Tournament details | |
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Host country | Canada |
Dates | December – January 4 |
Teams | 8 |
Venue(s) | 13 (in 13 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Canada (8th title) |
Runner-up | Russia |
Third place | Sweden |
Fourth place | Finland |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 28 |
Goals scored | 249 (8.89 per match) |
Scoring leader(s) |
Marty Murray (15 points) |
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The 1995 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1995 WJHC) was the 19th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was hosted in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada with games held throughout central Alberta. The host Canadians won their third straight gold medal, and its eighth overall, while Russia won silver, and Sweden the Bronze
The 1995 tournament was a round-robin format, with the top three teams winning gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.
No team was relegated to Pool B as the tournament expanded to ten teams for 1996.
Eight teams contested the second tier this year in Caen, Rouen, Le Havre, and Louviers France from December 27 to January 5. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games. Two teams were promoted, no team was relegated because of the expansion of the top tier.
Switzerland and Slovakia were promoted to Pool A for 1996.