2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

2023 IIHF World U20 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Russia
Dates	December 26, 2022 – January 5, 2023
Teams	11
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
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The 2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships are the 47th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, scheduled to be played in Novosibirsk and Omsk, Russia from 26 December 2022 to 6 January 2023.

Background[]

On 23 May 2018, the IIHF announced Novosibirsk, Russia as the host city of the 2023 World Juniors.^[1] Novosibirsk will host Group A matches, while the city of Omsk will host Group B matches; new arenas are being built in both cities for the tournament, including a rebuilt Arena Omsk.^[2][3]

In February 2022, in condemnation of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) called for Russia to be stripped of hosting rights to all international sporting events.^[4] Russia's hosting of the World Juniors and 2023 IIHF World Championship will be discussed in a meeting of the IIHF on 28 February 2022.^[5]

Venues[]

Novosibirsk	Novosibirsk Omsk		Novosibirsk Arena Capacity: 10,600 (under construction)[6]
Omsk			Arena Omsk Capacity: 12,000 (under construction)

Top Division[]

•  Belarus – Promoted from Division IA
•  Canada
•  United States
•  Finland
•  Russia
•  Sweden
•  Germany
•  Czechia
•  Slovakia
•   Switzerland
•  Austria

Division I[]

Group A[]

•  Denmark
•  France – Promoted from Division I B
•  Kazakhstan
•  Latvia
•  Norway

Group B[]

•  Estonia
•  Hungary – Relegated from Division I A
•  Italy – Promoted from Division II A
•  Japan
•  Slovenia
•  Ukraine

Division II[]

Group A[]

•  Great Britain
•  Poland – Relegated from Division I B
•  South Korea
•  Lithuania
•  Spain
•  Romania

Group B[]

Division III[]

References[]