1992 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
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The 1992 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1992 WJHC) was the 16th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
and was held from December 26, 1991 until January 4, 1992. It was held in Füssen
and Kaufbeuren
, Germany
. The Commonwealth of Independent States
won gold, while Sweden
won silver, and the United States
took home the bronze medal.
format, with the top three teams winning gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.
On New Year's Day, 1992, the Soviet Union
was formally dissolved, and the team that had begun the tournament under that name completed it as the Commonwealth of Independent States
. The team had no new flag to fly at the tournament, and continued to use their Soviet jerseys through to its conclusion, but with the CCCP removed.
Switzerland
was relegated to Pool B for 1993
.
and Oswiecim
Poland
from December 27 to January 5. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games. This tournament offered a rather improbable result; four of the eight teams finished tied for first. In head-to-head results, Japan and Poland had 4 points each, Norway and France 2 each, so Japan's victory over Poland on the final day gave them the tournament victory.
Standings
Japan
was promoted to Pool A and North Korea
was relegated to Pool C for 1993
.
and Rome
Italy
. In the first round the nine teams were divided into three groups of three. The second round pitted the three first place teams against each other, likewise for the second place teams. Greece was disqualified for using an ineligible player, so they did not participate in the final round.
Group B
Group C
Group A
Italy
was promoted to Pool B for 1993
.
Fourth Place Group
Group A
Seventh Place
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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 from December 26, 1991 until January 4, 1992. It was held in Füssen
Füssen
Füssen is a town in Bavaria, Germany, in the district of Ostallgäu situated from the Austrian border. It is located on the banks of the Lech river. The River Lech flows into the Forggensee...
and Kaufbeuren
Kaufbeuren
Kaufbeuren is an independent city in the Regierungsbezirk of Schwaben, southern Bavaria. The city is completely enclaved within the district of Ostallgäu.- Culture and Objects of Interest :* Townhall * Crescentiakloster...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. The Commonwealth of Independent States
Commonwealth of Independent States
The Commonwealth of Independent States is a regional organization whose participating countries are former Soviet Republics, formed during the breakup of the Soviet Union....
won gold, while Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , 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 the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
took home the bronze medal.
Final standings
The 1991 tournament was a round-robinRound-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.
On New Year's Day, 1992, the 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....
was formally dissolved, and the team that had begun the tournament under that name completed it as the Commonwealth of Independent States
Commonwealth of Independent States
The Commonwealth of Independent States is a regional organization whose participating countries are former Soviet Republics, formed during the breakup of the Soviet Union....
. The team had no new flag to fly at the tournament, and continued to use their Soviet jerseys through to its conclusion, but with the CCCP removed.
| Rank | Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Commonwealth of Independent States |
7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 13 | 12 | |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 24 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 22 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 21 | 7 | |
| 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 25 | 6 | |
| 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 30 | 6 | |
| 7 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 40 | 2 | |
| 8 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 40 | 2 |
Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland 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 relegated to Pool B for 1993
1993 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 1993 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 17th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held in Gävle, Sweden. Canada won the gold medal, its sixth championship, while Sweden won silver, and the combined team of the Czech and Slovak Republics won bronze...
.
Results
Leading scorers
| GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Michael NylanderMichael Nylander Michael Nylander is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre who is currently a free agent.- Playing career :Nylander was drafted by the Hartford Whalers in the third round in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft... |
8 | 9 | 17 | ||
| Peter Forsberg Peter Forsberg Peter Mattias "Foppa" Forsberg is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey player and currently an assistant general manager of Modo Sports. Known for his on-ice vision and physical play, Forsberg is considered one of the most complete players of his generation... |
3 | 8 | 11 | ||
| Markus Näslund Markus Näslund Sten Markus Näslund is a Swedish ice hockey general manager for Modo Hockey and a retired professional winger. He played in the National Hockey League for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Vancouver Canucks and New York Rangers, as well as in the Elitserien with Modo Hockey... |
8 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Mikael Renberg Mikael Renberg Mikael Renberg is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey player, last playing for Skellefteå AIK in Elitserien. He spent ten seasons in the National Hockey League and eight in the Swedish Elitserien.-Playing career:... |
6 | 4 | 10 | ||
| Alexei Kovalev Alexei Kovalev Alexei Vyacheslavovich "Alex" Kovalev is a Russian professional ice hockey player who currently plays for Atlant Moscow Oblast of the Kontinental Hockey League.... |
5 | 5 | 10 |
Tournament all-stars
- Goaltender
Mike DunhamMike DunhamMichael Dunham is a retired American professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently the goaltending coach for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:... - Defence
Scott NiedermayerScott NiedermayerScott Niedermayer is a retired Canadian ice hockey defenceman who played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League for two teams: the New Jersey Devils and the Anaheim Ducks. Niedermayer was known for his skating stride, and ability for leading or joining the offensive rush... - Defence
Janne GronvallJanne GrönvallJanne Grönvall is a professional Finnish ice hockey player.He is currently playing for Tappara in the Finnish SM-Liiga. This is his third stint with the club. He first joined them in 1992, when he left Lukko Rauma. In 1994 he left them for AHL club St... - Forward Alexei KovalevAlexei KovalevAlexei Vyacheslavovich "Alex" Kovalev is a Russian professional ice hockey player who currently plays for Atlant Moscow Oblast of the Kontinental Hockey League....
- Forward Michael NylanderMichael NylanderMichael Nylander is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre who is currently a free agent.- Playing career :Nylander was drafted by the Hartford Whalers in the third round in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft...
- Forward Peter FerraroPeter FerraroPeter Joseph Ferraro is a former NHL hockey player who, along with his twin brother Chris became the second set of identical twins to play on the same NHL team, in the 1995–1996 NHL hockey season...
Pool B
Eight teams contested the second tier this year in TychyTychy
Tychy is a city in Silesia, Poland, approximately south of Katowice. Situated on the southern edge of the Upper Silesian industrial district, the city borders Katowice to the north, Mikołów to the west, Bieruń to the east and Kobiór to the south...
and Oswiecim
Oswiecim
Oświęcim is a town in the Lesser Poland province of southern Poland, situated west of Kraków, near the confluence of the rivers Vistula and Soła.- History :...
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...
from December 27 to January 5. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games. This tournament offered a rather improbable result; four of the eight teams finished tied for first. In head-to-head results, Japan and Poland had 4 points each, Norway and France 2 each, so Japan's victory over Poland on the final day gave them the tournament victory.
Standings
| Rank | Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |  |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 18 | 10 | 7 - 4 | 2 - 4 | 4 - 2 | 3 - 2 | 5 - 2 | 2 - 3 | 9 - 1 | ||
| 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 19 | 10 | 4 - 7 | 5 - 3 | 5 - 1 | 3 - 6 | 9 - 0 | 7 - 2 | 9 - 0 | ||
| 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 17 | 10 | 4 - 2 | 3 - 5 | 1 - 4 | 8 - 0 | 14 - 2 | 6 - 2 | 9 - 2 | ||
| 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 15 | 10 | 2 - 4 | 1 - 5 | 4 - 1 | 6 - 1 | 5 - 1 | 4 - 1 | 9 - 2 | ||
| 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 26 | 8 | 2 - 3 | 6 - 3 | 0 - 8 | 1 - 6 | 3 - 0 | 3 - 2 | 8 - 4 | ||
| 6 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 38 | 4 | 2 - 5 | 0 - 9 | 2 - 14 | 1 - 5 | 0 - 3 | 4 - 1 | 5 - 1 | ||
| 7 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 29 | 4 | 3 - 2 | 2 - 7 | 2 - 6 | 1 - 4 | 2 - 3 | 1 - 4 | 5 - 3 | ||
| 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 54 | 0 | 1 - 9 | 0 - 9 | 2 - 9 | 2 - 9 | 4 - 8 | 1 - 5 | 3 - 5 |
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...
was promoted to Pool A and North Korea
North Korea
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea , , is a country in East Asia, occupying the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. Its capital and largest city is Pyongyang. The Korean Demilitarized Zone serves as the buffer zone between North Korea and South Korea...
was relegated to Pool C for 1993
1993 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 1993 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 17th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held in Gävle, Sweden. Canada won the gold medal, its sixth championship, while Sweden won silver, and the combined team of the Czech and Slovak Republics won bronze...
.
Pool C
Pool C was contested by nine teams from December 28, to January 4, in MarinoMarino
Marino, Mariño or Maryino may refer to:In places:* Marino, Lazio, a town in the province of Rome, Italy* Marino, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide* Marino, County Down in Northern Ireland...
and Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
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...
. In the first round the nine teams were divided into three groups of three. The second round pitted the three first place teams against each other, likewise for the second place teams. Greece was disqualified for using an ineligible player, so they did not participate in the final round.
Preliminary Round
Group A| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |  |
 |
 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 8 - 1 | 13 - 0 | ||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 - 8 | 7 - 0 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 - 13 | 0 - 7 |
Group B
| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |  |
 |
 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 10 - 0 | 12 - 1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 - 10 | 8 - 0 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 1 - 12 | 0 - 8 |
Group C
| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |  |
 |
 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 4 - 5 | 12 - 4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 - 4 | 3 - 6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 4 - 12 | 6 - 3 |
Final Round
Promotion GroupGroup A
| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS | |
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 5 - 2 | 4 - 3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 - 5 | 6 - 3 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 3 - 4 | 3 - 6 |
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 promoted to Pool B for 1993
1993 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 1993 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 17th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held in Gävle, Sweden. Canada won the gold medal, its sixth championship, while Sweden won silver, and the combined team of the Czech and Slovak Republics won bronze...
.
Fourth Place Group
Group A
| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS | |
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 5 - 4 | 6 - 4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 - 5 | 4 - 3 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 4 - 6 | 3 - 4 |
Seventh Place
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