1991 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 1991 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1991 WJHC) was the 15th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held in various communities in Saskatchewan, Canada. Canada won its second consecutive gold medal, and fifth overall, while the Soviet Union won silver, and Czechoslovakia the bronze.^[1]

1991 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Venue(s)	9 (in 9 host cities)
Dates	December 26, 1990 – January 4, 1991
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Canada (5th title)
Runners-up	Soviet Union
Third place	Czechoslovakia
Fourth place	United States
Tournament statistics
Games played	28
Goals scored	253 (9.04 per game)
Attendance	137,067 (4,895 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Doug Weight (19 points)
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Final standings

The 1991 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	Canada	7	5	1	1	40	18	+22	11
2	Soviet Union	7	5	1	1	44	15	+29	11
3	Czechoslovakia	7	5	2	0	44	19	+25	10
4	United States	7	4	2	1	45	19	+26	9
5	Finland	7	3	3	1	35	30	+5	7
6	Sweden	7	3	4	0	32	29	+3	6
7	Switzerland	7	1	6	0	5	48	−43	2
8	Norway	7	0	7	0	8	75	−67	0

Source: Hockey Canada

Norway was relegated to Pool B for 1992.

Results

December 26, 1990

Canada

6 – 0

Switzerland

Saskatoon

December 26, 1990

Czechoslovakia

11 – 3

Norway

Rosetown

December 26, 1990

Finland

8 – 5

Sweden

Saskatoon

December 26, 1990

Soviet Union

4 – 2

United States

Prince Albert

December 27, 1990

Canada

4 – 4

United States

Saskatoon

December 27, 1990

Sweden

4 – 3

Czechoslovakia

Regina

December 28, 1990

Finland

7 – 1

Switzerland

Moose Jaw

December 28, 1990

Soviet Union

13 – 0

Norway

Saskatoon

December 29, 1990

Canada

10 – 1

Norway

Regina

December 29, 1990

Soviet Union

5 – 1

Sweden

Saskatoon

December 29, 1990

Czechoslovakia

10 – 0

Switzerland

Kindersley

December 29, 1990

United States

6 – 3

Finland

North Battleford

December 30, 1990

Canada

7 – 4

Sweden

Regina

December 30, 1990

Czechoslovakia

5 – 1

United States

Saskatoon

December 31, 1990

Finland

10 – 2

Norway

Saskatoon

December 31, 1990

Soviet Union

10 – 1

Switzerland

Yorkton

January 1, 1991

Canada

5 – 1

Finland

Saskatoon

January 1, 1991

United States

19 – 1

Norway

Regina

January 1, 1991

Sweden

6 – 1

Switzerland

Saskatoon

January 1, 1991

Soviet Union

5 – 3

Czechoslovakia

Regina

January 2, 1991

Czechoslovakia

6 – 5

Canada

Saskatoon

January 2, 1991

United States

5 – 2

Sweden

Humboldt

January 3, 1991

Soviet Union

5 – 5

Finland

Regina

January 3, 1991

Switzerland

2 – 1

Norway

Saskatoon

January 4, 1991

Canada

3 – 2

Soviet Union

Saskatoon

January 4, 1991

Sweden

10 – 0

Norway

Prince Albert

January 4, 1991

Czechoslovakia

6 – 1

Finland

Saskatoon

January 4, 1991

United States

8 – 0

Switzerland

Regina

Scoring leaders

Rank	Player	Country	G	A	Pts
1	Doug Weight	United States	5	14	19
2	Eric Lindros	Canada	6	11	17
3	Pavel Bure	Soviet Union	12	3	15
4	Martin Ručinský	Czechoslovakia	9	5	14
5	Žigmund Pálffy	Czechoslovakia	7	6	13
6	Marko Jantunen	Finland	3	10	13
7	Trent Klatt	United States	6	6	12
8	Ted Drury	United States	5	7	12
9	Vyacheslav Kozlov	Soviet Union	3	9	12
10	Mike Craig	Canada	6	5	11
10	Michael Nylander	Sweden	6	5	11
10	Vesa Viitakoski	Finland	6	5	11

Tournament awards

	IIHF Directorate Awards	Media All-Star Team
Goaltender	Pauli Jaks	Pauli Jaks
Defencemen	Jiří Šlégr	Dmitry Yushkevich Scott Lachance
Forwards	Eric Lindros	Mike Craig Eric Lindros Martin Ručinský

Pool B

Eight teams contested the second tier 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.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Germany	7	6	0	1	49	15	+34	13			5–3	2–2	7–4	9–1	8–1	11–2	7–2
2	Poland	7	6	1	0	53	17	+36	12		3–5		5–4	7–2	6–3	10–0	14–0	8–3
3	France	7	4	1	2	42	19	+23	10		2–2	4–5		4–4	13–3	7–1	5–1	7–3
4	Japan	7	4	2	1	34	22	+12	9		4–7	2–7	4–4		7–0	4–2	6–1	7–1
5	Romania	7	2	4	1	23	43	−20	5		1–9	3–6	3–13	0–7		3–3	4–2	9–3
6	Netherlands	7	1	5	1	16	43	−27	3		1–8	0–10	1–7	2–4	3–3		6–3	3–8
7	Austria	7	1	6	0	13	48	−35	2		2–11	0–14	1–5	1–6	2–4	3–6		4–2
8	Denmark	7	1	6	0	22	45	−23	2		2–7	3–8	3–7	1–7	3–9	8–3	2–4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Germany was promoted to Pool A and Denmark was relegated to Pool C for 1992.

Pool C

Eight teams contested the third tier in Belgrade Yugoslavia from December 27 to January 5. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games. Greece's national junior team made their debut this year.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	North Korea	7	6	1	0	50	18	+32	12			4–3	1–9	4–2	5–2	10–1	6–1	20–0
2	Italy	7	6	1	0	57	11	+46	12		3–4		6–2	5–2	5–1	8–1	9–0	21–1
3	Yugoslavia	7	5	1	1	77	21	+56	11		9–1	2–6		5–2	7–7	13–2	8–2	33–1
4	Great Britain	7	4	3	0	45	20	+25	8		2–4	2–5	2–5		3–2	5–1	9–3	22–0
5	South Korea	7	3	3	1	55	28	+27	7		2–5	1–5	7–7	2–3		8–2	9–5	26–1
6	Bulgaria	7	2	5	0	34	48	−14	4		1–10	1–8	2–13	1–5	2–8		5–3	22–1
7	Hungary	7	1	6	0	28	46	−18	2		1–6	0–9	2–8	3–9	5–9	3–5		14–0
8	Greece	7	0	7	0	4	158	−154	0		0–20	1–21	1–33	0–22	1–26	1–22	0–14

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

North Korea was promoted to Pool B for 1992.