Tournament details | |
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Host country | Canada |
Venue(s) | 9 (in 9 host cities) |
Dates | December 26, 1990 – January 4, 1991 |
Teams | 8 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Canada (5th title) |
Runner-up | Soviet Union |
Third place | Czechoslovakia |
Fourth place | United States |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 28 |
Goals scored | 253 (9.04 per game) |
Attendance | 137,067 (4,895 per game) |
Scoring leader(s) | Doug Weight (19 points) |
The 1991 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1991 WJHC) was the 15th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held in various communities in Saskatchewan, Canada. Canada won its second consecutive gold medal, and fifth overall, while the Soviet Union won silver, and Czechoslovakia the bronze.[1]