2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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2019 IIHF World U20 Championship
2019 WJHC logo.png
Tournament details
Host nation  Canada
Dates December 26, 2018 – January 5, 2019
Teams 10
Venue(s) Rogers Arena
Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre (in 2 host cities)
Champions  Finland (5 titles)
Tournament statistics
Games played 30
Goals scored 176  (5.87 per game)
Attendance 304,393  (10,146 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Russia Grigori Denisenko
MVP Flag of United States Ryan Poehling

The 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2019 WJC) was the 43rd edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. It began on December 26, 2018, and ended with the gold medal game being played on January 5, 2019. This marked the 15th time that Canada hosted the WJC.

On December 1, 2016, it was announced that Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia had won the bid to host the 2019 World Juniors.[1] This is the second time that Vancouver has been the primary host of the tournament and the first time that Victoria has hosted in any capacity.

Top Division

Seeding

The seedings in the preliminary round are based on the 2018 tournament's final standings using the serpentine system. On 6 Jan 2018, the IIHF announced the groups. With Kazakhstan being promoted from Division I A after winning the 2018 Division I A Tournament. [2]

Group A (Vancouver)
Group B (Victoria)

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Russia 4 4 0 0 0 15 6 9 12 Advance to Quarterfinals
2  Canada (H) 4 3 0 0 1 23 5 18 9
3  Czech Republic 4 1 1 0 2 8 8 0 5
4  Switzerland 4 1 0 1 2 11 12 −1 4
5  Denmark 4 0 0 0 4 0 26 −26 0 Advance to Relegation
December 26, 2018
13:00 		Czech Republic  2–1 OT
(0–0, 1–1, 0–0)
(OT: 1–0) 		 Switzerland Rogers Arena
Attendance: 9,266
December 26, 2018
17:00 		Canada  14–0
(3–0, 5–0, 6–0) 		 Denmark Rogers Arena
Attendance: 16,417
December 27, 2018
13:00 		Russia  4–0
(1–0, 1–0, 2–0) 		 Denmark Rogers Arena
Attendance: 9,939
December 27, 2018
17:00 		Switzerland  2–3
(0–1, 1–2, 1–0) 		 Canada Rogers Arena
Attendance: 17,102
December 28, 2018
17:00 		Czech Republic  1–2
(0–1, 1–1, 0–0) 		 Russia Rogers Arena
Attendance: 14,523
December 29, 2018
13:00 		Denmark  0–4
(0–2, 0–1, 0–1) 		 Switzerland Rogers Arena
Attendance: 10,279
December 29, 2018
17:00 		Canada  5–1
(3–1, 1–0, 1–0) 		 Czech Republic Rogers Arena
Attendance: 17,012
December 30, 2018
17:00 		Switzerland  4–7
(2–1, 1–2, 1–4) 		 Russia Rogers Arena
Attendance: 13,724
December 31, 2018
13:00 		Denmark  0–4
(0–2, 0–1, 0–1) 		 Czech Republic Rogers Arena
Attendance: 10,204
December 31, 2018
17:00 		Russia  2–1
(1–1, 0–0, 1–0) 		 Canada Rogers Arena
Attendance: 17,556

Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 4 3 1 0 0 16 8 8 11 Advance to Quarterfinals
2  United States 4 3 0 1 0 18 9 9 10
3  Finland 4 2 0 0 2 12 7 5 6
4  Slovakia 4 1 0 0 3 15 14 1 3
5  Kazakhstan 4 0 0 0 4 5 28 −23 0 Advance to Relegation
December 26, 2018
15:30 		United States  2–1
(0–0, 0–1, 2–0) 		 Slovakia Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
Attendance: 6,208
December 26, 2018
19:30 		Finland  1–2
(0–1, 0–1, 1–0) 		 Sweden Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
Attendance: 6,319
December 27, 2018
15:30 		Slovakia  2–5
(1–2, 0–1, 1–2) 		 Sweden Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
Attendance: 5,896
December 27, 2018
19:30 		Finland  5–0
(2–0, 1–0, 2–0) 		 Kazakhstan Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
Attendance: 5,863
December 28, 2018
19:30 		Kazakhstan  2–8
(1–4, 0–3, 1–1) 		 United States Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
Attendance: 6,185
December 29, 2018
15:30 		Slovakia  1–5
(0–2, 1–2, 0–1) 		 Finland Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
Attendance: 6,045
December 29, 2018
19:30 		Sweden  5–4 OT
(1–0, 2–0, 1–4)
(OT: 1–0) 		 United States Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
Attendance: 6,602
December 30, 2018
19:30 		Kazakhstan  2–11
(0–6, 1–3, 1–2) 		 Slovakia Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
Attendance: 5,685
December 31, 2018
15:30 		Sweden  4–1
(3–0, 0–0, 1–1) 		 Kazakhstan Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
Attendance: 5,362
December 31, 2018
19:30 		United States  4–1
(1–0, 2–0, 1–1) 		 Finland Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
Attendance: 6,556

Relegation

January 2, 2019
11:00 		Kazakhstan  4–3
(2–1, 1–0, 1–2) 		 Denmark Rogers Arena
Attendance: 5,975
January 4, 2019
09:00 		Denmark  0–4
(0–2, 0–0, 0–2) 		 Kazakhstan Rogers Arena

Playoff round

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
  1A   Russia 8  
4B   Slovakia 3  
  1A   Russia 1  
  2B   United States 2  
2B   United States 3
  3A   Czech Republic 1  
    2B   United States 2
  3B   Finland 3
  1B   Sweden 0  
4A   Switzerland 2  
  4A   Switzerland 1 Third place
  3B   Finland 6  
2A   Canada 1 1A   Russia 5
  3B    Finland (OT) 2   4A   Switzerland 2

Quarterfinals

January 2, 2019
13:00 		Sweden  0–2
(0–1, 0–1, 0–0) 		 Switzerland Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
Attendance: 5,946
January 2, 2019
15:30 		Canada  1–2 OT
(0–0, 1–0, 0–1)
(OT: 0–1) 		 Finland Rogers Arena
Attendance: 17,047
January 2, 2019
17:00 		United States  3–1
(1–0, 1–0, 1–1) 		 Czech Republic Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
Attendance: 6,263
January 2, 2019
19:30 		Russia  8–3
(4–0, 3–0, 1–3) 		 Slovakia Rogers Arena
Attendance: 11,317

Semifinals

January 4, 2019
13:00 		Russia  1–2
(0–1, 1–1, 0–0) 		 United States Rogers Arena
Attendance: 14,355
January 4, 2019
17:00 		Finland  6–1
(4–1, 2–0, 0–0) 		 Switzerland Rogers Arena
Attendance: 14,014

Bronze medal game

January 5, 2019
13:00 		Russia  5–2
(2–0, 1–2, 2–0) 		 Switzerland Rogers Arena
Attendance: 12,025

Final

January 5, 2019
17:00 		United States  2–3
(0–0, 0–1, 2–2) 		 Finland Rogers Arena
Attendance: 17,206

Division I

Main article: 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

Group A

The Group A tournament was held in Füssen, Germany from 9 to 15 December 2018.[3]

Group B

The Group B tournament was held in Tychy, Poland from 8 to 14 December 2018.[3]

Division II

Main article: 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II

Group A

The Group A tournament was held in Tallinn, Estonia from 13 to 19 January 2019.[3]

Group B

The Group B tournament was held in Zagreb, Croatia from 15 to 21 January 2019.[3]

Division III

Main article: 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

The tournament was held in Reykjavík, Iceland from 14 to 20 January 2019.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "World Juniors return to B.C.". http://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/news/world-juniors-return-to-british-columbia. 
  2. ↑ Merk, Martin. "Groups for 2019 World Juniors". IIHF. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2019/wm20/news/4059/groups-for-2019-known. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Tournaments – World Men U20". IIHF. https://www.iihf.com/en/tournaments?tournamentType=WM20&selectedSeason=2019&tournamentCategory=worlds. 

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