2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships 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
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
- Oto Durmis
- Jeremy Faucher
- Shane Gustafson
- Tim Heffner
- Daniel Konc
- Anders Nyqvist
- Lukáš Rampir
- Simon Riecken
- Davids Rozitis
- Dominik Schlegel
- Jussi Thomann
Preliminary round
Seeding
;Group A;Group B
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Group A
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Group B
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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.
| 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 |
Statistics
Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource:
Goaltending leaders
| Pos | Player | Country | TOI | GA | GAA | SA | Sv% | 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 ; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
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Awards
- Best players selected by the directorate:
- *Best Goaltender: Hugo Hävelid
- *Best Defenceman: Axel Sandin Pellikka
- *Best Forward: Cutter Gauthier
- Media All-Stars:
- *MVP: Jonathan Lekkerimäki
- *Goaltender: Hugo Hävelid
- *Defencemen: Lane Hutson / Theo Lindstein
- *Forwards: Cutter Gauthier / Jiří Kulich / Jonathan Lekkerimäki