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1982 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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Host countries
  
Venue(s)
  
15 (in 15 host cities)

Runner-up
  
Teams
  
8

Champions
  
Canada (1st title)

Dates
  
December 22, 1981 –January 2, 1982

The 1982 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1982 WJHC) was the sixth edition World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held from December 22, 1981, until January 2, 1982. The tournament was hosted by the United States in various cities across the state of Minnesota with some games also played in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario. Canada won their first gold medal at the World Juniors, while Czechoslovakia and Finland won silver and bronze, respectively.

Contents

Pool A

The 1982 tournament was a round-robin format, with the top three teams winning gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.

Final standings

  Switzerland was relegated to Pool B for the 1983 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Pool B

Pool B was played on March 16–20, in Heerenveen in the Netherlands. Two groups of four played round robins, with placement games pitting the respective finishers against each other. Japan made their debut, replacing absent Poland.

1st place game

 Norway was promoted to Pool A for the 1983 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

References

1982 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships Wikipedia


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