1984 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 1984 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1984 WJHC) was the eighth edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. It was held from December 25, 1983, to January 3, 1984, in Norrköping and Nyköping, Sweden. The Soviet Union won its second consecutive gold medal and sixth overall. Finland won silver and Czechoslovakia bronze.

1984 IIHF World U20 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Sweden
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	December 25, 1983 – January 3, 1984
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union (6th title)
Runner-up	Finland
Third place	Czechoslovakia
Fourth place	Canada
Tournament statistics
Games played	28
Goals scored	271 (9.68 per game)
Attendance	32,384 (1,157 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Raimo Helminen (24 points)
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Pool A

The 1984 tournament was a round-robin format, with the top three teams winning gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Soviet Union	7	6	0	1	50	17	+33	13
2	Finland	7	6	1	0	44	21	+23	12
3	Czechoslovakia	7	5	2	0	51	24	+27	10
4	Canada	7	4	2	1	39	17	+22	9
5	Sweden	7	3	4	0	27	28	−1	6
6	United States	7	2	5	0	32	38	−6	4
7	West Germany	7	1	6	0	12	54	−42	2
8	Switzerland	7	0	7	0	16	72	−56	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

  Switzerland was relegated to Pool B for the 1985 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Results

December 25, 1983

Canada

2 – 4 (1–3, 0–1, 1–0)

Finland

Nyköping

December 25, 1983

Switzerland

2 – 14 (1–7, 0–6, 1–1)

Soviet Union

Norrköping

December 25, 1983

Czechoslovakia

6 – 1 (1–1, 2–0, 3–0)

West Germany

Nyköping

December 25, 1983

Sweden

4 – 1 (0–0, 3–0, 1–1)

United States

Norrköping

December 26, 1983

United States

2 – 5 (0–3, 2–2, 0–0)

Canada

Nyköping

December 26, 1983

Sweden

5 – 2 (3–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Switzerland

Norrköping

December 26, 1983

West Germany

1 – 9 (0–3, 0–3, 1–3)

Soviet Union

Norrköping

December 26, 1983

Finland

8 – 7 (3–3, 4–2, 2–1)

Czechoslovakia

Norrköping

December 28, 1983

Canada

12 – 0 (1–0, 7–0, 4–0)

Switzerland

Norrköping

December 28, 1983

Soviet Union

3 – 1 (2–0, 0–0, 1–1)

Finland

Nyköping

December 28, 1983

Sweden

11 – 2 (7–1, 3–1, 1–0)

West Germany

Nyköping

December 28, 1983

Czechoslovakia

10 – 1 (4–0, 3–1, 3–0)

United States

Norrköping

December 29, 1983

West Germany

0 – 7 (0–1, 0–5, 0–1)

Canada

Nyköping

December 28, 1983

Czechoslovakia

13 – 2 (3–0, 2–1, 8–1)

Switzerland

Nyköping

December 29, 1983

Finland

4 – 1 (0–0, 1–1, 3–0)

Sweden

Norrköping

December 29, 1983

United States

4 – 7 (3–3, 1–1, 0–3)

Soviet Union

Norrköping

December 31, 1983

Canada

6 – 2 (0–1, 3–1, 3–0)

Sweden

Norrköping

December 31, 1983

Soviet Union

6 – 4 (5–0, 0–1, 1–3)

Czechoslovakia

Nyköping

December 31, 1983

Switzerland

3 – 4 (1–1, 1–1, 1–2)

West Germany

Norrköping

December 31, 1983

United States

2 – 7 (0–0, 2–3, 0–4)

Finland

Nyköping

January 2, 1984

Canada

3 – 3 (0–0, 3–1, 0–0)

Soviet Union

Norrköping

January 2, 1984

Switzerland

4 – 12 (3-4, 1–4, 0–4)

Finland

Nyköping

January 2, 1984

Sweden

2 – 5 (1–2, 0–0, 1–3)

Czechoslovakia

Nyköping

January 2, 1984

West Germany

2 – 10 (0–5, 2–5, 0–0)

United States

Norrköping

January 3, 1984

Czechoslovakia

6 – 4 (1–2, 1–1, 4–1)

Canada

Nyköping

January 3, 1984

Finland

8 – 2 (1–0, 5–0, 2–2)

West Germany

Nyköping

January 3, 1984

Soviet Union

8 – 2 (1–1, 4–0, 3–1)

Sweden

Norrköping

January 3, 1984

Switzerland

3 – 12 (1–2, 0–5, 2–5)

United States

Norrköping

Scoring leaders

Rank	Player	Country	G	A	Pts
1	Raimo Helminen	Finland	11	13	24
2	Petr Rosol	Czechoslovakia	10	5	15
3	Aleksandr Chernykh	Soviet Union	7	7	14
4	Vladimír Kameš	Czechoslovakia	8	5	13
5	Russ Courtnall	Canada	7	6	13
6	Nikolai Borschevsky	Soviet Union	6	7	13
7	Esa Tikkanen	Finland	8	4	12
8	Esa Keskinen	Finland	4	8	12
9	Libor Dolana	Czechoslovakia	7	4	11
10	Sergei Nemchinov	Soviet Union	5	6	11

Tournament awards

	IIHF Directorate Awards	Media All-Star Team
Goaltender	Allan Perry	Evgeny Belosheikin
Defencemen	Alexei Gusarov	Alexei Gusarov František Musil
Forwards	Raimo Helminen	Petr Rosol Raimo Helminen Nikolai Borschevsky

Pool B

The second tier was contested from March 19–25, in Caen, 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.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Austria	3	3	0	0	15	10	+5	6
Norway	3	2	1	0	22	11	+11	4
France	3	1	2	0	19	17	+2	2
Romania	3	0	3	0	9	27	−18	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Norway

11 – 2 (4–0, 3–0, 4–2)

Romania

Caen

France

4 – 5 (1–2, 3–2, 0–1)

Austria

Caen

Romania

2 – 4 (1–1, 1–0, 0–3)

Austria

Caen

France

3 – 7 (3–5, 0–2, 0–0)

Norway

Caen

Norway

4 – 6 (1–1, 0–3, 3–2)

Austria

Caen

France

12 – 5 (3–1, 5–2, 4–2)

Romania

Caen

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Poland	3	2	0	1	20	12	+8	5
Japan	3	1	0	2	22	13	+9	4
Netherlands	3	1	1	1	13	15	−2	3
Denmark	3	0	3	0	4	19	−15	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Poland

8 – 4 (4–0, 4–2, 0–2)

Netherlands

Caen

Japan

10 – 1 (2–1, 6–0, 2–0)

Denmark

Caen

Netherlands

6 - 6 (3–1, 1-4, 2–1)

Japan

Caen

Poland

6 – 2 (3-1, 1–1, 2–0)

Denmark

Caen

Denmark

1 – 3

Netherlands

Caen

Japan

6 - 6 (1–1, 4–3, 1–2)

Poland

Caen

Final Round

Promotion Group

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Poland	3	2	0	1	15	12	+3	5			4–2	6–6	5–4
Austria	3	2	1	0	13	11	+2	4		2–4		5–3	6–4
Japan	3	1	1	1	14	14	0	3		6–6	3–5		5–3
Norway	3	0	3	0	11	16	−5	0		4–5	4–6	3–5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Poland was promoted to Pool A for 1985.

Relegation Group

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	3	3	0	0	12	6	+6	6			6–4	3–1	3–1
France	3	2	1	0	21	13	+8	4		4–6		12–5	5–2
Romania	3	1	2	0	11	18	−7	2		1–3	5–12		5–3
Denmark	3	0	3	0	6	13	−7	0		1–3	2–5	3–5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Denmark was Demoted to Pool C for 1985.

Pool C

This year, Pool C used the same format as Pool B. It was played in Varese Italy from March 25 to 31. Seven countries participated along with a second Italian team that received no official ranking. British and Spanish junior teams made their debut this year.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hungary	3	2	0	1	19	6	+13	5			3–3	6–2	10–1
Bulgaria	3	2	0	1	13	6	+7	5		3–3		5–3	5–0
Belgium	3	1	2	0	9	13	−4	2		2–6	3–5		4–2
Italy B	3	0	3	0	3	19	−16	0		1–10	0–5	2–4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	3	2	0	1	30	8	+22	5			2–2	12–4	16–2
Spain	3	2	0	1	14	9	+5	5		2–2		7–3	5–4
Great Britain	3	1	2	0	14	24	−10	2		4–12	3–7		7–5
Australia	3	0	3	0	11	28	−17	0		2–16	4–5	5–7

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Final Round

Promotion Group

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	3	2	0	1	13	8	+5	5			3–1	8–5	2–2
Bulgaria	3	1	1	1	14	9	+5	3		1–3		3–3	10–3
Hungary	3	1	1	1	18	15	+3	3		5–8	3–3		10–4
Spain	3	0	2	1	9	22	−13	1		2–2	3–10	4–10

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Italy was promoted to Pool B for 1985.

Consolation Group

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Belgium	3	3	0	0	21	7	+14	6			9–2	8–3	4–2
Great Britain	3	2	1	0	15	17	−2	4		2–9		7–5	6–3
Australia	3	1	2	0	13	16	−3	2		3–8	5–7		5–1
Italy B	3	0	3	0	6	15	−9	0		2–4	3–6	1–5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

References

• Podnieks, Andrew (1998). Red, White, and Gold: Canada at the World Junior Championships 1974–1999. ECW Press. ISBN 1-55022-382-8.
• 1984 World Junior Hockey Championships at TSN
• Results at passionhockey.com