1979 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 1979 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1979 WJHC) was the third edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held from 27 December 1978 until 3 January 1979. The tournament was held in Karlstad and Karlskoga, Sweden. The Soviet Union won its third consecutive gold medal, while Czechoslovakia won the silver, and Sweden the bronze.

1979 IIHF World U20 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Sweden
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	27 December 1978 – 3 January 1979
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union (3rd title)
Runners-up	Czechoslovakia
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played	22
Goals scored	171 (7.77 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Vladimir Krutov (14 points)
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Pool A

The 1979 tournament divided participants into two divisions of four teams, each playing three games. The top two teams in each division advanced to the championship round, while the bottom two were placed in the consolation round. Each division played another round robin. The top three teams in the championship round won the gold, silver and bronze medals. In the consolation round, the results between teams that faced each other in the preliminary round carried over.

Final standings

This is the aggregate standings, ordered according to final placing. The four teams in the championship round were ranked one through four, while the four teams in the consolation round were ranked five through eight regardless of overall record.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Soviet Union	6	5	0	1	46	11	+35	11
2	Czechoslovakia	6	3	1	2	19	23	−4	8
3	Sweden	6	4	1	1	19	13	+6	9
4	Finland	6	2	4	0	20	19	+1	4
5	Canada	5	3	2	0	23	10	+13	6
6	United States	5	2	3	0	21	23	−2	4
7	West Germany	5	1	4	0	17	26	−9	2
8	Norway	5	0	5	0	6	46	−40	0

Source: Hockey Canada

 Norway was relegated to Pool B for the 1980 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Preliminary round

Gold group

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	3	3	0	0	8	3	+5	6
Finland	3	2	1	0	11	4	+7	4
Canada	3	1	2	0	7	6	+1	2
West Germany	3	0	3	0	5	18	−13	0

Source: Hockey Canada

27 December 1978

Canada

1 – 3 (0–0, 1–2, 0–1)

Finland

Karlstad

27 December 1978

Sweden

5 – 2 (3–0, 1–1, 1–1)

West Germany

Karlstad

28 December 1978

West Germany

2 – 6 (0–2, 1–2, 1–2)

Canada

Karlstad

28 December 1978

Finland

1 – 2 (0–1, 1–1, 0–0)

Sweden

Karlskoga

30 December 1978

Sweden

1 – 0 (0–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Canada

Karlskoga

30 December 1978

Finland

7 – 1 (2–1, 2–0, 3–0)

West Germany

Karlskoga

Blue group

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Soviet Union	3	3	0	0	33	2	+31	6
Czechoslovakia	3	2	1	0	10	15	−5	4
United States	3	1	2	0	10	11	−1	2
Norway	3	0	3	0	5	30	−25	0

Source: Hockey Canada

27 December 1978

Soviet Union

17 – 0 (6–0, 1–0, 10–0)

Norway

Karlskoga

27 December 1978

Czechoslovakia

3 – 2 (2–1, 0–1, 1–0)

United States

Karlskoga

28 December 1978

United States

1 – 7 (0–3, 1–4, 0–0)

Soviet Union

Karlskoga

28 December 1978

Norway

4 – 6 (2–1, 2–4, 0–1)

Czechoslovakia

Karlstad

30 December 1978

Soviet Union

9 – 1 (3–1, 5–0, 1–0)

Czechoslovakia

Karlstad

30 December 1978

Norway

1 – 7 (1–1, 0–5, 0–1)

United States

Karlstad

Consolation round

Results from any games played during the preliminary round were carried forward to the consolation round.

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Canada	3	3	0	0	22	6	+16	6
United States	3	2	1	0	18	13	+5	4
West Germany	3	1	2	0	14	14	0	2
Norway	3	0	3	0	2	23	−21	0

Source: Hockey Canada

31 December 1978

Canada

10 – 1 (4–0, 3–1, 3–0)

Norway

Karlstad

31 December 1978

United States

8 – 6 (2–1, 3–2, 3–3)

West Germany

Karlskoga

2 January 1979

Canada

6 – 3 (1–0, 4–3, 1–0)

United States

Karlskoga

2 January 1978

Norway

0 – 6 (0–3, 0–2, 0–1)

West Germany

Karlstad

Championship round

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Soviet Union	3	2	0	1	13	9	+4	5
Czechoslovakia	3	1	0	2	9	8	+1	4
Sweden	3	1	1	1	11	10	+1	3
Finland	3	0	3	0	9	15	−6	0

Source: Hockey Canada

31 December 1978

Soviet Union

4 – 2 (1–0, 1–2, 2–0)

Finland

Karlstad

31 December 1978

Sweden

1 – 1 (0–0, 0–1, 1–0)

Czechoslovakia

Karlskoga

2 January 1979

Finland

2 – 5 (2–2, 0–2, 0–1)

Sweden

Karlstad

2 January 1979

Soviet Union

2 – 2 (1–1, 1–1, 0–0)

Czechoslovakia

Karlskoga

3 January 1979

Czechoslovakia

6 – 5 (1–1, 3–2, 2–2)

Finland

Karlskoga

3 January 1979

Sweden

5 – 7 (2–2, 2–2, 1–3)

Soviet Union

Karlstad

Scoring leaders

Rank	Player	Country	G	A	Pts
1	Vladimir Krutov	Soviet Union	8	6	14
2	Anatoli Tarasov	Soviet Union	5	5	10
3	Vyacheslav Ryanov	Soviet Union	6	3	9
4	Georg Holzmann	West Germany	4	4	8
5	Alexander Gerasimov	Soviet Union	2	6	8
6	Andrei Andreyev	Soviet Union	6	1	7
7	Aaron Broten	United States	4	3	7
8	Jarmo Makitalo	Finland	4	3	7
9	Ján Jaško	Czechoslovakia	3	4	7
10	Alexei Kasatonov	Soviet Union	3	4	7
	Anton Šťastný	Czechoslovakia	3	4	7

Tournament awards

	IIHF Directorate Awards	Media All-Star Team
Goaltender	Pelle Lindbergh	Pelle Lindbergh
Defencemen	Alexei Kasatonov	Alexei Kasatonov Ivan Černý
Forwards	Vladimir Krutov	Thomas Steen Anatoli Tarasov Vladimir Krutov

Pool B

A second tier of the World Junior Championship was contested in Caen, France, from 5 to 9 March 1979. Two groups of four played round robins, followed by placement games where 1st played 1st, etc.. This is the first year a B pool was contested for the under 20s.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	3	0	0	22	8	+14	6
Poland	3	2	1	0	37	12	+25	4
Austria	3	1	2	0	11	15	−4	2
Belgium	3	0	3	0	7	42	−35	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

France

3 – 1 (1–0, 1–1, 1–0)

Austria

Poland

23 – 2 (8–0, 6–2, 9–0)

Belgium

France

9 – 2 (2–2, 5–0, 2–0)

Belgium

Poland

9 – 0

Austria

Austria

10 – 3 (6–1, 2–0, 2–2)

Belgium

France

10 – 5 (1–2, 5–1, 4–2)

Poland

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Switzerland	3	3	0	0	27	7	+20	6
Denmark	3	2	1	0	8	8	0	4
Netherlands	3	1	2	0	11	17	−6	2
Italy	3	0	3	0	5	19	−14	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Switzerland

10 – 4 (3–1, 4–1, 3–2)

Netherlands

Italy

0 – 3

Denmark

Switzerland

8 – 2 (4–1, 1–0, 3–1)

Denmark

Netherlands

7 – 4

Italy

Denmark

3 – 0 (1–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Netherlands

Switzerland

9 – 1 (2–0, 5–1, 2–0)

Italy

Final round

7th place game

Italy

17 – 2

Belgium

5th place game

Austria

6 – 5

Netherlands

3rd place game

Poland

6 – 5 OT

Denmark

1st place game

France

4 – 5 OT (0–2, 2–0, 2–2, 0–1)

Switzerland

  Switzerland was promoted to Pool A for the 1980 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

References

• Podnieks, Andrew (1998). Red, White, and Gold: Canada at the World Junior Championships 1974–1999. ECW Press. ISBN 1-55022-382-8.
• 1977–81 World Junior Hockey Championships at TSN
• Results at passionhockey.com
• Stats at eliteprospects.com