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The 1981 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1981 WJHC) was the 5th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held from December 27, 1980 until January 2, 1981. The tournament was held in Fussen, West Germany. Sweden won the gold medal, while Finland won the silver, and the Soviet Union bronze.

Tournament format[]

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.

Overall 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.

Rank Team GP W L T GF GA
Gold medal icon Flag of Sweden Sweden 5 4 0 1 25 11
Silver medal icon Flag of Finland Finland 5 3 1 1 29 18
Bronze medal icon Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union 5 3 2 0 36 14
4 Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 5 1 1 3 34 21
5 Flag of Germany Federal Republic of Germany 5 3 2 0 29 24
6 Flag of the United States United States of America 5 2 3 0 19 27
7 Flag of Canada Canada 5 1 3 1 26 25
8 Flag of Austria Austria 5 0 5 0 9 67

Austria was relegated to Pool B for 1982.

Preliminary round[]

Gold Division
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union 3 3 0 0 31 5 6
Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 3 1 1 1 25 12 3
Flag of Canada Canada 3 1 1 1 17 11 3
Flag of Austria Austria 3 0 3 0 6 51 0
December 27, 1980
Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 3 – 3 Flag of Canada Canada Kaufbeuren
December 27, 1980
Flag of Soviet Union Soviet Union 19 – 1 Flag of Austria Austria Augsburg
December 28, 1980
Flag of Soviet Union Soviet Union 7 – 3 Flag of Canada Canada Landsberg
December 28, 1980
Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 21 – 4 Flag of Austria Austria Fussen
December 30, 1980
Flag of Canada Canada 11 – 1 Flag of Austria Austria Landsberg
December 30, 1980
Flag of Soviet Union Soviet Union 5 – 1 Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Fussen
Blue Division
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
Flag of Sweden Sweden 3 3 0 0 19 6 6
Flag of Finland Finland 3 2 1 0 17 9 4
Flag of Germany Federal Republic of Germany 3 1 2 0 13 17 2
Flag of the United States United States of America 3 0 3 0 5 22 0
December 27, 1980
Flag of Sweden Sweden 7 – 3 Flag of West Germany West Germany Fussen
December 27, 1980
Flag of Finland Finland 8 – 1 Flag of the United States United States Landsberg
December 28, 1980
Flag of Finland Finland 8 – 6 Flag of West Germany West Germany Obertsdorf
December 28, 1980
Flag of Sweden Sweden 10 – 2 Flag of the United States United States Augsburg
December 30, 1980
Flag of Sweden Sweden 2 – 1 Flag of Finland Finland Kempten
December 30, 1980
Flag of West Germany West Germany 4 – 2 Flag of the United States United States Kaufbeuren

Medal round[]

Championship round
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
Flag of Sweden Sweden 3 2 0 1 8 6 5
Flag of Finland Finland 3 1 1 1 13 11 3
Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union 3 1 2 0 10 10 2
Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 3 0 1 2 10 14 2
December 31, 1980
Flag of Finland Finland 6 – 3 Flag of Soviet Union Soviet Union Kaufbeuren
December 31, 1980
Flag of Sweden Sweden 3 – 3 Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Oberstdorf
January 2, 1981
Flag of Sweden Sweden 3 – 2 Flag of Soviet Union Soviet Union Augsburg
January 2, 1981
Flag of Finland Finland 6 – 6 Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Landsberg
Consolation round
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
Flag of Germany Federal Republic of Germany 3 3 0 0 20 9 6
Flag of the United States United States of America 3 2 1 0 16 9 4
Flag of Canada Canada 3 1 2 0 20 15 2
Flag of Austria Austria 3 0 3 0 4 27 0
December 31, 1980
Flag of the United States United States 7 – 3 Flag of Canada Canada Landsberg
December 31, 1980
Flag of West Germany West Germany 9 – 1 Flag of Austria Austria Fussen
January 2, 1981
Flag of West Germany West Germany 7 – 6 Flag of Canada Canada Kaufbeuren
January 2, 1981
Flag of the United States United States 7 – 2 Flag of Austria Austria Fussen


Leading scorers[]

  GP G A Pts PIM
Flag of Federal Republic of Germany Dieter Hegen 8 1 9
Flag of Canada Dale Hawerchuk 5 4 9
Flag of the United States Bobby Carpenter 5 4 9
Flag of Finland Ari Latheemaki 5 4 9
Flag of Czechoslovakia Vladimir Svitek 5 4 9

Tournament all-stars[]

References[]

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