From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1981 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country  West Germany
Venue(s)6 (in 6 host cities)
DatesDecember 27, 1980 –
January 2, 1981
Teams8
Final positions
Champions   Sweden (1st title)
Runner-up   Finland
Third place   Soviet Union
Fourth place  Czechoslovakia
Tournament statistics
Games played20
Goals scored207 (10.35 per game)
Scoring leader(s) West Germany Dieter Hegen (11 points)
←  1980
1982 →

The 1981 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1981 WJHC) was the fifth edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held from December 27, 1980, until January 2, 1981. The tournament was held in Füssen, West Germany. Sweden won the gold medal, while Finland won the silver, and the Soviet Union bronze.

Pool A

The 1981 tournament divided participants into two divisions of four teams, each playing three games. The top two teams in each division advanced to the A division in the medal round, while the bottom two were placed in a B division. Each division played another round robin. The top three teams in the A division won the gold, silver and bronze medals. Teams that faced each other in the first round had their results carried over to the medal rounds.

Final standings

This is the aggregate standings, ordered according to final placing. The four teams in the A division in the medal round were ranked one through four, while the four teams in the B division were ranked five through eight regardless of overall record.

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1   Sweden 5 4 0 1 25 11 +14 9
2   Finland 5 3 1 1 29 18 +11 7
3   Soviet Union 5 3 2 0 36 14 +22 6
4   Czechoslovakia 5 1 1 3 34 21 +13 5
5   West Germany 5 3 2 0 29 24 +5 6
6   United States 5 2 3 0 19 27 −8 4
7   Canada 5 1 3 1 26 25 +1 3
8   Austria 5 0 5 0 9 67 −58 0

  Austria was relegated to Pool B for the 1982 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Preliminary round

Gold group

Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
  Soviet Union 3 3 0 0 31 5 +26 6
  Czechoslovakia 3 1 1 1 25 12 +13 3
  Canada 3 1 1 1 17 11 +6 3
  Austria 3 0 3 0 6 51 −45 0
December 27, 1980 Czechoslovakia 3 – 3
(1–0, 0–2, 2–1)
  Canada Kaufbeuren
December 27, 1980 Soviet Union 19 – 1
(7–0, 8–0, 4–1)
  Austria Augsburg
December 28, 1980 Soviet Union 7 – 3
(3–1, 3–0, 1–2)
  Canada Landsberg
December 28, 1980 Czechoslovakia 21 – 4
(6–1, 6–3, 9–0)
  Austria Füssen
December 30, 1980 Canada 11 – 1  Austria Landsberg
December 30, 1980 Soviet Union 5 – 1
(2–1, 0–0, 3–0)
  Czechoslovakia Füssen

Blue group

Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
  Sweden 3 3 0 0 19 6 +13 6
  Finland 3 2 1 0 17 9 +8 4
  West Germany 3 1 2 0 13 17 −4 2
  United States 3 0 3 0 5 22 −17 0
December 27, 1980 West Germany 3 – 7
(2–3, 0–2, 1–2)
  Sweden Füssen
December 27, 1980 Finland 8 – 1
(0–0, 5–1, 3–0)
  United States Landsberg
December 28, 1980 West Germany 6 – 8
(1–3, 3–4, 2–1)
  Finland Oberstdorf
December 28, 1980 Sweden 10 – 2
(0–1, 6–1, 4–0)
  United States Augsburg
December 30, 1980 Sweden 2 – 1
(0–1, 2–0, 0–0)
  Finland Kempten
December 30, 1980 West Germany 4 – 2  United States Kaufbeuren

Consolation round

Results from any games played during the preliminary round were carried forward to the consolation round.

Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
  West Germany 3 3 0 0 20 9 +11 6
  United States 3 2 1 0 16 9 +7 4
  Canada 3 1 2 0 20 15 +5 2
  Austria 3 0 3 0 4 27 −23 0
December 31, 1980 United States 7 – 3
(2–1, 2–2, 3–0)
  Canada Landsberg
December 31, 1980 West Germany 9 – 1
(1–0, 5–0, 3–1)
  Austria Füssen
January 2, 1981 West Germany 7 – 6
(5–2, 2–3, 0–1)
  Canada Kaufbeuren
January 2, 1981 United States 7 – 2
(2–0, 2–1, 3–1)
  Austria Füssen

Championship round

Results from any games played during the preliminary round were carried forward to the championship round.

Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
  Sweden 3 2 0 1 8 6 +2 5
  Finland 3 1 1 1 13 11 +2 3
  Soviet Union 3 1 2 0 10 10 0 2
  Czechoslovakia 3 0 1 2 10 14 −4 2
December 31, 1980 Finland 6 – 3
(2–0, 3–1, 1–2)
  Soviet Union Kaufbeuren
December 31, 1980 Sweden 3 – 3
(0–1, 2–1, 1–1)
  Czechoslovakia Oberstdorf
January 2, 1981 Sweden 3 – 2
(2–1, 1–1, 0–0)
  Soviet Union Augsburg
Attendance: 2700
January 2, 1981 Czechoslovakia 6 – 6
(2–2, 1–2, 3–2)
  Finland Landsberg

Scoring leaders

Rank Player Country G A Pts
1 Dieter Hegen   West Germany 8 1 9
2 Dale Hawerchuk   Canada 5 4 9
Vladimir Svitek   Czechoslovakia 5 4 9
Ari Lähteenmäki   Finland 5 4 9
Bobby Carpenter   United States 5 4 9
6 Håkan Nordin   Sweden 2 7 9
7 Jan Vodila   Czechoslovakia 5 3 8
8 Patrik Sundström   Sweden 7 0 7
9 Pekka Järvelä   Finland 5 2 7
10 Klaus Götsch   West Germany 4 3 7

Tournament awards

IIHF Directorate Awards Media All-Star Team
Goaltender Sweden Lars Eriksson Sweden Lars Eriksson
Defencemen Czechoslovakia Miloslav Hořava Sweden Håkan Nordin
Czechoslovakia Miloslav Hořava
Forwards Sweden Patrik Sundström Sweden Jan Erixon
Sweden Patrik Sundström
Finland Ari Lähteenmäki

Pool B

The second tier was contested from March 23–29, in Strasbourg, France. Eight teams were divided into two round robin groups where the top two, and bottom two, graduated to meet their respective opponents in a final round robin. Results between competitors who migrated together were carried forward. Yugoslavia made their debut, replacing Hungary.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
   Switzerland 3 3 0 0 25 4 +21 6
  Netherlands 3 2 1 0 9 13 −4 4
  Denmark 3 1 2 0 10 15 −5 2
  Yugoslavia 3 0 3 0 8 20 −12 0
Source: [ citation needed]
Netherlands 3 – 2
(1–1, 2–0, 0–1)
  Denmark Strasbourg
Switzerland 7 – 3
(2–0, 1–2, 4–1)
  Yugoslavia Strasbourg
Switzerland 8 – 1
(1–1, 3–0, 4–0)
  Denmark Strasbourg
Netherlands 6 – 1
(2–1, 1–0, 3–0)
  Yugoslavia Strasbourg
Switzerland 10 – 0
(5–0, 3–0, 2–0)
  Netherlands Strasbourg
Denmark 7 – 4
(1–1, 1–1, 5–2)
  Yugoslavia Strasbourg

Group B

Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
  Norway 3 2 0 1 20 13 +7 5
  Poland 3 2 1 0 25 11 +14 4
  Italy 3 1 1 1 13 20 −7 3
  France 3 0 3 0 10 24 −14 0
Source: [ citation needed]
Norway 5 – 5
(0–1, 3–1, 2–3)
  Italy Strasbourg
France 4 – 8
(2–3, 2–2, 0–3)
  Poland Strasbourg
Poland 12 – 1
(4–0, 4–0, 4–1)
  Italy Strasbourg
France 3 – 9
(0–4, 2–2, 1–3)
  Norway Strasbourg
Norway 6 – 5
(0–3, 2–1, 4–1)
  Poland Strasbourg
France 3 – 7
(2–2, 3–0, 2–1)
  Italy Strasbourg

Consolation round

Results from any games played during the preliminary round were carried forward to the consolation round.

Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
  Denmark 3 3 0 0 19 11 +8 6
  Yugoslavia 3 1 1 1 16 14 +2 3
  Italy 3 1 2 0 11 16 −5 2
  France 3 0 2 1 13 18 −5 1
Source: [ citation needed]
France 6 – 7
(0–2, 5–1, 1–4)
  Denmark Strasbourg
Italy 3 – 8
(0–2, 2–2, 1–4)
  Yugoslavia Strasbourg
France 4 – 4
(1–2, 0–2, 3–0)
  Yugoslavia Strasbourg
Denmark 5 – 1
(0–0, 2–1, 3–0)
  Italy Strasbourg

Promotion round

Results from any games played during the preliminary round were carried forward to the promotion round.

Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
   Switzerland 3 2 0 1 19 6 +13 5
  Norway 3 2 0 1 18 10 +8 5
  Poland 3 1 2 0 14 11 +3 2
  Netherlands 3 0 3 0 1 25 −24 0
Source: [ citation needed]

   Switzerland was promoted to Pool A for the 1982 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Norway 8 – 1
(2–1, 5–0, 1–0)
  Netherlands Strasbourg
Switzerland 5 – 2
(2–0, 2–1, 1–1)
  Poland Strasbourg
Netherlands 0 – 7
(0–2, 0–2, 0–3)
  Poland Strasbourg
Switzerland 4 – 4
(0–0, 3–1, 1–3)
  Norway Strasbourg

Scoring leaders

Rank Player Country G A Pts
1 Murajica Pajič   Yugoslavia 10 1 11
2 Alfred Lüthl    Switzerland 7 4 11
3 Martin Pavlu   Italy 5 6 11
4 Stanislaw Szpreglewski   Poland 9 0 9
5 Beat Eggimann    Switzerland 5 4 9
6 Guy Ireland   France 5 3 8

References

  • Podnieks, Andrew (1998). Red, White, and Gold: Canada at the World Junior Championships 1974–1999. ECW Press. ISBN  1-55022-382-8.
  • 1977–81 World Junior Hockey Championships at TSN
  • Results at passionhockey.com
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1981 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country  West Germany
Venue(s)6 (in 6 host cities)
DatesDecember 27, 1980 –
January 2, 1981
Teams8
Final positions
Champions   Sweden (1st title)
Runner-up   Finland
Third place   Soviet Union
Fourth place  Czechoslovakia
Tournament statistics
Games played20
Goals scored207 (10.35 per game)
Scoring leader(s) West Germany Dieter Hegen (11 points)
←  1980
1982 →

The 1981 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1981 WJHC) was the fifth edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held from December 27, 1980, until January 2, 1981. The tournament was held in Füssen, West Germany. Sweden won the gold medal, while Finland won the silver, and the Soviet Union bronze.

Pool A

The 1981 tournament divided participants into two divisions of four teams, each playing three games. The top two teams in each division advanced to the A division in the medal round, while the bottom two were placed in a B division. Each division played another round robin. The top three teams in the A division won the gold, silver and bronze medals. Teams that faced each other in the first round had their results carried over to the medal rounds.

Final standings

This is the aggregate standings, ordered according to final placing. The four teams in the A division in the medal round were ranked one through four, while the four teams in the B division were ranked five through eight regardless of overall record.

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1   Sweden 5 4 0 1 25 11 +14 9
2   Finland 5 3 1 1 29 18 +11 7
3   Soviet Union 5 3 2 0 36 14 +22 6
4   Czechoslovakia 5 1 1 3 34 21 +13 5
5   West Germany 5 3 2 0 29 24 +5 6
6   United States 5 2 3 0 19 27 −8 4
7   Canada 5 1 3 1 26 25 +1 3
8   Austria 5 0 5 0 9 67 −58 0

  Austria was relegated to Pool B for the 1982 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Preliminary round

Gold group

Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
  Soviet Union 3 3 0 0 31 5 +26 6
  Czechoslovakia 3 1 1 1 25 12 +13 3
  Canada 3 1 1 1 17 11 +6 3
  Austria 3 0 3 0 6 51 −45 0
December 27, 1980 Czechoslovakia 3 – 3
(1–0, 0–2, 2–1)
  Canada Kaufbeuren
December 27, 1980 Soviet Union 19 – 1
(7–0, 8–0, 4–1)
  Austria Augsburg
December 28, 1980 Soviet Union 7 – 3
(3–1, 3–0, 1–2)
  Canada Landsberg
December 28, 1980 Czechoslovakia 21 – 4
(6–1, 6–3, 9–0)
  Austria Füssen
December 30, 1980 Canada 11 – 1  Austria Landsberg
December 30, 1980 Soviet Union 5 – 1
(2–1, 0–0, 3–0)
  Czechoslovakia Füssen

Blue group

Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
  Sweden 3 3 0 0 19 6 +13 6
  Finland 3 2 1 0 17 9 +8 4
  West Germany 3 1 2 0 13 17 −4 2
  United States 3 0 3 0 5 22 −17 0
December 27, 1980 West Germany 3 – 7
(2–3, 0–2, 1–2)
  Sweden Füssen
December 27, 1980 Finland 8 – 1
(0–0, 5–1, 3–0)
  United States Landsberg
December 28, 1980 West Germany 6 – 8
(1–3, 3–4, 2–1)
  Finland Oberstdorf
December 28, 1980 Sweden 10 – 2
(0–1, 6–1, 4–0)
  United States Augsburg
December 30, 1980 Sweden 2 – 1
(0–1, 2–0, 0–0)
  Finland Kempten
December 30, 1980 West Germany 4 – 2  United States Kaufbeuren

Consolation round

Results from any games played during the preliminary round were carried forward to the consolation round.

Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
  West Germany 3 3 0 0 20 9 +11 6
  United States 3 2 1 0 16 9 +7 4
  Canada 3 1 2 0 20 15 +5 2
  Austria 3 0 3 0 4 27 −23 0
December 31, 1980 United States 7 – 3
(2–1, 2–2, 3–0)
  Canada Landsberg
December 31, 1980 West Germany 9 – 1
(1–0, 5–0, 3–1)
  Austria Füssen
January 2, 1981 West Germany 7 – 6
(5–2, 2–3, 0–1)
  Canada Kaufbeuren
January 2, 1981 United States 7 – 2
(2–0, 2–1, 3–1)
  Austria Füssen

Championship round

Results from any games played during the preliminary round were carried forward to the championship round.

Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
  Sweden 3 2 0 1 8 6 +2 5
  Finland 3 1 1 1 13 11 +2 3
  Soviet Union 3 1 2 0 10 10 0 2
  Czechoslovakia 3 0 1 2 10 14 −4 2
December 31, 1980 Finland 6 – 3
(2–0, 3–1, 1–2)
  Soviet Union Kaufbeuren
December 31, 1980 Sweden 3 – 3
(0–1, 2–1, 1–1)
  Czechoslovakia Oberstdorf
January 2, 1981 Sweden 3 – 2
(2–1, 1–1, 0–0)
  Soviet Union Augsburg
Attendance: 2700
January 2, 1981 Czechoslovakia 6 – 6
(2–2, 1–2, 3–2)
  Finland Landsberg

Scoring leaders

Rank Player Country G A Pts
1 Dieter Hegen   West Germany 8 1 9
2 Dale Hawerchuk   Canada 5 4 9
Vladimir Svitek   Czechoslovakia 5 4 9
Ari Lähteenmäki   Finland 5 4 9
Bobby Carpenter   United States 5 4 9
6 Håkan Nordin   Sweden 2 7 9
7 Jan Vodila   Czechoslovakia 5 3 8
8 Patrik Sundström   Sweden 7 0 7
9 Pekka Järvelä   Finland 5 2 7
10 Klaus Götsch   West Germany 4 3 7

Tournament awards

IIHF Directorate Awards Media All-Star Team
Goaltender Sweden Lars Eriksson Sweden Lars Eriksson
Defencemen Czechoslovakia Miloslav Hořava Sweden Håkan Nordin
Czechoslovakia Miloslav Hořava
Forwards Sweden Patrik Sundström Sweden Jan Erixon
Sweden Patrik Sundström
Finland Ari Lähteenmäki

Pool B

The second tier was contested from March 23–29, in Strasbourg, France. Eight teams were divided into two round robin groups where the top two, and bottom two, graduated to meet their respective opponents in a final round robin. Results between competitors who migrated together were carried forward. Yugoslavia made their debut, replacing Hungary.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
   Switzerland 3 3 0 0 25 4 +21 6
  Netherlands 3 2 1 0 9 13 −4 4
  Denmark 3 1 2 0 10 15 −5 2
  Yugoslavia 3 0 3 0 8 20 −12 0
Source: [ citation needed]
Netherlands 3 – 2
(1–1, 2–0, 0–1)
  Denmark Strasbourg
Switzerland 7 – 3
(2–0, 1–2, 4–1)
  Yugoslavia Strasbourg
Switzerland 8 – 1
(1–1, 3–0, 4–0)
  Denmark Strasbourg
Netherlands 6 – 1
(2–1, 1–0, 3–0)
  Yugoslavia Strasbourg
Switzerland 10 – 0
(5–0, 3–0, 2–0)
  Netherlands Strasbourg
Denmark 7 – 4
(1–1, 1–1, 5–2)
  Yugoslavia Strasbourg

Group B

Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
  Norway 3 2 0 1 20 13 +7 5
  Poland 3 2 1 0 25 11 +14 4
  Italy 3 1 1 1 13 20 −7 3
  France 3 0 3 0 10 24 −14 0
Source: [ citation needed]
Norway 5 – 5
(0–1, 3–1, 2–3)
  Italy Strasbourg
France 4 – 8
(2–3, 2–2, 0–3)
  Poland Strasbourg
Poland 12 – 1
(4–0, 4–0, 4–1)
  Italy Strasbourg
France 3 – 9
(0–4, 2–2, 1–3)
  Norway Strasbourg
Norway 6 – 5
(0–3, 2–1, 4–1)
  Poland Strasbourg
France 3 – 7
(2–2, 3–0, 2–1)
  Italy Strasbourg

Consolation round

Results from any games played during the preliminary round were carried forward to the consolation round.

Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
  Denmark 3 3 0 0 19 11 +8 6
  Yugoslavia 3 1 1 1 16 14 +2 3
  Italy 3 1 2 0 11 16 −5 2
  France 3 0 2 1 13 18 −5 1
Source: [ citation needed]
France 6 – 7
(0–2, 5–1, 1–4)
  Denmark Strasbourg
Italy 3 – 8
(0–2, 2–2, 1–4)
  Yugoslavia Strasbourg
France 4 – 4
(1–2, 0–2, 3–0)
  Yugoslavia Strasbourg
Denmark 5 – 1
(0–0, 2–1, 3–0)
  Italy Strasbourg

Promotion round

Results from any games played during the preliminary round were carried forward to the promotion round.

Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
   Switzerland 3 2 0 1 19 6 +13 5
  Norway 3 2 0 1 18 10 +8 5
  Poland 3 1 2 0 14 11 +3 2
  Netherlands 3 0 3 0 1 25 −24 0
Source: [ citation needed]

   Switzerland was promoted to Pool A for the 1982 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Norway 8 – 1
(2–1, 5–0, 1–0)
  Netherlands Strasbourg
Switzerland 5 – 2
(2–0, 2–1, 1–1)
  Poland Strasbourg
Netherlands 0 – 7
(0–2, 0–2, 0–3)
  Poland Strasbourg
Switzerland 4 – 4
(0–0, 3–1, 1–3)
  Norway Strasbourg

Scoring leaders

Rank Player Country G A Pts
1 Murajica Pajič   Yugoslavia 10 1 11
2 Alfred Lüthl    Switzerland 7 4 11
3 Martin Pavlu   Italy 5 6 11
4 Stanislaw Szpreglewski   Poland 9 0 9
5 Beat Eggimann    Switzerland 5 4 9
6 Guy Ireland   France 5 3 8

References

  • Podnieks, Andrew (1998). Red, White, and Gold: Canada at the World Junior Championships 1974–1999. ECW Press. ISBN  1-55022-382-8.
  • 1977–81 World Junior Hockey Championships at TSN
  • Results at passionhockey.com

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