1979 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

1979 edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships IIHF World U20 Championship 1979 Sweden 27 December 1978 –3 January 1979 8 2 2 ihj URS 3 TCH SWE FIN 22 171 URS Vladimir Krutov 14 1978 1980 The 1979 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1979 WJHC) was the third edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held from 27 December 1978 until 3 January 1979. The tournament was held in Karlstad and Karlskoga, Sweden. The Soviet Union won its third consecutive gold medal, while Czechoslovakia won the silver, and Sweden the bronze. Pool A The 1979 tournament divided participants into two divisions of four teams, each playing three games. The top two teams in each division advanced to the championship round, while the bottom two were placed in the consolation round. Each division played another round robin. The top three teams in the championship round won the gold, silver and bronze medals. In the consolation round, the results between teams that faced each other in the preliminary round carried over. Final standings This is the aggregate standings, ordered according to final placing. The four teams in the championship round were ranked one through four, while the four teams in the consolation round were ranked five through eight regardless of overall record. main WDL QR 2 y URS URS TCH TCH SWE SWE FIN FIN CAN CAN USA USA FRG FRG NOR NOR y 5 1 0 46 11 3 2 1 19 23 4 1 1 19 13 2 0 4 20 19 3 0 2 23 10 2 0 3 21 23 1 0 4 17 26 0 0 5 6 46 #f7f6a8 1ST #dce5e5 2ND #ffdab9 3RD red1 R complete Hockey Canada Norway was relegated to Pool B for the 1980 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. Preliminary round Gold group main WDL Q n 2 y SWE SWE FIN FIN CAN CAN FRG FRG 3 0 0 8 3 2 0 1 11 4 1 0 2 7 6 0 0 3 5 18 #ccffcc A A complete Hockey Canada #eee 27 December 1978 CAN 1 – 3 FIN (0–0, 1–2, 0–1) Karlstad #eff 27 December 1978 SWE 5 – 2 FRG (3–0, 1–1, 1–1) Karlstad #eee 28 December 1978 FRG 2 – 6 CAN (0–2, 1–2, 1–2) Karlstad #eff 28 December 1978 FIN 1 – 2 SWE (0–1, 1–1, 0–0) Karlskoga #eee 30 December 1978 SWE 1 – 0 CAN (0–0, 1–0, 0–0) Karlskoga #eff 30 December 1978 FIN 7 – 1 FRG (2–1, 2–0, 3–0) Karlskoga Blue group main WDL Q n 2 y URS URS TCH TCH USA USA NOR NOR 3 0 0 33 2 2 0 1 10 15 1 0 2 10 11 0 0 3 5 30 #ccffcc A A complete Hockey Canada #eee 27 December 1978 URS 17 – 0 NOR (6–0, 1–0, 10–0) Karlskoga #eff 27 December 1978 TCH 3 – 2 USA (2–1, 0–1, 1–0) Karlskoga #eee 28 December 1978 USA 1 – 7 URS (0–3, 1–4, 0–0) Karlskoga #eff 28 December 1978 NOR 4 – 6 TCH (2–1, 2–4, 0–1) Karlstad #eee 30 December 1978 URS 9 – 1 TCH (3–1, 5–0, 1–0) Karlstad #eff 30 December 1978 NOR 1 – 7 USA (1–1, 0–5, 0–1) Karlstad Consolation round Results from any games played during the preliminary round were carried forward to the consolation round. main WDL R n 2 y CAN CAN USA USA FRG FRG NOR NOR 3 0 0 22 6 2 0 1 18 13 1 0 2 14 14 0 0 3 2 23 red1 R complete Hockey Canada #eee 31 December 1978 CAN 10 – 1 NOR (4–0, 3–1, 3–0) Karlstad #eff 31 December 1978 USA 8 – 6 FRG (2–1, 3–2, 3–3) Karlskoga #eee 2 January 1979 CAN 6 – 3 USA (1–0, 4–3, 1–0) Karlskoga #eff 2 January 1978 NOR 0 – 6 FRG (0–3, 0–2, 0–1) Karlstad Championship round main WDL n 2 y URS URS TCH TCH SWE SWE FIN FIN 2 1 0 13 9 1 2 0 9 8 1 1 1 11 10 0 0 3 9 15 #f7f6a8 1ST #dce5e5 2ND #ffdab9 3RD complete Hockey Canada #eee 31 December 1978 URS 4 – 2 FIN (1–0, 1–2, 2–0) Karlstad #eff 31 December 1978 SWE 1 – 1 TCH (0–0, 0–1, 1–0) Karlskoga #eee 2 January 1979 FIN 2 – 5 SWE (2–2, 0–2, 0–1) Karlstad #eff 2 January 1979 URS 2 – 2 TCH (1–1, 1–1, 0–0) Karlskoga #eee 3 January 1979 TCH 6 – 5 FIN (1–1, 3–2, 2–2) Karlskoga #eff 3 January 1979 SWE 5 – 7 URS (2–2, 2–2, 1–3) Karlstad Scoring leaders RankPlayerCountryG GoalsA AssistsPts Points 1 Vladimir Krutov URS 8 6 14 2 Anatoli Tarasov URS 5 5 10 3 Vyacheslav Ryanov URS 6 3 9 4 Georg Holzmann FRG 4 4 8 5 Alexander Gerasimov URS 2 6 8 6 Andrei Andreyev URS 6 1 7 7 Aaron Broten USA 4 3 7 8 Jarmo Makitalo FIN 4 3 7 9 Ján Jaško TCH 3 4 7 10 Alexei Kasatonov URS 3 4 7 Anton Šťastný TCH 3 4 7 Tournament awards IIHF Directorate Awards Media All-Star Team Goaltender SWE Pelle Lindbergh SWE Pelle Lindbergh Defencemen URS Alexei Kasatonov URS Alexei KasatonovTCH Ivan Černý Forwards URS Vladimir Krutov SWE Thomas SteenURS Anatoli TarasovURS Vladimir Krutov Pool B A second tier of the World Junior Championship was contested in Caen, France, from 5 to 9 March 1979. Two groups of four played round robins, followed by placement games where 1st played 1st, etc.. This is the first year a B pool was contested for the under 20s. Preliminary round Group A main WDL n 2 y FRA FRA POL POL AUT AUT BEL BEL 3 0 0 22 8 2 0 1 37 12 1 0 2 11 15 0 0 3 7 42 complete #eee FRA 3 – 1 AUT (1–0, 1–1, 1–0) #eff POL 23 – 2 BEL (8–0, 6–2, 9–0) #eee FRA 9 – 2 BEL (2–2, 5–0, 2–0) #eff POL 9 – 0 AUT #eee AUT 10 – 3 BEL (6–1, 2–0, 2–2) #eff FRA 10 – 5 POL (1–2, 5–1, 4–2) Group B main WDL n 2 y SUI SUI DEN DEN NED NED ITA ITA 3 0 0 27 7 2 0 1 8 8 1 0 2 11 17 0 0 3 5 19 complete #eee SUI 10 – 4 NED (3–1, 4–1, 3–2) #eff ITA 0 – 3 DEN #eee SUI 8 – 2 DEN (4–1, 1–0, 3–1) #eff NED 7 – 4 ITA #eee DEN 3 – 0 NED (1–0, 1–0, 1–0) #eff SUI 9 – 1 ITA (2–0, 5–1, 2–0) Final round 7th place game #eee ITA 17 – 2 BEL 5th place game #eee AUT 6 – 5 NED 3rd place game #eee POL 6 – 5 OT DEN 1st place game #eee FRA 4 – 5 OT SUI (0–2, 2–0, 2–2, 0–1) SUI was promoted to Pool A for the 1980 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. References Podnieks Andrew Red, White, and Gold: Canada at the World Junior Championships 1974–1999 1998 ECW Press 1-55022-382-8 registration https://archive.org/details/redwhitegoldcana0000podn 1977–81 World Junior Hockey Championships at TSN Results at passionhockey.com Stats at eliteprospects.com Category:World Junior Ice Hockey Championships World Junior Ice Hockey Championships Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Sweden World Junior Ice Hockey Championships World Junior Ice Hockey World Junior Ice Hockey Category:Sports competitions in Karlstad World Junior Ice Hockey Category:Sport in Caen Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by France Category:1978–79 in French ice hockey Category:History of Caen Category:20th century in Värmland County Category:20th century in Örebro County