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1981 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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1981 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country West Germany
Venue(s)6 (in 6 host cities)
DatesDecember 27, 1980 –
January 2, 1981
Teams8
Final positions
Champions  Sweden (1st title)
Runner-up  Finland
Third place  Soviet Union
Fourth place Czechoslovakia
Tournament statistics
Games played20
Goals scored207 (10.35 per game)
Scoring leader(s)West Germany Dieter Hegen (11 points)
← 1980
1982 →

The 1981 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1981 WJHC) was the fifth edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held from December 27, 1980, until January 2, 1981. The tournament was held in Füssen, West Germany. Sweden won the gold medal, while Finland won the silver, and the Soviet Union bronze.

Pool A

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The 1981 tournament divided participants into two divisions of four teams, each playing three games. The top two teams in each division advanced to the A division in the medal round, while the bottom two were placed in a B division. Each division played another round robin. The top three teams in the A division won the gold, silver and bronze medals. Teams that faced each other in the first round had their results carried over to the medal rounds.

Final standings

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

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1  Sweden 5 4 0 1 25 11 +14 9
2  Finland 5 3 1 1 29 18 +11 7
3  Soviet Union 5 3 2 0 36 14 +22 6
4  Czechoslovakia 5 1 1 3 34 21 +13 5
5  West Germany 5 3 2 0 29 24 +5 6
6  United States 5 2 3 0 19 27 −8 4
7  Canada 5 1 3 1 26 25 +1 3
8  Austria 5 0 5 0 9 67 −58 0
Source: Hockey Canada

 Austria was relegated to Pool B for the 1982 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Preliminary round

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Gold group

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Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
 Soviet Union 3 3 0 0 31 5 +26 6
 Czechoslovakia 3 1 1 1 25 12 +13 3
 Canada 3 1 1 1 17 11 +6 3
 Austria 3 0 3 0 6 51 −45 0
Source: Hockey Canada
December 27, 1980Czechoslovakia 3 – 3
(1–0, 0–2, 2–1)		 CanadaKaufbeuren
December 27, 1980Soviet Union 19 – 1
(7–0, 8–0, 4–1)		 AustriaAugsburg
December 28, 1980Soviet Union 7 – 3
(3–1, 3–0, 1–2)		 CanadaLandsberg
December 28, 1980Czechoslovakia 21 – 4
(6–1, 6–3, 9–0)		 AustriaFüssen
December 30, 1980Canada 11 – 1 AustriaLandsberg
December 30, 1980Soviet Union 5 – 1
(2–1, 0–0, 3–0)		 CzechoslovakiaFüssen

Blue group

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Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
 Sweden 3 3 0 0 19 6 +13 6
 Finland 3 2 1 0 17 9 +8 4
 West Germany 3 1 2 0 13 17 −4 2
 United States 3 0 3 0 5 22 −17 0
Source: Hockey Canada
December 27, 1980West Germany 3 – 7
(2–3, 0–2, 1–2)		 SwedenFüssen
December 27, 1980Finland 8 – 1
(0–0, 5–1, 3–0)		 United StatesLandsberg
December 28, 1980West Germany 6 – 8
(1–3, 3–4, 2–1)		 FinlandOberstdorf
December 28, 1980Sweden 10 – 2
(0–1, 6–1, 4–0)		 United StatesAugsburg
December 30, 1980Sweden 2 – 1
(0–1, 2–0, 0–0)		 FinlandKempten
December 30, 1980West Germany 4 – 2 United StatesKaufbeuren

Consolation round

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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
 West Germany 3 3 0 0 20 9 +11 6
 United States 3 2 1 0 16 9 +7 4
 Canada 3 1 2 0 20 15 +5 2
 Austria 3 0 3 0 4 27 −23 0
Source: Hockey Canada
December 31, 1980United States 7 – 3
(2–1, 2–2, 3–0)		 CanadaLandsberg
December 31, 1980West Germany 9 – 1
(1–0, 5–0, 3–1)		 AustriaFüssen
January 2, 1981West Germany 7 – 6
(5–2, 2–3, 0–1)		 CanadaKaufbeuren
January 2, 1981United States 7 – 2
(2–0, 2–1, 3–1)		 AustriaFüssen

Championship round

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

Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
 Sweden 3 2 0 1 8 6 +2 5
 Finland 3 1 1 1 13 11 +2 3
 Soviet Union 3 1 2 0 10 10 0 2
 Czechoslovakia 3 0 1 2 10 14 −4 2
Source: Hockey Canada
December 31, 1980Finland 6 – 3
(2–0, 3–1, 1–2)		 Soviet UnionKaufbeuren
December 31, 1980Sweden 3 – 3
(0–1, 2–1, 1–1)		 CzechoslovakiaOberstdorf
January 2, 1981Sweden 3 – 2
(2–1, 1–1, 0–0)		 Soviet UnionAugsburg
Attendance: 2700
January 2, 1981Czechoslovakia 6 – 6
(2–2, 1–2, 3–2)		 FinlandLandsberg

Scoring leaders

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Rank Player Country G A Pts
1 Dieter Hegen  West Germany 8 1 9
2 Dale Hawerchuk  Canada 5 4 9
Vladimir Svitek  Czechoslovakia 5 4 9
Ari Lähteenmäki  Finland 5 4 9
Bobby Carpenter  United States 5 4 9
6 Håkan Nordin  Sweden 2 7 9
7 Jan Vodila  Czechoslovakia 5 3 8
8 Patrik Sundström  Sweden 7 0 7
9 Pekka Järvelä  Finland 5 2 7
10 Klaus Götsch  West Germany 4 3 7

Tournament awards

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IIHF Directorate Awards Media All-Star Team
Goaltender Sweden Lars Eriksson Sweden Lars Eriksson
Defencemen Czechoslovakia Miloslav Hořava Sweden Håkan Nordin
Czechoslovakia Miloslav Hořava
Forwards Sweden Patrik Sundström Sweden Jan Erixon
Sweden Patrik Sundström
Finland Ari Lähteenmäki

Pool B

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The second tier was contested from March 23–29, in Strasbourg, France. Eight teams were divided into two round robin groups where the top two, and bottom two, graduated to meet their respective opponents in a final round robin. Results between competitors who migrated together were carried forward. Yugoslavia made their debut, replacing Hungary.

Preliminary round

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Group A

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Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
  Switzerland 3 3 0 0 25 4 +21 6
 Netherlands 3 2 1 0 9 13 −4 4
 Denmark 3 1 2 0 10 15 −5 2
 Yugoslavia 3 0 3 0 8 20 −12 0
Source: [citation needed]
Netherlands 3 – 2
(1–1, 2–0, 0–1)		 DenmarkStrasbourg
Switzerland 7 – 3
(2–0, 1–2, 4–1)		 YugoslaviaStrasbourg
Switzerland 8 – 1
(1–1, 3–0, 4–0)		 DenmarkStrasbourg
Netherlands 6 – 1
(2–1, 1–0, 3–0)		 YugoslaviaStrasbourg
Switzerland 10 – 0
(5–0, 3–0, 2–0)		 NetherlandsStrasbourg
Denmark 7 – 4
(1–1, 1–1, 5–2)		 YugoslaviaStrasbourg

Group B

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Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
 Norway 3 2 0 1 20 13 +7 5
 Poland 3 2 1 0 25 11 +14 4
 Italy 3 1 1 1 13 20 −7 3
 France 3 0 3 0 10 24 −14 0
Source: [citation needed]
Norway 5 – 5
(0–1, 3–1, 2–3)		 ItalyStrasbourg
France 4 – 8
(2–3, 2–2, 0–3)		 PolandStrasbourg
Poland 12 – 1
(4–0, 4–0, 4–1)		 ItalyStrasbourg
France 3 – 9
(0–4, 2–2, 1–3)		 NorwayStrasbourg
Norway 6 – 5
(0–3, 2–1, 4–1)		 PolandStrasbourg
France 3 – 7
(2–2, 3–0, 2–1)		 ItalyStrasbourg

Consolation round

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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
 Denmark 3 3 0 0 19 11 +8 6
 Yugoslavia 3 1 1 1 16 14 +2 3
 Italy 3 1 2 0 11 16 −5 2
 France 3 0 2 1 13 18 −5 1
Source: [citation needed]
France 6 – 7
(0–2, 5–1, 1–4)		 DenmarkStrasbourg
Italy 3 – 8
(0–2, 2–2, 1–4)		 YugoslaviaStrasbourg
France 4 – 4
(1–2, 0–2, 3–0)		 YugoslaviaStrasbourg
Denmark 5 – 1
(0–0, 2–1, 3–0)		 ItalyStrasbourg

Promotion round

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

Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
  Switzerland 3 2 0 1 19 6 +13 5
 Norway 3 2 0 1 18 10 +8 5
 Poland 3 1 2 0 14 11 +3 2
 Netherlands 3 0 3 0 1 25 −24 0
Source: [citation needed]

  Switzerland was promoted to Pool A for the 1982 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Norway 8 – 1
(2–1, 5–0, 1–0)		 NetherlandsStrasbourg
Switzerland 5 – 2
(2–0, 2–1, 1–1)		 PolandStrasbourg
Netherlands 0 – 7
(0–2, 0–2, 0–3)		 PolandStrasbourg
Switzerland 4 – 4
(0–0, 3–1, 1–3)		 NorwayStrasbourg

Scoring leaders

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Rank Player Country G A Pts
1 Murajica Pajič  Yugoslavia 10 1 11
2 Alfred Lüthl   Switzerland 7 4 11
3 Martin Pavlu  Italy 5 6 11
4 Stanislaw Szpreglewski  Poland 9 0 9
5 Beat Eggimann   Switzerland 5 4 9
6 Guy Ireland  France 5 3 8

References

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  • 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
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