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The 1979 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1979 WJHC) was the 3rd edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held from December 20, 1978 until January 3, 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.

Tournament format[]

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 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. In the B division, teams results between teams that faced each other in the preliminary round carried over.

Overall standings[]

This is the aggregate standings, ordered according to final placing. The four teams in 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.

Rank Team GP W L T GF GA
Gold medal icon Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union 6 5 0 1 46 11
Silver medal icon Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 6 3 1 2 19 23
Bronze medal icon Flag of Sweden Sweden 6 4 1 1 19 13
4 Flag of Finland Finland 6 2 4 0 20 19
5 Flag of Canada Canada 5 3 2 0 23 10
6 Flag of the United States United States of America 5 2 3 0 21 23
7 Flag of Germany Federal Republic of Germany 5 1 4 0 17 26
8 Flag of Norway Norway 5 0 5 0 6 46

Norway was relegated to Pool B for 1980.

Preliminary round[]

Gold Division
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
Flag of Sweden Sweden 3 3 0 0 8 3 6
Flag of Finland Finland 3 2 1 0 11 4 4
Flag of Canada Canada 3 1 2 0 7 6 2
Flag of Germany Federal Republic of Germany 3 0 3 0 5 18 0
December 27, 1978
Finland Flag of Finland 3 – 1 Flag of Canada Canada Karlstad
December 27, 1978
Sweden Flag of Sweden 5 – 2 Flag of Germany Federal Republic of Germany Karlstad
December 28, 1978
Canada Flag of Canada 6 – 2 Flag of Germany Federal Republic of Germany Karlstad
December 28, 1978
Sweden Flag of Sweden 2 – 1 Flag of Finland Finland Karlskoga
December 30, 1978
Sweden Flag of Sweden 1 – 0 Flag of Canada Canada Karlskoga
December 30, 1978
Finland Flag of Finland 7 – 1 Flag of Germany Federal Republic of Germany Karlskoga
Blue Division
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union 3 3 0 0 33 2 6
Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 3 2 1 0 10 15 4
Flag of the United States United States of America 3 1 2 0 10 11 2
Flag of Norway Norway 3 0 3 0 5 30 0
December 27, 1978
Soviet Union Flag of the Soviet Union 17 – 0 Flag of Norway Norway Karlskoga
December 27, 1978
Czechoslovakia Flag of Czechoslovakia 3 – 2 Flag of the United States United States of America Karlskoga
December 28, 1978
Soviet Union Flag of the Soviet Union 7 – 1 Flag of the United States United States of America Karlskoga
December 28, 1978
Czechoslovakia Flag of Czechoslovakia 6 – 4 Flag of Norway Norway Karlstad
December 30, 1978
Soviet Union Flag of the Soviet Union 9 – 1 Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Karlstad
December 30, 1978
United States of America Flag of the United States 7 – 1 Flag of Norway Norway Karlstad

Medal round[]

Championship round
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union 3 2 0 1 13 9 5
Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 3 1 0 2 9 8 4
Flag of Sweden Sweden 3 1 1 1 11 10 3
Flag of Finland Finland 3 0 3 0 9 15 0
December 31, 1978
Soviet Union Flag of the Soviet Union 4 – 2 Flag of Finland Finland Karlstad
December 31, 1978
Sweden Flag of Sweden 1 – 1 Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Karlskoga
January 2, 1979
Sweden Flag of Sweden 5 – 2 Flag of Finland Finland Karlstad
January 2, 1979
Czechoslovakia Flag of Czechoslovakia 2 – 2 Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union Karlskoga
January 3, 1979
Czechoslovakia Flag of Czechoslovakia 6 – 5 Flag of Finland Finland Karlskoga
January 3, 1979
Soviet Union Flag of the Soviet Union 7 – 5 Flag of Sweden Sweden Karlstad
Consolation round
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
Flag of Canada Canada 3 3 0 0 22 6 6
Flag of the United States United States of America 3 2 1 0 18 13 4
Flag of Germany Federal Republic of Germany 3 1 2 0 14 14 2
Flag of Norway Norway 3 0 3 0 2 23 0
December 31, 1978
Canada Flag of Canada 10 – 1 Flag of Norway Norway Karlstad
December 31, 1978
United States of America Flag of the United States 8 – 6 Flag of Germany Federal Republic of Germany Karlskoga
January 2, 1979
Canada Flag of Canada 6 – 3 Flag of the United States United States of America Karlskoga
January 2, 1979
Federal Republic of Germany Flag of Germany 6 – 0 Flag of Norway Norway Karlstad

Plus United States 7 Norway 1 & Canada 6 West Germany 2 from previous round.

Leading scorers[]

  GP G A Pts PIM
Flag of Soviet Union Vladimir Krutov 8 6 14
Flag of Soviet Union Anatoli Tarasov 5 5 10
Flag of Soviet Union Vjatcheslav Rjanov 6 3 9
Flag of Federal Republic of Germany Georg Holzmann 4 4 8
Flag of Soviet Union Alexander Gerasimov 2 6 8

Tournament all-stars[]

References[]


Preceded by
1978 World Juniors
World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

See also: 1979 World Championships
Succeeded by
1980 World Juniors
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