1980 World Junior Championship

The 1980 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1980 WJHC) was the 4th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held from December 27, 1979 until January 2, 1980. The tournament was held in Helsinki, Finland. The Soviet Union won its fourth consecutive gold medal, while Finland won the silver, and Sweden the bronze.
== Tournament format ==
The 1980 tournament divided participants into two divisions of four teams, each playing three games. The top two teams in each division advanced to the A division in the medal round, while the bottom two were placed in a B division. Each division played another round robin. The top three teams in the A division won the gold, silver and bronze medals. Teams that faced each other in the first round had their results carried over to the medal rounds.
=== Overall standings ===
This is the aggregate standings, ordered according to final placing. The four teams in the A division in the medal round were ranked one through four, while the four teams in the B division were ranked five through eight regardless of overall record.
Rank	Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
 	 	5 	5	0	0	24	9
 	 	5 	4	1	0	29	8
 	 	5 	2	2	1	23	15
4 	 	5 	2	3	0	28	27
5 	 	5 	3	2	0	25	18
6 	 	5 	2	3	0	15	28
7 	 	5 	1	3	1	21	26
8 	 	5 	0	5	0	13	47
Switzerland was relegated to Pool B for 1981.
=== Preliminary round ===
;Gold Division
Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
 	3 	3	0	0	16	6 	6
 	3 	2	1	0	22	4 	4
 	3 	1	2	0	15	15	2
 	3 	0	3	0	6 	34	0
;Blue Division
Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
 	3 	2	0	1	20	10	5
 	3 	2	1	0	24	17	4
 	3 	1	2	0	10	20	2
 	3 	0	2	1	10	17	1
=== Medal round ===
;Championship round
Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
 	3 	3	0	0	10	4 	6
 	3 	2	1	0	8 	6 	4
 	3 	1	2	0	13	9 	2
 	3 	0	3	0	8 	20	0
;Consolation round
Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
 	3 	3	0	0	19	8 	6
 	3 	2	1	0	10	10	4
 	3 	1	2	0	13	14	2
 	3 	0	3	0	12	22	0
== Leading scorers ==
  	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Vladimir Krutov	 	7	4	11 	
Jari Kurri 	 	4	7	11 	
Hakan Loob 	 	7	2	9 	
Jan Vodila 	 	6	2	8 	
Kari Jalonen 	 	3	5	8 	
== Tournament all-stars ==
* Goaltender Jari Paavola
* Defence Reijo Ruotsalainen
* Defence Tomas Jonsson
* Forward Igor Larionov
* Forward Hakan Loob
* Forward Vladimir Krutov
== References ==
* 
* 1977–81 World Junior Hockey Championships at TSN
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