2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships


The 2020 Ice Hockey World Junior Championship was the 44th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. It began on December 26, 2019, and ended with the gold medal game being played on January 5, 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.
On April 16, 2018, it was announced that Ostrava and Třinec, in the Moravian-Silesian Region in the northeast corner of the Czech Republic, would be the host cities. It is the second time that Ostrava has been the primary host of the tournament and the first time that Třinec is hosting in any capacity. Ostrava has also twice co-hosted the senior Ice Hockey World Championships.

Top Division

Venues

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 2021, being replaced by the winner of Division IA. All other teams will retain their Top Division status for the 2021 edition.

Preliminary round

All times are local.

Group A

Group B

Relegation

Playoff round

Winning teams were reseeded for the semi-finals in accordance with the following ranking. 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.
RankTeamGroup
A1411+12205
B149+4176
A249+7194
B248+4172
A347+9191
B346+8163
B444−6127
A443−1488

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Final

Statistics

Scoring leaders

PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts+/−PIM
1Samuel Fagemo78513+36
2Barrett Hayton76612+16
3Nils Höglander75611+627
4Alexis Lafrenière54610+34
5Rasmus Sandin73710+36
6Grigori Denisenko7369+48
7Dylan Cozens7279+64
7Kristian Tanus7279+40
9Calen Addison7189+40
10Trevor Zegras5099+64

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

Goaltending leaders

PosPlayerCountryTOIGAGAASASv%SO
1Joel Hofer337:4291.6014893.921
2Hugo Alnefelt368:19132.1217192.401
3Amir Miftakhov197:5072.128691.861
4Justus Annunen362:01162.6519091.581
5Spencer Knight241:26102.4911591.300

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 tournament was held in Minsk, Belarus from 9 to 15 December 2019.

Group B

The tournament was held in Kyiv, Ukraine from 12 to 18 December 2019.

Division II

Group A

The tournament was held in Vilnius, Lithuania from 6 to 12 January 2020.

Group B

The tournament was held in Gangneung, South Korea from 28 January to 3 February 2020.

Division III

The tournament was held in Sofia, Bulgaria from 13 to 19 January 2020.

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