2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
Appearance
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Canada |
City | Ottawa |
Venue(s) | Canadian Tire Centre and TD Place |
Dates | December 26, 2024 – January 5, 2025 |
Teams | 10 |
The 2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2025 WJC) will be the 49th Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. It will begin on December 26, 2024, and will end with the gold medal game being played on January 5, 2025. The United States will enter the tournament as the defending champions after defeating Sweden 6–2.
Background
The tournament will be returning to Ottawa after last being hosted there in 2009.[1] This will mark the 19th time that Canada will host the WJC and fourth time in six years.[2] The tournament games will be played at the Canadian Tire Centre, home of the Ottawa Senators, and TD Place, home of the Ottawa 67's and PWHL Ottawa.[3]
Venues
Ottawa | ||
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Canadian Tire Centre Capacity: 18,655 |
TD Place Arena Capacity: 6,500 | |
Top Division
Seeding
- Group A (Canadian Tire Centre)
- United States (1)
- Finland (4)
- Canada (5)
- Latvia (8)
- Germany (9)
- Group B (TD Place Arena)
- Sweden (2)
- Czechia (3)
- Slovakia (6)
- Switzerland (7)
- Kazakhstan (11-Promoted)
Division I
Group A
- Austria
- Denmark
- France
- Hungary
- Norway – Relegated from Top Division
- Slovenia – Promoted from Division I B
Group B
- Estonia
- Italy
- Japan – Relegated from Division I A
- Poland
- South Korea – Promoted from Division II A
- Ukraine
Division II
Group A
- China
- Croatia – Relegated from Division I B
- Great Britain
- Lithuania
- Netherlands
- TBD – Promoted from Division II B
Group B
- Spain – Relegated from Division II A
- TBD – 4 teams remaining in Division II B
- TBD – Promoted from Division III A
Division III
Group A
- TBD – Relegated from Division II B
- TBD – 4 teams remaining in Division III A
- TBD – Promoted from Division III B
Group B
- TBD – Relegated from Division III A
- TBD – 2 teams remaining in Division III B, and any potential new teams
References
- ^ "Ottawa to host 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship". The Athletic. June 22, 2023. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
- ^ "Ottawa To Host 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship". IIHF. June 22, 2023. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
- ^ "2025 World Juniors coming to Ottawa". CBC.ca. June 22, 2023. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
Categories:
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- 2024 in ice hockey
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- International ice hockey competitions hosted by Canada
- Junior ice hockey in Canada
- Scheduled sports events
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- December 2024 sports events in Canada
- January 2025 sports events in Canada
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