2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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2020 IIHF World Junior Championship
2020 WJHC logo.png
Tournament details
Host nation  Czech Republic
Dates 26 December 2019 – 5 January 2020
Teams 10
Venue(s) Ostravar Aréna and Werk Arena (in 2 host cities)
Champions Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada (18 titles)
Tournament statistics
Games played 31
Goals scored 202  (6.52 per game)
Attendance 173,474  (5,596 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Sweden Samuel Fagemo
MVP Flag of Canada Alexis Lafrenière

The 2020 Ice Hockey World Junior Championships (2020 WJC) was the 44th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. It began on December 26, 2019, and ended with the gold medal game being played on January 5, 2020. Canada defeated Russia 4–3 to win the gold medal and their 18th world junior hockey championship. This marks the fourth time that the Czech Republic hosted the WJHC.

On April 16, 2018, it was announced that Ostrava and Třinec, in the Moravian-Silesian Region in the northeast corner of the Czech Republic, would be the host cities.[1] It is the second time that Ostrava has been the primary host of the tournament and the first time that Třinec is hosting in any capacity. Ostrava has also twice co-hosted the senior Ice Hockey World Championships.

Seeding

The seedings in the preliminary round are based on the 2019 tournament's final standings using the serpentine system. On 6 January 2019, the IIHF announced the groups. With Germany being promoted from Division I A after winning the 2019 Division I A Tournament. [2]

Group A (Třinec)
Group B (Ostrava)

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden 4 3 1 0 0 20 8 12 11 Advance to Quarterfinals
2 Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland 4 3 0 0 1 19 12 7 9
3 Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland 4 2 0 1 1 19 10 9 7
4 Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia 4 1 0 0 3 8 22 −14 3
5 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png Kazakhstan 4 0 0 0 4 7 21 −14 0 Advance to Relegation
26 December 2019
15:00 		Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg.png 5–3
(2–1, 1–2, 2–0) 		Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png Kazakhstan Werk Arena, Třinec
Attendance: 1,397
26 December 2019
19:00 		Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg.png 3–2 OT
(0–1, 1–1, 1–0)
(OT: 1–0) 		Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland Werk Arena, Třinec
Attendance: 4,471
27 December 2019
15:00 		Slovakia Flag of Slovakia.svg.png 3–1
(0–0, 1–1, 2–0) 		Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png Kazakhstan Werk Arena, Třinec
Attendance: 4,915
28 December 2019
15:00 		Finland Flag of Finland.svg.png 8–1
(2–0, 5–1, 1–0) 		Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia Werk Arena, Třinec
Attendance: 4,915
28 December 2019
19:00 		Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg.png 2–5
(0–2, 1–3, 1–0) 		Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden Werk Arena, Třinec
Attendance: 4,109
29 December 2019
15:00 		Kazakhstan Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png 1–7
(1–2, 0–2, 0–3) 		Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland Werk Arena, Třinec
Attendance: 3,012
30 December 2019
15:00 		Kazakhstan Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png 2–6
(0–1, 1–4, 1–1) 		Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden Werk Arena, Třinec
Attendance: 2,375
30 December 2019
19:00 		Slovakia Flag of Slovakia.svg.png 2–7
(0–3, 1–2, 1–2) 		Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland Werk Arena, Třinec
Attendance: 4,915
31 December 2019
15:00 		Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg.png 6–2
(3–0, 2–0, 1–2) 		Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia Werk Arena, Třinec
Attendance: 4,154
31 December 2019
19:00 		Finland Flag of Finland.svg.png 2–5
(1–0, 1–3, 0–2) 		Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland Werk Arena, Třinec
Attendance: 1,573

Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada 4 3 0 0 1 17 13 4 9 Advance to Quarterfinals
2 Flag of the United States.svg.png United States 4 2 1 0 1 17 13 4 8
3 Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia 4 2 0 0 2 16 8 8 6
4 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czech Republic (H) 4 1 0 1 2 12 18 −6 4
5 Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany 4 1 0 0 3 9 19 −10 3 Advance to Relegation
26 December 2019
15:00 		Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png 4–3
(2–2, 2–1, 0–0) 		Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 8,693
26 December 2019
19:00 		Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 6–4
(0–2, 3–0, 3–2) 		United States Flag of the United States.svg.png Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 8,693
27 December 2019
19:00 		Germany Flag of Germany.svg.png 3–6
(1–2, 2–2, 0–2) 		Flag of the United States.svg.png United States Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 5,013
28 December 2019
15:00 		Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png 3–4
(1–2, 0–1, 2–1) 		Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 8,693
28 December 2019
19:00 		Russia Flag of Russia.svg.png 6–0
(3–0, 3–0, 0–0) 		Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 8,693
29 December 2019
19:00 		United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 3–1
(0–0, 2–0, 1–1) 		Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 8,693
30 December 2019
15:00 		Germany Flag of Germany.svg.png 1–4
(0–1, 0–2, 1–1) 		Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 6,102
30 December 2019
19:00 		United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 4–3 OT
(1–2, 2–0, 0–1)
(OT: 1–0) 		Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czech Republic Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 8,693
31 December 2019
15:00 		Russia Flag of Russia.svg.png 6–1
(2–0, 3–0, 1–1) 		Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 4,628
31 December 2019
19:00 		Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 7–2
(4–0, 2–2, 1–0) 		Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czech Republic Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 8,693

Relegation

2 January 2020
10:00 		Germany Flag of Germany.svg.png 4–0
(0–0, 2–0, 2–0) 		Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png Kazakhstan Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 1,022
4 January 2020
11:00 		Kazakhstan Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png 4–1
(1–0, 1–0, 2–1) 		Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 1,489
5 January 2020
11:00 		Germany Flag of Germany.svg.png 6–0
(1–0, 4–0, 1–0) 		Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png Kazakhstan Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 1,124

Playoff round

Winning teams were reseeded for the semi-finals in accordance with the following ranking, this was a change the IIHF implemented during their 2019 annual congress.[3] To determine this ranking, the following criteria were used in the order presented:[4]

  1. higher position in the group
  2. higher number of points
  3. better goal difference
  4. higher number of goals scored for
  5. better seeding coming into the tournament (final placement at the 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships).

Quarterfinals

2 January 2020
12:30 		Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg.png 1–3
(0–0, 1–3, 0–0) 		Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia Werk Arena, Třinec
Attendance: 3,158
2 January 2020
15:00 		Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 6–1
(1–0, 4–0, 1–1) 		Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 7,074
2 January 2020
17:30 		United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 0–1
(0–0, 0–0, 0–1) 		Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland Werk Arena, Třinec
Attendance: 4,451
2 January 2020
20:00 		Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg.png 5–0
(2–0, 1–0, 2–0) 		Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czech Republic Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 8,693

Semifinals

4 January 2020
15:00 		Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg.png 4–5 OT
(2–3, 1–0, 1–1)
(OT: 0–1) 		Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 8,693
4 January 2020
19:00 		Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 5–0
(4–0, 1–0, 0–0) 		Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 8,693

Bronze medal game

5 January 2020
15:00 		Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg.png 3–2
(1–2, 2–0, 0–0) 		Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 7,954

Final

5 January 2020
19:00 		Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 4–3
(0–0, 1–2, 3–1) 		Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 8,693


Division I

Main article: 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

Group A

The tournament was held in Minsk, Belarus from 9 to 15 December 2019.[5]

Group B

The tournament was held in Kyiv, Ukraine from 12 to 18 December 2019.[5]

Division II

Main article: 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II

Group A

The tournament was held in Vilnius, Lithuania from 6 to 12 January 2020.[5]

Group B

The tournament was held in Gangneung, South Korea from 28 January to 3 February 2020.[5]


Division III

Main article: 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

The tournament was held in Sofia, Bulgaria from 13 to 19 January 2020.[5]


References

  1. ↑ "IIHF - World Junior cities named". https://www.new-iihf.com/en/events/2018/wm/news/3135/world-junior-cities-named. 
  2. ↑ Merk, Martin. "Groups for 2020 World Juniors". IIHF. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2020/wm20/news/8840/groups-for-2020-world-juniors. 
  3. ↑ "Semi-final format changed". https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2019/wm/news/11183/semi-final-format-changed. 
  4. ↑ "Tournament Format". https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2020/wm20/tournamentinfo/8323/tournament-info. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 "World Championships – World Men U20". IIHF. https://www.iihf.com/en/tournaments?tournamentType=WM20&selectedSeason=2020&tournamentCategory=worlds. 

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