1996 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

IIHF World U20 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	December 26, 1995 - January 4, 1996
Teams	10
Arena(s)	(in Boston, MA host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Canada (9th title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	51
Goals scored	266 (5.22 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Jarome Iginla (12 points)

The 1996 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1996 WJHC) was the 20th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championship, hosted in Boston, MA. The tournament was won by Canada – defeating Sweden 4-1 in the gold-medal game – earning Canada their fourth straight gold medal and ninth overall.

Attendance was less than spectacular for the championships in the United States. It would be the last time the US would host the tournament until 2005 in Grand Forks

Among this edition of the tournament's future NHL stars were Milan Hejduk, Miikka Kiprusoff, Chris Drury, and tournament scoring leader Jarome Iginla.

Round robin

Group A

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Canada	4	4	0	0	19	4	8
United States of America	4	2	2	0	13	17	4
Finland	4	2	2	0	14	10	4
Switzerland	4	1	3	0	10	14	2
Ukraine	4	1	3	0	9	20	2

Group B

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Czech Republic	4	2	0	2	15	10	6
Russia	4	2	1	1	19	12	5
Sweden	4	2	1	1	14	7	5
Slovakia	4	0	1	3	11	17	3
Germany	4	0	3	1	11	24	1

Relegation round

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Slovakia	3	2	0	1	17	10	5
Germany	3	1	0	2	12	7	4
Switzerland	3	1	1	1	11	13	3
Ukraine	3	0	3	0	6	16	0

Switzerland and Ukraine were relegated for the 1997 World Junior Championships.

Playoffs

Quarter finals

Semi finals

Final

QF1

Sweden

8

A2

United States of America

0

B1

Czech Republic

2

B3

Sweden

3

SF1

Sweden

1

SF2

Canada

4

QF2

Russia

3

B2

Russia

6

A1

Canada

4

Third place

A3

Finland

2

QF1

Czech Republic

1

QF2

Russia

4

Scoring leaders

Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts
Jarome Iginla	Canada	6	5	7	12
Florian Keller	Germany	6	4	8	12
Marco Sturm	Germany	6	4	6	10
Miika Elomo	Finland	6	4	5	9
Johan Davidsson	Sweden	7	3	6	9
Ruslan Shafikov	Russia	7	5	3	8
Dmitri Nabokov	Russia	7	3	5	8
Markus Nilsson	Sweden	7	3	5	8

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Player	Country	MINS	GA	GAA	SO	W	L	T
José Théodore	Canada	240	6	1.50	0	4	0	0
Perragnar Bergkvist	Sweden	240	6	1.50	1	2	1	1
Magnust Nilsson	Sweden	180	7	2.33	0	2	1	1
Alexei Egorov	Russia	358.9	17	2.84	0	3	2	1
Miikka Kiprusoff	Finland	159.3	9	3.39	0	1	2	0

Tournament awards

All-star team

• Goaltender: José Théodore
• Defencemen: Nolan Baumgartner, Mattias Öhlund
• Forwards: Jarome Iginla, Johan Davidsson, Alexei Morozov

IIHF best player awards

• Goaltender: José Théodore
• Defenceman: Mattias Öhlund
• Forward: Jarome Iginla

Final standings

	Team
	Canada
	Sweden
	Russia
4th	Czech Republic
5th	United States of America
6th	Finland
7th	Slovakia
8th	Germany
9th	Switzerland
10th	Ukraine

Preceded by 1995 World Juniors

World Junior Ice Hockey Championships See also: 1996 World Championships

Succeeded by 1997 World Juniors