1979 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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Template:Short description Template:Infobox international ice hockey competition The 1979 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1979 WJHC) was the third edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held from 27 December 1978 until 3 January 1979. The tournament was held in Karlstad and Karlskoga, Sweden. The Soviet Union won its third consecutive gold medal, while Czechoslovakia won the silver, and Sweden the bronze.

Pool A

The 1979 tournament divided participants into two divisions of four teams, each playing three games. The top two teams in each division advanced to the championship round, while the bottom two were placed in the consolation round. Each division played another round robin. The top three teams in the championship round won the gold, silver and bronze medals. In the consolation round, the results between teams that faced each other in the preliminary round carried over.

Final standings

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Preliminary round

Gold group

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Blue group

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Consolation round

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Championship round

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Scoring leaders

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1 Vladimir Krutov Template:Ihj 8 6 14
2 Anatoli Tarasov Template:Ihj 5 5 10
3 Vyacheslav Ryanov Template:Ihj 6 3 9
4 Georg Holzmann Template:Ihj 4 4 8
5 Alexander Gerasimov Template:Ihj 2 6 8
6 Andrei Andreyev Template:Ihj 6 1 7
7 Aaron Broten Template:Ihj 4 3 7
8 Jarmo Makitalo Template:Ihj 4 3 7
9 Ján Jaško Template:Ihj 3 4 7
10 Alexei Kasatonov Template:Ihj 3 4 7
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Tournament awards

IIHF Directorate Awards Media All-Star Team
Goaltender Template:Flagicon Pelle Lindbergh Template:Flagicon Pelle Lindbergh
Defencemen Template:Flagicon Alexei Kasatonov Template:Flagicon Alexei Kasatonov
Template:Flagicon Ivan Černý
Forwards Template:Flagicon Vladimir Krutov Template:Flagicon Thomas Steen
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Pool B

A second tier of the World Junior Championship was contested in Caen, France, from 5 to 9 March 1979. Two groups of four played round robins, followed by placement games where 1st played 1st, etc.. This is the first year a B pool was contested for the under 20s.

Preliminary round

Group A

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Group B

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Final round

7th place game

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5th place game

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3rd place game

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1st place game

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References

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