Standings and Game Results of the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship

From December 26 to January 5, the Canadian cities of Edmonton and Red Deer will host the main sports tournament of the New Year's holidays, the IIHF World Junior Championship. On this page, you will find the championship standings and results of all its games.

The WJHC follows a familiar formula. At the beginning of the 10 teams are divided into two groups, the first four teams in each group qualify for the quarterfinals, and teams ranked last, play a series of two victories between themselves for the right to remain in the elite division.

For a victory in regulation time in the group is awarded three points, for a victory in overtime or shootout - two, for a loss in overtime or by shootout - one, and the loser in regulation time does not receive any points. In case of a tie in the standings the team that wins the individual matchup will be the higher in the standings.

In the quarterfinals, the teams play the usual formula "cross-over", ie Group A winner will play with the fourth team of Group B, the other pairs will meet respectively 2A vs. 3B, 3A vs. 2B and 4A vs. 1B.

But before the semifinals, the remaining four teams will be re-seeded by the result of the group stage: the best team will play with the fourth, the second - with the third. Group place will be taken into account, and in case of a tie, the points, puck difference, number of goals scored and seeding before the tournament will be taken into account in this order.

Betting company experts consider Canada to be the clear favorite. You can bet on their victory for 2.50. Next comes the Americans, who won the last WJHC and the odds for Russia and Sweden are 7.00, which is much lower than the odds for North American teams. Traditionally, Finland and the Czech Republic will also be a threat.