1987 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

1987 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Czechoslovakia
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
DatesDecember 26, 1986 – January 4, 1987
Teams8
Final positions
Champions  Finland (1st title)
Runner-up  Czechoslovakia
Third place  Sweden
Fourth place United States
Tournament statistics
Games played27
Goals scored272 (10.07 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Sweden Ulf Dahlén (15 points)
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The 1987 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1987 WJHC) was the 11th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held in Piešťany, Trenčín, Nitra, and Topoľčany, Czechoslovakia. Finland captured its first World Junior gold medal, Czechoslovakia took silver, and Sweden the bronze. The tournament is most remembered, however, for how the medals were allocated.


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