2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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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 in 2024.

2025 IIHF World Junior Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Canada
City	Ottawa
Venue(s)	Canadian Tire Centre and TD Place
Dates	December 26, 2024 – January 5, 2025
Teams	10
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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		Ottawa
Canadian Tire Centre Capacity: 18,655	TD Place Arena Capacity: 8,585

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)

Group A

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	Canada (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Latvia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to relegation

First match(es) will be played: 26 December 2024. Source: IIHF
(H) Host

26 December 2024
14:30

v

Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

26 December 2024
19:30

v

Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

27 December 2024
15:30

v

Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

27 December 2024
19:30

v

Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

28 December 2024
15:30

v

Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

29 December 2024
14:30

v

Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

29 December 2024
19:30

v

Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

30 December 2024
15:30

v

Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

31 December 2024
14:30

v

Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

31 December 2024
19:30

v

Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to quarterfinals
2	Czechia	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	Kazakhstan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to relegation

First match(es) will be played: 26 December 2024. Source: IIHF

26 December 2024
12:00

v

TD Place Arena, Ottawa

26 December 2024
17:00

v

TD Place Arena, Ottawa

27 December 2024
13:00

v

TD Place Arena, Ottawa

27 December 2024
17:00

v

TD Place Arena, Ottawa

28 December 2024
13:00

v

TD Place Arena, Ottawa

29 December 2024
12:00

v

TD Place Arena, Ottawa

29 December 2024
17:00

v

TD Place Arena, Ottawa

30 December 2024
13:00

v

TD Place Arena, Ottawa

31 December 2024
12:00

v

TD Place Arena, Ottawa

31 December 2024
17:00

v

TD Place Arena, Ottawa

Relegation

2 January 2024
11:00

A5

v

B5

Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Playoff round

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

Higher position in their group
Higher number of points in preliminary pool play
Better goal differential
Higher number of goals scored
Better seeding coming into the tournament (final placement at the 2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships).

Rank	Team	Group	Pos	Pts	GD	GF	Seed
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final

	2 January –

	1A
					4 January – Canadian Tire Centre
	4B

	2 January –

	2B
									5 January – Canadian Tire Centre
	3A

	2 January –

	1B
					4 January – Canadian Tire Centre
	4A

	2 January –
									Third place
	2A
									5 January – Canadian Tire Centre
	3B

Quarterfinals

2 January 2025
12:00

v

TD Place Arena, Ottawa

2 January 2025
14:30

v

Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

2 January 2025
17:00

v

TD Place Arena, Ottawa

2 January 2025
19:30

v

Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Semifinals

4 January 2025
15:30

v

Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

4 January 2025
19:30

v

Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Bronze medal game

5 January 2025
15:30

v

Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Gold medal game

5 January 2025
19:30

v

Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

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
Romania – Promoted from Division II B

Group B

Australia
Belgium
Iceland
Israel – Promoted from Division III A
Serbia – Relegated from Division II A
Spain

Division III

Group A

Bosnia and Herzegovina – Promoted from Division III B
Bulgaria
Chinese Taipei – Relegated from Division II B
Mexico
New Zealand
Turkey

Group B

Kyrgyzstan – Relegated from Division III A
Luxembourg
South Africa
Thailand

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.

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