2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

2019 IIHF World U20 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Dates	December 26, 2018 – January 5, 2019
Teams	10
Venue(s)	Rogers Arena, Vancouver Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre, Victoria (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Finland (5th title)
Runner-up	United States
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	176 (5.87 per match)
Attendance	304,393 (10,146 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Grigori Denisenko (9 points)
MVP	Ryan Poehling
Website	2019.worldjunior.hockey
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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. 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.^[1] 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[]

Vancouver	Vancouver Victoria		Victoria
Rogers Arena Capacity: 18,910			Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre Capacity: 7,006

Officials[]

The following officials were assigned by the International Ice Hockey Federation to officiate the 2019 World Junior Championships.^[2]

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. ^[3]

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.^[4]

Preliminary round[]

All times are local. (Pacific Standard Time – UTC-8)

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	4	4	0	0	0	15	6	+9	12	Advance to Quarterfinals
2	Canada (H)	4	3	0	0	1	23	5	+18	9
3	Czech Republic	4	1	1	0	2	8	8	0	5
4	Switzerland	4	1	0	1	2	11	12	−1	4
5	Denmark	4	0	0	0	4	0	26	−26	0	Advance to Relegation

December 26, 2018 13:00

Czech Republic

2–1 OT (0–0, 1–1, 0–0) (OT: 1–0)

Switzerland

Rogers Arena Attendance: 9,266

Game reference
	Lukáš Dostál	Goalies	Luca Hollenstein	Referees: Kenneth Anderson Andrew Bruggeman Linesmen: Dmitri Golyak Peter Šefčík
	0–1 27:45 – (, Kurashev) (PP) Kaut (Nečas, Galvas) – 29:02 1–1 Kvasnička (Kaut, Lauko) – 60:52 2–1
	16 min	Penalties	18 min
	27	Shots	27

December 26, 2018 17:00

Canada

14–0 (3–0, 5–0, 6–0)

Denmark

Rogers Arena Attendance: 16,417

Game reference
	Michael DiPietro	Goalies		Referees: Tobias Björk Maxim Sidorenko Linesmen: Lauri Nikulainen Brian Oliver
	Frost (Leason, Hayton) – 4:52 1–0 Tippett (Frost, Glass) – 8:32 2–0 Frost (, Bouchard) – 19:17 3–0 Comtois (Glass, Mitchell) – 20:45 4–0 Frost (Suzuki, DiPietro) – 21:50 5–0 Studnicka (Glass, Bouchard) (PP) – 27:46 6–0 Tippett (Bouchard) – 33:42 7–0 Anderson-Dolan – 39:08 8–0 Comtois (Smith, Mitchell) (EA) – 42:52 9–0 Comtois (Glass, Phillips) – 47:01 10–0 Leason (Veleno, Bowers) – 49:02 11–0 Leason (Frost, ) – 52:47 12–0 Comtois (Leason, Hayton) – 53:27 13–0 Entwistle (Studnicka, ) – 56:47 14–0
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	45	Shots	14

December 27, 2018 13:00

Russia

4–0 (1–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Denmark

Rogers Arena Attendance: 9,939

Game reference
	Daniil Tarasov	Goalies		Referees: Ken Anderson Lassi Hekkinen Linesmen: Lauri Nikulainen Peter Šefčík
	Kravtsov (Denisenko, Kostin) (PP) – 06:28 1–0 Romanov (Kostin, Kravtsov) – 37:49 2–0 (Romanov, Alexeyev) – 53:54 3–0 Iv. Morozov (Slepets, Romanov) (ENG) – 58:34 4–0
	26 min	Penalties	8 min
	18	Shots	20

December 27, 2018 17:00

Switzerland

2–3 (0–1, 1–2, 1–0)

Canada

Rogers Arena Attendance: 17,102

Game reference
	Akira Schmid	Goalies	Ian Scott	Referees: Andrew Bruggeman Peter Stano Linesmen: Dmitri Golyak Emil Yletyinen
	0–1 00:36 – Glass (Suzuki, Comtois) Kurashev (, ) (PP) – 20:46 1–1 1–2 25:55 – Entwistle (Bowers) 1–3 32:08 – Dobson (Hayton) Kurashev (Müller, Eggenberger) (PP, EA) – 58:11 2–3
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	17	Shots	32

December 28, 2018 17:00

Czech Republic

1–2 (0–1, 1–1, 0–0)

Russia

Rogers Arena Attendance: 14,523

Game reference
	Lukáš Dostál	Goalies	Pyotr Kochetkov	Referees: Tobias Björk Peter Stano Linesmen: Brian Oliver Emil Yletyinen
	0–1 17:05 – Galimov (Slepets) (SH) 0–2 35:03 – Kovalenko (, Alexeyev) (SH) (Kvasnička, ) (PP) – 35:50 1–2
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	25	Shots	28

December 29, 2018 13:00

Denmark

0–4 (0–2, 0–1, 0–1)

Switzerland

Rogers Arena Attendance: 10,279

Game reference
		Goalies	Luca Hollenstein	Referees: Tobias Björk Maxim Sidorenko Linesmen: Brian Oliver Peter Šefčík
	0–1 08:51 – Kurashev (, Berni) (PP) 0–2 19:08 – Kurashev (, Moser) 0–3 33:29 – Le Coultre (, Müller) 0–4 41:38 – Kurashev (Gross, Berni)
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	21	Shots	26

December 29, 2018 17:00

Canada

5–1 (3–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Czech Republic

Rogers Arena Attendance: 17,012

Game reference
	Michael DiPietro	Goalies	Jiří Patera Jakub Škarek	Referees: Kenneth Anderson Lassi Hekkinen Linesmen: Dmitri Golyak Lauri Nikulainen
	Comtois (Tippett, ) – 06:03 1–0 1–1 06:40 – (Jeník) Leason (Smith, Frost) (PP) – 11:32 2–1 Lafrenière (Studnicka, ) – 16:39 3–1 Entwistle (Veleno, Studnicka) – 34:41 4–1 Frost (Suzuki, Smith) (PP) – 49:01 5–1
	6 min	Penalties	30 min
	30	Shots	24

December 30, 2018 17:00

Switzerland

4–7 (2–1, 1–2, 1–4)

Russia

Rogers Arena Attendance: 13,724

Game reference
	Akira Schmid	Goalies	Daniil Tarasov	Referees: Lassi Heikkinen Maxim Sidorenko Linesmen: Peter Šefčík Emil Yletyinen
	(, ) – 00:49 1–0 (, Moser) – 09:06 2–0 2–1 14:27 – Marchenko (Podkolzin, Alexeyev) Lehmann (Leuenberger) – 25:46 3–1 3–2 26:07 – Samorukov 3–3 31:58 – Denisenko (Kravtsov, Samorukov) (PP) 3–4 42:04 – Slepets (SH) 3–5 46:36 – Alexeyev (Romanov, ) (PP) Bruschweiler (Nussbaumer, ) – 47:13 4–5 4–6 51:42 – (Shashkov, ) 4–7 52:50 – Kravtsov (Denisenko, Kostin)
	6 min	Penalties	29 min
	31	Shots	41

December 31, 2018 13:00

Denmark

0–4 (0–2, 0–1, 0–1)

Czech Republic

Rogers Arena Attendance: 10,204

Game reference
		Goalies	Lukáš Dostál	Referees: Peter Stano Jeff Ingram Linesmen: Brian Oliver Maxime Chaput
	0–1 08:10 – Lauko () 0–2 11:59 – Nečas (Zadina, Kvasnička) (PP) 0–3 28:03 – Kaut (, Nečas) (PP) 0–4 57:46 – Král (, ) (SH, ENG)
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	20	Shots	34

December 31, 2018 17:00

Russia

2–1 (1–1, 0–0, 1–0)

Canada

Rogers Arena Attendance: 17,556

Game reference
	Pyotr Kochetkov	Goalies	Michael DiPietro	Referees: Andrew Bruggeman Mikael Sjöqvist Linesmen: Balazs Kovacs Emil Yletyinen
	0–1 02:20 – Glass (Tippett) Denisenko (Kravtsov, Samorukov) (PP) – 05:21 1–1 (Romanov) – 51:00 2–1
	10 min	Penalties	18 min
	31	Shots	31

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	4	3	1	0	0	16	8	+8	11	Advance to Quarterfinals
2	United States	4	3	0	1	0	18	9	+9	10
3	Finland	4	2	0	0	2	12	7	+5	6
4	Slovakia	4	1	0	0	3	15	14	+1	3
5	Kazakhstan	4	0	0	0	4	5	28	−23	0	Advance to Relegation

December 26, 2018 15:30

United States

2–1 (0–0, 0–1, 2–0)

Slovakia

Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre Attendance: 6,208

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Jeff Ingram Mikael Sjöqvist Linesmen: Maxime Chaput Dmitri Shishlo
	0–1 37:17 – (Liška) Anderson (J. Hughes) (PP) – 41:10 1–1 (Madden, Samberg) – 45:42 2–1
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	34	Shots	14

December 26, 2018 19:30

Finland

1–2 (0–1, 0–1, 1–0)

Sweden

Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre Attendance: 6,319

Game reference
	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	Goalies	Samuel Ersson	Referees: Jonathan Alarie Yevgeni Romasko Linesmen: Michael Harrington Balazs Kovacs
	0–1 13:14 – Brännström (Lundeström, Boqvist) (PP) 0–2 23:55 – Brännström (Bemström, Boqvist) (PP2) (Kakko, Ylönen) (PP) – 56:26 1–2
	14 min	Penalties	6 min
	30	Shots	30

December 27, 2018 15:30

Slovakia

2–5 (1–2, 0–1, 1–2)

Sweden

Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre Attendance: 5,896

Game reference
		Goalies	Samuel Ersson	Referees: Jeff Ingram Daniel Pražák Linesmen: Michael Harrington Daniel Hynek
	0–1 11:42 – Elvenes Liška (Hrehorčák, Fehérváry) (PP) – 13:43 1–1 1–2 16:12 – Bemström (Hugg, Lundkvist) 1–3 26:40 – Bemström (Elvenes, Sandin) (PP) 1–4 45:09 – Brännström (Lundeström, Boqvist) (PP) – 48:57 2–4 2–5 52:37 – Lundeström
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	22	Shots	26

December 27, 2018 19:30

Finland

5–0 (2–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Kazakhstan

Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre Attendance: 5,863

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Andris Ansons Mikael Sjöqvist Linesmen: Maxime Chaput Balazs Kovacs
	(, Ylönen) – 12:52 1–0 – 15:08 2–0 (Puustinen) – 32:49 3–0 Kakko (Lundell, Ylönen) – 47:17 4–0 Heponiemi (Kupari, Jokiharju) – 49:13 5–0
	2 min	Penalties	10 min
	56	Shots	18

December 28, 2018 19:30

Kazakhstan

2–8 (1–4, 0–3, 1–1)

United States

Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre Attendance: 6,185

Game reference
		Goalies	Cayden Primeau	Referees: Jonathan Alarie Daniel Pražák Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Dmitri Shishlo
	0–1 01:37 – Wahlstrom (Poehling) (Orekhov) – 01:55 1–1 1–2 05:13 – Farabee (Robertson, Q. Hughes) (PP) 1–3 08:53 – Farabee (Robertson, Norris) 1–4 12:05 – Farabee (Robertson) 1–5 25:45 – Chmelevski (Poehling, Anderson) (PP) 1–6 30:50 – Poehling 1–7 32:11 – Madden (Miller) 1–8 40:23 – Norris (Robertson) (Orekhov, ) – 49:56 2–8
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	13	Shots	66

December 29, 2018 15:30

Slovakia

1–5 (0–2, 1–2, 0–1)

Finland

Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre Attendance: 6,045

Game reference
		Goalies	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	Referees: Andris Ansons Mikael Sjöqvist Linesmen: Michael Harrington Daniel Hynek
	0–1 12:24 – Jokiharju (, Tolvanen) (PP2) 0–2 16:43 – (Vaakanainen, ) 0–3 22:02 – Heinola (Kakko, Jokiharju) 0–4 33:53 – Lundell (Heinola) Roman (Fehérváry, Ivan) (PP2) – 36:24 1–4 1–5 53:01 – Laaksonen (Tolvanen, Luukonen)
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	23	Shots	36

December 29, 2018 19:30

Sweden

5–4 OT (1–0, 2–0, 1–4) (OT: 1–0)

United States

Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre Attendance: 6,602

Game reference
	Samuel Ersson	Goalies		Referees: Jeff Ingram Yevgeni Romasko Linesmen: Maxime Chaput Balazs Kovacs
	Westerlund (Fagemo, Elvenes) – 04:47 1–0 Hugg (Bemström, Broberg) – 29:21 2–0 Bemström (Gustafsson) – 32:39 3–0 Brännström (Gustafsson, Westerlund) – 42:33 4–0 4–1 49:34 – Anderson (Chmelevski, Poehling) (PP) 4–2 53:25 – Poehling (Wahlstrom, Chmelevski) 4–3 59:23 – Poehling (Wahlstrom, Q. Hughes) (EA) 4–4 59:36 – Poehling (Farabee) (EA) Boqvist (Elvenes) – 63:51 5–4
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	33	Shots	29

December 30, 2018 19:30

Kazakhstan

2–11 (0–6, 1–3, 1–2)

Slovakia

Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre Attendance: 5,685

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Daniel Pražák Yevgeni Romasko Linesmen: Michael Harrington Dmitri Shishlo
	0–1 00:22 – Liška (Hrehorčák, Roman) 0–2 00:32 – Ružička (, ) 0–3 05:26 – Ružička (Korenčík, Krivošík) (PP) 0–4 08:21 – Kollár (Kelemen) 0–5 11:20 – Krivošík (Ružička) 0–6 14:17 – (Baláž, Regenda) 0–7 22:27 – Kollár 0–8 27:41 – Roman (Hrehorčák, Liška) (PP) (Sam. Daniyar, Orekhov) (PP2) – 30:13 1–8 1–9 33:36 – Regenda () Gatiyatov (, Sam. Daniyar) (PP) – 46:25 2–9 2–10 54:13 – Dlugoš (Balaž, Regenda) 2–11 59:47 – Kollár (Kelemen, Demo)
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	18	Shots	46

December 31, 2018 15:30

Sweden

4–1 (3–0, 0–0, 1–1)

Kazakhstan

Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre Attendance: 5,362

Game reference
	Olle Eriksson Ek	Goalies		Referees: Ken Anderson Andris Ansons Linesmen: Lauri Nikulainen Dmitri Shishlo
	Bemström (Bäck, Sandin) – 07:10 1–0 Sandin (Lundeström) – 12:13 2–0 Lundkvist – 16:49 3–0 3–1 49:46 – (Orekhov, Sam. Daniyar) (PP) Sandin (Gustafsson) – 59:21 4–1
	10 min	Penalties	2 min
	56	Shots	11

December 31, 2018 19:30

United States

4–1 (1–0, 2–0, 1–1)

Finland

Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre Attendance: 6,556

Game reference
	Cayden Primeau	Goalies	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	Referees: Jonathan Alarie Tobias Björk Linesmen: Dmitri Golyak Daniel Hynek
	Robertson (Farabee) – 19:51 1–0 Madden (Norris) – 31:40 2–0 Poehling () – 36:42 3–0 Madden (Norris, Robertson) (PP) – 42:02 4–0 4–1 Ylönen (Vaakanainen, ) – 53:16
	6 min	Penalties	30 min
	39	Shots	28

Relegation[]

January 2, 2019 11:00

Kazakhstan

4–3 (2–1, 1–0, 1–2)

Denmark

Rogers Arena Attendance: 5,975

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Andrew Bruggeman Mikael Sjöqvist Linesmen: Balazs Kovacs Peter Šefčík
	(, ) - 01:36 1–0 1–1 09:00 – Røndbjerg (, Setkov) (, ) – 11:16 2–1 Say. Daniyar (, Sam. Daniyar) (PP) – 33:00 3–1 3–2 41:29 – (, ) Gatiyatov – 48:06 4–2 4–3 57:40 – Setkov (Røndbjerg) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	19	Shots	43

January 4, 2019 09:00

Denmark

0–4 (0–2, 0–0, 0–2)

Kazakhstan

Rogers Arena Attendance: 3,502

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Andris Ansons Peter Stano Linesmen: Balazs Kovacs Peter Šefčík
	0–1 00:35 – Say. Daniyar () 0–2 04:47 – (, ) 0–3 58:27 – Gatiyatov (, Orekhov) (ENG) 0–4 59:05 – Gatiyatov (Muratov, Sam. Daniyar) (ENG)
	6 min	Penalties	18 min
	25	Shots	16

Playoff round[]

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

1A

Russia

8

4B

Slovakia

3

1A

Russia

1

2B

United States

2

2B

United States

3

Final

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)

Switzerland

Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre Attendance: 5,946

Game reference
	Samuel Ersson	Goalies	Luca Hollenstein	Referees: Kenneth Anderson Lassi Heikkinen Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Lauri Nikulainen
	0–1 15:23 – () 0–2 33:59 – (, )
	32 min	Penalties	20 min
	41	Shots	35

January 2, 2019 15:30

Canada

1–2 OT (0–0, 1–0, 0–1) (OT: 0–1)

Finland

Rogers Arena Attendance: 17,047

Game reference
	Michael DiPietro	Goalies	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	Referees: Daniel Pražák Yevgeni Romasko Linesmen: Brian Oliver Emil Yletyinen
	Mitchell (Hayton, Frost) – 21:30 1–0 1–1 59:13 – Heponiemi (Tolvanen, Vaakanainen) (EA) 1–2 65:17 – Utunen (, Heponiemi)
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	25	Shots	34

January 2, 2019 17:00

United States

3–1 (1–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Czech Republic

Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre Attendance: 6,263

Game reference
	Cayden Primeau	Goalies	Lukáš Dostál	Referees: Jonathan Alarie Tobias Björk Linesmen: Dmitri Golyak Dmitri Shishlo
	Cates (J. Hughes) – 12:12 1–0 Norris (Robertson) – 26:10 2–0 2–1 51:29 – Kaut (Nečas, Jeník) (PP) Chmelevski (Anderson) (ENG) – 59:21 3–1
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	41	Shots	19

January 2, 2019 19:30

Russia

8–3 (4–0, 3–0, 1–3)

Slovakia

Rogers Arena Attendance: 11,317

Game reference
	Pyotr Kochetkov Daniil Tarasov	Goalies		Referees: Jeff Ingram Maxim Sidorenko Linesmen: Maxime Chaput Michael Harrington
	Denisenko (Samorukov, Kravtsov) – 05:36 1–0 (Kovalenko, Romanov) – 06:07 2–0 Alexeyev (Kovalenko, Starkov) – 07:49 3–0 (Romanov, Podkolzin) – 10:56 4–0 Kostin (Denisenko, ) – 31:40 5–0 Kostin (Denisenko, Alexeyev) (PP) – 38:20 6–0 Slepets (Galimov, ) – 39:38 7–0 7–1 43:35 – Fehérváry (Ivan, ) (Shashkov, ) – 52:03 8–1 8–2 58:58 – Roman (Ivan, Fehérváry) 8–3 59:51 – Ivan (Fehérváry, Liška) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	30	Shots	35

Semifinals[]

January 4, 2019 13:00

Russia

1–2 (0–1, 1–1, 0–0)

United States

Rogers Arena Attendance: 14,355

Game reference
	Pyotr Kochetkov	Goalies	Cayden Primeau	Referees: Jeff Ingram Mikael Sjöqvist Linesmen: Michael Harrington Lauri Nikulainen
	0–1 14:29 – Wahlstrom (, Samberg) 0–2 24:20 – Chmelevski (J. Hughes) (PP) Denisenko – 33:36 1–2
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	35	Shots	27

January 4, 2019 17:00

Finland

6–1 (4–1, 2–0, 0–0)

Switzerland

Rogers Arena Attendance: 14,014

Game reference
	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	Goalies	Luca Hollenstein Akira Schmid	Referees: Andrew Bruggeman Maxim Sidorenko Linesmen: Dmitri Golyak Dmitri Shishlo
	Ylönen () – 00:40 1–0 (Kupari, Vaakanainen) (EA) – 02:55 2–0 Talvitie (Kupari, Heponiemi) – 05:53 3–0 Jokiharju (Heponiemi, Puustinen (PP) – 07:43 4–0 4–1 16:40 – Kurashev (, ) Heponiemi (Tolvanen, Lundell) (EA) – 27:56 5–1 Kupari (Kakko, Heponiemi) (PP) – 34:57 6–1
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	33	Shots	17

Bronze medal game[]

January 5, 2019 13:00

Russia

5–2 (2–0, 1–2, 2–0)

Switzerland

Rogers Arena Attendance: 12,025

Game reference
	Pyotr Kochetkov	Goalies	Luca Hollenstein	Referees: Jonathan Alaire Tobias Björk Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Brian Oliver
	Slepets (Iv. Morozov, ) – 04:25 1–0 (Podkolzin) – 13:44 2–0 2–1 24:54 – (Le Coultre, ) Kostin (Denisenko, Romanov) – 32:53 3–1 3–2 35:36 – (Sigrist, Gross) Slepets – 46:33 4–2 Slepets (Galimov, Kochetkov) (SH, ENG) – 57:59 5–2
	14 min	Penalties	6 min
	24	Shots	36

Final[]

January 5, 2019 17:00

United States

2–3 (0–0, 0–1, 2–2)

Finland

Rogers Arena Attendance: 17,206

Game reference
	Cayden Primeau	Goalies	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	Referees: Daniel Pražák Yevgeni Romasko Linesmen: Maxime Chaput Emil Yletyinen
	0–1 31:31 – Ylönen (Laaksonen, Puustinen) (PP) 0–2 46:00 – (Heponiemi, Kupari) Chmelevski (J. Hughes, Cates) – 47:01 1–2 Norris (Chmelevski, Cates) – 48:47 2–2 2–3 58:34 – Kakko (Lundell, Jokiharju)
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	28	Shots	31

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Grigori Denisenko	Russia	7	4	5	9	+3	4
2	Aleksi Heponiemi	Finland	7	3	6	9	+7	4
3		Kazakhstan	6	5	3	8	0	0
4	Ryan Poehling	United States	7	5	3	8	+5	2
5	Morgan Frost	Canada	5	4	4	8	+8	12
6	Alexander Romanov	Russia	7	1	7	8	+12	0
7	Philipp Kurashev	Switzerland	7	6	1	7	-5	4
8	Kirill Slepets	Russia	7	5	2	7	+7	4
9	Alexander Chmelevski	United States	7	4	3	7	0	2
9		Finland	7	4	3	7	+9	14

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF^[5]

Goaltending leaders[]

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
1	Lukáš Dostál	Czech Republic	239:10	5	1.25	115	95.65	1
2	Pyotr Kochetkov	Russia	290:31	7	1.45	149	95.30	0
3	Michael DiPietro	Canada	243:16	5	1.23	103	95.15	1
4	Cayden Primeau	United States	298:55	8	1.61	126	93.65	0
5	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	Finland	367:16	11	1.80	162	93.21	0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SA = Shots Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF^[6]

Final standings[]

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	B	Finland	7	4	1	0	2	23	11	+12	14	Champions
2	B	United States	7	5	0	1	1	25	14	+11	16	Runners-up
3	A	Russia	7	6	0	0	1	29	13	+16	18	Third place
4	A	Switzerland	7	2	0	1	4	16	23	−7	7	Fourth place
5	B	Sweden	5	3	1	0	1	16	10	+6	11	Eliminated in Quarter-finals
6	A	Canada (H)	5	3	0	1	1	24	7	+17	10
7	A	Czech Republic	5	1	1	0	3	9	11	−2	5
8	B	Slovakia	5	1	0	0	4	18	22	−4	3
9	B	Kazakhstan	6	2	0	0	4	13	31	−18	6	Avoided Relegation
10	A	Denmark	6	0	0	0	6	3	34	−31	0	Relegated to 2020 Division I A

Awards[]

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Pyotr Kochetkov
  • Best Defenceman: Alexander Romanov
  • Best Forward: Ryan Poehling

Source: IIHF

• Media All-Stars:
  • MVP: Ryan Poehling
  • Goaltender: Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  • Defencemen: Alexander Romanov / Erik Brännström
  • Forwards: Grigori Denisenko / Philipp Kurashev / Ryan Poehling

Source: IIHF

Division I[]

Group A[]

The Group A tournament was held in Füssen, Germany from 9 to 15 December 2018.^[7]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Germany (H)	5	4	1	0	0	22	5	+17	14	Promoted to Top Division
2	Belarus	5	3	0	0	2	18	13	+5	9
3	Norway	5	2	1	0	2	15	13	+2	8
4	Latvia	5	2	0	0	3	11	13	−2	6
5	Austria	5	1	0	2	2	9	17	−8	5
6	France	5	1	0	0	4	8	22	−14	3	Relegation to Division I B

Group B[]

The Group B tournament was held in Tychy, Poland from 8 to 14 December 2018.^[7]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Slovenia	5	3	2	0	0	21	11	+10	13	Promoted to Division I A
2	Poland (H)	5	3	0	1	1	19	15	+4	10[a]
3	Hungary	5	3	0	1	1	24	15	+9	10[a]
4	Italy	5	1	1	1	2	10	15	−5	6
5	Ukraine	5	1	1	0	3	14	20	−6	5
6	Japan	5	0	0	1	4	13	25	−12	1	Relegation to Division II A

Division II[]

Group A[]

The Group A tournament was held in Tallinn, Estonia from 13 to 19 January 2019.^[7]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Estonia (H)	5	4	1	0	0	25	7	+18	14	Promoted to Division I B 2020
2	Lithuania	5	3	0	2	0	22	12	+10	11
3	Great Britain	5	3	0	0	2	30	16	+14	9
4	Romania	5	1	2	0	2	13	20	−7	7
5	Spain	5	1	0	0	4	8	18	−10	3
6	South Korea	5	0	0	1	4	7	32	−25	1	Relegated to Division II B 2020

Group B[]

The Group B tournament was held in Zagreb, Croatia from 15 to 21 January 2019.^[7]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Serbia	5	5	0	0	0	26	5	+21	15	Promoted to 2020 Division II A
2	Croatia (H)	5	4	0	0	1	18	9	+9	12
3	Netherlands	5	3	0	0	2	25	22	+3	9
4	Belgium	5	2	0	0	3	22	24	−2	6
5	Israel	5	1	0	0	4	12	21	−9	3
6	Mexico	5	0	0	0	5	6	28	−22	0	Relegated to 2020 Division III

Division III[]

The tournament was held in Reykjavík, Iceland from 14 to 20 January 2019.^[7]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	2	0	1	0	12	10	+2	7	Advance to Semifinals
2	Turkey	3	2	0	0	1	11	8	+3	6
3	Iceland (H)	3	1	1	0	1	11	8	+3	5	Advance to Placement Round
4	Chinese Taipei	3	0	0	0	3	3	11	−8	0

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	0	0	32	3	+29	9	Advance to Semifinals
2	Bulgaria	3	2	0	0	1	20	7	+13	6
3	South Africa	3	1	0	0	2	3	24	−21	3	Advance to Placement Round
4	New Zealand	3	0	0	0	3	1	22	−21	0

Bracket

	5–8th 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
						4B	New Zealand	3
						3B	South Africa	5

Semifinals

1A

Australia

7

2B

Bulgaria

4

Gold medal game

1A

Australia

1

Semifinals

1B

China

5

1B

China

12

2A

Turkey

1

Bronze medal game

2B

Bulgaria

0

2A

Turkey

6

References[]

External links[]

• 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship