1982 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships


The 1982 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the sixth edition Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held from December 22, 1981, until January 2, 1982. The tournament was hosted by the United States in various cities across the state of Minnesota with some games also played in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario. Canada won their first gold medal at the World Juniors, while Czechoslovakia and Finland won silver and bronze, respectively.

Pool A

The 1982 tournament was a round-robin format, with the top three teams winning gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.

Final standings

was relegated to Pool B for the 1983 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Results

Scoring leaders

Tournament awards

Pool B

Pool B was played on March 16–20, in Heerenveen in the Netherlands. Two groups of four played round robins, with placement games pitting the respective finishers against each other. Japan made their debut, replacing absent Poland.

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Final round

7th place game

5th place game

3rd place game

1st place game

was promoted to Pool A for the 1983 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Scoring leaders

RankPlayerCountry
1Wolfgang Kocher729
2Erik Lodberg606
3Jean-Francois Beaudoing426
3Motoki Ebina426
3Finn Juhl426
6Franck Ganis336
6Toshiyuki Sakai336
6Herbert Keckeis336
9Milos Piperski505