1980 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 1980 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1980 WJHC) was the fourth edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship 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.

1980 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Finland
DatesDecember 27, 1979 –
January 2, 1980
Teams8
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Soviet Union (4th title)
Runner-up  Finland
Third place  Sweden
Fourth place Czechoslovakia
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored178 (8.9 per match)
Attendance60,784 (3,039 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Vladimir Krutov
(11 points)
1979
1981

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
 Soviet Union550024910
 Finland54102988
 Sweden522123155
4 Czechoslovakia523028274
5 Canada532025186
6 West Germany523015284
7 United States513121263
8  Switzerland505013470

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

Gold group

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Soviet Union33001666
 Finland32102244
 Canada312015152
  Switzerland30306340
December 27, 1979Finland 2 – 1
(1–0, 0–1, 1–0)
 CanadaHelsinki
December 27, 1979Soviet Union 6 – 0
(1–0, 3–0, 2–0)
  SwitzerlandHelsingin Jäähalli
December 28, 1979Soviet Union 8 – 5
(4–1, 1–3, 3–1)
 CanadaVantaa
December 28, 1979Finland 19 – 1
(6–0, 6–0, 7–1)
  SwitzerlandHelsinki
December 30, 1979Canada 9 – 5
(4–1, 2–2, 3–2)
  SwitzerlandVantaa
December 30, 1979Finland 1 – 2
(0–1, 0–0, 1–1)
 Soviet UnionHelsinki

Blue group

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Sweden320120105
 Czechoslovakia321024174
 West Germany312010202
 United States302110171
December 27, 1979United States 3 – 7
(1–1, 1–1, 1–5)
 CzechoslovakiaVantaa
December 27, 1979Sweden 5 – 1
(1–0, 2–1, 2–0)
 West GermanyVantaa
December 28, 1979Sweden 5 – 5
(3–1, 2–2, 0–2)
 United StatesVantaa
December 28, 1979Czechoslovakia 13 – 4
(5–1, 5–1, 3–2)
 West GermanyVantaa
December 30, 1979West Germany 5 – 2
(3–0, 0–2, 2–0)
 United StatesHelsingin Jäähalli
December 30, 1979Sweden 10 – 4
(3–1, 4–0, 3–3)
 CzechoslovakiaHelsinki

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
 Canada33001986
 West Germany321010104
 United States312013142
  Switzerland303012220
January 1, 1980Canada 4 – 2
(0–0, 3–2, 1–0)
 United StatesHelsingin Jäähalli
January 1, 1980West Germany 4 – 2
(2–1, 1–0, 1–1)
  SwitzerlandVantaa
January 2, 1980Canada 6 – 1
(1–0, 4–0, 1–1)
 West GermanyHelsinki
January 2, 1980United States 9 – 5
(1–1, 4–2, 4–2)
  SwitzerlandVantaa

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 Union33001046
 Finland3210864
 Sweden31201392
 Czechoslovakia30308200
January 1, 1980Finland 3 – 2
(0–1, 3–0, 0–1)
 SwedenHelsinki
January 1, 1980Soviet Union 6 – 2
(0–1, 1–1, 5–0)
 CzechoslovakiaHelsinki
January 2, 1980Finland 4 – 2
(1–1, 1–1, 2–0)
 CzechoslovakiaHelsingin Jäähalli
January 2, 1980Soviet Union 2 – 1
(0–1, 2–0, 0–0)
 SwedenHelsingin Jäähalli

Scoring leaders

Rank Player Country G A Pts
1Vladimir Krutov Soviet Union7411
2Jari Kurri Finland4711
3Håkan Loob Sweden729
4Ján Vodila Czechoslovakia628
5Kari Jalonen Finland358
6Dusan Pasek Czechoslovakia617
7Reijo Ruotsalainen Finland437
8Dino Ciccarelli Canada516
9Ari Lahteenmäki Finland426
Scott Carlston United States426

Tournament awards

IIHF Directorate AwardsMedia All-Star Team
Goaltender Jari Paavola Jari Paavola
Defencemen Reijo Ruotsalainen Tomas Jonsson
Reijo Ruotsalainen
Forwards Vladimir Krutov Håkan Loob
Igor Larionov
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.

Group A

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Austria33002966
 Norway32102274
 Denmark312014172
 Hungary30309440
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
 Poland33002766
 Netherlands321016104
 Italy312010162
 France30308290
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

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
1Petter Thoresen Norway9211
2Thomas Cijan Austria729
3Peter Raffl Austria808
4Fred Homburg Netherlands628
5Marek Bomba Poland358

References

  • Podnieks, Andrew (1998). Red, White, and Gold: Canada at the World Junior Championships 1974–1999. ECW Press. ISBN 1-55022-382-8.
  • 1977–81 World Junior Hockey Championships at TSN
  • Results at passionhockey.com
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