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      The 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2020 WJHC) was the 44th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, held from 26 December 2019 to 5 January 2020. Canada defeated Russia 4–3 to win the gold medal and their 18th world junior hockey championship. This marks the fourth time that the Czech Republic hosted the WJHC.


      Background


      On 16 April 2018, it was announced that Ostrava and Třinec, in the Moravian-Silesian Region would host the tournament. This was the second time Ostrava had been selected to host the competition. The city had also twice co-hosted the senior Ice Hockey World Championships (in 2004 and 2015).


      Top Division




      = Venues

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      = Match officials

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      The following officials were assigned by the International Ice Hockey Federation to officiate the 2020 World Junior Championships.


      = Rosters

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      = Preliminary round

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      Seeding


      Seeds the preliminary round were based on the 2019 tournament's final standings using the serpentine system. On 6 January 2019, the IIHF announced the groups, with Germany being promoted from Division I A, after having won the 2019 Division I A Tournament.


      Group A




      Group B




      = Relegation

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      Note: Kazakhstan was relegated to the 2022 Division I A


      = Playoff round

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      Winning teams were reseeded for the semi-finals in accordance with the following ranking, this was a change the IIHF implemented during their 2019 annual congress. To determine this ranking, the following criteria were used in the order presented:

      higher position in the group
      higher number of points
      better goal difference
      higher number of goals scored for
      better seeding coming into the tournament (final placement at the 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships).


      Bracket




      Quarterfinals




      Semifinals




      Bronze medal game




      Gold medal game




      = Statistics

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      Scoring leaders



      GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource: IIHF


      Goaltending leaders


      (minimum 40% team's total ice time)

      TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF


      = Awards

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      Best players selected by the directorate:
      Best Goaltender: Joel Hofer
      Best Defenceman: Rasmus Sandin
      Best Forward: Alexis Lafrenière
      Source: IIHF

      Media All-Stars:
      MVP: Alexis Lafrenière
      Goaltender: Joel Hofer
      Defencemen: Rasmus Sandin / Alexander Romanov
      Forwards: Samuel Fagemo / Barrett Hayton / Alexis Lafrenière
      Source: IIHF


      = Final standings

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      Division I




      = Group A

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      The Division I Group A tournament was played in Minsk, Belarus, from 9 to 15 December 2019.


      = Group B

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      The Division I Group B tournament was played in Kyiv, Ukraine, from 12 to 18 December 2019.


      Division II




      = Group A

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      The Division II Group A tournament was played in Vilnius, Lithuania, from 6 to 12 January 2020.


      = Group B

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      The Division II Group B tournament was played in Gangneung, South Korea, from 27 January to 3 February 2020.


      Division III



      The Division III tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 13 to 19 January 2020.


      = Playoffs

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      = Final standings

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      References




      External links


      Official website of IIHF
      Groups for 2020 World Juniors

    Kata Kunci Pencarian: 2020 world junior ice hockey championships

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