5, 2–5)		 United StatesNorrköping

Scoring leaders

Rank Player Country G A Pts
1 Raimo Helminen  Finland 11 13 24
2 Petr Rosol  Czechoslovakia 10 5 15
3
Aleksandr Chernykh
  Soviet Union 7 7 14
4 Vladimír Kameš  Czechoslovakia 8 5 13
5 Russ Courtnall  Canada 7 6 13
6 Nikolai Borschevsky  Soviet Union 6 7 13
7 Esa Tikkanen  Finland 8 4 12
8 Esa Keskinen  Finland 4 8 12
9 Libor Dolana  Czechoslovakia 7 4 11
10 Sergei Nemchinov  Soviet Union 5 6 11

Tournament awards

IIHF Directorate Awards
Media All-Star Team
Goaltender United States Allan Perry
Evgeny Belosheikin
Defencemen Soviet Union Alexei Gusarov
František Musil
Forwards Finland Raimo Helminen Czechoslovakia Petr Rosol
Finland Raimo Helminen
Soviet Union Nikolai Borschevsky

Pool B

The second tier was contested from March 19–25, in Caen, France. Eight teams were divided into two round robin groups where the top two, and bottom two, graduated to meet their respective opponents in a final round robin. Results between competitors who migrated together were carried forward.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
 Austria 3 3 0 0 15 10 +5 6
 Norway 3 2 1 0 22 11 +11 4
 France 3 1 2 0 19 17 +2 2
 Romania 3 0 3 0 9 27 −18 0
Source: [citation needed]
Norway 11 – 2
(4–0, 3–0, 4–2)		 RomaniaCaen
France 4 – 5
(1–2, 3–2, 0–1)		 AustriaCaen
Romania 2 – 4
(1–1, 1–0, 0–3)		 AustriaCaen
France 3 – 7
(3–5, 0–2, 0–0)		 NorwayCaen
Norway 4 – 6
(1–1, 0–3, 3–2)		 AustriaCaen
France 12 – 5
(3–1, 5–2, 4–2)		 RomaniaCaen

Group B

Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
 Poland 3 2 0 1 20 12 +8 5
 Japan 3 1 0 2 22 13 +9 4
 Netherlands 3 1 1 1 13 15 −2 3
 Denmark 3 0 3 0 4 19 −15 0
Source: [citation needed]
Poland 8 – 4
(4–0, 4–2, 0–2)		 NetherlandsCaen
Japan 10 – 1
(2–1, 6–0, 2–0)		 DenmarkCaen
Netherlands 6 - 6
(3–1, 1-4, 2–1)		 JapanCaen
Poland 6 – 2
(3-1, 1–1, 2–0)		 DenmarkCaen
Denmark 1 – 3 NetherlandsCaen
Japan 6 - 6
(1–1, 4–3, 1–2)		 PolandCaen

Final Round

Promotion Group
Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
 Poland 3 2 0 1 15 12 +3 5 4–2 6–6 5–4
 Austria 3 2 1 0 13 11 +2 4 2–4 5–3 6–4
 Japan 3 1 1 1 14 14 0 3 6–6 3–5 5–3
 Norway 3 0 3 0 11 16 −5 0 4–5 4–6 3–5
Source: [citation needed]

Poland was promoted to Pool A for 1985.

Relegation Group
Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
 Netherlands 3 3 0 0 12 6 +6 6 6–4 3–1 3–1
 France 3 2 1 0 21 13 +8 4 4–6 12–5 5–2
 Romania 3 1 2 0 11 18 −7 2 1–3 5–12 5–3
 Denmark 3 0 3 0 6 13 −7 0 1–3 2–5 3–5
Source: [citation needed]

Denmark was Demoted to Pool C for 1985.

Pool C

This year, Pool C used the same format as Pool B. It was played in Varese Italy from March 25 to 31. Seven countries participated along with a second Italian team that received no official ranking. British and Spanish junior teams made their debut this year.

Group A
Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts Italy
 Hungary 3 2 0 1 19 6 +13 5 3–3 6–2 10–1
 Bulgaria 3 2 0 1 13 6 +7 5 3–3 5–3 5–0
 Belgium 3 1 2 0 9 13 −4 2 2–6 3–5 4–2
Italy Italy B 3 0 3 0 3 19 −16 0 1–10 0–5 2–4
Source: [citation needed]
Group B
Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
 Italy 3 2 0 1 30 8 +22 5 2–2 12–4 16–2
 Spain 3 2 0 1 14 9 +5 5 2–2 7–3 5–4
 Great Britain 3 1 2 0 14 24 −10 2 4–12 3–7 7–5
 Australia 3 0 3 0 11 28 −17 0 2–16 4–5 5–7
Source: [citation needed]

Final Round

Promotion Group
Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
 Italy 3 2 0 1 13 8 +5 5 3–1 8–5 2–2
 Bulgaria 3 1 1 1 14 9 +5 3 1–3 3–3 10–3
 Hungary 3 1 1 1 18 15 +3 3 5–8 3–3 10–4
 Spain 3 0 2 1 9 22 −13 1 2–2 3–10 4–10
Source: [citation needed]

Italy was promoted to Pool B for 1985.

Consolation Group
Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts Italy
 Belgium 3 3 0 0 21 7 +14 6 9–2 8–3 4–2
 Great Britain 3 2 1 0 15 17 −2 4 2–9 7–5 6–3
 Australia 3 1 2 0 13 16 −3 2 3–8 5–7 5–1
Italy Italy B 3 0 3 0 6 15 −9 0 2–4 3–6 1–5
Source: [citation needed]

References

  • Podnieks, Andrew (1998). Red, White, and Gold: Canada at the World Junior Championships 1974–1999. ECW Press.
    ISBN 1-55022-382-8
    .
  • 1984 World Junior Hockey Championships at TSN
  • Results at passionhockey.com
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