1994 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 1994 Ice Hockey World Junior Championship (1994 WJC) was the 18th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held in Ostrava and Frýdek-Místek, Czech Republic. Canada won the gold medal for the second consecutive year, and its seventh overall, while Sweden won silver, and Russia the bronze.

1994 IIHF U20 World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Czech Republic
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	December 26, 1993 – January 4, 1994
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Canada (7th title)
Runners-up	Sweden
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played	28
Goals scored	195 (6.96 per game)
Attendance	58,143 (2,077 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Niklas Sundström (11 points)
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Final standings

The 1994 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	6	0	1	39	20	+19	13
2	Sweden	7	6	1	0	35	16	+19	12
3	Russia	7	5	1	1	23	17	+6	11
4	Finland	7	4	3	0	27	24	+3	8
5	Czech Republic	7	3	4	0	31	29	+2	6
6	United States	7	1	5	1	20	33	−13	3
7	Germany	7	1	6	0	10	26	−16	2
8	Switzerland	7	0	6	1	10	30	−20	1

Source: Hockey Canada

Switzerland was relegated to Pool B for 1995.

Results

December 26, 1993

Canada

5 – 1

Switzerland

Frýdek-Místek

December 26, 1993

Sweden

4 – 1

Germany

Ostrava

December 26, 1993

Russia

5 – 1

Czech Republic

Ostrava

December 26, 1993

Finland

5 – 2

United States

Frýdek-Místek

December 27, 1993

Canada

5 – 2

Germany

Ostrava

December 27, 1993

Sweden

3 – 0

Russia

Ostrava

December 27, 1993

Finland

7 – 3

Czech Republic

Frýdek-Místek

December 27, 1993

Switzerland

1 – 1

United States

Frýdek-Místek

December 29, 1993

Canada

3 – 3

Russia

Frýdek-Místek

December 29, 1993

Czech Republic

6 – 0

Switzerland

Frýdek-Místek

December 29, 1993

Sweden

6 – 2

Finland

Ostrava

December 29, 1993

United States

7 – 2

Germany

Ostrava

December 30, 1993

Canada

6 – 3

Finland

Ostrava

December 30, 1993

Czech Republic

6 – 2

Germany

Ostrava

December 30, 1993

Sweden

6 – 2

Switzerland

Frýdek-Místek

December 30, 1993

Russia

4 – 3

United States

Frýdek-Místek

January 1, 1994

Canada

8 – 3

United States

Frýdek-Místek

January 1, 1994

Finland

4 – 2

Switzerland

Ostrava

January 1, 1994

Sweden

6 – 4

Czech Republic

Frýdek-Místek

January 1, 1994

Russia

1 – 0

Germany

Ostrava

January 2, 1994

Canada

6 – 4

Czech Republic

Ostrava

January 2, 1994

Finland

2 – 0

Germany

Frýdek-Místek

January 2, 1994

Russia

5 – 3

Switzerland

Frýdek-Místek

January 2, 1994

Sweden

6 – 1

United States

Ostrava

January 4, 1994

Canada

6 – 4

Sweden

Ostrava

January 4, 1994

Germany

3 – 1

Switzerland

Ostrava

January 4, 1994

Russia

5 – 4

Finland

Frýdek-Místek

January 4, 1994

Czech Republic

7 – 3

United States

Frýdek-Místek

Scoring leaders

Rank	Player	Country	G	A	Pts
1	Niklas Sundström	Sweden	4	7	11
2	Martin Gendron	Canada	6	4	10
3	Yanick Dubé	Canada	5	5	10
4	Rick Girard	Canada	6	3	9
5	Mats Lindgren	Sweden	5	4	9
6	Jason Allison	Canada	3	6	9
6	Saku Koivu	Finland	3	6	9
8	Petr Sýkora	Czech Republic	6	2	8
9	Valeri Bure	Russia	5	3	8
10	Kenny Jönsson	Sweden	3	5	8

Tournament awards

	IIHF Directorate Awards	Media All-Star Team
Goaltender	Jamie Storr	Evgeni Ryabchikov
Defencemen	Kenny Jönsson	Kimmo Timonen Kenny Jönsson
Forwards	Niklas Sundström	Niklas Sundström Valeri Bure David Výborný

Pool B

Eight teams contested the second tier this year in Bucharest, Romania 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	Ukraine	7	7	0	0	35	10	+25	14			4–3	5–1	7–0	2–1	5–2	3–0	9–3
2	Norway	7	5	1	1	28	15	+13	11		3–4		6–2	4–1	3–2	6–2	3–1	3–3
3	France	7	3	3	1	23	23	0	7		1–5	2–6		1–3	5–2	4–4	3–1	7–2
4	Poland	7	3	4	0	15	26	−11	6		0–7	1–4	3–1		3–0	2–4	5–4	1–6
5	Italy	7	2	4	1	20	22	−2	5		1–2	2–3	2–5	0–3		3–3	7–5	5–1
6	Austria	7	1	3	3	21	27	−6	5		2–5	2–6	4–4	4–2	3–3		3–4	3–3
7	Japan	7	2	5	0	19	27	−8	4		0–3	1–3	1–3	4–5	5–7	4–3		4–3
8	Romania	7	1	4	2	21	32	−11	4		3–9	3–3	2–7	6–1	1–5	3–3	3–4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

 Ukraine was promoted to Pool A and  Romania was relegated to Pool C for 1995.

Qualification for Pool C

A Qualification tournament was played in Nitra and Nové Zámky, Slovakia, from November 1 to 7. Games between teams that had played each other in the preliminary round carried forward and counted in the final round.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Latvia	3	3	0	0	15	10	+5	6			2–1	9–1	13–1
Belarus	3	2	1	0	22	11	+11	4		1–2		6–0	6–1
Slovenia	3	1	2	0	19	17	+2	2		1–9	0–6		5–1
Estonia	3	0	3	0	9	27	−18	0		1–13	1–6	1–5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Slovakia	2	2	0	0	21	4	+17	4			6–4	15–0
Kazakhstan	2	1	1	0	16	7	+9	2		4–6		12–1
Croatia	2	0	2	0	1	27	−26	0		0–15	1–12

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Final Round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Latvia	3	2	1	0	8	7	+1	4			4–3	2–3	2–1
Slovakia	3	2	1	0	16	10	+6	4		3–4		6–4	7–2
Kazakhstan	3	1	1	1	9	10	−1	3		3–2	4–6		2–2
Belarus	3	0	2	1	5	11	−6	1		1–2	2–7	2–2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

 Latvia and  Slovakia won the right to participate in Pool C.

Pool C

Eight teams were divided into two round robin groups, with placement games to follow (1st played 1st, etc.). The tournament took place from December 30 to January 3, in Odense and Esbjerg, Denmark.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Latvia	3	3	0	0	55	3	+52	6			16–2	14–0	25–1
Great Britain	3	2	1	0	16	22	−6	4		2–16		6–1	8–5
Netherlands	3	1	2	0	6	22	−16	2		0–14	1–6		5–2
Bulgaria	3	0	3	0	8	38	−30	0		1–25	5–8	2–5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Slovakia	3	3	0	0	49	1	+48	6			22–0	12–1	15–0
Denmark	3	2	1	0	9	26	−17	4		0–22		5–4	4–0
Hungary	3	1	2	0	15	17	−2	2		1–12	4–5		10–0
Spain	3	0	3	0	0	29	−29	0		0–15	0–4	0–10

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Placement Games

• 7th place: Spain 7 - 2  Bulgaria
• 5th place: Hungary 11 - 1  Netherlands
• 3rd place: Denmark 6 - 5  Great Britain
• 1st Place: Slovakia 6 - 2  Latvia

 Slovakia was promoted to Pool B for 1995.