Junior Ice Hockey World Championship 1994

The games of the 18th Junior A World Championship in 1994 took place from December 26, 1993 to January 4, 1994 in the Czech Republic . The B group was played in Bucharest , Romania , the qualification for the C World Cup in Nitra and Nové Zámky , Slovakia , and the C group in Esbjerg and Odense , Denmark .

A total of 24 teams took part, plus four other teams that had failed in the qualification. Due to North Korea's waiver in the C group, two qualifiers were able to take part in the C World Cup. The U20 selection of Canada was world champion for the seventh time .

A world championship

1994 Junior World Cup
Number of nations	8th
World Champion	Canada
silver	Sweden
bronze	Russia
Relegated	Switzerland
Venue (s)	Frýdek-Místek & Ostrava , Czech Republic
opening	December 26, 1993
Endgame	4th January 1994
spectator	58,143 (2,076 per game)
Gates	195 (6.96 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Jamie Storr
Best defender	Kenny Jonsson
Best striker	Niklas Sundström
Top scorer	Niklas Sundström (11 points)

The Junior World Championships were held from December 26, 1993 to January 4, 1994 in Frýdek-Místek and Ostrava in the Czech Republic . The games took place in the Víceúčelová sportovní hala (6,000 seats) and in the Palác kultury a sportu (10,000 seats).

Eight national teams took part, playing in a group in the mode of everyone against everyone and thus each completed seven games. The Canadian team became world champions in this age group for the second time in a row and a total of seventh times with six wins and one draw against Sweden and Russia. The decisive factor for winning the title was the 6-4 victory in the final group game against Sweden.

Venues

The A group of the World Championship was held in Frýdek-Místek and Ostrava .

Frýdek-Místek	Frýdek-Místek Ostrava World Championship venues	Ostrava
Víceúčelová sportovní hala Capacity: 6,000		Palác kultury a sportu Capacity: 10,000

mode

Male players under the age of 20 were allowed. Eight teams took part, each of whom competed once against each group opponent in a joint group. World champion became the group winner. The last was relegated to the B World Championship.

Games

December 26, 1993

Canada

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

Switzerland

Víceúčelová sportovní hala , Frýdek-Místek

December 26, 1993

United States

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

Finland

Víceúčelová sportovní hala, Frýdek-Místek

December 26, 1993

Sweden

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

Germany

Palác kultury a sportu , Ostrava

December 26, 1993

Czech Republic

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

Russia

Palác kultury a sportu, Ostrava

December 27, 1993

United States

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

Switzerland

Víceúčelová sportovní hala, Frýdek-Místek

December 27, 1993

Czech Republic

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

Finland

Víceúčelová sportovní hala, Frýdek-Místek

December 27, 1993

Sweden

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

Russia

Palác kultury a sportu, Ostrava

December 27, 1993

Canada

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

Germany

Palác kultury a sportu, Ostrava

December 29, 1993

Czech Republic

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

Switzerland

Víceúčelová sportovní hala, Frýdek-Místek

December 29, 1993

Canada

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

Russia

Víceúčelová sportovní hala, Frýdek-Místek

December 29, 1993

Germany

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

United States

Palác kultury a sportu, Ostrava

December 29, 1993

Sweden

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

Finland

Palác kultury a sportu, Ostrava

December 30, 1993

Sweden

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

Switzerland

Víceúčelová sportovní hala, Frýdek-Místek

December 30, 1993

Russia

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

United States

Víceúčelová sportovní hala, Frýdek-Místek

December 30, 1993

Czech Republic

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

Germany

Palác kultury a sportu, Ostrava

December 30, 1993

Finland

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

Canada

Palác kultury a sportu, Ostrava

January 1, 1994

Switzerland

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

Finland

Palác kultury a sportu, Ostrava

January 1, 1994

Russia

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

Germany

Palác kultury a sportu, Ostrava

January 1, 1994

Czech Republic

4: 6 (2: 2, 1: 1, 1: 3)

Sweden

Víceúčelová sportovní hala, Frýdek-Místek

January 1, 1994

Canada

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

United States

Víceúčelová sportovní hala, Frýdek-Místek

January 2, 1994

Switzerland

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

Russia

Víceúčelová sportovní hala, Frýdek-Místek

January 2, 1994

Germany

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

Finland

Víceúčelová sportovní hala, Frýdek-Místek

January 2, 1994

Sweden

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

United States

Palác kultury a sportu, Ostrava

January 2, 1994

Czech Republic

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

Canada

Palác kultury a sportu, Ostrava

4th January 1994

Germany

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

Switzerland

Palác kultury a sportu, Ostrava

4th January 1994

Russia

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

Finland

Víceúčelová sportovní hala, Frýdek-Místek

4th January 1994

Canada

6: 4 (2: 2, 3: 0, 1: 2)

Sweden

Palác kultury a sportu, Ostrava

4th January 1994

Czech Republic

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

United States

Víceúčelová sportovní hala, Frýdek-Místek

Closing table

Pl	country	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Canada	7th	6th	1	0	39:20	13: 1
2.	Sweden	7th	6th	0	1	35:16	12: 2
3.	Russia	7th	5	1	1	23:17	11: 3
4th	Finland	7th	4th	0	3	27:24	08: 6
5.	Czech Republic	7th	3	0	4th	31:29	06: 8
6th	United States	7th	1	1	5	20:33	03:11
7th	Germany	7th	1	0	6th	10:26	02:12
8th.	Switzerland	7th	0	1	6th	10:30	01:13

Best scorer

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

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
Niklas Sundström	Sweden	7th	4th	7th	11	10
Martin Gendron	Canada	7th	6th	4th	10	6th
Yanick Dubé	Canada	7th	5	5	10	10
Rick Girard	Canada	7th	6th	3	9	2
Mats Lindgren	Sweden	7th	5	4th	9	2
Jason Allison	Canada	7th	3	6th	9	2
Saku Koivu	Finland	7th	3	6th	9	12
Petr Sýkora	Czech Republic	7th	6th	2	8th	6th
Valery Bure	Russia	7th	5	3	8th	4th
Kenny Jonsson	Sweden	7th	3	5	8th	8th

Best goalkeeper

Abbreviations: Sp = games, TOI = ice age (in minutes), GA = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , Sv% = shots saved (in%), GAA = goals conceded; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	TOI	GA	SO	Sv%	ATM
Jamie Storr	Canada	4th	240	10	0	89.13	2.50
Manny Fernandez	Canada	3	180	10	0	87.65	3.33
Yevgeny Ryabchikov	Russia	7th	420	17th	1	87.41	2.43
Jussi Markkanen	Finland	3	180	9	1	86.96	3.00
Marc Seliger	Germany	7th			0	86.4	3.71

Title, promotion and relegation

World Champion Canada	Jason Allison , Chris Armstrong , Drew Bannister , Jason Botterill , Joël Bouchard , Curtis Bowen , Anson Carter , Brandon Convery , Yanick Dubé , Manny Fernandez , Jeff Friesen , Aaron Gavey , Martin Gendron , Rick Girard , Todd Harvey , Bryan McCabe , Marty Murray , Michael Peca , Nick Stajduhar , Jamie Storr , Brent Tully , Brendan Witt Coaching staff: Perry Pearn , Jos Canale , Dave Siciliano
Silver Sweden	Johan Davidsson , Anders Eriksson , Jonas Forsberg , Edvin Frylén , Peter Gerhardsson , Johan Hagman , Mikael Håkanson , Peter Iversen , Daniel Johansson , Mathias Johansson , Kenny Jönsson , Mats Lindgren , Joakim Lundberg , Fredrik Modin , Mattias Öhlund , Roger Rosén , Peter Ström , Niklas Sundström , Per Svartvadet , Anders Söderberg , Dick Tärnström , Mattias Timander
Bronze Russia	Maxim Bez , Yevgeny Bobariko , Sergei Brylin , Valeri Bure , Alexander Kharlamov , Pawel Desjatkow , Sergei Kondraschkin , Denis Kusmenko , Konstantin Kusmitschow , Alexander Ossadtschi , Dmitri Podlegajew , Yevgeny Rjabtschikow , Nikolai Sawaruchin , Vadim Scharifjanow , Maxim Smelnizki , Ilya Staschenkow , Maxim Suschinski , Alexei Tschikalin , Wassili Turkowski , Oleg Twerdowski , Nikolai Zuligyn , Maxim Zwetkow Coaching staff: Gennadi Zygurow , Yuri Moissejew

Relegated:	Switzerland
Newcomers:	Ukraine

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Best goalkeeper	Jamie Storr	Canada
Best defender	Kenny Jonsson	Sweden
Best striker	Niklas Sundström	Sweden

All-Star Team

Attack:	David Výborný - Niklas Sundström - Valery Bure
Defense:	Kimmo Timonen - Kenny Jönsson
Goal:	Yevgeny Ryabchikov

B world championship

Group B of the U20 World Cup was held in Bucharest, Romania.

Games and final table

team	UKR	NOR	FRA	POLE	ITA	AUT	JPN	ROME	Gates	Points
1. Ukraine		4: 3	5: 1	7-0	2: 1	5: 2	3-0	9: 3	35:10	14: 0
2. Norway	3: 4		6: 2	4: 1	3: 2	6: 2	3: 1	3: 3	28:15	11: 3
3. France	1: 5	2: 6		1: 3	5: 2	4: 4	3: 1	7: 2	23:23	07: 7
4. Poland	0: 7	1: 4	3: 1		3-0	2: 4	5: 4	1: 6	15:26	06: 8
5. Italy	1: 2	2: 3	2: 5	0: 3		3: 3	7: 5	5: 1	20:22	05: 9
6. Austria	2: 5	2: 6	4: 4	4: 2	3: 3		3: 4	3: 3	21:27	05: 9
7. Japan	0: 3	1: 3	1: 3	4: 5	5: 7	4: 3		4: 3	19:27	04:10
8. Romania	3: 9	3: 3	2: 7	6: 1	1: 5	3: 3	3: 4		21:32	04:10

Ascent and descent

Promoted to the A group:	Ukraine
Relegated from the A group:	Switzerland
Relegated to the C group:	Romania
Newcomers from the C group:	Slovakia

Top scorer

player	country	Gates	Assists	Points
Vitaly Semchenko	Ukraine	9	6th	15th
Vadym Shakhraychuk	Ukraine	7th	8th	15th
Jonas Larsen	Norway	7th	3	10
Roberto Cazacu	Romania	6th	4th	10
Christoph Brandner	Austria	7th	2	9

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Best goalkeeper	Kostantyn Symchuk	Ukraine
Best defender	Myrvold is different	Norway
Best striker	Vitaly Semchenko	Ukraine

C world championship

The Group C tournament was played in Esbjerg and Odense , Denmark .

Qualification for the C World Championship

The qualifying tournaments were held in Nitra and Nové Zámky, Slovakia.

Preliminary round

Group A team LAT BLR SLO EST Gates Pt. 1. Latvia  2: 1 9: 1 13: 1 25: 3 6-0 2. Belarus  1: 2 6-0 6: 1 13: 3 4: 2 3. Slovenia  1: 9 0: 6 5: 1 06:16 2: 4 4. Estonia  1:13 1: 6 1: 5 03:24 0: 6

Group B team SVK KAZ CRO Gates Pt. 1. Slovakia  6: 4 15: 0 21: 4 4-0 2. Kazakhstan  4: 6 12: 1 16: 7 2: 2 3. Croatia  0:15 1:12 01:27 0: 4

Final round

Final round

team	LAT	SVK	KAZ	BLR	Gates	Pt.
1. Latvia		4: 3	2: 3	(2: 1)	08: 7	4: 2
2. Slovakia	3: 4		(6: 4)	7: 2	16:10	4: 2
3. Kazakhstan	3: 2	(4: 6)		2: 2	09:10	3: 3
4. Belarus	(1: 2)	2: 7	2: 2		05:11	1: 5

qualified for the Junior C-WM:

Latvia Slovakia

Preliminary round

Group A team LAT GBR NED BUL Gates Pt. 1. Latvia  16: 2 14: 0 25: 1 55: 3 6-0 2. Great Britain  2:16 6: 1 8: 5 16:22 4: 2 3. Netherlands  0:14 1: 6 5: 2 06:22 2: 4 4. Bulgaria  1:25 5: 8 2: 5 08:38 0: 6

Group B team SVK DAN HUN ESP Gates Pt. 1. Slovakia  22: 0 12: 1 15: 0 49: 1 6-0 2. Denmark  0:22 5: 4 4-0 09:26 4: 2 3. Hungary  1:12 4: 5 10-0 15:17 2: 4 4. Spain  0:15 0: 4 0:10 00:29 0: 6

 North Korea decided not to take part in the C World Championship.

Finals and placement games

Game for 7th place
January 3, 1994	Esbjerg	Spain	-	Bulgaria		7: 2 (3: 2.2: 0.2: 0)
Play for 5th place
January 3, 1994	Esbjerg	Hungary	-	Netherlands		11: 1 (1: 1.7: 0.3: 0)
3rd place match
January 3, 1994	Esbjerg	Denmark	-	Great Britain		6: 5 (2: 2.4: 1.0: 2)
final
January 3, 1994	Esbjerg	Slovakia	-	Latvia		6: 2 (0: 0.3: 0.3: 2)

Final placement of the C World Championship

Pl.	team
1	Slovakia
2	Latvia
3	Denmark
4th	Great Britain
5	Hungary
6th	Netherlands
7th	Spain
8th	Bulgaria
9	North Korea (waiver)

Ascent and descent

Moving up to the B group:	Slovakia
Relegated from group B:	Romania
in the C group qualification:	Bulgaria North Korea

Top scorer

player	country	Gates	Assists	Points
Miroslav Šatan	Slovakia	6th	7th	13
Viktor Filatovs	Latvia	6th	6th	12
Aleksandrs Ņiživijs	Latvia	5	7th	12
Radoslav Kropáč	Slovakia	5	6th	11
Ján Cibuľa	Slovakia	7th	3	10

Web links

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