1996 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 1996 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1996 WJHC) was the 20th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, hosted in Massachusetts. The tournament was won by Canada—defeating Sweden 4-1 in the gold-medal game—earning Canada their fourth straight gold medal and ninth overall, tying the Soviet team's record in both regards.

1996 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country United States
DatesDecember 26, 1995 – January 4, 1996
Teams10
Venue(s)7 (in 6[1] host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Canada (9th title)
Runner-up  Sweden
Third place  Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches played31
Goals scored218 (7.03 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Jarome Iginla
(12 points)
← 1995
1997 →

Attendance was less than spectacular for the championships in the United States. It would be the last time the US would host the tournament until 2005 in Grand Forks.

Among this edition of the tournament's future NHL stars were Milan Hejduk, Miikka Kiprusoff, Chris Drury, Marco Sturm, José Théodore, Mattias Öhlund, Daymond Langkow, Sergei Samsonov and tournament scoring leader Jarome Iginla.

This was the first World Juniors tournament to implement the two groups, round-robin/preliminaries and playoff format. It was also Slovakia's first appearance at the top level in the junior tournament.

Round robin

Group A
Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Canada 44001948
 United States 422013174
 Finland 422014104
  Switzerland 413010142
 Ukraine 41309202
December 26, 1995Canada 6 – 1 United StatesCentrum in Worcester, Worcester
December 26, 1995Finland 5 – 1  SwitzerlandNew England Sports Center, Marlborough
December 27, 1995Canada 2 – 1  SwitzerlandMullins Center, Amherst
December 27, 1995Ukraine 4 – 3 United StatesMatthews Arena, Boston
December 28, 1995Finland 4 – 1 UkraineMatthews Arena, Boston
December 29, 1995Canada 3 – 1 FinlandMatthews Arena, Boston
December 29, 1995United States 4 – 3  SwitzerlandSpringfield Civic Center, Springfield
December 30, 1995Switzerland  5 – 3 UkraineNew England Sports Center, Marlborough
December 31, 1995Canada 8 – 1 UkraineMatthews Arena, Boston
December 31, 1995United States 5 – 4 FinlandMullins Center, Amherst

Group B
Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Czech Republic 420215106
 Russia 421119125
 Sweden 42111475
 Slovakia 401311173
 Germany 403111241
December 26, 1995Czech Republic 5 – 3 RussiaMullins Center, Amherst
December 26, 1995Sweden 6 – 0 SlovakiaCentrum in Worcester, Worcester
December 27, 1995Slovakia 3 – 3 RussiaMatthews Arena, Boston
December 27, 1995Czech Republic 6 – 3 GermanyMullins Center, Amherst
December 28, 1995Sweden 6 – 2 GermanyMatthews Arena, Boston
December 29, 1995Czech Republic 4 – 4 SlovakiaMatthews Arena, Boston
December 29, 1995Russia 5 – 2 SwedenSpringfield Civic Center, Springfield
December 30, 1995Germany 4 – 4 SlovakiaNew England Sports Center, Marlborough
December 31, 1995Czech Republic 0 – 0 SwedenMatthews Arena, Boston
December 31, 1995Russia 8 – 2 GermanyMullins Center, Amherst

Relegation round
Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Slovakia 320117105
 Germany 31021274
  Switzerland 311111133
 Ukraine 30306160
December 30, 1995Switzerland  5 – 3 UkraineNew England Sports Center, Marlborough
December 30, 1995Germany 4 – 4 SlovakiaNew England Sports Center, Marlborough
January 2, 1996Switzerland  3 – 3 GermanyNew England Sports Center, Marlborough
January 2, 1996Ukraine 3 – 6 SlovakiaNew England Sports Center, Marlborough
January 3, 1996Switzerland  3 – 7 SlovakiaNew England Sports Center, Marlborough
January 3, 1996Ukraine 0 – 5 GermanyNew England Sports Center, Marlborough

 Ukraine was relegated for the 1997 World Junior Championships.

Playoffs
  Quarter finals     Semi finals     Final
                           
      QF1  Sweden 8  
  A2  United States 0     B1  Czech Republic 2    
  B3  Sweden 3         SF1  Sweden 1
      SF2  Canada 4
      QF2  Russia 3    
  B2  Russia 6     A1  Canada 4   Third place
  A3  Finland 2   QF1  Czech Republic 1
  QF2  Russia 4

Quarterfinals
January 1, 1996
13:00		United States 0 – 3
(0–1, 0–1, 0–1)		 SwedenMullins Center, Amherst
January 1, 1996
17:00		Russia 6 – 2
(0–1, 5–1, 1–0)		 FinlandMullins Center, Amherst

Semifinals
January 3, 1996
15:30		Canada 4 – 3
(1–1, 2–1, 1–1)		 RussiaMatthews Arena, Boston
Attendance: 2,500 (approx.)
January 3, 1996
18:30		Sweden 8 – 2
(0–0, 6–1, 2–1)		 Czech RepublicMatthews Arena, Boston

5th place game
January 4, 1996
12:00		Finland 7 – 8
(3–1, 3–4, 1–2, 0-1)		 United StatesNew England Sports Center, Marlborough

Bronze medal game
January 4, 1996
15:30		Czech Republic 1 – 4
(1–0, 0–2, 0–2)		 Russia Conte Forum, Chestnut Hill

Gold medal game
January 4, 1996
19:30		 Sweden 1 – 4
(1–1, 0–2, 0–1)		 Canada Conte Forum, Chestnut Hill
Attendance: 5,781

Scoring leaders
Player Country GP G A Pts
Jarome Iginla Canada65712
Florian Keller Germany64812
Marco Sturm Germany64610
Miika Elomo Finland6459
Johan Davidsson Sweden7369
Ruslan Shafikov Russia7189
Alexei Morozov Russia7538
Juho Jokinen Finland6358
Dmitri Nabokov Russia7358
Marcus Nilson Sweden7358

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Player Country MINS GA GAA SO W L T
José Théodore Canada24061.500400
Per-Ragnar Bergkvist Sweden24061.501211
Magnus Wennström Sweden18072.330211
Alexei Yegorov Russia358.9172.840321
Miikka Kiprusoff Finland159.393.390120

Tournament awards
All-star team[2]
IIHF best player awards

Final standings
Team
 Canada
 Sweden
 Russia
4th Czech Republic
5th United States
6th Finland
7th Slovakia
8th Germany
9th  Switzerland
10th Ukraine

Pool B

The second tier was held in Sosnowiec and Tychy, Poland, from December 28 to January 4. Two groups of four played round robins, and then the top three played each of the top three teams from the other group. All scores carried forward except the results against the lone eliminated team from each group.

Preliminary Round
Group A
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Poland 330032267 - 29 - 016 - 0
 Hungary 3210141242 - 77 - 15 - 4
 Japan 312041720 - 91 - 73 - 1
 Austria 303052400 - 164 - 51 - 3
Group B
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Latvia 330015965 - 15 - 45 - 4
 Italy 312081121 - 53 - 44 - 2
 Norway 31208924 - 54 - 30 - 1
 France 31207924 - 52 - 41 - 0

Final Round
Rank Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
1 Poland 5500317105 - 33 - 27 - 27 - 09 - 0
2 Latvia 5410221683 - 55 - 45 - 45 - 14 - 2
3 Norway 5320181562 - 34 - 53 - 14 - 35 - 3
4 Hungary 5230191642 - 74 - 51 - 35 - 07 - 1
5 Italy 514092520 - 71 - 53 - 40 - 55 - 4
6 Japan 5050103000 - 92 - 43 - 51 - 74 - 5

 Poland was promoted to Pool A for 1997.

Relegation Round
France 4 – 2 Austria
France 7 – 3 Austria

 Austria was relegated to Pool C for 1997.

Pool C

Played in Jesenice, Bled, and Kranj, Slovenia, from December 30 to January 3.

Preliminary Round
Group A
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Slovenia 330022562 - 110 - 410 - 0
 Denmark 321018541 - 213 - 04 - 3
 Romania 3120102624 - 100 - 136 - 3
 Netherlands 303062000 - 103 - 43 - 6
Group B
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Kazakhstan 3300251167 - 67 - 211 - 3
 Belarus 3210231146 - 76 - 411 - 0
 Great Britain 3120141422 - 74 - 68 - 1
 Spain 303043003 - 110 - 111 - 8

Placement Games

 Kazakhstan was promoted to Pool B, and  Spain was relegated to Pool D for 1997.

Pool D

Played in Tallinn, Estonia, from December 31 to January 4.

Preliminary Round
Group A
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Estonia 220024344 - 220 - 1
 FR Yugoslavia 211010522 - 48 - 1
 South Africa 202022801 - 201 - 8
Group B
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Croatia 220020445 - 215 - 2
 Lithuania 211021722 - 519 - 2
 Bulgaria 202043402 - 152 - 19

Placement Games

 Croatia was promoted to Pool C for 1997.

References
  1. Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. pp. 198–99.
  2. http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/U-20_1996.htm
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