Junior ice hockey world championship 1988

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	Winner: Canada

The 1988 Junior Ice Hockey World Championship was the twelfth edition of the World Championship in the under-20 age group (U20) by the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF. The Canadian team became junior world champions for the third time .

The A-World Championship took place from December 26, 1987 to January 4, 1988 in Moscow in the Soviet Union . The B World Championship was held from March 12 to 21, 1988 in Sapporo , Japan . The C group was held from 18th bis 27. March 1988 in Belluno and Feltre in Italy instead. A total of 24 countries took part in the three tournaments.

As in 1980 and 1984 , there was no men's ice hockey world championship in the 1988 Olympic year , so the junior world championship was the only ice hockey world championship of that year.

A world championship

The Group A World Championships took place in Moscow in the Soviet Union .

Games and final table

Pl.										Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Canada		3: 2	4: 4	4: 2	4: 2	5: 4	8: 1	9: 1	7th	6th	1	0	37:16	13: 1
2.	USSR	2: 3		6: 2	6: 4	4: 2	7: 3	12: 2	7: 2	7th	6th	0	1	44:18	12: 2
3.	Finland	4: 4	2: 6		2: 1	5: 2	8: 6	6-0	9: 1	7th	5	1	1	36:20	11: 3
4th	Czechoslovakia	2: 4	4: 6	1: 2		5: 5	11: 1	7: 4	6: 1	7th	3	1	3	36:23	07: 7
5.	Sweden	2: 4	2: 4	2: 5	5: 5		7: 5	5: 1	13: 0	7th	3	1	3	36:24	07: 7
6th	United States	4: 5	3: 7	6: 8	1:11	5: 7		6: 4	3: 4	7th	1	0	6th	28:46	02:12
7th	BR Germany	1: 8	2:12	0: 6	4: 7	1: 5	4: 6		6: 3	7th	1	0	6th	18:47	02:12
8th.	Poland	1: 9	2: 7	1: 9	1: 6	0:13	4: 3	3: 6		7th	1	0	6th	12:53	02:12

Best scorer

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

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
Alexander Mogilny	USSR	7th	9	9	18th	2
Tomas Sjogren	Sweden	7th	6th	9	15th	2
Ola Rosander	Sweden	7th	9	5	14th	2
Sergei Fyodorov	USSR	7th	5	7th	12	0
Janne Ojanen	Finland	7th	6th	5	11	16
Tero Toivola	Finland	7th	3	8th	11	4th
Robert Reichel	Czechoslovakia	7th	3	8th	11	2
Jeremy Roenick	United States	7th	5	4th	9	4th
Petr Pavlas	Czechoslovakia	7th	4th	5	9
Greg Hawgood	Canada	7th	1	8th	9	6th

Title, promotion and relegation

World Champion Canada

Warren Babe , Rob Brown , Dan Currie , Éric Desjardins , Rob DiMaio , Theoren Fleury , Adam Graves , Jeff Hackett , Greg Hawgood , Jody Hull , Chris Joseph , Sheldon Kennedy , Marc Laniel , Trevor Linden , Wayne McBean , Scott McCrady , Mark Pederson , Mark Recchi , Joe Sakic , Jimmy Waite Trainer: Dave Chambers

Silver USSR

Vladimir Alexuschin , Dmitri Khristich , Igor Dorofeev , Sergei Fedorov , Alexei Ivashkin , Ulvis Katlaps , Pawel Kostitschkin , Yuri Krywachischa , Igor Malychin , Alexander Mogilny , Yevgeny Mukhin , Stanislaw Panfilenkow , Sergei Petrenko , Andrej Rassolka , Valeri Selepukin , Alexei Schtscheblanow , Sergei Sorokin , Andrij Sydorow , Ihor Tschybyrjew , Harijs Vītoliņš Coaching staff: Anatoli Kostrjukow , Igor Tusik

Bronze Finland

Harri Aho , Tero Arkiomaa , Kari Harila , Ari Hilli , Juha Jokiharju , Markku Jokinen , Arto Kulmala , Marko Kiuru , Marko Lapinkoski , Jukka Marttila , Teppo Numminen , Janne Ojanen , Timo Peltomaa , Petri Pulkkinen , Mika Rautio , Vesa Savolainen , Jukka- Pekka Seppo , Pekka Tirkkonen , Tero Toivola , Mika Tuovinen Trainers:

Relegated:	Poland
Newcomers:	Norway

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Best goalkeeper	Jimmy Waite	Canada
Best defender	Teppo numbers	Finland
Best striker	Alexander Mogilny	USSR

All-Star Team

Attack:	Alexander Mogilny - Petr Hrbek - Theoren Fleury
Defense:	Greg Hawgood - Teppo Numminen
Goal:	Jimmy Waite

B world championship

in Sapporo, Japan

Games and final table

Pl.	team										Gates	Points
1.	Norway		8-0	3: 2	3: 4	8: 2	6: 7	5: 1	5: 2		38:18	10: 4
2.	Romania	0: 8		4: 2	3: 2	3: 6	5: 4	3: 1	6: 4		24:27	10: 4
3.	Switzerland	2: 3	2: 4		1: 1	6: 5	6: 5	9: 2	8: 3		34:23	9: 5
4th	Japan	4: 3	2: 3	1: 1		7: 1	6: 8	4: 4	10: 7		34:27	8: 6
5.	France	2: 8	6: 3	5: 6	1: 7		7: 6	7: 5	3: 1		31:36	8: 6
6th	Yugoslavia	7: 6	4: 5	5: 6	8: 6	6: 7		2: 2	5: 4		37:36	7: 7
7th	Netherlands	1: 5	1: 3	2: 9	4: 4	5: 7	2: 2		5: 5		20:35	3:11
8th.	Austria	2: 5	4: 6	3: 8	7:10	1: 3	4: 5	5: 5			26:42	1:13

Moved up and down

Promoted to the A group:	Norway
Relegated from the A group:	Poland
Relegated to the C group:	Austria
Moving up to the B group:	Denmark

C world championship

in Belluno and Feltre, Italy

Games and final table

Pl.	team										Gates	Points
1.	Denmark		6: 2	3: 2	9: 2	19: 0	4: 2	5: 3	13: 0		59:11	14: 0
2.	Italy	2: 6		4: 1	6: 4	4: 2	3: 2	3: 2	5-0		27:17	12: 2
3.	Bulgaria	2: 3	1: 4		7: 3	8: 1	10-0	8: 4	3: 1		39:16	10: 4
4th	Great Britain	2: 9	4: 6	3: 7		4: 1	3: 1	2: 2	3: 1		21:27	7: 7
5.	Spain	0:19	2: 4	1: 8	1: 4		6: 2	5: 5	4: 3		19:45	5: 9
6th	Hungary	2: 4	2: 3	0:10	1: 3	2: 6		4: 1	3: 1		14:28	4:10
7th	North Korea	3: 5	2: 3	4: 8	2: 2	5: 5	1: 4		3: 2		20:29	4:10
8th.	Belgium	0:13	0: 5	1: 3	1: 3	3: 4	1: 3	2: 3			08:34	0:14

Moved up and down

Moving up to the B group:	Denmark
Relegated from group B:	Austria

In the case of the winner of group C Denmark, a player was subsequently convicted of doping. The Danes were then denied direct promotion and they had to qualify in December 1988 against the C-group second Italy. Denmark won both games.

Web links

• The Junior World Championship at hockeyarchives.info (French)
• World Junior Championship, Moscow, Soviet Union