Junior World Hockey Championship. Calendar and match results

Traditionally, one of the most interesting hockey tournaments of the year begins – the U-20 World Junior Championship in the elite league. The tournament will take place in the USA from December 26 to January 5.

The American team will defend the title it won in Canada a year ago. However, Maple will try to heal herself after the failure.

The teams are divided into two groups of 5 teams, the top 4 will advance to the play-offs and the last two will compete for survival among the elite.

Group A: USA, Sweden, Slovakia, Switzerland, Germany

Group B: Finland, Czech Republic, Canada, Latvia, Denmark

Calendar

Group A

26 December

Sweden – Slovakia. Starts at 20:00

27 December

Germany – USA. Starts at 01:00

Slovakia – Germany. Starts at 21:00

28 December

USA – Switzerland. Starts at 01:00

Sweden – Switzerland. Starts at 21:00

29 December

Germany – Sweden. Starts at 20:00

30 December

Slovakia – USA. Starts at 01:00

Switzerland – Germany. Starts at 21:00

31 December

Switzerland – Slovakia. Starts at 20:00

January 1

USA – Sweden. Starts at 01:00

Group B

26 December

Denmark – Finland. Starts at 22:30

27 December

Czech Republic – Canada. Starts at 03:30

Latvia – Canada. Starts at 23:30

28 December

Denmark – Czech Republic. Starts at 03:30

Finland – Latvia. Starts at 23:30

29 December

Finland – Czech Republic. Starts at 22:30

30 December

Canada – Denmark. Starts at 03:30

Latvia – Denmark. Starts at 23:30

31 December

Czech Republic – Latvia. Starts at 22:30

January 1

Canada – Finland. Starts at 03:30