Junior Ice Hockey World Championship 1980

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	Winner: Soviet Union

The 1980 Junior Ice Hockey World Championship was the fourth edition of the World Championship in the under-20 age group (U20) by the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF. The A-World Championship took place from December 27, 1979 to January 2, 1980 in Helsinki , Finland . The Junior B World Championship was held from March 3 to 12 in Klagenfurt , Austria . A total of 16 teams took part, the USSR became world champions for the fourth time in a row.

The junior world championship was the only ice hockey world championship in 1980. For the first time there was no ice hockey world championship for men in an Olympic year , as two big tournaments in one year appeared to be too much of a burden for the players.

World Championship

The A group of the Junior World Championship was held in the Finnish capital Helsinki .

mode

Players under 20 years of age (U-20) were allowed. Eight teams took part in two groups of four teams each. The two best teams in each group qualified for the championship round. The four remaining teams played the only relegated team in the relegation round. In the championship and relegation round, the teams' games against their opponents were taken over from the preliminary round.

Preliminary round

Group gold

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 , Helsinki

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

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	USSR	3	3	0	0	166	6-0
2.	Finland	3	2	0	1	224	4: 2
3.	Canada	3	1	0	2	15:15	2: 4
4th	Switzerland	3	0	0	3	06:34	0: 6

Group blue

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)

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)

Germany

Vantaa

December 30, 1979

Germany

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

United States

Helsingin Jäähalli , Helsinki

December 30, 1979

Sweden

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

Czechoslovakia

Helsinki

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Sweden	3	2	1	0	20:10	5: 1
2.	Czechoslovakia	3	2	0	1	24:17	4: 2
3.	BR Germany	3	1	0	2	10:20	2: 4
4th	United States	3	0	1	2	10:17	1: 5

Relegation round

January 1, 1980

Canada

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

United States

Helsingin Jäähalli , Helsinki

January 1, 1980

Germany

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

Switzerland

Vantaa

2nd January 1980

Canada

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

Germany

Helsinki

2nd January 1980

United States

9: 5 (1: 1, 4: 2, 4: 2)

Switzerland

Vantaa

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
5.	Canada	3	3	0	0	198	6-0
6th	BR Germany	3	2	0	1	10:10	4: 2
7th	United States	3	1	0	2	13:14	2: 4
8th.	Switzerland	3	0	0	3	12:22	0: 6

Medal round

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

2nd January 1980

Finland

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

Czechoslovakia

Helsingin Jäähalli , Helsinki

2nd January 1980

Soviet Union

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

Sweden

Helsingin Jäähalli , Helsinki

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	USSR	3	3	0	0	104	6-0
2.	Finland	3	2	0	1	086	4: 2
3.	Sweden	3	1	0	2	139	2: 4
4th	Czechoslovakia	3	0	0	3	08:20	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	Soviet Union	5	7th	4th	11	5
Jari Kurri	Finland	5	4th	7th	11	0
Dieter Hegen	BR Germany	5	6th	4th	10	10
Håkan Loob	Sweden	5	7th	2	9	2
Ján Vodila	Czechoslovakia	5	6th	2	8th	10
Kari Jalonen	Finland	5	3	5	8th	0
Dušan Pašek	Czechoslovakia	5	6th	1	7th	4th
Reijo Ruotsalainen	Finland	5	4th	3	7th	2
Dino Ciccarelli	Canada	5	5	1	6th	2
Ari Lahteenmäki	Finland	5	4th	2	6th	16

Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points, +/− = plus / minus , PIM = penalty minutes; Fat: tournament best

Final placements

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

Title, promotion and relegation

World Champion USSR

Alexei Bews , Igor Bubenschtschikow , Viktor Gluschenkow , Vladimir Golowkow , Dmitri Jerastow , Vladimir Krutov , Igor Larionov , Valery Mikhailov , Andrei Morozov , Igor Morozov , Yuri Nikitin , Igor Panin , Mikhail Panin , Yevgeny Popichin , Ildar Rachmatullin , Dmitry Saprykin , Vladimir Schaschow , Yevgeny Shastin , Sergei Swetlow , Alexander Sybin Coaching staff: Yuri Morozov , Vladimir Bogomolov

Silver Finland

Pekka Arbelius , Tony Arima , Timo Blomqvist , Harri Haapaniemi , Mika Helkearo , Juha Huikari , Kari Jalonen , Jari Järvinen , Jouni Koutuaniemi , Jari Kurri , Ari Lähteenmäki , Anssi Melametsä , Jarmo Mäkitalo , Jari Munck , Jari Paavola , Reijo Ruotsalainen , Kari Suoraniemi , Ari Timosaari , Risto Tuomi , Pekka Tuomisto Trainers: Olli Hietanen

Bronze Sweden

Björn Åkerblom , Peter Åslin , Anders Bäckström , Jan-Åke Danielson , Peter Elander , Lars Eriksson , Tomas Jonsson , Lars Karlsson , Håkan Loob , Torbjörn Mattsson , Per Nilsson , Håkan Nordin , Ove Olsson , Matti Pauna , Lars-Gunnar Pettersson , Thomas Rundqvist , Tommy Samuelsson , Thomas Steen , Patrik Sundström Trainers:

Relegated:	Switzerland
Newcomers:	Austria

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Best goalkeeper	Jari Paavola	Finland
Best defender	Reijo Ruotsalainen	Finland
Best striker	Vladimir Krutov	USSR

All-Star Team

Attack:	Vladimir Krutov - Igor Larionow - Håkan Loob
Defense:	Reijo Ruotsalainen - Tomas Jonsson
Goal:	Jari Paavola

B world championship

Preliminary round

Group A

Norway

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

Denmark

Klagenfurt

Austria

19: 3 (10: 1, 6: 0, 3: 2)

Hungary

Klagenfurt

Austria

8: 2 0

Denmark

Klagenfurt

Hungary

3:15 0

Norway

Klagenfurt

Denmark

10: 3 0

Hungary

Klagenfurt

Austria

2: 1 0

Norway

Klagenfurt

Pl		Gates	Pt.
1.	Austria	29: 6	6-0
2.	Norway	21: 7	4: 2
3.	Denmark	14:17	2: 4
4th	Hungary	9:44	0: 6

Group B

France

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

Italy

Klagenfurt

Poland

5: 3 (4: 2, 1: 1, 0: 0)

Netherlands

Klagenfurt

Poland

12: 2 0

France

Klagenfurt

Italy

1: 4 0

Netherlands

Klagenfurt

France

4: 9 0

Netherlands

Klagenfurt

Poland

10: 1 0

Italy

Klagenfurt

Pl		Gates	Pt.
1.	Poland	27: 6	6-0
2.	Netherlands	16:10	4: 2
3.	Italy	10:16	2: 4
4th	France	8:29	0: 6

Placement games

7th place

March 11, 1980

France

11: 2

Hungary

Klagenfurt

5th place

March 11, 1980

Denmark

4: 2

Italy

Klagenfurt

place 3

March 12, 1980

Norway

6: 3

Netherlands

Klagenfurt

final

March 12, 1980

Austria

4: 3

Poland

Klagenfurt

Final placement

Pl team 1. Austria 2. Poland 3. Norway 4th Netherlands 5. Denmark 6th Italy 7th France 8th. Hungary

Promoted to the A group: Austria Relegated to group B: Switzerland

Web links

• Junior Ice Hockey World Championship 1980 at hockeyarchives.info (French)