1983 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships


The 1983 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the seventh edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held in Leningrad, Soviet Union between December 26, 1982, and January 4, 1983. The host Soviet team won the tournament with a perfect 7–0 record.

Pool A

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

Final standings

was relegated to Pool B for the 1984 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Results

Scoring leaders

Tournament awards

Pool B

The second tier was contested from March 14 to 20, in Anglet, France. Eight teams were divided into two round robin groups where the top two, and bottom two, graduated to meet their respective opponents in a final round robin. Results between competitors who migrated together were carried forward.

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Relegation round

Results from any games played during the preliminary round were carried forward to the relegation round.
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Promotion round

Results from any games played during the preliminary round were carried forward to the promotion round.
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Scoring leaders

Pool C

A double round robin was played in Bucharest, Romania from March 3 to 9. This was the first year of a 'C' pool, and it marked the debut of junior teams from Romania, Bulgaria, and Australia.
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