The 1989 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1989 WJHC) was the 13th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held in Anchorage, Alaska, United States. 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.
| Rank | Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
 Soviet Union
|
7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 14 | 12 |
 |
 Sweden
|
7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 14 | 12 |
 |
 Czechoslovakia
|
7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 19 | 9 |
| 4 |  Canada
|
7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 23 | 9 |
| 5 |  United States of America
|
7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 41 | 25 | 7 |
| 6 |  Finland
|
7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 37 | 5 |
| 7 |  Norway
|
7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 56 | 2 |
| 8 |  Federal Republic of Germany
|
7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 66 | 0 |
West Germany was relegated to Pool B for 1990.
Results[]
| December 26, 1988 | |||
| Canada
|
7 – 1 |  Norway
|
Fire Lake |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 26, 1988 | |||
 Sweden
|
5 – 3 |  Czechoslovakia
|
Anchorage |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 26, 1988 | |||
 Soviet Union
|
15 – 0 |  West Germany
|
Anchorage |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 26, 1988 | |||
 Finland
|
5 – 5 |  United States
|
Anchorage |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 27, 1988 | |||
| Czechoslovakia
|
7 – 1 | Norway
|
Anchorage |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 27, 1988 | |||
| Soviet Union
|
4 – 2 | United States
|
Anchorage |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 28, 1988 | |||
| Canada
|
7 – 4 | West Germany
|
Anchorage |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 28, 1988 | |||
| Sweden
|
6 – 2 | Finland
|
Anchorage |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 29, 1988 | |||
| Canada
|
5 – 1 | United States
|
Anchorage |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 29, 1988 | |||
| Soviet Union
|
3 – 2 | Sweden
|
Anchorage |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 29, 1988 | |||
| Finland
|
9 – 3 | Norway
|
Fire, Lake |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 29, 1988 | |||
| Czechoslovakia
|
11 – 1 | West Germany
|
Fire Lake |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 30, 1988 | |||
| Soviet Union
|
10 – 0 | Norway
|
Anchorage |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 30, 1988 | |||
| United States
|
5 – 1 | Czechoslovakia
|
Anchorage |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 1988 | |||
| Sweden
|
5 – 4 | Canada
|
Anchorage |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 1988 | |||
| Finland
|
5 – 3 | West Germany
|
Anchorage |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1, 1989 | |||
| Canada
|
2 – 2 | Czechoslovakia
|
Anchorage |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1, 1989 | |||
| Soviet Union
|
9 – 3 | Finland
|
Fire Lake |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1, 1989 | |||
| Sweden
|
9 – 1 | Norway
|
Fire Lake |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1, 1989 | |||
| United States
|
15 – 3 | West Germany
|
Anchorage |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2, 1989 | |||
| Czechoslovakia
|
5 – 3 | Soviet Union
|
Anchorage |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2, 1989 | |||
| United States
|
12 – 4 | Norway
|
Anchorage |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 3, 1989 | |||
| Canada
|
4 – 3 | Finland
|
Anchorage |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 3, 1989 | |||
| Sweden
|
9 – 0 | West Germany
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| January 4, 1989 | |||
| Soviet Union
|
7 – 2 | Canada
|
Anchorage |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 4, 1989 | |||
| Norway
|
4 – 2 | West Germany
|
Fire Lake |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 4, 1989 | |||
| Czechoslovakia
|
7 – 2 | Finland
|
Fire Lake |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 4, 1989 | |||
| Sweden
|
3 – 1 | United States
|
Anchorage |
|---|---|---|---|
Leading scorers[]
| GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Roenick |
8 | 8 | 16 | ||
| Mike Modano |
6 | 9 | 15 | ||
| Pavel Bure |
8 | 6 | 14 | ||
| Alexander Mogilny |
7 | 5 | 12 | ||
| Josef Beránek |
5 | 7 | 12 |
Tournament all-stars[]
Alexei Ivashkin- Rickard Persson
- Milan Tichý
- Niklas Eriksson
- Pavel Bure
- Jeremy Roenick
References[]
- Podnieks, Andrew (1998). Red, White, and Gold: Canada at the World Junior Championships 1974–1999. ECW Press. ISBN 1-55022-382-8.
- 1989 World Junior Hockey Championships at TSN
| Preceded by 1988 World Juniors |
World Junior Ice Hockey Championships See also: 1989 World Championships |
Succeeded by 1990 World Juniors |
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