2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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2017 IIHF World U20 Championship
2017 WJHC logo.png
Tournament details
Host nation  Canada
Dates December 26, 2016 – January 5, 2017
Teams 10
Venue(s) Bell Centre
Air Canada Centre (in 2 host cities)
Champions  United States (4 titles)
Tournament statistics
Games played 30
Goals scored 183  (6.1 per game)
Attendance 257,882  (8,596 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Russia Kirill Kaprizov
MVP Flag of Canada Thomas Chabot

The 2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 41st edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship (WJC or WM20).[1] The main tournament was co-hosted by the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec and the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario.[2][3] This was the 14th championship that Canada had hosted. Montreal and Toronto also jointly hosted the 2015 edition.[4] The tournament consisted of 30 games between 10 nations.[5]

Group A preliminary games, as well as the medal rounds, were hosted by the Bell Centre in Montreal. The Air Canada Centre in Toronto hosted preliminaries in Group B, including the host country of Canada.[6] The tournament also initiated several year-long celebrations, the 375th anniversary of Montreal's founding; the 100th anniversary of the National Hockey League's founding in Montreal;[7] the 100th anniversary of Hockey Canada's origins; the 50th anniversary of Montreal's Expo 67; the 150th anniversary of Canadian confederation; and the 100th anniversary of the Toronto Maple Leafs.[8] The Maple Leafs had planned to make the WJHC the centrepiece of their 100th-anniversary celebrations.[9]

The event was organized by Hockey Canada, Hockey Québec, Ontario Hockey Federation, Montreal Canadiens, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment and Evenko.[5] Montreal and Quebec provided C$1 million and C$2 million in funding, respectively, for both the 2015 and 2017 editions.

For the first time in the history of the event, the defending champion (Finland) had to compete in the relegation round. Latvia was relegated to Division I-A for 2018 by merit of their tenth-place finish.

Player eligibility

A player was eligible to play in the 2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships if:[10]

  • the player was of male gender;
  • the player was born at the earliest in 1997, and at the latest, in 2002;
  • the player was a citizen in the country he represented;
  • the player was under the jurisdiction of a national association that was a member of the IIHF.

If a player who has never played in IIHF-organized competition wishes to switch national eligibility, he must have played in competitions for two consecutive years in the new country without playing in another country, as well as show his move to the new country's national association with an international transfer card. In case the player has previously played in IIHF-organized competition but wishes to switch national eligibility, he must have played in competitions for four consecutive years in the new country without playing in another country, he must show his move to the new country's national association with an international transfer card, as well as be a citizen of the new country. A player may only switch national eligibility once.[11]

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 4 4 0 0 0 18 6 12 12 Advance to Quarterfinals
2  Denmark 4 1 1 1 1 11 15 −4 6
3  Czech Republic 4 1 0 2 1 9 13 −4 5
4  Switzerland 4 0 2 0 2 11 13 −2 4
5  Finland 4 1 0 0 3 6 8 −2 3 Advance to Relegation
26 December 2016
13:00 		Denmark  1–6
(0–2, 0–4, 1–0) 		 Sweden Bell Centre, Montreal
Attendance: 4,518
26 December 2016
17:00 		Finland  1–2
(1–1, 0–0, 0–1) 		 Czech Republic Bell Centre, Montreal
Attendance: 4,703
27 December 2016
13:00 		Czech Republic  3–4 OT
(0–0, 0–2, 3–1)
(OT: 0–1) 		 Switzerland Bell Centre, Montreal
Attendance: 4,683
27 December 2016
17:30 		Denmark  3–2
(2–0, 1–0, 0–2) 		 Finland Bell Centre, Montreal
Attendance: 4,733
28 December 2016
17:00 		Switzerland  2–4
(1–2, 1–0, 0–2) 		 Sweden Bell Centre, Montreal
Attendance: 5,630
29 December 2016
13:00 		Denmark  3–2 OT
(0–1, 1–1, 1–0)
(OT: 1–0) 		 Czech Republic Bell Centre, Montreal
Attendance: 4,536
29 December 2016
17:30 		Finland  1–3
(1–0, 0–1, 0–2) 		 Sweden Bell Centre, Montreal
Attendance: 9,062
30 December 2016
17:00 		Switzerland  5–4 GWS
(1–3, 2–1, 1–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0) 		 Denmark Bell Centre, Montreal
Attendance: 6,006
31 December 2016
13:00 		Sweden  5–2
(3–0, 1–0, 1–2) 		 Czech Republic Bell Centre, Montreal
Attendance: 6,259
31 December 2016
17:30 		Finland  2–0
(0–0, 2–0, 0–0) 		 Switzerland Bell Centre, Montreal
Attendance: 4,013

Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 4 4 0 0 0 17 6 11 12 Advance to Quarterfinals
2  Canada (H) 4 3 0 0 1 21 8 13 9
3  Russia 4 2 0 0 2 16 9 7 6
4  Slovakia 4 1 0 0 3 6 14 −8 3
5  Latvia 4 0 0 0 4 6 29 −23 0 Advance to Relegation
26 December 2016
15:30 		United States  6–1
(1–1, 2–0, 3–0) 		 Latvia Air Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 7,014
26 December 2016
20:00 		Canada  5–3
(1–1, 2–0, 2–2) 		 Russia Air Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 18,099
27 December 2016
16:00 		Latvia  1–9
(0–3, 1–3, 0–3) 		 Russia Air Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 6,789
27 December 2016
20:00 		Canada  5–0
(0–0, 4–0, 1–0) 		 Slovakia Air Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 12,694
28 December 2016
19:30 		Slovakia  2–5
(1–2, 0–3, 1–0) 		 United States Air Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 8,391
29 December 2016
15:30 		Russia  2–3
(1–1, 1–2, 0–0) 		 United States Air Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 13,759
29 December 2016
20:00 		Latvia  2–10
(0–3, 1–5, 1–2) 		 Canada Air Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 13,796
30 December 2016
19:30 		Slovakia  4–2
(1–1, 1–0, 2–1) 		 Latvia Air Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 6,018
31 December 2016
15:30 		United States  3–1
(2–0, 1–1, 0–0) 		 Canada Air Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 18,584
31 December 2016
20:00 		Russia  2–0
(0–0, 1–0, 1–0) 		{{{team2}}} Air Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 5,269

Relegation

2 January 2017
11:00 		Finland  2–1
(1–0, 0–1, 1–0) 		 Latvia Bell Centre, Montreal
Attendance: 3,016
3 January 2017
17:30 		Latvia  1–4
(1–1, 0–0, 0–3) 		 Finland Bell Centre, Montreal
Attendance: 4,216

Note:  Latvia was relegated for the 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Playoff round

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
  1A   Sweden 8  
4B   Slovakia 3  
  1A   Sweden 2  
  2B   Canada 5  
2B   Canada 5
  3A   Czech Republic 3  
    2B   Canada 4
  1B   United States 5
  2A   Denmark 0  
3B   Russia 4  
  3B   Russia 3 Third place
  1B   United States 4  
1B   United States 3 1A   Sweden 1
  4A   Switzerland 2   3B   Russia 2

Quarterfinals

2 January 2017
13:00 		Denmark  0–4
(0–2, 0–0, 0–2) 		 Russia Air Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 7,801
2 January 2017
15:30 		Sweden  8–3
(3–0, 2–2, 3–1) 		 Slovakia Bell Centre, Montreal
Attendance: 6,331
2 January 2017
17:30 		United States  3–2
(2–0, 0–1, 1–1) 		 Switzerland Air Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 8,176
2 January 2017
20:00 		Canada  5–3
(0–1, 3–1, 2–1) 		 Czech Republic Bell Centre, Montreal
Attendance: 10,215

Semifinals

4 January 2017
15:00 		United States  4–3 GWS
(1–1, 2–1, 0–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 4–3) 		 Russia Bell Centre, Montreal
Attendance: 11,576
4 January 2017
19:30 		Sweden  2–5
(2–2, 0–1, 0–2) 		 Canada Bell Centre, Montreal
Attendance: 13,456

Bronze medal game

5 January 2017
15:30 		Sweden  1–2 OT
(0–0, 1–1, 0–0)
(OT: 0–1) 		 Russia 1 Bell Centre, Montreal
Attendance: 8,366

Final

5 January 2017
20:00 		1 United States  5–4 SO
(0–2, 2–0, 2–2)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0) 		 Canada 1 Centre Bell, Montreal
Attendance: 20,173

Division I

Main article: 2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

Group A

The tournament was held in Bremerhaven, Germany from 11–17 December 2016.

Group B

The tournament was held in Budapest, Hungary from 11–17 December 2016. The hosts, entering as the bottom seed, won promotion for the second year in a row.

Division II

Main article: 2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II

Group A

The tournament was held in Tallinn, Estonia from 11–17 December 2016.

Group B

The tournament was held in Logroño, Spain from 7–13 January 2017.

Division III

Main article: 2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

The tournament was held in Dunedin, New Zealand from 16–22 January 2017. Turkey defeated China in the Gold medal game to achieve promotion to Division II. Chinese Taipei returned to play for the first time since 2011, losing all but their final game.

Team
1st  Turkey
2nd  China
3rd  Iceland
4th  New Zealand
5th  Israel
6th  Bulgaria
7th  Chinese Taipei
8th  South Africa

See also

References

  1. ↑ "International Ice Hockey Federation". IIHF. http://www.worldjunior2017.com/en/. 
  2. ↑ "The Official Website of Hockey Canada". http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/206728/la_id/1/ss_id/190000/. 
  3. ↑ TSN, "Montreal and Toronto to Host 2015, 2017 World Juniors on TSN"(dead link), Hockey Canada, June 20, 2013
  4. ↑ CTV News, "Montreal and Toronto to host 2015, 2017 world junior championships", Canadian Press, June 20, 2013
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 IIHF, "Heading to hockey’s meccas", June 20, 2013
  6. ↑ The Gazette (Montreal), "World Junior Championship is coming to town" Template:Webarchive, Brenda Branswell, June 20, 2013
  7. ↑ Template:In lang 24H de Montreal, "Le Championnat junior à Montréal en 2015 et 2017", Mathieu Boulay, June 24, 2013
  8. ↑ CBC News, "Montreal, Toronto to co-host junior hockey worlds in 2015, 2017", Canadian Press, June 20, 2013
  9. ↑ Calgary Herald, "Montreal and Toronto to host 2015 and 2017 world junior hockey championships"(dead link), Bill Beacon, June 20, 2013
  10. ↑ "IIHF statutes and bylaws". IIHF. http://www.iihf.com/fileadmin/user_upload/PDF/The_IIHF/2012-2014_IIHF_Statutes_and_Bylaws.pdf. 
  11. ↑ "IIHF Eligibility". IIHF. http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/championships/iihf-eligibility.html. 

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