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Ostrava	Ostrava Třinec		Třinec
Ostravar Aréna Capacity: 10,004			Werk Arena Capacity: 5,200

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Match officials

The following officials were assigned by the International Ice Hockey Federation to officiate the 2020 World Junior Championships.^[4]

Seeding

The seedings in the preliminary round are 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 winning the 2019 Division I A Tournament. ^[5]

Rosters

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 (Central European Time – UTC+1).

Group A

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	4	3	1	0	0	20	8	+12	11	Quarterfinals
2	Switzerland	4	3	0	0	1	19	12	+7	9
3	Finland	4	2	0	1	1	19	10	+9	7
4	Slovakia	4	1	0	0	3	8	22	−14	3
5	Kazakhstan	4	0	0	0	4	7	21	−14	0	Relegation round

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Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best-ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.

26 December 2019 15:00

Switzerland

5–3 (2–1, 1–2, 2–0)

Kazakhstan

Werk Arena, Třinec Attendance: 1,397

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	Luca Hollenstein	Goalies	Vladislav Nurek	Referees: Oldřich Hejduk Kristian Vikman Linesmen: Riley Bowles Chad Huseby
	Verboon (Nussbaumer, Moser) – 02:49 1–0 1–1 15:10 – Musorov (Boiko) Gerber (Aebischer, Berni) (PP) – 18:51 2–1 2–2 24:54 – Dyomin (Bondarenko) Salzgeber (Aebischer) – 30:37 3–2 3–3 35:39 – Musorov Wetter (Aebischer, Sopa) – 48:55 4–3 Verboon – 53:54 5–3
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	34	Shots	19

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26 December 2019 19:00

Sweden

3–2 OT (0–1, 1–1, 1–0) (OT: 1–0)

Finland

Werk Arena, Třinec Attendance: 4,471

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	Hugo Alnefelt	Goalies	Justus Annunen	Referees: Michael Campbell Sergey Morozov Linesmen: Jonas Merten Nikita Shalagin
	0–1 16:21 – Puistola (Honka, Tanus) Höglander (Fagemo, D. Gustafsson) – 21:05 1–1 1–2 33:35 – Tanus (Puistola) Fagemo (Höglander, Söderström) – 54:51 2–2 Holtz (Berggren, Söderström) (PP) – 64:55 3–2
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	48	Shots	25

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27 December 2019 15:00

Slovakia

3–1 (0–0, 1–1, 2–0)

Kazakhstan

Werk Arena, Třinec Attendance: 4,915

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	Samuel Hlavaj	Goalies	Vladislav Nurek	Referees: André Schrader Michael Tscherrig Linesmen: Vít Lederer Tobias Nordlander
	Okuliar (Kňažko, Čajkovič) (PP) – 24:49 1–0 1–1 29:43 – Musorov (Butenko) (PP) Tkáč (Mrázik, Vitaloš) – 57:04 2–1 Džugan (Mudrák) (ENG) – 59:53 3–1
	24 min	Penalties	20 min
	24	Shots	23

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28 December 2019 15:00

Finland

8–1 (2–0, 5–1, 1–0)

Slovakia

Werk Arena, Třinec Attendance: 4,915

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	Justus Annunen	Goalies	Samuel Vyletelka Samuel Hlavaj	Referees: Ivan Fateev Oldřich Hejduk Linesmen: Riley Bowles David Obwegeser
	Puistola (Oden, Tanus) (PP) – 04:52 1–0 Ak. Räty (Aa. Räty, Ranta) – 13:21 2–0 Oden (Puistola, Tanus) (PP) – 27:15 3–0 Aa. Räty (Maccelli, Killinen) – 28:26 4–0 Kokkonen (Ranta) – 33:14 5–0 Erholtz (Thomson, Nousiainen) – 34:51 6–0 6–1 36:34 – Džugan (Tkáč, Mudrák) (PP) Ak. Räty (Maccelli, Heinola) – 39:30 7–1 V. Petman (Hatakka) – 52:03 8–1
	10 min	Penalties	18 min
	40	Shots	26

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28 December 2019 19:00

Switzerland

2–5 (0–2, 1–3, 1–0)

Sweden

Werk Arena, Třinec Attendance: 4,109

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	Luca Hollenstein Stéphane Charlin (29:02)	Goalies	Hugo Alnefelt	Referees: Sean MacFarlane André Schrader Linesmen: Markus Hägerström Vít Lederer
	0–1 03:25 – Fagemo (Söderström) 0–2 09:58 – Fagemo (Höglander) 0–3 21:28 – Höglander (Lundkvist, Sandin) (PP) 0–4 29:02 – Henriksson (Raymond, Ginning) 0–5 34:12 – Raymond (Berggren, Holtz) (PP) Kohler (Nussbaumer, Moser) (PP) – 39:47 1–5 Gross (Kohler, Verboon) – 54:09 2–5
	10 min	Penalties	16 min
	27	Shots	27

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29 December 2019 15:00

Kazakhstan

1–7 (1–2, 0–2, 0–3)

Finland

Werk Arena, Třinec Attendance: 3,012

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	Roman Kalmykov	Goalies	Kari Piiroinen	Referees: Fraser Lawrence Vladimír Pešina Linesmen: Ludvig Lundgren Nikita Shalagin
	0–1 06:01 – Puistola (Tanus, Heinola) (PP) Buyalski (Asukhanov, Dyomin) (PP) – 10:13 1–1 1–2 14:31 – Tanus (Oden, Puistola) 1–3 20:54 – Maccelli (Thomson) (PP) 1–4 32:37 – Aa. Räty (Ak. Räty, Heinola) 1–5 47:06 – Puistola (Oden) 1–6 53:49 – Kokkonen (Utunen) 1–7 57:58 – Nousiainen (Maccelli, Killinen)
	10 min	Penalties	18 min
	22	Shots	34

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30 December 2019 15:00

Kazakhstan

2–6 (0–1, 1–4, 1–1)

Sweden

Werk Arena, Třinec Attendance: 2,375

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	Vladislav Nurek	Goalies	Jesper Eliasson	Referees: Lassi Heikkinen Oldrich Hejduk Linesmen: Riley Bowles Simon Synek
	0–1 15:12 – Fagemo (Höglander, Sandin) 0–2 22:37 – Fagemo (Sandin, Lundkvist) (PP) 0–3 24:08 – Öberg (Nässén) 0–4 27:40 – Höglander (D. Gustafsson) (PP) 0–5 30:57 – Berggren (Holtz, Pasic) (PP) Boiko – 31:38 1–5 1–6 51:13 – Raymond (Henriksson, Lundkvist) Musorov (Gaitamirov) – 53:57 2–6
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	19	Shots	35

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30 December 2019 19:00

Slovakia

2–7 (0–3, 1–2, 1–2)

Switzerland

Werk Arena, Třinec Attendance: 4,915

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	Samuel Hlavaj Samuel Vyletelka (14:49)	Goalies	Luca Hollenstein	Referees: Michael Campbell Vladimír Pešina Linesmen: Vít Lederer Jonas Merten
	0–1 07:55 – Kohler (Berni, Nussbaumer) 0–2 10:04 – Kohler (Nussbaumer, Moser) (PP) 0–3 14:49 – Nussbaumer (Verboon) 0–4 33:21 – Kank (Jobin) Faško-Rudáš (Okuliar) (SH) – 38:34 1–4 1–5 39:55 – Schmid (Aebischer, Verboon) Džugan (Čajkovič, Mudrák) (PP) – 46:37 2–5 2–6 50:09 – Henauer (Moser, Nussbaumer) (PP) 2–7 52:27 – Verboon (Kohler)
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	29	Shots	26

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31 December 2019 15:00

Sweden

6–2 (3–0, 2–0, 1–2)

Slovakia

Werk Arena, Třinec Attendance: 4,154

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	Hugo Alnefelt	Goalies	Samuel Hlavaj	Referees: Fraser Lawrence Andre Schrader Linesmen: Chad Huseby David Obwegeser
	Holtz (Söderström, Raymond) – 08:59 1–0 Eriksson (Henriksson, Bäck) – 09:14 2–0 Broberg (Nässén) (SH) – 13:16 3–0 Bäck (Ginning, Berggren) – 25:08 4–0 Holtz (Söderström, Berggren) (PP) – 36:09 5–0 5–1 45:17 – Kováčik (Okuliar, Stacha) (PP) 5–2 58:03 – Džugan (Faško-Rudáš) Fagemo (Höglander) (PP) – 59:44 6–2
	14 min	Penalties	20 min
	42	Shots	18

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31 December 2019 19:00

Finland

2–5 (1–0, 1–3, 0–2)

Switzerland

Werk Arena, Třinec Attendance: 1,573

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	Justus Annunen	Goalies	Stéphane Charlin	Referees: Andreas Harnebring Sergey Morozov Linesmen: Ludvig Lundgren Tobias Nordlander
	Honka (Heinola, Tanus) (PP) – 12:49 1–0 1–1 20:19 – Berri (Schmid) 1–2 22:18 – Jobin (Aebischer, Patry) Oden (Thomson, Nousiainen) – 28:33 2–2 2–3 36:03 – Berri (Wetter, Schmid) 2–4 50:03 – Knak (Berni, Aebischer) 2–5 59:48 – Nussbaumer (SH, ENG)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	38	Shots	22

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Group B

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	4	3	0	0	1	17	13	+4	9	Quarterfinals
2	United States	4	2	1	0	1	17	13	+4	8
3	Russia	4	2	0	0	2	16	8	+8	6
4	Czech Republic (H)	4	1	0	1	2	12	18	−6	4
5	Germany	4	1	0	0	3	9	19	−10	3	Relegation round

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Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best-ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

26 December 2019 15:00

Czech Republic

4–3 (2–2, 2–1, 0–0)

Russia

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,693

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	Lukáš Dostál	Goalies	Yaroslav Askarov Amir Miftakhov	Referees: Fraser Lawrence Sean MacFarlane Linesmen: David Obwegeser Šimon Synek
	Kubíček (Jeník, Teplý) (PP) – 02:46 1–0 Myšák (Teplý) – 07:41 2–0 2–1 10:19 – Zamula (Khovanov, Denisenko) 2–2 14:32 – Podkolzin (Marchenko, Romanov) Blümel – 25:31 3–2 3–3 26:16 – Zamula (Voronkov, Alexandrov) Jeník (Teplý, Šír) (PP2) – 37:25 4–3
	12 min	Penalties	26 min
	22	Shots	36

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26 December 2019 19:00

Canada

6–4 (0–2, 3–0, 3–2)

United States

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,693

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	Nico Daws	Goalies	Spencer Knight	Referees: Andreas Harneberg Lassi Heikkinen Linesmen: Markus Hägerström Ludvig Lundgren
	0–1 03:10 – Pinto (Jones, Brink) (PP) 0–2 18:32 – Kaliyev (Zegras, Turcotte) (PP) McMichael (Thomas, Lavoie) – 23:31 1–2 Hayton (Lafrenière) (PP) – 26:34 2–2 Foote (Smith, Cozens) (PP) – 33:03 3–2 Hayton (Lafrenière, Veleno) (PP) – 50:47 4–2 4–3 52:45 – Robertson (Wahlstrom, Pinto) 4–4 56:42 – Pinto (Robertson) (PP) Lafrenière – 56:49 5–4 Dellandrea (Lafrenière) (ENG) – 58:50 6–4
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	32	Shots	32

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27 December 2019 19:00

Germany

3–6 (1–2, 2–2, 0–2)

United States

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 5,013

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	Tobias Ancicka	Goalies	Dustin Wolf	Referees: Ivan Fateev Vladimír Pešina Linesmen: Nikita Shalagin Šimon Synek
	Peterka (Stutzle, Bokk) (PP) – 02:32 1–0 1–1 07:04 – Harris (Zegras, Kaliyev) 1–2 18:37 – Jones (Zegras, Pinto) Peterka (Seider, Bokk) (PP) – 22:53 2–2 Bokk (Schütz, Reichel) – 28:36 3–2 3–3 34:16 – Pinto (Zegras, Miller) 3–4 38:31 – Hall (Zegras, Pivonka) 3–5 47:18 – Brink (Robertson, Wahlstrom) (PP) 3–6 50:51 – Wahlstrom (Pinto)
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	20	Shots	29

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28 December 2019 15:00

Czech Republic

3–4 (1–2, 0–1, 2–1)

Germany

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,693

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	Lukáš Dostál	Goalies	Hendrik Hane	Referees: Michael Campbell Lassi Heikkinen Linesmen: Chad Huseby Ludvig Lundgren
	0–1 01:41 – Reichel (Lobach) (PP) 0–2 07:31 – Peterka (Stutzle, Seider) Haš (Pekař, Pytlík) (PP) – 16:41 1–2 1–3 33:22 – Bokk (Seider, Jentzsch) (PP2) 1–4 47:33 – Bokk (Jentzsch, Seider) (PP) Jeník (Haš) – 49:17 2–4 Zábranský (Haš) (PP2) – 52:30 3–4
	38 min	Penalties	32 min
	30	Shots	25

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28 December 2019 19:00

Russia

6–0 (3–0, 3–0, 0–0)

Canada

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,693

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	Amir Miftakhov	Goalies	Nico Daws Joel Hofer (22:18)	Referees: Michael Tscherrig Kristian Vikman Linesmen: Jonas Merten Tobias Nordlander
	Khovanov – 01:44 1–0 Dorofeyev (Alexandrov, Zhuravlyov) – 10:14 2–0 Rtishchev (Pylenkov, Kruglov) – 13:43 3–0 Alexandrov (Voronkov) – 22:18 4–0 Sokolov (Zamula, Denisenko) – 33:09 5–0 Denisenko (Khovanov, Romanov) – 36:24 6–0
	16 min	Penalties	8 min
	40	Shots	28

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29 December 2019 19:00

United States

3–1 (0–0, 2–0, 1–1)

Russia

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,693

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	Spencer Knight	Goalies	Yaroslav Askarov Amir Miftakhov	Referees: Michael Campbell Andreas Harnebring Linesmen: Chad Huseby Vit Lederer
	Kaliyev (Zegras, Caufield) (PP) – 36:41 1–0 Robertson (Wahlstrom) – 36:47 2–0 Kaliyev (Zegras, Drury) – 41:20 3–0 3–1 43:04 – Romanov (Zhuravlyov, Alexandrov)
	16 min	Penalties	26 min
	24	Shots	26

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30 December 2019 15:00

Germany

1–4 (0–1, 0–2, 1–1)

Canada

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 6,102

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	Hendrik Hane	Goalies	Joel Hofer	Referees: Sean MacFarlane Sergey Morozov Linesmen: Markus Hägerström Nikita Shalagin
	0–1 11:50 – Foote (Bahl) 0–2 32:24 – Foudy (Dellandrea, McIssac) 0–3 34:01 – Addison (Foote, Cozens) (PP2) Valenti (Stützle, Schütz) (PP2) – 58:53 1–3 1–4 59:50 – Dellandrea (Foudy, McIssac) (SH,ENG)
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	19	Shots	26

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30 December 2019 19:00

United States

4–3 OT (1–2, 2–0, 0–1) (OT: 1–0)

Czech Republic

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,693

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	Spencer Knight	Goalies	Lukáš Pařík	Referees: André Schrader Kristian Vikman Linesmen: Tobias Nordlander David Obwegeser
	Pinto (Robertson, Wahlstrom) (PP) – 03:45 1–0 1–1 09:35 – Zábranský (Klikorka) 1–2 18:16 – Zábranský (Teplý, Plášek) (PP2) Kaliyev (Zegras, Miller) – 21:19 2–2 Drury (Zegras, Kaliyev) – 26:01 3–2 3–3 48:41 – Čajka (Kubíček) (PP) Caufield (Turcotte) – 63:14 4–3
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	43	Shots	29

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31 December 2019 15:00

Russia

6–1 (2–0, 3–0, 1–1)

Germany

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 4,628

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	Yaroslav Askarov	Goalies	Hendrik Hane Tobias Ancicka	Referees: Lassi Heikkinen Oldřich Hejduk Linesmen: Markus Hägerström Šimon Synek
	Marchenko (Alexandrov, Morozov) – 06:10 1–0 Marchenko (Podkolzin, Voronkov) – 13:19 2–0 Denisenko (Khovanov) (PP, EA) – 34:19 3–0 Dorofeyev (Marchenko, Romanov) (PP) – 34:59 4–0 Dorofeyev (Marchenko, Romanov) (PP) – 38:40 5–0 Voronkov (Marchenko, Podkolzin) – 40:38 6–0 6–1 57:43 – Kinder (Mass)
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	31	Shots	23

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31 December 2019 19:00

Canada

7–2 (4–0, 2–2, 1–0)

Czech Republic

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,693

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	Joel Hofer	Goalies	Lukáš Pařík Nick Malík	Referees: Ivan Fateev Michael Tscherrig Linesmen: Riley Bowles Jonas Merten
	Veleno (Hayton, Addison) (PP) – 04:41 1–0 Foote (Byram, Smith) (PP) – 09:57 2–0 Hayton (Cozens, Veleno) (PP) – 13:29 3–0 McMichael (Cozens, Hayton) (PP) – 14:30 4–0 4–1 31:10 – Střondala (Kubíček, Teplý) (PP) 4–2 31:24 – Zábranský (Myšák, Klikorka) Foudy (Smith) – 31:34 5–2 Cozens (Addison, Hayton) (PP) – 32:30 6–2 McIsaac (Cozens, Veleno) – 50:00 7–2
	8 min	Penalties	39 min
	31	Shots	19

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Relegation round

2 January 2020 10:00

Germany

4–0 (0–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Kazakhstan

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 1,022

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	Hendrik Hane	Goalies	Vladislav Nurek	Referees: Oldřich Hejduk Vladimír Pešina Linesmen: Riley Bowles Markus Hägerström
	Reichel (Peterka, Wirt) – 21:21 1–0 Brune (Valenti, Fleischer) – 31:48 2–0 Peterka (Stützle, Reichel) – 41:09 3–0 Bokk (Seider, Stützle) (PP2) – 51:47 4–0
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	35	Shots	23

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4 January 2020 11:00

Kazakhstan

4–1 (1–0, 1–0, 2–1)

Germany

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 1,489

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	Vladislav Nurek	Goalies	Hendrik Hane	Referees: Oldřich Hejduk Michael Tscherrig Linesmen: Riley Bowles Tobias Nordlander
	Alexandrov (Saiko) – 04:39 1–0 Boiko (Musorov) – 25:05 2–0 Alexandrov (Shaikhmeddenov) – 41:32 3–0 Chaporov (Musorov) (ENG) – 56:27 4–0 4–1 58:31 – Schinko (Wirt, Kinder)
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	22	Shots	44

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5 January 2020 11:00

Germany

6–0 (1–0, 4–0, 1–0)

Kazakhstan

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 1,124

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	Hendrik Hane	Goalies	Vladislav Nurek	Referees: Sergey Morozov Michael Tscherrig Linesmen: Markus Hägerström Vít Lederer
	Bokk (Jentzsch, Seider) – 12:18 1–0 Bokk (Hüttl, Mik) – 30:12 2–0 Fleischer (Valenti, Schinko) – 31:35 3–0 Reichel (Peterka) – 33:03 4–0 Heinzinger (Jentzsch, Schütz) – 34:27 5–0 Mik (Mass, Schütz) – 55:45 6–0
	20 min	Penalties	2 min
	40	Shots	27

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Note:  Kazakhstan 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.^[6] To determine this ranking, the following criteria were used in the order presented:^[7]

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).

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Rank	Team	Group	Pos	GP	Pts	GD	GF	Seed
1	Sweden	A	1	4	11	+12	20	5
2	Canada	B	1	4	9	+4	17	6
3	Switzerland	A	2	4	9	+7	19	4
4	United States	B	2	4	8	+4	17	2
5	Finland	A	3	4	7	+9	19	1
6	Russia	B	3	4	6	+8	16	3
7	Czech Republic	B	4	4	4	−6	12	7
8	Slovakia	A	4	4	3	−14	8	8

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Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Gold Medal Game
	January 2 – Ostrava
	1B  Canada	6
					January 4 – Ostrava
	4A  Slovakia	1
					2  Canada	5
	January 2 – Třinec
					5  Finland	0
	2B  United States	0
									January 5 – Ostrava
	3A  Finland	1
									2  Canada	4
	January 2 – Ostrava
									6  Russia	3
	1A  Sweden	5
					January 4 – Ostrava
	4B  Czech Republic	0
					1  Sweden	4
	January 2 – Třinec
					6  Russia (OT)	5			Bronze Medal Game
	2A   Switzerland	1
									January 5 – Ostrava
	3B  Russia	3
									1  Sweden	3
									5  Finland	2

Quarterfinals

2 January 2020 12:30

Switzerland

1–3 (0–0, 1–3, 0–0)

Russia

Werk Arena, Třinec Attendance: 3,158

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	Luca Hollenstein	Goalies	Yaroslav Askarov	Referees: Michael Campbell Lassi Heikkinen Linesmen: Vít Lederer Tobias Nordlander
	0–1 21:12 – Voronkov (Denisenko, Alexandrov) (PP) Jobin (Salzgeber) – 27:08 1–1 1–2 34:07 – Khovanov (Denisenko) 1–3 38:13 – Voronkov (Khovanov, Zamula) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	15	Shots	36

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2 January 2020 15:00

Canada

6–1 (1–0, 4–0, 1–1)

Slovakia

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 7,074

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	Joel Hofer	Goalies	Samuel Hlavaj Samuel Vyletelka	Referees: Sean MacFarlane Michael Tscherrig Linesmen: Jonas Merten David Obwegeser
	Hayton (Lafrenière, Cozens) – 06:47 1–0 McMichael (Veleno) – 21:21 2–0 Bernard-Docker (Drysdale, Cozens) – 23:42 3–0 Foudy (Dellandrea, Drysdale) – 29:02 4–0 Lafrenière (Addison, Hayton) (PP) – 30:50 5–0 Hayton (Addison) (PP) – 41:00 6–0 6–1 46:10 – Okuliar (Kováčik)
	37 min	Penalties	32 min
	44	Shots	18

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2 January 2020 17:30

United States

0–1 (0–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Finland

Werk Arena, Třinec Attendance: 4,451

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	Spencer Knight	Goalies	Justus Annunen	Referees: Ivan Fateev Andreas Harnebring Linesmen: Ludvig Lundgren Simon Synek
	0–1 44:23 – Oden (Tanus, Heinola) (PP)
	33 min	Penalties	4 min
	30	Shots	29

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2 January 2020 20:00

Sweden

5–0 (2–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Czech Republic

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,693

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	Hugo Alnefelt	Goalies	Lukáš Dostál	Referees: Fraser Lawrence Sergey Morozov Linesmen: Chad Huseby Nikita Shalagin
	Höglander (Fagemo, Sandin) (PP) – 13:08 1–0 H. Gustafsson (SH) – 15:09 2–0 Höglander (Sandin, Fagemo) – 20:45 3–0 Söderström (PS) – 44:04 4–0 D. Gustafsson (Höglander, Lundkvist) (PP) – 50:44 5–0
	2 min	Penalties	35 min
	37	Shots	23

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Semifinals

4 January 2020 15:00

Sweden

4–5 OT (2–3, 1–0, 1–1) (OT: 0–1)

Russia

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,693

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	Hugo Alnefelt	Goalies	Yaroslav Askarov Amir Miftakhov	Referees: Fraser Lawrence Kristian Vikman Linesmen: Markus Hagerstrom Chad Huseby
	Sandin (D. Gustafsson) – 00:16 1–0 1–1 03:04 – Morozov (Podkolzin, Dorofeyev) (PP) 1–2 05:40 – Khovanov (Alexandrov, Denisenko) (PP) 1–3 12:05 – Sokolov Fagemo (Lundkvist, Sandin) (PP) – 14:54 2–3 Sandin (Fagemo, Nässén) (PP) – 31:02 3–3 Lundkvist (Sandin, Nässén) (PP) – 44:25 4–3 4–4 48:35 – Sokolov (Khovanov) 4–5 63:24 – Morozov (Podkolzin, Voronkov)
	35 min	Penalties	18 min
	25	Shots	44

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4 January 2020 19:00

Canada

5–0 (4–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Finland

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,693

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	Joel Hofer	Goalies	Justus Annunen	Referees: Sean MacFarlane Sergey Morozov Linesmen: Vit Lederer David Obwegeser
	McMichael (Dudas) – 01:48 1–0 Lafrenière (Foote, Hayton) – 03:05 2–0 Drysdale (Lavoie, Byfield) – 03:55 3–0 Dellandrea (Dudas, McMichael) – 14:49 4–0 Lafrenière (Addison, Hayton) (PP) – 37:53 5–0
	4 min	Penalties	14 min
	39	Shots	32

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Bronze medal game

5 January 2020 15:00

Sweden

3–2 (1–2, 2–0, 0–0)

Finland

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 7,954

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	Hugo Alnefelt	Goalies	Justus Annunen	Referees: Michael Campbell Fraser Lawrence Linesmen: Chad Huseby Nikita Shalagin
	0–1 08:22 – Puistola (Nousiainen, Tanus) Sandin (Lundkvist, Fagemo) (PP) – 12:08 1–1 1–2 19:00 – Maccelli Fagemo (Höglander, Ginning) – 30:34 2–2 Öberg (Nässén) – 33:19 3–2
	10 min	Penalties	16 min
	26	Shots	34

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Final

5 January 2020 19:00

Canada

4–3 (0–0, 1–2, 3–1)

Russia

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,693

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	Joel Hofer	Goalies	Amir Miftakhov	Referees: Lassi Heikkinen Kristian Vikman Linesmen: Ludvig Lundgren Simon Synek
	0–1 29:37 – Alexandrov (Zamula, Denisenko) (PP) Cozens (Veleno, Lafrenière) (PP2) – 31:01 1–1 1–2 34:46 – Denisenko (Romanov, Sokolov) 1–3 48:46 – Sorkin (Kruglov, Rtishev) McMichael (Addison, Byram) – 49:20 2–3 Hayton (Addison, Lafrenière) (PP) – 51:21 3–3 Thomas (McMichael, Addison) – 56:02 4–3
	12 min	Penalties	16 min
	30	Shots	38

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Statistics

Scoring leaders

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Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Samuel Fagemo	Sweden	7	8	5	13	+3	6
2	Barrett Hayton	Canada	7	6	6	12	+1	6
3	Nils Höglander	Sweden	7	5	6	11	+6	27
4	Alexis Lafrenière	Canada	5	4	6	10	+3	4
5	Rasmus Sandin	Sweden	7	3	7	10	+3	6
6	Grigori Denisenko	Russia	7	3	6	9	+4	8
7	Dylan Cozens	Canada	7	2	7	9	+6	4
7	Kristian Tanus	Finland	7	2	7	9	+4	0
9	Calen Addison	Canada	7	1	8	9	+4	0
10	Trevor Zegras	United States	5	0	9	9	+6	4

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GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF^[8]

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

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Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
1	Joel Hofer	Canada	337:42	9	1.60	148	93.92	1
2	Hugo Alnefelt	Sweden	368:19	13	2.12	171	92.40	1
3	Amir Miftakhov	Russia	197:50	7	2.12	86	91.86	1
4	Justus Annunen	Finland	362:01	16	2.65	190	91.58	1
5	Spencer Knight	United States	241:26	10	2.49	115	91.30	0

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TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF^[9]

Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Joel Hofer
  • Best Defenceman: Rasmus Sandin
  • Best Forward: Alexis Lafrenière

Source: IIHF

• Media All-Stars:
  • MVP: Alexis Lafrenière
  • Goaltender: Joel Hofer
  • Defencemen: Rasmus Sandin / Alexander Romanov
  • Forwards: Samuel Fagemo / Barrett Hayton / Alexis Lafrenière

Source: IIHF

Final standings

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Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	B	Canada	7	6	0	0	1	32	17	+15	18	Champions
2	B	Russia	7	3	1	0	3	27	17	+10	11	Runners-up
3	A	Sweden	7	5	1	1	0	32	15	+17	18	Third place
4	A	Finland	7	3	0	1	3	22	18	+4	10	Fourth place
5	A	Switzerland	5	3	0	0	2	20	15	+5	9	Eliminated in Quarter-finals
6	B	United States	5	2	1	0	2	17	14	+3	8
7	B	Czech Republic (H)	5	1	0	1	3	12	23	−11	4
8	A	Slovakia	5	1	0	0	4	9	28	−19	3
9	B	Germany	7	3	0	0	4	20	23	−3	9	Avoided relegation
10	A	Kazakhstan	7	1	0	0	6	11	32	−21	3	Relegated to the 2022 Division I A

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Group A

The Division I Group A tournament was played in Minsk, Belarus, from 9 to 15 December 2019.^[10][11]

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Austria	5	4	0	0	1	18	10	+8	12	Promoted to the 2022 Top Division
2	Latvia	5	3	1	0	1	18	5	+13	11[lower-alpha 1]
3	Belarus (H)	5	3	0	2	0	19	12	+7	11[lower-alpha 1]
4	Norway	5	1	2	0	2	12	11	+1	7
5	Denmark	5	0	1	1	3	6	16	−10	3
6	Slovenia	5	0	0	1	4	6	25	−19	1	Relegated to the 2022 Division I B

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Group B

The Division I Group B tournament was played in Kyiv, Ukraine, from 12 to 18 December 2019.^[12][13]

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hungary	5	5	0	0	0	29	16	+13	15	Promoted to the 2022 Division I A
2	France	5	4	0	0	1	22	7	+15	12
3	Ukraine (H)	5	2	1	0	2	14	12	+2	8
4	Poland	5	2	0	0	3	29	26	+3	6
5	Estonia	5	1	0	0	4	14	27	−13	3
6	Italy	5	0	0	1	4	13	33	−20	1	Relegated to the 2022 Division II A

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Group A

The Division II Group A tournament was played in Vilnius, Lithuania, from 6 to 12 January 2020.^[14][15]

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Japan	5	5	0	0	0	37	7	+30	15	Promoted to the 2022 Division I B
2	Great Britain	5	3	1	0	1	23	17	+6	11
3	Lithuania (H)	5	3	0	0	2	20	17	+3	9
4	Romania	5	2	0	0	3	15	24	−9	6
5	Spain	5	1	0	1	3	8	23	−15	4
6	Serbia	5	0	0	0	5	11	26	−15	0	Relegated to the 2022 Division II B

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Group B

The Division II Group B tournament was played in Gangneung, South Korea, from 27 January to 3 February 2020.^[16][17]

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	South Korea (H)	5	5	0	0	0	20	6	+14	15	Promoted to the 2022 Division II A
2	Netherlands	5	3	0	0	2	30	13	+17	9[lower-alpha 1]
3	China	5	3	0	0	2	22	10	+12	9[lower-alpha 1]
4	Croatia	5	3	0	0	2	31	17	+14	9[lower-alpha 1]
5	Belgium	5	1	0	0	4	15	25	−10	3
6	Israel	5	0	0	0	5	3	50	−47	0	Relegated to the 2022 Division III

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Playoffs

	Semifinals				Final
	18 January
	Iceland	5
					19 January
	Turkey	2
					Iceland	4
	18 January
					Australia	1
	Australia	8
	Mexico	3
					3rd place match
					19 January
					Turkey	4
					Mexico	2

	5th–8th place semifinals				5th place match
	18 January
	Bulgaria	8
					19 January
	Chinese Taipei	1
					Bulgaria	6
	18 January
					New Zealand	1
	South Africa	1
	New Zealand	2
					7th place match
					19 January
					South Africa	4
					Chinese Taipei (OT)	5

Final standings

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Rank	Team
	Iceland
	Australia
	Turkey
4	Mexico
5	Bulgaria
6	New Zealand
7	Chinese Taipei
8	South Africa

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