International ice hockey competition
1985 IIHF World U20 ChampionshipTournament details |
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Host country | Finland |
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Venue(s) | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
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Dates | December 23, 1984 – January 1, 1985 |
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Teams | 8 |
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Final positions |
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Champions ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Gold_medal_blank.svg/10px-Gold_medal_blank.svg.png) | Canada (2nd title) |
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Runner-up ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Silver_medal_blank.svg/10px-Silver_medal_blank.svg.png) | Czechoslovakia |
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Third place ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Bronze_medal_blank.svg/10px-Bronze_medal_blank.svg.png) | Soviet Union |
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Fourth place | Finland |
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Tournament statistics |
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Games played | 28 |
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Goals scored | 230 (8.21 per game) |
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Attendance | 61,023 (2,179 per game) |
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Scoring leader(s) | Esa Keskinen (20 points) |
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The 1985 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1985 WJHC) was the 9th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held mainly in Turku and Helsinki, Finland. Canada won the gold medal, its second championship, Czechoslovakia silver and the Soviet Union bronze.
Final standings
The 1985 tournament was a round-robin format, with the top three teams winning gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.
Source: Hockey Canada
Poland was relegated to Pool B for 1986.
Results
Scoring leaders
Tournament awards
Pool B
Eight teams contested the second tier this year in Sapporo Japan from March 15 to 24. 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 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 22 | +36 | 14 | | | 5–4 | 5–3 | 20–7 | 6–1 | 7–1 | 8–6 | 7–0 |
2 | Netherlands | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 14 | +33 | 11 | | 4–5 | | 4–4 | 8–1 | 5–1 | 7–1 | 7–1 | 12–1 |
3 | Japan | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 23 | +11 | 9 | | 3–5 | 4–4 | | 10–3 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 3–5 | 6–3 |
4 | Austria | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 53 | −23 | 7 | | 7–20 | 1–8 | 3–10 | | 5–5 | 3–2 | 7–6 | 4–2 |
5 | Norway | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 28 | −5 | 5 | | 1–6 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 5–5 | | 1–2 | 7–1 | 7–6 |
6 | Italy | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 28 | −14 | 4 | | 1–7 | 1–7 | 2–5 | 2–3 | 2–1 | | 5–3 | 1–2 |
7 | Romania | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 42 | −15 | 3 | | 6–8 | 1–7 | 5–3 | 6–7 | 1–7 | 3–5 | | 5–5 |
8 | France | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 42 | −23 | 3 | | 0–7 | 1–12 | 3–6 | 2–4 | 6–7 | 2–1 | 5–5 | |
Source: [citation needed]
Switzerland was promoted to Pool A and France was relegated to Pool C for 1986.
Pool C
This tournament took place in Belgium from February 22 to 27. It was played in Brussels, Heist-op-den-Berg, Liège, Geel, Deurne and Antwerp.
- Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts | | | | | | | |
1 | Bulgaria | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 17 | +11 | 10 | | | 3–2 | 11–9 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 5–4 |
2 | Hungary | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 12 | +23 | 8 | | 2–3 | | 6–1 | 10–2 | 11–2 | 6–4 |
3 | Belgium | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 27 | +5 | 5 | | 9–11 | 1–6 | | 5–5 | 11–1 | 6–4 |
4 | Denmark [A] | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 24 | −4 | 5 | | 1–5 | 2–10 | 5–5 | | 8–1 | 4–3 |
5 | Great Britain | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 37 | −27 | 2 | | 1–4 | 2–11 | 1–11 | 1–8 | | 5–3 |
6 | Spain | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 26 | −8 | 0 | | 4–5 | 4–6 | 4–6 | 3–4 | 3–5 | |
Source: [citation needed]
Bulgaria was promoted to Pool B for 1986.
^ A. While Total Hockey lists Denmark in their standings, passionhockey.com states that this was a Netherlands team that does not count in the standings. The IIHF encyclopedia does not include Denmark in the 1985 standings.
References
- Podnieks, Andrew (1998). Red, White, and Gold: Canada at the World Junior Championships 1974–1999. ECW Press. ISBN 1-55022-382-8.
- World Junior Hockey Championships History: 1985 - Helsinki, Finland at TSN
- Results at Passionhockey.com
- Duplacey, James (1998). Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9.