2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Ice hockey championship held in British Columbia, Canada

2019 IIHF World U20 Championship

Tournament details
Host country|  Canada
City| Vancouver, Victoria
Venue(s)| Rogers Arena
Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre (in 2 host cities)
Dates| December 26, 2018 – January 5, 2019
Teams| 10
Final positions
Champions |  Finland (5th title)
Runner-up |  United States
Third place |  Russia
Fourth place|  Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Games played| 30
Goals scored| 176 (5.87 per game)
Attendance| 304,393 (10,146 per game)
Scoring leader(s)|  Grigori Denisenko (9 points)
MVP|  Ryan Poehling
Official website
www.iihf.com

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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

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### Venues

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Vancouver |

Vancouver

Victoria

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Rogers Arena
Capacity: 18,910  | Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
Capacity: 7,006

### Match officials

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

Referees

* Jonathan Alarie
* Kenneth Anderson
* Andris Ansons
* Tobias Björk
* Andrew Bruggeman
* Lassi Heikkinen
* Jeff Ingram
* Daniel Pražák
* Yevgeni Romasko
* Maxim Sidorenko
* Mikael Sjöqvist
* Peter Stano

Linesmen

* Maxime Chaput
* Dmitri Golyak
* Michael Harrington
* Daniel Hynek
* Balazs Kovacs
* Lauri Nikulainen
* Brian Oliver
* Peter Šefčík
* Dmitri Shishlo
* Emil Yletyinen

### Seeding

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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)

* Canada (1)
* Czech Republic (4)
* Russia (5)
* Switzerland (8)
* Denmark (9)

Group B (Victoria)

* Sweden (2)
* United States (3)
* Finland (6)
* Slovakia (7)
* Kazakhstan (11-Promoted)

### Rosters

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Main article: 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters

### Format

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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

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

#### Group A

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Russia | 4  | 4  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 15  | 6  | +9  | 12  | Quarterfinals
2  |  Canada (H) | 4  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 23  | 5  | +18  | 9
3  |  Czech Republic | 4  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 8  | 8  | 0  | 5
4  |  Switzerland | 4  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 11  | 12  | −1  | 4
5  |  Denmark | 4  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 4  | 0  | 26  | −26  | 0  | Relegation round

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

December 26, 2018
13:00| Czech Republic | 2–1 OT
(0–0, 1–1, 0–0)
(OT: 1–0)|  Switzerland| Rogers Arena
Attendance: 9,266

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| Lukáš Dostál| Goalies| Luca Hollenstein| Referees:
Kenneth Anderson
Andrew Bruggeman
Linesmen:
Dmitri Golyak
Peter Šefčík
| | 0–1| 27:45 – Eggenberger (Leuenberger, Kurashev) (PP)

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Kaut (Nečas, Galvas) – 29:02| 1–1|
Kvasnička (Kaut, Lauko) – 60:52| 2–1|
16 min| Penalties| 18 min
27| Shots| 27
December 26, 2018
17:00| Canada | 14–0
(3–0, 5–0, 6–0)|  Denmark| Rogers Arena
Attendance: 16,417

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| Michael DiPietro| Goalies| Mads Søgaard
William Rørth| Referees:
Tobias Björk
Maxim Sidorenko
Linesmen:
Lauri Nikulainen
Brian Oliver
| Frost (Leason, Hayton) – 4:52| 1–0|

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Tippett (Frost, Glass) – 8:32| 2–0|
Frost (Phillips, Bouchard) – 19:17| 3–0|
Comtois (Glass, Mitchell) – 20:45| 4–0|
Frost (Suzuki, DiPietro) – 21:50| 5–0|
Studnicka (Glass, Bouchard) (PP) – 27:46| 6–0|
Tippett (Bouchard) – 33:42| 7–0|
Anderson-Dolan – 39:08| 8–0|
Comtois (Smith, Mitchell) (EA) – 42:52| 9–0|
Comtois (Glass, Phillips) – 47:01| 10–0|
Leason (Veleno, Bowers) – 49:02| 11–0|
Leason (Frost, Brook) – 52:47| 12–0|
Comtois (Leason, Hayton) – 53:27| 13–0|
Entwistle (Studnicka, McIssac) – 56:47| 14–0|
6 min| Penalties| 8 min
45| Shots| 14
December 27, 2018
13:00| Russia | 4–0
(1–0, 1–0, 2–0)|  Denmark| Rogers Arena
Attendance: 9,939

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| Daniil Tarasov| Goalies| William Rørth| Referees:
Ken Anderson
Lassi Hekkinen
Linesmen:
Lauri Nikulainen
Peter Šefčík
| Kravtsov (Denisenko, Kostin) (PP) – 06:28| 1–0|

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Romanov (Kostin, Kravtsov) – 37:49| 2–0|
Shen (Romanov, Alexeyev) – 53:54| 3–0|
Iv. Morozov (Slepets, Romanov) (ENG) – 58:34| 4–0|
26 min| Penalties| 8 min
18| Shots| 20
December 27, 2018
17:00| Switzerland | 2–3
(0–1, 1–2, 1–0)|  Canada| Rogers Arena
Attendance: 17,102

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| Akira Schmid| Goalies| Ian Scott| Referees:
Andrew Bruggeman
Peter Stano
Linesmen:
Dmitri Golyak
Emil Yletyinen
| | 0–1| 00:36 – Glass (Suzuki, Comtois)

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Kurashev (Müller, Eggenberger) (PP) – 20:46| 1–1|
| 1–2| 25:55 – Entwistle (Bowers)
| 1–3| 32:08 – Dobson (Hayton)
Kurashev (Müller, Eggenberger) (PP, EA) – 58:11| 2–3|
12 min| Penalties| 12 min
17| Shots| 32
December 28, 2018
17:00| Czech Republic | 1–2
(0–1, 1–1, 0–0)|  Russia| Rogers Arena
Attendance: 14,523

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| Lukáš Dostál| Goalies| Pyotr Kochetkov| Referees:
Tobias Björk
Peter Stano
Linesmen:
Brian Oliver
Emil Yletyinen
| | 0–1| 17:05 – Galimov (Slepets) (SH)

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| 0–2| 35:03 – Kovalenko (Shen, Alexeyev) (SH)
Kondelík (Kvasnička, Plášek) (PP) – 35:50| 1–2|
14 min| Penalties| 10 min
25| Shots| 28
December 29, 2018
13:00| Denmark | 0–4
(0–2, 0–1, 0–1)|  Switzerland| Rogers Arena
Attendance: 10,279

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| Mads Søgaard| Goalies| Luca Hollenstein| Referees:
Tobias Björk
Maxim Sidorenko
Linesmen:
Brian Oliver
Peter Šefčík
| | 0–1| 08:51 – Kurashev (Müller, Berni) (PP)

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| 0–2| 19:08 – Kurashev (Eggenberger, Moser)
| 0–3| 33:29 – Le Coultre (Sigrist, Müller)
| 0–4| 41:38 – Kurashev (Gross, Berni)
4 min| Penalties| 8 min
21| Shots| 26
December 29, 2018
17:00| Canada | 5–1
(3–1, 1–0, 1–0)|  Czech Republic| Rogers Arena
Attendance: 17,012

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| Michael DiPietro| Goalies| Jiri Patera
Jakub Škarek| Referees:
Kenneth Anderson
Lassi Hekkinen
Linesmen:
Dmitri Golyak
Lauri Nikulainen
| Comtois (Tippett, Phillips) – 06:03| 1–0|

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| 1–1| 06:40 – Machala (Jeník)
Leason (Smith, Frost) (PP) – 11:32| 2–1|
Lafrenière (Studnicka, Brook) – 16:39| 3–1|
Entwistle (Veleno, Studnicka) – 34:41| 4–1|
Frost (Suzuki, Smith) (PP) – 49:01| 5–1|
6 min| Penalties| 30 min
30| Shots| 24
December 30, 2018
17:00| Switzerland | 4–7
(2–1, 1–2, 1–4)|  Russia| Rogers Arena
Attendance: 13,724

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| Akira Schmid| Goalies| Daniil Tarasov| Referees:
Lassi Heikkinen
Maxim Sidorenko
Linesmen:
Peter Šefčík
Emil Yletyinen
| Lehmann (Tanner, Leuenberger) – 00:49| 1–0|

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Nussbaumer (Bruschweiler, Moser) – 09:06| 2–0|
| 2–1| 14:27 – Marchenko (Podkolzin, Alexeyev)
Lehmann (Leuenberger) – 25:46| 3–1|
| 3–2| 26:07 – Samorukov
| 3–3| 31:58 – Denisenko (Kravtsov, Samorukov) (PP)
| 3–4| 42:04 – Slepets (SH)
| 3–5| 46:36 – Alexeyev (Romanov, Shashkov) (PP)
Bruschweiler (Nussbaumer, Abeischer) – 47:13| 4–5|
| 4–6| 51:42 – Shen (Shashkov, Olshansky)
| 4–7| 52:50 – Kravtsov (Denisenko, Kostin)
6 min| Penalties| 29 min
31| Shots| 41
December 31, 2018
13:00| Denmark | 0–4
(0–2, 0–1, 0–1)|  Czech Republic| Rogers Arena
Attendance: 10,204

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Game reference

| Mads Søgaard| Goalies| Lukáš Dostál| Referees:
Peter Stano
Jeff Ingram
Linesmen:
Brian Oliver
Maxime Chaput
| | 0–1| 08:10 – Lauko (Hrabik)

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| 0–2| 11:59 – Nečas (Zadina, Kvasnička) (PP)
| 0–3| 28:03 – Kaut (Kondelík, Nečas) (PP)
| 0–4| 57:46 – Král (Bukač, Kern) (SH, ENG)
10 min| Penalties| 14 min
20| Shots| 34
December 31, 2018
17:00| Russia | 2–1
(1–1, 0–0, 1–0)|  Canada| Rogers Arena
Attendance: 17,556

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| Pyotr Kochetkov| Goalies| Michael DiPietro| Referees:
Andrew Bruggeman
Mikael Sjöqvist
Linesmen:
Balazs Kovacs
Emil Yletyinen
| | 0–1| 02:20 – Glass (Tippett)

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Denisenko (Kravtsov, Samorukov) (PP) – 05:21| 1–1|
Shen (Romanov) – 51:00| 2–1|
10 min| Penalties| 18 min
31| Shots| 31

#### Group B

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Sweden | 4  | 3  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 16  | 8  | +8  | 11  | Quarterfinals
2  |  United States | 4  | 3  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 18  | 9  | +9  | 10
3  |  Finland | 4  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 12  | 7  | +5  | 6
4  |  Slovakia | 4  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 15  | 14  | +1  | 3
5  |  Kazakhstan | 4  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 4  | 5  | 28  | −23  | 0  | Relegation round

Source: IIHF

December 26, 2018
15:30| United States | 2–1
(0–0, 0–1, 2–0)|  Slovakia| Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
Attendance: 6,208

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| Kyle Keyser| Goalies| Samuel Hlavaj| Referees:
Jeff Ingram
Mikael Sjöqvist
Linesmen:
Maxime Chaput
Dmitri Shishlo
| | 0–1| 37:17 – Korenčik (Liška)

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Anderson (J. Hughes) (PP) – 41:10| 1–1|
Baratt (Madden, Samberg) – 45:42| 2–1|
4 min| Penalties| 6 min
34| Shots| 14
December 26, 2018
19:30| Finland | 1–2
(0–1, 0–1, 1–0)|  Sweden| Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
Attendance: 6,319

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| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen| Goalies| Samuel Ersson| Referees:
Jonathan Alarie
Yevgeni Romasko
Linesmen:
Michael Harrington
Balazs Kovacs
| | 0–1| 13:14 – Brännström (Lundeström, Boqvist) (PP)

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| 0–2| 23:55 – Brännström (Bemström, Boqvist) (PP2)
Talvitie (Kakko, Ylönen) (PP) – 56:26| 1–2|
14 min| Penalties| 6 min
30| Shots| 30
December 27, 2018
15:30| Slovakia | 2–5
(1–2, 0–1, 1–2)|  Sweden| Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
Attendance: 5,896

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| Juraj Sklenár| Goalies| Samuel Ersson| Referees:
Jeff Ingram
Daniel Pražák
Linesmen:
Michael Harrington
Daniel Hynek
| | 0–1| 11:42 – Elvenes

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Liška (Hrehorčák, Fehérváry) (PP) – 13:43| 1–1|
| 1–2| 16:12 – Bemström (Hugg, Lundkvist)
| 1–3| 26:40 – Bemström (Elvenes, Sandin) (PP)
| 1–4| 45:09 – Brännström (Lundeström, Boqvist) (PP)
Fafrák – 48:57| 2–4|
| 2–5| 52:37 – Lundeström
8 min| Penalties| 12 min
22| Shots| 26
December 27, 2018
19:30| Finland | 5–0
(2–0, 1–0, 2–0)|  Kazakhstan| Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
Attendance: 5,863

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| Filip Lindberg| Goalies| Demid Yeremeyev| Referees:
Andris Ansons
Mikael Sjöqvist
Linesmen:
Maxime Chaput
Balazs Kovacs
| Latvala (Virtanen, Ylönen) – 12:52| 1–0|

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Talvitie – 15:08| 2–0|
Vainionpää (Puustinen) – 32:49| 3–0|
Kakko (Lundell, Ylönen) – 47:17| 4–0|
Heponiemi (Kupari, Jokiharju) – 49:13| 5–0|
2 min| Penalties| 10 min
56| Shots| 18
December 28, 2018
19:30| Kazakhstan | 2–8
(1–4, 0–3, 1–1)|  United States| Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
Attendance: 6,185

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| Vladislav Nurek
Demid Yeremeyev| Goalies| Cayden Primeau| Referees:
Jonathan Alarie
Daniel Pražák
Linesmen:
Daniel Hynek
Dmitri Shishlo
| | 0–1| 01:37 – Wahlstrom (Poehling)

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Buyalsky (Orekhov) – 01:55| 1–1|
| 1–2| 05:13 – Farabee (Robertson, Q. Hughes) (PP)
| 1–3| 08:53 – Farabee (Robertson, Norris)
| 1–4| 12:05 – Farabee (Robertson)
| 1–5| 25:45 – Chmelevski (Poehling, Anderson) (PP)
| 1–6| 30:50 – Poehling
| 1–7| 32:11 – Madden (Miller)
| 1–8| 40:23 – Norris (Robertson)
Mitenkov (Orekhov, Gatiyatov) – 49:56| 2–8|
14 min| Penalties| 10 min
13| Shots| 66
December 29, 2018
15:30| Slovakia | 1–5
(0–2, 1–2, 0–1)|  Finland| Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
Attendance: 6,045

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| Samuel Hlavaj| Goalies| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen| Referees:
Andris Ansons
Mikael Sjöqvist
Linesmen:
Michael Harrington
Daniel Hynek
| | 0–1| 12:24 – Jokiharju (Heponiemi, Tolvanen) (PP2)

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| 0–2| 16:43 – Virtanen (Vaakanainen, Talvitie)
| 0–3| 22:02 – Heinola (Kakko, Jokiharju)
| 0–4| 33:53 – Lundell (Heinola)
Roman (Fehérváry, Ivan) (PP2) – 36:24| 1–4|
| 1–5| 53:01 – Laaksonen (Tolvanen, Luukonen)
12 min| Penalties| 12 min
23| Shots| 36
December 29, 2018
19:30| Sweden | 5–4 OT
(1–0, 2–0, 1–4)
(OT: 1–0)|  United States| Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
Attendance: 6,602

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| Samuel Ersson| Goalies| Kyle Keyser| Referees:
Jeff Ingram
Yevgeni Romasko
Linesmen:
Maxime Chaput
Balazs Kovacs
| Westerlund (Fagemo, Elvenes) – 04:47| 1–0|

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Hugg (Bemström, Broberg) – 29:21| 2–0|
Bemström (Gustafsson) – 32:39| 3–0|
Brännström (Gustafsson, Westerlund) – 42:33| 4–0|
| 4–1| 49:34 – Anderson (Chmelevski, Poehling) (PP)
| 4–2| 53:25 – Poehling (Wahlstrom, Chmelevski)
| 4–3| 59:23 – Poehling (Wahlstrom, Q. Hughes) (EA)
| 4–4| 59:36 – Poehling (Farabee) (EA)
Boqvist (Elvenes) – 63:51| 5–4|
6 min| Penalties| 4 min
33| Shots| 29
December 30, 2018
19:30| Kazakhstan | 2–11
(0–6, 1–3, 1–2)|  Slovakia| Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
Attendance: 5,685

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| Demid Yeremeyev
Vladislav Nurek| Goalies| Samuel Hlavaj| Referees:
Daniel Pražák
Yevgeni Romasko
Linesmen:
Michael Harrington
Dmitri Shishlo
| | 0–1| 00:22 – Liška (Hrehorčák, Roman)

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| 0–2| 00:32 – Ružička (Pospíšil, Korenčík)
| 0–3| 05:26 – Ružička (Korenčík, Krivošík) (PP)
| 0–4| 08:21 – Kollár (Kelemen)
| 0–5| 11:20 – Krivošík (Ružička)
| 0–6| 14:17 – Dlugoš (Baláž, Regenda)
| 0–7| 22:27 – Kollár
| 0–8| 27:41 – Roman (Hrehorčák, Liška) (PP)
Gatiyatov (Sam. Daniyar, Orekhov) (PP2) – 30:13| 1–8|
| 1–9| 33:36 – Regenda (Demo)
Gatiyatov (Muratov, Sam. Daniyar) (PP) – 46:25| 2–9|
| 2–10| 54:13 – Dlugoš (Balaž, Regenda)
| 2–11| 59:47 – Kollár (Kelemen, Demo)
10 min| Penalties| 14 min
18| Shots| 46
December 31, 2018
15:30| Sweden | 4–1
(3–0, 0–0, 1–1)|  Kazakhstan| Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
Attendance: 5,362

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| Olle Eriksson Ek| Goalies| Denis Karatayev| Referees:
Ken Anderson
Andris Ansons
Linesmen:
Lauri Nikulainen
Dmitri Shishlo
| Bemström (Bäck, Sandin) – 07:10| 1–0|

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Sandin (Lundeström) – 12:13| 2–0|
Lundkvist – 16:49| 3–0|
| 3–1| 49:46 – Muratov (Orekhov, Sam. Daniyar) (PP)
Sandin (Gustafsson) – 59:21| 4–1|
10 min| Penalties| 2 min
56| Shots| 11
December 31, 2018
19:30| United States | 4–1
(1–0, 2–0, 1–1)|  Finland| Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
Attendance: 6,556

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Game reference

| Cayden Primeau| Goalies| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen| Referees:
Jonathan Alarie
Tobias Björk
Linesmen:
Dmitri Golyak
Daniel Hynek
| Robertson (Farabee) – 19:51| 1–0|

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Madden (Norris) – 31:40| 2–0|
Poehling (Kemp) – 36:42| 3–0|
Madden (Norris, Robertson) (PP) – 42:02| 4–0|
| 4–1| Ylönen (Vaakanainen, Talvitie) – 53:16
6 min| Penalties| 30 min
39| Shots| 28

### Relegation round

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January 2, 2019
11:00| Kazakhstan | 4–3
(2–1, 1–0, 1–2)|  Denmark| Rogers Arena
Attendance: 5,975

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| Demid Yeremeyev| Goalies| Mads Søgaard| Referees:
Andrew Bruggeman
Mikael Sjöqvist
Linesmen:
Balazs Kovacs
Peter Šefčík
| Boiko (Shinkaretski, Buyalski) - 01:36| 1–0|

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| 1–1| 09:00 – Røndbjerg (Schultz, Setkov)
Musabayev (Korolyov, Dyomin) – 11:16| 2–1|
Say. Daniyar (Gatiyatov, Sam. Daniyar) (PP) – 33:00| 3–1|
| 3–2| 41:29 – Grundtvig (Andersen, Kubars)
Gatiyatov – 48:06| 4–2|
| 4–3| 57:40 – Setkov (Røndbjerg) (PP)
10 min| Penalties| 14 min
19| Shots| 43
January 4, 2019
09:00| Denmark | 0–4
(0–2, 0–0, 0–2)|  Kazakhstan| Rogers Arena
Attendance: 3,502

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| Mads Søgaard
William Rørth| Goalies| Demid Yeremeyev| Referees:
Andris Ansons
Peter Stano
Linesmen:
Balazs Kovacs
Peter Šefčík
| | 0–1| 00:35 – Say. Daniyar (Gatiyatov)

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| 0–2| 04:47 – Makutski (Zhorabek, Shinkaretski)
| 0–3| 58:27 – Gatiyatov (Muratov, Orekhov) (ENG)
| 0–4| 59:05 – Gatiyatov (Muratov, Sam. Daniyar) (ENG)
6 min| Penalties| 18 min
25| Shots| 16

Note:  Denmark was relegated to the 2020 Division I A

### Playoff round

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| Quarterfinals | | | Semifinals | | | Finals |

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| 1A |  Russia | 8 | | |
| 4B |  Slovakia | 3 |
| | 1A |  Russia | 1 |
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| 2B |  United States | 3 |

| 3A |  Czech Republic | 1 |
| | 2B |  United States | 2 |
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| 1B |  Sweden | 0 | |
| 4A |  Switzerland | 2 |
| | 4A |  Switzerland | 1 | | | Bronze medal game
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| 2A |  Canada | 1 | | | 1A |  Russia | 5

| 3B |  Finland (OT) | 2 | | | 4A |  Switzerland | 2

#### Quarterfinals

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January 2, 2019
13:00| Sweden | 0–2
(0–1, 0–1, 0–0)|  Switzerland| Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
Attendance: 5,946

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| Samuel Ersson| Goalies| Luca Hollenstein| Referees:
Kenneth Anderson
Lassi Heikkinen
Linesmen:
Daniel Hynek
Lauri Nikulainen
| | 0–1| 15:23 – Bruschweiler (Burger)

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| 0–2| 33:59 – Wyss (S. Schmid, Verboon)
32 min| Penalties| 20 min
41| Shots| 35
January 2, 2019
15:30| Canada | 1–2 OT
(0–0, 1–0, 0–1)
(OT: 0–1)|  Finland| Rogers Arena
Attendance: 17,047

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Game reference

| Michael DiPietro| Goalies| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen| Referees:
Daniel Pražák
Yevgeni Romasko
Linesmen:
Brian Oliver
Emil Yletyinen
| Mitchell (Hayton, Frost) – 21:30| 1–0|

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| 1–1| 59:13 – Heponiemi (Tolvanen, Vaakanainen) (EA)
| 1–2| 65:17 – Utunen (Talvitie, Heponiemi)
4 min| Penalties| 6 min
25| Shots| 34
January 2, 2019
17:00| United States | 3–1
(1–0, 1–0, 1–1)|  Czech Republic| Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
Attendance: 6,263

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Game reference

| Cayden Primeau| Goalies| Lukáš Dostál| Referees:
Jonathan Alarie
Tobias Björk
Linesmen:
Dmitri Golyak
Dmitri Shishlo
| Cates (J. Hughes) – 12:12| 1–0|

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Norris (Robertson) – 26:10| 2–0|
| 2–1| 51:29 – Kaut (Nečas, Jeník) (PP)
Chmelevski (Anderson) (ENG) – 59:21| 3–1|
2 min| Penalties| 6 min
41| Shots| 19
January 2, 2019
19:30| Russia | 8–3
(4–0, 3–0, 1–3)|  Slovakia| Rogers Arena
Attendance: 11,317

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| Pyotr Kochetkov
Daniil Tarasov| Goalies| Samuel Hlavaj
Juraj Sklenár| Referees:
Jeff Ingram
Maxim Sidorenko
Linesmen:
Maxime Chaput
Michael Harrington
| Denisenko (Samorukov, Kravtsov) – 05:36| 1–0|

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Starkov (Kovalenko, Romanov) – 06:07| 2–0|
Alexeyev (Kovalenko, Starkov) – 07:49| 3–0|
Shashkov (Romanov, Podkolzin) – 10:56| 4–0|
Kostin (Denisenko, Zhuravlyov) – 31:40| 5–0|
Kostin (Denisenko, Alexeyev) (PP) – 38:20| 6–0|
Slepets (Galimov, Muranov) – 39:38| 7–0|
| 7–1| 43:35 – Fehérváry (Ivan, Pospíšil)
Il. Morozov (Shashkov, Olshansky) – 52:03| 8–1|
| 8–2| 58:58 – Roman (Ivan, Fehérváry)
| 8–3| 59:51 – Ivan (Fehérváry, Liška) (PP)
12 min| Penalties| 8 min
30| Shots| 35

#### Semifinals

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January 4, 2019
13:00| Russia | 1–2
(0–1, 1–1, 0–0)|  United States| Rogers Arena
Attendance: 14,355

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Game reference

| Pyotr Kochetkov| Goalies| Cayden Primeau| Referees:
Jeff Ingram
Mikael Sjöqvist
Linesmen:
Michael Harrington
Lauri Nikulainen
| | 0–1| 14:29 – Wahlstrom (Cockerill, Samberg)

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| 0–2| 24:20 – Chmelevski (J. Hughes) (PP)
Denisenko – 33:36| 1–2|
6 min| Penalties| 6 min
35| Shots| 27
January 4, 2019
17:00| Finland | 6–1
(4–1, 2–0, 0–0)|  Switzerland| Rogers Arena
Attendance: 14,014

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Game reference

| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen| Goalies| Luca Hollenstein
Akira Schmid| Referees:
Andrew Bruggeman
Maxim Sidorenko
Linesmen:
Dmitri Golyak
Dmitri Shishlo
| Ylönen (Virtanen) – 00:40| 1–0|

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Talvitie (Kupari, Vaakanainen) (EA) – 02:55| 2–0|
Talvitie (Kupari, Heponiemi) – 05:53| 3–0|
Jokiharju (Heponiemi, Puustinen (PP) – 07:43| 4–0|
| 4–1| 16:40 – Kurashev (Leuenberger, Müller)
Heponiemi (Tolvanen, Lundell) (EA) – 27:56| 5–1|
Kupari (Kakko, Heponiemi) (PP) – 34:57| 6–1|
6 min| Penalties| 12 min
33| Shots| 17

#### Bronze medal game

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January 5, 2019
13:00| Russia | 5–2
(2–0, 1–2, 2–0)|  Switzerland| Rogers Arena
Attendance: 12,025

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Game reference

| Pyotr Kochetkov| Goalies| Luca Hollenstein| Referees:
Jonathan Alaire
Tobias Björk
Linesmen:
Daniel Hynek
Brian Oliver
| Slepets (Iv. Morozov, Il. Morozov) – 04:25| 1–0|

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Shashkov (Podkolzin) – 13:44| 2–0|
| 2–1| 24:54 – Nussbaumer (Le Coultre, Sigrist)
Kostin (Denisenko, Romanov) – 32:53| 3–1|
| 3–2| 35:36 – Bruschweiler (Sigrist, Gross)
Slepets – 46:33| 4–2|
Slepets (Galimov, Kochetkov) (SH, ENG) – 57:59| 5–2|
14 min| Penalties| 6 min
24| Shots| 36

#### Final

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January 5, 2019
17:00| United States | 2–3
(0–0, 0–1, 2–2)|  Finland| Rogers Arena
Attendance: 17,206

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Game reference

| Cayden Primeau| Goalies| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen| Referees:
Daniel Pražák
Yevgeni Romasko
Linesmen:
Maxime Chaput
Emil Yletyinen
| | 0–1| 31:31 – Ylönen (Laaksonen, Puustinen) (PP)

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| 0–2| 46:00 – Latvala (Heponiemi, Kupari)
Chmelevski (J. Hughes, Cates) – 47:01| 1–2|
Norris (Chmelevski, Cates) – 48:47| 2–2|
| 2–3| 58:34 – Kakko (Lundell, Jokiharju)
6 min| Penalties| 10 min
28| Shots| 31

### Statistics

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#### Scoring leaders

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Pos  | Player  | Country  | GP  | G  | A | Pts  | +/−  | PIM

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1 | Grigori Denisenko |  Russia | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +3 | 4
2 | Aleksi Heponiemi |  Finland | 7 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +7 | 4
3 | Artur Gatiyatov |  Kazakhstan | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0
4 | Ryan Poehling |  United States | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +5 | 2
5 | Morgan Frost |  Canada | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +8 | 12
6 | Alexander Romanov |  Russia | 7 | 1 | 7 | 8 | +12 | 0
7 | Philipp Kurashev |  Switzerland | 7 | 6 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 4
8 | Kirill Slepets |  Russia | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 | +7 | 4
9 | Alexander Chmelevski |  United States | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2
9 | Aarne Talvitie |  Finland | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +9 | 14

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

#### Goaltending leaders

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(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos  | Player  | Country  | TOI  | GA  | GAA  | SA  | Sv%  | SO

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1 | Lukáš Dostál |  Czech Republic | 239:10 | 5 | 1.25 | 115 | 95.65 | 1
2 | Pyotr Kochetkov |  Russia | 290:31 | 7 | 1.45 | 149 | 95.30 | 0
3 | Michael DiPietro |  Canada | 243:16 | 5 | 1.23 | 103 | 95.15 | 1
4 | Cayden Primeau |  United States | 298:55 | 8 | 1.61 | 126 | 93.65 | 0
5 | Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen |  Finland | 367:16 | 11 | 1.80 | 162 | 93.21 | 0

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

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* Best players selected by the directorate:
* Best Goaltender:  Pyotr Kochetkov
* Best Defenceman:  Alexander Romanov
* Best Forward:  Ryan Poehling

Source: IIHF

* Media All-Stars:
* MVP:  Ryan Poehling
* Goaltender:  Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
* Defencemen:  Alexander Romanov /  Erik Brännström
* Forwards:  Grigori Denisenko /  Philipp Kurashev /  Ryan Poehling

Source: IIHF

### Final standings

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Pos | Grp | Team  | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result

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1  | B |  Finland | 7  | 4  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 23  | 11  | +12  | 14  | Champions
2  | B |  United States | 7  | 5  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 25  | 14  | +11  | 16  | Runners-up
3  | A |  Russia | 7  | 6  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 29  | 13  | +16  | 18  | Third place
4  | A |  Switzerland | 7  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 4  | 16  | 23  | −7  | 7  | Fourth place
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
5  | B |  Sweden | 5  | 3  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 16  | 10  | +6  | 11  | Eliminated in
Quarter-finals
6  | A |  Canada (H) | 5  | 3  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 24  | 7  | +17  | 10
7  | A |  Czech Republic | 5  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 3  | 9  | 11  | −2  | 5
8  | B |  Slovakia | 5  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 4  | 18  | 22  | −4  | 3
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
9  | B |  Kazakhstan | 6  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 4  | 13  | 31  | −18  | 6  | Avoided relegation
10  | A |  Denmark | 6  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 6  | 3  | 34  | −31  | 0  | Relegated to the 2020 Division I A

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

## Division I

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Main article: 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

### Group A

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

Pos | Team

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1  |  Germany (H) | 5  | 4  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 22  | 5  | +17  | 14  | Promoted to the 2020 Top Division
2  |  Belarus | 5  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 18  | 13  | +5  | 9  |
3  |  Norway | 5  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 15  | 13  | +2  | 8
4  |  Latvia | 5  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 11  | 13  | −2  | 6
5  |  Austria | 5  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 2  | 9  | 17  | −8  | 5
6  |  France | 5  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 4  | 8  | 22  | −14  | 3  | Relegated to the 2020 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

### Group B

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

Pos | Team

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1  |  Slovenia | 5  | 3  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 21  | 11  | +10  | 13  | Promoted to the 2020 Division I A
2  |  Poland (H) | 5  | 3  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 19  | 15  | +4  | 10[a] |
3  |  Hungary | 5  | 3  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 24  | 15  | +9  | 10[a]
4  |  Italy | 5  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 2  | 10  | 15  | −5  | 6
5  |  Ukraine | 5  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 3  | 14  | 20  | −6  | 5
6  |  Japan | 5  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 4  | 13  | 25  | −12  | 1  | Relegated to the 2020 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
Notes:

1. ^ a b Hungary 2–4 Poland

## Division II

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Main article: 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II

### Group A

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

Pos | Team

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1  |  Estonia (H) | 5  | 4  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 25  | 7  | +18  | 14  | Promoted to the 2020 Division I B
2  |  Lithuania | 5  | 3  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 22  | 12  | +10  | 11  |
3  |  Great Britain | 5  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 30  | 16  | +14  | 9
4  |  Romania | 5  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 2  | 13  | 20  | −7  | 7
5  |  Spain | 5  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 4  | 8  | 18  | −10  | 3
6  |  South Korea | 5  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 4  | 7  | 32  | −25  | 1  | Relegated to the 2020 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

### Group B

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

Pos | Team

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1  |  Serbia | 5  | 5  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 26  | 5  | +21  | 15  | Promoted to the 2020 Division II A
2  |  Croatia (H) | 5  | 4  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 18  | 9  | +9  | 12  |
3  |  Netherlands | 5  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 25  | 22  | +3  | 9
4  |  Belgium | 5  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 22  | 24  | −2  | 6
5  |  Israel | 5  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 4  | 12  | 21  | −9  | 3
6  |  Mexico | 5  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 5  | 6  | 28  | −22  | 0  | Relegated to the 2020 Division III

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

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Main article: 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

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

### Playoffs

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| Semifinals | | | Final |

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| 1A |  Australia | 7 | |
| 2B |  Bulgaria | 4 |
| | 1A |  Australia | 1 |
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| | | 1B |  China | 5 |
| 1B |  China | 12 |
| 2A |  Turkey | 1 | | | 3rd place game
| | 2B |  Bulgaria | 0
| | 2A |  Turkey | 6
| 5th–8th place semifinals | | | 5th place game |

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| 3A |  Iceland | 11 | |
| 4B |  New Zealand | 1 |
| | 3A |  Iceland | 5 |
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| 3B |  South Africa | 1 |
| 4A |  Chinese Taipei | 7 | | | 7th place game
| | 3B |  South Africa | 5
| | 4B |  New Zealand | 3

### Final standings

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Rank | Team

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|  China
|  Australia
|  Turkey
4 |  Bulgaria
5 |  Iceland
6 |  Chinese Taipei
7 |  South Africa
8 |  New Zealand
Promoted to the 2020 Division II B

## References

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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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