1995 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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The 1995 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1995 WJHC) was the 19th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was hosted in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada with games held throughout central Alberta. The host Canadians won their third straight gold medal, and its eighth overall, while Russia won silver, and Sweden the bronze.

1995 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details

Host country	Canada
Venue(s)	13 (in 13 host cities)
Dates	December 26, 1994 – January 6, 1995
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Canada (8th title)
Runner-up	Russia
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played	28
Goals scored	249 (8.89 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Marty Murray (15 points)
← 1994 1996 →

Final standings

The 1995 tournament was a round-robin format, with the top three teams winning gold, silver and bronze medals respectively. It was the last tournament, to use this round-robin format.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Canada	7	7	0	0	49	22	+27	14
2	Russia	7	5	2	0	36	24	+12	10
3	Sweden	7	4	2	1	35	21	+14	9
4	Finland	7	3	3	1	29	26	+3	7
5	United States	7	3	4	0	28	33	−5	6
6	Czech Republic	7	3	4	0	43	26	+17	6
7	Germany	7	1	6	0	17	55	−38	2
8	Ukraine	7	1	6	0	12	42	−30	2

Source: Hockey Canada

No team was relegated to Pool B as the tournament expanded to ten teams for 1996.

Results

December 26, 1994

7 – 1

December 26, 1994

10 – 2

December 26, 1994

3 – 0

December 26, 1994

4 – 3

December 27, 1994

9 – 1

December 27, 1994

4 – 3

December 27, 1994

6 – 2

Rocky Mountain House

December 27, 1994

4 – 2

December 29, 1994

8 – 3

December 29, 1994

4 – 3

December 29, 1994

4 – 2

December 29, 1994

7 – 1

December 30, 1994

7 – 5

December 30, 1994

7 – 1

December 30, 1994

8 – 1

December 30, 1994

7 – 5

January 1, 1995

6 – 4

January 1, 1995

6 – 4

January 1, 1995

10 – 1

January 1, 1995

5 – 3

January 2, 1995

8 – 5

January 2, 1995

3 – 3

January 2, 1995

14 – 3

January 2, 1995

3 – 2

January 4, 1995

4 – 3

January 4, 1995

6 – 2

January 4, 1995

6 – 2

January 4, 1995

7 – 5

Scoring leaders

Rank	Player	Country	G	A	Pts
1	Marty Murray	Canada	6	9	15
2	Jason Allison	Canada	3	12	15
3	Bryan McCabe	Canada	3	9	12
4	Alexander Serikow	Germany	2	9	11
5	Éric Dazé	Canada	8	2	10
5	Alexander Korolyuk	Russia	8	2	10
7	Adam Deadmarsh	United States	6	4	10
7	Václav Varaďa	Czech Republic	6	4	10
9	Josef Marha	Czech Republic	5	5	10
10	Vadim Sharifyanov	Russia	4	6	10

Tournament awards

	IIHF Directorate Awards	Media All-Star Team
Goaltender	Yevgeni Tarasov	Igor Karpenko
Defencemen	Bryan McCabe	Bryan McCabe Anders Eriksson
Forwards	Marty Murray	Jason Allison Éric Dazé Marty Murray

Pool B

Eight teams contested the second tier this year in Caen, Rouen, Le Havre, and Louviers France from December 27 to January 5. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games. Two teams were promoted, no team was relegated because of the expansion of the top tier.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Switzerland	7	5	0	2	40	12	+28	12			3–1	4–4	4–1	4–4	6–1	11–1	8–0
2	Slovakia	7	5	2	0	33	16	+17	10		1–3		4–2	6–1	4–1	8–2	7–3	3–4
3	Poland	7	4	2	1	26	22	+4	9		4–4	2–4		0–6	5–4	4–1	6–0	5–3
4	France	7	4	3	0	24	15	+9	8		1–4	1–6	6–0		1–2	3–0	6–3	6–0
5	Norway	7	3	3	1	27	26	+1	7		4–4	1–4	4–5	2–1		2–7	9–1	5–4
6	Austria	7	2	4	1	20	31	−11	5		1–6	2–8	1–4	0–3	7–2		4–4	5–4
7	Japan	7	1	5	1	17	44	−27	3		1–11	3–7	0–6	3–6	1–9	4–4		5–1
8	Italy	7	1	6	0	16	37	−21	2		0–8	4–3	3–5	0–6	4–5	4–5	1–5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Switzerland and Slovakia were promoted to Pool A for 1996.

Qualification for Pool C1

This would be the final year for a pre-tournament qualification. The winner of this tournament would participate in the C1 pool, second and third would participate in C2. It was played from September 3 to 5, in Minsk, Belarus.^[1]

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Belarus	2	2	0	0	13	5	+8	4			8–4	5–1
Kazakhstan	2	1	1	0	15	8	+7	2		4–8		11–0
Slovenia	2	0	2	0	1	16	−15	0		1–5	0–11

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Pool C1

Eight teams were divided into two round robin groups, with placement games to follow (1st played 1st, etc.). Because there were to be two teams promoted, each group winner secured promotion before the placement games. The tournament took place from December 29 to January 3, in Puigcerda Spain.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hungary	3	3	0	0	22	3	+19	6			5–2	11–0	6–1
Belarus	3	2	1	0	13	9	+4	4		2–5		3–2	8–2
Romania	3	1	2	0	6	17	−11	2		0–11	2–3		4–3
Great Britain	3	0	3	0	6	18	−12	0		1–6	2–8	3–4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Hungary was promoted to Pool B for 1996.

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Latvia	3	3	0	0	29	6	+23	6			7–5	9–0	13–1
Denmark	3	2	1	0	15	11	+4	4		5–7		5–2	5–2
Spain	3	1	2	0	6	17	−11	2		0–9	2–5		4–3
Netherlands	3	0	3	0	6	22	−16	0		1–13	2–5	3–4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Latvia was promoted to Pool B for 1996.

Placement Games

7th place: Netherlands 4 - 3(ot) Great Britain
5th place: Spain 3 - 2 Romania
3rd place: Denmark 3 - 2 Belarus
1st Place: Latvia 5 - 2 Hungary

Pool C2

Six teams played a round robin, with the top two gain promotion for the following year's Pool C, the remaining teams would be placed in Pool D. It was played from December 31 to January 6, in Tallinn Estonia.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Kazakhstan	5	3	0	2	47	10	+37	8			3–3	13–1	11–2	2–2	18–2
2	Slovenia	5	3	0	2	40	15	+25	8		3–3		3–3	9–3	8–2	17–4
3	Estonia	5	2	1	2	24	25	−1	6		1–13	3–3		6–4	2–2	12–3
4	Lithuania	5	2	3	0	29	30	−1	4		2–11	3–9	4–6		7–2	13–2
5	Croatia	5	0	2	3	10	21	−11	3		2–2	2–8	2–2	2–7		2–2
6	Yugoslavia	5	0	4	1	13	62	−49	1		2–18	4–17	3–12	2–13	2–2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Kazakhstan and Slovenia were promoted to Pool C for 1996.

References

^ Championnats du monde junior 1994/95 des moins de 20 ans

Podnieks, Andrew (1998). Red, White, and Gold: Canada at the World Junior Championships 1974–1999. ECW Press. ISBN 1-55022-382-8.
1995 World Junior Hockey Championships at TSN
http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/U-20_1995.htm at Passionhockey.com

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