The 1974 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships were held in

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between December 27, 1973, and January 6, 1974. The host Soviet team won the tournament with a perfect 5–0 record. This was the first edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, but the results are not included in official IIHF records. Canada was represented by a club team, the

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, while the other five nations were represented by teams of their top under-20 players.

Final standings

The tournament was a round-robin format, with each team playing each of the other five teams once each.

Results

Scoring leaders

Tournament awards

References

"Matches internationaux des moins de 20 ans 1973/74"
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World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The IIHF World Junior Championship (WJC), or simply the "World Juniors" in ice hockey circles, is an annual event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) for national under-20 ice hockey teams from around the world. It is t ...

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