1987 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 1987 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1987 WJHC) was the 11th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held in Piešťany, Trenčín, Nitra, and Topoľčany, Czechoslovakia.
Finland captured its first World Junior gold medal, Czechoslovakia took silver, and Sweden the bronze. The tournament is most remembered, however, for how the medals were allocated.
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Czechoslovakia |
| Venue(s) | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
| Dates | December 26, 1986 – January 4, 1987 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Final positions | |
Champions  |  Finland (1st title) |
Runner-up  | Czechoslovakia |
Third place  |  Sweden |
| Fourth place |  United States |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 27 |
| Goals scored | 272 (10.07 per game) |
| Scoring leader(s) | Ulf Dahlén (15 points) |
Punch-up in Piestany
With 6:07 left in the second period of the final game of the tournament between Canada and the Soviet Union, Pavel Kostichkin took a two-handed slash at Theoren Fleury, sparking a fight between the two; the USSR's Evgeny Davydov left the bench to assist Valeri Zelepukin in the fight, who was already playing the game with a separated shoulder, and was being pummeled by Canadian forward Mike Keane. Davydov's intervention sparked one of the most infamous bench-clearing brawls in international hockey history.
The officials, unable to break up the brawl, walked off the ice and tournament officials eventually tried shutting off the arena lights, but the brawl lasted for 20 minutes before the International Ice Hockey Federation declared the contest null and void. An emergency meeting was held following the brawl that ended with the delegates voting 7–1 to eject both teams from the tournament, with the sole dissenter being Canadian Dennis McDonald. The Canadian team, disgusted at what they perceived to be a conspiracy against them, chose to leave rather than stay for the end-of-tournament dinner, from which the Soviet team were banned.
While the Soviets were out of medal contention, Canada was playing for the gold medal, and were leading 4–2 at the time of the brawl (they needed to win by at least five goals to claim the gold). Even had they lost the game, they were assured at least the bronze medal. Afterwards, Soviet hockey official Anatoly Kastriukov claimed that the hostilities were fueled by a Canadian trainer who he alleged had punched one of the Soviet assistant coaches in the stomach. Some Canadians maintained that the Soviets had started the brawl by leaving their bench first, and had deliberately done so with the intention of getting Canada ejected. Alan Eagleson suggested that the IIHF's decision would have been different had it been the Soviets in contention for a medal, and not the Canadians. Soviet administrator Yuri Korolev expressed regret that the incident occurred but did not admit any guilt. He felt that the game should have been finished instead of both teams being disqualified from the tournament.
The ejections of the Canadian and Soviet teams had the retroactive effect of making the Finland-Czechoslovakia game (played earlier the same day) the gold medal game, while the Sweden-United States game became the bronze medal contest, and the Poland-Switzerland game determined who placed fifth. The loser of the latter game (Switzerland) was relegated, just as they were had the brawl not occurred. Poland avoided relegation despite giving up 80 goals in 7 games.
Final standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finland | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 23 | +22 | 11 |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 23 | +13 | 10 |
| 3 | Sweden | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 11 | +34 | 9 |
| 4 | United States | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 30 | +12 | 8 |
| 5 |  Poland | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 80 | −59 | 2 |
| 6 |  Switzerland | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 62 | −47 | 0 |
| DQ |  Canada | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 23 | +18 | 9 |
| DQ |  Soviet Union | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 18 | +9 | 5 |
Notes:
Switzerland was relegated to Pool B for the 1988 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
Results
All times are local. (Central European Time – UTC+1)
| December 26, 1986 | Canada | 6–4 (5-2, 1-1, 0-1) | Switzerland | Topvar Aréna, Topolcany |
| Jimmy Waite | Goalies | Beat Aebischer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| December 26, 1986 | Soviet Union | 7–3 | Poland | B.O.F. Arena, Trencin |
| December 26, 1986 | Czechoslovakia | 4–1 | Sweden | Nitra Aréna, Nitra |
| December 26, 1986 | Finland | 4–1 | United States | Zimný Štadión Piešťany, Piestany |
| December 27, 1986 | Canada | 6–6 (1-0, 2-5, 3-1) | Finland | B.O.F. Arena, Trencin |
| December 27, 1986 | Soviet Union | 8–0 | Switzerland | Zimný Štadión Piešťany, Piestany |
| December 27, 1986 | Sweden | 15–0 | Poland | Topvar Aréna, Topolcany |
| December 27, 1986 | United States | 8–2 | Czechoslovakia | Nitra Aréna, Nitra |
| December 29, 1986 | Czechoslovakia | 5–1 (1-0, 1-1 , 3-0) | Canada | Nitra Aréna, Nitra |
| Oldrich Svoboda | Goalies | Shawn Simpson | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 35 | Shots | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
| December 29, 1986 | Sweden | 8–0 | Switzerland | Zimný Štadión Piešťany, Piestany |
| December 29, 1986 | United States | 15–2 | Poland | B.O.F. Arena, Trencin |
| December 29, 1986 | Finland | 5–4 | Soviet Union | Topvar Aréna, Topolcany |
| December 30, 1986 | Canada | 18–3 (7-0, 5-1, 6-2) | Poland | Nitra Aréna, Nitra |
| Jimmy Waite (8-11), Shawn Simpson (11-11) | Goalies | Wlodzimierz Krauzowicz (14-21), Grzegorz Wojakiewicz (21-32) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 53 | Shots | 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| December 30, 1986 | Sweden | 5–0 | Finland | Zimný Štadión Piešťany, Piestany |
| December 30, 1986 | United States | 12–6 | Switzerland | Topvar Aréna, Topolcany |
| December 30, 1986 | Czechoslovakia | 5–3 | Soviet Union | B.O.F. Arena, Trencin |
| January 1, 1987 16:00 | Czechoslovakia | 9–2 | Poland | Topvar Aréna, Topolcany |
| January 1, 1987 19:00 | Canada | 6–2 (3-1, 1-1, 2-0) | United States | Zimný Štadión Piešťany, Piestany |
| Jimmy Waite | Goalies | Pat Jablonski | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 31 | Shots | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| January 1, 1987 19:00 | Finland | 12–1 | Switzerland | B.O.F. Arena, Trencin |
| January 1, 1987 20:00 | Soviet Union | 3–3 | Sweden | Nitra Aréna, Nitra |
| January 2, 1987 16:00 | Czechoslovakia | 8–1 | Switzerland | Zimný Štadión Piešťany, Piestany |
| January 2, 1987 19:00 | Finland | 13–3 | Poland | Nitra Aréna, Nitra |
| January 2, 1987 19:00 | United States | 4–2 | Soviet Union | Topvar Aréna, Topolcany |
| January 2, 1987 20:00 | Canada | 4–3 (2-0, 1-1, 1-2) | Sweden | B.O.F. Arena, Trencin |
| Jimmy Waite | Goalies | Sam Lindståhl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 16 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Shots | 36 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| January 4, 1987 16:00 | Finland | 5–3 | Czechoslovakia | Nitra Aréna, Nitra |
| January 4, 1987 19:00 | Poland | 8–3 | Switzerland | Topvar Aréna, Topolcany |
| January 4, 1987 19:00 | Sweden | 8–0 | United States | B.O.F. Arena, Trencin |
| January 4, 1987 20:00 | Canada | Game declared null and void (3–1, 1–1, Not Played) | Soviet Union | Zimný Štadión Piešťany, Piestany |
| Jimmy Waite | Goalies | Valeri Ivannikov | Referee: Hans RønningLinesmen: Peter Pomoell Julian Gorski | |||||||||||||||||
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| DQ – DQ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 min | Penalties | 14 min | ||||||||||||||||||
Scoring leaders
| Rank | Player | Country | G | A | Pts |
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| 1 | Ulf Dahlén | Sweden | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| 2 | Teppo Kivelä | Finland | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | Janne Ojanen | Finland | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 3 | Jukka Seppo | Finland | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 5 | Scott Young | United States | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | Pär Edlund | Sweden | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | Roger Öhman | Sweden | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 8 | Sami Wahlsten | Finland | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 9 | Bo Svanberg | Sweden | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 9 | Martin Hosták | Czechoslovakia | 7 | 3 | 10 |
- Canada and the USSR were disqualified from the final scoring standings; Canada's Pat Elynuik had 11 points.
Tournament awards
| IIHF Directorate Awards | Media All-Star Team | |
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| Goaltender | Markus Ketterer | Sam Lindstahl |
| Defencemen | Calle Johansson | Jiří Látal Brian Leetch |
| Forwards | Robert Kron | Juraj Jurík Ulf Dahlén Scott Young |
Pool B
Took place from March 15 to 21 in Rouen France. Two groups of four played round robins, the top two and bottom two from the respective groups met up in two final round robins to determine placement. Teams did not replay opponents they were grouped with previously, their scores were carried forward to the final rounds.
Preliminary round
- Group A
| Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |  |  |  |  | |
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| West Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 8 | +16 | 5 | 6–3 | 2–2 | 16–3 | ||
| Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 4 | 3–6 | 3–1 | 11–7 | ||
| France | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 4–3 | ||
| Romania | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 31 | −18 | 0 | 3–16 | 7–11 | 3–4 |
- Group B
| Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |  |  |  | |
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| Norway | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 7 | +21 | 5 | 11–1 | 5–5 | 12–1 | ||
| Austria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 19 | −8 | 3 | 1–11 | 6–4 | 4–4 | ||
| Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 5–5 | 4–6 | 7–5 | ||
| Italy | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 23 | −13 | 1 | 1–12 | 4–4 | 5–7 |
Final Round
- Promotion Group
| Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6 | +24 | 6 | 13–3 | 6–3 | 11–0 | ||
| Norway | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 19 | +2 | 4 | 3–13 | 7–5 | 11–1 | ||
| Japan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 16 | −2 | 2 | 3–6 | 5–7 | 6–3 | ||
| Austria | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 28 | −24 | 0 | 0–11 | 1–11 | 3–6 |
West Germany was promoted to Pool A for 1988.
- Relegation Group
| Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts | | | | | |
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| France | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 6 | 4–3 | 7–5 | 7–3 | ||
| Romania | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 4 | 3–4 | 7–4 | 5–1 | ||
| Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 19 | −3 | 2 | 5–7 | 4–7 | 7–5 | ||
| Italy | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 19 | −10 | 0 | 3–7 | 1–5 | 5–7 |
Italy was Demoted to Pool C for 1988.
Pool C
Pool C was played in Esbjerg, Denmark from March 16 to 22.
- Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |  |  |  |  |  |  | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yugoslavia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 12 | +44 | 10 | 13–4 | 6–4 | 5–1 | 11–2 | 21–1 | ||
| 2 | Denmark | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 24 | +20 | 8 | 4–13 | 11–4 | 8–3 | 7–3 | 14–1 | ||
| 3 | Great Britain | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 21 | +4 | 6 | 4–6 | 4–11 | 4–2 | 6–2 | 7–0 | ||
| 4 | Bulgaria | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 23 | −2 | 4 | 1–5 | 3–8 | 2–4 | 8–5 | 7–1 | ||
| 5 | Spain | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 34 | −15 | 2 | 2–11 | 3–7 | 2–6 | 5–8 | 7–2 | ||
| 6 | Australia | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 56 | −51 | 0 | 1–21 | 1–14 | 0–7 | 1–7 | 2–7 |
Yugoslavia was promoted to Pool B for 1988.
References
- Joyce, Gare (2006). When the Lights Went Out. Random House. ISBN 978-0-385-66275-8.
- Results at Passionhockey.com
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