2019_World_Junior_Ice_Hockey_Championships

2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Ice hockey championship held in British Columbia, Canada


The 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2019 WJC) 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.[1][2] This marked the 15th time that Canada hosted the WJC.

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On December 1, 2016, it was announced that Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia had won the bid to host the 2019 World Juniors.[3] 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

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Match officials

The following officials were assigned by the International Ice Hockey Federation to officiate the 2019 World Junior Championships.[4]

Referees

  • Canada Jonathan Alarie
  • United States Kenneth Anderson
  • Latvia Andris Ansons
  • Sweden Tobias Björk
  • United States Andrew Bruggeman
  • Finland Lassi Heikkinen
  • Canada Jeff Ingram
  • Czech Republic Daniel Pražák
  • Russia Yevgeni Romasko
  • Belarus Maxim Sidorenko
  • Sweden Mikael Sjöqvist
  • Slovakia Peter Stano

Linesmen

  • Canada Maxime Chaput
  • Belarus Dmitri Golyak
  • Canada Michael Harrington
  • Czech Republic Daniel Hynek
  • Switzerland Balazs Kovacs
  • Finland Lauri Nikulainen
  • United States Brian Oliver
  • Slovakia Peter Šefčík
  • Russia Dmitri Shishlo
  • Sweden Emil Yletyinen

Seeding

The seedings in the preliminary round are based on the 2018 tournament's final standings using the serpentine system. On 6 Jan 2018, the IIHF announced the groups. With Kazakhstan being promoted from Division I A after winning the 2018 Division I A Tournament. [5]

Group A (Vancouver)
Group B (Victoria)

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 2020, being replaced by the winner of Division IA. All other teams will retain their Top Division status for the 2020 edition.[6]

Preliminary round

All times are local. (Pacific Standard TimeUTC-8)

Group A

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Source: IIHF
(H) Host
December 26, 2018
13:00
Czech Republic 2–1 OT
(0–0, 1–1, 0–0)
(OT: 1–0)
  SwitzerlandRogers Arena
Attendance: 9,266
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December 26, 2018
17:00
Canada 14–0
(3–0, 5–0, 6–0)
 DenmarkRogers Arena
Attendance: 16,417
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December 27, 2018
13:00
Russia 4–0
(1–0, 1–0, 2–0)
 DenmarkRogers Arena
Attendance: 9,939
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December 27, 2018
17:00
Switzerland 2–3
(0–1, 1–2, 1–0)
 CanadaRogers Arena
Attendance: 17,102
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December 28, 2018
17:00
Czech Republic 1–2
(0–1, 1–1, 0–0)
 RussiaRogers Arena
Attendance: 14,523
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December 29, 2018
13:00
Denmark 0–4
(0–2, 0–1, 0–1)
  SwitzerlandRogers Arena
Attendance: 10,279
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December 29, 2018
17:00
Canada 5–1
(3–1, 1–0, 1–0)
 Czech RepublicRogers Arena
Attendance: 17,012
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December 30, 2018
17:00
Switzerland 4–7
(2–1, 1–2, 1–4)
 RussiaRogers Arena
Attendance: 13,724
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December 31, 2018
13:00
Denmark 0–4
(0–2, 0–1, 0–1)
 Czech RepublicRogers Arena
Attendance: 10,204
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December 31, 2018
17:00
Russia 2–1
(1–1, 0–0, 1–0)
 CanadaRogers Arena
Attendance: 17,556
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Group B

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Source: IIHF
December 26, 2018
15:30
United States 2–1
(0–0, 0–1, 2–0)
 SlovakiaSave-On-Foods Memorial Centre
Attendance: 6,208
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December 26, 2018
19:30
Finland 1–2
(0–1, 0–1, 1–0)
 SwedenSave-On-Foods Memorial Centre
Attendance: 6,319
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December 27, 2018
15:30
Slovakia 2–5
(1–2, 0–1, 1–2)
 SwedenSave-On-Foods Memorial Centre
Attendance: 5,896
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December 27, 2018
19:30
Finland 5–0
(2–0, 1–0, 2–0)
 KazakhstanSave-On-Foods Memorial Centre
Attendance: 5,863
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December 28, 2018
19:30
Kazakhstan 2–8
(1–4, 0–3, 1–1)
 United StatesSave-On-Foods Memorial Centre
Attendance: 6,185
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December 29, 2018
15:30
Slovakia 1–5
(0–2, 1–2, 0–1)
 FinlandSave-On-Foods Memorial Centre
Attendance: 6,045
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December 29, 2018
19:30
Sweden 5–4 OT
(1–0, 2–0, 1–4)
(OT: 1–0)
 United StatesSave-On-Foods Memorial Centre
Attendance: 6,602
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December 30, 2018
19:30
Kazakhstan 2–11
(0–6, 1–3, 1–2)
 SlovakiaSave-On-Foods Memorial Centre
Attendance: 5,685
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December 31, 2018
15:30
Sweden 4–1
(3–0, 0–0, 1–1)
 KazakhstanSave-On-Foods Memorial Centre
Attendance: 5,362
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December 31, 2018
19:30
United States 4–1
(1–0, 2–0, 1–1)
 FinlandSave-On-Foods Memorial Centre
Attendance: 6,556
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Relegation round

January 2, 2019
11:00
Kazakhstan 4–3
(2–1, 1–0, 1–2)
 DenmarkRogers Arena
Attendance: 5,975
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January 4, 2019
09:00
Denmark 0–4
(0–2, 0–0, 0–2)
 KazakhstanRogers Arena
Attendance: 3,502
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Note:  Denmark was relegated to the 2020 Division I A

Playoff round

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1A  Russia 8
4B  Slovakia 3
1A  Russia 1
2B  United States 2
2B  United States 3
3A  Czech Republic 1
2B  United States 2
3B  Finland 3
1B  Sweden 0
4A   Switzerland 2
4A   Switzerland 1 Bronze medal game
3B  Finland 6
2A  Canada 1 1A  Russia 5
3B  Finland (OT) 2 4A   Switzerland 2

Quarterfinals

January 2, 2019
13:00
Sweden 0–2
(0–1, 0–1, 0–0)
  SwitzerlandSave-On-Foods Memorial Centre
Attendance: 5,946
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January 2, 2019
15:30
Canada 1–2 OT
(0–0, 1–0, 0–1)
(OT: 0–1)
 FinlandRogers Arena
Attendance: 17,047
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January 2, 2019
17:00
United States 3–1
(1–0, 1–0, 1–1)
 Czech RepublicSave-On-Foods Memorial Centre
Attendance: 6,263
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January 2, 2019
19:30
Russia 8–3
(4–0, 3–0, 1–3)
 SlovakiaRogers Arena
Attendance: 11,317
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Semifinals

January 4, 2019
13:00
Russia 1–2
(0–1, 1–1, 0–0)
 United StatesRogers Arena
Attendance: 14,355
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January 4, 2019
17:00
Finland 6–1
(4–1, 2–0, 0–0)
  SwitzerlandRogers Arena
Attendance: 14,014
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Bronze medal game

January 5, 2019
13:00
Russia 5–2
(2–0, 1–2, 2–0)
  SwitzerlandRogers Arena
Attendance: 12,025
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Final

January 5, 2019
17:00
United States 2–3
(0–0, 0–1, 2–2)
 FinlandRogers Arena
Attendance: 17,206
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Statistics

Scoring leaders

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GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF[7]

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

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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[8]

Awards

Source: IIHF

Source: IIHF

Final standings

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Updated to match(es) played on completed. Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Division I

Group A

The Division I Group A tournament was played in Füssen, Germany, from December 9 to 15, 2018.[9][10]

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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

Group B

The Division I Group B tournament was played in Tychy, Poland, from December 8 to 14, 2018.[11][12]

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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
Notes:
  1. Hungary 2–4 Poland

Division II

Group A

The Division II Group A tournament was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from January 13 to 19, 2019.[13][14]

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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

Group B

The Division II Group B tournament was played in Zagreb, Croatia, from January 15 to 21, 2019.[15][16]

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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

Division III

The Division III tournament was played in Reykjavík, Iceland, from January 14 to 20, 2019.[17][18]

Playoffs

Semifinals Final
      
1A  Australia 7
2B  Bulgaria 4
1A  Australia 1
1B  China 5
1B  China 12
2A  Turkey 1 3rd place game
2B  Bulgaria 0
2A  Turkey 6
5th–8th place semifinals 5th place game
      
3A  Iceland 11
4B  New Zealand 1
3A  Iceland 5
4A  Chinese Taipei 3
3B  South Africa 1
4A  Chinese Taipei 7 7th place game
3B  South Africa 5
4B  New Zealand 3

Final standings

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Promoted to the 2020 Division II B

References

  1. "World Juniors return to B.C." Hockey Canada. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  2. "Competition officials" (PDF). IIHF. 21 November 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  3. Merk, Martin. "Groups for 2019 World Juniors". IIHF. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  4. "New format for U18, U20 Worlds". IIHF. 2012-05-29. Archived from the original on July 2, 2012. Retrieved 2011-05-29.
  5. "Scoring Leaders" (PDF). IIHF. 5 January 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  6. "Goalkeepers" (PDF). IIHF. 5 January 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019.

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