Host country Finland Venue(s) 4 (in 4 host cities) Runner-up Canada | Teams 5 Champions Soviet Union | |
Dates December 26, 1975 –
January 1, 1976 | ||
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. This was the third edition of the IIHF World U20 Championship, but the results are not included in official IIHF records. 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. The United States did not participate in this tournament, after having competed in the 1974 and 1975 tournaments.
Final standings
The tournament was a round-robin format, with each team playing each of the other four teams once each.
References
1976 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA