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2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2019 WJC) was the 43rd edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. It began on December 26, 2018, and ended with the gold medal game being played on January 5, 2019.[1][2] This marked the 15th time that Canada hosted the WJC.

On December 1, 2016, it was announced that Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia had won the bid to host the 2019 World Juniors.[3] This is the second time that Vancouver has been the primary host of the tournament and the first time that Victoria has hosted in any capacity.

Top Division

Venues

Match officials

The following officials were assigned by the International Ice Hockey Federation to officiate the 2019 World Junior Championships.[4]

Referees

Linesmen

Seeding

The seedings in the preliminary round are based on the 2018 tournament's final standings using the serpentine system. On 6 Jan 2018, the IIHF announced the groups. With Kazakhstan being promoted from Division I A after winning the 2018 Division I A Tournament. [5]

Group A (Vancouver)
Group B (Victoria)

Rosters

Format

The preliminary round is a two group of five teams each internal round-robin format, followed by a three-round playoff. In the round-robin, three points are allotted for a regulation win, and two points for an overtime or shootout win. One point is allotted for an overtime or shootout loss.

The four highest-ranked teams from each group of the preliminary round advance to the quarterfinals while the last-place team from each group will play a best-of-three series, the loser relegated to Division IA for 2020, being replaced by the winner of Division IA. All other teams will retain their Top Division status for the 2020 edition.[6]

Preliminary round

All times are local. (Pacific Standard Time – UTC-8)

Group A

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Group B

Source: IIHF

Relegation round

Note:  Denmark was relegated to the 2020 Division I A

Playoff round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Final

Statistics

Scoring leaders

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF[7]

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 = Shutouts
Source: IIHF[8]

Awards

Source: IIHF

Source: IIHF

Final standings

Updated to match(es) played on completed. Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Division I

Group A

The Division I Group A tournament was played in Füssen, Germany, from December 9 to 15, 2018.[9][10]

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

Group B

The Division I Group B tournament was played in Tychy, Poland, from December 8 to 14, 2018.[11][12]

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Hungary 2–4 Poland

Division II

Group A

The Division II Group A tournament was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from January 13 to 19, 2019.[13][14]

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

Group B

The Division II Group B tournament was played in Zagreb, Croatia, from January 15 to 21, 2019.[15][16]

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

Division III

The Division III tournament was played in Reykjavík, Iceland, from January 14 to 20, 2019.[17][18]

Playoffs

Final standings

References

  1. ^ 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship official website
  2. ^ 2019 Top Division statistics
  3. ^ "World Juniors return to B.C." Hockey Canada. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Competition officials" (PDF). IIHF. 21 November 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  5. ^ Merk, Martin. "Groups for 2019 World Juniors". IIHF. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  6. ^ "New format for U18, U20 Worlds". IIHF. 2012-05-29. Archived from the original on July 2, 2012. Retrieved 2011-05-29.
  7. ^ "Scoring Leaders" (PDF). IIHF. 5 January 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  8. ^ "Goalkeepers" (PDF). IIHF. 5 January 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  9. ^ 2019 Division I A official website
  10. ^ 2019 Division I A statistics
  11. ^ 2019 Division I B official website
  12. ^ 2019 Division I B statistics
  13. ^ 2019 Division II A official website
  14. ^ 2019 Division II A statistics
  15. ^ 2019 Division II B official website
  16. ^ 2019 Division II B statistics
  17. ^ 2019 Division III official website
  18. ^ 2019 Division III statistics

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