Junior Ice Hockey World Championship 1997

The games of the 21st Junior A World Championship in 1997 took place from December 26, 1996 to January 4, 1997 in Geneva and Morges , Switzerland . The B group was played in Kiev , Ukraine , the C group in Gheorgheni and Miercurea Ciuc , Romania and the D group in Sofia , Bulgaria .

A total of 34 teams took part in these Junior World Championships. Canada became world champions for the tenth time (and for the fifth time in a row) ahead of the United States and Russia . The Switzerland finished seventh, while the young German with a 7: 0 win in the decisive match against relegated Poland reached the saving ninth. Austria took fifth place in the C group and thus missed the immediate return to the B group after relegating in the previous year.

Participants, venues and periods

• A World Championship: December 26, 1996 to January 4, 1997 in Geneva and Morges , Switzerland

  Participants: Germany , Finland , Canada (defending champion) , Poland (promoted) , Russia , Sweden , Switzerland , Slovakia , Czech Republic , USA            

• B World Championship: December 27, 1996 to January 5, 1997 in Kiev , Ukraine

  Participants: France , Italy , Japan , Kazakhstan (promoted) , Latvia , Norway , Ukraine (relegated) , Hungary          

• C World Championship: December 30, 1996 to January 3, 1997 in Gheorgheni and Miercurea Ciuc , Romania

  Participants: Denmark , Great Britain , Croatia (promoted) , Netherlands , Austria (relegated) , Romania , Slovenia , Belarus          

• D World Championship: December 30, 1996 to January 3, 1997 in Sofia , Bulgaria

  Participants: Bulgaria , Estonia , Israel (newcomer) , FR Yugoslavia , Lithuania , Mexico (newcomer) , Spain (relegated) , South Africa           

A world championship

1997 World Cup for U20 Juniors
Number of nations	31
World Champion	Canada
silver	United States
bronze	Russia
Relegated	Poland
Venue (s)	Geneva & Morges , Switzerland
opening	December 26, 1996
Endgame	4th January 1997
spectator	31,336 (1,011 per game)
Gates	204 (6.58 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Marc Denis
Best defender	Joe Corvo
Best striker	Alexei Morozov
Top scorer	Mike York (10 points)

The U20-A World Championship was held from December 26, 1996 to January 4, 1997 in Switzerland at two venues - Geneva and Morges . The game was played in the Geneva ice rink Les Vernets (6,837 places) and in the Patinoire des Eaux-Minérales in Morges with 2,400 places. A total of 31,336 spectators attended the 31 tournament games, which corresponds to an average of 1,011 per game.

Ten national teams took part in the tournament and played in two groups of five teams each during the preliminary round.

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 played the last two of the two groups in the relegation round from the only relegated in the B World Championship. The three best teams per group played the world championship title in the play-offs, with the two group winners receiving a bye for the semifinals.

Venues

Geneva , Switzerland	Geneva Morges World Championship venues	Morges , Switzerland
Les Vernets Capacity: 6,837		Patinoire des Eaux-Minérales Capacity: 2,400

Preliminary round

Group A

December 26, 1996 4:00 p.m.

Czech Republic

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

Germany

Patinoire des Eaux-Minérales , Morges Spectators: 137

December 26, 1996 8:00 p.m.

United States

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

Switzerland

Les Vernets , Geneva Spectators: 2,651

December 27, 1996 8:00 p.m.

Czech Republic M. Melenovský (3:07)

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

Switzerland M. Streit (47:57)

Patinoire des Eaux-Minérales, Morges Spectators: 2,050

December 27, 1996 8:10 p.m.

Canada B. Isbister (17:23) C. Mann (32:21) R. Jackman (43:50) J. Thornton (51:26)

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

Germany T. Fendt (3:18)

Les Vernets, Geneva Spectators: 850

December 28, 1996

Canada

4: 4

United States

Les Vernets, Geneva

December 29, 1996

Switzerland

6: 2

Germany

Les Vernets, Geneva

December 29, 1996

United States

2: 1

Czech Republic

Les Vernets, Geneva

December 30, 1996

Canada

4: 1

Switzerland

Les Vernets, Geneva

December 31, 1996

Canada

3: 3

Czech Republic

Les Vernets, Geneva

December 31, 1996

United States

8-0

Germany

Les Vernets, Geneva

Closing table

Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	United States	4th	3	0	1	18: 5	7th
2.	Canada	4th	2	0	2	15: 9	6th
3.	Czech Republic	4th	1	1	2	13: 8	4th
4th	Switzerland	4th	1	2	1	08:11	3
5.	Germany	4th	0	4th	0	05:26	0

Group B

team	RUS	FIN	SVK	SWE	POLE	Gates	Points
1. Russia		4: 2	4: 3	0-0	12: 0	20: 5	7: 1
2. Finland	2: 4		4: 3	4: 2	7-0	17: 9	6: 2
3. Slovakia	3: 4	3: 4		4: 1	7: 4	17:13	4: 4
4. Sweden	0-0	2: 4	1: 4		7: 2	10:10	3: 5
5. Poland	0:12	0: 7	4: 7	2: 7		6:33	0: 8

Relegation round

team	SUI	SWE	GER	POLE	Gates	Points
7. Switzerland		6: 2	(6: 2)	6: 1	18: 5	6-0
8. Sweden	2: 6		8: 2	(7: 2)	17:10	4: 2
9. Germany	(2: 6)	2: 8		7-0	11:14	2: 4
10. Poland	1: 6	(2: 7)	0: 7		3:20	0: 6

Play-offs

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

A2

Canada

3

A2

Canada

7th

B1

Russia

2

B3

Slovakia

2

A2

Canada

2

A1

United States

0

A3

Czech Republic

2

B2

Finland

3

A1

United States

5

3rd place match

A3

Czech Republic

5

B1

Russia

4th

A3

Czech Republic

2

Quarter finals

January 1, 1997 4:10 pm

Canada D. Brière (25:07) T. Whitfield (27:35) P. Schaefer (38:43) B. Isbister (44:51) Boyd Devereaux (45:59) T. Letowski (51:50) C. Dubé (56:28)

7: 2 (0: 0.3: 1.4: 1)

Slovakia M. Hossa (32:25) P. Riečičiar (41:15)

Les Vernets , Geneva Spectators: 1,101

January 1, 1997 8:00 p.m.

Finland

2: 3 n.P. (1: 0, 0: 1, 1: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1)

Czech Republic

Les Vernets, Geneva Spectators: 525

Play for 5th place

January 3, 1997 12:00 noon

Finland N. Kapanen (3:19) T. Kallio (8:06) T. Lydman (11:44) T. Vertala (16:07) T. Lydman (56:08) V. Nieminen (58:28)

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

Slovakia M. Hossa (10:52) R. Somík (26:29) R. Pavlikovský (43:39) M. Handzuš (59:03)

Patinoire des Eaux-Minérales, Morges Spectators: 164

Semifinals

January 3, 1997 4:00 p.m.

Russia A. Morosow (11:53) R. Gabdullin (29:10)

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

Canada P. Schaefer (18:10) B. Devereaux (40:49) B. Devereaux (49:44)

Les Vernets , Geneva Spectators: 1,976

January 3, 1997 8:00 p.m.

USA E. Rasmussen (1:48) M. York (15:42) T. Poti (32:41) E. Rasmussen (49:43) M. Parrish (59:23)

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

Czech Republic O. Kratěna (7:54) M. Melenovský (18:03)

Les Vernets, Geneva Spectators: 1,154

3rd place match

January 4, 1997 3:00 p.m.

Russia A. Morosow (6:23) A. Kolkunow (15:10) O. Kwascha (22:33) S. Samsonow (49:04)

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

Czech Republic M. Melenovský (36:47)

Les Vernets , Geneva Spectators: 855

final

January 4, 1997 7pm

Canada B. Devereaux (28:38) B. Isbister (43:09)

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

United States

Les Vernets , Geneva Spectators: 4,269

Best scorer

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

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
Mike York	United States	6th	5	5	10	4th
Tomi Kallio	Finland	6th	5	4th	9	2
Erik Rasmussen	United States	6th	4th	5	9	4th
Rastislav Pavlikovský	Slovakia	6th	2	7th	9	6th
Alexei Morozov	Russia	6th	5	3	8th	6th
Niko Kapanen	Finland	6th	4th	4th	8th	0
Alexei Kolkunov	Russia	6th	4th	4th	8th	6th
Ľubomír Vaic	Slovakia	6th	1	7th	8th	10
Sergei Samsonov	Russia	6th	6th	1	7th	0
Marián Hossa	Slovakia	6th	5	2	7th	2
Mark Parrish	United States	6th	5	2	7th	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
Denis Chlopotnow	Russia	3	180: 00	1	2	98.00	0.33
Brian Boucher	United States	6th	357: 13	9	2	94.23	1.51
Marc Denis	Canada	7th	419: 52	13	1	93.26	1.86
David Aebischer	Switzerland	5	300: 00	10	0	91.74	2.00
Adam Svoboda	Czech Republic	7th	428: 27	19th	0	89.02	2.66

Final placements

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

Title, promotion and relegation

World Champion Canada

Martin Biron , Daniel Brière , Marc Denis , Boyd Devereaux , Jason Doig , Christian Dubé , Hugh Hamilton , Dwayne Hay , Brad Isbister , Richard Jackman , Brad Larsen , Trevor Letowski , Cameron Mann , Alyn McCauley , Chris Phillips , Cory Sarich , Peter Schaefer , Joe Thornton , Jesse Wallin , Jeff Ware , Trent Whitfield , Shane Willis Coaching staff: Mike Babcock , Mike Pelino , Réal Paiement

Silver USA

Blake Bellefeuille , Brian Boucher , Jesse Boulerice , Ben Clymer , Joe Corvo , Robert Esche , Jeff Farkas , Chris Hajt , Dan LaCouture , Paul Mara , Mike McBain , Mark Parrish , Dan Peters , Toby Petersen , Tom Poti , Erik Rasmussen , Marty Reasoner , Jason Sessa , Ben Simon , Wyatt Smith , Mike York , BJ Young Staff: Jeff Jackson , Greg Cronin , Mel Pearson

Bronze Russia

Vladimir Antipov , Yuri Buzajew , Denis Chlopotnow , Mikhail Donika , Radmir Faisow , Sergei Fedotov , Rustem Gabdullin , Ilya Gorokhov , Alexei Kolkunow , Oleg Kvasha , Roman Ljaschenko , Andrei Markov , Alexei Morozov , Oleg Orechowski , Andrei Petrunin , Sergei Samsonov , Konstantin Sidulow , Andrei Sjusin , Alexander Trofimov , Alexei Vasilyev , Dmitri Wlassenkow , Alexander Woltschkow coaching staff: Pyotr Vorobyov , Valentin Gurejew , Vladimir Shadrin

Relegated:	Poland
Newcomers:	Kazakhstan

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Best goalkeeper	Marc Denis	Canada
Best defender	Joe Corvo	United States
Best striker	Alexei Morozov	Russia

All-Star Team

Attack:	Sergei Samsonov - Christian Dubé - Mike York
Defense:	Chris Phillips - Mark Streit
Goal:	Brian Boucher

B world championship

in Kiev, Ukraine

Games and final placement

team	KAZ	LAT	FRA	NOR	UKR	JPN	HUN	ITA	Gates	Points
1. Kazakhstan		4: 1	1: 1	7: 5	3: 1	4-0	11: 3	9: 4	39:15	13: 1
2. Latvia	1: 4		4: 3	5: 5	2: 1	4: 3	9: 1	3: 2	28:19	11: 3
3. France	1: 1	3: 4		5: 4	4: 3	1: 1	3: 2	5: 1	22:16	10: 4
4. Norway	5: 7	5: 5	4: 5		2: 2	3: 3	5: 1	9-0	33:23	7: 7
5. Ukraine	1: 3	1: 2	3: 4	2: 2		4: 3	8: 1	7: 3	26:18	7: 7
6. Japan	0: 4	3: 4	1: 1	3: 3	3: 4		6: 1	8-0	24:17	6: 8
7. Hungary	3:11	1: 9	2: 3	1: 5	1: 8	1: 6		5: 2	14:44	2:12
8. Italy	4: 9	2: 3	1: 5	0: 9	3: 7	0: 8	2: 5		12:46	0:14

Ascent and descent

Promoted to the A group:	Kazakhstan
Relegated from the A group:	Poland
Relegated to the C group:	Italy
Newcomers from the C group:	Belarus

Top scorer

player	country	Gates	Assists	Points
Romāns Ņikitins	Latvia	12	3	15th
Per-Åge Skrøder	Norway	7th	5	12
Pyotr Devyatkin	Kazakhstan	6th	6th	12
Tom Ivar Thompson	Norway	3	8th	11
Juris Ozols	Latvia	4th	6th	10
Loïc Sadoun	France	7th	2	9

C world championship

in Bucharest, Romania

Preliminary round

Group A team BLR GBR AUT CRO Gates Pt. 1. Belarus  7: 2 8-0 11: 0 26: 2 6-0 2. Great Britain  2: 7 4: 2 7-0 13: 9 4: 2 3. Austria  0: 8 2: 4 4-0 6:12 2: 4 4. Croatia  0:11 0: 7 0: 4 0:22 0: 6

Group B team SLO THE ROME NED Gates Pt. 1. Slovenia  6: 2 6: 2 10: 2 22: 6 6-0 2. Denmark  2: 6 9-0 16: 2 27: 8 4: 2 3. Romania  2: 6 0: 9 6: 3 8:18 2: 4 4. Netherlands  2:10 2:16 3: 6 7:32 0: 6

Finals and placement games

Game for 7th place
January 3, 1997	Bucharest	Croatia	-	Netherlands	5: 3 (3: 1.1: 1.1: 1)
Play for 5th place
January 3, 1997	Bucharest	Romania	-	Austria	1: 3 (1: 1.0: 1.0: 1)
3rd place match
January 3, 1997	Bucharest	Denmark	-	Great Britain	5: 4 (2: 1.2: 2.1: 1)
final
January 3, 1997	Bucharest	Belarus	-	Slovenia	8: 2 (2: 0.4: 1.2: 1)

Final placement of the C-WM

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

Ascent and descent

Moving up to the B group:	Belarus
Relegated from group B:	Italy
Relegated to the D group:	Netherlands
Newcomers to the C group:	Estonia

Top scorer

player	country	Gates	Assists	Points
Alyaksey Kalushny	Belarus	2	11	13
Dzmitryi Dudsik	Belarus	6th	6th	12
Michael Eller	Denmark	4th	6th	10
Miha Rebolj	Slovenia	3	7th	10
René Eller	Denmark	7th	2	9

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Best goalkeeper	Stevie Lyle	Great Britain
defender	Miha Rebolj	Slovenia
Best striker	Dzmitryi Dudsik	Belarus

D world championship

in Sofia, Bulgaria

Preliminary round

Group A team LTU ESP BUL MEX Gates Pt. 1. Lithuania  10: 1 15: 1 20: 2 45: 4 6-0 2. Spain  1:10 3: 1 13: 1 17:12 4: 2 3. Bulgaria  1:15 1: 3 7: 2 9:20 2: 4 4. Mexico  2:20 1:13 2: 7 5:40 0: 6

Group B team EST YUG ISR RSA Gates Pt. 1. Estonia  8: 3 12: 3 18: 1 38: 7 6-0 2nd Federal Republic of Yugoslavia  3: 8 9: 4 10-0 22:12 4: 2 3. Israel  3:12 4: 9 6: 2 13:23 2: 4 4. South Africa  1:18 0:10 2: 6 3:34 0: 6

Finals and placement games

Game for 7th place
4th January 1997	Sofia	South Africa	-	Mexico	5: 3 (3: 2.2: 0.0: 1)
Play for 5th place
4th January 1997	Sofia	Bulgaria	-	Israel	3: 7 (1: 2.1: 3.1: 2)
3rd place match
4th January 1997	Sofia	BR Yugoslavia	-	Spain	4: 1 (1: 1.2: 0.1: 0)
final
4th January 1997	Sofia	Estonia	-	Lithuania	8: 4 (3: 1.3: 0.3: 2)

Final placement of the D-WM

Pl.	team
1	Estonia
2	Lithuania
3	BR Yugoslavia
4th	Spain
5	Israel
6th	Bulgaria
7th	South Africa
8th	Mexico

Ascent and descent

Newcomers to the C group:	Estonia
Relegated from the C group:	Netherlands

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Best goalkeeper	Iovo Stefanov	Bulgaria
Best defender	Stanislav Pankov	Estonia
Best striker	Egidijus Bauba	Lithuania

Web links

• The Junior World Championship at hockeyarchives.info (French)
• 1997 IIHF World Junior Championship at hockeycanada.ca
• World Junior Championship 1997 at hokej.snt.cz
• World Junior Hockey Championships 1997 Pool A ( Memento from July 19, 1997 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Match report ( Memento from July 20, 1997 in the Internet Archive )
2. ^ Match report ( Memento from July 20, 1997 in the Internet Archive )
3. ^ Match report ( Memento from July 20, 1997 in the Internet Archive )
4. ^ Match report ( Memento from July 20, 1997 in the Internet Archive )
5. ^ Match report ( Memento from July 20, 1997 in the Internet Archive )
6. ^ Match report ( Memento from July 20, 1997 in the Internet Archive )
7. ^ Match report ( Memento from July 20, 1997 in the Internet Archive )
8. ^ Match report ( Memento from July 20, 1997 in the Internet Archive )
9. ^ Match report ( Memento from July 20, 1997 in the Internet Archive )
10. ^ Match report ( Memento from July 20, 1997 in the Internet Archive )
11. ^ Match report ( Memento from July 20, 1997 in the Internet Archive )