1994 IIHF World U20 Championship
| Tournament details |
| Host country |
 Czech Republic |
| Dates |
December 26 - January 4 |
| Teams |
8 |
| Venue(s) |
2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions |
Champions  |
 Canada (7th title) |
Runner-up  |
 Sweden |
Third place  |
 Russia |
| Fourth place |
 Finland |
| Tournament statistics |
| Matches played |
28 |
| Goals scored |
201 (7.18 per match) |
| Scoring leader(s) |
Niklas Sundström(11 points) |
|
|
The 1994 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1994 WJHC) was the 17th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held in Ostrava and Frydek-Mistek, Czech Republic. Canada won the gold medal for the second consecutive year, and its seventh overall, while Sweden won silver, and Russia the bronze.
Final standings
The 1994 tournament was a round-robin format, with the top three teams winning gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.
Switzerland was relegated to Pool B for 1995.
Results
Leading scorers
Tournament all-stars
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
| Rank |
Team |
GP |
W |
L |
T |
GF |
GA |
PTS |
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| 1 |
Ukraine |
7 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
35 |
10 |
14 |
|
4 - 3 |
5 - 1 |
7 - 0 |
2 - 1 |
5 - 2 |
3 - 0 |
9 - 3 |
| 2 |
Norway |
7 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
28 |
15 |
11 |
3 - 4 |
|
6 - 2 |
4 - 1 |
3 - 2 |
6 - 2 |
3 - 1 |
3 - 3 |
| 3 |
France |
7 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
23 |
23 |
7 |
1 - 5 |
2 - 6 |
|
1 - 3 |
5 - 2 |
4 - 4 |
3 - 1 |
7 - 2 |
| 4 |
Poland |
7 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
15 |
26 |
6 |
0 - 7 |
1 - 4 |
3 - 1 |
|
3 - 0 |
2 - 4 |
5 - 4 |
1 - 6 |
| 5 |
Italy |
7 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
20 |
22 |
5 |
1 - 2 |
2 - 3 |
2 - 5 |
0 - 3 |
|
3 - 3 |
7 - 5 |
5 - 1 |
| 6 |
Austria |
7 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
21 |
27 |
5 |
2 - 5 |
2 - 6 |
4 - 4 |
4 - 2 |
3 - 3 |
|
3 - 4 |
3 - 3 |
| 7 |
Japan |
7 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
19 |
27 |
4 |
0 - 3 |
1 - 3 |
1 - 3 |
4 - 5 |
5 - 7 |
4 - 3 |
|
4 - 3 |
| 8 |
Romania |
7 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
21 |
32 |
4 |
3 - 9 |
3 - 3 |
2 - 7 |
6 - 1 |
1 - 5 |
3 - 3 |
3 - 4 |
|
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 Nove Zamky 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 |
GP |
W |
L |
T |
GF |
GA |
PTS |
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Latvia |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
10 |
6 |
|
2 - 1 |
9 - 1 |
13 - 1 |
| Belarus |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
22 |
11 |
4 |
1 - 2 |
|
6 - 0 |
6 - 1 |
| Slovenia |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
19 |
17 |
2 |
1 - 9 |
0 - 6 |
|
5 - 1 |
| Estonia |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
9 |
27 |
0 |
1 - 13 |
1 - 6 |
1 - 5 |
|
- Group B
| Team |
GP |
W |
L |
T |
GF |
GA |
PTS |
|
 |
 |
 |
| Slovakia |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
21 |
4 |
4 |
|
6 - 4 |
15 - 0 |
| Kazakhstan |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
16 |
7 |
2 |
4 - 6 |
|
12 - 1 |
| Croatia |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
27 |
0 |
0 - 15 |
1 - 12 |
|
Final Round
- Group A
| Team |
GP |
W |
L |
T |
GF |
GA |
PTS |
|
|
|
|
|
| Latvia |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
7 |
4 |
|
4 - 3 |
2 - 3 |
2 - 1 |
| Slovakia |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
16 |
10 |
4 |
3 - 4 |
|
6 - 4 |
7 - 2 |
| Kazakhstan |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
10 |
3 |
3 - 2 |
4 - 6 |
|
2 - 2 |
| Belarus |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
11 |
1 |
1 - 2 |
2 - 7 |
2 - 2 |
|
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 |
GP |
W |
L |
T |
GF |
GA |
PTS |
|
|
 |
 |
 |
| Latvia |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
55 |
3 |
6 |
|
16 - 2 |
14 - 0 |
25 - 1 |
| Great Britain |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
16 |
22 |
4 |
2 - 16 |
|
6 - 1 |
8 - 5 |
| Netherlands |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
22 |
2 |
0 - 14 |
1 - 6 |
|
5 - 2 |
| Bulgaria |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
8 |
38 |
0 |
1 - 25 |
5 - 8 |
2 - 5 |
|
- Group B
| Team |
GP |
W |
L |
T |
GF |
GA |
PTS |
|
|
 |
 |
 |
| Slovakia |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
49 |
1 |
6 |
|
22 - 0 |
12 - 1 |
15 - 0 |
| Denmark |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
26 |
4 |
0 - 22 |
|
5 - 4 |
4 - 0 |
| Hungary |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
15 |
17 |
2 |
1 - 12 |
4 - 5 |
|
10 - 0 |
| Spain |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
29 |
0 |
0 - 15 |
0 - 4 |
0 - 10 |
|
Placement Games
Slovakia was promoted to Pool B for 1995.
References
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