2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

2017 IIHF World U20 Championships
Tournament details
Host country  Canada
Dates December 26 – January 5
Teams 10
Venue(s) Bell Centre, Montreal
Air Canada Centre, Toronto (in 2 host cities)
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The 2017 IIHF World Junior Championship will be the 41st World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (WJC). The main tournament will be co-hosted in Montreal, Quebec and Toronto, Ontario, in Canada.[1][2] This marks the 12th time that Canada has hosted the WJHC, and the first time since the 1978 edition that Montreal has hosted the finals.[3] The tournament will feature 31 games between 10 nations.[4]

Toronto will host the preliminary round for the Canadian team. The medal round will be hosted by Montreal. Montreal and Toronto last jointly hosted the 2015 edition.[3] All the games in Montreal will be played at the Bell Centre.[5] 2017 WJHC also initiates several year-long celebrations, the 375th anniversary of Montreal's founding; the 100th anniversary of the National Hockey League's founding in Montreal;[6] the 100th anniversary of Hockey Canada's origins; the 50th anniversary of Montreal's Expo 67; the 150th anniversary of Canadian confederation; and the 100th anniversary of the Toronto Maple Leafs.[7] The Maple Leafs plan to make the WJHC the centrepiece of their 100th anniversary celebrations.[8]

The event will be organized by Hockey Canada, Hockey Quebec, Ontario Hockey Federation, Montreal Canadiens, Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment and Evenko.[4] Montreal and Quebec will provide C$1 million and C$2 million in funding, respectively, for both the 2015 and 2017 editions.

Player eligibility

A player is eligible to play in the 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships if:[9]

If a player who has never played in IIHF-organized competition wishes to switch national eligibility, he must have played in competitions for two consecutive years in the new country without playing in another country, as well as show his move to the new country's national association with an international transfer card. In case the player has previously played in IIHF-organized competition but wishes to switch national eligibility, he must have played in competitions for four consecutive years in the new country without playing in another country, he must show his move to the new country's national association with an international transfer card, as well as be a citizen of the new country. A player may only switch national eligibility once.[10]


Top Division

Venues

Bell Centre
Capacity: 21,287		 Air Canada Centre
Capacity: 19,746
 Canada – Montreal  Canada – Toronto

Results

Format

The four best ranked teams from each group of the preliminary round advance to the quarterfinals, while the last placed team from both groups play a relegation round in a best of three format to determine the relegated team.[11]

Preliminary round

All times are local. (Eastern Standard Time – UTC-5)


Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Czech Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Quarterfinals
2  Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Finland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5   Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Relegation
First match(es) will be played on 26 December 2016. Source:
December 26, 2016
13:00		Denmark  SwedenBell Centre
December 26, 2016
17:00		Finland  Czech RepublicBell Centre
December 27, 2016
13:00		Switzerland   Czech RepublicBell Centre
December 27, 2016
17:30		Finland  DenmarkBell Centre
December 28, 2016
17:00		Sweden   SwitzerlandBell Centre
December 29, 2016
13:00		Czech Republic  DenmarkBell Centre
December 29, 2016
17:30		Sweden  FinlandBell Centre
December 30, 2016
17:00		Denmark   SwitzerlandBell Centre
December 31, 2016
13:00		Czech Republic  SwedenBell Centre
December 31, 2016
17:30		Switzerland   FinlandBell Centre

Group B

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  Latvia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Russia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Slovakia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Relegation
First match(es) will be played on 26 December 2016. Source:
(H) Host.
December 26, 2016
15:30		Latvia  United StatesAir Canada Centre
December 26, 2016
20:00		Russia  CanadaAir Canada Centre
December 27, 2016
16:00		Russia  LatviaAir Canada Centre
December 27, 2016
20:00		Slovakia  CanadaAir Canada Centre
December 28, 2016
19:30		United States  SlovakiaAir Canada Centre
December 29, 2016
15:30		United States  RussiaAir Canada Centre
December 29, 2016
20:00		Canada  LatviaAir Canada Centre
December 30, 2016
19:30		Latvia  SlovakiaAir Canada Centre
December 31, 2016
15:30		Canada  United StatesAir Canada Centre
December 31, 2016
20:00		Slovakia  RussiaAir Canada Centre

Relegation

January 2, 2017
11:00		Bell Centre
January 3, 2017
17:30		Bell Centre
January 5, 2017
11:00		Bell Centre

Playoff round

  Quarterfinal                    
  1A    
  4B     Semifinal
         
  Quarterfinal      
  2B  
  3A           Final
               
  Quarterfinal              
  1B        
  4A     Semifinal   Bronze medal game
           
  Quarterfinal          
  2A  
  3B    

Quarterfinals

January 2, 2017
13:00		Air Canada Centre
January 2, 2017
15:30		Bell Centre
January 2 2017
17:30		Air Canada Centre
January 2, 2017
20:00		Bell Centre

Semifinals

January 4, 2017
15:00		Bell Centre
January 4, 2017
19:30		Bell Centre

Bronze medal game

January 5, 2017
15:30		Bell Centre

Final

January 5, 2017
20:00		Bell Centre

Division I

Group A

The tournament will be held in Bremerhaven, Germany from 11–17 December 2016.

 Belarus (Relegated from the Top Division)
 Austria
 Kazakhstan
 Norway
 Germany
 France (Promoted from Division I B)

Group B

The tournament will be held in Budapest, Hungary from 11–17 December 2016.

 Italy (Relegated from Division I A)
 Poland
 Great Britain
 Ukraine
 Slovenia
 Hungary (Promoted from Division II A)

Division II

Group A

The tournament will be held in Tallinn, Estonia from 11–17 December 2016.

 Japan (Relegated from Division I B)
 Lithuania
 Estonia
 Croatia
 Netherlands
 Romania (Promoted from Division II B)

Group B

The tournament will be held in Logroño, Spain from 7–13 January 2017.

 South Korea (Relegated from Division II A)
 Spain
 Serbia
 Belgium
 Australia
 Mexico (Promoted from Division III)

Division III

The tournament will be held in Dunedin, New Zealand from 16–22 January 2017. First and second placed teams from each group will play semi-finals and finals to determine promotion. Lower ranked teams will play additional games to determine the final ranking order.

Group A

 China (Relegated from Division II B)
 Israel
 Iceland
 Chinese Taipei

Group B

 Bulgaria
 New Zealand
 Turkey
 South Africa

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/206728/la_id/1/ss_id/190000/
  2. ↑ TSN, "Montreal and Toronto to Host 2015, 2017 World Juniors on TSN", Hockey Canada, June 20, 2013
  3. 1 2 CTV News, "Montreal and Toronto to host 2015, 2017 world junior championships", Canadian Press, June 20, 2013
  4. 1 2 IIHF, "Heading to hockey’s meccas", June 20, 2013
  5. ↑ The Gazette (Montreal), "World Junior Championship is coming to town", Brenda Branswell, June 20, 2013
  6. ↑ (French) 24H de Montreal, "Le Championnat junior à Montréal en 2015 et 2017", Mathieu Boulay, June 24, 2013
  7. ↑ CBC News, "Montreal, Toronto to co-host junior hockey worlds in 2015, 2017", Canadian Press, June 20, 2013
  8. ↑ Calgary Herald, "Montreal and Toronto to host 2015 and 2017 world junior hockey championships", Bill Beacon, June 20, 2013
  9. ↑ "IIHF statutes and bylaws" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved 2014-01-01.
  10. ↑ "IIHF Eligibility". IIHF. Retrieved 2014-01-01.
  11. ↑ "New format for U18, U20 Worlds". IIHF.com. 2012-05-29. Retrieved 2011-05-29.
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