2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships


The 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 43rd edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. It began on December 26, 2018, and ended with the gold medal game being played on January 5, 2019. This marked the 13th time that Canada hosted the WJC.
On December 1, 2016, it was announced that Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia had won the bid to host the 2019 World Juniors. This is the second time that Vancouver has been the primary host of the tournament and the first time that Victoria has hosted in any capacity.

Top Division

Venues

Officials

The following officials were assigned by the International Ice Hockey Federation to officiate the 2019 World Junior Championships.
Referees
Linesmen

Format

The preliminary round is a two group of five teams each internal round-robin format, followed by a three-round playoff. In the round-robin, three points are allotted for a regulation win, and two points for an overtime or shootout win. One point is allotted for an overtime or shootout loss.
The four highest-ranked teams from each group of the preliminary round advance to the quarterfinals while the last-place team from each group will play a best-of-three series, the loser relegated to Division IA for 2020, being replaced by the winner of Division IA. All other teams will retain their Top Division status for the 2020 edition.

Preliminary round

All times are local.

Group A

Group B

Relegation

Playoff round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Final

Statistics

Scoring leaders

PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts+/−PIM
1Grigori Denisenko7459+34
2Aleksi Heponiemi7369+74
3Artur Gatiyatov653800
4Ryan Poehling7538+52
5Morgan Frost5448+812
6Alexander Romanov7178+120
7Philipp Kurashev7617-54
8Kirill Slepets7527+74
9Alexander Chmelevski743702
9Aarne Talvitie7437+914

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF

Goaltending leaders

PosPlayerCountryTOIGAGAASASv%SO
1Lukáš Dostál239:1051.2511595.651
2Pyotr Kochetkov290:3171.4514995.300
3Michael DiPietro243:1651.2310395.151
4Cayden Primeau298:5581.6112693.650
5Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen367:16111.8016293.210

TOI = Time On Ice ; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SA = Shots Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF

Final standings

Awards

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Division I

Group A

The Group A tournament was held in Füssen, Germany from 9 to 15 December 2018.

Group B

The Group B tournament was held in Tychy, Poland from 8 to 14 December 2018.

Division II

Group A

The Group A tournament was held in Tallinn, Estonia from 13 to 19 January 2019.

Group B

The Group B tournament was held in Zagreb, Croatia from 15 to 21 January 2019.

Division III

The tournament was held in Reykjavík, Iceland from 14 to 20 January 2019.
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