# 1990 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 1990 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1990 WJHC) was the 14th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held mainly in Helsinki, Finland. Canada won the gold medal, its fourth world junior championship, while the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia won silver and bronze, respectively.

## Final standings

The 1990 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 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 18 | +18 | 11 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 23 | +27 | 11 |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 17 | +34 | 10 |
| 4 | Finland | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 21 | +11 | 9 |
| 5 | Sweden | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 29 | +9 | 9 |
| 6 | Norway | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 51 | −26 | 4 |
| 7 | United States | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 37 | −15 | 2 |
| 8 | Poland | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 65 | −58 | 0 |
Poland was relegated to Pool B for 1991.

## Results
### Scoring leaders

| Rank | Player | Country | G | A | Pts |
| 1 | Robert Reichel | Czechoslovakia | 10 | 11 | 21 |
| 2 | Jaromír Jágr | Czechoslovakia | 5 | 13 | 18 |
| 3 | Dave Chyzowski | Canada | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| 4 | Patric Englund | Sweden | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | Bobby Holík | Czechoslovakia | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | Andrei Kovalenko | Soviet Union | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 7 | Vyacheslav Kozlov | Soviet Union | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 8 | Pavel Bure | Soviet Union | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 9 | Daniel Rydmark | Sweden | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 10 | Roman Oksiuta | Soviet Union | 7 | 2 | 9 |

### Tournament awards

| | IIHF Directorate Awards | Media All-Star Team |
| Goaltender | Stéphane Fiset | Stéphane Fiset |
| Defencemen | Alexander Godynyuk | Alexander Godynyuk Jiří Šlégr |
| Forwards | Robert Reichel | Dave Chyzowski Jaromír Jágr Robert Reichel |

## Pool B

Eight teams contested the second tier this year in Bad Tölz West Germany from March 26 to April 4. 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 | Switzerland | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 14 | +34 | 12 | | 3–0 | 8–4 | 7–1 | 4–6 | 9–2 | 6–1 | 11–0 |
| 2 | West Germany | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 12 | +23 | 12 | 0–3 | | 5–2 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 4–0 | 11–1 | 6–2 |
| 3 | Japan | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 33 | +5 | 9 | 4–8 | 2–5 | | 5–3 | 5–4 | 9–2 | 6–4 | 7–7 |
| 4 | Denmark | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 31 | −5 | 6 | 1–7 | 2–4 | 3–5 | | 6–2 | 4–4 | 5–5 | 5–4 |
| 5 | France | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 30 | +9 | 6 | 6–4 | 2–5 | 4–5 | 2–6 | | 11–2 | 4–5 | 10–3 |
| 6 | Austria | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 43 | −23 | 5 | 2–9 | 0–4 | 2–9 | 4–4 | 2–11 | | 3–2 | 7–4 |
| 7 | Romania | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 39 | −12 | 5 | 1–6 | 1–11 | 4–6 | 5–5 | 5–4 | 2–3 | | 9–4 |
| 8 | Yugoslavia | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 55 | −31 | 1 | 0–11 | 2–6 | 7–7 | 4–5 | 3–10 | 4–7 | 4–9 | |
Switzerland was promoted to Pool A and Yugoslavia was relegated to Pool C for 1991.

## Pool C

Pool C was contested by seven teams in Eindhoven Netherlands from March 16 to 25. The South Korean juniors made their debut this year.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Netherlands | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 17 | +23 | 10 | | 3–4 | 4–3 | 6–2 | 11–4 | 7–2 | 9–2 |
| 2 | North Korea | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 14 | +13 | 9 | 4–3 | | 3–1 | 4–4 | 10–1 | 2–3 | 4–2 |
| 3 | Italy | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 11 | +23 | 8 | 3–4 | 1–3 | | 6–1 | 6–0 | 7–1 | 11–2 |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 30 | −4 | 7 | 2–6 | 4–4 | 1–6 | | 7–6 | 3–2 | 9–6 |
| 5 | South Korea | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 40 | −16 | 4 | 4–11 | 1–10 | 0–6 | 6–7 | | 6–4 | 7–2 |
| 6 | Great Britain | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 30 | −12 | 4 | 2–7 | 3–2 | 1–7 | 2–3 | 4–6 | | 6–5 |
| 7 | Hungary | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 46 | −27 | 0 | 2–9 | 2–4 | 2–11 | 6–9 | 2–7 | 5–6 | |
The Netherlands was promoted to Pool B for 1991.