1988 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 1988 tournament was a round-robin format, with the top three teams winning gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Canada	7	6	0	1	37	16	+21	13
2	Soviet Union	7	6	1	0	44	18	+26	12
3	Finland	7	5	1	1	36	20	+16	11
4	Czechoslovakia	7	3	3	1	36	23	+13	7
5	Sweden	7	3	3	1	36	24	+12	7
6	United States	7	1	6	0	28	46	−18	2
7	West Germany	7	1	6	0	18	47	−29	2
8	Poland	7	1	6	0	12	53	−41	2

Poland was relegated to Pool B for 1989.

Eight teams contested the second tier this year in Sapporo Japan from March 12 to 21. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Norway	7	5	2	0	38	18	+20	10			8–0	3–2	3–4	8–2	6–7	5–1	5–2
2	Romania	7	5	2	0	24	27	−3	10		0–8		4–2	3–2	3–6	5–4	3–1	6–4
3	Switzerland	7	4	2	1	34	23	+11	9		2–3	2–4		1–1	6–5	6–5	9–2	8–3
4	Japan	7	3	2	2	34	27	+7	8		4–3	2–3	1–1		7–1	6–8	4–4	10–7
5	France	7	4	3	0	31	36	−5	8		2–8	6–3	5–6	1–7		7–6	7–5	3–1
6	Yugoslavia	7	3	3	1	37	36	+1	7		7–6	4–5	5–6	8–6	6–7		2–2	5–4
7	Netherlands	7	0	4	3	20	35	−15	3		1–5	1–3	2–9	4–4	5–7	2–2		5–5
8	Austria	7	0	6	1	26	42	−16	1		2–5	4–6	3–8	7–10	1–3	4–5	5–5

Norway was promoted to Pool A and Austria was relegated to Pool C for 1989.

Eight teams contested the third tier this year in Belluno and Feltre, Italy from March 18 to 27. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games. The North Korean juniors debuted this year.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Denmark	7	7	0	0	59	11	+48	14			6–2	3–2	9–2	19–0	4–2	5–3	13–0
2	Italy	7	6	1	0	27	17	+10	12		2–6		4–1	6–4	4–2	3–2	3–2	5–0
3	Bulgaria	7	5	2	0	39	16	+23	10		2–3	1–4		7–3	8–1	10–0	8–4	3–1
4	Great Britain	7	3	3	1	21	27	−6	7		2–9	4–6	3–7		4–1	3–1	2–2	3–1
5	Spain	7	2	4	1	19	45	−26	5		0–19	2–4	1–8	1–4		6–2	5–5	4–3
6	Hungary	7	2	5	0	14	28	−14	4		2–4	2–3	0–10	1–3	2–6		4–1	3–1
7	North Korea	7	1	4	2	20	29	−9	4		3–5	2–3	4–8	2–2	5–5	1–4		3–2
8	Belgium	7	0	7	0	8	34	−26	0		0–13	0–5	1–3	1–3	3–4	1–3	2–3

Denmark was initially promoted to Pool B for 1989, however because they used an ineligible player, a challenge series with Italy was played the following December to determine promotion.[1]