International ice hockey competition
1994 IIHF U20 World Championship Host country Czech Republic Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities) Dates December 26, 1993 – January 4, 1994 Teams 8 Champions Canada (7th title) Runner-up Sweden Third place Russia Fourth place Finland Games played 28 Goals scored 195 (6.96 per game) Attendance 58,143 (2,077 per game) Scoring leader(s) Niklas Sundström (11 points)
The 1994 Ice Hockey World Junior Championship (1994 WJC ) was the 18th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held in Ostrava and Frýdek-Místek , Czech Republic . Canada won the gold medal for the second consecutive year, and its seventh overall, while Sweden won silver, and Russia the bronze.
The 1994 tournament was a round-robin format, with the top three teams winning gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.
Switzerland was relegated to Pool B for 1995 .
Eight teams contested the second tier this year in Bucharest , Romania from December 27 to January 5. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games.
Standings Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts 1 Ukraine 7 7 0 0 35 10 +25 14 4–3 5–1 7–0 2–1 5–2 3–0 9–3 2 Norway 7 5 1 1 28 15 +13 11 3–4 6–2 4–1 3–2 6–2 3–1 3–3 3 France 7 3 3 1 23 23 0 7 1–5 2–6 1–3 5–2 4–4 3–1 7–2 4 Poland 7 3 4 0 15 26 −11 6 0–7 1–4 3–1 3–0 2–4 5–4 1–6 5 Italy 7 2 4 1 20 22 −2 5 1–2 2–3 2–5 0–3 3–3 7–5 5–1 6 Austria 7 1 3 3 21 27 −6 5 2–5 2–6 4–4 4–2 3–3 3–4 3–3 7 Japan 7 2 5 0 19 27 −8 4 0–3 1–3 1–3 4–5 5–7 4–3 4–3 8 Romania 7 1 4 2 21 32 −11 4 3–9 3–3 2–7 6–1 1–5 3–3 3–4
Ukraine was promoted to Pool A and Romania was relegated to Pool C for 1995 .
Qualification for Pool C [ edit ] A Qualification tournament was played in Nitra and Nové Zámky , Slovakia , from November 1 to 7. Games between teams that had played each other in the preliminary round carried forward and counted in the final round.
Group A Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts Latvia 3 3 0 0 15 10 +5 6 2–1 9–1 13–1 Belarus 3 2 1 0 22 11 +11 4 1–2 6–0 6–1 Slovenia 3 1 2 0 19 17 +2 2 1–9 0–6 5–1 Estonia 3 0 3 0 9 27 −18 0 1–13 1–6 1–5
Group B Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts Slovakia 2 2 0 0 21 4 +17 4 6–4 15–0 Kazakhstan 2 1 1 0 16 7 +9 2 4–6 12–1 Croatia 2 0 2 0 1 27 −26 0 0–15 1–12
Group A Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts Latvia 3 2 1 0 8 7 +1 4 4–3 2–3 2–1 Slovakia 3 2 1 0 16 10 +6 4 3–4 6–4 7–2 Kazakhstan 3 1 1 1 9 10 −1 3 3–2 4–6 2–2 Belarus 3 0 2 1 5 11 −6 1 1–2 2–7 2–2
Latvia and Slovakia won the right to participate in Pool C.
Eight teams were divided into two round robin groups, with placement games to follow (1st played 1st, etc.). The tournament took place from December 30 to January 3, in Odense and Esbjerg , Denmark .
Group A Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts Latvia 3 3 0 0 55 3 +52 6 16–2 14–0 25–1 Great Britain 3 2 1 0 16 22 −6 4 2–16 6–1 8–5 Netherlands 3 1 2 0 6 22 −16 2 0–14 1–6 5–2 Bulgaria 3 0 3 0 8 38 −30 0 1–25 5–8 2–5
Group B Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts Slovakia 3 3 0 0 49 1 +48 6 22–0 12–1 15–0 Denmark 3 2 1 0 9 26 −17 4 0–22 5–4 4–0 Hungary 3 1 2 0 15 17 −2 2 1–12 4–5 10–0 Spain 3 0 3 0 0 29 −29 0 0–15 0–4 0–10
Slovakia was promoted to Pool B for 1995 .