2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2024 WJHC) will be the 48th edition of the IIHF World Junior Championship. It will begin on December 26, 2023 and will end with the gold medal game being played on January 5, 2024. This marks the seventh time that Sweden will host the WJIHC, and the first time in Gothenburg. Canada will be entering the tournament as two time defending champions.

2024 IIHF World Junior Championship
Tournament details
Host country Sweden
DatesDecember 26, 2023 – January 5, 2024
Teams10
Venue(s)Scandinavium and Frölundaborg (in 1 host city)

Background

On March 14, 2019, it was announced that Gothenburg would be the host city for 2022.[1] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, previous World Junior Championships were relocated and it was announced that Edmonton and Red Deer would host the 2022 tournament, and that Gothenburg would be shifted from 2022 to 2024.[2]

Venues
Gothenburg
Scandinavium
Capacity: 12,044		 Frölundaborg
Capacity: 6,044 (2,430 seated)

Top Division

Seeding
Group A (Scandinavium)
Group B (Frölundaborg)

Group A
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Quarterfinals
2  Sweden (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Finland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Latvia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Relegation
First match(es) will be played: 26 December 2023. Source:
(H) Host
December 26, 2023
14:30		Finland v CanadaScandinavium, Gothenburg
December 26, 2023
19:30		Sweden v LatviaScandinavium, Gothenburg
December 27, 2023
14:30		Finland v GermanyScandinavium, Gothenburg
December 27, 2023
19:30		Latvia v CanadaScandinavium, Gothenburg
December 28, 2023
19:30		Germany v SwedenScandinavium, Gothenburg
December 29, 2023
14:30		Latvia v FinlandScandinavium, Gothenburg
December 29, 2023
19:30		Canada v SwedenScandinavium, Gothenburg
December 30, 2023
19:30		Germany v LatviaScandinavium, Gothenburg
December 31, 2023
14:30		Sweden v FinlandScandinavium, Gothenburg
December 31, 2023
19:30		Canada v GermanyScandinavium, Gothenburg

Group B
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Czechia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Quarterfinals
2  United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Slovakia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4   Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Norway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Relegation
First match(es) will be played: 26 December 2023. Source:
December 26, 2023
12:00		Slovakia v CzechiaFrölundaborg, Gothenburg
December 26, 2023
17:00		United States v NorwayFrölundaborg, Gothenburg
December 27, 2023
12:00		Slovakia v  SwitzerlandFrölundaborg, Gothenburg
December 27, 2023
17:00		Norway v CzechiaFrölundaborg, Gothenburg
December 28, 2023
17:00		Switzerland v United StatesFrölundaborg, Gothenburg
December 29, 2023
12:00		Norway v SlovakiaFrölundaborg, Gothenburg
December 29, 2023
17:00		Czechia v United StatesFrölundaborg, Gothenburg
December 30, 2023
17:00		Switzerland v NorwayFrölundaborg, Gothenburg
December 31, 2023
12:00		United States v SlovakiaFrölundaborg, Gothenburg
December 31, 2023
17:00		Czechia v  SwitzerlandFrölundaborg, Gothenburg

Relegation
January 2, 2024
09:00		vScandinavium, Gothenburg
January 4, 2024
11:00		vScandinavium, Gothenburg
January 5, 2024
11:00		vScandinavium, Gothenburg

Playoff round

Winning teams will be reseeded for the semi-finals in accordance with the following ranking:[3]

  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 2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships).
RankTeamGroupPosPtsGDGFSeed
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

Bracket
 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
 January 2
 
 
 
 
January 4
 
 
 
 
 
 January 2
 
 
 
 
 
January 5
 
 
 
 
 
 January 2
 
 
 
 
 
January 4
 
 
 
 
 
 January 2
 
 Third place
 
 
 
January 5
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Quarterfinals
January 2, 2024
12:00		vFrölundaborg, Gothenburg
January 2, 2024
14:30		vScandinavium, Gothenburg
January 2, 2024
17:00		vFrölundaborg, Gothenburg
January 2, 2024
19:30		vScandinavium, Gothenburg

Semifinals
January 4, 2024
15:00		vScandinavium, Gothenburg
January 4, 2024
19:30		vScandinavium, Gothenburg

Bronze medal game
January 5, 2024
15:00		vScandinavium, Gothenburg

Gold medal game
January 5, 2024
19:30		vScandinavium, Gothenburg

Division I

Main Article: 2024 IIHF U20 World Championship Division I

The tournament will be held in Budapest, Hungary from 10 to 16 December 2023.

Group A

The tournament will be held in Bled, Slovenia from 11 to 17 December 2023.

Group B

Division II

The tournament will be held in Dumfries, Great Britain from 11 to 17 December 2023.

Group A

The tournament will be held in Belgrade, Serbia from 14 to 20 January 2024.

Group B

Division III

The tournament will be held in Tnuvot, Israel from 22 to 29 January 2024.

Group A

The tournament will be held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina from 25 to 28 January 2024.

Group B

References
  1. "World Juniors in Gothenburg". IIHF. March 14, 2019. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  2. "World Juniors will be hosted in an Edmonton bubble: TSN". Edmonton. September 17, 2020. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  3. "Tournament Format". IIHF. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
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