International ice hockey competition
1989 IIHF World U20 Championship Host country United States Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city) Dates December 26, 1988 – January 4, 1989 Teams 8 Champions Soviet Union (8th title) Runner-up Sweden Third place Czechoslovakia Fourth place Canada Games played 28 Goals scored 254 (9.07 per game) Attendance 45,934 (1,641 per game) Scoring leader(s) Jeremy Roenick (16 points)
The 1989 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1989 WJHC ) was the 13th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held in Anchorage , Alaska , United States at the Sullivan Arena . The Soviet Union won the gold medal, its eighth, and ultimately final, championship. Sweden won silver, and Czechoslovakia the bronze.
Final standings
The 1989 tournament was a round-robin format, with the top three teams winning gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.
West Germany was relegated to Pool B for 1990 .
Results
Scoring leaders
Tournament awards
Qualification for Pool B
Because Denmark had used an ineligible player in last year's Pool C , a special challenge was played with Italy (who had come second). The games were played in Canazei , Italy .[ 1]
Pool B
Eight teams contested the second tier this year in Chamonix , France from March 19 to 28. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games.
Standings
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
D
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Poland
7
7
0
0
49
20
+29
14
9–1
13–4
7–2
6–5
5–3
4–2
5–3
2
Switzerland
7
6
1
0
45
19
+26
12
1–9
2–0
9–5
13–1
3–1
8–1
9–2
3
Romania
7
4
3
0
32
31
+1
8
4–13
0–2
5–1
2–5
6–3
9–5
6–2
4
Japan
7
4
3
0
32
34
−2
8
2–7
5–9
1–5
8–4
6–2
5–4
5–3
5
Yugoslavia
7
4
3
0
42
40
+2
8
5–6
1–13
5–2
4–8
6–3
11–3
10–5
6
France
7
1
5
1
23
31
−8
3
3–5
1–3
3–6
2–6
3–6
4–4
7–1
7
Denmark
7
1
5
1
25
42
−17
3
2–4
1–8
5–9
4–5
3–11
4–4
6–1
8
Netherlands
7
0
7
0
17
48
−31
0
3–5
2–9
2–6
3–5
5–10
1–7
1–6
Poland was promoted to Pool A and the Netherlands was relegated to Pool C for 1990 .
Pool C
This five team tournament was a round robin played in Basingstoke , Great Britain from March 16 to 22.
Standings
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
D
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Austria
4
3
0
1
21
14
+7
7
2–2
7–5
5–2
7–5
2
Italy
4
2
0
2
22
14
+8
6
2–2
7–4
6–6
7–2
3
North Korea
4
2
2
0
17
20
−3
4
5–7
4–7
5–4
3–2
4
Great Britain
4
0
2
2
15
19
−4
2
2–5
6–6
4–5
3–3
5
Bulgaria
4
0
3
1
12
20
−8
1
5–7
2–7
2–3
3–3
Austria was promoted to Pool B for 1990 .
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