1980 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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The 1980 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1980 WJHC) was the fourth edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held from December 27, 1979, until January 2, 1980. The tournament was held in Helsinki, Finland. The Soviet Union won its fourth consecutive gold medal, while Finland won the silver, and Sweden the bronze.

1980 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Finland
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	December 27, 1979 – January 2, 1980
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union (4th title)
Runner-up	Finland
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Czechoslovakia
Tournament statistics
Games played	20
Goals scored	178 (8.9 per game)
Attendance	60,784 (3,039 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Vladimir Krutov (11 points)
← 1979 1981 →

Pool A

The 1980 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 won the gold, silver and bronze medals. Teams that faced each other in the first round had their results carried over to the final rounds.

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.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Soviet Union	5	5	0	0	24	9	+15	10
2	Finland	5	4	1	0	29	8	+21	8
3	Sweden	5	2	2	1	23	15	+8	5
4	Czechoslovakia	5	2	3	0	28	27	+1	4

5	Canada	5	3	2	0	25	18	+7	6
6	West Germany	5	2	3	0	15	28	−13	4
7	United States	5	1	3	1	21	26	−5	3
8	Switzerland	5	0	5	0	13	47	−34	0

Source: Hockey Canada

Switzerland was relegated to Pool B for the 1981 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Preliminary round

Gold group

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Soviet Union	3	3	0	0	16	6	+10	6
Finland	3	2	1	0	22	4	+18	4
Canada	3	1	2	0	15	15	0	2
Switzerland	3	0	3	0	6	34	−28	0

Source: Hockey Canada

December 27, 1979

Finland

2 – 1
(1–0, 0–1, 1–0)

December 27, 1979

Soviet Union

6 – 0
(1–0, 3–0, 2–0)

Helsingin Jäähalli

December 28, 1979

Soviet Union

8 – 5
(4–1, 1–3, 3–1)

December 28, 1979

Finland

19 – 1
(6–0, 6–0, 7–1)

December 30, 1979

Canada

9 – 5
(4–1, 2–2, 3–2)

December 30, 1979

1 – 2
(0–1, 0–0, 1–1)

Soviet Union

Blue group

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	3	2	0	1	20	10	+10	5
Czechoslovakia	3	2	1	0	24	17	+7	4
West Germany	3	1	2	0	10	20	−10	2
United States	3	0	2	1	10	17	−7	1

Source: Hockey Canada

December 27, 1979

3 – 7
(1–1, 1–1, 1–5)

Czechoslovakia

December 27, 1979

Sweden

5 – 1
(1–0, 2–1, 2–0)

December 28, 1979

5 – 5
(3–1, 2–2, 0–2)

December 28, 1979

Czechoslovakia

13 – 4
(5–1, 5–1, 3–2)

December 30, 1979

West Germany

5 – 2
(3–0, 0–2, 2–0)

Helsingin Jäähalli

December 30, 1979

Sweden

10 – 4
(3–1, 4–0, 3–3)

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
Canada	3	3	0	0	19	8	+11	6
West Germany	3	2	1	0	10	10	0	4
United States	3	1	2	0	13	14	−1	2
Switzerland	3	0	3	0	12	22	−10	0

Source: Hockey Canada

January 1, 1980

Canada

4 – 2
(0–0, 3–2, 1–0)

Helsingin Jäähalli

January 1, 1980

West Germany

4 – 2
(2–1, 1–0, 1–1)

January 2, 1980

Canada

6 – 1
(1–0, 4–0, 1–1)

January 2, 1980

United States

9 – 5
(1–1, 4–2, 4–2)

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
Soviet Union	3	3	0	0	10	4	+6	6
Finland	3	2	1	0	8	6	+2	4
Sweden	3	1	2	0	13	9	+4	2
Czechoslovakia	3	0	3	0	8	20	−12	0

Source: Hockey Canada

January 1, 1980

Finland

3 – 2
(0–1, 3–0, 0–1)

January 1, 1980

Soviet Union

6 – 2
(0–1, 1–1, 5–0)

January 2, 1980

Finland

4 – 2
(1–1, 1–1, 2–0)

Helsingin Jäähalli

January 2, 1980

Soviet Union

2 – 1
(0–1, 2–0, 0–0)

Helsingin Jäähalli

Scoring leaders

Rank	Player	Country	G	A	Pts
1	Vladimir Krutov	Soviet Union	7	4	11
2	Jari Kurri	Finland	4	7	11
3	Håkan Loob	Sweden	7	2	9
4	Ján Vodila	Czechoslovakia	6	2	8
5	Kari Jalonen	Finland	3	5	8
6	Dusan Pasek	Czechoslovakia	6	1	7
7	Reijo Ruotsalainen	Finland	4	3	7
8	Dino Ciccarelli	Canada	5	1	6
9	Ari Lahteenmäki	Finland	4	2	6
9	Scott Carlston	United States	4	2	6

Tournament awards

	IIHF Directorate Awards	Media All-Star Team
Goaltender	Jari Paavola	Jari Paavola
Defencemen	Reijo Ruotsalainen	Tomas Jonsson Reijo Ruotsalainen
Forwards	Vladimir Krutov	Håkan Loob Igor Larionov Vladimir Krutov

Pool B

The second tier of the World Junior Championship was contested in Klagenfurt, Austria from March 7 to 13, 1980. Eight teams were divided into two groups of four that played a round robin, followed by placement games against the respective team in the other group. The Hungarian team made their first appearance this year.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Austria	3	3	0	0	29	6	+23	6
Norway	3	2	1	0	22	7	+15	4
Denmark	3	1	2	0	14	17	−3	2
Hungary	3	0	3	0	9	44	−35	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Norway

6 – 2
(3–1, 2–0, 1–1)

Austria

19 – 3
(10–1, 6–0, 3–2)

Austria

8 – 2

3 – 15

Norway

Denmark

10 – 3

Austria

2 – 1

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Poland	3	3	0	0	27	6	+21	6
Netherlands	3	2	1	0	16	10	+6	4
Italy	3	1	2	0	10	16	−6	2
France	3	0	3	0	8	29	−21	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

2 – 8
(2–4, 0–1, 0–3)

Italy

Poland

5 – 3
(4–2, 1–1, 0–0)

Poland

12 – 2

1 – 4

Netherlands

4 – 9

Netherlands

Poland

10 – 1

Final round

7th place game

France

11 – 2

5th place game

Denmark

4 – 2

3rd place game

Norway

6 – 3

1st place game

Austria

4 – 3

Austria was promoted to Pool A for the 1981 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Scoring leaders

Rank	Player	Country	G	A	Pts
1	Petter Thoresen	Norway	9	2	11
2	Thomas Cijan	Austria	7	2	9
3	Peter Raffl	Austria	8	0	8
4	Fred Homburg	Netherlands	6	2	8
5	Marek Bomba	Poland	3	5	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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