2021 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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2021 IIHF World Junior Championship
2021 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships logo.png
Tournament details
Host nation  Canada
Dates December 25, 2020 – January 5, 2021
Teams 10
Venue(s) Rogers Place (in 1 host city)
Champions  United States (5 titles)
Tournament statistics
Games played 28
Goals scored 176  (6.29 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of United States Trevor Zegras
MVP Flag of United States Trevor Zegras

The 2021 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2021 WJHC) were the 45th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. It began on December 25, 2020, and ended with the gold medal game on January 5, 2021.[1] This marked the 16th time that Canada hosted the WJIHC. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, it was hosted in a "bubble" behind closed doors in Edmonton, Alberta, with no spectators admitted for any game.

Background

On December 6, 2018, it was announced that Edmonton and Red Deer, in the province of Alberta, would be the host cities. It was the third time Edmonton has hosted the tournament, after previously hosting in 1995 and 2012, and the first to use Rogers Place as a venue.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the IIHF cancelled all lower-division U20 championships on September 17, 2020 (thus there was no promotion or relegation), and announced that the top division tournament would be hosted solely by Edmonton using a "bubble" strategy similar to what was used for the NHL's 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs in Edmonton and Toronto. This decision resulted in the elimination of Red Deer as the secondary host city of the 2021 tournament. All games were held behind closed doors with no outside spectators. It was subsequently announced that Edmonton and Red Deer would host the 2022 tournament, and that Gothenburg, Sweden would be shifted from 2022 to 2024.

On October 19, 2020, the full schedule for the tournament was announced, with play beginning on Christmas for the first time since the 2004–05 edition.

On November 25, 2020, Hockey Canada suspended its selection camp and quarantined all players for 14 days (retroactive to November 23) due to two positive COVID-19 tests among participants. Swedish head coach Tomas Montén, along with two assistant leaders and players William Eklund, Karl Henriksson, William Wallinder, and Albin Grewe from the Swedish preliminary roster, were forced to leave the team after testing positive for COVID-19 too close to the beginning of the championship.

Team Canada captain Kirby Dach sustained an injury in Canada's pre-tournament game against Russia, and was ruled out for the rest of the tournament.

Nine German players were quarantined under COVID-19 protocols through the first two games due to positive tests prior to the tournament. No new COVID-19 positives were detected within the bubble through the conclusion of the tournament.

Blackhawks prospect and 2020 first rounder and Team Germany forward Lukas Reichel was unable to make the tournament after he tested positive with COVID-19

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada (H) 4 4 0 0 0 33 4 29 12 Advance to Quarterfinals
2  Finland 4 3 0 0 1 16 8 8 9
3  Germany 4 1 1 0 2 14 28 −14 5
4  Slovakia 4 1 0 1 2 5 13 −8 4
5  Switzerland 4 0 0 0 4 5 20 −15 0


December 25, 2020
12:00 		Switzerland  0–1
(0–0, 0–0, 0–1) 		 Slovakia Rogers Place, Edmonton
Attendance: 0
December 25, 2020
16:00 		Germany  3–5
(0–2, 2–3, 1–0) 		 Finland Rogers Place, Edmonton
Attendance: 0
December 26, 2020
16:00 		Germany  2–16
(1–4, 0–7, 1–5) 		 Canada Rogers Place, Edmonton
Attendance: 0
December 27, 2020
12:00 		Finland  4–1
(1–1, 1–0, 2–0) 		 Switzerland Rogers Place, Edmonton
Attendance: 0
December 27, 2020
16:00 		Slovakia  1–3
(0–1, 0–0, 1–2) 		 Canada Rogers Place, Edmonton
Attendance: 0
December 28, 2020
19:30 		Slovakia  3–4 OT
(1–1, 2–2, 0–0)
(OT: 0–1) 		 Germany Rogers Place, Edmonton
Attendance: 0
December 29, 2020
16:00 		Canada  10–0
(1–0, 4–0, 5–0) 		 Switzerland Rogers Place, Edmonton
Attendance: 0
December 30, 2020
12:00 		Finland  6–0
(1–0, 2–0, 3–0) 		 Slovakia Rogers Place, Edmonton
Attendance: 0
December 30, 2020
16:00 		Switzerland  4–5
(0–3, 0–1, 4–1) 		 Germany Rogers Place, Edmonton
Attendance: 0
December 31, 2020
16:00 		Canada  4–1
(1–0, 2–0, 1–1) 		 Finland Rogers Place, Edmonton
Attendance: 0

Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 4 3 0 0 1 25 5 20 9 Advance to Quarterfinals
2  Russia 4 2 1 0 1 16 9 7 8
3  Sweden 4 2 0 1 1 14 9 5 7
4  Czech Republic 4 2 0 0 2 10 14 −4 6
5  Austria 4 0 0 0 4 1 29 −28 0
December 25, 2020
19:30 		Russia  5–3
(1–1, 3–0, 1–2) 		 United States Rogers Place, Edmonton
Attendance: 0
December 26, 2020
12:00 		Sweden  7–1
(1–1, 3–0, 3–0) 		 Czech Republic Rogers Place, Edmonton
Attendance: 0
December 26, 2020
19:30 		United States  11–0
(1–0, 6–0, 4–0) 		 Austria Rogers Place, Edmonton
Attendance: 0
December 27, 2020
19:30 		Czech Republic  2–0
(0–0, 1–0, 1–0) 		 Russia Rogers Place, Edmonton
Attendance: 0
December 28, 2020
16:00 		Austria  0–4
(0–1, 0–2, 0–1) 		 Sweden Rogers Place, Edmonton
Attendance: 0
December 29, 2020
12:00 		United States  7–0
(0–0, 3–0, 4–0) 		 Czech Republic Rogers Place, Edmonton
Attendance: 0
December 29, 2020
19:30 		Austria  1–7
(0–4, 1–0, 0–3) 		 Russia Rogers Place, Edmonton
Attendance: 0
December 30, 2020
19:30 		Russia  4–3 OT
(2–1, 0–1, 1–1)
(OT: 1–0) 		 Sweden Rogers Place, Edmonton
Attendance: 0
December 31, 2020
12:00 		Czech Republic  7–0
(0–0, 3–0, 4–0) 		 Austria Rogers Place, Edmonton
Attendance: 0
December 31, 2020
19:30 		Sweden  0–4
(0–2, 0–2, 0–0) 		 United States Rogers Place, Edmonton
Attendance: 0

Playoff round

Winning teams will be reseeded for the semi-finals in accordance with the following ranking:[2]

  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 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships).
Rank Team Group Pos Pts GD GF Seed
1  Canada A 1 12 +29 33 1
2  United States B 1 9 +20 25 6
3  Finland A 2 9 +8 16 4
4  Russia B 2 8 +7 16 2
5  Sweden B 3 7 +5 14 3
6  Germany A 3 5 −14 14 9
7  Czech Republic B 4 6 –4 10 7
8  Slovakia A 4 4 –8 5 8

Quarterfinals

January 2, 2021
10:00 		Russia  2–1
(1–0, 1–0, 0–1) 		 Germany Rogers Place, Edmonton
Attendance: 0
January 2, 2021
13:30 		Finland  3–2
(0–2, 1–0, 2–0) 		 Sweden Rogers Place, Edmonton
Attendance: 0
January 2, 2021
17:00 		Canada  3–0
(2–0, 0–0, 1–0) 		 Czech Republic Rogers Place, Edmonton
Attendance: 0
January 2, 2021
20:30 		United States  5–2
(1–0, 2–1, 2–1) 		 Slovakia Rogers Place, Edmonton
Attendance: 0

Semifinals

January 4, 2021
16:00 		Canada  5–0
(3–0, 1–0, 1–0) 		 Russia Rogers Place, Edmonton
Attendance: 0
January 4, 2021
19:30 		United States  4–3
(1–1, 2–0, 1–2) 		 Finland Rogers Place, Edmonton
Attendance: 0

Bronze medal game

January 5, 2021
15:30 		Finland  4–1
(0–1, 1–0, 3–0) 		 Russia Rogers Place, Edmonton
Attendance: 0

Gold medal game

January 5, 2021
19:30 		Canada  0–2
(0–1, 0–1, 0–0) 		 United States Rogers Place, Edmonton
Attendance: 0

Division I

Division I, II, and III games have been cancelled.[3][4]

Group A

The tournament would have been held in Hørsholm, Denmark, from December 13 to 19, 2020.[5]

Group B

The tournament would have been held in Tallinn, Estonia, from February 10 to 17, 2021.[5]

Division II

Division I, II, and III games have been cancelled.[3][4]

Group A

The tournament would have been held in Brașov, Romania, from February 8 to 14, 2021.[5]

Group B

The tournament would have been held in Belgrade, Serbia, from February 8 to 14, 2021.[5]

Division III

The tournament would have been held in Mexico City, Mexico, from January 10 to 17, 2021.,[5] but have been cancelled.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "Schedule". https://hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/team-canada/men/junior/2020-21/world-championship/stats/schedule#!. 
  2. ↑ "Tournament Format". https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2021/wm20/tournamentinfo/22687/tournament-info. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "World Juniors schedule is here", 19 October 2020. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "How the World Juniors Bubble works", 14 December 2020. 
  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=2021&tournamentCategory=worlds. 

External links


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