# 1994 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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.

## Final standings

The 1994 tournament was a round-robin format, with the top three teams winning gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Canada | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 20 | +19 | 13 |
| 2 | Sweden | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 16 | +19 | 12 |
| 3 | Russia | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 17 | +6 | 11 |
| 4 | Finland | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 24 | +3 | 8 |
| 5 | Czech Republic | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 29 | +2 | 6 |
| 6 | United States | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 33 | −13 | 3 |
| 7 | Germany | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 26 | −16 | 2 |
| 8 | Switzerland | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 30 | −20 | 1 |
Switzerland was relegated to Pool B for 1995.

## Results
### Scoring leaders

| Rank | Player | Country | G | A | Pts |
| 1 | Niklas Sundström | Sweden | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2 | Martin Gendron | Canada | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | Yanick Dubé | Canada | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | Rick Girard | Canada | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | Mats Lindgren | Sweden | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | Jason Allison | Canada | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 6 | Saku Koivu | Finland | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | Petr Sýkora | Czech Republic | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | Valeri Bure | Russia | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 10 | Kenny Jönsson | Sweden | 3 | 5 | 8 |

### Tournament awards

| | IIHF Directorate Awards | Media All-Star Team |
| Goaltender | Jamie Storr | Evgeni Ryabchikov |
| Defencemen | Kenny Jönsson | Kimmo Timonen Kenny Jönsson |
| Forwards | Niklas Sundström | Niklas Sundström Valeri Bure David Výborný |

## Pool B

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

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.

### Preliminary 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 | |

### Final Round
#### 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.

## 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.

### Preliminary round
#### 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 | |

### Placement Games

* 7th place: Spain 7 - 2 Bulgaria
* 5th place: Hungary 11 - 1 Netherlands
* 3rd place: Denmark 6 - 5 Great Britain
* 1st Place: Slovakia 6 - 2 Latvia
Slovakia was promoted to Pool B for 1995.