1996 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

1996 IIHF World Junior Championship

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Venue(s)	7 (in 6[1] host cities)
Dates	December 26, 1995 – January 4, 1996
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Canada (9th title)
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played	31
Goals scored	218 (7.03 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Jarome Iginla (12 points)
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The 1996 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1996 WJHC) was the 20th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, hosted in Massachusetts, United States. The tournament was won by Canada—defeating Sweden 4–1 in the gold-medal game—earning Canada their fourth straight gold medal and ninth overall, tying the Soviet team's record in both regards.

Attendance was less than spectacular for the championships in the United States. It would be the last time the US would host the tournament until 2005 in Grand Forks.

Among this edition of the tournament's future NHL stars were Milan Hejduk, Miikka Kiprusoff, Chris Drury, Marco Sturm, José Théodore, Mattias Öhlund, Daymond Langkow, Sergei Samsonov and tournament scoring leader Jarome Iginla.

This was the first World Juniors tournament to implement the two groups, round-robin/preliminaries and playoff format. It was also Slovakia's first appearance at the top level in the junior tournament.