Junior Ice Hockey World Championship 1996

The games of the 20th Junior A World Championship in 1996 took place from December 26, 1995 to January 5, 1996 in Boston , USA . The B group was played in Sosnowiec and Tychy , Poland , the C group in Jesenice , Bled and Kranj , Slovenia and the D group in Tallinn , Estonia .

A world championship

There were some innovations this year: The A group played for the first time with ten teams and the C2 group was renamed the D group as in the senior division. Canada became world champions for the ninth time, drawing level with the USSR / Russia .

mode

Male players under the age of 20 (U-20) were allowed. Ten teams took part, divided into two groups of five teams each. Each team played once against each group opponent. Then the last two in each group played the only relegated to the B World Championship. The three best teams per group played the world championship title in the playoffs, with the two group winners receiving a bye for the semifinals.

Preliminary round

Group A team CAN United States FIN SUI UKR Gates Pt. 1. Canada  6: 1 3: 1 2: 1 8: 1 19: 4 8-0 2. USA  1: 6 5: 4 4: 3 3: 4 13:17 4: 4 3. Finland  1: 3 4: 5 5: 1 4: 1 14:10 4: 4 4. Switzerland  1: 2 3: 4 1: 5 5: 3 10:14 2: 6 5. Ukraine  1: 8 4: 3 1: 4 3: 5 9:20 2: 6

Group B team CZE RUS SWE SVK GER Gates Pt. 1. Czech Republic  5: 3 0-0 4: 4 6: 3 15:10 6: 2 2. Russia  3: 5 5: 2 3: 3 8: 2 19:12 5: 3 3. Sweden  0-0 2: 5 6-0 6: 2 14: 7 5: 3 4. Slovakia  4: 4 3: 3 0: 6 4: 4 11:17 3: 5 5. Germany  3: 6 2: 8 2: 6 4: 4 11:24 1: 7

Relegation round for places 7-10

team	SVK	GER	SUI	UKR	Gates	Pt.
1. Slovakia		(4: 4)	7: 3	6: 3	17:10	5: 1
2. Germany	(4: 4)		3: 3	5-0	12: 7	4: 2
3. Switzerland	3: 7	3: 3		(5: 3)	11:13	3: 3
4. Ukraine	3: 6	0: 5	(3: 5)		6:16	0: 6

Play-offs

Quarter finals
January 2, 1996	Boston	United States	-	Sweden	0: 3 (0: 1.0: 1.0: 1)
January 2, 1996	Boston	Russia	-	Finland	6: 2 (0: 1.5: 1.1: 0)
Play for 5th place
January 3, 1996	Boston	United States	-	Finland	8: 7 n.V. (1: 3.4: 3.2: 1.1: 0)
Semifinals
January 3, 1996	Boston	Canada	-	Russia	4: 3 (1: 1.2: 1.1: 1)
January 3, 1996	Boston	Czech Republic	-	Sweden	2: 8 (0: 0.1: 2.1: 6)
3rd place match
4th January 1996	Boston	Russia	-	Czech Republic	4: 1 (0: 1.2: 0.2: 0)
final
5th January 1996	Boston	Canada	-	Sweden	4: 1 (1: 1.2: 0.1: 0)

Best scorer

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

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
Jarome Iginla	Canada	6th	5	7th	12	4th
Florian Keller	Germany	6th	4th	8th	12
Marco Sturm	Germany	6th	4th	6th	10	51
Miika Elomo	Finland	6th	4th	5	9	10
Johan Davidsson	Sweden	7th	3	6th	9	4th
Alexei Morozov	Russia	7th	5	3	8th	2
Ruslan Schafikov	Russia	7th	5	3	8th
Juho Jokinen	Finland	6th	3	5	8th	27
Dmitri Nabokov	Russia	7th	3	5	8th	4th
Marcus Nilson	Sweden	7th	3	5	8th

Final placements

Pl.	team
1	Canada
2	Sweden
3	Russia
4th	Czech Republic
5	United States
6th	Finland
7th	Slovakia
8th	Germany
9	Switzerland
10	Ukraine

Title, promotion and relegation

World Champion Canada

Chad Allan , Nolan Baumgartner , Jason Botterill , Curtis Brown , Marc Denis , Hnat Domenichelli , Christian Dubé , Denis Gauthier , Robb Gordon , Jason Holland , Jarome Iginla , Daymond Langkow , Brad Larsen , Alyn McCauley , Craig Mills , Chris Phillips , Jason Podollan , Wade Redden , José Théodore , Rhett Warrener , Mike Watt , Jamie Wright Trainer: Marcel Comeau

Silver Sweden

Niklas Anger , Per-Ragnar Bergkvist , Anders Burström , Johan Davidsson , Nils Ekman , Johan Finnström , David Halvardsson , Peter Hogardh , Kim Johnsson , Fredrik Loven , Per Anton Lundström , Johan Molin , Fredrik Möller , Marcus Nilson , Magnus Nilsson , Peter Nylander , Mattias Öhlund , Kristofer Ottosson , Samuel Påhlsson , David Petrasek , Daniel Tjärnqvist , Patrik Wallenberg Trainer: Harald Lückner

Bronze Russia

Ilya Gorokhov , Alexei Yegorov , Vadim Jepantschinzew , Dmitri Klewakin , Alexei Kolkunow , Alexander Koroljuk , Sergei Lutschinkin , Igor Meljakow , Alexei Morozov , Dmitri Nabokov , Mikhail Ochotnikow , Andrei Petrakow , Yevgeny Petrotschinin , Andrei Petrunin , Dmitri Rjabykin , Sergei Samsonov , Ruslan Schafikow , Sergei Schalamai , Anton Selenow , Sergei Simakow , Andrei Sjusin , Alexei Wassiljew Coaching staff: Igor Dmitrijew , Valentin Gurejew

Relegated:	Ukraine
Newcomers:	Poland

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Best goalkeeper	José Théodore	Canada
Best defender	Mattias Öhlund	Sweden
Best striker	Jarome Iginla	Canada

All-Star Team

Attack:	Alexei Morosow - Johan Davidsson - Jarome Iginla
Defense:	Nolan Baumgartner - Mattias Öhlund
Goal:	José Théodore

B world championship

Preliminary round

Group A team POLE HUN JPN AUT Gates Pt. 1. Poland  7: 2 9-0 16: 0 32: 2 6-0 2. Hungary  2: 7 7: 1 5: 4 14:12 4: 2 3. Japan  0: 9 1: 7 3: 1 4:17 2: 4 4. Austria  0:16 4: 5 1: 3 5:24 0: 6

Group B team LAT ITA NOR FRA Gates Pt. 1. Latvia  5: 1 5: 4 5: 4 15: 9 6-0 2. Italy  1: 5 3: 4 4: 2 8:11 2: 4 3. Norway  4: 5 4: 3 0: 1 8: 9 2: 4 4. France  4: 5 2: 4 1-0 7: 9 2: 4

Play-downs against relegation

January 1, 1996	Tychy	France	-	Austria	4: 2 (2: 1.0: 0.2: 1)
January 3, 1996	Tychy	France	-	Austria	7: 3 (3: 1.3: 2.1: 0)

Final round for places 1–6

team	POLE	LAT	NOR	HUN	ITA	JPN	Gates	Points
1. Poland		5: 3	3: 2	(7: 2)	7-0	(9: 0)	31: 7	10-0
2. Latvia	3: 5		(5: 4)	5: 4	(5: 1)	4: 2	22:16	8: 2
3. Norway	2: 3	(4: 5)		3: 1	(4: 3)	5: 3	19:15	6: 4
4. Hungary	(2: 7)	4: 5	1: 3		5-0	(7: 1)	19:16	4: 6
5. Italy	0: 7	(1: 5)	(3: 4)	0: 5		5: 4	9:25	2: 8
6. Japan	(0: 9)	2: 4	3: 5	(1: 7)	4: 5		10:30	0:10

Final placement of the B-WM

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

Ascent and descent

Promoted to the A group:	Poland
Relegated from the A group:	Ukraine
Relegated to the C group:	Austria
Newcomers from the C group:	Kazakhstan

Top scorer

player	country	Gates	Assists	Points
Rafał Selega	Poland	4th	8th	12
Pål Johnsen	Norway	5	6th	11
Robert Biela	Poland	4th	7th	11
Robert Kwiatkowski	Poland	3	8th	11
Tom Ivar Thompson	Norway	6th	4th	10

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Best goalkeeper	Chris Nygaard	Norway
Best defender	Viktor Tokaji	Hungary
Best striker	Rafal Selega	Poland

C world championship

Preliminary round

Group A team SLO THE ROME NED Gates Pt. 1. Slovenia  2: 1 10: 4 10-0 22: 5 6-0 2. Denmark  1: 2 13: 0 4: 3 18: 5 4: 2 3. Romania  4:10 0:13 6: 3 10:26 2: 4 4. Netherlands  0:10 3: 4 3: 6 6:20 0: 6

Group B team KAZ BLR GBR ESP Gates Pt. 1. Kazakhstan  7: 6 7: 2 11: 3 25:11 6-0 2. Belarus  6: 7 6: 4 11: 0 23:11 4: 2 3. Great Britain  2: 7 4: 6 8: 1 14:14 2: 4 4. Spain  3:11 0:11 1: 8 4:30 0: 6

Finals and placement games

Game for 7th place
January 3, 1996	Jesenice	Netherlands	-	Spain	4: 1 (2: 0.1: 0.1: 1)
Play for 5th place
January 3, 1996	Jesenice	Great Britain	-	Romania	3: 2 (0: 2.3: 0.0: 0)
3rd place match
January 3, 1996	Jesenice	Denmark	-	Belarus	5: 4 (1: 0.4: 3.0: 1)
final
January 3, 1996	Jesenice	Slovenia	-	Kazakhstan	5: 6 (2: 2.2: 3.1: 1)

Final placement of the C-WM

Pl.	team
1	Kazakhstan
2	Slovenia
3	Denmark
4th	Belarus
5	Great Britain
6th	Romania
7th	Netherlands
8th	Spain

Ascent and descent

Moving up to the B group:	Kazakhstan
Relegated from group B:	Austria
Relegated to the D group:	Spain
Newcomers to the C group:	Croatia

Top scorer

player	country	Gates	Assists	Points
Anatoly Volodkevich	Belarus	4th	9	13
Kim Staal	Denmark	6th	6th	12
Let Degn	Denmark	4th	8th	12
Jesper Mølby	Denmark	4th	8th	12
Grega Krajnc	Slovenia	8th	3	11

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Best goalkeeper	Michael Senderovitz	Denmark
Best defender	Klemen Kelgar	Slovenia
Best striker	Petr Deviatkin	Kazakhstan

D world championship

Preliminary round

Group A team EST YUG RSA Gates Pt. 1. Estonia  4: 2 20: 1 24: 3 4-0 2nd Federal Republic of Yugoslavia  2: 4 8: 1 10: 5 2: 2 3. South Africa  1:20 1: 8 2:28 0: 4

Group B team CRO LTU BUL Gates Pt. 1. Croatia  5: 2 15: 2 20: 4 4-0 2. Lithuania  2: 5 19: 2 21: 7 2: 2 3. Bulgaria  2:15 2:19 4:34 0: 4

Finals and placement games

Play for 5th place
4th January 1996	Tallinn	Bulgaria	-	South Africa	10: 1 (2: 0.3: 1.5: 0)
3rd place match
4th January 1996	Tallinn	BR Yugoslavia	-	Lithuania	5: 4 (1: 3.3: 0.1: 1)
final
4th January 1996	Tallinn	Estonia	-	Croatia	0: 2 (0: 0.0: 1.0: 1)

Final placement of the D-WM

Pl.	team
1	Croatia
2	Estonia
3	BR Yugoslavia
4th	Lithuania
5	Bulgaria
6th	South Africa

Ascent and descent

Newcomers to the C group:	Croatia
Relegated from the C group:	Spain

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Best goalkeeper	Robin Keller	Croatia
Best defender	Marin Latkovic	Croatia
Best striker	Egidijus Bauba	Lithuania

Web links

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