Host country United States Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city) | Teams 8 Runner-up Sweden | |
Dates December 26 - January 4 Champions Soviet Union (8th title) | ||
The 1989 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1989 WJHC) was the 13th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held in Anchorage, Alaska, United States. The Soviet Union won the gold medal, its eighth, and ultimately final, championship. Sweden won silver, and Czechoslovakia the bronze.
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Final standings
The 1989 tournament was a round-robin format, with the top three teams winning gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.
West Germany was relegated to Pool B for 1990.
Tournament all-stars
Qualification for Pool B
Because Denmark had used an ineligible player in last year's Pool C, a special challenge was played with Italy (who had come second). The games were played in Canazei, Italy.
Pool B
Eight teams contested the second tier this year in Chamonix, France from March 19 to 28. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games.
Poland was promoted to Pool A and the Netherlands was relegated to Pool C for 1990.
Pool C
This five team tournament was a round robin played in Basingstoke, Great Britain from March 16 to 22.
Austria was promoted to Pool B for 1990.