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1990 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (
1990 WJHC) was the 14th 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 mainly in
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,
FinlandFinland , 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...
.
CanadaCanada 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...
won the gold medal, its fourth world junior championship, while 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....
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...
won silver and bronze, respectively.
Final standings
The 1990 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 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
36 |
18 |
11 |
| |
|
7 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
50 |
23 |
11 |
| |
|
7 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
51 |
17 |
10 |
| 4 |
|
7 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
32 |
21 |
9 |
| 5 |
|
7 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
38 |
29 |
9 |
| 6 |
|
7 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
25 |
51 |
4 |
| 7 |
|
7 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
22 |
37 |
2 |
| 8 |
|
7 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
65 |
0 |
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 relegated to Pool B for 1991The 1991 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 15th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held in various communities in Saskatchewan, Canada...
.
Results
Leading scorers
| |
GP |
G |
A |
Pts |
PIM |
 Robert ReichelRobert Reichel is a former professional ice hockey centre and was a head coach of HC Litvínov of the Czech Extraliga until he resigned on January 22, 2011. He played in the National Hockey League for the Calgary Flames, New York Islanders, Phoenix Coyotes and Toronto Maple Leafs. Reichel was...
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10 |
11 |
21 |
|
Jaromír JágrJaromír Jágr is a Czech professional ice hockey right winger who plays for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League . Jágr formerly played with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals, and New York Rangers, serving as captain of the Penguins and the Rangers...
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|
5 |
13 |
18 |
|
 David Chyzowski |
|
9 |
4 |
13 |
|
 Patric Englund |
|
9 |
2 |
11 |
|
Bobby HolíkRobert Holík is a retired Czech-American professional ice hockey center who played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League...
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|
6 |
5 |
11 |
|
Tournament all-stars
- Goaltender Stéphane Fiset
Stéphane Fiset is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the National Hockey League.-Playing career:Fiset was drafted in the 2nd round 24th overall in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft by the Quebec Nordiques...
- Defence
Alexander GodynyukOleksandr Olehovych Hodyniuk , known commonly as Alexander Godynyuk is a retired Ukrainian professional ice hockey defenceman. He was drafted in the sixth round, 115th overall, by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft....
- Defence Jiří Šlégr
Jiří Šlégr is a Czech professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for HC Litvínov of the Czech Extraliga. He is also the estranged son of former Vancouver Canucks defenceman Jiří Bubla...
- Forward Dave Chyzowski
David B. Chyzowski is a former professional ice hockey left winger who was selected second overall in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Islanders after a stellar junior career with the Kamloops Blazers....
- Forward Jaromír Jágr
Jaromír Jágr is a Czech professional ice hockey right winger who plays for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League . Jágr formerly played with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals, and New York Rangers, serving as captain of the Penguins and the Rangers...
- Forward Robert Reichel
Robert Reichel is a former professional ice hockey centre and was a head coach of HC Litvínov of the Czech Extraliga until he resigned on January 22, 2011. He played in the National Hockey League for the Calgary Flames, New York Islanders, Phoenix Coyotes and Toronto Maple Leafs. Reichel was...
Pool B
Eight teams contested the second tier this year in
Bad TolzBad Tölz is a town in Bavaria, Germany, and administrative center of the district of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen.- History :Since the retreat of the glaciers at the end of the Ice Age, archaeology has shown continuous occupation of the site of Bad Tölz...
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....
from March 26 to April 4. 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 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
48 |
14 |
12 |
|
3 - 0 |
8 - 4 |
7 - 1 |
4 - 6 |
9 - 2 |
6 - 1 |
11 - 0 |
| 2 |
|
7 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
35 |
12 |
12 |
0 - 3 |
|
5 - 2 |
4 - 2 |
5 - 2 |
4 - 0 |
11 - 1 |
6 - 2 |
| 3 |
|
7 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
38 |
33 |
9 |
4 - 8 |
2 - 5 |
|
5 - 3 |
5 - 4 |
9 - 2 |
6 - 4 |
7 - 7 |
| 4 |
|
7 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
26 |
31 |
6 |
1 - 7 |
2 - 4 |
3 - 5 |
|
6 - 2 |
4 - 4 |
5 - 5 |
5 - 4 |
| 5 |
|
7 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
39 |
30 |
6 |
6 - 4 |
2 - 5 |
4 - 5 |
2 - 6 |
|
11 - 2 |
4 - 5 |
10 - 3 |
| 6 |
|
7 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
20 |
43 |
5 |
2 - 9 |
0 - 4 |
2 - 9 |
4 - 4 |
2 - 11 |
|
3 - 2 |
7 - 4 |
| 7 |
|
7 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
27 |
39 |
5 |
1 - 6 |
1 - 11 |
4 - 6 |
5 - 5 |
5 - 4 |
2 - 3 |
|
9 - 4 |
| 8 |
|
7 |
0 |
6 |
1 |
24 |
55 |
1 |
0 - 11 |
2 - 6 |
7 - 7 |
4 - 5 |
3 - 10 |
4 - 7 |
4 - 9 |
|
SwitzerlandSwitzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
was promoted to Pool A and YugoslaviaYugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
was relegated to Pool C for 1991The 1991 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 15th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held in various communities in Saskatchewan, Canada...
.
Pool C
Pool C was contested by seven teams in
Eindhoven 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...
from March 16 to 25. The South Korean juniors made their debut this year.
Standings
| Rank |
Team |
GP |
W |
L |
T |
GF |
GA |
PTS |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| 1 |
|
6 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
40 |
17 |
10 |
|
3 - 4 |
4 - 3 |
6 - 2 |
11 - 4 |
7 - 2 |
9 - 2 |
| 2 |
|
6 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
27 |
14 |
9 |
4 - 3 |
|
3 - 1 |
4 - 4 |
10 - 1 |
2 - 3 |
4 - 2 |
| 3 |
|
6 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
34 |
11 |
8 |
3 - 4 |
1 - 3 |
|
6 - 1 |
6 - 0 |
7- 1 |
11 - 2 |
| 4 |
|
6 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
26 |
30 |
7 |
2 - 6 |
4 - 4 |
1 - 6 |
|
7 - 6 |
3 - 2 |
9 - 6 |
| 5 |
|
6 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
24 |
40 |
4 |
4 - 11 |
1 - 10 |
0 - 6 |
6 - 7 |
|
6 - 4 |
7 - 2 |
| 6 |
|
6 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
18 |
30 |
4 |
2 - 7 |
3 - 2 |
1 - 7 |
2 - 3 |
4 - 6 |
|
6 - 5 |
| 7 |
|
6 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
19 |
46 |
0 |
2 - 9 |
2 - 4 |
2 - 11 |
6 - 9 |
2 - 7 |
5 - 6 |
|
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 promoted to Pool B for 1991The 1991 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 15th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held in various communities in Saskatchewan, Canada...
.