1998 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

IIHF World U20 Championship 1998 1998 WJHC logo.png 110px Finland December 25, 1997 – January 3, 1998 10 2 2 ihj Finland 2 Russia Switzerland Czech Republic 34 219 139680 USA Jeff Farkas 10 1997 1999 The 1998 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1998 WJHC) were held in Helsinki and Hämeenlinna, Finland. The championships began on December 25, 1997, and finished on January 3, 1998. Home team Finland was the winner, defeating Russia 2–1 in the gold medal game, thanks to the goaltending of Mika Noronen and the overtime heroics of Niklas Hagman. Switzerland defeated the Czech Republic 4–3 to capture the bronze medal, their first and only medal in the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. Canada had its five-year title streak broken with its worst placing to date (8th). Canada would miss out on gold seven years in a row before beginning their 2005–2009 streak of five straight championships. It was the only tournament from 1993 to 2012 in which Canada failed to medal. This tournament attracted 139,680 fans to 34 games for an average of 4,108 per game. This set a record for the highest-attended World Junior tournament in Europe until the 2016 tournament, which was also held in Finland, attracted 215,225 spectators.http://www.worldjunior2016.com/en/news/215225-fans-in-helsinki/ 215225 fans in Helsinki Merk Martin 2016-01-06 WorldJunior2016.com 2016-01-22 The playoff round was expanded to eight teams, with group leaders not getting a bye to the semifinals. Championship results All times are local. (Eastern European Time – UTC+2) Pool A Group A main WDL R n 2 y FIN FIN CZE CZE SWE SWE CAN CAN GER GER 3 1 0 17 10 2 1 1 16 12 2 0 2 16 6 2 0 2 9 7 0 0 4 1 24 red1 R complete Hockey Canada #eeeeee December 25, 1997 18:30 FIN 3–2 CAN 0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 3–2 (0–0, 1–1, 2–1) Mika Noronen Mathieu Garon Kauppinen (Vallin, Kalto) - 33:01 / Somervuori (Jokinen) (PP) - 47:27 / Hagman (Somervuori, Jokinen) - 56:20 30:02 - Ward / 51:39 - Dumont (Tkaczuk) https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/team-canada/men/junior/1998/dec-25-can-fin 9,000 (approx.) Hartwall Arena, Helsinki SWE Ulf Radbjer USA Allen Stensland SWE Kent Thuden 10 21 38 18 #ffffff December 25, 1997 15:00 CZE 2–1 SWE Hämeenlinna #eeeeee December 26, 1997 18:30 SWE 4–0 CAN 1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 (2–0, 1–0, 1–0) Johan Holmqvist Roberto Luongo Nilson (Forsander) (PP) - 6:56 / Hedin - 17:32 / D. Sedin (H. Sedin) - 22:55 / Cannerheim (Nilson) - 46:45 https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/team-canada/men/junior/1998/dec-26-can-swe 2,523 Hartwall Arena, Helsinki FIN Rami Savolainen USA Allen Stensland USA Dino Casgrande 14 20 #ffffff December 26, 1997 18:30 FIN 5–0 GER Hämeenlinna #eeeeee December 27, 1997 15:00 GER 1–9 CZE Hartwall Arena, Helsinki #ffffff December 28, 1997 15:00 CAN 5–0 CZE 1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 (2–0, 3–0, 0–0) Mathieu Garon Adam Svoboda, Vlastimil Lakosil (15:46 second) Holden (Corso) - 10:10 / Cooke (Sarich) (PP) - 11:10 / Tanguay (McLean) - 26:45 / McLean (Tanguay, Brewer) (SH) - 30:40 / Holden (Corso) - 38:05 https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/team-canada/men/junior/1998/dec-28-can-cze 7,500 (approx.) Hartwall Arena, Helsinki USA Scott Hansen GER Alfred Hascher SWE Kent Thuden 12 14 #eeeeee December 28, 1997 18:30 SWE 3–4 FIN Hartwall Arena, Helsinki #ffffff December 29, 1997 18:30 GER 0–8 SWE Hartwall Arena, Helsinki #eeeeee December 30, 1997 15:00 CAN 2–0 GER 1–0 / 2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0) Mathieu Garon Björn Leonhardt Bradley (Cooke, Lecavalier) -28:05 / Lecavalier (Bradley) - 54:59 https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/team-canada/men/junior/1998/dec-30-can-ger 8,933 Hartwall Arena, Helsinki SWE Ulf Radbjer USA Dino Casagrande SUI Nadir Mandioni 26 17 #ffffff December 30, 1997 18:30 CZE 5–5 FIN Hartwall Arena, Helsinki Group B main WDL R n 2 y RUS RUS SUI SUI USA USA KAZ KAZ SVK SVK 3 1 0 22 6 2 1 1 14 8 2 0 2 17 12 1 0 3 8 29 1 0 3 9 15 red1 R complete Hockey Canada #eeeeee December 25, 1997 15:00 RUS 12–1 KAZ Hämeenlinna #ffffff December 25, 1997 15:00 SVK 6–3 USA Hartwall Arena, Helsinki #eeeeee December 26, 1997 15:00 KAZ 2–8 USA Hartwall Arena, Helsinki #ffffff December 26, 1997 15:00 SVK 1–3 SUI Hämeenlinna #eeeeee December 27, 1997 18:30 SUI 3–3 RUS Hartwall Arena, Helsinki #ffffff December 28, 1997 15:00 KAZ 5–2 SVK Hämeenlinna #eeeeee December 28, 1997 18:30 USA 2–3 RUS Hämeenlinna #ffffff December 29, 1997 18:30 SUI 7–0 KAZ Hämeenlinna #eeeeee December 30, 1997 15:00 RUS 4–0 SVK Hämeenlinna #ffffff December 30, 1997 18:30 USA 4–1 SUI Hämeenlinna Final round 150 y Bronze medal game B1 RUS 2 A4 CAN 1 A2 CZE 4 B3 USA 1 A1 FIN 14 B4 KAZ 1 B2 SUI 2 A3 SWE 1 QF1 RUS 5 QF2 CZE 1 FIN QF3 2 QF4 SUI 1 SF1 SUI 4 SF2 CZE 3 SF1 RUS 1 SF2 FIN 2 Quarterfinals #eee December 31, 1997 15:00 RUS 2–1 (OT) CAN 1-0 / 1-1 / 2-1 (1–0, 0–0, 0–1, 1–0) Denis Khlopotnov Mathieu Garon Vlasenkov (Lyashenko) - 18:01 / Afinogenov (Balmochnykh) - 69:21 42:31 - Tkaczuk (Willsie, Blanchard) https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/team-canada/men/junior/1998/dec-31-can-rus 2,877 Hämeenlinna FIN Rami Savolainen FIN Riku Peltonen SWE Kent Thuden 21 18 #eff December 31, 1997 15:00 FIN 14–1 KAZ (6–1, 5–0, 3–0) Hartwall Arena, Helsinki #eee December 31, 1997 18:30 SUI 2 – 1 GWS SWE (0–0, 0–0, 1–1, 0–0, 5–4) Hartwall Arena, Helsinki #eff December 31, 1997 18:30 CZE 4–1 USA (0–0, 3–0, 1–1) Hämeenlinna Semifinals #eee January 1, 1998 16:00 RUS 5–1 CZE (0–0, 3–1, 2–0) Hartwall Arena, Helsinki #eff January 1, 1998 20:00 SUI 1–2 FIN (0–1, 0–0, 1–1) David Aebischer Mika Noronen Hartwall Arena, Helsinki Placement games #eee January 2, 1998 15:00 CAN 0–3 USA 0-1 / 0-2 / 0-3 (0–1, 0–1, 0–1) Mathieu Garon Jean-Marc Pelletier 5:59 - York (Mottau) (PP) / 39:31 - Dusbabek (Mara) / 59:25 - Farkas (EN) https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/team-canada/men/junior/1998/jan-02-can-usa Hämeenlinna CZE Petr Bolina FIN Riku Peltonen SUI Nadir Mandioni 12 8 15 40 #eff January 2, 1998 18:30 SWE 5–1 KAZ (1–0, 2–0, 2–1) Hämeenlinna 7th place game #eee January 3, 1998 12:00 CAN 3–6 KAZ 0-1 / 0-2 / 0-3 / 0-4 / 1-4 / 2-4 / 2-5 / 2-6 / 3-6 (0–2, 0–2, 3–2) Mathieu Garon, Roberto Luongo (14:00 second) Roman Krivomazov Holden (Blanchard) (PP) - 47:25 / Holden (Ference, Corso) (PP) - 50:10 / Tkaczuk (Willsie, Brewer) - 59:57 3:45 - Troshchinsky (Antropov) / 13:14 - Alexandrov (Troshchinsky, Antropov) (PP) / 31:47 - Troshchinsky (Alexandrov, Novopashin) (SH) / 34:00 - Troshchinsky (Antropov) / 58:21 - Komissarov (Ksandopulo) / 59:20 - Rifel (EN) https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/team-canada/men/junior/1998/jan-03-can-kaz 169 Hämeenlinna CZE Petr Bolina RUS Vyacheslav Bulanov Dariusz Sudol 19 20 43 17 5th place game #eee January 3, 1998 16:00 USA 4–3 SWE (1–2, 2–0, 1–1) Hämeenlinna Bronze medal game #ffdab9 January 3, 1998 15:00 SUI 4 – 3 GWS CZE (2–0, 0–2, 1–1, 0–0, 2–0) Hartwall Arena, Helsinki Gold medal game January 3, 1998 18:30 FIN RUS 2–1 (OT) (0–0, 0–1, 1–0, 1–0) Mika Noronen Denis Khlopotnov 0–11–12–1 Puistola (PP) - 43:25 Hagman (Jokinen, Petriläinen) - 73:41 37:10 − Vlassenkov Hartwall Arena, Helsinki 13,655 45 26 #f7f6a8 Relegation round #eee January 1, 1998 GER 0–9 SVK (0–1, 0–4, 0–4) Hartwall Arena, Helsinki #eff January 3, 1998 SVK 8–3 GER (0–1, 3–2, 5–0) Hartwall Arena, Helsinki GER lost the two game total goal series 17–3 and was relegated for the 1999 World Juniors Final ranking RankCountry FIN RUS SUI4 CZE5 USA6 SWE7 KAZ8 CAN9 SVK10 GER Scoring leaders PlayerCountryGPGA PtsJeff Farkas USA 7 6 4 10Olli Jokinen FIN 7 4 6 10Eero Somervuori FIN 7 3 6 9Ladislav Nagy SVK 6 6 2 8Brian Gionta USA 7 5 3 8Marián Hossa SVK 6 4 4 8Timo Vertala FIN 7 4 4 8Andrej Podkonický SVK 6 3 5 8Marcus Nilson SWE 7 3 5 8Maxim Balmochnykh RUS 7 2 6 8Kamil Piroš SVK 7 2 6 8 Tournament awards IIHF Directorate Awards Media All-Star Team Goaltender SUI David Aebischer SUI David Aebischer Defencemen CZE Pavel Skrbek SWE Pierre HedinRUS Andrei Markov Forwards FIN Olli Jokinen RUS Maxim BalmochnykhFIN Olli JokinenFIN Eero Somervuori Pool B The second tier was held in Sosnowiec and Tychy Poland, from December 28 to January 4. Two groups of four played round robins, and then the top three played each of the top three teams from the other group. All scores carried forward except the results against the lone eliminated team from each group. Preliminary round Group A main WDL Q n 2 y HUN HUN LAT LAT FRA FRA JPN JPN 1 2 0 10 9 2 0 1 15 10 1 1 1 12 9 0 1 2 12 21 #ccffcc A A A yes flag FBR grey 3–2 2–2 5–5 2–3 5–2 8–5 2–2 2–5 8–2 5–5 5–8 2–8 complete Group B main WDL Q n 2 y POL POL UKR UKR BLR BLR 1995 NOR NOR 2 0 1 13 11 1 1 1 13 10 1 1 1 6 6 1 0 2 8 13 #ccffcc A A A yes flag FBR grey 7–3 1–4 5–4 3–7 2–2 8–1 4–1 2–2 0–3 4–5 1–8 3–0 complete Final round main WDL Q 2 y BLR BLR UKR UKR POL POL LAT LAT HUN HUN FRA FRA 4 1 0 22 8 3 1 1 23 12 3 0 2 24 13 2 0 3 12 15 1 1 3 6 24 0 1 4 12 27 #ccffcc A yes flag FBR grey 2–2 4–1 3–1 8–0 5–4 2–2 3–7 5–1 4–1 9–1 1–4 7–3 2–3 8–0 6–3 1–3 1–5 3–2 2–3 5–2 0–8 1–4 0–8 3–2 2–2 4–5 1–9 3–6 2–5 2–2 complete BLR was promoted to Pool A for 1999. Relegation round #ffffff NOR 6–4 JPN #eeeeee NOR 3 – 4 ot JPN #ffffff NOR 4–1 JPN JPN lost two games to one and was relegated to Pool C for 1999. Pool C Played in Tallinn and Kohtla-Järve Estonia from December 28 to January 1. Preliminary round Group A main WDL n 2 y ITA ITA AUT AUT EST EST GBR GBR 2 1 0 20 6 2 1 0 18 6 1 0 2 5 20 0 0 3 3 14 yes flag FBR grey 4–4 11–1 5–1 4–4 8–1 6–1 1–11 1–8 3–1 1–5 1–6 1–3 complete Group B main WDL n 2 y DEN DEN SLO SLO CRO CRO ROM ROM 3 0 0 26 8 2 0 1 15 8 1 0 2 6 14 0 0 3 7 24 yes flag FBR grey 5–4 8–1 13–3 4–5 4–1 7–2 1–8 1–4 4–2 3–13 2–7 2–4 complete Placement games 7th place:GBR 7 – 5 ROM 5th place:CRO 3 – 2 EST 3rd place:SLO 4 – 2 AUT 1st Place:DEN 6 – 4 ITA DEN was promoted to Pool B, and ROM was relegated to Pool D for 1999. Pool D Played in Kaunas and Elektrenai Lithuania from December 30 to January 3. Preliminary round Group A main WDL n 2 y NED NED ESP ESP BUL BUL TUR TUR 3 0 0 58 4 2 0 1 18 9 1 0 2 17 29 0 0 3 5 56 yes flag FBR grey 7–1 19–2 32–1 1–7 6–2 11–0 2–19 2–6 13–4 1–32 0–11 4–13 complete Group B main WDL n 2 y LTU LTU 1988 YUG FR Yugoslavia MEX MEX RSA RSA 3 0 0 33 2 2 0 1 23 7 1 0 2 3 28 0 0 3 4 26 yes flag FBR grey 5–1 14–0 14–1 1–5 13–0 9–2 0–14 0–13 3–1 1–14 2–9 1–3 complete Placement games 7th place:RSA 11 – 0 TUR 5th place:MEX 6 – 4 BUL 3rd place:FR Yugoslavia 9 – 0 ESP 1st Place:LTU 1988 6 – 3 NED LTU 1988 was promoted to Pool C for 1999. References External links Statistics and results from Hockey Canada http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/U-20_1998.htm Podnieks Andrew IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011 2010 Moydart Press Category:World Junior Ice Hockey Championships Category:International sports competitions in Helsinki World 1998 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships World Junior Ice Hockey Championships Category:Sport in Hämeenlinna Category:1990s in Helsinki World Category:Sosnowiec Category:Sport in Tychy Category:1997–98 in Estonian ice hockey Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Estonia Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Poland Category:Sports competitions in Tallinn Category:1990s in Tallinn Category:Sport in Kohtla-Järve