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
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	December 26, 1991 – January 4, 1992
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	CIS (1st title)
Runners-up	Sweden
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played	28
Goals scored	214 (7.64 per game)
Attendance	55,750 (1,991 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Michael Nylander (17 points)
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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] Three players on the team, however, Sergejs Žoltoks and Sandis Ozoliņš (from Latvia) and Darius Kasparaitis (from Lithuania) were from nations not part of the Commonwealth.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	CIS	7	6	1	0	39	13	+26	12
2	Sweden	7	5	1	1	41	24	+17	11
3	United States	7	5	2	0	30	22	+8	10
4	Finland	7	3	3	1	21	21	0	7
5	Czechoslovakia	7	3	4	0	28	25	+3	6
6	Canada	7	2	3	2	21	30	−9	6
7	Germany	7	1	6	0	15	40	−25	2
8	Switzerland	7	1	6	0	19	40	−21	2

Source: Hockey Canada

Switzerland was relegated to Pool B for 1993.

Results

December 26, 1991

Canada

5 – 4

Germany

Füssen

December 26, 1991

Sweden

8 – 4

Czechoslovakia

Füssen

December 26, 1991

CIS

10 – 2

Switzerland

Kaufbeuren

December 26, 1991

United States

5 – 1

Finland

Füssen

December 27, 1991

Canada

6 – 4

Switzerland

Füssen

December 27, 1991

Finland

4 – 1

Czechoslovakia

Kaufbeuren

December 27, 1991

CIS

4 – 3

Sweden

Füssen

December 27, 1991

United States

6 – 2

Germany

Füssen

December 29, 1991

Canada

2 – 2

Sweden

Kaufbeuren

December 29, 1991

CIS

4 – 1

Finland

Füssen

December 29, 1991

Czechoslovakia

8 – 2

Germany

Füssen

December 29, 1991

United States

5 – 1

Switzerland

Füssen

December 30, 1991

Finland

2 – 2

Canada

Füssen

December 30, 1991

Switzerland

4 – 2

Czechoslovakia

Füssen

December 31, 1991

CIS

7 – 0

Germany

Füssen

December 31, 1991

Sweden

8 – 6

United States

Kaufbeuren

January 1, 1992

United States

5 – 3

Canada

Füssen

January 1, 1992

Sweden

4 – 3

Switzerland

Füssen

January 1, 1992

Finland

2 – 0

Germany

Kaufbeuren

January 1, 1992

Czechoslovakia

5 – 2

CIS

Füssen

January 2, 1992

Czechoslovakia

6 – 1

Canada

Füssen

January 2, 1992

Finland

7 – 3

Switzerland

Füssen

January 2, 1992

Sweden

10 – 1

Germany

Füssen

January 2, 1992

CIS

5 – 0

United States

Kaufbeuren

January 4, 1992

CIS

7 – 2

Canada

Füssen

January 4, 1992

Sweden

6 – 4

Finland

Füssen

January 4, 1992

Germany

6 – 2

Switzerland

Kaufbeuren

January 4, 1992

United States

3 – 2

Czechoslovakia

Füssen

Scoring leaders

Rank	Player	Country	G	A	Pts
1	Michael Nylander	Sweden	8	9	17
2	Peter Forsberg	Sweden	3	8	11
3	Markus Näslund	Sweden	8	2	10
4	Mikael Renberg	Sweden	6	4	10
5	Alexei Kovalev	CIS	5	5	10
6	Eric Lindros	Canada	2	8	10
7	Jan Čaloun	Czechoslovakia	8	1	9
7	Jarkko Varvio	Finland	8	1	9
9	Kristian Gahn	Sweden	3	6	9
9	Róbert Petrovický	Czechoslovakia	3	6	9

Tournament awards

	IIHF Directorate Awards	Media 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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Japan	7	5	2	0	32	18	+14	10			7–4	2–4	4–2	3–2	5–2	2–3	9–1
2	Poland	7	5	2	0	42	19	+23	10		4–7		5–3	5–1	3–6	9–0	7–2	9–0
3	Norway	7	5	2	0	45	17	+28	10		4–2	3–5		1–4	8–0	14–2	6–2	9–2
4	France	7	5	2	0	31	15	+16	10		2–4	1–5	4–1		6–1	5–1	4–1	9–2
5	Romania	7	4	3	0	23	26	−3	8		2–3	6–3	0–8	1–6		3–0	3–2	8–4
6	Netherlands	7	2	5	0	14	38	−24	4		2–5	0–9	2–14	1–5	0–3		4–1	5–1
7	Austria	7	2	5	0	16	29	−13	4		3–2	2–7	2–6	1–4	2–3	1–4		5–3
8	North Korea	7	0	7	0	13	54	−41	0		1–9	0–9	2–9	2–9	4–8	1–5	3–5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	2	2	0	0	21	1	+20	4			8–1	13–0
South Korea	2	1	1	0	8	8	0	2		1–8		7–0
Greece	2	0	2	0	0	20	−20	0		0–13	0–7

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Denmark	2	2	0	0	22	1	+21	4			10–0	12–1
Hungary	2	1	1	0	8	10	−2	2		0–10		8–0
Bulgaria	2	0	2	0	1	20	−19	0		1–12	0–8

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Great Britain	2	1	1	0	16	9	+7	2			4–5	12–4
Spain	2	1	1	0	8	10	−2	2		5–4		3–6
Yugoslavia	2	1	1	0	10	15	−5	2		4–12	6–3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Final Round

Promotion Group

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	2	2	0	0	9	5	+4	4			5–2	4–3
Denmark	2	1	1	0	8	8	0	2		2–5		6–3
Great Britain	2	0	2	0	6	10	−4	0		3–4	3–6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Italy was promoted to Pool B for 1993.

Fourth Place Group

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	2	2	0	0	11	8	+3	4			5–4	6–4
Hungary	2	1	1	0	8	8	0	2		4–5		4–3
South Korea	2	0	2	0	7	10	−3	0		4–6	3–4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Seventh Place

 Yugoslavia 1 - 1  Bulgaria