1992 edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
1992 IIHF World U20 Championship Host country Germany Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities) Dates December 26, 1991 – January 4, 1992 Teams 8 Champions CIS (1st title) Runner-up Sweden Third place United States Fourth place Finland Games played 28 Goals scored 214 (7.64 per game) Attendance 55,750 (1,991 per game) Scoring leader(s) Michael Nylander (17 points)
The 1992 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1992 WJHC ) was the 16th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held from December 26, 1991, until January 4, 1992. It was held in Füssen and Kaufbeuren , Germany . The Commonwealth of Independent States won gold, while Sweden won silver, and the United States took home the bronze medal.
Final standings
The 1992 tournament was a round-robin format, with the top three teams winning gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.
The day the tournament began, the Soviet Union formally dissolved . In the week that followed the team continued to play as the Soviet Union, but on January 1, 1992, the team was renamed the Commonwealth of Independent States .[ 1] Sergejs Žoltoks and Sandis Ozoliņš (from Latvia ) and Darius Kasparaitis (from Lithuania ) were from nations not part of the Commonwealth.
Switzerland was relegated to Pool B for 1993 .
Results
Scoring leaders
Tournament awards
Pool B
Eight teams contested the second tier this year in Tychy and Oswiecim Poland from December 27 to January 5. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games. This tournament offered a rather improbable result; four of the eight teams finished tied for first.
Standings
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
D
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Japan
7
5
2
0
32
18
+14
10
7–4
2–4
4–2
3–2
5–2
2–3
9–1
2
Poland
7
5
2
0
42
19
+23
10
4–7
5–3
5–1
3–6
9–0
7–2
9–0
3
Norway
7
5
2
0
45
17
+28
10
4–2
3–5
1–4
8–0
14–2
6–2
9–2
4
France
7
5
2
0
31
15
+16
10
2–4
1–5
4–1
6–1
5–1
4–1
9–2
5
Romania
7
4
3
0
23
26
−3
8
2–3
6–3
0–8
1–6
3–0
3–2
8–4
6
Netherlands
7
2
5
0
14
38
−24
4
2–5
0–9
2–14
1–5
0–3
4–1
5–1
7
Austria
7
2
5
0
16
29
−13
4
3–2
2–7
2–6
1–4
2–3
1–4
5–3
8
North Korea
7
0
7
0
13
54
−41
0
1–9
0–9
2–9
2–9
4–8
1–5
3–5
Japan was promoted to Pool A and North Korea was relegated to Pool C for 1993 .
Pool C
Pool C was contested by nine teams from December 28, to January 4, in Marino and Rome Italy . In the first round the nine teams were divided into three groups of three. The second round pitted the three first place teams against each other, likewise for the second place teams. Greece was disqualified for using an ineligible player, so they did not participate in the final round.[ 2]
Preliminary round
Group A
Team
Pld
W
L
D
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Italy
2
2
0
0
21
1
+20
4
8–1
13–0
South Korea
2
1
1
0
8
8
0
2
1–8
7–0
Greece
2
0
2
0
0
20
−20
0
0–13
0–7
Group B
Team
Pld
W
L
D
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Denmark
2
2
0
0
22
1
+21
4
10–0
12–1
Hungary
2
1
1
0
8
10
−2
2
0–10
8–0
Bulgaria
2
0
2
0
1
20
−19
0
1–12
0–8
Group C
Final Round
Promotion Group
Group A
Team
Pld
W
L
D
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Italy
2
2
0
0
9
5
+4
4
5–2
4–3
Denmark
2
1
1
0
8
8
0
2
2–5
6–3
Great Britain
2
0
2
0
6
10
−4
0
3–4
3–6
Italy was promoted to Pool B for 1993 .
Fourth Place Group
Group A
Team
Pld
W
L
D
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Spain
2
2
0
0
11
8
+3
4
5–4
6–4
Hungary
2
1
1
0
8
8
0
2
4–5
4–3
South Korea
2
0
2
0
7
10
−3
0
4–6
3–4
Seventh Place Yugoslavia 1 - 1 Bulgaria
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