1990 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 1990 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 14th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held mainly in Helsinki, Finland. Canada won the gold medal, its fourth world junior championship, while the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia won silver and bronze, respectively.Final standings
The 1990 tournament was a round-robin format, with the top three teams winning gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.
| Rank | Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 18 | 11 |
| | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 23 | 11 |
| | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 17 | 10 |
| 4 | | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 21 | 9 |
| 5 | | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 29 | 9 |
| 6 | | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 51 | 4 |
| 7 | | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 37 | 2 |
| 8 | | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 65 | 0 |
Poland was relegated to Pool B for 1991.Results
Scoring leaders
Tournament awards
Pool B
Eight teams contested the second tier this year in Bad Tölz West Germany from March 26 to April 4. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games.
;Standings
| Rank | Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 1 | | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 14 | 12 | | | 3 - 0 | 8 - 4 | 7 - 1 | 4 - 6 | 9 - 2 | 6 - 1 | 11 - 0 |
| 2 | | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 12 | 12 | | 0 - 3 | | 5 - 2 | 4 - 2 | 5 - 2 | 4 - 0 | 11 - 1 | 6 - 2 |
| 3 | | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 33 | 9 | | 4 - 8 | 2 - 5 | | 5 - 3 | 5 - 4 | 9 - 2 | 6 - 4 | 7 - 7 |
| 4 | | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 31 | 6 | | 1 - 7 | 2 - 4 | 3 - 5 | | 6 - 2 | 4 - 4 | 5 - 5 | 5 - 4 |
| 5 | | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 30 | 6 | | 6 - 4 | 2 - 5 | 4 - 5 | 2 - 6 | | 11 - 2 | 4 - 5 | 10 - 3 |
| 6 | | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 43 | 5 | | 2 - 9 | 0 - 4 | 2 - 9 | 4 - 4 | 2 - 11 | | 3 - 2 | 7 - 4 |
| 7 | | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 39 | 5 | | 1 - 6 | 1 - 11 | 4 - 6 | 5 - 5 | 5 - 4 | 2 - 3 | | 9 - 4 |
| 8 | | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 55 | 1 | | 0 - 11 | 2 - 6 | 7 - 7 | 4 - 5 | 3 - 10 | 4 - 7 | 4 - 9 | |
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Switzerland was promoted to Pool A and Yugoslavia was relegated to Pool C for 1991.Pool C
Pool C was contested by seven teams in Eindhoven Netherlands from March 16 to 25. The South Korean juniors made their debut this year.
;Standings
| Rank | Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 1 | | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 17 | 10 | | | 3 - 4 | 4 - 3 | 6 - 2 | 11 - 4 | 7 - 2 | 9 - 2 |
| 2 | | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 9 | | 4 - 3 | | 3 - 1 | 4 - 4 | 10 - 1 | 2 - 3 | 4 - 2 |
| 3 | | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 11 | 8 | | 3 - 4 | 1 - 3 | | 6 - 1 | 6 - 0 | 7- 1 | 11 - 2 |
| 4 | | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 30 | 7 | | 2 - 6 | 4 - 4 | 1 - 6 | | 7 - 6 | 3 - 2 | 9 - 6 |
| 5 | | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 40 | 4 | | 4 - 11 | 1 - 10 | 0 - 6 | 6 - 7 | | 6 - 4 | 7 - 2 |
| 6 | | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 30 | 4 | | 2 - 7 | 3 - 2 | 1 - 7 | 2 - 3 | 4 - 6 | | 6 - 5 |
| 7 | | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 46 | 0 | | 2 - 9 | 2 - 4 | 2 - 11 | 6 - 9 | 2 - 7 | 5 - 6 | |
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The Netherlands was promoted to Pool B for 1991.
