1993 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
# 1993 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 1993 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1993 WJHC) was the 17th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held in Gävle, Sweden. Canada won the gold medal, its sixth championship, while Sweden won silver, and the combined team of the Czech Republic and Slovakia won bronze. Peter Forsberg of Sweden scored a tournament record 31 points, while teammate Markus Näslund's 13 goals also set a tournament record.

## Final standings

The 1993 tournament was a round-robin format, with the top three teams winning gold, silver and bronze medals respectively. As the tournament was ongoing, the nation of Czechoslovakia was dissolved into two separate nations, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, on New Years Day, 1993. The team remained unified throughout the tournament, however the Czechoslovakian flag and anthem were replaced with the flag and anthem of the International Ice Hockey Federation on January 1. Meanwhile, the former Soviet Union, which had competed in 1992 as the Commonwealth of Independent States was replaced in this tournament by Russia.

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Canada | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 17 | +20 | 12 |
| 2 | Sweden | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 15 | +38 | 12 |
| 3 | Czech Republic and Slovakia | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 27 | +11 | 9 |
| 4 | United States | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 23 | +9 | 8 |
| 5 | Finland | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 20 | +11 | 7 |
| 6 | Russia | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 20 | +6 | 6 |
| 7 | Germany | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 37 | −21 | 2 |
| 8 | Japan | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 83 | −74 | 0 |

* ↑ started championship as Czechoslovakia

Japan was relegated to Pool B for 1994.

## Results

### Scoring leaders

| Rank | Player | Country | G | A | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Peter Forsberg | Sweden | 7 | 24 | 31 |
| 2 | Markus Näslund | Sweden | 13 | 11 | 24 |
| 3 | David Výborný | Czechoslovakia | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| 4 | Niklas Sundström | Sweden | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| 5 | Jere Lehtinen | Finland | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 6 | Pat Peake | United States | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 7 | Peter Ferraro | United States | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 8 | Ville Peltonen | Finland | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 9 | Chris Ferraro | United States | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 10 | Jan Vopat | Czechoslovakia | 6 | 4 | 10 |

### Tournament awards

| | IIHF Directorate Awards | Media All-Star Team |
| - | - | - |
| Goaltender | Manny Legace | Manny Legace |
| Defencemen | Janne Grönvall | Brent Tully Kenny Jönsson |
| Forwards | Peter Forsberg | Paul Kariya Markus Näslund Peter Forsberg |

## Pool B

Eight teams contested the second tier this year in Lillehammer and Hamar Norway from December 27 to January 5. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts | | | | | | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Switzerland | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 13 | +26 | 13 | | 5–4 | 5–1 | 7–1 | 6–4 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 11–0 |
| 2 | Norway | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 11 | +38 | 12 | 4–5 | | 5–0 | 7–0 | 8–4 | 7–1 | 9–1 | 9–0 |
| 3 | Italy | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 18 | +5 | 9 | 1–5 | 0–5 | | 3–1 | 6–3 | 0–0 | 7–3 | 6–1 |
| 4 | Austria | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 23 | +3 | 8 | 1–7 | 0–7 | 1–3 | | 2–1 | 6–3 | 9–1 | 7–1 |
| 5 | France | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 30 | −4 | 6 | 4–6 | 4–8 | 3–6 | 1–2 | | 4–3 | 5–2 | 5–3 |
| 6 | Poland | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 28 | −11 | 3 | 2–4 | 1–7 | 0–0 | 3–6 | 3–4 | | 5–3 | 3–4 |
| 7 | Romania | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 37 | −21 | 3 | 1–1 | 1–9 | 3–7 | 1–9 | 2–5 | 3–5 | | 5–1 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 46 | −36 | 2 | 0–11 | 0–9 | 1–6 | 1–7 | 3–5 | 4–3 | 1–5 | |

Switzerland was promoted to Pool A and the Netherlands was relegated to Pool C for 1994.

## Qualification for Pool C

Nine countries played a qualification tournament from November 10 to 15, for a spot in the C Pool. Five teams played in Riga Latvia while the remaining four played in Minsk Belarus, with the first place teams playing each other in Riga. Greece was the only competitor who was not making their debut.

### Riga Group

| Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts | | | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Latvia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 5 | +66 | 8 | | 2–1 | 12–3 | 10–0 | 47–1 |
| Slovenia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 6 | +40 | 6 | 1–2 | | 4–3 | 11–0 | 30–1 |
| Estonia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 21 | +25 | 4 | 3–12 | 3–4 | | 6–3 | 34–2 |
| Croatia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 27 | −3 | 2 | 0–10 | 0–11 | 3–6 | | 21–0 |
| Greece | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 132 | −128 | 0 | 1–47 | 1–30 | 2–34 | 0–21 | |

### Minsk Group

| Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts | | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ukraine | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | +24 | 6 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 20–0 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1 | +16 | 4 | 0–1 | | 4–0 | 13–0 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 7 | +12 | 2 | 0–3 | 0–4 | | 19–0 |
| Lithuania | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 52 | −52 | 0 | 0–20 | 0–13 | 0–19 | |

### Qualification Game

Ukraine won the right to participate in Pool C.

## Pool C

Eight teams were divided into two round robin groups, with placement games to follow (1st played 1st, etc.). The tournament took place from December 30 to January 3, in Odense and Esbjerg Denmark.

### Preliminary round

**Group A**

| Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts | | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ukraine | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 3 | +35 | 6 | | 9–2 | 16–1 | 13–0 |
| Hungary | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 2–9 | | 5–5 | 8–1 |
| North Korea | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 24 | −15 | 2 | 1–16 | 5–5 | | 3–3 |
| Spain | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 24 | −20 | 1 | 0–13 | 1–8 | 3–3 | |

**Group B**

| Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts | | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Denmark | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 10 | +13 | 5 | | 9–1 | 5–5 | 9–4 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 17 | −5 | 3 | 1–9 | | 6–3 | 5–5 |
| Great Britain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 3 | 5–5 | 3–6 | | 7–1 |
| South Korea | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 21 | −11 | 1 | 4–9 | 5–5 | 1–7 | |

### Placement Games

* 7th place: Spain 13 - 2 South Korea
* 5th place: Great Britain 4 - 2 North Korea
* 3rd place: Hungary 15 - 4 Bulgaria
* 1st Place: Ukraine 8 - 3 Denmark

Ukraine was promoted to Pool B for 1994.

