2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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2015 IIHF World Junior Championship
2015 WJHC logo.png
Tournament details
Host nation  Canada
Dates December 26, 2014 –
January 5, 2015
Teams 10
Champions  Canada (16 titles)
Tournament statistics
Games played 30
Goals scored 176  (5.87 per game)
Attendance 366,370  (12,212 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Canada Sam Reinhart
MVP Flag of Slovakia Denis Godla

The 2015 IIHF World Junior Championship was the 39th edition of World Junior Ice Hockey Championship, played from December 26, 2014 to January 5, 2015. It was co-hosted by Toronto, Ontario and Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and organized by Hockey Canada, Hockey Quebec, the Ontario Hockey Federation, the Montreal Canadiens, Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment and Evenko.[1] Games were split between Air Canada Centre in Toronto and Bell Centre in Montreal, with Montreal hosting Group A matches and two quarter finals, and Toronto hosting Group B, along with the relegation games, two quarter finals, along with the semi-finals, bronze medal, and gold medal games.[2][3]

After failing to medal at the previous two editions of the tournament, Canada beat Russia in the final to win the gold medal, marking Canada's first medal at the World Juniors since 2012, and Canada's first gold since 2009. Slovakia defeated Sweden in the bronze medal game to win their second-ever medal. Germany finished tenth overall and was relegated to Division IA for the 2016 tournament. Slovak goaltender Denis Godla was named the tournament's most valuable player, while Sam Reinhart of Canada was the scoring leader with 11 points.

Player eligibility

A player is eligible to play in the 2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships if:[4]

  • the player is of male gender;
  • the player was born at the earliest in 1995, and at the latest, in 2000;
  • the player is a citizen in the country he represents;
  • the player is under the jurisdiction of a national association that is 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.[5]

Top Division

Format

The four best ranked teams from each group of the preliminary round advance to the quarterfinals, while the last placed teams from each group played a relegation round in a best of three format to determine the relegated team.[6]

Preliminary round

Team qualified to Quarterfinals
Team will play in Relegation round

Group A

Team GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Canada 4 4 0 0 0 21 4 +17 12
 United States 4 2 1 0 1 14 6 +8 8
 Slovakia 4 2 0 0 2 7 14 −7 6
 Finland 4 1 0 1 2 5 8 −3 4
 Germany 4 0 0 0 4 2 17 −15 0
December 26, 2014
15:00 		Finland  1–2 SO
(1–1, 0–0, 0–0)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 1–2) 		 United States
December 26, 2014
20:00 		Canada  8–0
(3–0, 4–0, 1–0) 		 Slovakia
December 27, 2014
16:00 		Slovakia  2–1
(1–1, 1–0, 0–0) 		 Finland
December 27, 2014
20:00 		Germany  0–4
(0–2, 0–0, 0–2) 		 Canada
December 28, 2014
20:00 		United States  6–0
(2–0, 2–0, 2–0) 		 Germany
December 29, 2014
16:00 		United States  3–0
(0–0, 1–0, 2–0) 		 Slovakia
December 29, 2014
20:00 		Finland  1–4
(0–1, 1–1, 0–2) 		 Canada
December 30, 2014
20:00 		Slovakia  5–2
(3–1, 0–0, 2–1) 		 Germany
December 31, 2014
16:00 		Canada  5–3
(0–0, 2–1, 3–2) 		 United States
December 31, 2014
20:00 		Germany  0–2
(0–1, 0–1, 0–0) 		 Finland

Group B

Team GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Sweden 4 4 0 0 0 18 6 +12 12
 Czech Republic 4 1 1 0 2 12 14 −2 5
 Russia 4 1 1 0 2 13 9 +4 5
 Denmark 4 0 1 2 1 10 15 −5 4
 Switzerland 4 1 0 1 2 9 18 −9 4
December 26, 2014
13:00 		Russia  3–2 SO
(0–2, 1–0, 1–0)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 2–0) 		 Denmark
December 26, 2014
17:00 		Sweden  5–2
(2–0, 1–2, 2–0) 		 Czech Republic
December 27, 2014
13:00 		Denmark  1–5
(0–3, 1–2, 0–0) 		 Sweden
December 27, 2014
17:00 		Czech Republic  2–5
(2–2, 0–3, 0–0) 		 Switzerland
December 28, 2014
17:00 		Switzerland  0–7
(0–3, 0–2, 0–2) 		 Russia
December 29, 2014
13:00 		Czech Republic  4–3 OT
(1–1, 1–1, 1–1)
(OT 1–0) 		 Denmark
December 29, 2014
17:00 		Sweden  3–2
(1–0, 0–1, 2–1) 		 Russia
December 30, 2014
17:00 		Switzerland  3–4 SO
(2–1, 1–2, 0–0)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 1–2) 		 Denmark
December 31, 2014
13:00 		Switzerland  1–5
(1–1, 0–4, 0–0) 		 Sweden
December 31, 2014
17:00 		Russia  1–4
(0–1, 1–1, 0–2) 		 Czech Republic

Relegation round

January 2, 2015
11:00 		Switzerland  5–2
(1–0, 3–1, 1–1) 		 Germany
January 3, 2015
19:00 		Germany  2–5
(1–2, 1–1, 0–2) 		 Switzerland

Playoff round

Quarterfinals

January 2, 2015
13:00 		United States  2–3
(0–2, 1–0, 1–1) 		 Russia
January 2, 2015
15:00 		Sweden  6–3
(0–0, 3–3, 3–0) 		 Finland
January 2, 2015
17:00 		Czech Republic  0–3
(0–1, 0–0, 0–2) 		 Slovakia
January 2, 2015
20:00 		Canada  8–0
(2–0, 3–0, 3–0) 		 Denmark

Semifinals

January 4, 2015
16:00 		Sweden  1–4
(0–0, 0–2, 1–2) 		 Russia
January 4, 2015
20:00 		Canada  5–1
(1–0, 2–1, 2–0) 		 Slovakia

Bronze medal game

January 5, 2015
16:00 		Sweden  2–4
(2–2, 0–0, 0–2) 		 Slovakia

Final

January 5, 2015
20:00 		Canada  5–4
(2–1, 3–3, 0–0) 		 Russia

Final standings

Team
1  Canada
1  Russia
1  Slovakia
4th  Sweden
5th  United States
6th  Czech Republic
7th  Finland
8th  Denmark
9th  Switzerland
10th  Germany
Relegated to the 2016 Division I A

 2015 IIHF Junior World Champions 

Canada
16th title

Note that due to the lack of playoff games for determining the spots 5–8, these spots were determined by the preliminary round records for each team.

Division I

Main article: 2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

Division I A

The Division I A tournament was played in Asiago, Italy, from 14 to 20 December 2014.[7]

Team GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Belarus 5 4 1 0 0 22 9 +13 14
 Norway 5 2 2 0 1 16 11 +5 10
 Latvia 5 2 0 1 2 15 11 +4 7
 Italy 5 1 1 0 3 16 22 −6 5
 Austria 5 1 0 2 2 21 27 −6 5
 Slovenia 5 1 0 1 3 17 27 −10 4
Promoted to the 2016 Top Division Relegated to the 2016 Division I B

Division I B

The Division I B tournament was played in Dunaújváros, Hungary, from 14 to 20 December 2014.[8]

Team GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Kazakhstan 5 5 0 0 0 23 9 +14 15
 Ukraine 5 2 1 0 2 10 11 −1 8
 Poland 5 2 0 1 2 13 15 −2 7
 France 5 2 0 1 2 11 13 −2 7
 Japan 5 1 1 0 3 15 17 −2 5
 Hungary 5 0 1 1 3 9 16 −7 3
Promoted to the 2016 Division I A Relegated to the 2016 Division II A

Division II

Main article: 2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II

Division II A

The Division II A tournament was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 7 to 13 December 2014.[9]

Team GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Great Britain 5 4 1 0 0 22 13 +9 14
 Lithuania 5 2 1 1 1 24 19 +5 9
 South Korea 5 2 1 1 1 18 18 0 9
 Netherlands 5 1 1 0 3 18 16 +2 5
 Estonia 5 1 0 1 3 12 22 −10 4
 Romania 5 1 0 1 3 18 24 −6 4
Promoted to the 2016 Division I B Relegated to the 2016 Division II B

Division II B

The Division II B tournament was played in Jaca, Spain, from 13 to 19 December 2014.[10]

Team GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Croatia 5 5 0 0 0 22 9 +13 15
 Spain 5 4 0 0 1 27 10 +17 12
 Australia 5 2 0 1 2 15 15 0 7
 Belgium 5 1 1 1 2 15 17 −2 6
 Serbia 5 1 1 0 3 9 19 −10 5
 Iceland 5 0 0 0 5 11 29 −18 0
Promoted to the 2016 Division II A Relegated to the 2016 Division III

Division III

Main article: 2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

The Division III tournament was played in Dunedin, New Zealand, from 20 to 25 January 2015.[11]

On December 27, 2014 organizers announced that the Bulgarian Ice Hockey Federation withdrew their U20 team from the tournament.[12]

Team GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 China 4 4 0 0 0 29 3 +26 12
 New Zealand 4 2 0 1 1 13 11 +2 7
 Mexico 4 1 1 0 2 8 10 −2 5
 South Africa 4 1 0 0 3 4 22 −18 3
 Turkey 4 1 0 0 3 7 15 −8 3
Promoted to the 2016 Division II B

References

  1. ↑ "Heading to hockey’s meccas", IIHF.com. June 20, 2013
  2. ↑ "Montreal and Toronto to host 2015, 2017 world junior championships", Canadian Press, June 20, 2013
  3. ↑ The Gazette (Montreal), "World Junior Championship is coming to town", Brenda Branswell, June 20, 2013
  4. ↑ "IIHF statutes and bylaws". IIHF. http://www.iihf.com/fileadmin/user_upload/PDF/The_IIHF/2012-2014_IIHF_Statutes_and_Bylaws.pdf. Retrieved 2014-01-01. 
  5. ↑ "IIHF Eligibility". IIHF. http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/championships/iihf-eligibility.html. Retrieved 2014-01-01. 
  6. ↑ "New format for U18, U20 Worlds". IIHF.com. 2012-05-29. http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/recap/7006.html. Retrieved 2011-05-29. 
  7. ↑ Division I A statistics
  8. ↑ Division I B statistics
  9. ↑ Division II A statistics
  10. ↑ Division II B statistics
  11. ↑ Division III statistics
  12. ↑ Bulgaria withdraws

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