The 2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2024 WJHC) was the 48th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, held from 26 December 2023 to 5 January 2024. This was the seventh time Sweden hosted the WJHC, and the first time the competition was held in Gothenburg. The United States won their sixth championship, defeating host Sweden 6–2 in the gold medal game.
Background On 14 March 2019, it was announced that Gothenburg would be the host city for 2022. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, adjustments were made. The 2022 championship was given to Edmonton, the 2023 edition to Halifax and Moncton, and Gothenburg secured hosting rights for 2024.
Top Division Venues Gothenburg ScandinaviumCapacity: 12,044 FrölundaborgCapacity: 6,044 (2,430 seated)
Match officials The following officials were assigned by the International Ice Hockey Federation to officiate the 2024 World Junior Championships.
Referees Tobias Björk Riku Brander Daniel Eriksson Micha Hebeisen Killian Hinterdobler Lukas Kohlmüller Joonas Kova Troy Murray Jiří Ondráček Mark Pearce Jack Young Marek Zak
Linesmen Oto Durmis Jeremy Faucher Shane Gustafson Tim Heffner Daniel Konc Anders Nyqvist Lukáš Rampir Simon Riecken Davids Rozitis Dominik Schlegel Jussi Thomann
Rosters
Preliminary round Seeding
Group A (Scandinavium) (1) (4) (5) (8) (9)
Group B (Frölundaborg) (2) (3) (6) (7) (11-Promoted)
Group A
Group B
Relegation
Playoff round Winning teams will be reseeded for the semi-finals in accordance with the following ranking:
Higher position in their group Higher number of points in preliminary pool play Better goal differential Higher number of goals scored Better seeding coming into the tournament (final placement at the 2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships).
Rank Team Group 1 B 1 11 +20 29 3 2 A 1 10 +12 17 4 3 A 2 9 +14 21 1 4 B 2 9 +3 19 6 5 B 3 7 +4 17 2 6 A 3 5 +1 14 5 7 B 4 3 –9 11 7 8 A 4 3 –16 6 9
Bracket
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Statistics Scoring leaders PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts+/−PIM 1 Jiří Kulich 7 6 6 12 +3 0 2 Cutter Gauthier 7 2 10 12 +9 4 3 Matyáš Melovský 7 1 10 11 +3 4 4 Jonathan Lekkerimäki 7 7 3 10 +2 0 5 Gavin Brindley 7 6 4 10 +7 0 6 Ondřej Becher 7 3 7 10 +6 4 6 Noah Östlund 7 3 7 10 +3 16 6 Gabe Perreault 7 3 7 10 +4 2 9 Isaac Howard 7 7 2 9 +10 0 10 Servác Petrovský 5 5 4 9 0 0 GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource: IIHF.com
Goaltending leaders (minimum 40% team's total ice time)
PosPlayerCountryTOIGAGAASASv%SO 1 Trey Augustine 240:00 7 1.75 110 93.64 0 2 Hugo Hävelid 305:05 9 1.77 109 91.74 2 3 Adam Gajan 239:52 10 2.50 119 91.60 1 4 Mathis Rousseau 299:39 10 2.00 114 91.23 1 5 Alessio Beglieri 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 = ShutoutsSource: IIHF.com
Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goaltender: Hugo Hävelid Best Defenceman: Axel Sandin Pellikka Best Forward: Cutter Gauthier Source:
Media All-Stars: MVP: Jonathan Lekkerimäki Goaltender: Hugo Hävelid Defencemen: Lane Hutson / Theo Lindstein Forwards: Cutter Gauthier / Jiří Kulich / Jonathan Lekkerimäki Source:
Final standings
Division I
Group A 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.Division I A official website
Group B 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.
Division II
Group A 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.Division II A official website
Group B The Division II Group B tournament was held in Belgrade, Serbia, from 14 to 20 January 2024.Division II B official website
Division III
Group A The Division III Group A tournament was held in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 22 to 28 January 2024.Division III A official website
Group B The Division III Group B tournament was held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, from 25 to 30 January 2024.Division III B official website
References
External links Official website of the tournament