1998 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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1998 IIHF World U20 Championship
File:1998 WJHC logo.png
Tournament details
Host countryFile:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
DatesDecember 25, 1997 – January 3, 1998
Teams10
Final positions
Champions File:Gold medal blank.svgFile:Flag of Finland.svg Finland (2nd title)
Runner-up File:Silver medal blank.svgFile:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
Third place File:Bronze medal blank.svgFile:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Fourth placeFile:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played34
Goals scored219 (6.44 per game)
Attendance139,680 (4,108 per game)
Scoring leader(s)United States Jeff Farkas (10 points)
← 1997
1999 →

The 1998 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1998 WJHC) were held in Helsinki and Hämeenlinna, Finland. The championships began on December 25, 1997, and finished on January 3, 1998. Home team Finland was the winner, defeating Russia 2–1 in the gold medal game, thanks to the goaltending of Mika Noronen and the overtime heroics of Niklas Hagman. Switzerland defeated the Czech Republic 4–3 to capture the bronze medal, their first and only medal in the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. Canada had its five-year title streak broken with its worst placing to date (8th). Canada would miss out on gold seven years in a row before beginning their 2005–2009 streak of five straight championships. It was the only tournament from 1993 to 2012 in which Canada failed to medal. This tournament attracted 139,680 fans to 34 games for an average of 4,108 per game. This set a record for the highest-attended World Junior tournament in Europe until the 2016 tournament, which was also held in Finland, attracted 215,225 spectators.[1] The playoff round was expanded to eight teams, with group leaders not getting a bye to the semifinals.

Championship results

All times are local. (Eastern European Time – UTC+2)

Pool A

Group A

Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland 4 3 0 1 17 10 +7 7
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 4 2 1 1 16 12 +4 5
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 4 2 2 0 16 6 +10 4
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 4 2 2 0 9 7 +2 4
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 4 0 4 0 1 24 −23 0
Source: Hockey Canada
December 25, 1997
18:30		Finland File:Flag of Finland.svg3–2
(0–0, 1–1, 2–1)		File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg CanadaHartwall Arena, Helsinki
Attendance: 9,000 (approx.)
Game reference
Mika NoronenGoaliesMathieu GaronReferee:
Sweden Ulf Radbjer
Linesmen:
United States Allen Stensland
Sweden Kent Thuden
0–130:02 - Ward
Kauppinen (Vallin, Kalto) - 33:011–1
Somervuori (Jokinen) (PP) - 47:272–1
2–251:39 - Dumont (Tkaczuk)
Hagman (Somervuori, Jokinen) - 56:203–2
10 minPenalties21 min
38Shots18
December 25, 1997
15:00		Czech Republic File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg2–1File:Flag of Sweden.svg SwedenHämeenlinna
December 26, 1997
18:30		Sweden File:Flag of Sweden.svg4–0
(2–0, 1–0, 1–0)		File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg CanadaHartwall Arena, Helsinki
Attendance: 2,523
Game reference
Johan HolmqvistGoaliesRoberto LuongoReferee:
Finland Rami Savolainen
Linesmen:
United States Allen Stensland
United States Dino Casgrande
Nilson (Forsander) (PP) - 6:561–0
Hedin - 17:322–0
D. Sedin (H. Sedin) - 22:553–0
Cannerheim (Nilson) - 46:454–0
14 minPenalties20 min
December 26, 1997
18:30		Finland File:Flag of Finland.svg5–0File:Flag of Germany.svg GermanyHämeenlinna
December 27, 1997
15:00		Germany File:Flag of Germany.svg1–9File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech RepublicHartwall Arena, Helsinki
December 28, 1997
15:00		Canada File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg5–0
(2–0, 3–0, 0–0)		File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech RepublicHartwall Arena, Helsinki
Attendance: 7,500 (approx.)
Game reference
Mathieu GaronGoaliesAdam Svoboda, Vlastimil Lakosil (15:46 second)Referee:
United States Scott Hansen
Linesmen:
Germany Alfred Hascher
Sweden Kent Thuden
Holden (Corso) - 10:101–0
Cooke (Sarich) (PP) - 11:102–0
Tanguay (McLean) - 26:453–0
McLean (Tanguay, Brewer) (SH) - 30:404–0
Holden (Corso) - 38:055–0
12 minPenalties14 min
December 28, 1997
18:30		Sweden File:Flag of Sweden.svg3–4File:Flag of Finland.svg FinlandHartwall Arena, Helsinki
December 29, 1997
18:30		Germany File:Flag of Germany.svg0–8File:Flag of Sweden.svg SwedenHartwall Arena, Helsinki
December 30, 1997
15:00		Canada File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg2–0
(0–0, 1–0, 1–0)		File:Flag of Germany.svg GermanyHartwall Arena, Helsinki
Attendance: 8,933
Game reference
Mathieu GaronGoaliesBjörn LeonhardtReferee:
Sweden Ulf Radbjer
Linesmen:
United States Dino Casagrande
Switzerland Nadir Mandioni
Bradley (Cooke, Lecavalier) -28:051–0
Lecavalier (Bradley) - 54:592–0
26Shots17
December 30, 1997
18:30		Czech Republic File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg5–5File:Flag of Finland.svg FinlandHartwall Arena, Helsinki

Group B

Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 4 3 0 1 22 6 +16 7
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 4 2 1 1 14 8 +6 5
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 4 2 2 0 17 12 +5 4
File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan 4 1 3 0 8 29 −21 2
File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia 4 1 3 0 9 15 −6 2
Source: Hockey Canada
December 25, 1997
15:00		Russia File:Flag of Russia.svg12–1File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg KazakhstanHämeenlinna
December 25, 1997
15:00		Slovakia File:Flag of Slovakia.svg6–3File:Flag of the United States.svg United StatesHartwall Arena, Helsinki
December 26, 1997
15:00		Kazakhstan File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg2–8File:Flag of the United States.svg United StatesHartwall Arena, Helsinki
December 26, 1997
15:00		Slovakia File:Flag of Slovakia.svg1–3File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SwitzerlandHämeenlinna
December 27, 1997
18:30		Switzerland File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg3–3File:Flag of Russia.svg RussiaHartwall Arena, Helsinki
December 28, 1997
15:00		Kazakhstan File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg5–2File:Flag of Slovakia.svg SlovakiaHämeenlinna
December 28, 1997
18:30		United States File:Flag of the United States.svg2–3File:Flag of Russia.svg RussiaHämeenlinna
December 29, 1997
18:30		Switzerland File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg7–0File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg KazakhstanHämeenlinna
December 30, 1997
15:00		Russia File:Flag of Russia.svg4–0File:Flag of Slovakia.svg SlovakiaHämeenlinna
December 30, 1997
18:30		United States File:Flag of the United States.svg4–1File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SwitzerlandHämeenlinna

Final round

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
B1 File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 2
A4 File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 1
QF1 File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 5
QF2 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 1
A2 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 4
B3 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 1
SF1 File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 1
SF2 File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland 2
A1 File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland 14
B4 File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan 1
QF3 File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland 2 Bronze medal game
QF4 File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 1
B2 File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 2 SF1 File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 4
A3 File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 1 SF2 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 3
Quarterfinals
December 31, 1997
15:00		Russia File:Flag of Russia.svg2–1 (OT)
(1–0, 0–0, 0–1, 1–0)		File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg CanadaHämeenlinna
Attendance: 2,877
Game reference
Denis KhlopotnovGoaliesMathieu GaronReferee:
Finland Rami Savolainen
Linesmen:
Finland Riku Peltonen
Sweden Kent Thuden
Vlasenkov (Lyashenko) - 18:011-0
1-142:31 - Tkaczuk (Willsie, Blanchard)
Afinogenov (Balmochnykh) - 69:212-1
21Shots18
December 31, 1997
15:00		Finland File:Flag of Finland.svg14–1
(6–1, 5–0, 3–0)		File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg KazakhstanHartwall Arena, Helsinki
December 31, 1997
18:30		Switzerland File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg2 – 1 GWS
(0–0, 0–0, 1–1, 0–0, 5–4)		File:Flag of Sweden.svg SwedenHartwall Arena, Helsinki
December 31, 1997
18:30		Czech Republic File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg4–1
(0–0, 3–0, 1–1)		File:Flag of the United States.svg United StatesHämeenlinna
Semifinals
January 1, 1998
16:00		Russia File:Flag of Russia.svg5–1
(0–0, 3–1, 2–0)		File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech RepublicHartwall Arena, Helsinki
January 1, 1998
20:00		Switzerland File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg1–2
(0–1, 0–0, 1–1)		File:Flag of Finland.svg FinlandHartwall Arena, Helsinki
David AebischerGoaliesJean-Marc Pelletier
Placement games
January 2, 1998
15:00		Canada File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg0–3
(0–1, 0–1, 0–1)		File:Flag of the United States.svg United StatesHämeenlinna
Game reference
Mathieu GaronGoaliesJean-Marc PelletierReferee:
Czech Republic Petr Bolina
Linesmen:
Finland Riku Peltonen
Switzerland Nadir Mandioni
0-15:59 - York (Mottau) (PP)
0-239:31 - Dusbabek (Mara)
0-359:25 - Farkas (EN)
12 minPenalties8 min
15Shots40
January 2, 1998
18:30		Sweden File:Flag of Sweden.svg5–1
(1–0, 2–0, 2–1)		File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg KazakhstanHämeenlinna
7th place game
January 3, 1998
12:00		Canada File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg3–6
(0–2, 0–2, 3–2)		File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg KazakhstanHämeenlinna
Attendance: 169
Game reference
Mathieu Garon, Roberto Luongo (14:00 second)GoaliesRoman KrivomazovReferee:
Czech Republic Petr Bolina
Linesmen:
Russia Vyacheslav Bulanov
Dariusz Sudol
0-13:45 - Troshchinsky (Antropov)
0-213:14 - Alexandrov (Troshchinsky, Antropov) (PP)
0-331:47 - Troshchinsky (Alexandrov, Novopashin) (SH)
0-434:00 - Troshchinsky (Antropov)
Holden (Blanchard) (PP) - 47:251-4
Holden (Ference, Corso) (PP) - 50:102-4
2-558:21 - Komissarov (Ksandopulo)
2-659:20 - Rifel (EN)
Tkaczuk (Willsie, Brewer) - 59:573-6
19 minPenalties20 min
43Shots17
5th place game
January 3, 1998
16:00		United States File:Flag of the United States.svg4–3
(1–2, 2–0, 1–1)		File:Flag of Sweden.svg SwedenHämeenlinna
Bronze medal game
January 3, 1998
15:00		3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Switzerland File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg4 – 3 GWS
(2–0, 0–2, 1–1, 0–0, 2–0)		File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech RepublicHartwall Arena, Helsinki
Gold medal game
January 3, 1998
18:30		1st place, gold medalist(s) Finland File:Flag of Finland.svg2–1 (OT)
(0–0, 0–1, 1–0, 1–0)		File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 2nd place, silver medalist(s)Hartwall Arena, Helsinki
Attendance: 13,655
Mika NoronenGoaliesDenis Khlopotnov
0–137:10 − Vlassenkov
Puistola (PP) - 43:251–1
Hagman (Jokinen, Petriläinen) - 73:412–1
45Shots26

Relegation round

January 1, 1998Germany File:Flag of Germany.svg0–9
(0–1, 0–4, 0–4)		File:Flag of Slovakia.svg SlovakiaHartwall Arena, Helsinki
January 3, 1998Slovakia File:Flag of Slovakia.svg8–3
(0–1, 3–2, 5–0)		File:Flag of Germany.svg GermanyHartwall Arena, Helsinki

File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany lost the two game total goal series 17–3 and was relegated for the 1999 World Juniors

Final ranking

Rank Country
1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
4 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic
5 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
6 File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
7 File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan
8 File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
9 File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia
10 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany

Scoring leaders

Player Country GP G A Pts
Jeff Farkas File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 7 6 4 10
Olli Jokinen File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland 7 4 6 10
Eero Somervuori File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland 7 3 6 9
Ladislav Nagy File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia 6 6 2 8
Brian Gionta File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 7 5 3 8
Marián Hossa File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia 6 4 4 8
Timo Vertala File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland 7 4 4 8
Andrej Podkonický File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia 6 3 5 8
Marcus Nilson File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 7 3 5 8
Maxim Balmochnykh File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 7 2 6 8
Kamil Piroš File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia 7 2 6 8

Tournament awards

IIHF Directorate Awards Media All-Star Team
Goaltender Switzerland David Aebischer Switzerland David Aebischer
Defencemen Czech Republic Pavel Skrbek Sweden Pierre Hedin
Russia Andrei Markov
Forwards Finland Olli Jokinen Russia Maxim Balmochnykh
Finland Olli Jokinen
Finland Eero Somervuori

Pool B

The second tier was held in Sosnowiec and Tychy Poland, from December 28 to January 4. Two groups of four played round robins, and then the top three played each of the top three teams from the other group. All scores carried forward except the results against the lone eliminated team from each group.

Preliminary round

Group A
Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts File:Flag of Hungary.svg File:Flag of Latvia.svg File:Flag of France.svg File:Flag of Japan.svg
File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 3 1 0 2 10 9 +1 4 3–2 2–2 5–5
File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia 3 2 1 0 15 10 +5 4 2–3 5–2 8–5
File:Flag of France.svg France 3 1 1 1 12 9 +3 3 2–2 2–5 8–2
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 3 0 2 1 12 21 −9 1 5–5 5–8 2–8
Source: [citation needed]
Group B
Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts File:Flag of Poland.svg File:Flag of Ukraine.svg File:Flag of Belarus (1995–2012).svg File:Flag of Norway.svg
File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland 3 2 1 0 13 11 +2 4 7–3 1–4 5–4
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 3 1 1 1 13 10 +3 3 3–7 2–2 8–1
File:Flag of Belarus (1995–2012).svg Belarus 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 3 4–1 2–2 0–3
File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway 3 1 2 0 8 13 −5 2 4–5 1–8 3–0
Source: [citation needed]

Final round

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts File:Flag of Belarus.svg File:Flag of Ukraine.svg File:Flag of Poland.svg File:Flag of Latvia.svg File:Flag of Hungary.svg File:Flag of France.svg
1 File:Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus 5 4 0 1 22 8 +14 9 2–2 4–1 3–1 8–0 5–4
2 File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 5 3 1 1 23 12 +11 7 2–2 3–7 5–1 4–1 9–1
3 File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland 5 3 2 0 24 13 +11 6 1–4 7–3 2–3 8–0 6–3
4 File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia 5 2 3 0 12 15 −3 4 1–3 1–5 3–2 2–3 5–2
5 File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 5 1 3 1 6 24 −18 3 0–8 1–4 0–8 3–2 2–2
6 File:Flag of France.svg France 5 0 4 1 12 27 −15 1 4–5 1–9 3–6 2–5 2–2
Source: [citation needed]

File:Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus was promoted to Pool A for 1999.

Relegation round

Norway File:Flag of Norway.svg6–4File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
Norway File:Flag of Norway.svg3 – 4 otFile:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
Norway File:Flag of Norway.svg4–1File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan

File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan lost two games to one and was relegated to Pool C for 1999.

Pool C

Played in Tallinn and Kohtla-Järve Estonia from December 28 to January 1.

Preliminary round

Group A
Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts File:Flag of Italy.svg File:Flag of Austria.svg File:Flag of Estonia.svg File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 3 2 0 1 20 6 +14 5 4–4 11–1 5–1
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria 3 2 0 1 18 6 +12 5 4–4 8–1 6–1
File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia 3 1 2 0 5 20 −15 2 1–11 1–8 3–1
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 3 0 3 0 3 14 −11 0 1–5 1–6 1–3
Source: [citation needed]
Group B
Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts File:Flag of Denmark.svg File:Flag of Slovenia.svg File:Flag of Croatia.svg File:Flag of Romania.svg
File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 3 3 0 0 26 8 +18 6 5–4 8–1 13–3
File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 3 2 1 0 15 8 +7 4 4–5 4–1 7–2
File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 3 1 2 0 6 14 −8 2 1–8 1–4 4–2
File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania 3 0 3 0 7 24 −17 0 3–13 2–7 2–4
Source: [citation needed]

Placement games

File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark was promoted to Pool B, and File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania was relegated to Pool D for 1999.

Pool D

Played in Kaunas and Elektrenai Lithuania from December 30 to January 3.

Preliminary round

Group A
Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg File:Flag of Spain.svg File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg File:Flag of Turkey.svg
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 3 3 0 0 58 4 +54 6 7–1 19–2 32–1
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 3 2 1 0 18 9 +9 4 1–7 6–2 11–0
File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 3 1 2 0 17 29 −12 2 2–19 2–6 13–4
File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 3 0 3 0 5 56 −51 0 1–32 0–11 4–13
Source: [citation needed]
Group B
Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts File:Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg File:Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006).svg File:Flag of Mexico.svg File:Flag of South Africa.svg
File:Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg Lithuania 3 3 0 0 33 2 +31 6 5–1 14–0 14–1
File:Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006).svg Yugoslavia 3 2 1 0 23 7 +16 4 1–5 13–0 9–2
File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 3 1 2 0 3 28 −25 2 0–14 0–13 3–1
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 3 0 3 0 4 26 −22 0 1–14 2–9 1–3
Source: [citation needed]

Placement games

File:Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg Lithuania was promoted to Pool C for 1999.

References

  1. ↑ Merk, Martin (2016-01-06). "215225 fans in Helsinki". WorldJunior2016.com. Retrieved 2016-01-22.

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