The 1976 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships were between December 26, 1975, and January 1, 1976, in Tampere, Turku, Pori and Rauma Finland. The Soviet team won the tournament with a perfect 4–0 record. This was the third edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, but the results are not included in official IIHF records. Canada was represented by a club team, the Sherbrooke Castors, while the other four nations were represented by teams of their top under-20 players. The United States did not participate in this tournament, after having competed in the 1974 and 1975 tournaments.
Final standings The tournament was a round-robin format, with each team playing each of the other four teams once each.
Results
Scoring leaders RankPlayerCountry 1 Valeri Evstifeev 4 4 8 2 Karel Holý 5 2 7 3 Valeri Bragin 4 2 6 4 Sergei Prdgortsev 2 4 6 5 Matti Forss 4 1 5 6 Björn Johansson 3 2 5 7 Josef Lukác 2 3 5 8 Peter Marsh 4 0 4 9 Thomas Gradin 3 1 4 Hannu Helander 3 1 4 Anders Håkansson 3 1 4
Tournament awards Best Players All-Star Team Goaltender Sergei Babariko Pavol Švárny Defencemen Vasili Pervukhin Vassili Pervukhin Björn Johansson Forwards Valeri Evstifeev Peter Marsh Karel Holý Valeri Evstifeev
References
"Matches internationaux des moins de 20 ans 1975/76". Retrieved 2011-10-18.