| Tourney Name: | IIHF World Junior Championship |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Size: | x240px |
| Country: | Czech Republic |
| Dates: | 26 December 2019 – 5 January 2020 |
| Num Teams: | 10 |
| Venues: | Ostravar Aréna and Werk Arena |
| Cities: | 2 |
| Type: | ihj |
| Winners: | CAN |
| Count: | 18 |
| Second: | RUS |
| Third: | SWE |
| Fourth: | FIN |
| Games: | 31 |
| Goals: | 202 |
| Scoring Leader: |  Samuel Fagemo |
| Points: | 13 |
| Mvp: |  Alexis Lafrenière |
| Prevseason: | 2019 |
| Nextseason: | 2021 |
| Website: | www.iihf.com |
The 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2020 WJC) was the 44th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. It began on 26 December 2019, and ended with the gold medal game being played on 5 January 2020.[1] [2] 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.[3] 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.
The following officials were assigned by the International Ice Hockey Federation to officiate the 2020 World Junior Championships.[4]
Referees
Michael Campbell
Ivan Fateev Andreas Harnebring
Lassi Heikkinen
Oldřich Hejduk Fraser Lawrence
Sean MacFarlane Sergey Morozov Vladimír Pešina Kristian VikmanLinesmen
Riley Bowles Markus Hägerström Chad Huseby Vít Lederer Ludvig Lundgren Tobias Nordlander Nikita Shalagin
Šimon SynekThe 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. [5]
See main article: 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters.
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.
All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).
Note: was relegated to the 2022 Division I A
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.[6] To determine this ranking, the following criteria were used in the order presented:[7]
| Rank | Team | Group | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 1 | 4 | 11 | +12 | 20 | 5 | |||
| B | 1 | 4 | 9 | +4 | 17 | 6 | |||
| A | 2 | 4 | 9 | +7 | 19 | 4 | |||
| B | 2 | 4 | 8 | +4 | 17 | 2 | |||
| A | 3 | 4 | 7 | +9 | 19 | 1 | |||
| B | 3 | 4 | 6 | +8 | 16 | 3 | |||
| B | 4 | 4 | 4 | −6 | 12 | 7 | |||
| A | 4 | 4 | 3 | −14 | 8 | 8 |
| width=30 | Pos | width=150 | Player | width=120 | Country | width=20 | GP | width=20 | G | width=20 | A | width=30 | Pts | width=30 | +/− | width=30 | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 13 | +3 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 12 | +1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 11 | +6 | 27 | |||||||||||
| 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | +3 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 5 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 | +3 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 6 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +4 | 8 | |||||||||||
| 7 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 9 | +6 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 7 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 9 | +4 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 9 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 9 | +4 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 10 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 9 | +6 | 4 | |||||||||||
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
| width=30 | Pos | width=150 | Player | width=120 | Country | width=20 | TOI | width=20 | GA | width=20 | GAA | width=20 | SA | width=20 | Sv% | width=20 | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 337:42 | 9 | 1.60 | 148 | 93.92 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2 | 368:19 | 13 | 2.12 | 171 | 92.40 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 3 | 197:50 | 7 | 2.12 | 86 | 91.86 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 4 | 362:01 | 16 | 2.65 | 190 | 91.58 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 5 | 241:26 | 10 | 2.49 | 115 | 91.30 | 0 |
Joel Hofer Rasmus Sandin Alexis LafrenièreSource: IIHF
Alexis Lafrenière Joel Hofer Rasmus Sandin / Alexander Romanov Samuel Fagemo / Barrett Hayton / Alexis LafrenièreSource: IIHF
See main article: 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I.
The Division I Group A tournament was played in Minsk, Belarus, from 9 to 15 December 2019.[10] [11]
The Division I Group B tournament was played in Kyiv, Ukraine, from 12 to 18 December 2019.[12] [13]
See main article: 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II.
The Division II Group A tournament was played in Vilnius, Lithuania, from 6 to 12 January 2020.[14] [15]
The Division II Group B tournament was played in Gangneung, South Korea, from 27 January to 3 February 2020.[16] [17]
See main article: 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III.
The Division III tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 13 to 19 January 2020.[18] [19]