1994 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

1994 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Czech Republic
Dates December 26 - January 4
Teams 8
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions   Canada (7th title)
Runner-up   Sweden
Third place   Russia
Fourth place  Finland
Tournament statistics
Matches played 28
Goals scored 201 (7.18 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Sweden Niklas Sundström(11 points)
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The 1994 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1994 WJHC) was the 17th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held in Ostrava and Frydek-Mistek, Czech Republic. Canada won the gold medal for the second consecutive year, and its seventh overall, while Sweden won silver, and Russia the bronze.

Final standings

The 1994 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
1st Canada 7601392013
2nd Sweden 7610351612
3rd  Russia 7511231711
4 Finland 743027248
5 Czech Republic 734031296
6 United States 715120333
7 Germany 716010262
8  Switzerland 706110301

Switzerland was relegated to Pool B for 1995.

Results

December 26, 1993  Canada 5 – 1
   Switzerland Frydek-Mistek
December 26, 1993  Sweden 4 – 1
  Germany Ostrava
December 26, 1993  Russia 5 – 1
  Czech Republic Ostrava
December 26, 1993  Finland 5 – 2
  United States Frydek-Mistek
December 27, 1993  Canada 5 – 2
  Germany Ostrava
December 27, 1993  Sweden 3 – 0
  Russia Ostrava
December 27, 1993  Finland 7 – 3
  Czech Republic Frydek-Mistek
December 27, 1993   Switzerland 1 – 1
  United States Frydek-Mistek
December 29, 1993  Canada 3 – 3
  Russia Frydek-Mistek
December 29, 1993  Czech Republic 6 – 0
   Switzerland Frydek-Mistek
December 29, 1993  Sweden 6 – 2
  Finland Ostrava
December 29, 1993  United States 7 – 2
  Germany Ostrava
December 30, 1993  Canada 6 – 3
  Finland Ostrava
December 30, 1993  Czech Republic 6 – 2
  Germany Ostrava
December 30, 1993  Sweden 6 – 2
   Switzerland Frydek-Mistek
December 30, 1993  Russia 4 – 3
  United States Frydek-Mistek
January 1, 1994  Canada 8 – 3
  United States Frydek-Mistek
January 1, 1994  Finland 4 – 2
   Switzerland Ostrava
January 1, 1994  Sweden 6 – 4
  Czech Republic Frydek-Mistek
January 1, 1994  Russia 1 – 0
  Germany Ostrava
January 2, 1994  Canada 6 – 4
  Czech Republic Ostrava
January 2, 1994  Finland 2 – 0
  Germany Frydek-Mistek
January 2, 1994  Russia 5 – 3
   Switzerland Frydek-Mistek
January 2, 1994  Sweden 6 – 1
  United States Ostrava
January 4, 1994  Canada 6 – 4
  Sweden Ostrava
January 4, 1994  Germany 3 – 1
   Switzerland Ostrava
January 4, 1994  Russia 5 – 4
  Finland Frydek-Mistek
January 4, 1994  Czech Republic 7 – 3
  United States Frydek-Mistek

Leading scorers

  GP G A Pts PIM
Sweden Niklas Sundström 4711
Canada Martin Gendron 6410
Canada Yannick Dubé 5510
Canada Rick Girard 639
Sweden Mats Lingren 549

Tournament all-stars

Pool B

Eight teams contested the second tier this year in Bucharest Romania from December 27 to January 5. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games.

Standings
Rank Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Ukraine Norway France Poland Italy Austria Japan Romania
1 Ukraine 7700351014 4 - 35 - 17 - 02 - 15 - 23 - 09 - 3
2 Norway 75112815113 - 4 6 - 24 - 13 - 26 - 23 - 13 - 3
3 France 7331232371 - 52 - 6 1 - 35 - 24 - 43 - 17 - 2
4 Poland 7340152660 - 71 - 43 - 1 3 - 02 - 45 - 41 - 6
5 Italy 7241202251 - 22 - 32 - 50 - 3 3 - 37 - 55 - 1
6 Austria 7133212752 - 52 - 64 - 44 - 23 - 3 3 - 43 - 3
7 Japan 7250192740 - 31 - 31 - 34 - 55 - 74 - 3 4 - 3
8 Romania 7142213243 - 93 - 32 - 76 - 11 - 53 - 33 - 4

 Ukraine was promoted to Pool A and  Romania was relegated to Pool C for 1995.

Qualification for Pool C

A Qualification tournament was played in Nitra and Nove Zamky Slovakia, from November 1 to 7. Games between teams that had played each other in the preliminary round carried forward and counted in the final round.

Preliminary Round

Group A
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Latvia Belarus Slovenia Estonia
 Latvia 330015106 2 - 19 - 113 - 1
 Belarus 3210221141 - 2 6 - 06 - 1
 Slovenia 3120191721 - 90 - 6 5 - 1
 Estonia 303092701 - 131 - 61 - 5
Group B
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Slovakia Kazakhstan Croatia
 Slovakia 22002144 6 - 415 - 0
 Kazakhstan 211016724 - 6 12 - 1
 Croatia 202012700 - 151 - 12

Final Round

Group A
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Latvia Slovakia Kazakhstan Belarus
 Latvia 3210874 4 - 32 - 32 - 1
 Slovakia 3210161043 - 4 6 - 47 - 2
 Kazakhstan 311191033 - 24 - 6 2 - 2
 Belarus 302151111 - 22 - 72 - 2

 Latvia and  Slovakia won the right to participate in Pool C.

Pool C

Eight teams were divided into two round robin groups, with placement games to follow (1st played 1st, etc.). The tournament took place from December 30 to January 3, in Odense and Esbjerg Denmark.

Preliminary Round

Group A
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Latvia United Kingdom Netherlands Bulgaria
 Latvia 33005536 16 - 214 - 025 - 1
 Great Britain 3210162242 - 16 6 - 18 - 5
 Netherlands 312062220 - 141 - 6 5 - 2
 Bulgaria 303083801 - 255 - 82 - 5
Group B
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Slovakia Denmark Hungary Spain
 Slovakia 33004916 22 - 012 - 115 - 0
 Denmark 321092640 - 22 5 - 44 - 0
 Hungary 3120151721 - 124 - 5 10 - 0
 Spain 303002900 - 150 - 40 - 10

Placement Games

 Slovakia was promoted to Pool B for 1995.

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