1979 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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

This is the aggregate standings, ordered according to final placing. The four teams in the championship round were ranked one through four, while the four teams in the consolation round were ranked five through eight regardless of overall record.

Template:Ihj was relegated to Pool B for the 1980 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Consolation round

Results from any games played during the preliminary round were carried forward to the consolation round.

Scoring leaders

Rank	Player	Country	G	A	Pts
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
	Anton Šťastný	Template:Ihj	3	4	7

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 Template:Flagicon Anatoli Tarasov Template:Flagicon Vladimir Krutov

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.

Final round

1st place game

Template:Icehockeybox Template:Ihj was promoted to Pool A for the 1980 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

References

• 1977–81 World Junior Hockey Championships at TSN
• Results at passionhockey.com
• Stats at eliteprospects.com