| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host countries |  Canada United States |
| Venues | 5 (in 5 host cities) |
| Dates | December 27, 1974 – January 5, 1975 |
| Teams | 6 |
| Final positions | |
Champions  |  Soviet Union |
Runners-up  | Canada |
Third place  |  Sweden |
| Fourth place |  Czechoslovakia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 95 (6.33 per game) |
| Scoring leader(s) | Boris ChuchinDag Bredberg (8 points) |
The1975 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships were between December 26, 1974, and January 5, 1975, in several venues inWinnipeg andBrandon inCanada and inMinneapolis,Bloomington, andFargo in theUnited States.TheSoviet team won the tournament with a perfect 5–0 record.[1]This was the second edition of theIce Hockey World Junior Championship, but the results are not included in official IIHF records.[2]Canada was represented by an all-star team from just theWestern Canada Hockey League, while the other five nations were represented by teams of all their top under-20 players.[3]
The tournament was a round-robin format, with each team playing each of the other five teams once each.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 8 | +14 | 10 |
| 2 | Canada | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 10 | +17 | 8 |
| 3 | Sweden | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 24 | −6 | 5 |
| 4 | Czechoslovakia | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 4 |
| 5 |  Finland | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 3 |
| 6 | United States | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 28 | −19 | 0 |
| Finland | 1 – 4 | Soviet Union |
| Canada | 10 – 2 (2–0, 6–1, 2–1) | Sweden |
| Czechoslovakia | 1 – 1 | Finland |
| Canada | 9 – 3 | United States |
| Soviet Union | 5 – 1 (2–0, 3–1, 0–0) | Czechoslovakia |
| Sweden | 7 – 3 (2–0, 1–1, 4–2) | United States |
| Canada | 2 – 1 | Finland |
| Canada | 3 – 0 (2–0, 0–0, 1–0) | Czechoslovakia |
| Soviet Union | 3 – 1 (1–0, 2–1, 0–0) | United States |
| Sweden | 5 – 3 (3–2, 0–0, 2–1) | Finland |
| Soviet Union | 6 – 2 (0–0, 2–2, 4–0) | Sweden |
| United States | 0 – 5 | Czechoslovakia |
| Canada | 3 – 4 (1–2, 0–2, 2–0) | Soviet Union |
| Finland | 4 – 2 | United States |
| Sweden | 2 – 2 (1–1, 0–1, 1–0) | Czechoslovakia |
| Rank | Player | Country | G | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boris Chuchin | Soviet Union | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Dag Bredberg | Sweden | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| 3 | Dale McMullin | Canada | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 4 | Vladimir Kucherenko | Soviet Union | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 5 | Emil Meszáros | Sweden | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Kent Nilsson | Sweden | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Bryan Trottier | Canada | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 8 | Mel Bridgman | Canada | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Viktor Khatulev | Soviet Union | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| 10 | Mark Davidson | Canada | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Peter Šťastný | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Matti Hagman | Finland | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Best Players | All-Star Team | |
|---|---|---|
| Goaltender | Ed Staniowski | Vladimir Myshkin |
| Defencemen | Sergei Babinov | Richard LapointeViktor Kucherenko |
| Forwards | Viktor Khatulev | Dale McMullin Viktor KhatulevBoris Alexandrov |
