1976 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
Appearance
Tournament details | |
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Host country | ![]() |
Venue(s) | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
Dates | December 26, 1975 – January 1, 1976 |
Teams | 5 |
Final positions | |
Champions ![]() | ![]() |
Runner-up ![]() | ![]() |
Third place ![]() | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 10 |
Goals scored | 78 (7.8 per game) |
Scoring leader(s) | ![]() |
The 1976 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships were between December 26, 1975, and January 1, 1976, in Tampere, Turku, Pori and Rauma Finland. The Soviet team won the tournament with a perfect 4–0 record.[1] This was the third edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, but the results are not included in official IIHF records.[2] Canada was represented by a club team, the Sherbrooke Castors, while the other four nations were represented by teams of their top under-20 players.[3] The United States did not participate in this tournament, after having competed in the 1974 and 1975 tournaments.
Final standings
[edit]The tournament was a round-robin format, with each team playing each of the other four teams once each.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10 | +9 | 8 |
2 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 27 | −15 | 4 |
3 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 4 |
4 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 2 |
5 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 17 | +6 | 2 |
Source: Hockey Canada
Results
[edit]Finland ![]() | 1 – 4 (1–1, 0–2, 0–1) | ![]() |
Soviet Union ![]() | 3 – 2 (0–2, 2–0, 1–0) | ![]() |
Sweden ![]() | 17 – 1 (3–1, 9–0, 5–0) | ![]() |
Sweden ![]() | 2 – 5 (2–2, 0–2, 0–1) | ![]() |
Finland ![]() | 0 – 2 (0–1, 0–0, 0–1) | ![]() |
Finland ![]() | 4 – 6 (0–4, 0–0, 4–2) | ![]() |
Canada ![]() | 5 – 4 (0–1, 1–2, 4–1) | ![]() |
Czechoslovakia ![]() | 4 – 2 (3–0, 0–2, 1–0) | ![]() |
Finland ![]() | 7 – 2 (2–0, 1–2, 4–0) | ![]() |
Soviet Union ![]() | 5 – 2 (1–0, 1–0, 3–2) | ![]() |
Scoring leaders
[edit]Rank | Player | Country | G | A | Pts |
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1 | Valeri Evstifeev | ![]() |
4 | 4 | 8 |
2 | Karel Holý | ![]() |
5 | 2 | 7 |
3 | Valeri Bragin | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 6 |
4 | Sergei Prdgortsev | ![]() |
2 | 4 | 6 |
5 | Matti Forss | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 5 |
6 | Björn Johansson | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 5 |
7 | Josef Lukác | ![]() |
2 | 3 | 5 |
8 | Peter Marsh | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 4 |
9 | Thomas Gradin | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 4 |
Hannu Helander | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 4 | |
Anders Håkansson | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 4 |
Tournament awards
[edit]Best Players | All-Star Team | |
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Goaltender | ![]() |
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Defencemen | ![]() |
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Forwards | ![]() |
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References
[edit]- ^ "1976 World Junior Championship". Hockey Canada. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
- ^ "IIHF World U20 Championships". IIHF. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
- ^ "IIHF World Junior Championship History". Hockey Canada. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
- "Matches internationaux des moins de 20 ans 1975/76". Retrieved 2011-10-18.
Categories:
- World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
- 1976 in ice hockey
- 1976 in Finnish sport
- International ice hockey competitions hosted by Finland
- December 1975 sports events in Europe
- January 1976 sports events in Europe
- 1975 in Finnish sport
- 1975 in ice hockey
- International sports competitions in Turku
- Sports competitions in Tampere
- 1970s in Turku
- Sport in Pori
- Sport in Rauma, Finland