Host country United States Venue(s) 7 (in 6 host cities) Runner-up Sweden | Teams 10 Champions Canada (9th title) | |
Dates December 26, 1995 - January 4, 1996 | ||
The 1996 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1996 WJHC) was the 20th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championship, hosted in Massachusetts. The tournament was won by Canada—defeating Sweden 4-1 in the gold-medal game—earning Canada their fourth straight gold medal and ninth overall, tying the Soviet team's record in both regards.
Contents
- Relegation round
- Goaltending leaders
- Tournament awards
- Pool B
- Preliminary Round
- Final Round
- Relegation Round
- Pool C
- Placement Games
- Pool D
- References
Attendance was less than spectacular for the championships in the United States. It would be the last time the US would host the tournament until 2005 in Grand Forks.
Among this edition of the tournament's future NHL stars were Milan Hejduk, Miikka Kiprusoff, Chris Drury, Marco Sturm, José Theodore, Mattias Ohlund, Daymond Langkow, Sergei Samsonov and tournament scoring leader Jarome Iginla.
This was the first World Juniors tournament to implement the two groups, round-robin/preliminaries and playoff format. It was also Slovakia's first appearance at the top level in the junior tournament.
Relegation round
Ukraine was relegated for the 1997 World Junior Championships.
Goaltending leaders
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
Tournament awards
Pool B
The second tier was held in Sosnowiec and Tychy Poland, from December 28 to January 4. Two groups of four played round robins, and then the top three played each of the top three teams from the other group. All scores carried forward except the results against the lone eliminated team from each group.
Preliminary Round
Final Round
Poland was promoted to Pool A for 1997.
Relegation Round
Austria was relegated to Pool C for 1997.
Pool C
Played in Jesenice, Bled, and Kranj Slovenia from December 30 to January 3.
Preliminary Round
Placement Games
Kazakhstan was promoted to Pool B, and Spain was relegated to Pool D for 1997.
Pool D
Played in Tallinn Estonia from December 31 to January 4.
Preliminary Round
Placement Games
Croatia was promoted to Pool C for 1997.