International ice hockey competition
1976 IIHF World Junior 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 26, 1975 – January 1, 1976 |
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Teams | 5 |
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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) | Soviet Union |
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Runner-up ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Silver_medal_blank.svg/10px-Silver_medal_blank.svg.png) | Canada |
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Third place ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Bronze_medal_blank.svg/10px-Bronze_medal_blank.svg.png) | Czechoslovakia |
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Fourth place | Finland |
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Tournament statistics |
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Games played | 10 |
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Goals scored | 78 (7.8 per game) |
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Scoring leader(s) | Valeri Evstifeev (8 points) |
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The 1976 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships were between December 26, 1975, and January 1, 1976, in Tampere, Turku, Pori and Rauma Finland. The Soviet team won the tournament with a perfect 4–0 record.[1] This was the third edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, but the results are not included in official IIHF records.[2] Canada was represented by a club team, the Sherbrooke Castors, while the other four nations were represented by teams of their top under-20 players.[3] The United States did not participate in this tournament, after having competed in the 1974 and 1975 tournaments.
Final standings
The tournament was a round-robin format, with each team playing each of the other four teams once each.
Source: Hockey Canada
Results
Scoring leaders
Tournament awards
| Best Players | All-Star Team |
Goaltender | Sergei Babariko | Pavol Švárny |
Defencemen | Vasili Pervukhin | Vassili Pervukhin
Björn Johansson |
Forwards | Valeri Evstifeev | Peter Marsh
Karel Holý
Valeri Evstifeev |
References
- ^ "1976 World Junior Championship". Hockey Canada. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
- ^ "IIHF World U20 Championships". IIHF. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
- ^ "IIHF World Junior Championship History". Hockey Canada. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
- "Matches internationaux des moins de 20 ans 1975/76". Retrieved 2011-10-18.