2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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2023 IIHF World Junior Championship
File:2023 IIHF WJC Logo.png
Tournament details
Venue(s)Scotiabank Centre
Avenir Centre (in 2 host cities)
DatesDecember 26, 2022 – January 5, 2023
Teams10
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The 2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships will be the 47th edition of the IIHF World Junior Championship, scheduled to be held from December 26, 2022 through January 5, 2023 in Halifax, Nova Scotia and Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.

They were originally scheduled to be hosted by Novosibirsk and Omsk, Russia, but Russia's hosting rights were pulled in February 2022 in response to the country's invasion of Ukraine. Halifax and Moncton were announced as the new hosts in May 2022, marking the third consecutive World Junior Championships to be hosted by Canada (the last two, both impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, have been principally hosted by Edmonton, Alberta), and the second to be hosted by Halifax (which co-hosted the 2003 tournament with Sydney, Nova Scotia).

Background

On May 23, 2018, the IIHF announced Novosibirsk, Russia as host city.[1] Novosibirsk was to host Group A matches, while the city of Omsk was to host Group B matches.[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 was scheduled to be discussed in a meeting of the IIHF council on February 28, 2022.[5] The IIHF suspended Russia and Belarus from international ice hockey until further notice, and stripped Russia of its hosting rights for the World Junior Championships.[6]

In late-March 2022, Sportsnet NHL insider Jeff Marek reported that the IIHF had considered Canada as a possible host country for the tournament, which would make it the third consecutive World Junior Championship to be hosted in the country (the previous two tournaments have been hosted in Alberta with Edmonton as the main host city, but were held in a "bubble" behind closed doors and postponed to August 2022 respectively due to the COVID-19 pandemic).[7][8] On May 5, the IIHF and Hockey Canada announced that Halifax and Moncton would be the hosts of the tournament, beating out announced bids by Regina/Saskatoon, Ottawa/Quebec City, and London/Waterloo. It will also mark the 20th anniversary of Halifax's previous hosting of the tournament in 2003.[9]

Top Division

Venues

Halifax
Moncton
Scotiabank Centre
Capacity: 10,595 		Avenir Centre
Capacity: 8,800

The groups were announced on August 17, 2022, with teams being grouped based off rankings of performance over the previous five tournaments.[10]

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC-4).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Quarterfinals
2  Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Czechia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Relegation
First match(es) will be played: 26 December 2022. Source: [citation needed]
(H) Host
December 26, 2022
14:30		Sweden v AustriaScotiabank Centre, Halifax
December 26, 2022
19:30		Czechia v CanadaScotiabank Centre, Halifax
December 27, 2022
14:30		Germany v SwedenScotiabank Centre, Halifax
December 27, 2022
19:30		Austria v CzechiaScotiabank Centre, Halifax
December 28, 2022
19:30		Canada v GermanyScotiabank Centre, Halifax
December 29, 2022
14:30		Sweden v CzechiaScotiabank Centre, Halifax
December 29, 2022
19:30		Austria v CanadaScotiabank Centre, Halifax
December 30, 2022
17:30		Germany v AustriaScotiabank Centre, Halifax
December 31, 2022
14:30		Czechia v GermanyScotiabank Centre, Halifax
December 31, 2022
19:30		Canada v SwedenScotiabank Centre, Halifax

Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Quarterfinals
2  Finland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3   Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Slovakia 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 2022. Source: [citation needed]
December 26, 2022
12:00		Finland v  SwitzerlandAvenir Centre, Moncton
December 26, 2022
17:00		Latvia v United StatesAvenir Centre, Moncton
December 27, 2022
12:00		Finland v SlovakiaAvenir Centre, Moncton
December 27, 2022
17:00		Switzerland v LatviaAvenir Centre, Moncton
December 28, 2022
17:00		Slovakia v United StatesAvenir Centre, Moncton
December 29, 2022
12:00		Latvia v FinlandAvenir Centre, Moncton
December 29, 2022
17:00		United States v  SwitzerlandAvenir Centre, Moncton
December 30, 2022
12:00		Slovakia v LatviaAvenir Centre, Moncton
December 31, 2022
12:00		Switzerland v SlovakiaAvenir Centre, Moncton
December 31, 2022
17:00		United States v FinlandAvenir Centre, Moncton

Relegation

January 2, 2023
10:30		vScotiabank Centre, Halifax
January 4, 2023
12:00		vScotiabank Centre, Halifax
January 5, 2023
12:00		vScotiabank Centre, Halifax

Playoff round

Winning teams will be reseeded for the semi-finals in accordance with the following ranking:[11]

  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 2022 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships).
Rank Team Group Pos Pts GD GF Seed
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

Bracket

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
 January 2
 
 
1A
 
January 4
 
4B
 
 
 
 January 2
 
 
 
2B
 
January 5
 
3A
 
 
 
 January 2
 
 
 
1B
 
January 4
 
4A
 
 
 
 January 2
 
 Third place
 
2A
 
January 5
 
3B
 
 
 
 
 
 

Quarterfinals

January 2, 2023
12:00		vAvenir Centre, Moncton
January 2, 2023
14:30		vScotiabank Centre, Halifax
January 2, 2023
17:00		vAvenir Centre, Moncton
January 2, 2023
19:30		vScotiabank Centre, Halifax

Semifinals

January 4, 2023
15:30		vScotiabank Centre, Halifax
January 4, 2023
19:30		vScotiabank Centre, Halifax

Bronze medal game

January 5, 2023
15:30		vScotiabank Centre, Halifax

Gold medal game

January 5, 2023
19:30		vScotiabank Centre, Halifax

Division I

Main article: 2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

Group A

The tournament will be held in Asker, Norway, from 11 to 17 December 2022.

Group B

The tournament will be held in Bytom, Poland, from 11 to 17 December 2022.

Division II

Main article: 2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II

Group A

The tournament will be held in Kaunas, Lithuania, from 11 to 17 December 2022.

Group B

The tournament will be held in Reykjavík, Iceland, from 16 to 22 January 2023.

Division III

The tournament will be held in Istanbul, Turkey, from 26 January to 2 February 2023.

References

  1. ^ "IIHF - Kazakhstan, Japan get top events". IIHF International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved February 26, 2022.
  2. ^ "Цена новой арены «Авангарда» осталась на уровне 12 млрд руб". Ведомости.Спорт (in Russian). Retrieved February 26, 2022.
  3. ^ "Russia to play 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship matches in Novosibirsk". www.insidethegames.biz. September 30, 2021. Retrieved February 26, 2022.
  4. ^ "Strip Russia and Belarus of events and do not display their flags, says IOC". Inside the Games. February 25, 2022. Retrieved February 26, 2022.
  5. ^ Stephens, Mike. "IIHF to Hold Meeting on Russia's Future at International Events". The Hockey News. Retrieved February 26, 2022.
  6. ^ "IIHF Council takes definitive action over Russia, Belarus". IIHF. February 28, 2022. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
  7. ^ "Canada asked to host 2023 World Junior Hockey Championship". Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
  8. ^ "Saskatoon and Regina submitting joint bid to host 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
  9. ^ "Halifax, Moncton named hosts for 2023 world junior hockey championships". Global News. May 5, 2022. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  10. ^ "Groups for 2023 World Juniors". IIHF. August 17, 2022. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
  11. ^ "Tournament Format". IIHF. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
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