The B World Championship was held from March 15 to 21, 1987 in Rouen , France . The C group was held from 16th bis 22. March 1987 in Esbjerg , Denmark instead. A total of 22 countries took part in the three tournaments.
The World Cup took place in the Czechoslovak cities of Nitra , Piešťany , Trenčín and Topoľčany . The world championship title was secured for the first time by Finland , which profited from the disqualification of Canada on the last day of the game. Behind them were Czechoslovakia and Sweden . The Canadians were disqualified after a mass brawl in the game with the USSR, which was then also excluded from the tournament. Since the games against the two teams remained valid, Switzerland without a win was relegated to group B.
mode
As in previous years, a total of eight teams were admitted to the tournament, whose squad consisted exclusively of players under the age of 20 (U-20). The reigning B world champion from Poland was the only newcomer to the field of participants, who took the place of the German team that had been relegated the year before . The mode provided for a common group in which all teams each had to face their opponent once. The winner of this group became world champion, the last placed was relegated to the B world championship.
Tournament course
The tournament was overshadowed by a scandal: the prestige duel between Canada and the USSR at the World Cup a year ago was already turbulent and both teams had announced revenge for the events. This time, too, there was a lot of explosiveness in this game, although only the Canadians had a chance of winning the title if they could win. Seven minutes before the end of the game, with a score of 4-2 for Canada, a mass brawl broke out between the two teams, in which not only all the players but also the coaches and supervisors took part. The referee had to stop the game.
The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) responded to these events with draconian penalties. In addition to the disqualification of both teams, a total of 19 players were suspended for 18 months each, the penalty for the Soviet and Canadian coaches and supervisors was two years. While the abandoned game was removed from the scoring, the results from the other games remained valid. First and foremost, the team from Finland was able to benefit from this and was thus junior world champion for the first time in its history. The Swiss without a win during the entire tournament, however, had to relegate, as the teams from Canada and the USSR were allowed to remain in the A group despite their disqualification.
BR Germany
Norway
Japan
Austria
France
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