1997 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 1997 IIHF World U20 Championship were held in Geneva and Morges, Switzerland. The tournament was won by Canada, who won their record fifth-straight gold medal with a 2–0 victory over the United States in the gold medal match. Mike York of the United States was the top scorer in the tournament, with five goals and five assists for ten points.
The tournament all-star team selected upon the conclusion of the tournament included forwards Mike York (United States), Sergei Samsonov (Russia) and Christian Dube (Canada); defencemen Mark Streit (Switzerland) and Chris Phillips (Canada); and goaltender Brian Boucher (United States).
Notable future National Hockey League (NHL) stars that played in this year's tournament included Joe Thornton (Canada), Daniel Brière (Canada) and Marián Hossa (Slovakia).
==Round robin==
===Group A===
Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
 	4 	3	0	1	18	5 	7
 	4 	2	0	2	15	9 	6
 	4 	1	1	2	13	8 	4
 	4 	1	2	1	8 	11	3
 	4 	0	4	0	5 	26	0
===Group B===
Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
 	4 	3	0	1	20	5 	7
 	4 	3	1	0	17	9 	6
 	4 	2	2	0	17	13	4
 	4 	1	2	1	10	10	3
 	4 	0	4	0	6 	33	0
==Relegation round==
Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
 	3 	3	0	0	18	5 	6
 	3 	2	1	0	17	10	4
 	3 	1	2	0	11	14	2
 	3 	0	3	0	3 	20	0
 was relegated for the 1998 World Junior Championships.
==Medal Rounds==
=== Quarterfinals ===
=== Semifinals ===
=== 5th place game ===
=== Bronze Medal Game ===
=== Gold Medal Game ===
==Final standings==
 	Team
 	
 	
 	
4th 	
5th 	
6th 	
7th 	
8th 	
9th 	
10th	
 was relegated for the 1998 World Juniors
==Pool B==
This tournament was played in Kiev Ukraine, from December 27 to January 5. 
;Standings
Rank	Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1 	 	7 	6	0	1	39	15	13 		 	4 - 1	1 - 1	7 - 5	3 - 1	4 - 0	11 - 3	9 - 4
2 	 	7 	5	1	1	28	19	11 		1 - 4 	 	4 - 3	5 - 5	2 - 1	4 - 3	9 - 1 	3 - 2
3 	 	7 	4	1	2	22	16	10 		1 - 1 	3 - 4	 	5 - 4	4 - 3	1 - 1	3 - 2 	5 - 1
4 	 	7 	2	2	3	33	23	7 		5 - 7 	5 - 5	4 - 5	 	2 - 2	3 - 3	5 - 1 	9 - 0
5 	 	7 	3	3	1	26	18	7 		1 - 3 	1 - 2	3 - 4	2 - 2	 	4 - 3	8 - 1 	7 - 3
6 	 	7 	2	3	2	24	17	6 		0 - 4 	3 - 4	1 - 1	3 - 3	3 - 4	 	6 - 1 	8 - 0
7 	 	7 	1	6	0	14	44	2 		3 - 11	1 - 9	2 - 3	1 - 5	1 - 8	1 - 6	 	5 - 2
8 	 	7 	0	7	0	12	46	0 		4 - 9 	2 - 3	1 - 5	0 - 9	3 - 7	0 - 8	2 - 5 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 was promoted to Pool A, and was relegated to Pool C, for 1998.
==Pool C==
Played in Gheorgheni and Miercurea Ciuc, Romania from December 30 to January 3.
===Preliminary Round===
;Group A
Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS		 	 	 	
 	3 	3	0	0	26	2 	6 		 	7 - 2	8 - 0	11 - 0
 	3 	2	1	0	13	9 	4 		2 - 7 	 	4 - 2	7 - 0
 	3 	1	2	0	6 	12	2 		0 - 8 	2 - 4	 	4 - 0
 	3 	0	3	0	0 	22	0 		0 - 11	0 - 7	0 - 4	
;Group B
Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS		 	 	 	
 	3 	3	0	0	22	6 	6 		 	6 - 2 	6 - 2	10 - 2
 	3 	2	1	0	27	8 	4 		2 - 6 	 	9 - 0	16 - 2
 	3 	1	2	0	8 	18	2 		2 - 6 	0 - 9 	 	6 - 3
 	3 	0	3	0	7 	32	0 		2 - 10	2 - 16	3 - 6	
===Placement Games===
*7th place: 5 - 3 
*5th place: 3 - 1 
*3rd place: 5 - 4 
*1st Place: 8 - 2 
 was promoted to Pool B, and was relegated to Pool D for 1998.
==Pool D==
Played in Sofia Bulgaria from December 30 to January 3.
===Preliminary Round===
;Group A
Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS		 	 	 	
 	3 	3	0	0	45	4 	6 		 	10 - 1	15 - 1	20 - 2
 	3 	2	1	0	17	12	4 		1 - 10	 	3 - 1 	13 - 1
 	3 	1	2	0	9 	20	2 		1 - 15	1 - 3 	 	7 - 2
 	3 	0	3	0	5 	40	0 		2 - 20	1 - 13	2 - 7 	
;Group B
Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS		 	 	 	
 	3 	3	0	0	38	7 	6 		 	8 - 3 	12 - 3	18 - 1
 	3 	2	1	0	22	12	4 		3 - 8 	 	9 - 4 	10 - 0
 	3 	1	2	0	13	23	2 		3 - 12	4 - 9 	 	6 - 2
 	3 	0	3	0	3 	34	0 		1 - 18	0 - 10	2 - 6 	
===Placement Games===
*7th place: 5 - 3 
*5th place: 7 - 3 
*3rd place: 4 - 1 
*1st Place: 8 - 4 
 was promoted to Pool C for 1998.
==External links==
*1997 World Junior Hockey Championships at TSN.ca
*Complete details in French at Passionhockey.com
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==References==
World Junior Championships
Category:World Junior Ice Hockey Championships