See Also: The World Junior Hockey Championship Explained
An outline of the format, a brief tournament history, all-time medal standings, and more.
Playoff Round
Medal Games
Tuesday, January 5
Gold Medal Game: United States 6 - Canada 5 (OT)
Bronze Medal Game: Sweden 11 - Switzerland 4
Sunday, January 3
Semifinal: Canada 6 - Switzerland 1
Semifinal: United States 5 - Sweden 2
Saturday, January 2
Quarterfinal: Switzerland 3 - Russia 2 (OT)
Quarterfinal: United States 6 - Finland 2
Preliminary Round:
Saturday, December 26
Czech Republic-Sweden 2:00pm (TSN2)
Latvia-Canada 4:00pm (TSN/NHL Net)
Russia-Austria 6:00pm (NHL Net)
Slovakia-United States 8:00pm (TSN/NHL Net)
Sunday, December 27
Austria-Sweden 2:00pm
United States-Switzerland 4:00pm (NHL Net)
Czech Republic-Finland 6:00pm (TSN2/NHL Net)
Slovakia-Latvia 8:00pm
Monday, December 28
Canada-Switzerland 4:00pm (TSN/NHL Net)
Finland-Russia 6:00pm
Tuesday, December 29
Austria-Czech Republic 2:00pm
Latvia-United States 4:00pm (NHL Net)
Sweden-Russia 6:00pm (TSN2/NHL Net)
Canada-Slovakia 8:00pm (TSN/NHL Net)
Wednesday, December 30
Finland-Austria 2:00pm
Switzerland-Latvia 4:00pm
Thursday, December 31
Sweden-Finland 2:00pm (TSN)
Switzerland-Slovakia 4:00pm
Russia-Czech Republic 6:00pm (TSN2)
United States-Canada 8:00pm (TSN/NHL Net)
Preliminary Round Groups
Group A
Canada
Latvia
Slovakia
Switzerland
United States
Group B
Austria
Czech Republic
Finland
Russia
Sweden
