Junior Ice Hockey World Championship 1979

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	Winner: Soviet Union

The Junior Ice Hockey World Championship in 1979 was the third edition of the World Championship in the under-20 age group (U20) by the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF. It took place from December 20, 1978 to January 3, 1979 in Karlstad and Karlskoga in Sweden . For the first time there was also a B World Junior Championship, which was played from March 5th to 9th, 1979 in Caen , France .

The Soviet Union team became junior world champions for the third time . The team from Norway was relegated, and Switzerland became B world champion and promoted to the A group .

World Championship

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Eight teams took part in the tournament. The last of the previous year, Switzerland, was replaced by Norway. The eight teams played in the preliminary round in two groups of four. The two best teams in each group qualified for the medal round. The four remaining teams played off the relegated team in the relegation round. In the relegation round, the teams' games against the opponent from the preliminary round were taken over.

Preliminary round

Group gold

December 27, 1978

Canada

1: 3 (0: 0, 1: 2, 0: 1)

Finland

Karlstad

December 27, 1978

Sweden

5: 2 (3: 0, 1: 1, 1: 1)

Germany

Karlstad

December 28, 1978

Germany

2: 6 (0: 2, 1: 2, 1: 2)

Canada

Karlstad

December 28, 1978

Finland

1: 2 (0: 1, 1: 1, 0: 0)

Sweden

Karlskoga

December 30, 1978

Sweden

1: 0 (0: 0, 1: 0, 0: 0)

Canada

Karlskoga

December 30, 1978

Finland

7: 1 (2: 1, 2: 0, 3: 0)

Germany

Karlskoga

Pl	country	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Sweden	3	3	0	0	08: 3	6-0
2.	Finland	3	2	0	1	11: 4	4: 2
3.	Canada	3	1	0	2	07: 5	2: 4
4th	BR Germany	3	0	0	3	05:18	0: 6

Group blue

December 27, 1978

Soviet Union

17: 0 (6: 0, 1: 0, 10: 0)

Norway

Karlskoga

December 27, 1978

Czechoslovakia

3: 2 (2: 1, 0: 1, 1: 0)

United States

Karlskoga

December 28, 1978

United States

1: 7 (0: 3, 1: 4, 0: 0)

Soviet Union

Karlskoga

December 28, 1978

Norway

4: 6 (2: 1, 2: 4, 0: 1)

Czechoslovakia

Karlstad

December 30, 1978

Soviet Union

9: 1 (3: 1, 5: 0, 1: 0)

Czechoslovakia

Karlstad

December 30, 1978

Norway

1: 7 (1: 1, 0: 5, 0: 1)

United States

Karlstad

Pl	country	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Soviet Union	3	3	0	0	33: 2	6-0
2.	Czechoslovakia	3	2	0	1	10:15	4: 2
3.	United States	3	1	0	2	10:11	2: 4
4th	Norway	3	0	0	3	05:30	0: 6

Relegation round

December 31, 1978

Canada

10: 1 (4: 0, 3: 1, 3: 0)

Norway

Karlstad

December 31, 1978

United States

8: 6 (2: 1, 3: 2, 3: 3)

Germany

Karlskoga

2nd January 1979

Canada

6: 3 (1: 0, 4: 3, 1: 0)

United States

Karlskoga

2nd January 1978

Norway

0: 6 (0: 3, 0: 2, 0: 1)

Germany

Karlstad

Pl	country	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
5.	Canada	3	3	0	0	22: 6	6-0
6th	United States	3	2	0	1	18:13	4: 2
7th	BR Germany	3	1	0	2	14:14	2: 4
8th.	Norway	3	0	0	3	02:23	0: 6

Medal round

December 31, 1978

Soviet Union

4: 2 (1: 0, 1: 2, 2: 0)

Finland

Karlstad

December 31, 1978

Sweden

1: 1 (0: 0, 0: 1, 1: 0)

Czechoslovakia

Karlskoga

2nd January 1979

Finland

2: 5 (2: 2, 0: 2, 0: 1)

Sweden

Karlstad

2nd January 1979

Soviet Union

2: 2 (1: 1, 1: 1, 0: 0)

Czechoslovakia

Karlskoga

3rd January 1979

Czechoslovakia

6: 5 (1: 1, 3: 2, 2: 2)

Finland

Karlskoga

3rd January 1979

Sweden

5: 7 (2: 2, 2: 2, 1: 3)

Soviet Union

Karlstad

Pl	country	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	USSR	3	2	1	0	13: 9	5: 1
2.	Czechoslovakia	3	1	2	0	09: 8	4: 2
3.	Sweden	3	1	1	1	11:10	3: 3
4th	Finland	3	0	0	3	09:15	0: 6

Best scorer

Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points, SM = penalty minutes; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
Vladimir Krutov	USSR	6th	8th	6th	14th	2
Anatoly Tarasov	USSR	6th	5	5	10	0
Vyacheslav Ryanov	USSR	6th	6th	3	9	2
Georg Holzmann	BR Germany	5	4th	4th	8th	19th
Alexander Gerasimov	USSR	6th	2	6th	8th	24
Aaron loaves	United States	5	4th	3	7th	0
Jarmo Mäkitalo	Finland	6th	4th	3	7th	2
Anton Šťastný	Czechoslovakia	6th	3	4th	7th	6th
Alexei Kassatonov	USSR	6th	3	4th	7th	6th
Thomas Steen	Sweden	6th	5	1	6th	6th

Final placements

Pl	team
1	USSR
2	Czechoslovakia
3	Sweden
4th	Finland
5	Canada
6th	United States
7th	BR Germany
8th	Norway

Title, promotion and relegation

World Champion USSR

Andrei Andreyev , Anatoli Antipov , Alexander Gerasimov , Vladimir Gerasimov , Viktor Gluschenkow , Vladimir Golowkow , Sergei Karpov , Alexei Kassatonow , Vladimir Krutov , Valery Krylov , Gennadi Kurd , Igor Larionov , Nikolai Maslov , Vyacheslav Rjanow , Dmitry Saprykin , Andrei Sidorenko , Yuri Strakhov , Anatoli Tarasow , Nikolai Varyanov , Yuri Woschakow Coaching staff: Vitali Dawydow , Vadim Sakharov

Silver Czechoslovakia

Juraj Bakoš , František Černý , Ivan Černý , Miroslav Fryčer , Jaroslav Horský , January Hrabák , Ján Jaško , Vladimír Jeřábek , Arnold Kadlec , Jiří Lála , Igor Liba , Pavol Norovský , Dušan Pašek , Antonín PLANOVSKY , dárius rusnák , Pavel Setikovský , Peter Slanina , Anton Šťastný , Vlastimil Vajčner , Ondřej Weissman Coaching staff: Ladislav Horský , Pavel Wohl

Bronze Sweden

Björn Åkerblom , Mikael Andersson , Siverth Andersson , Jan-Åke Danielson , Thomas Eriksson , Göran Henriksson , Tomas Jonsson , Lars Karlsson , Thomas Kärrbrandt , Pelle Lindbergh , Håkan Loob , Tommy Mörth , Mats Näslund , Ove Olsson , Jan Remmelg , Tommy Samuelsson , Conny Silfverberg , Per Sjölander , Håkan Södergren , Thomas Steen Trainers:

Relegated:	Norway
Newcomers:	Switzerland

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Best goalkeeper	Pelle Lindbergh	Sweden
Best defender	Alexei Kassatonov	USSR
Best striker	Vladimir Krutov	USSR

All-Star Team

Attack:	Vladimir Krutow - Anatoly Tarasow - Thomas Steen
Defense:	Alexei Kassatonow - Ivan Cerný
Goal:	Pelle Lindbergh

B world championship

Group B was played from March 5-9, 1979 in Caen, France.

Preliminary round

Group A

March 5th 1979

France

3: 1 (1: 0, 1: 1, 1: 0)

Austria

Caen

March 5th 1979

Poland

23: 2 (8: 0, 6: 2, 9: 0)

Belgium

Caen

March 6, 1979

France

9: 2 (2: 2, 5: 0, 2: 0)

Belgium

Caen

March 6, 1979

Poland

9-0 0

Austria

Caen

March 8, 1979

Austria

10: 3 (6: 1, 2: 0, 2: 2)

Belgium

Caen

March 8, 1979 9:00 p.m.

France

10: 5 (1: 2, 5: 1, 4: 2)

Poland

Caen

Pl		Gates	Pt
1.	France	22: 8	6-0
2.	Poland	37:12	4: 2
3.	Austria	11:15	2: 4
4th	Belgium	07:42	0: 6

Group B

March 5th 1979

Switzerland

10: 4 (3: 1, 4: 1, 3: 2)

Netherlands

Caen

March 5th 1979

Italy

0: 3 0

Denmark

Caen

March 6, 1979

Switzerland

8: 2 (4: 1, 1: 0, 3: 1)

Denmark

Caen

March 6, 1979

Netherlands

7: 4 0

Italy

Caen

March 8, 1979

Denmark

3: 0 (1: 0, 1: 0, 1: 0)

Netherlands

Caen

March 8, 1979

Switzerland

9: 1 (2: 0, 5: 1, 2: 0)

Italy

Caen

Pl		Gates	Pt
1.	Switzerland	27: 7	6-0
2.	Denmark	08: 8	4: 2
3.	Netherlands	11:17	2: 4
4th	Italy	05:19	0: 6

Placement games

Game for 7th place

March 9, 1979

Italy

17: 2

Belgium

Caen

Play for 5th place

March 9, 1979

Austria

6: 5

Netherlands

Caen

3rd place match

March 9, 1979

Poland

6: 5 a.d.

Denmark

Caen

final

March 9, 1979

France

4: 5 n.V. (0: 2, 2: 0, 2: 2, 0: 1)

Switzerland

Caen

Final placement of the B-WM

Pl	team
1	Switzerland
2	France
3	Poland
4th	Denmark
5	Austria
6th	Netherlands
7th	Italy
8th	Belgium

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Best goalkeeper	Laurent Dentz	France
Best defender	Mieczysław Łaś	Poland
Best striker	Peter Schlagenhauf	Switzerland

The best scorer was Peter Schlagenhauf with 17 points (13 goals, 4 assists).

Ascent and descent

Promoted to the A group:	Switzerland
Relegated from the A group:	Norway

See also

• Ice Hockey World Championship 1979

Web links

• The Junior World Championship at hockeyarchives.info (French)