# 1989 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 1989 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1989 WJHC) was the 13th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held in Anchorage, Alaska, United States at the Sullivan Arena. The Soviet Union won the gold medal, its eighth, and final, championship. Sweden won silver, and Czechoslovakia the bronze.

## Final standings

The 1989 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 | Soviet Union | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 14 | +37 | 12 |
| 2 | Sweden | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 14 | +25 | 12 |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 19 | +17 | 9 |
| 4 | Canada | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 23 | +8 | 9 |
| 5 | United States | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 41 | 25 | +16 | 7 |
| 6 | Finland | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 37 | −8 | 5 |
| 7 | Norway | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 56 | −42 | 2 |
| 8 | West Germany | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 66 | −53 | 0 |
West Germany was relegated to Pool B for 1990.

## Results
### Scoring leaders

| Rank | Player | Country | G | A | Pts |
| 1 | Jeremy Roenick | United States | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| 2 | Mike Modano | United States | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| 3 | Pavel Bure | Soviet Union | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | Josef Beránek | Czechoslovakia | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 5 | Alexander Mogilny | Soviet Union | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 6 | Sergei Fedorov | Soviet Union | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 7 | Robert Cimetta | Canada | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 8 | Petri Aaltonen | Finland | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 8 | John Leclair | United States | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 10 | Teemu Selänne | Finland | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 10 | Andrei Sidorov | Soviet Union | 5 | 5 | 10 |

### Tournament awards

| | IIHF Directorate Awards | Media All-Star Team |
| Goaltender | Alexei Ivashkin | Alexei Ivashkin |
| Defencemen | Ricard Persson | Ricard Persson Milan Tichý |
| Forwards | Pavel Bure | Pavel Bure Niklas Eriksson Jeremy Roenick |

## Qualification for Pool B

Because Denmark had used an ineligible player in last year's Pool C, a special challenge was played with Italy (who had come second). The games were played in Canazei, Italy.

## Pool B

Eight teams contested the second tier this year in Chamonix, France from 19 to 28 March. 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 | Poland | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 20 | +29 | 14 | | 9–1 | 13–4 | 7–2 | 6–5 | 5–3 | 4–2 | 5–3 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 19 | +26 | 12 | 1–9 | | 2–0 | 9–5 | 13–1 | 3–1 | 8–1 | 9–2 |
| 3 | Romania | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 8 | 4–13 | 0–2 | | 5–1 | 2–5 | 6–3 | 9–5 | 6–2 |
| 4 | Japan | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 34 | −2 | 8 | 2–7 | 5–9 | 1–5 | | 8–4 | 6–2 | 5–4 | 5–3 |
| 5 | Yugoslavia | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 8 | 5–6 | 1–13 | 5–2 | 4–8 | | 6–3 | 11–3 | 10–5 |
| 6 | France | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 31 | −8 | 3 | 3–5 | 1–3 | 3–6 | 2–6 | 3–6 | | 4–4 | 7–1 |
| 7 | Denmark | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 42 | −17 | 3 | 2–4 | 1–8 | 5–9 | 4–5 | 3–11 | 4–4 | | 6–1 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 48 | −31 | 0 | 3–5 | 2–9 | 2–6 | 3–5 | 5–10 | 1–7 | 1–6 | |
Poland was promoted to Pool A and the Netherlands was relegated to Pool C for 1990.

## Pool C

This five team tournament was a round robin played in Basingstoke, Great Britain from 16 to 22 March.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts | | | | | |
| 1 | Austria | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 14 | +7 | 7 | | 2–2 | 7–5 | 5–2 | 7–5 |
| 2 | Italy | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 14 | +8 | 6 | 2–2 | | 7–4 | 6–6 | 7–2 |
| 3 | North Korea | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 20 | −3 | 4 | 5–7 | 4–7 | | 5–4 | 3–2 |
| 4 | Great Britain | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 19 | −4 | 2 | 2–5 | 6–6 | 4–5 | | 3–3 |
| 5 | Bulgaria | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 20 | −8 | 1 | 5–7 | 2–7 | 2–3 | 3–3 | |
Austria was promoted to Pool B for 1990.