# 1991 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 1991 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1991 WJHC) was the 15th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held in various communities in Saskatchewan, Canada. Canada won its second consecutive gold medal, and fifth overall, while the Soviet Union won silver, and Czechoslovakia the bronze.

## Final standings

The 1991 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 | 40 | 18 | +22 | 11 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 15 | +29 | 11 |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 19 | +25 | 10 |
| 4 | United States | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 19 | +26 | 9 |
| 5 | Finland | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 7 |
| 6 | Sweden | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 29 | +3 | 6 |
| 7 | Switzerland | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 48 | −43 | 2 |
| 8 | Norway | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 75 | −67 | 0 |
Norway was relegated to Pool B for 1992.

## Results
### Scoring leaders

| Rank | Player | Country | G | A | Pts |
| 1 | Doug Weight | United States | 5 | 14 | 19 |
| 2 | Eric Lindros | Canada | 6 | 11 | 17 |
| 3 | Pavel Bure | Soviet Union | 12 | 3 | 15 |
| 4 | Martin Ručinský | Czechoslovakia | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| 5 | Žigmund Pálffy | Czechoslovakia | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | Marko Jantunen | Finland | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| 7 | Trent Klatt | United States | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 8 | Ted Drury | United States | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 9 | Vyacheslav Kozlov | Soviet Union | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 10 | Mike Craig | Canada | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 10 | Michael Nylander | Sweden | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 10 | Vesa Viitakoski | Finland | 6 | 5 | 11 |

### Tournament awards

| | IIHF Directorate Awards | Media All-Star Team |
| Goaltender | Pauli Jaks | Pauli Jaks |
| Defencemen | Jiří Šlégr | Dmitry Yushkevich Scott Lachance |
| Forwards | Eric Lindros | Mike Craig Eric Lindros Martin Ručinský |

## Pool B

Eight teams contested the second tier in Tychy and Oswiecim Poland 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 | Germany | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 15 | +34 | 13 | | 5–3 | 2–2 | 7–4 | 9–1 | 8–1 | 11–2 | 7–2 |
| 2 | Poland | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 17 | +36 | 12 | 3–5 | | 5–4 | 7–2 | 6–3 | 10–0 | 14–0 | 8–3 |
| 3 | France | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 19 | +23 | 10 | 2–2 | 4–5 | | 4–4 | 13–3 | 7–1 | 5–1 | 7–3 |
| 4 | Japan | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 22 | +12 | 9 | 4–7 | 2–7 | 4–4 | | 7–0 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 7–1 |
| 5 | Romania | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 43 | −20 | 5 | 1–9 | 3–6 | 3–13 | 0–7 | | 3–3 | 4–2 | 9–3 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 43 | −27 | 3 | 1–8 | 0–10 | 1–7 | 2–4 | 3–3 | | 6–3 | 3–8 |
| 7 | Austria | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 48 | −35 | 2 | 2–11 | 0–14 | 1–5 | 1–6 | 2–4 | 3–6 | | 4–2 |
| 8 | Denmark | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 45 | −23 | 2 | 2–7 | 3–8 | 3–7 | 1–7 | 3–9 | 8–3 | 2–4 | |
Germany was promoted to Pool A and Denmark was relegated to Pool C for 1992.

## Pool C

Eight teams contested the third tier in Belgrade Yugoslavia from December 27 to January 5. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games. Greece's national junior team made their debut this year.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | North Korea | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 18 | +32 | 12 | | 4–3 | 1–9 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 10–1 | 6–1 | 20–0 |
| 2 | Italy | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 11 | +46 | 12 | 3–4 | | 6–2 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 8–1 | 9–0 | 21–1 |
| 3 | Yugoslavia | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 77 | 21 | +56 | 11 | 9–1 | 2–6 | | 5–2 | 7–7 | 13–2 | 8–2 | 33–1 |
| 4 | Great Britain | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 20 | +25 | 8 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 2–5 | | 3–2 | 5–1 | 9–3 | 22–0 |
| 5 | South Korea | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 55 | 28 | +27 | 7 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 7–7 | 2–3 | | 8–2 | 9–5 | 26–1 |
| 6 | Bulgaria | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 48 | −14 | 4 | 1–10 | 1–8 | 2–13 | 1–5 | 2–8 | | 5–3 | 22–1 |
| 7 | Hungary | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 46 | −18 | 2 | 1–6 | 0–9 | 2–8 | 3–9 | 5–9 | 3–5 | | 14–0 |
| 8 | Greece | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 158 | −154 | 0 | 0–20 | 1–21 | 1–33 | 0–22 | 1–26 | 1–22 | 0–14 | |
North Korea was promoted to Pool B for 1992.