The junior ice hockey world championship in 1981 was the fifth 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 between December 27, 1980 and January 2, 1981 in the Bavarian cities of Kaufbeuren , Augsburg , Füssen , Landsberg , Kempten and Oberstdorf . The B World Championship was held from March 23 to 29, 1981 in Strasbourg , France . As in the previous year, a total of 16 teams took part.
The team from Sweden became junior world champions for the first time . The team from Austria was relegated from the A group. The Switzerland was B champion.
World Championship The A group of the Junior World Championship was held in Kaufbeuren , Augsburg , Füssen , Landsberg , Kempten and Oberstdorf .
mode Eight teams took part in two groups of four teams each. The two best teams in each group qualified for the medal round. The four remaining teams played the only relegated team in the relegation round. In the medal and relegation round, the teams' games against their opponents from the preliminary round were taken over.
Preliminary round Group A
December 27, 1980
Czechoslovakia
3: 3 (1: 0, 0: 2, 2: 1)
Canada
Kaufbeuren
December 27, 1980
Soviet Union
19: 1 (7: 0, 8: 0, 4: 1)
Austria
augsburg
December 28, 1980
Soviet Union
7: 3 (3: 1, 3: 0, 1: 2)
Canada
Landsberg
December 28, 1980
Czechoslovakia
21: 4 (6: 1, 6: 3, 9: 0)
Austria
Feet
December 30, 1980
Canada
11: 1 ((1: 0, 4: 0, 6: 1)
Austria
Landsberg
December 30, 1980
Soviet Union
5: 1 (2: 1, 0: 0, 3: 0)
Czechoslovakia
Feet
Pl.
Sp
S.
U
N
Gates
Points
1.
Soviet Union Soviet Union
3
3
0
0
31: 5
6-0
2.
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
3
1
1
1
25:12
3: 3
3.
Canada Canada
3
1
1
1
17:11
3: 3
4th
Austria Austria
3
0
0
3
0 6:51
0: 6
Group B
December 27, 1980
Germany Federal Republic
3: 7 (2: 3, 0: 2, 1: 2)
Sweden
Feet
December 27, 1980
Finland
8: 1 (0: 0, 5: 1, 3: 0)
United States
Landsberg
December 28, 1980
Germany Federal Republic
6: 8 (1: 3, 3: 4, 2: 1)
Finland
Oberstdorf
December 28, 1980
Sweden
10: 2 (0: 1, 6: 1, 4: 0)
United States
augsburg
December 30, 1980
Sweden
2: 1 (0: 1, 2: 0, 0: 0)
Finland
Kempten
December 30, 1980
Germany Federal Republic
4: 2 (1: 0, 1: 0, 2: 2)
United States
Kaufbeuren
Pl.
Sp
S.
U
N
Gates
Points
1.
Sweden Sweden
3
3
0
0
19: 5
6-0
2.
Finland Finland
3
2
0
1
17: 9
4: 2
3.
Germany Federal Republic BR Germany
3
1
0
2
13:17
2: 4
4th
United States United States
3
0
0
3
0 5:22
0: 6
Relegation round
December 31, 1980
United States
7: 3 (2: 1, 2: 2, 3: 0)
Canada
Landsberg
December 31, 1980
Germany Federal Republic
9: 1 (1: 0, 5: 0, 3: 1)
Austria
Feet
2nd January 1981
Germany Federal Republic
7: 6 (5: 2, 2: 3, 0: 1)
Canada
Kaufbeuren
2nd January 1981
United States
7: 2 (2: 0, 2: 1, 3: 1)
Austria
Feet
Pl.
Sp
S.
U
N
Gates
Points
5.
Germany BR
3
3
0
0
20: 9
6-0
6th
United States
3
2
0
1
16: 9
4: 2
7th
Canada
3
1
0
2
20:15
2: 4
8th.
Austria
3
0
0
3
0 4:27
0: 6
Medal round
December 31, 1980
Finland
6: 3 (2: 0, 3: 1, 1: 2)
Soviet Union
Kaufbeuren
December 31, 1980
Sweden
3: 3 (0: 1, 2: 1, 1: 1)
Czechoslovakia
Oberstdorf
2nd January 1981
Sweden
3: 2 (2: 1, 1: 1, 0: 0)
Soviet Union
augsburg
2nd January 1981
Czechoslovakia
6: 6 (2: 2, 1: 2, 3: 2)
Finland
Landsberg
Pl.
Sp
S.
U
N
Gates
Points
1.
Sweden
3
2
1
0
0 8: 6
5: 1
2.
Finland
3
1
1
1
13:11
3: 3
3.
Soviet Union
3
1
0
2
10:10
2: 4
4th
Czechoslovakia
3
0
2
1
10:14
2: 4
Best scorer Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points, SM = penalty minutes; Fat: tournament best
Final placements
Pl.
team
1.
Sweden
2.
Finland
3.
Soviet Union
4th
Czechoslovakia
5.
Germany BR
6th
United States
7th
Canada
8th.
Austria
Title, promotion and relegation
World champion Sweden Sweden
Peter Andersson , Peter Åslin , Anders Björklund , Lars Eriksson , Jan Erixon , Michael Granstedt , Roger Hägglund , Jan Ingman , Anders Johnson , Peter Madach , Dan Niklasson , Peter Nilsson , Håkan Nordin , Jens Öhling , Martin Pettersson , Ove Pettersson , Patrik Sundström , Peter Sundström , Michael Thelvén Trainer:
Silver Finland Finland
Tony Arima , Timo Blomqvist , Risto Jalo , Pekka Järvelä , Timo Jutila , Veli-Pekka Kinnunen , Jouni Koutuaniemi , Jarmo Kuusisto , Ari Lähteenmäki , Heikki glues , Anssi Melametsä , Jari Munck , Sakari Petäjäaho , Arto Ruotanen , Juha Saarenoja , Jyrki Seppä , Arto Sirviö , Petri Skriko , Kari Takko , Ilmo Uotila Trainer: Olli Hietanen
Bronze USSR Soviet Union
Andrei Chomutow , Sergei Yashin , Ramil Yuldashev , Sergei Kostiukhin , Sergei Kudryashov , Oleg Kudryavtsev , Konstantin Kuraschow , Alexander Ledowskich , Yuri Nikitin , Sergei Odintsov , Andrei Ovchinnikov , Mikhail Panin , Mikhail Sacharau , Yuri Schipizyn , Anatoli Semenov , Andrei Semko , Sergei Semchenko , Igor Stelnow , Sergei Swetlow , Vladimir Tyurikov Coaching staff: Yuri Morozov , Vladimir Bogomolov
Relegated:
Austria
Newcomers:
Switzerland
Awards Player trophies All-Star Team B world championship The eight teams play a preliminary round in two groups of four. The top two in each group qualified for the promotion round. The results of the games among each other were taken over into the promotion or placement round.
Preliminary round Group A
March 23, 1981
Netherlands
3: 2 (1: 1, 2: 0, 0: 1)
Denmark
Strasbourg
March 23, 1981
Switzerland
7: 3 (2: 0, 1: 2, 4: 1)
Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic
Strasbourg
March 24, 1981
Switzerland
8: 1 (1: 1, 3: 0, 4: 0)
Denmark
Strasbourg
March 24, 1981
Netherlands
6: 1 (2: 1, 1: 0, 3: 0)
Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic
Strasbourg
March 26, 1981
Switzerland
10: 0 (5: 0, 3: 0, 2: 0)
Netherlands
Strasbourg
March 26, 1981
Denmark
7: 4 (1: 1, 1: 1, 5: 2)
Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic
Strasbourg
Group B
Norway
5: 5 (0: 1, 3: 1, 2: 3)
Italy
Strasbourg
France
4: 8 (2: 3, 2: 2, 0: 3)
Poland
Strasbourg
Poland
12: 1 (4: 0, 4: 0, 4: 1)
Italy
Strasbourg
France
3: 9 (0: 4, 2: 2, 1: 3)
Norway
Strasbourg
Norway
6: 5 (0: 3, 2: 1, 4: 1)
Poland
Strasbourg
France
3: 7 (2: 2, 3: 0, 2: 1)
Italy
Strasbourg
Pl.
Gates
Pt.
1.
Norway Norway
20:13
5: 1
2.
Poland Poland
25:11
4: 2
3.
Italy Italy
13:20
3: 3
4th
France France
10:24
0: 6
Placement round
March 27, 1981
France
6: 7 (0: 2, 5: 1, 1: 4)
Denmark
Strasbourg
March 27, 1981
Italy
3: 8 (0: 2, 2: 2, 1: 4)
Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic
Strasbourg
March 29, 1981
France
4: 4 (1: 2, 0: 2, 3: 0)
Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic
Strasbourg
March 29, 1981
Denmark
5: 1 (0: 0, 2: 1, 3: 0)
Italy
Strasbourg
Pl.
Gates
Pt.
5.
Denmark
19:11
6-0
6th
Yugoslavia
18:14
3: 3
7th
Italy
11:16
2: 4
8th.
France
13:18
1: 5
Promotion lap
March 27, 1981
Norway
8: 1 (2: 1, 5: 0, 1: 0)
Netherlands
Strasbourg
March 27, 1981
Switzerland
5: 2 (2: 0, 2: 1, 1: 1)
Poland
Strasbourg
March 29, 1981
Netherlands
0: 7 (0: 2, 0: 2, 0: 3)
Poland
Strasbourg
March 29, 1981
Switzerland
4: 4 (0: 0, 3: 1, 1: 3)
Norway
Strasbourg
Pl.
Gates
Pt.
1.
Switzerland
19: 6
5: 1
2.
Norway
18:10
5: 1
3.
Poland
14:11
2: 4
4th
Netherlands
0 1:25
0: 6
Final placement of the B-WM
Pl.
team
1.
Switzerland
2.
Norway
3.
Poland
4th
Netherlands
5.
Denmark
6th
Yugoslavia
7th
Italy
8th.
France
Promoted to the A group:
Switzerland
Relegated from the A group:
Austria
Top scorer literature Müller, Stephan: International Ice Hockey Encyclopedia 1904-2005 / BoD GmbH Norderstedt, 2005 ISBN 3-8334-4189-5 , p. 248 Web links
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