1992 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 1992 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1992 WJHC) was the 16th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held from December 26, 1991, until January 4, 1992. It was held in Füssen and Kaufbeuren, Germany. The Commonwealth of Independent States won gold, while Sweden won silver, and the United States took home the bronze medal.

1992 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Germany
DatesDecember 26 – January 4
Teams8
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  CIS (1st title)
Runner-up  Sweden
Third place  United States
Fourth place Finland
Tournament statistics
Matches played28
Goals scored214 (7.64 per match)
Attendance55,750 (1,991 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Michael Nylander
(17 points)
← 1991
1993 →

Final standings

The 1992 tournament was a round-robin format, with the top three teams winning gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.

The day the tournament began, the Soviet Union formally dissolved. In the week that followed the team continued to play as the Soviet Union, but on January 1, 1992, the team was renamed the Commonwealth of Independent States.[1] However, three players on the team, Sergejs Žoltoks and Sandis Ozoliņš (from Latvia) and Darius Kasparaitis (from Lithuania) were from nations not part of the Commonwealth.

Rank Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Commonwealth of Independent States 7610391312
 Sweden 7511412411
 United States 7520302210
4 Finland 733121217
5 Czechoslovakia 734028256
6 Canada 723221306
7 Germany 716015402
8  Switzerland 716019402

Switzerland was relegated to Pool B for 1993.

Results
December 26, 1991Canada 5 – 4 GermanyFüssen
December 26, 1991Sweden 8 – 4 CzechoslovakiaFüssen
December 26, 1991Soviet Union 10 – 2  SwitzerlandKaufbeuren
December 26, 1991United States 5 – 1 FinlandFüssen
December 27, 1991Canada 6 – 4  SwitzerlandFüssen
December 27, 1991Finland 4 – 1 CzechoslovakiaKaufbeuren
December 27, 1991Soviet Union 4 – 3 SwedenFüssen
December 27, 1991United States 6 – 2 GermanyFüssen
December 29, 1991Canada 2 – 2 SwedenKaufbeuren
December 29, 1991Soviet Union 4 – 1 FinlandFüssen
December 29, 1991Czechoslovakia 8 – 2 GermanyFüssen
December 29, 1991United States 5 – 1  SwitzerlandFüssen
December 30, 1991Finland 2 – 2 CanadaFüssen
December 30, 1991Switzerland  4 – 2 CzechoslovakiaFüssen
December 31, 1991Soviet Union 7 – 0 GermanyFüssen
December 31, 1991Sweden 8 – 6 United StatesKaufbeuren
January 1, 1992United States 5 – 3 CanadaFüssen
January 1, 1992Sweden 4 – 3  SwitzerlandFüssen
January 1, 1992Finland 2 – 0 GermanyKaufbeuren
January 1, 1992Czechoslovakia 5 – 2 CISFüssen
January 2, 1992Czechoslovakia 6 – 1 CanadaFüssen
January 2, 1992Finland 7 – 3  SwitzerlandFüssen
January 2, 1992Sweden 10 – 1 GermanyFüssen
January 2, 1992 CIS5 – 0 United StatesKaufbeuren
January 4, 1992 CIS7 – 2 CanadaFüssen
January 4, 1992Sweden 6 – 4 FinlandFüssen
January 4, 1992Germany 6 – 2  SwitzerlandKaufbeuren
January 4, 1992United States 3 – 2 CzechoslovakiaFüssen

Scoring leaders
Rank Player Country G A Pts
1Michael Nylander Sweden8917
2Peter Forsberg Sweden3811
3Markus Näslund Sweden8210
4Mikael Renberg Sweden6410
5Alexei Kovalev CIS5510
6Eric Lindros Canada2810
7Jan Čaloun Czechoslovakia819
7Jarkko Varvio Finland819
9Kristian Gahn Sweden369
9Róbert Petrovický Czechoslovakia369

Tournament awards
IIHF Directorate AwardsMedia All-Star Team
Goaltender Mike Dunham Mike Dunham
Defencemen Darius Kasparaitis Scott Niedermayer
Janne Grönvall
Forwards Michael Nylander Alexei Kovalev
Michael Nylander
Peter Ferraro

Pool B

Eight teams contested the second tier this year in Tychy and Oswiecim Poland from December 27 to January 5. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games. This tournament offered a rather improbable result; four of the eight teams finished tied for first.

Standings
Rank Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
1 Japan 75203218107 - 42 - 44 - 23 - 25 - 22 - 39 - 1
2 Poland 75204219104 - 75 - 35 - 13 - 69 - 07 - 29 - 0
3 Norway 75204517104 - 23 - 51 - 48 - 014 - 26 - 29 - 2
4 France 75203115102 - 41 - 54 - 16 - 15 - 14 - 19 - 2
5 Romania 7430232682 - 36 - 30 - 81 - 63 - 03 - 28 - 4
6 Netherlands 7250143842 - 50 - 92 - 141 - 50 - 34 - 15 - 1
7 Austria 7250162943 - 22 - 72 - 61 - 42 - 31 - 45 - 3
8 North Korea 7070135401 - 90 - 92 - 92 - 94 - 81 - 53 - 5

Japan was promoted to Pool A and North Korea was relegated to Pool C for 1993.

Pool C

Pool C was contested by nine teams from December 28, to January 4, in Marino and Rome Italy. In the first round the nine teams were divided into three groups of three. The second round pitted the three first place teams against each other, likewise for the second place teams. Greece was disqualified for using an ineligible player, so they did not participate in the final round.[2]

Preliminary Round
Group A
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Italy 220021148 - 113 - 0
 South Korea 21108821 - 87 - 0
 Greece 202002000 - 130 - 7
Group B
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Denmark 2200221410 - 012 - 1
 Hungary 211081020 - 108 - 0
 Bulgaria 202012001 - 120 - 8
Group C
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Great Britain 211016924 - 512 - 4
 Spain 211081025 - 43 - 6
 Yugoslavia 2110101524 - 126 - 3

Final Round
Promotion Group
Group A
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Italy 22009545 - 24 - 3
 Denmark 21108822 - 56 - 3
 Great Britain 202061003 - 43 - 6

Italy was promoted to Pool B for 1993.

Fourth Place Group
Group A
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Spain 220011845 - 46 - 4
 Hungary 21108824 - 54 - 3
 South Korea 202071004 - 63 - 4
Seventh Place

 Yugoslavia 1 - 1  Bulgaria

References
  1. IIHF 100 year anniversary story 59
  2. Results at passionhockey.com
  • Podnieks, Andrew (1998). Red, White, and Gold: Canada at the World Junior Championships 1974–1999. ECW Press. ISBN 1-55022-382-8.
  • 1992 World Junior Hockey Championships at TSN
  • 1992 Championnats du monde de 20 ans at Passionhockey.com
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