1980 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

1980 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Finland
Dates December 27, 1979 –
January 2, 1980
Teams 8
Venue(s) 3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions   Soviet Union (4th title)
Runner-up   Finland
Third place   Sweden
Fourth place  Czechoslovakia
Tournament statistics
Matches played 20
Goals scored 178 (8.9 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Soviet Union Vladimir Krutov
(11 points)
← 1979
1981 →

The 1980 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1980 WJHC) was the fourth edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held from December 27, 1979 until January 2, 1980. The tournament was held in Helsinki, Finland. The Soviet Union won its fourth consecutive gold medal, while Finland won the silver, and Sweden the bronze.

Pool A

The 1980 tournament divided participants into two divisions of four teams, each playing three games. The top two teams in each division advanced to the championship round, while the bottom two were placed in the consolation round. Each division played another round robin. The top three teams in the championship won the gold, silver and bronze medals. Teams that faced each other in the first round had their results carried over to the final rounds.

Final standings

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

Rank Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
1st  Soviet Union 5 5 0 0 24 9 10
2nd  Finland 5 4 1 0 29 8 8
3rd  Sweden 5 2 2 1 23 15 5
4  Czechoslovakia 5 2 3 0 28 27 4
5  Canada 5 3 2 0 25 18 6
6  West Germany 5 2 3 0 15 28 4
7  United States 5 1 3 1 21 26 3
8   Switzerland 5 0 5 0 13 47 0

  Switzerland was relegated to Pool B for the 1981 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Preliminary round

Gold group

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Soviet Union 3 3 0 0 16 6 6
 Finland 3 2 1 0 22 4 4
 Canada 3 1 2 0 15 15 2
  Switzerland 3 0 3 0 6 34 0
December 27, 1979 Finland  2 – 1
(1–0, 0–1, 1–0)		  Canada Helsinki
December 27, 1979 Soviet Union  6 – 0
(1–0, 3–0, 2–0)		   Switzerland Helsingin Jäähalli
December 28, 1979 Soviet Union  8 – 5
(4–1, 1–3, 3–1)		  Canada Vantaa
December 28, 1979 Finland  19 – 1
(6–0, 6–0, 7–1)		   Switzerland Helsinki
December 30, 1979 Canada  9 – 5
(4–1, 2–2, 3–2)		   Switzerland Vantaa
December 30, 1979 Finland  1 – 2
(0–1, 0–0, 1–1)		  Soviet Union Helsinki

Blue group

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Sweden 3 2 0 1 20 10 5
 Czechoslovakia 3 2 1 0 24 17 4
 West Germany 3 1 2 0 10 20 2
 United States 3 0 2 1 10 17 1
December 27, 1979 United States  3 – 7
(1–1, 1–1, 1–5)		  Czechoslovakia Vantaa
December 27, 1979 Sweden  5 – 1
(1–0, 2–1, 2–0)		  West Germany Vantaa
December 28, 1979 Sweden  5 – 5
(3–1, 2–2, 0–2)		  United States Vantaa
December 28, 1979 Czechoslovakia  13 – 4
(5–1, 5–1, 3–2)		  West Germany Vantaa
December 30, 1979 West Germany  5 – 2
(3–0, 0–2, 2–0)		  United States Helsingin Jäähalli
December 30, 1979 Sweden  10 – 4
(3–1, 4–0, 3–3)		  Czechoslovakia Helsinki

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
 Canada 3 3 0 0 19 8 6
 West Germany 3 2 1 0 10 10 4
 United States 3 1 2 0 13 14 2
  Switzerland 3 0 3 0 12 22 0
January 1, 1980 Canada  4 – 2
(0–0, 3–2, 1–0)		  United States Helsingin Jäähalli
January 1, 1980 West Germany  4 – 2
(2–1, 1–0, 1–1)		   Switzerland Vantaa
January 2, 1980 Canada  6 – 1
(1–0, 4–0, 1–1)		  West Germany Helsinki
January 2, 1980 United States  9 – 5
(1–1, 4–2, 4–2)		   Switzerland Vantaa

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
 Soviet Union 3 3 0 0 10 4 6
 Finland 3 2 1 0 8 6 4
 Sweden 3 1 2 0 13 9 2
 Czechoslovakia 3 0 3 0 8 20 0
January 1, 1980 Finland  3 – 2
(0–1, 3–0, 0–1)		  Sweden Helsinki
January 1, 1980 Soviet Union  6 – 2
(0–1, 1–1, 5–0)		  Czechoslovakia Helsinki
January 2, 1980 Finland  4 – 2
(1–1, 1–1, 2–0)		  Czechoslovakia Helsingin Jäähalli
January 2, 1980 Soviet Union  2 – 1
(0–1, 2–0, 0–0)		  Sweden Helsingin Jäähalli

Scoring leaders

Rank Player Country G A Pts
1 Vladimir Krutov  Soviet Union 7 4 11
2 Jari Kurri  Finland 4 7 11
3 Håkan Loob  Sweden 7 2 9
4 Jan Vodila  Czechoslovakia 6 2 8
5 Kari Jalonen  Finland 3 5 8
6 Dusan Pasek  Czechoslovakia 6 1 7
7 Reijo Ruotsalainen  Finland 4 3 7
8 Dino Ciccarelli  Canada 5 1 6
9 Ari Lahteenmäki  Finland 4 2 6
Scott Carlston  United States 4 2 6

Tournament awards

IIHF Directorate Awards Media All-Star Team
Goaltender Finland Jari Paavola Finland Jari Paavola
Defencemen Finland Reijo Ruotsalainen Sweden Tomas Jonsson
Finland Reijo Ruotsalainen
Forwards Soviet Union Vladimir Krutov Sweden Håkan Loob
Soviet Union Igor Larionov
Soviet Union Vladimir Krutov

Pool B

The second tier of the World Junior Championship was contested in Klagenfurt, Austria from March 7 to 13, 1980. Eight teams were divided into two groups of four that played a round robin, followed by placement games against the respective team in the other group. The Hungarian team made their first appearance this year.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Austria 3 3 0 0 29 6 6
 Norway 3 2 1 0 22 7 4
 Denmark 3 1 2 0 14 17 2
 Hungary 3 0 3 0 9 44 0
Norway  6 – 2
(3–1, 2–0, 1–1)		  Denmark
Austria  19 – 3
(10–1, 6–0, 3–2)		  Hungary
Austria  8 – 2
  Denmark
Hungary  3 – 15
  Norway
Denmark  10 – 3
  Hungary
Austria  2 – 1
  Norway

Group B

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Poland 3 3 0 0 27 6 6
 Netherlands 3 2 1 0 16 10 4
 Italy 3 1 2 0 10 16 2
 France 3 0 3 0 8 29 0
France  2 – 8
(2–4, 0–1, 0–3)		  Italy
Poland  5 – 3
(4–2, 1–1, 0–0)		  Netherlands
Poland  12 – 2
  France
Italy  1 – 4
  Netherlands
France  4 – 9
  Netherlands
Poland  10 – 1
  Italy

Final round

7th place game

France  11 – 2
  Hungary

5th place game

Denmark  4 – 2
  Italy

3rd place game

Norway  6 – 3
  Netherlands

1st place game

Austria  4 – 3
  Poland

 Austria was promoted to Pool A for the 1981 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Scoring leaders

Rank Player Country G A Pts
1 Petter Thoresen  Norway 9 2 11
2 Thomas Cijan  Austria 7 2 9
3 Peter Raffl  Austria 8 0 8
4 Fred Homburg  Netherlands 6 2 8
5 Marek Bomba  Poland 3 5 8

References

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