1989 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 1989 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1989 WJHC) was the 13th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held in Anchorage, Alaska, United States at the Sullivan Arena. The Soviet Union won the gold medal, its eighth, and final, championship. Sweden won silver, and Czechoslovakia the bronze.

1989 IIHF World U20 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Dates	26 December 1988 – 4 January 1989
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union (8th title)
Runners-up	Sweden
Third place	Czechoslovakia
Fourth place	Canada
Tournament statistics
Games played	28
Goals scored	254 (9.07 per game)
Attendance	45,934 (1,641 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Jeremy Roenick (16 points)
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Final standings

The 1989 tournament was a round-robin format, with the top three teams winning gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Soviet Union	7	6	1	0	51	14	+37	12
2	Sweden	7	6	1	0	39	14	+25	12
3	Czechoslovakia	7	4	2	1	36	19	+17	9
4	Canada	7	4	2	1	31	23	+8	9
5	United States	7	3	3	1	41	25	+16	7
6	Finland	7	2	4	1	29	37	−8	5
7	Norway	7	1	6	0	14	56	−42	2
8	West Germany	7	0	7	0	13	66	−53	0

Source: Hockey Canada

West Germany was relegated to Pool B for 1990.

Results

26 December 1988

Canada

7 – 1

Norway

Eagle River

26 December 1988

Sweden

5 – 3

Czechoslovakia

Anchorage

26 December 1988

Soviet Union

15 – 0

West Germany

Anchorage

26 December 1988

Finland

5 – 5

United States

Anchorage

27 December 1988

Czechoslovakia

7 – 1

Norway

Anchorage

27 December 1988

Soviet Union

4 – 2

United States

Anchorage

28 December 1988

Canada

7 – 4

West Germany

Anchorage

28 December 1988

Sweden

6 – 2

Finland

Anchorage

29 December 1988

Canada

5 – 1

United States

Anchorage

29 December 1988

Soviet Union

3 – 2

Sweden

Anchorage

29 December 1988

Finland

9 – 3

Norway

Eagle River

29 December 1988

Czechoslovakia

11 – 1

West Germany

Eagle River

30 December 1988

Soviet Union

10 – 0

Norway

Anchorage

30 December 1988

United States

5 – 1

Czechoslovakia

Anchorage

31 December 1988

Sweden

5 – 4

Canada

Anchorage

31 December 1988

Finland

5 – 3

West Germany

Anchorage

1 January 1989

Canada

2 – 2

Czechoslovakia

Anchorage

1 January 1989

Soviet Union

9 – 3

Finland

Eagle River

1 January 1989

Sweden

9 – 1

Norway

Eagle River

1 January 1989

United States

15 – 3

West Germany

Anchorage

2 January 1989

Czechoslovakia

5 – 3

Soviet Union

Anchorage

2 January 1989

United States

12 – 4

Norway

Anchorage

3 January 1989

Canada

4 – 3

Finland

Anchorage

3 January 1989

Sweden

9 – 0

West Germany

Anchorage

4 January 1989

Soviet Union

7 – 2

Canada

Anchorage

4 January 1989

Norway

4 – 2

West Germany

Eagle River

4 January 1989

Czechoslovakia

7 – 2

Finland

Eagle River

4 January 1989

Sweden

3 – 1

United States

Anchorage

Scoring leaders

Rank	Player	Country	G	A	Pts
1	Jeremy Roenick	United States	8	8	16
2	Mike Modano	United States	6	9	15
3	Pavel Bure	Soviet Union	8	6	14
4	Josef Beránek	Czechoslovakia	4	9	13
5	Alexander Mogilny	Soviet Union	7	5	12
6	Sergei Fedorov	Soviet Union	4	8	12
7	Robert Cimetta	Canada	7	4	11
8	Petri Aaltonen	Finland	6	4	10
8	John Leclair	United States	6	4	10
10	Teemu Selänne	Finland	5	5	10
10	Andrei Sidorov	Soviet Union	5	5	10

Tournament awards

	IIHF Directorate Awards	Media All-Star Team
Goaltender	Alexei Ivashkin	Alexei Ivashkin
Defencemen	Ricard Persson	Ricard Persson Milan Tichý
Forwards	Pavel Bure	Pavel Bure Niklas Eriksson Jeremy Roenick

Qualification for Pool B

Because Denmark had used an ineligible player in last year's Pool C, a special challenge was played with Italy (who had come second). The games were played in Canazei, Italy.^[1]

18 December 1988

Denmark

4 – 3

Italy

20 December 1988

Denmark

2 – 1

Italy

Pool B

Eight teams contested the second tier this year in Chamonix, France from 19 to 28 March.^{[citation needed]} It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Poland	7	7	0	0	49	20	+29	14			9–1	13–4	7–2	6–5	5–3	4–2	5–3
2	Switzerland	7	6	1	0	45	19	+26	12		1–9		2–0	9–5	13–1	3–1	8–1	9–2
3	Romania	7	4	3	0	32	31	+1	8		4–13	0–2		5–1	2–5	6–3	9–5	6–2
4	Japan	7	4	3	0	32	34	−2	8		2–7	5–9	1–5		8–4	6–2	5–4	5–3
5	Yugoslavia	7	4	3	0	42	40	+2	8		5–6	1–13	5–2	4–8		6–3	11–3	10–5
6	France	7	1	5	1	23	31	−8	3		3–5	1–3	3–6	2–6	3–6		4–4	7–1
7	Denmark	7	1	5	1	25	42	−17	3		2–4	1–8	5–9	4–5	3–11	4–4		6–1
8	Netherlands	7	0	7	0	17	48	−31	0		3–5	2–9	2–6	3–5	5–10	1–7	1–6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Poland was promoted to Pool A and the Netherlands was relegated to Pool C for 1990.

Pool C

This five team tournament was a round robin played in Basingstoke, Great Britain from 16 to 22 March.^{[citation needed]}

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Austria	4	3	0	1	21	14	+7	7			2–2	7–5	5–2	7–5
2	Italy	4	2	0	2	22	14	+8	6		2–2		7–4	6–6	7–2
3	North Korea	4	2	2	0	17	20	−3	4		5–7	4–7		5–4	3–2
4	Great Britain	4	0	2	2	15	19	−4	2		2–5	6–6	4–5		3–3
5	Bulgaria	4	0	3	1	12	20	−8	1		5–7	2–7	2–3	3–3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Austria was promoted to Pool B for 1990.