Tournament details | |
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Host country | Sweden |
Venue(s) | 7 (in 7 host cities) |
Dates | December 26, 1992 – January 4, 1993 |
Teams | 8 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Canada (6th title) |
Runner-up | Sweden |
Third place | Czechoslovakia |
Fourth place | United States |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 28 |
Goals scored | 242 (8.64 per game) |
Attendance | 36,397 (1,300 per game) |
Scoring leader(s) | Peter Forsberg (31 points) |
The 1993 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1993 WJHC) was the 17th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held in Gävle, Sweden. Canada[1] won the gold medal, its sixth championship, while Sweden won silver, and the combined team of the Czech Republic and Slovakia won bronze. Peter Forsberg of Sweden scored a tournament record 31 points, while teammate Markus Näslund's 13 goals also set a tournament record.