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1998 IIHF World U20 Championship
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Tournament details
Host country Finland
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
DatesDecember 25 – January 3
Teams10
Final positions
Champions  Finland (2nd title)
Runner-up  Russia
Third place   Switzerland
Fourth place Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played34
Goals scored219 (6.44 per game)
Attendance139,680 (4,108 per game)
Scoring leader(s)United States Jeff Farkas (10 points)
← 1997
1999 →

The 1998 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1998 WJHC) were held in Helsinki and Hämeenlinna, Finland. The championships began on December 25, 1997, and finished on January 3, 1998. Home team Finland was the winner, defeating Russia 2–1 in the gold medal game, thanks to the goaltending of Mika Noronen and the overtime heroics of Niklas Hagman. Switzerland defeated the Czech Republic 4–3 to capture the bronze medal, their first and only medal in the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Canada had its five-year title streak broken with its worst placing to date (8th). Canada would miss out on gold seven years in a row before beginning their 2005–2009 streak of five straight championships. It was the only tournament from 1993 to 2012 in which Canada failed to medal.

This tournament attracted 139,680 fans to 34 games for an average of 4,108 per game. This set a record for the highest-attended World Junior tournament in Europe until the 2016 tournament, which was also held in Finland, attracted 215,225 spectators.[1]

The playoff round was expanded to eight teams, with group leaders not getting a bye to the semifinals.

Championship results

Pool A

Group A

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Finland 4 3 0 1 17 10 7
 Czech Republic 4 2 1 1 16 12 5
 Sweden 4 2 2 0 16 6 4
 Canada 4 2 2 0 9 7 4
 Germany 4 0 4 0 1 24 0
December 25, 1997Finland 3–2 CanadaHelsinki
December 25, 1997Czech Republic 2–1 SwedenHämeenlinna
December 26, 1997Sweden 4–0 CanadaHelsinki
December 26, 1997Finland 5–0 GermanyHämeenlinna
December 27, 1997Czech Republic 9–1 GermanyHelsinki
December 28, 1997Canada 5–0 Czech RepublicHelsinki
December 28, 1997Finland 4–3 SwedenHelsinki
December 29, 1997Sweden 8–0 GermanyHelsinki
December 30, 1997Canada 2–0 GermanyHelsinki
December 30, 1997Finland 5–5 Czech RepublicHelsinki

Group B

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Russia 4 3 0 1 22 6 7
 Switzerland 4 2 1 1 14 8 5
 United States 4 2 2 0 17 12 4
 Kazakhstan 4 1 3 0 8 29 2
 Slovakia 4 1 3 0 9 15 2
December 25, 1997Russia 12–1 KazakhstanHämeenlinna
December 25, 1997Slovakia 6–3 United StatesHelsinki
December 26, 1997United States 8–2 KazakhstanHelsinki
December 26, 1997Switzerland 3–1 SlovakiaHämeenlinna
December 27, 1997Russia 3–3  SwitzerlandHelsinki
December 28, 1997Kazakhstan 5–2 SlovakiaHämeenlinna
December 28, 1997Russia 3–2 United StatesHämeenlinna
December 29, 1997Switzerland 7–0 KazakhstanHämeenlinna
December 30, 1997Russia 4–0 SlovakiaHämeenlinna
December 30, 1997United States 4–1  SwitzerlandHämeenlinna

Final round

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
B1  Russia 2
A4  Canada 1
QF1  Russia 5
QF2  Czech Republic 1
A2  Czech Republic 4
B3  United States 1
SF1  Russia 1
SF2  Finland 2
A1  Finland 14
B4  Kazakhstan 1
QF3  Finland 2 Bronze medal game
QF4   Switzerland 1
B2   Switzerland 2 SF1   Switzerland 4
A3  Sweden 1 SF2  Czech Republic 3
Quarterfinals
December 31, 1997Russia 2–1
(1–0, 0–0, 0–1, 1–0)		 CanadaHämeenlinna
Maxim Afinogenov 9:21otGoals
December 31, 1997Finland 14–1
(6–1, 5–0, 3–0)		 KazakhstanHelsinki
December 31, 1997Switzerland 2 – 1 GWS
(0–0, 0–0, 1–1, 0–0, 5–4)		 SwedenHelsinki
December 31, 1997Czech Republic 4–1
(0–0, 3–0, 1–1)		 United StatesHämeenlinna
Semifinals
January 1, 1998Russia 5–1
(0–0, 3–1, 2–0)		 Czech RepublicHelsinki
January 1, 1998Finland 2–1
(1–0, 0–0, 1–1)		  SwitzerlandHelsinki
Placement games
January 2, 1998United States 3–0
(1–0, 1–0, 1–0)		 CanadaHämeenlinna
January 2, 1998Sweden 5–1
(1–0, 2–0, 2–1)		 KazakhstanHämeenlinna
7th place game
January 3, 1998Kazakhstan 6–3
(2–0, 2–0, 2–3)		 CanadaHämeenlinna
5th place game
January 3, 1998United States 4–3
(1–2, 2–0, 1–1)		 SwedenHämeenlinna
Bronze medal game
January 3, 19983rd place, bronze medalist(s) Switzerland 4 – 3 GWS
(2–0, 0–2, 1–1, 0–0, 2–0)		 Czech RepublicHelsinki
Gold medal game
January 3, 1998
18:30		1st place, gold medalist(s) Finland 2–1
(0–0, 0–1, 1–0, 1–0)		 Russia 2nd place, silver medalist(s)Helsinki
Mika NoronenGoaliesDenis Khlopotnov
0–137:10 − Dimitri Vlassenkov
Pasi Puistola – 43:251–1
Niklas Hagman – 73:412–1

Relegation round

January 1, 1998Slovakia 9–0
(1–0, 4–0, 4–0)		 GermanyHelsinki
January 3, 1998Slovakia 8–3
(0–1, 3–2, 5–0)		 GermanyHelsinki

 Germany lost the two game total goal series 17–3 and was relegated for the 1999 World Juniors

Final ranking

Rank Country
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Finland
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)   Switzerland
4  Czech Republic
5  United States
6  Sweden
7  Kazakhstan
8  Canada
9  Slovakia
10  Germany

Scoring leaders

Player Country GP G A Pts
Jeff Farkas  United States 7 6 4 10
Olli Jokinen  Finland 7 4 6 10
Eero Somervuori  Finland 7 3 6 9
Ladislav Nagy  Slovakia 6 6 2 8
Brian Gionta  United States 7 5 3 8
Marián Hossa  Slovakia 6 4 4 8
Timo Vertala  Finland 7 4 4 8
Andrej Podkonický  Slovakia 6 3 5 8
Marcus Nilson  Sweden 7 3 5 8
Maxim Balmochnykh  Russia 7 2 6 8
Kamil Piroš  Slovakia 7 2 6 8

Tournament awards

IIHF Directorate Awards Media All-Star Team
Goaltender Switzerland David Aebischer Switzerland David Aebischer
Defencemen Czech Republic Pavel Skrbek Sweden Pierre Hedin
Russia Andrei Markov
Forwards Finland Olli Jokinen Russia Maxim Balmochnykh
Finland Olli Jokinen
Finland Eero Somervuori


Pool B

The second tier was held in Sosnowiec and Tychy Poland, from December 28 to January 4. Two groups of four played round robins, and then the top three played each of the top three teams from the other group. All scores carried forward except the results against the lone eliminated team from each group.

Preliminary round

Group A
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Hungary Latvia France Japan
 Hungary 3 1 0 2 10 9 4 3–2 2–2 5–5
 Latvia 3 2 1 0 15 10 4 2–3 5–2 8–5
 France 3 1 1 1 12 9 3 2–2 2–5 8–2
 Japan 3 0 2 1 12 21 1 5–5 5–8 2–8
Group B
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Poland Ukraine Belarus Norway
 Poland 3 2 1 0 13 11 4 7–3 1–4 5–4
 Ukraine 3 1 1 1 13 10 3 3–7 2–2 8–1
 Belarus 3 1 1 1 6 6 3 4–1 2–2 0–3
 Norway 3 1 2 0 8 13 2 4–5 1–8 3–0

Final round

Rank Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Belarus Ukraine Poland Latvia Hungary France
1  Belarus 5 4 0 1 22 8 9 2–2 4–1 3–1 8–0 5–4
2  Ukraine 5 3 1 1 23 12 7 2–2 3–7 5–1 4–1 9–1
3  Poland 5 3 2 0 24 13 6 1–4 7–3 2–3 8–0 6–3
4  Latvia 5 2 3 0 12 15 4 1–3 1–5 3–2 2–3 5–2
5  Hungary 5 1 3 1 6 24 3 0–8 1–4 0–8 3–2 2–2
6  France 5 0 4 1 12 27 1 4–5 1–9 3–6 2–5 2–2

 Belarus was promoted to Pool A for 1999.

Relegation round

Norway 6–4 Japan
Norway 3 – 4 ot Japan
Norway 4–1 Japan

 Japan lost two games to one and was relegated to Pool C for 1999.

Pool C

Played in Tallinn and Kohtla-Järve Estonia from December 28 to January 1.

Preliminary round

Group A
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Italy Austria Estonia United Kingdom
 Italy 3 2 0 1 20 6 5 4–4 11–1 5–1
 Austria 3 2 0 1 18 6 5 4–4 8–1 6–1
 Estonia 3 1 2 0 5 20 2 1–11 1–8 3–1
 Great Britain 3 0 3 0 3 14 0 1–5 1–6 1–3
Group B
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Denmark Slovenia Croatia Romania
 Denmark 3 3 0 0 26 8 6 5–4 8–1 13–3
 Slovenia 3 2 1 0 15 8 4 4–5 4–1 7–2
 Croatia 3 1 2 0 6 14 2 1–8 1–4 4–2
 Romania 3 0 3 0 7 24 0 3–13 2–7 2–4

Placement games

 Denmark was promoted to Pool B, and  Romania was relegated to Pool D for 1999.

Pool D

Played in Kaunas and Elektrenai Lithuania from December 30 to January 3.

Preliminary round

Group A
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Netherlands Spain Bulgaria Turkey
 Netherlands 3 3 0 0 58 4 6 7–1 19–2 32–1
 Spain 3 2 1 0 18 9 4 1–7 6–2 11–0
 Bulgaria 3 1 2 0 17 29 2 2–19 2–6 13–4
 Turkey 3 0 3 0 5 56 0 1–32 0–11 4–13
Group B
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Lithuania Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mexico South Africa
 Lithuania 3 3 0 0 33 2 6 5–1 14–0 14–1
 Yugoslavia 3 2 1 0 23 7 4 1–5 13–0 9–2
 Mexico 3 1 2 0 3 28 2 0–14 0–13 3–1
 South Africa 3 0 3 0 4 26 0 1–14 2–9 1–3

Placement games

 Lithuania was promoted to Pool C for 1999.

References

  1. ^ Merk, Martin (2016-01-06). "215225 fans in Helsinki". WorldJunior2016.com. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
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