The 1976 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships were between December 26, 1975 and January 1, 1976 in Tampere, Finland. The Soviet Union won the tournament with a perfect 4–0 record. This was the third edition of the IIHF World U20 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.