2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Ice hockey tournament in Ottawa
2025 IIHF World Junior Championship
Tournament details
Host country Canada
CityOttawa
Venue(s)Canadian Tire Centre and TD Place
DatesDecember 26, 2024 – January 5, 2025
Teams10
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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.

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 is located in Canada
Ottawa
Ottawa
Canadian Tire Centre
Capacity: 19,153 		TD Place Arena
Capacity: 8,585

Top Division

Seeding

Group A (Canadian Tire Centre)
Group B (TD Place Arena)

Division I

Group A

Group B

Division II

Group A

Group B

Division III

Group A

Group B

References

  1. ^ "Ottawa to host 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship". The Athletic. June 22, 2023. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  2. ^ "Ottawa To Host 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship". IIHF. June 22, 2023. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  3. ^ "2025 World Juniors coming to Ottawa". CBC.ca. June 22, 2023. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
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Current champions (2024):  United States
2024 Championship teamsChampionships
Rosters
Division I
Division II
Division III