2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Ice hockey tournament in Ottawa

2025 IIHF World Junior ChampionshipTournament details

Host country|  Canada
City| Ottawa
Venue(s)| Canadian Tire Centre and TD Place
Dates| December 26, 2024 – January 5, 2025
Teams| 10

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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 in 2024.

## Background

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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

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Ottawa |

Ottawa

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Canadian Tire Centre
Capacity: 18,655  | TD Place Arena
Capacity: 8,585

## Top Division

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### Seeding

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Group A
(Canadian Tire Centre)

* United States (1)
* Finland (4)
* Canada (5)
* Latvia (8)
* Germany (9)

Group B
(TD Place Arena)

* Sweden (2)
* Czechia (3)
* Slovakia (6)
* Switzerland (7)
* Kazakhstan (11-Promoted)

## Division I

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Main article: § Division I

### Group A

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* Austria
* Denmark
* France
* Hungary
* Norway – Relegated from Top Division
* Slovenia – Promoted from Division I B

### Group B

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* Estonia
* Italy
* Japan – Relegated from Division I A
* Poland
* South Korea – Promoted from Division II A
* Ukraine

## Division II

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Main article: § Division II

### Group A

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* China
* Croatia – Relegated from Division I B
* Great Britain
* Lithuania
* Netherlands
* Romania – Promoted from Division II B

### Group B

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* Australia
* Belgium
* Iceland
* Israel – Promoted from Division III A
* Serbia – Relegated from Division II A
* Spain

## Division III

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Main article: 2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

### Group A

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* Bosnia and Herzegovina – Promoted from Division III B
* Bulgaria
* Chinese Taipei – Relegated from Division II B
* Mexico
* New Zealand
* Turkey

### Group B

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* Kyrgyzstan – Relegated from Division III A
* Luxembourg
* South Africa
* Thailand

## References

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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 teams|

* Canada
* Czechia
* Finland
* Germany
* Latvia
* Norway
* Slovakia
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* United States

Championships|

* Soviet Union 1974 (unofficial)
* Canada 1975 (unofficial)
* Finland 1976 (unofficial)
* Czechoslovakia 1977
* Canada 1978
* Sweden 1979
* Finland 1980
* West Germany 1981
* United States/Canada 1982
* Soviet Union 1983
* Sweden 1984
* Finland 1985
* Canada 1986
* Czechoslovakia 1987
* Soviet Union 1988
* United States 1989
* Finland 1990
* Canada 1991
* Germany 1992
* Sweden 1993
* Czech Republic 1994
* Canada 1995
* United States 1996
* Switzerland 1997
* Finland 1998
* Canada 1999
* Sweden 2000
* Russia 2001
* Czech Republic 2002
* Canada 2003
* Finland 2004
* United States 2005
* Canada 2006
* Sweden 2007
* Czech Republic 2008
* Canada 2009
* Canada 2010
* United States 2011
* Canada 2012
* Russia 2013
* Sweden 2014
* Canada 2015
* Finland 2016
* Canada 2017
* United States 2018
* Canada 2019
* Czech Republic 2020
* Canada 2021
* Canada 2022
* Canada 2023
* Sweden 2024
* Canada 2025
* United States 2026

Rosters|

* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

Division I|

* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* ~~2021~~
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

Division II|

* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* ~~2021~~
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

Division III|

* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* ~~2009~~
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* ~~2021~~
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

* Medalists
* Finals
* Directorate award winners
* Media All-Star Teams
* Players for Canada
* Punch-up in Piestany
* Team Canada New Year's Eve Game

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