1996 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 1996 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1996 WJHC) was the 20th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championship, hosted in Massachusetts. The tournament was won by Canada—defeating Sweden 4-1 in the gold-medal game—earning Canada their fourth straight gold medal and ninth overall, tying the Soviet team's record in both regards.
Attendance was less than spectacular for the championships in the United States. It would be the last time the US would host the tournament until 2005 in Grand Forks.
Among this edition of the tournament's future NHL stars were Milan Hejduk, Miikka Kiprusoff, Chris Drury, Marco Sturm, José Theodore, Mattias Ohlund, Daymond Langkow, Sergei Samsonov and tournament scoring leader Jarome Iginla.
This was the first World Juniors tournament to implement the two groups, round-robin/preliminaries and playoff format. It was also Slovakia's first appearance at the top level in the junior tournament.
==Round robin==
===Group A===
Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
 	4 	4	0	0	19	4 	8
 	4 	2	2	0	13	17	4
 	4 	2	2	0	14	10	4
 	4 	1	3	0	10	14	2
 	4 	1	3	0	9 	20	2
===Group B===
Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
 	4 	2	0	2	15	10	6
 	4 	2	1	1	19	12	5
 	4 	2	1	1	14	7 	5
 	4 	0	1	3	11	17	3
 	4 	0	3	1	11	24	1
==Relegation round==
Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
 	3 	2	0	1	17	10	5
 	3 	1	0	2	12	7 	4
 	3 	1	1	1	11	13	3
 	3 	0	3	0	6 	16	0
 was relegated for the 1997 World Junior Championships.
==Playoffs==
===Quarterfinals===
===Semifinals===
===5th place game===
===Bronze medal game===
===Gold medal game===
==Final standings==
 	Team
 	
 	
 	
4th 	
5th 	
6th 	
7th 	
8th 	
9th 	
10th	
==Pool B==
The second tier was held in Sosnowiec and Tychy Poland, from December 28 to January 4. Two groups of four played round robins, and then the top three played each of the top three teams from the other group. All scores carried forward except the results against the lone eliminated team from each group.
===Preliminary Round===
;Group A
Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS		 	 	 	
 	3 	3	0	0	32	2 	6 		 	7 - 2	9 - 0	16 - 0
 	3 	2	1	0	14	12	4 		2 - 7 	 	7 - 1	5 - 4
 	3 	1	2	0	4 	17	2 		0 - 9 	1 - 7	 	3 - 1
 	3 	0	3	0	5 	24	0 		0 - 16	4 - 5	1 - 3	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	
;Group B
Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS		 	 	 	
 	3 	3	0	0	15	9 	6 		 	5 - 1	5 - 4	5 - 4
 	3 	1	2	0	8 	11	2 		1 - 5	 	3 - 4	4 - 2
 	3 	1	2	0	8 	9 	2 		4 - 5	4 - 3	 	0 - 1
 	3 	1	2	0	7 	9 	2 		4 - 5	2 - 4	1 - 0	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	
===Final Round===
Rank	Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS		 	 	 	 	 	
1 	 	5 	5	0	0	31	7 	10 		 	5 - 3	3 - 2	7 - 2	7 - 0	9 - 0
2 	 	5 	4	1	0	22	16	8 		3 - 5	 	5 - 4	5 - 4	5 - 1	4 - 2
3 	 	5 	3	2	0	18	15	6 		2 - 3	4 - 5	 	3 - 1	4 - 3	5 - 3
4 	 	5 	2	3	0	19	16	4 		2 - 7	4 - 5	1 - 3	 	5 - 0	7 - 1
5 	 	5 	1	4	0	9 	25	2 		0 - 7	1 - 5	3 - 4	0 - 5	 	5 - 4
6 	 	5 	0	5	0	10	30	0 		0 - 9	2 - 4	3 - 5	1 - 7	4 - 5	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 was promoted to Pool A for 1997.
===Relegation Round===
 was relegated to Pool C for 1997.
==Pool C==
Played in Jesenice, Bled, and Kranj Slovenia from December 30 to January 3.
===Preliminary Round===
;Group A
Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS		 	 	 	
 	3 	3	0	0	22	5 	6 		 	2 - 1 	10 - 4	10 - 0
 	3 	2	1	0	18	5 	4 		1 - 2 	 	13 - 0	4 - 3
 	3 	1	2	0	10	26	2 		4 - 10	0 - 13	 	6 - 3
 	3 	0	3	0	6 	20	0 		0 - 10	3 - 4 	3 - 6 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	
;Group B
Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS		 	 	 	
 	3 	3	0	0	25	11	6 		 	7 - 6 	7 - 2	11 - 3
 	3 	2	1	0	23	11	4 		6 - 7 	 	6 - 4	11 - 0
 	3 	1	2	0	14	14	2 		2 - 7 	4 - 6 	 	8 - 1
 	3 	0	3	0	4 	30	0 		3 - 11	0 - 11	1 - 8	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	
===Placement Games===
*7th place: 4 - 1 
*5th place: 3 - 2 
*3rd place: 5 - 4 
*1st Place: 6 - 5 
 was promoted to Pool B, and was relegated to Pool D for 1997.
==Pool D==
Played in Tallinn Estonia from December 31 to January 4.
===Preliminary Round===
;Group A
Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS		 	 	
 	2 	2	0	0	24	3 	4 		 	4 - 2	20 - 1
 	2 	1	1	0	10	5 	2 		2 - 4 	 	8 - 1
 	2 	0	2	0	2 	28	0 		1 - 20	1 - 8	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
;Group B
Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS		 	 	
 	2 	2	0	0	20	4 	4 		 	5 - 2 	15 - 2
 	2 	1	1	0	21	7 	2 		2 - 5 	 	19 - 2
 	2 	0	2	0	4 	34	0 		2 - 15	2 - 19	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	
===Placement Games===
*5th place: 10 - 1 
*3rd place: 5 - 4 
*1st Place: 2 - 0 
 was promoted to Pool C for 1997.
==References==
Category:World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
Category:1996 in ice hockey