# 1983 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 1983 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1983 WJHC) was the seventh edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held in Leningrad, Soviet Union between December 26, 1982, and January 4, 1983. The host Soviet team won the tournament with a perfect 7–0 record.

## Pool A

The tournament was a round-robin format, with the top three teams winning gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.

### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 15 | +35 | 14 |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 22 | +21 | 11 |
| 3 | Canada | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 24 | +15 | 9 |
| 4 | Sweden | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 23 | +12 | 8 |
| 5 | United States | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 29 | −1 | 6 |
| 6 | Finland | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 29 | +6 | 6 |
| 7 | West Germany | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 46 | −32 | 2 |
| 8 | Norway | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 69 | −56 | 0 |
Norway was relegated to Pool B for the 1984 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

### Scoring leaders

| Rank | Player | Country | G | A | Pts |
| 1 | Vladimír Růžička | Czechoslovakia | 12 | 8 | 20 |
| 2 | Herman Volgin | Soviet Union | 11 | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | Tomas Sandström | Sweden | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 4 | Oleg Starkov | Soviet Union | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | Dave Andreychuk | Canada | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | Sergei Kharin | Soviet Union | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | Jali Wahlsten | Finland | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 8 | Mario Lemieux | Canada | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 9 | Leonid Trukhno | Soviet Union | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 10 | Petr Klima | Czechoslovakia | 4 | 4 | 8 |

### Tournament awards

| | IIHF Directorate Awards | Media All-Star Team |
| Goaltender | Dominik Hašek | Matti Rautianen |
| Defencemen | Ilya Byakin | Ilya Byakin Simo Saarinen |
| Forwards | Tomas Sandström | Vladimír Růžička Tomas Sandström Herman Volgin |

## Pool B

The second tier was contested from March 14 to 20, in Anglet, France. Eight teams were divided into two round robin groups where the top two, and bottom two, graduated to meet their respective opponents in a final round robin. Results between competitors who migrated together were carried forward.

### Preliminary round
#### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 10 | +12 | 4 |
| Austria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 4 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 18 | +2 | 4 |
| Italy | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 30 | −19 | 0 |

#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Switzerland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 8 | +14 | 6 |
| Poland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 4 |
| France | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 15 | +4 | 2 |
| Denmark | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 31 | −25 | 0 |

### Relegation round

Results from any games played during the preliminary round were carried forward to the relegation round.
| Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 9 | +15 | 5 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 22 | −2 | 3 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 21 | −7 | 3 |
| Italy | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 19 | −6 | 1 |
Italy was relegated to Pool C for the 1984 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

### Promotion round

Results from any games played during the preliminary round were carried forward to the promotion round.
| Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 4 |
| Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 4 |
| Poland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 4 |
| Austria | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 18 | −10 | 0 |
Switzerland was promoted to Pool A for the 1984 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

### Scoring leaders

| Rank | Player | Country | G | A | Pts |
| 1 | Christophe Ville | France | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | Franck Ganis | France | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | Marian Guzy | Poland | 8 | 1 | 9 |

## Pool C

A double round robin (each team played each other twice) was played in Bucharest, Romania from March 3 to 9. This was the first year of a 'C' pool, and it marked the debut of junior teams from Romania, Bulgaria, and Australia.
| Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Romania | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 9 | +40 | 12 |
| Bulgaria | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 19 | −3 | 6 |
| Hungary | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 30 | −9 | 6 |
| Australia | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 40 | −28 | 0 |
Romania was promoted to Pool B for the 1984 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.