The 2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 39th edition of Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, played from December 26, 2014 to January 5, 2015. It was co-hosted by Toronto, Ontario, and Montreal, Quebec, Canada,^[1][2][3] and organized by Hockey Canada, Hockey Quebec, the Ontario Hockey Federation, the Montreal Canadiens, Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment and Evenko.^[4] 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.^[5][6]

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2015 IIHF World U20 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Venue(s)	Air Canada Centre Bell Centre (in 2 host cities)
Dates	December 26, 2014 – January 5, 2015
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Canada (16th title)
Runner-up	Russia
Third place	Slovakia
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Games played	30
Goals scored	176 (5.87 per game)
Attendance	366,370 (12,212 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Sam Reinhart (11 points)
MVP	Denis Godla
Website	2015 World Juniors
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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 I-A 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.

A player is eligible to play in the 2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships if:^[7]

• 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.^[8]

The Division III tournament was played in Dunedin, New Zealand, from 20 to 25 January 2015.^[15]

On December 27, 2014 organizers announced that the Bulgarian Ice Hockey Federation withdrew their U20 team from the tournament.^[16]

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

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