The 1993 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (''1993 WJHC'') was the 17th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held in

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, Sweden. Canada won the gold medal, its sixth championship, while Sweden won silver, and the combined team of the

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and

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won bronze.

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of Sweden scored a tournament record 31 points, while teammate

Markus Näslund Markus Sten Näslund (born 30 July 1973) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player and former general manager for Modo Hockey of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL, formerly named Elitserien). He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) f ...

's 13 goals also set a tournament record.

Final standings

The 1993 tournament was a round-robin format, with the top three teams winning gold, silver and bronze medals respectively. As the tournament was ongoing, the nation of

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was dissolved into two separate nations, the

and

, on New Years Day, 1993. The team remained unified throughout the tournament, however the Czechoslovakian flag and anthem were replaced with the flag and anthem of the

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on January 1. Meanwhile, the former Soviet Union, which had competed in

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as the

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was replaced in this tournament by Russia. ''Japan was relegated to Pool B for

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Results

Scoring leaders

Tournament awards

Pool B

Eight teams contested the second tier this year in

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and

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Norway from December 27 to January 5. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games. 1993 full results
/ref> ;Standings ''Switzerland was promoted to Pool A and the Netherlands was relegated to Pool C for

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Qualification for Pool C

Nine countries played a qualification tournament from November 10 to 15, for a spot in the C Pool. Five teams played in

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while the remaining four played in

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, with the first place teams playing each other in

. Greece was the only competitor who was not making their debut. ;Riga Group ;Minsk Group

Qualification Game

'' won the right to participate in Pool C.

Pool C

Eight teams were divided into two round robin groups, with placement games to follow (1st played 1st, etc.). The tournament took place from December 30 to January 3, in

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and

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Denmark.

Preliminary Round

;Group A ;Group B

Placement Games

*7th place: 13 - 2 *5th place: 4 - 2 *3rd place: 15 - 4 *1st Place: 8 - 3 '' was promoted to Pool B for

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References

External links

pre-tournament interview with Peter Forsberg and Markus Näslund at SVT's open archive
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