2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

2017 IIHF World U20 Championship
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)	Kirill Kaprizov
MVP	Thomas Chabot

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

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. 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; 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. The Maple Leafs had planned to make the WJHC the centrepiece of their 100th-anniversary celebrations.

The event was organized by Hockey Canada, Hockey Québec, Ontario Hockey Federation, Montreal Canadiens, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment and Evenko. 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:

• 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.

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

Game reference
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	22	Shots	33

26 December 2016 17:00

Finland

1–2 (1–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Czech Republic

Bell Centre, Montreal Attendance: 4,703

Game reference
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	23	Shots	30

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

Game reference
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	39	Shots	22

27 December 2016 17:30

Denmark

3–2 (2–0, 1–0, 0–2)

Finland

Bell Centre, Montreal Attendance: 4,733

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	10	Shots	36

28 December 2016 17:00

Switzerland

2–4 (1–2, 1–0, 0–2)

Sweden

Bell Centre, Montreal Attendance: 5,630

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	15	Shots	46

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

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	22	Shots	34

29 December 2016 17:30

Finland

1–3 (1–0, 0–1, 0–2)

Sweden

Bell Centre, Montreal Attendance: 9,062

Game reference
	0 min	Penalties	8 min
	29	Shots	20

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

Game reference
		0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 2–4 / 3–4 / 4–4
	6 min	Penalties	20 min
	53	Shots	22

31 December 2016 13:00

Sweden

5–2 (3–0, 1–0, 1–2)

Czech Republic

Bell Centre, Montreal Attendance: 6,259

Game reference
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	37	Shots	38

31 December 2016 17:30

Finland

2–0 (0–0, 2–0, 0–0)

Switzerland

Bell Centre, Montreal Attendance: 4,013

Game reference
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	51	Shots	17

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

Game reference
	14 min	Penalties	20 min
	30	Shots	12

26 December 2016 20:00

Canada

5–3 (1–1, 2–0, 2–2)

Russia

Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 18,099

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	37	Shots	17

27 December 2016 16:00

Latvia

1–9 (0–3, 1–3, 0–3)

Russia

Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 6,789

Game reference
	18 min	Penalties	10 min
	26	Shots	40

27 December 2016 20:00

Canada

5–0 (0–0, 4–0, 1–0)

Slovakia

Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 12,694

Game reference
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	44	Shots	6

28 December 2016 19:30

Slovakia

2–5 (1–2, 0–3, 1–0)

United States

Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 8,391

Game reference
	22 min	Penalties	4 min
	20	Shots	50

29 December 2016 15:30

Russia

2–3 (1–1, 1–2, 0–0)

United States

Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 13,759

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	27	Shots	37

29 December 2016 20:00

Latvia

2–10 (0–3, 1–5, 1–2)

Canada

Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 13,796

	14 min	Penalties	20 min
	25	Shots	35

30 December 2016 19:30

Slovakia

4–2 (1–1, 1–0, 2–1)

Latvia

Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 6,018

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	36	Shots	24

31 December 2016 15:30

United States

3–1 (2–0, 1–1, 0–0)

Canada

Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 18,584

Game reference
	37 min	Penalties	16 min
	20	Shots	26

31 December 2016 20:00

Russia

2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0)

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Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 5,269

Game reference
		1–0 / 2–0
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	30	Shots	15

Relegation

2 January 2017 11:00

Finland

2–1 (1–0, 0–1, 1–0)

Latvia

Bell Centre, Montreal Attendance: 3,016

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	45	Shots	24

3 January 2017 17:30

Latvia

1–4 (1–1, 0–0, 0–3)

Finland

Bell Centre, Montreal Attendance: 4,216

Game reference
	49 min	Penalties	16 min
	23	Shots	42

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

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	14	Shots	32

2 January 2017 15:30

Sweden

8–3 (3–0, 2–2, 3–1)

Slovakia

Bell Centre, Montreal Attendance: 6,331

Game reference
	2 min	Penalties	20 min
	50	Shots	18

2 January 2017 17:30

United States

3–2 (2–0, 0–1, 1–1)

Switzerland

Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 8,176

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	18 min
	17	Shots	21

2 January 2017 20:00

Canada

5–3 (0–1, 3–1, 2–1)

Czech Republic

Bell Centre, Montreal Attendance: 10,215

Game reference
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	41	Shots	19

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

Game reference
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	44	Shots	36

4 January 2017 19:30

Sweden

2–5 (2–2, 0–1, 0–2)

Canada

Bell Centre, Montreal Attendance: 13,456

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	31	Shots	43

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

Game reference
		0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	39	Shots	26

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

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	4 min
	36	Shots	50

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

• 2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships when Toronto & Montreal co-hosted
• 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships when Calgary & Edmonton co-hosted
• 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships when Saskatoon & Regina co-hosted
• 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships when Ottawa hosted

External links

• Official website

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