The 1984 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1984 WJHC) was the 8th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. It was held from December 25, 1983 to January 3, 1984 in Norrkoping and Nykoping, Sweden. The Soviet Union won its second consecutive gold medal and sixth overall. Finland won silver and Czechoslovakia bronze.
Final standings[]
The 1984 tournament was a round-robin format, with the top three teams winning gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.
| Rank | Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
 Soviet Union
|
7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 17 | 13 |
 |
 Finland
|
7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 21 | 12 |
 |
 Czechoslovakia
|
7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 24 | 10 |
| 4 |  Canada
|
7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 17 | 9 |
| 5 |  Sweden
|
7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 28 | 6 |
| 6 |  United States of America
|
7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 38 | 4 |
| 7 |  Federal Republic of Germany
|
7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 54 | 2 |
| 8 |  Switzerland
|
7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 72 | 2 |
Switzerland was relegated to Pool B for 1985.
Results[]
| December 25, 1983 | |||
 Finland
|
4 – 2 |  Canada
|
Nykoping |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 25, 1983 | |||
 Soviet Union
|
14 – 2 |  Switzerland
|
Norrkoping |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 25, 1983 | |||
 Czechoslovakia
|
6 – 1 |  West Germany
|
Nykoping |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 25, 1983 | |||
 Sweden
|
4 – 1 |  United States
|
Norrkoping |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 26, 1983 | |||
| Canada
|
5 – 2 | United States
|
Nykoping |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 26, 1983 | |||
| Sweden
|
5 – 2 | Switzerland
|
Norrkoping |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 26, 1983 | |||
| Soviet Union
|
9 – 1 | West Germany
|
Norrkoping |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 26, 1983 | |||
| Finland
|
8 – 7 | Czechoslovakia
|
Norrkoping |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 28, 1983 | |||
| Canada
|
12 – 0 | Switzerland
|
Norrkoping |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 28, 1983 | |||
| Soviet Union
|
3 – 1 | Finland
|
Nykoping |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 28, 1983 | |||
| Sweden
|
11 – 2 | West Germany
|
Nykoping |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 28, 1983 | |||
| Czechoslovakia
|
10 – 1 | United States
|
Norrkoping |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 29, 1983 | |||
| Canada
|
7 – 0 | West Germany
|
Nykoping |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 28, 1983 | |||
| Czechoslovakia
|
13 – 2 | Switzerland
|
Nykoping |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 29, 1983 | |||
| Finland
|
4 – 1 | Sweden
|
Norrkoping |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 29, 1983 | |||
| Soviet Union
|
7 – 4 | United States
|
Norrkoping |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 1983 | |||
| Canada
|
6 – 2 | Sweden
|
Norrkoping |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 1983 | |||
| Soviet Union
|
6 – 4 | Czechoslovakia
|
Nykoping |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 1983 | |||
| West Germany
|
4 – 3 | Switzerland
|
Norrkoping |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 1983 | |||
| Finland
|
7 – 2 | United States
|
Nykoping |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2, 1984 | |||
| Canada
|
3 – 3 | Soviet Union
|
Norrkoping |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2, 1984 | |||
| Finland
|
12 – 4 | Switzerland
|
Nykoping |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2, 1984 | |||
| Czechoslovakia
|
5 – 2 | Sweden
|
Nykoping |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2, 1984 | |||
| United States
|
10 – 2 | West Germany
|
Norrkoping |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 3, 1984 | |||
| Czechoslovakia
|
6 – 4 | Canada
|
Nykoping |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 3, 1984 | |||
| Finland
|
8 – 2 | West Germany
|
Nykoping |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 3, 1984 | |||
| Soviet Union
|
8 – 2 | Sweden
|
Norrkoping |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 3, 1984 | |||
| United States
|
12 – 3 | Switzerland
|
Norrkoping |
|---|---|---|---|
Leading scorers[]
| GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raimo Helminen |
11 | 13 | 24 | ||
| Petr Rosol |
10 | 9 | 19 | ||
| Aleksandr Chernykh |
7 | 7 | 14 | ||
| Russ Courtnall |
7 | 6 | 13 | ||
| Nikolai Borschevsky |
6 | 7 | 13 |
Tournament all-stars[]
- Goaltender
Evgeny Belosheikin - Defence Alexei Gusarov
- Defence František Musil
- Forward Petr Rosol
- Forward Nikolai Borschevsky
- Forward Raimo Halminen
References[]
- Podnieks, Andrew (1998). Red, White, and Gold: Canada at the World Junior Championships 1974–1999. ECW Press. ISBN 1-55022-382-8.
- 1984 World Junior Hockey Championships at TSN
| Preceded by 1983 World Juniors |
World Junior Ice Hockey Championships {{{years}}} |
Succeeded by 1985 World Juniors |