The 1994 Ice Hockey World Junior Championship (''1994 WJC'') was the 18th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held in

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and Frydek-Mistek,

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. Canada won the gold medal for the second consecutive year, and its seventh overall, while

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won silver, and

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the bronze.

Final standings

The 1994 tournament was a round-robin format, with the top three teams winning gold, silver and bronze medals respectively. ''

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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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from December 27 to January 5. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games. ;Standings '' was promoted to Pool A and was relegated to Pool C for

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Qualification for Pool C

A Qualification tournament was played in

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and

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, from November 1 to 7. Games between teams that had played each other in the preliminary round carried forward and counted in the final round.

Preliminary Round

;Group A ;Group B

Final Round

;Group A '' and 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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Preliminary Round

;Group A ;Group B

Placement Games

*7th place: 7 - 2 *5th place: 11 - 1 *3rd place: 6 - 5 *1st Place: 6 - 2 '' was promoted to Pool B for

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References

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1994 World Junior Hockey Championships
at TSN
1994 results
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