The 1991 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1991 WJHC) was the 15th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held in various communities in Saskatchewan, Canada. Canada won its second consecutive gold medal, and fifth overall, while the Soviet Union won silver, and Czechoslovakia the bronze.^[1]

Quick Facts Tournament details, Host country ...

1991 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Venue(s)	9 (in 9 host cities)
Dates	December 26, 1990 – January 4, 1991
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Canada (5th title)
Runner-up	Soviet Union
Third place	Czechoslovakia
Fourth place	United States
Tournament statistics
Games played	28
Goals scored	253 (9.04 per game)
Attendance	137,067 (4,895 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Doug Weight (19 points)
← 1990 1992 →

Close

The 1991 tournament was a round-robin format, with the top three teams winning gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Canada	7	5	1	1	40	18	+22	11
2	Soviet Union	7	5	1	1	44	15	+29	11
3	Czechoslovakia	7	5	2	0	44	19	+25	10
4	United States	7	4	2	1	45	19	+26	9
5	Finland	7	3	3	1	35	30	+5	7
6	Sweden	7	3	4	0	32	29	+3	6
7	Switzerland	7	1	6	0	5	48	−43	2
8	Norway	7	0	7	0	8	75	−67	0

Close

Norway was relegated to Pool B for 1992.

Eight teams contested the second tier in Tychy and Oswiecim Poland from December 27 to January 5. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games.

Standings

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Germany	7	6	0	1	49	15	+34	13			5–3	2–2	7–4	9–1	8–1	11–2	7–2
2	Poland	7	6	1	0	53	17	+36	12		3–5		5–4	7–2	6–3	10–0	14–0	8–3
3	France	7	4	1	2	42	19	+23	10		2–2	4–5		4–4	13–3	7–1	5–1	7–3
4	Japan	7	4	2	1	34	22	+12	9		4–7	2–7	4–4		7–0	4–2	6–1	7–1
5	Romania	7	2	4	1	23	43	−20	5		1–9	3–6	3–13	0–7		3–3	4–2	9–3
6	Netherlands	7	1	5	1	16	43	−27	3		1–8	0–10	1–7	2–4	3–3		6–3	3–8
7	Austria	7	1	6	0	13	48	−35	2		2–11	0–14	1–5	1–6	2–4	3–6		4–2
8	Denmark	7	1	6	0	22	45	−23	2		2–7	3–8	3–7	1–7	3–9	8–3	2–4

Close

Germany was promoted to Pool A and Denmark was relegated to Pool C for 1992.

Eight teams contested the third tier in Belgrade Yugoslavia from December 27 to January 5. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games. Greece's national junior team made their debut this year.

Standings

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	North Korea	7	6	1	0	50	18	+32	12			4–3	1–9	4–2	5–2	10–1	6–1	20–0
2	Italy	7	6	1	0	57	11	+46	12		3–4		6–2	5–2	5–1	8–1	9–0	21–1
3	Yugoslavia	7	5	1	1	77	21	+56	11		9–1	2–6		5–2	7–7	13–2	8–2	33–1
4	Great Britain	7	4	3	0	45	20	+25	8		2–4	2–5	2–5		3–2	5–1	9–3	22–0
5	South Korea	7	3	3	1	55	28	+27	7		2–5	1–5	7–7	2–3		8–2	9–5	26–1
6	Bulgaria	7	2	5	0	34	48	−14	4		1–10	1–8	2–13	1–5	2–8		5–3	22–1
7	Hungary	7	1	6	0	28	46	−18	2		1–6	0–9	2–8	3–9	5–9	3–5		14–0
8	Greece	7	0	7	0	4	158	−154	0		0–20	1–21	1–33	0–22	1–26	1–22	0–14

Close

North Korea was promoted to Pool B for 1992.