2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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2020 IIHF World Junior Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Czech Republic
Dates	26 December 2019 – 5 January 2020
Teams	10
Venue(s)	Ostravar Aréna and Werk Arena (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Canada (18th title)
Runner-up	Russia
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Finland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	202 (6.52 per match)
Attendance	173,474 (5,596 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Samuel Fagemo (13 points)
MVP	Alexis Lafrenière
← 2019 2021 →

The 2020 Ice Hockey World Junior Championships (2020 WJC) 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.^[1] 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[]

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

Officials[]

The following officials were assigned by the International Ice Hockey Federation to officiate the 2020 World Junior Championships.^[2]

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. ^[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 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 (UTC+1).

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	4	3	1	0	0	20	8	+12	11	Advance to 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	Advance to Relegation

26 December 2019 15:00

Switzerland

5–3 (2–1, 1–2, 2–0)

Kazakhstan

Werk Arena, Třinec Attendance: 1,397

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

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

Game reference
	Hugo Alnefelt	Goalies	Justus Annunen	Referees: Michael Campbell Sergey Morozov Linesmen: Jonas Merten Nikita Shalagin
	0–1 16:21 – Puistola (Honka, ) 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

27 December 2019 15:00

Slovakia

3–1 (0–0, 1–1, 2–0)

Kazakhstan

Werk Arena, Třinec Attendance: 4,915

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: André Schrader Michael Tscherrig Linesmen: Vít Lederer Tobias Nordlander
	(Kňažko, ) (PP) – 24:49 1–0 1–1 29:43 – () (PP) (, ) – 57:04 2–1 () (ENG) – 59:53 3–1
	24 min	Penalties	20 min
	24	Shots	23

28 December 2019 15:00

Finland

8–1 (2–0, 5–1, 1–0)

Slovakia

Werk Arena, Třinec Attendance: 4,915

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

28 December 2019 19:00

Switzerland

2–5 (0–2, 1–3, 1–0)

Sweden

Werk Arena, Třinec Attendance: 4,109

Game reference
	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) (, Moser) (PP) – 39:47 1–5 Gross (Kohler, ) – 54:09 2–5
	10 min	Penalties	16 min
	27	Shots	27

29 December 2019 15:00

Kazakhstan

1–7 (1–2, 0–2, 0–3)

Finland

Werk Arena, Třinec Attendance: 3,012

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Fraser Lawrence Vladimír Pešina Linesmen: Ludvig Lundgren Nikita Shalagin
	0–1 06:01 – Puistola (, Heinola) (PP) (, ) (PP) – 10:13 1–1 1–2 14:31 – Tanus (, Puistola) 1–3 20:54 – (Thomson) (PP) 1–4 32:37 – Aa. 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

30 December 2019 15:00

Kazakhstan

2–6 (0–1, 1–4, 1–1)

Sweden

Werk Arena, Třinec Attendance: 2,375

Game reference
		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 () 0–4 27:40 – Höglander (D. Gustafsson) (PP) 0–5 30:57 – Berggren (Holtz, Pasic) (PP) – 31:38 1–5 1–6 51:13 – Raymond (Henriksson, Lundkvist) () – 53:57 2–6
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	19	Shots	35

30 December 2019 19:00

Slovakia

2–7 (0–3, 1–2, 1–2)

Switzerland

Werk Arena, Třinec Attendance: 4,915

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

31 December 2019 15:00

Sweden

6–2 (3–0, 2–0, 1–2)

Slovakia

Werk Arena, Třinec Attendance: 4,154

Game reference
	Hugo Alnefelt	Goalies		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 () (SH) – 13:16 3–0 Bäck (Ginning, Berggren) – 25:08 4–0 Holtz (Söderström, Berggren) (PP) – 36:09 5–0 5–1 45:17 – (, ) (PP) 5–2 58:03 – (Faško-Rudáš) Fagemo (Höglander) (PP) – 59:44 6–2
	14 min	Penalties	20 min
	42	Shots	18

31 December 2019 19:00

Finland

2–5 (1–0, 1–3, 0–2)

Switzerland

Werk Arena, Třinec Attendance: 1,573

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

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	4	3	0	0	1	17	13	+4	9	Advance to 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	Advance to Relegation

26 December 2019 15:00

Czech Republic

4–3 (2–2, 2–1, 0–0)

Russia

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,693

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

26 December 2019 19:00

Canada

6–4 (0–2, 3–0, 3–2)

United States

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,693

Game reference
	Nico Daws	Goalies	Spencer Knight	Referees: Andreas Harneberg Lassi Heikkinen Linesmen: Markus Hägerström Ludvig Lundgren
	0–1 03:10 – Pinto (Jones, ) (PP) 0–2 18:32 – Kaliyev (Zegras, Turcotte) (PP) McMichael (Thomas, ) – 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 – (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

27 December 2019 19:00

Germany

3–6 (1–2, 2–2, 0–2)

United States

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 5,013

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

28 December 2019 15:00

Czech Republic

3–4 (1–2, 0–1, 2–1)

Germany

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,693

Game reference
	Lukáš Dostál	Goalies		Referees: Michael Campbell Lassi Heikkinen Linesmen: Chad Huseby Ludvig Lundgren
	0–1 01:41 – Reichel () (PP) 0–2 07:31 – Peterka (, Seider) (, ) (PP) – 16:41 1–2 1–3 33:22 – Bokk (Seider, ) (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

28 December 2019 19:00

Russia

6–0 (3–0, 3–0, 0–0)

Canada

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,693

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

29 December 2019 19:00

United States

3–1 (0–0, 2–0, 1–1)

Russia

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,693

Game reference
	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 (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

30 December 2019 15:00

Germany

1–4 (0–1, 0–2, 1–1)

Canada

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 6,102

Game reference
		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, ) 0–3 34:01 – Addison (Foote, Cozens) (PP2) (Stützle, ) (PP2) – 58:53 1–3 1–4 59:50 – Dellandrea (Foudy, McIssac) (SH,ENG)
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	19	Shots	26

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

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

31 December 2019 15:00

Russia

6–1 (2–0, 3–0, 1–1)

Germany

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 4,628

Game reference
	Yaroslav Askarov	Goalies		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 () (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 – ()
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	31	Shots	23

31 December 2019 19:00

Canada

7–2 (4–0, 2–2, 1–0)

Czech Republic

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,693

Game reference
	Joel Hofer	Goalies		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 – (, Teplý) (PP) 4–2 31:24 – Zábranský (Myšák, ) 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

Relegation[]

2 January 2020 10:00

Germany

4–0 (0–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Kazakhstan

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 1,022

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Oldřich Hejduk Vladimír Pešina Linesmen: Riley Bowles Markus Hägerström
	Reichel (Peterka, ) – 21:21 1–0 (, ) – 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

4 January 2020 11:00

Kazakhstan

4–1 (1–0, 1–0, 2–1)

Germany

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 1,489

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Oldřich Hejduk Michael Tscherrig Linesmen: Riley Bowles Tobias Nordlander
	() – 04:39 1–0 () – 25:05 2–0 Alexandrov () – 41:32 3–0 (Musorov) (ENG) – 56:27 4–0 4–1 58:31 – (, )
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	22	Shots	44

5 January 2020 11:00

Germany

6–0 (1–0, 4–0, 1–0)

Kazakhstan

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 1,124

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Sergey Morozov Michael Tscherrig Linesmen: Markus Hägerström Vít Lederer
	Bokk (, Seider) – 12:18 1–0 Bokk (, ) – 30:12 2–0 (, ) – 31:35 3–0 Reichel (Peterka) – 33:03 4–0 (Jentzsch, ) – 34:27 5–0 Mik (, Schütz) – 55:45 6–0
	20 min	Penalties	2 min
	40	Shots	27

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.^[4] To determine this ranking, the following criteria were used in the order presented:^[5]

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).

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

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

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

2 January 2020 15:00

Canada

6–1 (1–0, 4–0, 1–1)

Slovakia

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 7,074

Game reference
	Joel Hofer	Goalies		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 – ()
	37 min	Penalties	32 min
	44	Shots	18

2 January 2020 17:30

United States

0–1 (0–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Finland

Werk Arena, Třinec Attendance: 4,451

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

2 January 2020 20:00

Sweden

5–0 (2–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Czech Republic

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,693

Game reference
	Hugo Alnefelt	Goalies	Lukáš Dostál	Referees: Fraser Lawrence Sergey Morozov Linesmen: Chad Huseby Nikita Shalagin
	Höglander (Fagemo, Sandin) (PP) – 13:08 1–0 (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

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

Game reference
	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 – (Alexandrov, Denisenko) (PP) 1–3 12:05 – Fagemo (Lundkvist, Sandin) (PP) – 14:54 2–3 Sandin (Fagemo, ) (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

4 January 2020 19:00

Canada

5–0 (4–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Finland

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,693

Game reference
	Joel Hofer	Goalies	Justus Annunen	Referees: Sean MacFarlane Sergey Morozov Linesmen: Vit Lederer David Obwegeser
	McMichael () – 01:48 1–0 Lafrenière (Foote, Hayton) – 03:05 2–0 Drysdale (, 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

Bronze medal game[]

5 January 2020 15:00

Sweden

3–2 (1–2, 2–0, 0–0)

Finland

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 7,954

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

Final[]

5 January 2020 19:00

Canada

4–3 (0–0, 1–2, 3–1)

Russia

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,693

Game reference
	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, ) 1–3 48:46 – (, ) McMichael (Addison, Byram) – 49:20 2–3 Hayton (Addison, Lafrenière) (PP) – 51:21 3–3 Thomas (McMichael, Addison) – 56:20 4–3
	12 min	Penalties	16 min
	30	Shots	38

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

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		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

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF^[6]

Goaltending leaders[]

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

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

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SA = Shots Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF^[7]

Final standings[]

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 2021 Division I A

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

Division I[]

Group A[]

The tournament was held in Minsk, Belarus from 9 to 15 December 2019.^[8]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Austria	5	4	0	0	1	18	10	+8	12	Promoted to Top Division
2	Latvia	5	3	1	0	1	18	5	+13	11[a]
3	Belarus (H)	5	3	0	2	0	19	12	+7	11[a]
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	Relegation to Division I B

Group B[]

The tournament was held in Kyiv, Ukraine from 12 to 18 December 2019.^[8]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hungary	5	5	0	0	0	29	16	+13	15	Promoted to 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	Relegation to Division II A

Division II[]

Group A[]

The tournament was held in Vilnius, Lithuania from 6 to 12 January 2020.^[8]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Japan	5	5	0	0	0	37	7	+30	15	Promoted to 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	Relegation to Division II B

Group B[]

The tournament was held in Gangneung, South Korea from 28 January to 3 February 2020.^[8]

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

Division III[]

The tournament was held in Sofia, Bulgaria from 13 to 19 January 2020.^[8]

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

References[]

Links[]

• IIHF World Juniors Official Site
• World Juniors IIHF