1988 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

1988 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Soviet Union
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
DatesDecember 26, 1987 – January 4, 1988
Teams8
Final positions
Champions  Canada (3rd title)
Runner-up  Soviet Union
Third place  Finland
Fourth place Czechoslovakia
Tournament statistics
Games played28
Goals scored247 (8.82 per game)
Attendance46,220 (1,651 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Soviet Union Alexander Mogilny (18 points)
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The 1988 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 12th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held in Moscow, Soviet Union. Canada and the Soviet Union won the gold and silver medals respectively as the two nations redeemed themselves following their mutual disqualification in the 1987 tournament as a result of the Punch-up in Piestany. Finland won the bronze medal.


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