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2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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2024 IIHF World Junior Championship
Tournament details
Host country Sweden
CityGothenburg
Venue(s)Scandinavium and Frölundaborg
Dates26 December 2023 – 5 January 2024
Teams10
Final positions
Champions  United States (6th title)
Runner-up  Sweden
Third place  Czechia
Fourth place Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played29
Goals scored219 (7.55 per game)
Attendance170,673 (5,885 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Czech Republic Jiří Kulich (12 points)
MVPSweden Jonathan Lekkerimäki
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The 2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2024 WJHC) was the 48th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship's top division. It was held from 26 December 2023 to 5 January 2024. This was the seventh time that Sweden has hosted the WJHC, and the first time in Gothenburg. Canada entered the tournament as two-time defending champions. The United States won their sixth championship, defeating host Sweden 6–2 in the gold medal game.

Background

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On 14 March 2019 it was announced that Gothenburg would be the host city for 2022.[1] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, previous World Junior Championships were relocated and it was announced that Edmonton and Red Deer would host the 2022 tournament, and that Gothenburg would be shifted from 2022 to 2024.[2]

Venues

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Gothenburg
Scandinavium
Capacity: 12,044
Frölundaborg
Capacity: 6,044 (2,430 seated)

Rosters

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Officials

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The following officials were assigned by the International Ice Hockey Federation to officiate the 2024 World Junior Championships.[3]

Referees

  • Sweden Tobias Björk
  • Finland Riku Brander
  • Sweden Daniel Eriksson
  • Switzerland Micha Hebeisen
  • Germany Killian Hinterdobler
  • Germany Lukas Kohlmüller
  • Finland Joonas Kova
  • Canada Troy Murray
  • Czech Republic Jiří Ondráček
  • Canada Mark Pearce
  • United States Jack Young
  • Slovakia Marek Zak

Linesmen

  • Slovakia Oto Durmis
  • Canada Jeremy Faucher
  • United States Shane Gustafson
  • Germany Tim Heffner
  • Slovakia Daniel Konc
  • Sweden Anders Nyqvist
  • Czech Republic Lukáš Rampir
  • Austria Simon Riecken
  • Latvia Davids Rozitis
  • Switzerland Dominik Schlegel
  • Finland Jussi Thomann

Top division

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Seeding

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Group A (Scandinavium)
Group B (Frölundaborg)

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden (H) 4 3 0 1 0 17 5 +12 10 Advance to quarterfinals
2  Canada 4 3 0 0 1 21 7 +14 9
3  Finland 4 1 1 0 2 14 13 +1 5
4  Latvia 4 1 0 0 3 6 22 −16 3[a]
5  Germany 4 1 0 0 3 9 20 −11 3[a] Advance to relegation
Source: IIHF
(H) Host
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Germany 2–6 Latvia
26 December 2023
14:30
Finland 2–5
(0–1, 1–1, 1–3)
 CanadaScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 9,837
Game reference
Niklas KokkoGoaliesMathis RousseauReferees:
Sweden Tobias Björk
Sweden Daniel Eriksson
Linesmen:
Sweden Anders Nyqvist
Czech Republic Lukáš Rampir
0–116:24 – Danielson (Lamoureux, Mateychuk)
0–233:41 – Allard (Danielson)
Kaskimäki (Kärki, Nyman) (PP) – 35:561–2
1–346:38 – Celebrini
1–457:34 – Poitras (Geekie) (ENG)
Lassila (Kärki, Pulkkinen) – 58:562–4
2–559:54 – Lamoureux (PP, ENG)
4 minPenalties12 min
26Shots31
26 December 2023
19:30
Sweden 6–0
(2–0, 2–0, 2–0)
 LatviaScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 11,512
Game reference
Hugo HävelidGoaliesDeivs RolovsReferees:
Germany Lukas Kohlmüller
Canada Troy Murray
Linesmen:
Slovakia Oto Durmis
United States Shane Gustafson
Wahlberg (Sandin Pellikka, Östlund) (PP) – 10:021–0
Bystedt (Hävelid, Unger Sörum) (PP) – 17:212–0
Lekkerimäki (Öhgren, Östlund) (PP) – 32:453–0
Bystedt (O. Pettersson, Forsfjäll) (EA) – 34:304–0
Unger Sörum (Lindstein, Stenberg) – 48:395–0
Lekkerimäki (Lindstein) – 54:176–0
29 minPenalties10 min
35Shots20

27 December 2023
14:30
Finland 3–4
(1–1, 2–3, 0–0)
 GermanyScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 5,077
Game reference
Niklas KokkoGoaliesPhilipp DietlReferees:
Switzerland Micha Hebeisen
United States Jack Young
Linesmen:
Slovakia Oto Durmis
Latvia Davids Rozitis
0–105:58 – Oswald (Hördler)
Männistö (Bau) – 08:111–1
Halttunen – 21:272–1
2–222:12 – Hübner (Bicker)
Bau (Hemming) – 23:053–2
3–333:07 – Kechter (Elias)
3–434:38 – Oswald (Hauf, Hördler)
8 minPenalties8 min
43Shots28
27 December 2023
19:30
Latvia 0–10
(0–2, 0–3, 0–5)
 CanadaScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 6,321
Game reference
Linards Feldbergs
Aksels Ozols
GoaliesMathis RousseauReferees:
Finland Riku Brander
Czech Republic Jiří Ondráček
Linesmen:
Slovakia Daniel Konc
Switzerland Dominik Schlegel
0–105:19 – Geekie (Mateychuk, Celebrini) (PP)
0–207:11 – Yager (Celebrini, Lamoureux)
0–321:17 – Allard (Wood, Bonk) (PP)
0–424:46 – Rehkopf (Celebrini)
0–530:56 – Celebrini (Wood, Mateychuk)
0–642:14 – Minten (Nelson)
0–743:51 – Wood
0–845:43 – Geekie (Minten, Savoie)
0–946:18 – Rehkopf (Celebrini, Dumais)
0–1050:57 – Poitras (Yager, Nelson)
10 minPenalties6 min
22Shots41

28 December 2023
19:30
Germany 0–5
(0–1, 0–1, 0–3)
 SwedenScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 11,512
Game reference
Matthias BittnerGoaliesMelker ThelinReferees:
Finland Riku Brander
Slovakia Marek Zak
Linesmen:
Canada Jeremy Faucher
Austria Simon Riecken
0–115:48 – Stenberg (Edstrom)
0–238:36 – M. Hävelid (Bystedt, Lindstein)
0–346:16 – Stenberg (Unger Sörum, M. Hävelid) (PP)
0–449:02 – Stenberg (Edstrom, Unger Sörum)
0–554:33 – Östlund (Lekkerimäki)
6 minPenalties4 min
15Shots41

29 December 2023
14:30
Latvia 0–4
(0–2, 0–1, 0–1)
 FinlandScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 6,433
Game reference
Deivs RolovsGoaliesNoa ValiReferees:
Germany Killian Hinterdobler
Germany Lukas Kohlmüller
Linesmen:
Canada Jeremy Faucher
Czech Republic Lukáš Rampir
0–114:15 – Lassila (Halttunen, Kulonummi) (PP)
0–215:13 – Pulkkinen (Hämeenaho, Lassila)
0–328:59 – Haltunen (Lassila, Nyman) (PP)
0–440:47 – Keskinen (Lassila, Henning) (PP)
12 minPenalties12 min
23Shots43
29 December 2023
19:30
Canada 0–2
(0–0, 0–2, 0–0)
 SwedenScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 11,512
Game reference
Mathis RousseauGoaliesHugo HävelidReferees:
Sweden Tobias Björk
Canada Mark Pearce
Linesmen:
Germany Tim Heffner
Finland Jussi Thomann
0–121:53 – Willander (Lindstein, Stenberg)
0–230:39 – Östlund (Lekkerimäki, Lindstein)
8 minPenalties4 min
21Shots24

30 December 2023
19:30
Germany 2–6
(0–3, 1–2, 1–1)
 LatviaScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 2,652
Game reference
Philipp Dietl
Matthias Bittner
GoaliesDeivs RolovsReferees:
Finland Riku Brander
United States Jack Young
Linesmen:
Sweden Anders Nyqvist
Austria Simon Riecken
0–102:45 – Mateiko (Uljanskis, Mots)
0–209:06 – Bukarts (Bulāns, Rullers) (PP)
0–313:23 – Bulāns
Schindler (Nieleck) – 26:301–3
1–430:46 – Dārziņš (Ločmelis, Vilmanis)
1–537:44 – Vilmanis (Ločmelis, Bukarts) (PP)
1–646:34 – Vilmanis (Ločmelis)
Panocha (Sumpf, Bicker) – 53:042–6
35 minPenalties8 min
23Shots28

31 December 2023
14:30
Sweden 4–5 GWS
(0–2, 4–1, 0–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–2)
 FinlandScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 11,512
Game reference
Melker ThelinGoaliesNoa ValiReferees:
Switzerland Micha Hebeisen
Canada Troy Murray
Linesmen:
Slovakia Daniel Konc
Switzerland Dominik Schlegel
0–112:25 – Männistö (Halttunen, Keskinen)
0–218:21 – Hämeenaho (Naukkarinen)
Born (Östlund, Willander) – 23:241–2
Lekkerimäki (Östlund, Sandin Pellikka) (PP) – 26:382–2
2–327:15 – Halttunen (Keskinen, Kulonummi) (PP)
Lindstein (Unger Sörum, Stenberg) – 28:593–3
Bystedt (Unger Sörum, M. Hävelid) (PP) – 34:534–3
4–458:28 – Nyman (Hämeenaho, Halttunen) (EA)
Lekkerimäki GOAL
Edstrom MISS
Sandin Pellikka MISS
Östlund MISS
Öhgren MISS
ShootoutMISS Halttunen
MISS Hämeenaho
MISS Lassila
GOAL Helenius
GOAL Nyman
6 minPenalties8 min
33Shots30
31 December 2023
19:30
Canada 6–3
(2–1, 0–1, 4–1)
 GermanyScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 7,327
Game reference
Mathis RousseauGoaliesMatthias BittnerReferees:
Finland Joonas Kova
Slovakia Marek Zak
Linesmen:
United States Shane Gustafson
Finland Jussi Thomann
0–102:57 – Lutz (Sinn) (PP)
Celebrini (Nelson, Bonk) – 06:201–1
Yager (Danielson, Minten) (PP) – 14:372–1
2–221:49 – Kechter (Weber, Lutz) (PP)
Beck (Rehkopf) – 41:403–2
3–347:32 – Sumpf (Rollinger, Weber) (PP)
Dumais (Poitras, Rehkopf) (PP) – 48:324–3
Celebrini (Yager, Bonk) – 56:025–3
Cowan (Allard, Mateychuk) (ENG) – 57:166–3
33 minPenalties10 min
35Shots20

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 4 3 1 0 0 29 9 +20 11 Advance to quarterfinals
2  Slovakia 4 3 0 0 1 19 16 +3 9
3  Czechia 4 2 0 1 1 17 13 +4 7
4   Switzerland 4 1 0 0 3 11 20 −9 3
5  Norway 4 0 0 0 4 8 26 −18 0 Advance to relegation
Source: IIHF
26 December 2023
12:00
Slovakia 6–2
(0–1, 2–0, 4–1)
 CzechiaFrölundaborg, Gothenburg
Attendance: 984
Game reference
Adam GajanGoaliesMichael HrabalReferees:
Finland Joonas Kova
Canada Mark Pearce
Linesmen:
Switzerland Dominik Schlegel
Finland Jussi Thomann
0–101:01 – Rymon (Becher, Melovský)
Petrovský (Mešár, Kmec) (PP) – 22:001–1
Repčík (Kmec) – 38:342–1
Honzek (Mišiak, Petrovský) – 41:223–1
Žabka (Štrbák) (SH) – 44:154–1
Petrovský (Mešár) – 45:225–1
5–251:25 – Šapovaliv (Šalé, Kulich)
Štrbák (Pekarčík, Honzek) – 51:556–2
10 minPenalties16 min
34Shots29
26 December 2023
17:00
United States 4–1
(0–0, 3–0, 1–1)
 NorwayFrölundaborg, Gothenburg
Attendance: 1,377
Game reference
Trey AugustineGoaliesMarkus StensrudReferees:
Switzerland Micha Hebeisen
Czech Republic Jiří Ondráček
Linesmen:
Canada Jeremy Faucher
Slovakia Daniel Konc
Snuggerud (Casey, Fortescue) – 29:591–0
Brindley (Perreault, Leonard) (PP) – 34:002–0
Brindley (Nazar) – 36:333–0
3–144:18 – Vesterheim (SH)
Howard (Gauthier, Hutson) (PP) – 44:434–1
10 minPenalties12 min
44Shots23

27 December 2023
12:00
Slovakia 3–0
(1–0, 0–0, 2–0)
  SwitzerlandFrölundaborg, Gothenburg
Attendance: 986
Game reference
Adam GajanGoaliesAlessio BeglieriReferees:
Sweden Daniel Eriksson
Germany Killian Hinterdobler
Linesmen:
Germany Tim Heffner
Austria Simon Riecken
Honzek (Repčik) – 08:331–0
Repčik (Mešár, Štrbák) (ENG) – 58:192–0
Petrovský (SH, ENG) – 59:123–0
10 minPenalties2 min
20Shots36
27 December 2023
17:00
Norway 1–8
(0–2, 1–3, 0–3)
 CzechiaFrölundaborg, Gothenburg
Attendance: 1,258
Game reference
Markus StensrudGoaliesMichael HrabalReferees:
Germany Lukas Kohlmüller
Slovakia Mark Zak
Linesmen:
United States Shane Gustafson
Sweden Anders Nyqvist
0–110:30 – Kulich (Prčík, Šapovaliv)
0–217:46 – Kulich (Melovský, Hamara) (PP)
Haugen (Løkkeberg) – 21:151–2
1–332:15 – Čech (Becher)
1–432:52 – Šalé
1–538:46 – Šalé (Melovský, Sapoušek)
1–648:49 – Šapovaliv (Melovský, Kulich) (PP)
1–753:16 – Šalé (Bareš, Rymon) (PP)
1–855:15 – Kulich (Hamara, Štancl)
12 minPenalties8 min
21Shots40

28 December 2023
17:00
Switzerland 3–11
(1–5, 0–4, 2–2)
 United StatesFrölundaborg, Gothenburg
Attendance: 1,458
Game reference
Lorin Grüter
Ewan Huet
GoaliesJacob FowlerReferees:
Finland Joonas Kova
Canada Mark Pearce
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Lukáš Rampir
Finland Jussi Thomann
0–101:20 – Smith (Buium, Perreault)
0–203:21 – Snuggerud (Gauthier, McGroarty)
0–308:11 – Snuggerud (Gauthier)
Weber (Füllemann, Reinhard) – 09:171–3
1–412:36 – Snuggerud (Gauthier, McGroarty)
1–518:29 – Buium (Gauthier, Snuggerud)
1–625:06 – Brindley (Nazar)
1–729:33 – Leonard (Brindley, Casey) (PP)
1–830:04 – Brindley (Nazar, Howard)
1–934:55 – Howard (Hayes)
Christe (Füllemann, Weber) – 41:182–9
2–1047:09 – Finley (Nazar)
Schild (Muggli, Taibel) – 49:303–10
3–1154:28 – Pohlkamp (Nazar, Finley) (PP)
8 minPenalties4 min
24Shots40

29 December 2023
12:00
Norway 4–8
(1–2, 0–5, 3–1)
 SlovakiaFrölundaborg, Gothenburg
Attendance: 1,985
Game reference
Sebastian Aarsund
Martin Lundberg
GoaliesAdam GajanReferees:
Czech Republic Jiří Ondráček
United States Jack Young
Linesmen:
United States Shane Gustafson
Switzerland Dominik Schliegel
Brandsegg-Nygård – 03:081–0
1–113:35 – Honzek (Petrovský, Mišiak) (PP)
1–214:02 – Pekarčík (Dvorský, Čiernik)
1–323:43 – Dvorský (Repčík, Mešár) (PP)
1–426:03 – Petrovský (Štrbák, Mešár)
1–527:10 – Petrovský (Sýkora, Štrbák)
1–632:30 – Repčík (Dvorský, Štrbák) (PP)
1–734:08 – Radivojevič (Mišiak, Petrovský) (PP)
Solberg (Johnsen, Wold) – 48:342–7
2–853:40 – Dvorský (Mešár, Kmec)
Vesterheim (Brandsegg-Nygård, Steen) (EA) – 54:223–8
Brandsegg-Nygård (Vesterheim, Koch) (PP) – 54:574–8
24 minPenalties14 min
26Shots35
29 December 2023
17:00
Czechia 3–4 GWS
(1–1, 2–2, 0–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–2)
 United StatesFrölundaborg, Gothenburg
Attendance: 2,544
Game reference
Michael HrabalGoaliesJacob FowlerReferees:
Finland Joonas Kova
Canada Troy Murray
Linesmen:
Slovakia Daniel Konc
Latvia Davids Rozitis
0–101:12 – Howard (Nazar, Pohlkamp)
Štancl (Rymon) – 15:401–1
Bareš (Prčík) – 26:232–1
2–228:04 – Smith (Leonard, Perreault)
Sapousek (Šalé, Melovský) – 31:473–2
3–334:11 – Chesley (Hutson)
Šalé MISS
Melovský MISS
Kulich GOAL
Becher MISS
Šapovaliv MISS
Kulich MISS
Šalé MISS
ShootoutMISS Gauthier
MISS Snuggerud
MISS Leonard
MISS Hutson
GOAL Perreault
MISS Perreault
GOAL Howard
6 minPenalties4 min
23Shots34

30 December 2023
17:00
Switzerland 6–2
(1–2, 4–0, 1–0)
 NorwayFrölundaborg, Gothenburg
Attendance: 1,009
Game reference
Alessio BeglieriGoaliesMarkus StensrudReferees:
Germany Killian Hinterdobler
Czech Republic Jiří Ondráček
Linesmen:
Slovakia Oto Durmis
Germany Tim Heffner
S. Meier (Gredig, Ustinkov) – 06:051–0
1–117:16 – Johnsen (Magnussen) (PP)
1–218:10 – Dalen (Bakkevig)
Braillard (Ustinkov, Reinhard) (PP) – 25:492–2
Taibel (Müller, Terraneo) – 30:163–2
Dionicio (Taibel, Weber) (PP) – 31:534–2
Schild (Taibel, Müller) – 38:525–2
Dionicio (Terraneo, Taibel) – 45:126–2
31 minPenalties35 min
34Shots21

31 December 2023
12:00
United States 10–2
(2–1, 3–1, 5–0)
 SlovakiaFrölundaborg, Gothenburg
Attendance: 1,458
Game reference
Trey AugustineGoaliesSamuel Urban
Rastislav Eliaš
Referees:
Sweden Daniel Eriksson
Canada Mark Pearce
Linesmen:
Sweden Anders Nyqvist
Czech Republic Lukáš Rampir
McGroarty (Moore, Chesley) – 06:211–0
1–108:57 – Moško (Repčík)
Buium (Hayes, Rinzel) – 10:132–1
Brindley (Hutson, Chesley) (SH) – 20:293–1
3–237:50 – Mešár (Petrovský, Kmec) (PP)
Leonard (Smith, Buium) – 38:204–2
McGroarty (Fortescue, Gauthier) – 38:545–2
McGroarty (Gauthier) – 44:066–2
Howard (Nelson, Brindley) – 45:497–2
Brindley (Pohlkamp) – 49:158–2
Gauthier (Nazar, Hutson) (PP) – 51:009–2
Howard (Nazar, Hutson) – 52:4210–2
29 minPenalties6 min
44Shots40
31 December 2023
17:00
Czechia 4–2
(1–0, 1–2, 2–0)
  SwitzerlandFrölundaborg, Gothenburg
Attendance: 1,592
Game reference
Michael HrabalGoaliesAlessio BeglieriReferees:
Sweden Tobias Björk
Germany Lukas Kohlmüller
Linesmen:
Canada Jeremy Faucher
Latvia Davids Rozitis
Šapovaliv (Melovský, Hamara) (PP) – 12:041–0
Sapoušek (Becher, Kulich) (EA) – 30:052–0
2–134:26 – S. Meier (Dionicio, Terraneo)
2–239:03 – Rod (Weber, Dionicio)
Kulich (Galvas, Melovský) – 52:473–2
Hamara (Becher) – 55:184–2
4 minPenalties2 min
35Shots19

Relegation

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4 January 2024
11:00
Germany 5–4 OT
(1–1, 1–1, 2–2)
(OT: 1–0)
 NorwayScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 2,237
Game reference
Matthias BittnerGoaliesMarkus StensrudReferees:
Canada Troy Murray
Slovakia Marek Zak
Linesmen:
Sweden Anders Nyqvist
Czech Republic Lukáš Rampir
Bicker (Sumpf, Weber) – 09:401–0
1–116:10 – Steen (Brandsegg-Nygård, Vesteheim)
Oswald (Hördler, Sinn) –– 28:592–1
2–234:43 – Bakke Olsen (Johnsen, Wold)
Sinn (Rollinger, Bicker) – 49:583–2
Hübner (Oswald) – 50:464–2
4–354:19 – Brandsegg-Nygård (Steen, Vesterheim) (PP)
4–456:06 – Bakke Olsen (Johnsen, Koch)
Elias (Sinn, Oswald) – 60:585–4
4 minPenalties4 min
27Shots28

Playoff round

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Winning teams will be reseeded for the semi-finals in accordance with the following ranking:[4]

  1. Higher position in their group
  2. Higher number of points in preliminary pool play
  3. Better goal differential
  4. Higher number of goals scored
  5. Better seeding coming into the tournament (final placement at the 2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships).
Rank Team Group Pos Pts GD GF Seed
1  United States B 1 11 +20 29 3
2  Sweden A 1 10 +12 17 4
3  Canada A 2 9 +14 21 1
4  Slovakia B 2 9 +3 19 6
5  Czechia B 3 7 +4 17 2
6  Finland A 3 5 +1 14 5
7   Switzerland B 4 3 –9 11 7
8  Latvia A 4 3 –16 6 9

Bracket

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QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
2 January – Scandinavium
 
 
1A
 Sweden (OT)
3
 
4 January – Scandinavium
 
4B
  Switzerland
2
 
1
 United States
3
 
2 January – Frölundaborg
 
6
 Finland
2
 
2B
 Slovakia
3
 
5 January – Scandinavium
 
3A
 Finland (OT)
4
 
1
 United States
6
 
2 January – Frölundaborg
 
2
 Sweden
2
 
1B
 United States
7
 
4 January – Scandinavium
 
4A
 Latvia
2
 
2
 Sweden
5
 
2 January – Scandinavium
 
5
 Czechia
2 Third place
 
2A
 Canada
2
 
5 January – Scandinavium
 
3B
 Czechia
3
 
5
 Czechia
8
 
 
6
 Finland
5
 

Quarterfinals

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2 January 2024
12:00
Slovakia 3–4 OT
(1–0, 0–1, 2–2)
(OT: 0–1)
 FinlandFrölundaborg, Gothenburg
Attendance: 2,480
Game reference
Adam GajanGoaliesNiklas KokkoReferees:
Sweden Daniel Eriksson
Canada Mark Pearce
Linesmen:
Canada Jeremy Faucher
Germany Tim Heffner
Sýkora (Mešár) – 19:591–0
1–122:36 – Männistö
1–240:36 – Hämeenaho (Lassila, Naukkarinen)
Dvorský (Pekarčík, Radivojevič) – 47:092–2
2–358:26 – Kaskimäki (Helenius)
Mešár (Štrbák, Dvorský) (EA) – 59:163–3
3–460:24 – Lassila (Salin, Nyman)
2 minPenalties4 min
30Shots28
2 January 2024
14:30
Canada 2–3
(0–2, 2–0, 0–1)
 CzechiaScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 10,117
Game reference
Mathis RousseauGoaliesMichael HrabalReferees:
Sweden Tobias Björk
Switzerland Micha Hebeisen
Linesmen:
Slovakia Oto Durmis
Sweden Anders Nyqvist
0–107:51 – Štancl (Rymon)
0–218:01 – Cibulka (Kulich)
Wood (Cowan, Yager) – 23:431–2
Furlong (Poitras) – 36:402–2
2–359:49 – Štancl (Becher, Rymon)
0 minPenalties2 min
30Shots22
2 January 2024
17:00
United States 7–2
(3–1, 3–0, 1–1)
 LatviaFrölundaborg, Gothenburg
Attendance: 2,749
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Jacob FowlerGoaliesDeivs RolovsReferees:
Germany Killian Hinterdobler
Canada Troy Murray
Linesmen:
Slovakia Daniel Konc
Switzerland Dominik Schlegel
Fortescue (Moore, Gauthier) - 1:311–0
Perreault (Casey) - 11:422–0
2–1Ločmelis - 13:50
Nelson (Casey, Snuggerud) - 14:033–1
McGroarty (Howard, Hutson) - (PP) - 25:224–1
Smith (Perreault, Leonard) - 36:005–1
Perreault (Smith, Casey) - 39:396–1
Moore (Gauthier) - 46:347–1
7–2Ločmelis (Fenenko, Vilmanis) - 52:48
4 minPenalties8 min
41Shots25
2 January 2024
19:30
Sweden 3–2 OT
(2–0, 0–1, 0–1)
(OT: 1–0)
  SwitzerlandScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 11,512
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Hugo HävelidGoaliesAlessio BeglieriReferees:
Finland Riku Brander
Germany Lukas Kohlmüller
Linesmen:
United States Shane Gustafson
Czech Republic Lukáš Rampir
Stenberg (M. Hävelid, E. Pettersson) – 01:341–0
Lekkerimäki (Öhgren, Wahlberg) (PP) – 18:002–0
2–137:26 – Hornecker (Reber)
2–249:10 – Meile (Weber, Christe)
Sandin Pellikka (Lekkerimäki, Östlund) (PP) – 65:223–2
2 minPenalties10 min
33Shots18

Semifinals

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4 January 2024
15:00
Sweden 5–2
(1–1, 1–1, 3–0)
 CzechiaScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 11,512
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Hugo HävelidGoaliesMichael HrabalReferees:
Switzerland Micha Hebeisen
Canada Mark Pearce
Linesmen:
Slovakia Oto Durmis
United States Shane Gustafson
0–106:55 – Melovský (Redlich, Šalé)
Lindstein (Edstrom) – 11:521–1
Sandin Pellikka (Salomonsson) – 22:352–1
2–227:36 – Cibulka (Bareš, Rymon) (PP)
Lekkerimäki (Sandin Pellikka, Wahlberg) (PP) – 45:143–2
Östlund (Lindstein, Willander) – 52:004–2
Lekkerimäki (Östlund, Stenberg) – 53:025–2
2 minPenalties2 min
31Shots25
4 January 2024
19:30
United States 3–2
(0–2, 2–0, 1–0)
 FinlandScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 10,561
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Trey AugustineGoaliesNiklas KokkoReferees:
Sweden Tobias Björk
Sweden Daniel Eriksson
Linesmen:
Canada Jeremy Faucher
Germany Tim Heffner
0–101:51 – Keskinen (Männistö)
0–212:45 – Kumpulainen (Kärki, Bau)
Snuggerud (Casey, Smith) (PP) – 32:101–2
Smith (Perreault, Chesley) – 36:162–2
Gauthier (Hutson, Brindley) (PP) – 56:473–2
4 minPenalties4 min
30Shots21

Bronze medal game

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5 January 2024
15:00
Czechia 8–5
(1–2, 2–3, 5–0)
 FinlandScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 9,647
Game reference
Michael Hrabal
Jakub Vondraš
GoaliesNiklas KokkoReferees:
Sweden Tobias Björk
Canada Troy Murray
Linesmen:
Sweden Anders Nyqvist
Czech Republic Lukáš Rampir
0–106:13 – Kumpulainen
0–207:43 – Nyman (Kaskimäki, Jess Pulkikinen)
Kulich (Melovský, Hamara) (PP) – 16:161–2
Štancl (Melovský, Becher) (PP) – 28:372–2
2–328:52 – Helenius (Nyman, Kaskimäki)
2–429:11 – Hämeenaho (Kulonummi, Lassila)
2–534:32 – Hämeenaho (Kulonummi, Keskinen) (PP)
Becher (Štancl, Čech) (SH) – 39:053–5
Kulich (Melovský, Hamara) (PP) – 44:414–5
Becher (Kulich, Šalé) (EA) – 58:045–5
Hamara (Kulich, Becher) – 58:196–5
Rymon (ENG) – 58:527–5
Becher (ENG) – 58:548–5
10 minPenalties8 min
31Shots23

Gold medal game

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5 January 2024
19:30
United States 6–2
(1–0, 2–2, 3–0)
 SwedenScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 11,512
Game reference
Trey AugustineGoaliesHugo HävelidReferees:
Switzerland Micha Hebeisen
Canada Mark Pearce
Linesmen:
Slovakia Oto Durmis
United States Shane Gustafson
Perreault (Smith, McGroarty) (EA) – 16:561–0
1–122:13 – Stenberg (M. Hävelid, E. Pettersson)
Howard (Fortescue) – 29:242–1
Howard (Brindley) – 34:193–1
3–239:55 – Lekkerimäki (Sandin Pellikka, Östlund) (PP)
Buium (Smith, Perreault) – 41:194–2
Leonard (Perreault) – 56:125–2
McGroarty (Snuggerud) (ENG) – 56:506–2
28 minPenalties28 min
26Shots26

Statistics

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Scoring leaders

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Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/− PIM
1 Jiří Kulich  Czechia 7 6 6 12 +3 0
2 Cutter Gauthier  United States 7 2 10 12 +9 4
3 Matyáš Melovský  Czechia 7 1 10 11 +3 4
4 Jonathan Lekkerimäki  Sweden 7 7 3 10 +2 0
5 Gavin Brindley  United States 7 6 4 10 +7 0
6 Ondřej Becher  Czechia 7 3 7 10 +6 4
6 Noah Östlund  Sweden 7 3 7 10 +3 16
6 Gabe Perreault  United States 7 3 7 10 +4 2
9 Isaac Howard  United States 7 7 2 9 +10 0
10 Servác Petrovský  Slovakia 5 5 4 9 0 0

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

Goaltending leaders

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(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos Player Country TOI GA GAA SA Sv% SO
1 Trey Augustine  United States 240:00 7 1.75 110 93.64 0
2 Hugo Hävelid  Sweden 305:05 9 1.77 109 91.74 2
3 Adam Gajan  Slovakia 239:52 10 2.50 119 91.60 1
4 Mathis Rousseau  Canada 299:39 10 2.00 114 91.23 1
5 Alessio Beglieri   Switzerland 243:16 10 2.47 107 90.65 0

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

Awards

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Source: [1]

Source: [2]

Final standings

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Final Result
1  United States 7 6 1 0 0 45 15 +30 20 Champions
2  Sweden 7 4 1 1 1 27 15 +12 15 Runners-up
3  Czechia 7 4 0 1 2 30 25 +5 13 Third Place
4  Finland 7 1 2 0 4 25 27 −2 7 Fourth Place
5  Canada 5 3 0 0 2 23 10 +13 9 Eliminated in quarter-finals
6  Slovakia 5 3 0 1 1 22 20 +2 10
7   Switzerland 5 1 0 1 3 13 23 −10 4
8  Latvia 5 1 0 0 4 8 29 −21 3
9  Germany 5 1 1 0 3 14 24 −10 5 Avoided relegation
10  Norway 5 0 0 1 4 12 31 −19 1 Relegated to the 2025 Division I A
Source: IIHF

Division I

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Group A

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The Division I Group A tournament was held in Budapest, Hungary, from 10 to 16 December 2023. Kazakhstan won promotion to the top division for the 2025 World Junior Championships, their first appearance since the 2020 edition of the tournament. Japan was relegated to Division I B for 2025.[5]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Kazakhstan 5 4 0 1 0 21 12 +9 13 Promoted to the 2025 Top Division
2  France 5 3 0 0 2 18 19 −1 9[a]
3  Denmark 5 3 0 0 2 18 14 +4 9[a]
4  Austria 5 2 1 0 2 22 21 +1 8
5  Hungary (H) 5 1 0 1 3 13 16 −3 4
6  Japan 5 0 1 0 4 12 22 −10 2 Relegated to the 2025 Division I B
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 Denmark 4–6 France

Group B

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The Division I Group B tournament was held in Bled, Slovenia, from 11 to 17 December 2023. Host nation Slovenia won promotion to Division I A, while Croatia was relegated to Division II A.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Slovenia (H) 5 5 0 0 0 25 6 +19 15 Promoted to the 2025 Division I A
2  Ukraine 5 3 1 0 1 23 13 +10 11
3  Italy 5 2 0 1 2 24 17 +7 7
4  Estonia 5 2 0 0 3 15 18 −3 6
5  Poland 5 1 0 1 3 9 19 −10 4
6  Croatia 5 0 1 0 4 12 35 −23 2 Relegated to the 2025 Division II A
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 II

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Group A

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The Division II Group A tournament was held in Dumfries, Great Britain, from 11 to 17 December 2023. South Korea was promoted to Division I B, while Spain was relegated to Division II B.[6]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  South Korea 5 5 0 0 0 29 10 +19 15 Promoted to the 2025 Division I B
2  Lithuania 5 3 1 0 1 27 13 +14 11
3  Great Britain (H) 5 3 0 1 1 21 12 +9 10
4  China 5 1 0 0 4 13 20 −7 3[a]
5  Netherlands 5 1 0 0 4 10 25 −15 3[a]
6  Spain 5 1 0 0 4 8 28 −20 3[a] Relegated to the 2025 Division II B
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 c China 3 Pts +2 GD, Netherlands 3 Pts +1 GD, Spain 3 Pts –3 GD

Group B

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The Division II Group B tournament was held in Belgrade, Serbia, from 14 to 20 January 2024.[7]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Romania 5 4 1 0 0 25 5 +20 14 Promoted to the 2025 Division II A
2  Serbia (H) 5 4 0 1 0 21 5 +16 13
3  Iceland 5 3 0 0 2 21 14 +7 9
4  Australia 5 2 0 0 3 9 16 −7 6
5  Belgium 5 1 0 0 4 7 17 −10 3
6  Chinese Taipei 5 0 0 0 5 8 34 −26 0 Relegated to the 2025 Division III A
Source: IIHF.com
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

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Group A

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The Division III Group A tournament was held in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 22 to 28 January 2024.[8]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Israel 5 5 0 0 0 41 14 +27 15 Promoted to the 2025 Division II B
2  New Zealand 5 3 1 0 1 31 17 +14 11
3  Bulgaria (H) 5 3 0 1 1 22 19 +3 10
4  Turkey 5 2 0 0 3 15 19 −4 6
5  Mexico 5 1 0 0 4 17 20 −3 3
6  Kyrgyzstan 5 0 0 0 5 9 46 −37 0 Relegated to the 2025 Division III B
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

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The Division III Group B tournament was held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, from 25 to 30 January 2024.[9]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1  Bosnia and Herzegovina (H) 4 3 1 0 0 30 17 +13 11 Promoted to the 2025 Division III A
2  Luxembourg 4 2 0 1 1 33 13 +20 7
3  South Africa 4 0 0 0 4 10 43 −33 0
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

References

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  1. ^ "World Juniors in Gothenburg". IIHF. 14 March 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  2. ^ "World Juniors will be hosted in an Edmonton bubble: TSN". CTV News Edmonton. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Competition officials". IIHF. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Tournament Format". IIHF. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  5. ^ Division I A official website
  6. ^ Division II A official website
  7. ^ Division II B official website
  8. ^ Division III A official website
  9. ^ Division III B official website