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2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2020 WJHC) was the 44th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, held from 26 December 2019 to 5 January 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.

Background

On 16 April 2018, it was announced that Ostrava and Třinec, in the Moravian-Silesian Region would host the tournament. This was the second time Ostrava had been selected to host the competition. The city had also twice co-hosted the senior Ice Hockey World Championships (in 2004 and 2015).

Top Division

Venues

Match officials

The following officials were assigned by the International Ice Hockey Federation to officiate the 2020 World Junior Championships.

Referees

  • Michael Campbell
  • Ivan Fateev
  • Andreas Harnebring
  • Lassi Heikkinen
  • Oldřich Hejduk
  • Fraser Lawrence
  • Sean MacFarlane
  • Sergey Morozov
  • Vladimír PeÅ¡ina
  • André Schrader
  • Michael Tscherrig
  • Kristian Vikman

Linesmen

  • Riley Bowles
  • Markus Hägerström
  • Chad Huseby
  • Vít Lederer
  • Ludvig Lundgren
  • Jonas Merten
  • Tobias Nordlander
  • David Obwegeser
  • Nikita Shalagin
  • Å imon Synek

Rosters

Preliminary round

Seeding

Seeds the preliminary round were 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 having won the 2019 Division I A Tournament.

Group A <br>Werk Arena
  • (1)
  • (4)
  • (5)
  • (8)
  • (9)
Group B <br>Ostravar Aréna
  • (2)
  • (3)
  • (6)
  • (7)
  • (11-Promoted)

Group A

Group B

Relegation

Note: was relegated to the 2022 Division I A

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. To determine this ranking, the following criteria were used in the order presented:

  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).

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Statistics

Scoring leaders

<small>GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes<br>Source: IIHF</small>

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

<small>TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts<br>Source: IIHF</small>

Awards

<small>Source: IIHF</small>

<small>Source: IIHF</small>

Final standings

Division I

Group A

The Division I Group A tournament was played in Minsk, Belarus, from 9 to 15 December 2019.

Group B

The Division I Group B tournament was played in Kyiv, Ukraine, from 12 to 18 December 2019.

Division II

Group A

The Division II Group A tournament was played in Vilnius, Lithuania, from 6 to 12 January 2020.

Group B

The Division II Group B tournament was played in Gangneung, South Korea, from 27 January to 3 February 2020.

Division III

The Division III tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 13 to 19 January 2020.

Playoffs

Final standings

References

External links