The
1989 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (
1989 WJHC) was the 13th edition of the
World Junior Ice Hockey ChampionshipsThe 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 Anchorage,
AlaskaAlaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
,
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The
Soviet UnionThe Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
won the gold medal, its eleventh, and ultimately final, championship.
SwedenSweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
won silver, and
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
the bronze.
Final standings
The 1989 tournament was a
round-robinThe 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 |
1 |
0 |
51 |
14 |
12 |
| |
|
7 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
39 |
14 |
12 |
| |
|
7 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
36 |
19 |
9 |
| 4 |
|
7 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
31 |
23 |
9 |
| 5 |
|
7 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
41 |
25 |
7 |
| 6 |
|
7 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
29 |
37 |
5 |
| 7 |
|
7 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
14 |
56 |
2 |
| 8 |
|
7 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
13 |
66 |
0 |
West GermanyWest Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
was relegated to Pool B for 1990The 1990 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 14th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held mainly in Helsinki, Finland...
.
Results
Leading scorers
| |
GP |
G |
A |
Pts |
PIM |
 Jeremy RoenickJeremy Shaffer "J.R." Roenick is a former American professional ice hockey player who played the majority of his career in the National Hockey League . He played for the Chicago Blackhawks, Phoenix Coyotes, Philadelphia Flyers, Los Angeles Kings, and San Jose Sharks over the course of his 18 NHL...
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8 |
16 |
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Mike ModanoMichael Thomas Modano, Jr. is a retired American professional ice hockey player, who most notably played for the Minnesota North Stars/Dallas Stars franchise. He is the all-time goal-scoring and points leader amongst American-born players in the NHL, as well as the last active player in the NHL...
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9 |
15 |
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 Pavel BurePavel Vladimirovich Bure is a retired Russian professional ice hockey right winger. Nicknamed "The Russian Rocket" for his speed, Bure played for 12 seasons in the National Hockey League with the Vancouver Canucks, Florida Panthers and New York Rangers...
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8 |
6 |
14 |
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Alexander MogilnyAlexander 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...
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5 |
12 |
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 Josef BeránekJosef Beránek is a professional ice hockey player. He was selected in the fourth round of the 1989 NHL Entry Draft, 78th overall, by the Edmonton Oilers. He has extensive professional playing experience, in both the Czech Republic, the AHL, and the NHL...
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5 |
7 |
12 |
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| Sergei Fedorov Sergei Viktorovich Fedorov is a Russian professional ice hockey forward and occasional defenceman...
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4 |
8 |
12 |
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Tournament all-stars
Alexei Ivashkin Rickard Persson
Milan TichýMilan Tichý is a retired Czech professional ice hockey defenceman.He was drafted 153rd overall by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft and played 13 games for them during the 1992–93 NHL season...
Niklas ErikssonNiklas Eriksson is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player. He won a gold medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics.-External links:*...
Pavel BurePavel Vladimirovich Bure is a retired Russian professional ice hockey right winger. Nicknamed "The Russian Rocket" for his speed, Bure played for 12 seasons in the National Hockey League with the Vancouver Canucks, Florida Panthers and New York Rangers...
Jeremy RoenickJeremy Shaffer "J.R." Roenick is a former American professional ice hockey player who played the majority of his career in the National Hockey League . He played for the Chicago Blackhawks, Phoenix Coyotes, Philadelphia Flyers, Los Angeles Kings, and San Jose Sharks over the course of his 18 NHL...
Qualification for Pool B
Because
DenmarkDenmark 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...
had used an ineligible player in last year's
Pool CThe 1988 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 12th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held in Moscow, Soviet Union. Canada and the Soviet Union won the gold and silver medals respectively as the two nations redeemed themselves following their mutual...
, a special challenge was played with
ItalyItaly , 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...
(who had come second). The games were played in
CanazeiCanazei is a comune in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located in the upper part of the Val di Fassa, about 70 km northeast of Trento...
ItalyItaly , 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...
.
Pool B
Eight teams contested the second tier this year in
ChamonixChamonix-Mont-Blanc or, more commonly, Chamonix is a commune in the Haute-Savoie département in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It was the site of the 1924 Winter Olympics, the first Winter Olympics...
FranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
from March 19 to 28. 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 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
49 |
20 |
14 |
|
9 - 1 |
13 - 4 |
7 - 2 |
6 - 5 |
5 - 3 |
4 - 2 |
5 - 3 |
| 2 |
|
7 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
45 |
19 |
12 |
1 - 9 |
|
2 - 0 |
9 - 5 |
13 - 1 |
3 - 1 |
8 - 1 |
9 - 2 |
| 3 |
|
7 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
32 |
31 |
8 |
4 - 13 |
0 - 2 |
|
5 - 1 |
2 - 5 |
6 - 3 |
9 - 5 |
6 - 2 |
| 4 |
|
7 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
32 |
34 |
8 |
2 - 7 |
5 - 9 |
1 - 5 |
|
8 - 4 |
6 - 2 |
5 - 4 |
5 - 3 |
| 5 |
|
7 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
42 |
40 |
8 |
5 - 6 |
1 - 13 |
5 - 2 |
4 - 8 |
|
6 - 3 |
11 - 3 |
10 - 5 |
| 6 |
|
7 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
23 |
31 |
3 |
3 - 5 |
1 - 3 |
3 - 6 |
2 - 6 |
3 - 6 |
|
4 - 4 |
7 - 1 |
| 7 |
|
7 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
25 |
42 |
3 |
2 - 4 |
1 - 8 |
5 - 9 |
4 - 5 |
3 - 11 |
4 - 4 |
|
6 - 1 |
| 8 |
|
7 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
17 |
48 |
0 |
3 - 5 |
2 - 9 |
2 - 6 |
3 - 5 |
5 - 10 |
1 - 7 |
1 - 6 |
|
PolandPoland , 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 promoted to Pool A and the NetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
was relegated to Pool C for 1990The 1990 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 14th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held mainly in Helsinki, Finland...
.
Pool C
This five team tournament was a round robin played in
BasingstokeBasingstoke is a town in northeast Hampshire, in south central England. It lies across a valley at the source of the River Loddon. It is southwest of London, northeast of Southampton, southwest of Reading and northeast of the county town, Winchester. In 2008 it had an estimated population of...
Great BritainGreat Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
from March 16 to 22.
Standings
| Rank |
Team |
GP |
W |
L |
T |
GF |
GA |
PTS |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| 1 |
|
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
21 |
14 |
7 |
|
2 - 2 |
7 - 5 |
5 - 2 |
7 - 5 |
| 2 |
|
4 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
22 |
14 |
6 |
2 - 2 |
|
7 - 4 |
6 - 6 |
7 - 2 |
| 3 |
|
4 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
17 |
20 |
4 |
5 - 7 |
4 - 7 |
|
5 - 4 |
3 - 2 |
| 4 |
|
4 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
15 |
19 |
2 |
2 - 5 |
6 - 6 |
4 - 5 |
|
3 - 3 |
| 5 |
|
4 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
12 |
20 |
1 |
5 - 7 |
2 - 7 |
2 - 3 |
3 - 3 |
|
AustriaAustria , 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 promoted to Pool B for 1990The 1990 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 14th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held mainly in Helsinki, Finland...
.