1981 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
Tournament details | |
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Host country | ![]() |
Venue(s) | 6 (in 6 host cities) |
Dates | December 27, 1980 – January 2, 1981 |
Teams | 8 |
Final positions | |
Champions ![]() | ![]() |
Runner-up ![]() | ![]() |
Third place ![]() | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 20 |
Goals scored | 207 (10.35 per game) |
Scoring leader(s) | ![]() |
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
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
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.
Rank | Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
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5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 9 |
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5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 18 | 7 |
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5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 14 | 6 |
4 | ![]() |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 21 | 5 |
5 | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 24 | 6 |
6 | ![]() |
5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 27 | 4 |
7 | ![]() |
5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 25 | 3 |
8 | ![]() |
5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 67 | 0 |
Austria was relegated to Pool B for the 1982 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
Preliminary round
Gold group
Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 5 | 6 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 3 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 51 | 0 |
December 27, 1980 | Czechoslovakia ![]() | 3 – 3 (1–0, 0–2, 2–1) | ![]() | Kaufbeuren |
December 27, 1980 | Soviet Union ![]() | 19 – 1 (7–0, 8–0, 4–1) | ![]() | Augsburg |
December 28, 1980 | Soviet Union ![]() | 7 – 3 (3–1, 3–0, 1–2) | ![]() | Landsberg |
December 28, 1980 | Czechoslovakia ![]() | 21 – 4 (6–1, 6–3, 9–0) | ![]() | Füssen |
December 30, 1980 | Canada ![]() | 11 – 1 | ![]() | Landsberg |
December 30, 1980 | Soviet Union ![]() | 5 – 1 (2–1, 0–0, 3–0) | ![]() | Füssen |
Blue group
Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 6 |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 17 | 2 |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 0 |
December 27, 1980 | West Germany ![]() | 3 – 7 (2–3, 0–2, 1–2) | ![]() | Füssen |
December 27, 1980 | Finland ![]() | 8 – 1 (0–0, 5–1, 3–0) | ![]() | Landsberg |
December 28, 1980 | West Germany ![]() | 6 – 8 (1–3, 3–4, 2–1) | ![]() | Oberstdorf |
December 28, 1980 | Sweden ![]() | 10 – 2 (0–1, 6–1, 4–0) | ![]() | Augsburg |
December 30, 1980 | Sweden ![]() | 2 – 1 (0–1, 2–0, 0–0) | ![]() | Kempten |
December 30, 1980 | West Germany ![]() | 4 – 2 | ![]() | Kaufbeuren |
Consolation round
Results from any games played during the preliminary round were carried forward to the consolation round.
Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 6 |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 15 | 2 |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 0 |
December 31, 1980 | United States ![]() | 7 – 3 (2–1, 2–2, 3–0) | ![]() | Landsberg |
December 31, 1980 | West Germany ![]() | 9 – 1 (1–0, 5–0, 3–1) | ![]() | Füssen |
January 2, 1981 | West Germany ![]() | 7 – 6 (5–2, 2–3, 0–1) | ![]() | Kaufbeuren |
January 2, 1981 | United States ![]() | 7 – 2 (2–0, 2–1, 3–1) | ![]() | Füssen |
Championship round
Results from any games played during the preliminary round were carried forward to the championship round.
Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 3 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 2 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 2 |
December 31, 1980 | Finland ![]() | 6 – 3 (2–0, 3–1, 1–2) | ![]() | Kaufbeuren |
December 31, 1980 | Sweden ![]() | 3 – 3 (0–1, 2–1, 1–1) | ![]() | Oberstdorf |
January 2, 1981 | Sweden ![]() | 3 – 2 (2–1, 1–1, 0–0) | ![]() | Augsburg Attendance: 2700 |
January 2, 1981 | Czechoslovakia ![]() | 6 – 6 (2–2, 1–2, 3–2) | ![]() | Landsberg |
Scoring leaders
Rank | Player | Country | G | A | Pts |
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1 | Dieter Hegen | ![]() |
8 | 1 | 9 |
2 | Dale Hawerchuk | ![]() |
5 | 4 | 9 |
Vladimir Svitek | ![]() |
5 | 4 | 9 | |
Ari Lähteenmäki | ![]() |
5 | 4 | 9 | |
Bobby Carpenter | ![]() |
5 | 4 | 9 | |
6 | Håkan Nordin | ![]() |
2 | 7 | 9 |
7 | Jan Vodila | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 8 |
8 | Patrik Sundström | ![]() |
7 | 0 | 7 |
9 | Pekka Järvelä | ![]() |
5 | 2 | 7 |
10 | Klaus Götsch | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 7 |
Tournament awards
IIHF Directorate Awards | Media All-Star Team | |
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Goaltender | ![]() |
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Defencemen | ![]() |
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Forwards | ![]() |
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Pool B
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 there respective opponents in a final round robin. Results between competitors who migrated together were carried forward. Yugoslavia made their debut, replacing Hungary.
Preliminary round
Group A
Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 6 |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 2 |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 0 |
Netherlands ![]() | 3 – 2 (1–1, 2–0, 0–1) | ![]() | Strasbourg |
Switzerland ![]() | 7 – 3 (2–0, 1–2, 4–1) | ![]() | Strasbourg |
Switzerland ![]() | 8 – 1 (1–1, 3–0, 4–0) | ![]() | Strasbourg |
Netherlands ![]() | 6 – 1 (2–1, 1–0, 3–0) | ![]() | Strasbourg |
Switzerland ![]() | 10 – 0 (5–0, 3–0, 2–0) | ![]() | Strasbourg |
Denmark ![]() | 7 – 4 (1–1, 1–1, 5–2) | ![]() | Strasbourg |
Group B
Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 5 |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 11 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 20 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 24 | 0 |
Norway ![]() | 5 – 5 (0–1, 3–1, 2–3) | ![]() | Strasbourg |
France ![]() | 4 – 8 (2–3, 2–2, 0–3) | ![]() | Strasbourg |
Poland ![]() | 12 – 1 (4–0, 4–0, 4–1) | ![]() | Strasbourg |
France ![]() | 3 – 9 (0–4, 2–2, 1–3) | ![]() | Strasbourg |
Norway ![]() | 6 – 5 (0–3, 2–1, 4–1) | ![]() | Strasbourg |
France ![]() | 3 – 7 (2–2, 3–0, 2–1) | ![]() | Strasbourg |
Consolation round
Results from any games played during the preliminary round were carried forward to the consolation round.
Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 6 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 14 | 3 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 16 | 2 |
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 18 | 1 |
France ![]() | 6 – 7 (0–2, 5–1, 1–4) | ![]() | Strasbourg |
Italy ![]() | 3 – 8 (0–2, 2–2, 1–4) | ![]() | Strasbourg |
France ![]() | 4 – 4 (1–2, 0–2, 3–0) | ![]() | Strasbourg |
Denmark ![]() | 5 – 1 (0–0, 2–1, 3–0) | ![]() | Strasbourg |
Promotion round
Results from any games played during the preliminary round were carried forward to the promotion round.
Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 5 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 5 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 2 |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 0 |
Switzerland was promoted to Pool A for the 1982 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
Norway ![]() | 8 – 1 (2–1, 5–0, 1–0) | ![]() | Strasbourg |
Switzerland ![]() | 5 – 2 (2–0, 2–1, 1–1) | ![]() | Strasbourg |
Netherlands ![]() | 0 – 7 (0–2, 0–2, 0–3) | ![]() | Strasbourg |
Switzerland ![]() | 4 – 4 (0–0, 3–1, 1–3) | ![]() | Strasbourg |
Scoring leaders
Rank | Player | Country | G | A | Pts |
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1 | Murajica Pajič | ![]() |
10 | 1 | 11 |
2 | Alfred Lüthl | ![]() |
7 | 4 | 11 |
3 | Martin Pavlu | ![]() |
5 | 6 | 11 |
4 | Stanislaw Szpreglewski | ![]() |
9 | 0 | 9 |
5 | Beat Eggimann | ![]() |
5 | 4 | 9 |
6 | Guy Ireland | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 8 |
References
- 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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