1988 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
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The 1988 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 12th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The International Ice Hockey Federation World Under 20 Championship is an annual event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation for national under-20 ice hockey teams from around the world...

 and was held in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

, Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

. Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 and the Soviet Union won the gold and silver medals respectively as the two nations redeemed themselves following their mutual disqualification in the 1987 tournament
1987 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 1987 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 11th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held in Piešťany, Trenčín, Nitra, and Topoľčany, Czechoslovakia . Finland captured its first World Junior gold medal. Czechoslovakia captured the silver, and Sweden the bronze...

 as a result of the Punch-up in Piestany
Punch-up in Piestany
The Punch-up in Piestany was an infamous bench-clearing brawl between Canada and the Soviet Union during the final game of the 1987 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Piešťany, Czechoslovakia on January 4, 1987...

. Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 won the bronze medal.

Final standings

The 1988 tournament was a round-robin
Round-robin
The term round-robin was originally used to describe a document signed by multiple parties in a circle to make it more difficult to determine the order in which it was signed, thus preventing a ringleader from being identified...

 format, with the top three teams winning gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.
Rank Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
7 6 0 1 37 16 13
7 6 1 0 44 18 12
7 5 1 1 36 20 11
4 7 3 3 1 36 23 7
5 7 3 3 1 36 24 7
6 7 1 6 0 28 46 2
7 7 1 6 0 18 47 2
8 7 1 6 0 12 53 2


Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 was relegated to Pool B for 1989
1989 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 1989 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 13th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held in Anchorage, Alaska, United States. The Soviet Union won the gold medal, its eleventh, and ultimately final, championship...

.

Results

Leading scorers

  GP G A Pts PIM
  Alexander Mogilny
Alexander Mogilny
Alexander Gennadevitch Mogilny is a former Russian professional ice hockey player, currently the team consultant of the KHL team Amur Khabarovsk. Mogilny was best known for his lightning quick speed and lethal wrist shot in his early years, which led to his career year of 76 goals in the 1992–93...

 
9 9 18
  Thomas Sjögren
Thomas Sjögren
Thomas Peter Sjögren is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey player. He is currently an assistant coach for Södertälje SK in Elitserien.-Career statistics:-External links:...

 
6 9 15
  Ola Rosander  9 5 14
  Sergei Fedorov
Sergei Fedorov
Sergei Viktorovich Fedorov is a Russian professional ice hockey forward and occasional defenceman...

 
5 7 12
  Janne Ojanen
Janne Ojanen
Janne Juhani Ojanen is a professional ice hockey player who is best known from his long time in SM-liiga team Tappara from Tampere.-Early Career in Finland:...

 
6 5 11

Tournament All-Star Team

  • Goaltender:  Jimmy Waite
    Jimmy Waite
    James Dean Waite is a retired goaltender.-Career:Waite was one of the highest-rated goalies in the late 1980s and many scouts believed he had the potential to become a star...

  • Defencemen:  Teppo Numminen
    Teppo Numminen
    Teppo Kalevi Numminen is a retired Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League. He is currently an assistant coach for the Buffalo Sabres.-Playing career:...

    ,   Greg Hawgood
    Greg Hawgood
    Gregory William Hawgood is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League with the Boston Bruins, Edmonton Oilers, Philadelphia Flyers, Florida Panthers, Pittsburgh Penguins, San Jose Sharks, Vancouver Canucks and Dallas Stars.-Playing...

  • Forwards:  Alexander Mogilny
    Alexander Mogilny
    Alexander Gennadevitch Mogilny is a former Russian professional ice hockey player, currently the team consultant of the KHL team Amur Khabarovsk. Mogilny was best known for his lightning quick speed and lethal wrist shot in his early years, which led to his career year of 76 goals in the 1992–93...

    ,   Sergei Fedorov
    Sergei Fedorov
    Sergei Viktorovich Fedorov is a Russian professional ice hockey forward and occasional defenceman...

    ,   Theoren Fleury
    Theoren Fleury
    Theoren Wallace "Theo" Fleury is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player for the Calgary Flames, Colorado Avalanche, New York Rangers, and Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League , Tappara of Finland's SM-liiga, and the Belfast Giants of the UK's Elite Ice Hockey League...


Pool B

Eight teams contested the second tier this year in Sapporo Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 from March 12 to 21. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games.

Standings
Rank Team GP W L T GF GA PTS                
1 7 5 2 0 38 18 10 8 - 0 3 - 2 3 - 4 8 - 2 6 - 7 5 - 1 5 -2
2 7 5 2 0 24 27 10 0 - 8 4 - 2 3 - 2 3 - 6 5 - 4 3 - 1 6 - 4
3 7 4 2 1 34 23 9 2 - 3 2 - 4 1 - 1 6 - 5 6 - 5 9 - 2 8 - 3
4 7 3 2 2 34 27 8 4 - 3 2 - 3 1 - 1 7 - 1 6 - 8 4 - 4 10 - 7
5 7 4 3 0 31 36 8 2 - 8 6 - 3 5 - 6 1 - 7 7 - 6 7 - 5 3 - 1
6 7 3 3 1 37 36 7 7 - 6 4 - 5 5 - 6 8 - 6 6 - 7 2 - 2 5 - 4
7 7 0 4 3 20 35 3 1 - 5 1 - 3 2 - 9 4 - 4 5 - 7 2 - 2 5 - 5
8 7 0 6 1 26 42 1 2 - 5 4 - 6 3 - 8 7 - 10 1 - 3 4 - 5 5 - 5

Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 was promoted to Pool A and Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

 was relegated to Pool C for 1989
1989 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 1989 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 13th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held in Anchorage, Alaska, United States. The Soviet Union won the gold medal, its eleventh, and ultimately final, championship...

.

Pool C

Eight teams contested the third tier this year in Belluno
Belluno
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 and Feltre
Feltre
Feltre is a town and comune of the province of Belluno in Veneto, northern Italy. A hill town in the southern reaches of the province, it is located on the Stizzon River, about 4 km from its junction with the Piave, and 20 km southwest from Belluno...

, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 from March 18 to 27. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games. The North Korean juniors debuted this year.

Standings
Rank Team GP W L T GF GA PTS                
1 7 7 0 0 59 11 14 6 - 2 3 - 2 9 - 2 19 - 0 4 - 2 5 - 3 13 - 0
2 7 6 1 0 27 17 12 2 - 6 4 - 1 6 - 4 4 - 2 3 - 2 3 - 2 5 - 0
3 7 5 2 0 39 16 10 2 - 3 1 - 4 7 - 3 8 - 1 10 - 0 8 - 4 3 - 1
4 7 3 3 1 21 27 7 2 - 9 4 - 6 3 - 7 4 - 1 3 - 1 2 - 2 3 - 1
5 7 2 4 1 19 45 5 0 - 19 2 - 4 1 - 8 1 - 4 6 - 2 5 - 5 4 - 3
6 7 2 5 0 14 28 4 2 - 4 2 - 3 0 - 10 1 - 3 2 - 6 4 - 1 3 - 1
7 7 1 4 2 20 29 4 3 - 5 2 - 3 4 - 8 2 - 2 5 - 5 1 - 4 3 - 2
8 7 0 7 0 8 34 0 0 - 13 0 - 5 1 - 3 1 - 3 3 - 4 1 - 3 2 - 3

Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 was initially promoted to Pool B for 1989
1989 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 1989 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 13th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held in Anchorage, Alaska, United States. The Soviet Union won the gold medal, its eleventh, and ultimately final, championship...

, however because they used an ineligble player, a challenge series
1989 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 1989 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 13th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held in Anchorage, Alaska, United States. The Soviet Union won the gold medal, its eleventh, and ultimately final, championship...

 with Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

was played the following December to determine promotion.
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