2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships Explained

Tourney Name:IIHF World Junior Championships
Year:2025
Size:160px
Country:Canada
City:Ottawa
Dates:December 26, 2024 –
January 5, 2025
Num Teams:10
Venues:Canadian Tire Centre and
TD Place
Cities:1
Type:ihj
Winners:USA
Count:7
Second:FIN
Fourth:SWE
Games:29
Goals:196
Attendance:296,894
Scoring Leader: Cole Hutson
Points:11
Mvp: Ryan Leonard
Prevseason:2024
Nextseason:2026

The 2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2025 WJHC) was the 49th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, held from December 26, 2024 to January 5, 2025. The United States won their second consecutive championship, defeating Finland 4–3 in overtime of the gold medal game.

Top Division

Background

The tournament returned to Ottawa, which last hosted the 2009 competition.[1] This marked the 19th time that Canada hosted the WJC and fourth time in six years.[2]

Venues

The tournament games were played at the Canadian Tire Centre, home of the Ottawa Senators, and TD Place, home of the Ottawa 67's and Ottawa Charge.[3]

Match officials

The following officials were assigned by the International Ice Hockey Federation to officiate the 2025 World Junior Championships.[5] [6]

Referees

Linesmen

Rosters

See main article: 2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters.

Preliminary round

Seeding

Group A
(Canadian Tire Centre)
Group B
(TD Place Arena)

Group A

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Group B

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Playoff round

Winning teams will be reseeded for the semi-finals in accordance with the following ranking:

  1. Higher position in their group
  2. Higher number of points in preliminary pool play
  3. Better goal differential
  4. Higher number of goals scored
  5. Better seeding coming into the tournament (final placement at the 2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships)
Rank Team Group
1 B 1 12 +14 24 2
2 A 1 10 +12 22 1
3 B 2 9 +16 25 3
4 A 2 8 +2 10 4
5 A 3 7 +3 10 5
6 B 3 5 −3 11 6
7 A 4 4 –5 8 8
8 B 4 3 –5 10 7

Gold medal game

Statistics

Scoring leaders

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1 Cole Hutson7 3 8 11+11 2
2 Jakub Štancl7 7 3 10+6 0
3 Ryan Leonard7 5 5 10+10 12
4 Axel Sandin Pellikka7 4 6 10+8 6
5 Gabe Perreault7 3 7 10+10 0
6 Felix Unger Sörum7 1 9 10+5 0
7 Dalibor Dvorský5 5 4 9–2 0
8 James Hagens7 5 4 9+9 2
9 Eduard Šalé7 6 2 8+4 4
10 Vojtěch Hradec7 4 4 8+9 4
10 Anton Wahlberg7 4 4 8 +7 2
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

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1 Carter George239:01 7 1.76 109 93.582
2 436:45 17 2.34 255 93.331
3 Linards Feldbergs306:46 16 3.13 226 92.920
4 Michael Hrabal366:45 15 2.45 184 91.850
5 Trey Augustine309:50 13 2.52 156 91.670
TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Awards

Source:[7]

Final standings

Division I

See main article: 2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I.

Group A

The Division I A tournament was played in Bled, Slovenia, from 9 to 15 December 2024.[8] [9]

Group B

The Division I B tournament was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 11 to 17 January 2025.[10] [11]

Division II

See main article: 2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II.

Group A

The Division II A tournament was played in Zagreb, Croatia, from 6 to 12 January 2025.[12] [13]

Group B

The Division II B tournament was played in Belgrade, Serbia, from 19 to 25 January 2025.[14] [15]

Division III

See main article: 2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III.

Group A

The Division III A tournament was played in Istanbul, Turkey, from 27 January to 2 February 2025.[16] [17]

Group B

The Division III B tournament was played in Bangkok, Thailand, from 11 to 14 December 2024.[18] [19]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ottawa to host 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship. The Athletic. June 22, 2023. December 28, 2023.
  2. Web site: Ottawa To Host 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship. IIHF. June 22, 2023. December 28, 2023.
  3. Web site: 2025 World Juniors coming to Ottawa. CBC.ca. June 22, 2023. December 28, 2023.
  4. Web site: January 18, 2024 . Lansdowne 2.0 to reduce number of arena seats, despite record crowds . December 29, 2024 . Ottawa . en.
  5. Web site: Competition Officials. IIHF. December 28, 2024.
  6. Web site: Game Officials Assignment. IIHF. January 5, 2025.
  7. Web site: IIHF - Leonard named MVP . January 5, 2025 . January 5, 2025 . IIHF International Ice Hockey Federation . en.
  8. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2025/wm20ia Division I A official website
  9. https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/229/ Division I A statistics
  10. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2025/wm20ib Division I B official website
  11. https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/353/ Division I B statistics
  12. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2025/wm20iia Division II A official website
  13. https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/394/ Division II A statistics
  14. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2025/wm20iib Division II B official website
  15. https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/574/ Division II B statistics
  16. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2025/wm20iiia Division III A official website
  17. https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/575/ Division III A statistics
  18. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2025/wm20iiib Division III B official website
  19. https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/815/ Division III B statistics

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