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WJC
- League status: Active
- Youth league: yes, U20
- English name: IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship
- Administered by: IIHF
- WWW: http://www.iihf.com/channels1112/wm20/home.html
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League leadersseason 2011-2012
| # | Player name | Pos | Team | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Yevgeny Kuznetsov | F | Russia | 7 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 6 |
| 2. | Max Friberg | F | Sweden | 6 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 4 |
| 3. | Mikael Granlund | F | Finland | 7 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 4 |
| 4. | Mark Stone | RW | Canada | 6 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 10 |
| 5. | Teemu Pulkkinen | F | Finland | 7 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 4 |
| 6. | Nikita Gusev | F | Russia | 7 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 5 |
| 7. | Ryan Strome | C | Canada | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 9 |
| 8. | Austin Watson | RW | USA | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 6 |
| 9. | Jonathan Huberdeau | F | Canada | 6 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 8 |
| 10. | Nail Yakupov | LW | Russia | 7 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 4 |
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League standings
stage:
GROUP: A - Calgary
| # | Club | G | W | W-OT | L-OT | L | Score | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26:11 | 10 | |
| 2 | Russia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23:5 | 10 | |
| 3 | Slovakia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:17 | 6 | |
| 4 | Switzerland | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12:16 | 4 | |
| 5 | Latvia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8:31 | 0 | |
GROUP: B - Edmonton
| # | Club | G | W | L | Score | P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada | 4 | 4 | 0 | 26:5 | 12 | |||
| 2 | Finland | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19:10 | 9 | |||
| 3 | Czech Republic | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12:11 | 6 | |||
| 4 | USA | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16:15 | 3 | |||
| 5 | Denmark | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6:38 | 0 | |||
GROUP: Relegation Round
| # | Club | G | W | W-OT | L-OT | L | Score | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USA | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25:6 | 9 | |
| 2 | Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:8 | 5 | |
| 3 | Latvia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7:18 | 2 | |
| 4 | Denmark | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7:17 | 2 | |
Quarter finals: 5th place game: Semi finals: Bronze medal game: Final: | |||||||||
Last updated: 05 Jan 2012, 12:34
After a single round-robin series with five teams in two groups, the top three teams from each group advance to the Playoff Round while the fourth and fifth placed team in each group moves to the Relegation Round.
The top-seeded team from each group will receive Quarterfinal Round bye thus moving automatically to the Semi-Finals. The second and third placed teams from the Preliminary will play a cross-over Quarterfinal game. The winner of each Quarterfinal moves onto the Semi-Finals, while the loser will play a placement game.
The winner of each Semi-Final game will move onto the Gold Medal Game, while the losers will play in the Bronze Medal Game.
The four teams in the Relegation Round play a single round robin series. The three teams which finish first, second and third at the end of this round stays in the elite group, while the fourth-place team is relegated to the Division I Group A. Teams carry over the points they earned from the Preliminary Round from the game against the other team from the group participating in the Relegation Round.
- 2011-2012: Sweden
- 2010-2011: Russia
- 2009-2010: USA
- 2008-2009: Canada
- 2007-2008: Canada
- 2006-2007: Canada
- 2005-2006: Canada
- 2004-2005: Canada
- 2003-2004: USA
- 2002-2003: Russia
- 2001-2002: Russia
- 2000-2001: Czech Republic
- 1999-2000: Czech Republic
- 1998-1999: Russia
- 1997-1998: Finland
- 1996-1997: Canada
- 1995-1996: Canada
- 1994-1995: Canada
- 1993-1994: Canada
- 1992-1993: Canada
- 1991-1992: Soviet Union
- 1990-1991: Canada
- 1989-1990: Canada
- 1988-1989: Soviet Union
- 1987-1988: Canada
- 1986-1987: Finland
- 1985-1986: Soviet Union
- 1984-1985: Canada
- 1983-1984: Soviet Union
- 1982-1983: Soviet Union
- 1981-1982: Canada
- 1980-1981: Sweden
- 1979-1980: Soviet Union
- 1978-1979: Soviet Union
- 1977-1978: Soviet Union
- 1976-1977: Soviet Union
- 1975-1976: Soviet Union
- 1974-1975: Soviet Union
- 1973-1974: Soviet Union
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Recent newsShow all news»
Correction by IIHF, Barkov not youngest
The IIHF announced yesterday that Finland's Sasha Barkov was the youngest player to ever score at a WJC. That was incorrect as Kazakhstan's Viktor Alexandrov scored a goal on his 15th birthday in the 2001 tournament.
(03 Jan 2012)WJC: Åberg out for Sweden
Sweden's Pontus Åberg was injured in the preparation game against Canada and will miss the WJC tournament. A big setback for Sweden as Åberg has been one of the best juniors in Elitserien this season. He will be replaced by Jeremy Boyce-Rotevall from Timrå IK.
(24 Dec 2011)WJC preparation
In the last preparation games before the World Juniors Sweden beat Canada 5-3 and USA beat Slovakia 5-0.
(24 Dec 2011)108 million for WJC Ufa 2013
The government of Bashkortostan is planning to allocate 108 million rubles for the preparation and the conduct of IIHF U20 World Championship in 2013. "We also need to actively attract private sponsors," said President Rustem Khamitov. The 2013 U20 World Championships will be held in Ufa from December 26, 2012 to January 5, 2013.
(23 Dec 2011)Russia beats USA in WJC preparation
Russia won 6-3 against USA at the Enmax Centrium in Red Deer, Alberta in a friendly game to prepare upcoming WJC in Edmonton. Barrie Colts' Ivan Telegin with three assists and CSKA Moscow Nikita Kucherov - two goals - were the stars.
'While we're disappointed with the loss, this is just a step in our evaluation process' said Dean Blais, head coach of the U.S. National Junior Team. 'We will continue to work to prepare for the tournament'
Canada beats Finland in WJC preparation
In the first game before the upcoming World Juniors Canada defeated Finland 3-1 in Calgary. Teemu Pulkinen opened the scoring for Finland but Canada turned the game around with two goals in the second period
(20 Dec 2011)Germany wins promotion
Germany are promoted to the 2013 World Juniors in Ufa after a 5-3 win against Norway in the decisive game.
Norway had a 3-2 lead with five minutes remaining but the Germans scored three late goals.
(17 Dec 2011)Finland names WJC captain
Mikael Granlund will be Finnish captain at the World Juniors in Alberta.
(12 Dec 2011)U20 games in Finland
Finland beat Russia 3-1 and Sweden beat Czech Republic 4-2 on the opening day of the U20 tournament in Finland.
(10 Nov 2011)Celio new Swiss U20 coach
The Swiss Ice Hockey Federation has announced that Manuele Celio is the new coach of the U20 national team. He has coahed the Swiss team at the last three U18 World Championships.
(20 Jul 2011)Game fixturesShow all games from season 2011-2012
| 05 Jan 2012 | Sweden - Russia | 1-0 OT | details» |
| 05 Jan 2012 | Canada - Finland | 4-0 | details» |
Leagues statistic
Past league results:
League standings:
Historic statistic:
Individuals records:
Fast factsseason 2011-2012
- Youngest player: Phil Baltisberger (16 years)
- Oldest player: Freddie Hamilton (20 years)
- Shortest player: Lino Martschini (168 cm)
- Tallest player: Jamie Oleksiak (201 cm)
- Nationalities:
Canada (22), 
Czech Republic (23), 
Denmark (23), 
Finland (23), 
Latvia (23), 
Russia (23), 
Switzerland (23), 
Slovakia (23), 
Sweden (23), 
USA (22) - Highest win: Latvia - Russia 0-14
- Season average attendance: 15370
Headlines
Finland came back and is ready for semifinals
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