2024 IIHF World Junior Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Sweden
City	Gothenburg
Venue(s)	Scandinavium and Frölundaborg
Dates	26 December 2023 – 5 January 2024
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	United States (6th title)
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	Czechia
Fourth place	Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played	29
Goals scored	219 (7.55 per game)
Attendance	170,673 (5,885 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Jiří Kulich (12 points)
MVP	Jonathan Lekkerimäki
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The 2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2024 WJHC) was the 48th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship's top division. It was held from 26 December 2023 to 5 January 2024. This was the seventh time that Sweden has hosted the WJHC, and the first time in Gothenburg. Canada entered the tournament as two-time defending champions. 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. ^[1] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, previous World Junior Championships were relocated and it was announced that Edmonton and Red Deer would host the 2022 tournament, and that Gothenburg would be shifted from 2022 to 2024. ^[2]

Venues

Gothenburg		Gothenburg
Scandinavium Capacity: 12,044	Frölundaborg Capacity: 6,044 (2,430 seated)

Rosters

Officials

The following officials were assigned by the International Ice Hockey Federation to officiate the 2024 World Junior Championships. ^[3]

Top division

Seeding

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden (H)	4	3	0	1	0	17	5	+12	10	Advance to quarterfinals
2	Canada	4	3	0	0	1	21	7	+14	9
3	Finland	4	1	1	0	2	14	13	+1	5
4	Latvia	4	1	0	0	3	6	22	−16	3 [a]
5	Germany	4	1	0	0	3	9	20	−11	3 [a]	Advance to relegation

26 December 2023 14:30

Finland

2–5 (0–1, 1–1, 1–3)

Canada

Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 9,837

Game reference
	Niklas Kokko	Goalies	Mathis Rousseau	Referees: Tobias Björk Daniel Eriksson Linesmen: Anders Nyqvist Lukáš Rampir
	0–1 16:24 – Danielson ( Lamoureux, Mateychuk) 0–2 33:41 – Allard (Danielson) Kaskimäki ( Kärki, Nyman) (PP) – 35:56 1–2 1–3 46:38 – Celebrini 1–4 57:34 – Poitras ( Geekie) (ENG) Lassila (Kärki, Pulkkinen) – 58:56 2–4 2–5 59:54 – Lamoureux (PP, ENG)
	4 min	Penalties	12 min
	26	Shots	31

26 December 2023 19:30

Sweden

6–0 (2–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Latvia

Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 11,512

Game reference
	Hugo Hävelid	Goalies	Deivs Rolovs	Referees: Lukas Kohlmüller Troy Murray Linesmen: Oto Durmis Shane Gustafson
	Wahlberg ( Sandin Pellikka, Östlund) (PP) – 10:02 1–0 Bystedt ( Hävelid, Unger Sörum) (PP) – 17:21 2–0 Lekkerimäki ( Öhgren, Östlund) (PP) – 32:45 3–0 Bystedt ( O. Pettersson, Forsfjäll) (EA) – 34:30 4–0 Unger Sörum ( Lindstein, Stenberg) – 48:39 5–0 Lekkerimäki (Lindstein) – 54:17 6–0
	29 min	Penalties	10 min
	35	Shots	20

27 December 2023 14:30

Finland

3–4 (1–1, 2–3, 0–0)

Germany

Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 5,077

Game reference
	Niklas Kokko	Goalies	Philipp Dietl	Referees: Micha Hebeisen Jack Young Linesmen: Oto Durmis Davids Rozitis
	0–1 05:58 – Oswald ( Hördler) Männistö ( Bau) – 08:11 1–1 Halttunen – 21:27 2–1 2–2 22:12 – Hübner ( Bicker) Bau ( Hemming) – 23:05 3–2 3–3 33:07 – Kechter ( Elias) 3–4 34:38 – Oswald ( Hauf, Hördler)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	43	Shots	28

27 December 2023 19:30

Latvia

0–10 (0–2, 0–3, 0–5)

Canada

Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 6,321

Game reference
	Linards Feldbergs Aksels Ozols	Goalies	Mathis Rousseau	Referees: Riku Brander Jiří Ondráček Linesmen: Daniel Konc Dominik Schlegel
	0–1 05:19 – Geekie ( Mateychuk, Celebrini) (PP) 0–2 07:11 – Yager (Celebrini, Lamoureux) 0–3 21:17 – Allard ( Wood, Bonk) (PP) 0–4 24:46 – Rehkopf (Celebrini) 0–5 30:56 – Celebrini (Wood, Mateychuk) 0–6 42:14 – Minten ( Nelson) 0–7 43:51 – Wood 0–8 45:43 – Geekie (Minten, Savoie) 0–9 46:18 – Rehkopf (Celebrini, Dumais) 0–10 50:57 – Poitras (Yager, Nelson)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	22	Shots	41

28 December 2023 19:30

Germany

0–5 (0–1, 0–1, 0–3)

Sweden

Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 11,512

Game reference
	Matthias Bittner	Goalies	Melker Thelin	Referees: Riku Brander Marek Zak Linesmen: Jeremy Faucher Simon Riecken
	0–1 15:48 – Stenberg ( Edstrom) 0–2 38:36 – M. Hävelid ( Bystedt, Lindstein) 0–3 46:16 – Stenberg ( Unger Sörum, M. Hävelid) (PP) 0–4 49:02 – Stenberg (Edstrom, Unger Sörum) 0–5 54:33 – Östlund ( Lekkerimäki)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	15	Shots	41

29 December 2023 14:30

Latvia

0–4 (0–2, 0–1, 0–1)

Finland

Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 6,433

Game reference
	Deivs Rolovs	Goalies	Noa Vali	Referees: Killian Hinterdobler Lukas Kohlmüller Linesmen: Jeremy Faucher Lukáš Rampir
	0–1 14:15 – Lassila ( Halttunen, Kulonummi) (PP) 0–2 15:13 – Pulkkinen ( Hämeenaho, Lassila) 0–3 28:59 – Haltunen (Lassila, Nyman) (PP) 0–4 40:47 – Keskinen (Lassila, Henning) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	23	Shots	43

29 December 2023 19:30

Canada

0–2 (0–0, 0–2, 0–0)

Sweden

Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 11,512

Game reference
	Mathis Rousseau	Goalies	Hugo Hävelid	Referees: Tobias Björk Mark Pearce Linesmen: Tim Heffner Jussi Thomann
	0–1 21:53 – Willander ( Lindstein, Stenberg) 0–2 30:39 – Östlund ( Lekkerimäki, Lindstein)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	21	Shots	24

30 December 2023 19:30

Germany

2–6 (0–3, 1–2, 1–1)

Latvia

Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 2,652

Game reference
	Philipp Dietl Matthias Bittner	Goalies	Deivs Rolovs	Referees: Riku Brander Jack Young Linesmen: Anders Nyqvist Simon Riecken
	0–1 02:45 – Mateiko ( Uljanskis, Mots) 0–2 09:06 – Bukarts ( Bulāns, Rullers) (PP) 0–3 13:23 – Bulāns Schindler ( Nieleck) – 26:30 1–3 1–4 30:46 – Dārziņš ( Ločmelis, Vilmanis) 1–5 37:44 – Vilmanis (Ločmelis, Bukarts) (PP) 1–6 46:34 – Vilmanis (Ločmelis) Panocha ( Sumpf, Bicker) – 53:04 2–6
	35 min	Penalties	8 min
	23	Shots	28

31 December 2023 14:30

Sweden

4–5 GWS (0–2, 4–1, 0–1) ( OT: 0–0) ( SO: 1–2)

Finland

Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 11,512

Game reference
	Melker Thelin	Goalies	Noa Vali	Referees: Micha Hebeisen Troy Murray Linesmen: Daniel Konc Dominik Schlegel
	0–1 12:25 – Männistö ( Halttunen, Keskinen) 0–2 18:21 – Hämeenaho ( Naukkarinen) Born ( Östlund, Willander) – 23:24 1–2 Lekkerimäki (Östlund, Sandin Pellikka) (PP) – 26:38 2–2 2–3 27:15 – Halttunen (Keskinen, Kulonummi) (PP) Lindstein ( Unger Sörum, Stenberg) – 28:59 3–3 Bystedt (Unger Sörum, M. Hävelid) (PP) – 34:53 4–3 4–4 58:28 – Nyman (Hämeenaho, Halttunen) (EA)
	Lekkerimäki Edstrom Sandin Pellikka Östlund Öhgren	Shootout	Halttunen Hämeenaho Lassila Helenius Nyman
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	33	Shots	30

31 December 2023 19:30

Canada

6–3 (2–1, 0–1, 4–1)

Germany

Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 7,327

Game reference
	Mathis Rousseau	Goalies	Matthias Bittner	Referees: Joonas Kova Marek Zak Linesmen: Shane Gustafson Jussi Thomann
	0–1 02:57 – Lutz ( Sinn) (PP) Celebrini ( Nelson, Bonk) – 06:20 1–1 Yager ( Danielson, Minten) (PP) – 14:37 2–1 2–2 21:49 – Kechter ( Weber, Lutz) (PP) Beck ( Rehkopf) – 41:40 3–2 3–3 47:32 – Sumpf ( Rollinger, Weber) (PP) Dumais ( Poitras, Rehkopf) (PP) – 48:32 4–3 Celebrini (Yager, Bonk) – 56:02 5–3 Cowan ( Allard, Mateychuk) (ENG) – 57:16 6–3
	33 min	Penalties	10 min
	35	Shots	20

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	4	3	1	0	0	29	9	+20	11	Advance to quarterfinals
2	Slovakia	4	3	0	0	1	19	16	+3	9
3	Czechia	4	2	0	1	1	17	13	+4	7
4	Switzerland	4	1	0	0	3	11	20	−9	3
5	Norway	4	0	0	0	4	8	26	−18	0	Advance to relegation

26 December 2023 12:00

Slovakia

6–2 (0–1, 2–0, 4–1)

Czechia

Frölundaborg, Gothenburg Attendance: 984

Game reference
	Adam Gajan	Goalies	Michael Hrabal	Referees: Joonas Kova Mark Pearce Linesmen: Dominik Schlegel Jussi Thomann
	0–1 01:01 – Rymon ( Becher, Melovský) Petrovský ( Mešár, Kmec) (PP) – 22:00 1–1 Repčík (Kmec) – 38:34 2–1 Honzek ( Mišiak, Petrovský) – 41:22 3–1 Žabka ( Štrbák) (SH) – 44:15 4–1 Petrovský (Mešár) – 45:22 5–1 5–2 51:25 – Šapovaliv ( Šalé, Kulich) Štrbák ( Pekarčík, Honzek) – 51:55 6–2
	10 min	Penalties	16 min
	34	Shots	29

26 December 2023 17:00

United States

4–1 (0–0, 3–0, 1–1)

Norway

Frölundaborg, Gothenburg Attendance: 1,377

Game reference
	Trey Augustine	Goalies	Markus Stensrud	Referees: Micha Hebeisen Jiří Ondráček Linesmen: Jeremy Faucher Daniel Konc
	Snuggerud ( Casey, Fortescue) – 29:59 1–0 Brindley ( Perreault, Leonard) (PP) – 34:00 2–0 Brindley ( Nazar) – 36:33 3–0 3–1 44:18 – Vesterheim (SH) Howard ( Gauthier, Hutson) (PP) – 44:43 4–1
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	44	Shots	23

27 December 2023 12:00

Slovakia

3–0 (1–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Switzerland

Frölundaborg, Gothenburg Attendance: 986

Game reference
	Adam Gajan	Goalies	Alessio Beglieri	Referees: Daniel Eriksson Killian Hinterdobler Linesmen: Tim Heffner Simon Riecken
	Honzek ( Repčik) – 08:33 1–0 Repčik ( Mešár, Štrbák) (ENG) – 58:19 2–0 Petrovský (SH, ENG) – 59:12 3–0
	10 min	Penalties	2 min
	20	Shots	36

27 December 2023 17:00

Norway

1–8 (0–2, 1–3, 0–3)

Czechia

Frölundaborg, Gothenburg Attendance: 1,258

Game reference
	Markus Stensrud	Goalies	Michael Hrabal	Referees: Lukas Kohlmüller Mark Zak Linesmen: Shane Gustafson Anders Nyqvist
	0–1 10:30 – Kulich ( Prčík, Šapovaliv) 0–2 17:46 – Kulich ( Melovský, Hamara) (PP) Haugen ( Løkkeberg) – 21:15 1–2 1–3 32:15 – Čech ( Becher) 1–4 32:52 – Šalé 1–5 38:46 – Šalé (Melovský, Sapoušek) 1–6 48:49 – Šapovaliv (Melovský, Kulich) (PP) 1–7 53:16 – Šalé ( Bareš, Rymon) (PP) 1–8 55:15 – Kulich (Hamara, Štancl)
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	21	Shots	40

28 December 2023 17:00

Switzerland

3–11 (1–5, 0–4, 2–2)

United States

Frölundaborg, Gothenburg Attendance: 1,458

Game reference
	Lorin Grüter Ewan Huet	Goalies	Jacob Fowler	Referees: Joonas Kova Mark Pearce Linesmen: Lukáš Rampir Jussi Thomann
	0–1 01:20 – Smith ( Buium, Perreault) 0–2 03:21 – Snuggerud ( Gauthier, McGroarty) 0–3 08:11 – Snuggerud (Gauthier) Weber ( Füllemann, Reinhard) – 09:17 1–3 1–4 12:36 – Snuggerud (Gauthier, McGroarty) 1–5 18:29 – Buium (Gauthier, Snuggerud) 1–6 25:06 – Brindley ( Nazar) 1–7 29:33 – Leonard (Brindley, Casey) (PP) 1–8 30:04 – Brindley (Nazar, Howard) 1–9 34:55 – Howard ( Hayes) Christe (Füllemann, Weber) – 41:18 2–9 2–10 47:09 – Finley (Nazar) Schild ( Muggli, Taibel) – 49:30 3–10 3–11 54:28 – Pohlkamp (Nazar, Finley) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	24	Shots	40

29 December 2023 12:00

Norway

4–8 (1–2, 0–5, 3–1)

Slovakia

Frölundaborg, Gothenburg Attendance: 1,985

Game reference
	Sebastian Aarsund Martin Lundberg	Goalies	Adam Gajan	Referees: Jiří Ondráček Jack Young Linesmen: Shane Gustafson Dominik Schliegel
	Brandsegg-Nygård – 03:08 1–0 1–1 13:35 – Honzek ( Petrovský, Mišiak) (PP) 1–2 14:02 – Pekarčík ( Dvorský, Čiernik) 1–3 23:43 – Dvorský ( Repčík, Mešár) (PP) 1–4 26:03 – Petrovský ( Štrbák, Mešár) 1–5 27:10 – Petrovský ( Sýkora, Štrbák) 1–6 32:30 – Repčík (Dvorský, Štrbák) (PP) 1–7 34:08 – Radivojevič (Mišiak, Petrovský) (PP) Solberg ( Johnsen, Wold) – 48:34 2–7 2–8 53:40 – Dvorský (Mešár, Kmec) Vesterheim (Brandsegg-Nygård, Steen) (EA) – 54:22 3–8 Brandsegg-Nygård (Vesterheim, Koch) (PP) – 54:57 4–8
	24 min	Penalties	14 min
	26	Shots	35

29 December 2023 17:00

Czechia

3–4 GWS (1–1, 2–2, 0–0) ( OT: 0–0) ( SO: 1–2)

United States

Frölundaborg, Gothenburg Attendance: 2,544

Game reference
	Michael Hrabal	Goalies	Jacob Fowler	Referees: Joonas Kova Troy Murray Linesmen: Daniel Konc Davids Rozitis
	0–1 01:12 – Howard ( Nazar, Pohlkamp) Štancl ( Rymon) – 15:40 1–1 Bareš ( Prčík) – 26:23 2–1 2–2 28:04 – Smith ( Leonard, Perreault) Sapousek ( Šalé, Melovský) – 31:47 3–2 3–3 34:11 – Chesley ( Hutson)
	Šalé Melovský Kulich Becher Šapovaliv Kulich Šalé	Shootout	Gauthier Snuggerud Leonard Hutson Perreault Perreault Howard
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	23	Shots	34

30 December 2023 17:00

Switzerland

6–2 (1–2, 4–0, 1–0)

Norway

Frölundaborg, Gothenburg Attendance: 1,009

Game reference
	Alessio Beglieri	Goalies	Markus Stensrud	Referees: Killian Hinterdobler Jiří Ondráček Linesmen: Oto Durmis Tim Heffner
	S. Meier ( Gredig, Ustinkov) – 06:05 1–0 1–1 17:16 – Johnsen ( Magnussen) (PP) 1–2 18:10 – Dalen ( Bakkevig) Braillard (Ustinkov, Reinhard) (PP) – 25:49 2–2 Taibel ( Müller, Terraneo) – 30:16 3–2 Dionicio (Taibel, Weber) (PP) – 31:53 4–2 Schild (Taibel, Müller) – 38:52 5–2 Dionicio (Terraneo, Taibel) – 45:12 6–2
	31 min	Penalties	35 min
	34	Shots	21

31 December 2023 12:00

United States

10–2 (2–1, 3–1, 5–0)

Slovakia

Frölundaborg, Gothenburg Attendance: 1,458

Game reference
	Trey Augustine	Goalies	Samuel Urban Rastislav Eliaš	Referees: Daniel Eriksson Mark Pearce Linesmen: Anders Nyqvist Lukáš Rampir
	McGroarty ( Moore, Chesley) – 06:21 1–0 1–1 08:57 – Moško ( Repčík) Buium ( Hayes, Rinzel) – 10:13 2–1 Brindley ( Hutson, Chesley) (SH) – 20:29 3–1 3–2 37:50 – Mešár ( Petrovský, Kmec) (PP) Leonard ( Smith, Buium) – 38:20 4–2 McGroarty ( Fortescue, Gauthier) – 38:54 5–2 McGroarty (Gauthier) – 44:06 6–2 Howard ( Nelson, Brindley) – 45:49 7–2 Brindley ( Pohlkamp) – 49:15 8–2 Gauthier ( Nazar, Hutson) (PP) – 51:00 9–2 Howard (Nazar, Hutson) – 52:42 10–2
	29 min	Penalties	6 min
	44	Shots	40

31 December 2023 17:00

Czechia

4–2 (1–0, 1–2, 2–0)

Switzerland

Frölundaborg, Gothenburg Attendance: 1,592

Game reference
	Michael Hrabal	Goalies	Alessio Beglieri	Referees: Tobias Björk Lukas Kohlmüller Linesmen: Jeremy Faucher Davids Rozitis
	Šapovaliv ( Melovský, Hamara) (PP) – 12:04 1–0 Sapoušek ( Becher, Kulich) (EA) – 30:05 2–0 2–1 34:26 – S. Meier ( Dionicio, Terraneo) 2–2 39:03 – Rod ( Weber, Dionicio) Kulich ( Galvas, Melovský) – 52:47 3–2 Hamara (Becher) – 55:18 4–2
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	35	Shots	19

Relegation

4 January 2024 11:00

Germany

5–4 OT (1–1, 1–1, 2–2) ( OT: 1–0)

Norway

Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 2,237

Game reference
	Matthias Bittner	Goalies	Markus Stensrud	Referees: Troy Murray Marek Zak Linesmen: Anders Nyqvist Lukáš Rampir
	Bicker ( Sumpf, Weber) – 09:40 1–0 1–1 16:10 – Steen ( Brandsegg-Nygård, Vesteheim) Oswald ( Hördler, Sinn) –– 28:59 2–1 2–2 34:43 – Bakke Olsen ( Johnsen, Wold) Sinn ( Rollinger, Bicker) – 49:58 3–2 Hübner (Oswald) – 50:46 4–2 4–3 54:19 – Brandsegg-Nygård (Steen, Vesterheim) (PP) 4–4 56:06 – Bakke Olsen (Johnsen, Koch) Elias (Sinn, Oswald) – 60:58 5–4
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	27	Shots	28

Playoff round

Winning teams will be reseeded for the semi-finals in accordance with the following ranking: ^[4]

1. Higher position in their group
2. Higher number of points in preliminary pool play
3. Better goal differential
4. Higher number of goals scored
5. Better seeding coming into the tournament (final placement at the 2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships).

Rank	Team	Group	Pos	Pts	GD	GF	Seed
1	United States	B	1	11	+20	29	3
2	Sweden	A	1	10	+12	17	4
3	Canada	A	2	9	+14	21	1
4	Slovakia	B	2	9	+3	19	6
5	Czechia	B	3	7	+4	17	2
6	Finland	A	3	5	+1	14	5
7	Switzerland	B	4	3	–9	11	7
8	Latvia	A	4	3	–16	6	9

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	2 January – Scandinavium
	1A   Sweden ( OT)	3
					4 January – Scandinavium
	4B    Switzerland	2
					1   United States	3
	2 January – Frölundaborg
					6   Finland	2
	2B   Slovakia	3
									5 January – Scandinavium
	3A   Finland ( OT)	4
									1   United States	6
	2 January – Frölundaborg
									2   Sweden	2
	1B   United States	7
					4 January – Scandinavium
	4A   Latvia	2
					2   Sweden	5
	2 January – Scandinavium
					5   Czechia	2			Third place
	2A   Canada	2
									5 January – Scandinavium
	3B   Czechia	3
									5   Czechia	8
									6   Finland	5

Quarterfinals

2 January 2024 12:00

Slovakia

3–4 OT (1–0, 0–1, 2–2) ( OT: 0–1)

Finland

Frölundaborg, Gothenburg Attendance: 2,480

Game reference
	Adam Gajan	Goalies	Niklas Kokko	Referees: Daniel Eriksson Mark Pearce Linesmen: Jeremy Faucher Tim Heffner
	Sýkora ( Mešár) – 19:59 1–0 1–1 22:36 – Männistö 1–2 40:36 – Hämeenaho ( Lassila, Naukkarinen) Dvorský ( Pekarčík, Radivojevič) – 47:09 2–2 2–3 58:26 – Kaskimäki ( Helenius) Mešár ( Štrbák, Dvorský) (EA) – 59:16 3–3 3–4 60:24 – Lassila ( Salin, Nyman)
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	30	Shots	28

2 January 2024 14:30

Canada

2–3 (0–2, 2–0, 0–1)

Czechia

Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 10,117

Game reference
	Mathis Rousseau	Goalies	Michael Hrabal	Referees: Tobias Björk Micha Hebeisen Linesmen: Oto Durmis Anders Nyqvist
	0–1 07:51 – Štancl ( Rymon) 0–2 18:01 – Cibulka ( Kulich) Wood ( Cowan, Yager) – 23:43 1–2 Furlong ( Poitras) – 36:40 2–2 2–3 59:49 – Štancl ( Becher, Rymon)
	0 min	Penalties	2 min
	30	Shots	22

2 January 2024 17:00

United States

7–2 (3–1, 3–0, 1–1)

Latvia

Frölundaborg, Gothenburg Attendance: 2,749

Game reference
	Jacob Fowler	Goalies	Deivs Rolovs	Referees: Killian Hinterdobler Troy Murray Linesmen: Daniel Konc Dominik Schlegel
	Fortescue ( Moore, Gauthier) - 1:31 1–0 Perreault ( Casey) - 11:42 2–0 2–1 Ločmelis - 13:50 Nelson (Casey, Snuggerud) - 14:03 3–1 McGroarty ( Howard, Hutson) - (PP) - 25:22 4–1 Smith (Perreault, Leonard) - 36:00 5–1 Perreault (Smith, Casey) - 39:39 6–1 Moore (Gauthier) - 46:34 7–1 7–2 Ločmelis ( Fenenko, Vilmanis) - 52:48
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	41	Shots	25

2 January 2024 19:30

Sweden

3–2 OT (2–0, 0–1, 0–1) ( OT: 1–0)

Switzerland

Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 11,512

Game reference
	Hugo Hävelid	Goalies	Alessio Beglieri	Referees: Riku Brander Lukas Kohlmüller Linesmen: Shane Gustafson Lukáš Rampir
	Stenberg ( M. Hävelid, E. Pettersson) – 01:34 1–0 Lekkerimäki ( Öhgren, Wahlberg) (PP) – 18:00 2–0 2–1 37:26 – Hornecker ( Reber) 2–2 49:10 – Meile ( Weber, Christe) Sandin Pellikka (Lekkerimäki, Östlund) (PP) – 65:22 3–2
	2 min	Penalties	10 min
	33	Shots	18

Semifinals

4 January 2024 15:00

Sweden

5–2 (1–1, 1–1, 3–0)

Czechia

Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 11,512

Game reference
	Hugo Hävelid	Goalies	Michael Hrabal	Referees: Micha Hebeisen Mark Pearce Linesmen: Oto Durmis Shane Gustafson
	0–1 06:55 – Melovský ( Redlich, Šalé) Lindstein ( Edstrom) – 11:52 1–1 Sandin Pellikka ( Salomonsson) – 22:35 2–1 2–2 27:36 – Cibulka ( Bareš, Rymon) (PP) Lekkerimäki (Sandin Pellikka, Wahlberg) (PP) – 45:14 3–2 Östlund (Lindstein, Willander) – 52:00 4–2 Lekkerimäki (Östlund, Stenberg) – 53:02 5–2
	2 min	Penalties	2 min
	31	Shots	25

4 January 2024 19:30

United States

3–2 (0–2, 2–0, 1–0)

Finland

Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 10,561

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	Trey Augustine	Goalies	Niklas Kokko	Referees: Tobias Björk Daniel Eriksson Linesmen: Jeremy Faucher Tim Heffner
	0–1 01:51 – Keskinen ( Männistö) 0–2 12:45 – Kumpulainen ( Kärki, Bau) Snuggerud ( Casey, Smith) (PP) – 32:10 1–2 Smith ( Perreault, Chesley) – 36:16 2–2 Gauthier ( Hutson, Brindley) (PP) – 56:47 3–2
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	30	Shots	21

Bronze medal game

5 January 2024 15:00

Czechia

8–5 (1–2, 2–3, 5–0)

Finland

Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 9,647

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	Michael Hrabal Jakub Vondraš	Goalies	Niklas Kokko	Referees: Tobias Björk Troy Murray Linesmen: Anders Nyqvist Lukáš Rampir
	0–1 06:13 – Kumpulainen 0–2 07:43 – Nyman ( Kaskimäki, Jess Pulkikinen) Kulich ( Melovský, Hamara) (PP) – 16:16 1–2 Štancl (Melovský, Becher) (PP) – 28:37 2–2 2–3 28:52 – Helenius (Nyman, Kaskimäki) 2–4 29:11 – Hämeenaho ( Kulonummi, Lassila) 2–5 34:32 – Hämeenaho (Kulonummi, Keskinen) (PP) Becher (Štancl, Čech) (SH) – 39:05 3–5 Kulich (Melovský, Hamara) (PP) – 44:41 4–5 Becher (Kulich, Šalé) (EA) – 58:04 5–5 Hamara (Kulich, Becher) – 58:19 6–5 Rymon (ENG) – 58:52 7–5 Becher (ENG) – 58:54 8–5
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	31	Shots	23

Gold medal game

5 January 2024 19:30

United States

6–2 (1–0, 2–2, 3–0)

Sweden

Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 11,512

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	Trey Augustine	Goalies	Hugo Hävelid	Referees: Micha Hebeisen Mark Pearce Linesmen: Oto Durmis Shane Gustafson
	Perreault ( Smith, McGroarty) (EA) – 16:56 1–0 1–1 22:13 – Stenberg ( M. Hävelid, E. Pettersson) Howard ( Fortescue) – 29:24 2–1 Howard ( Brindley) – 34:19 3–1 3–2 39:55 – Lekkerimäki ( Sandin Pellikka, Östlund) (PP) Buium (Smith, Perreault) – 41:19 4–2 Leonard (Perreault) – 56:12 5–2 McGroarty ( Snuggerud) (ENG) – 56:50 6–2
	28 min	Penalties	28 min
	26	Shots	26

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Jiří Kulich	Czechia	7	6	6	12	+3	0
2	Cutter Gauthier	United States	7	2	10	12	+9	4
3	Matyáš Melovský	Czechia	7	1	10	11	+3	4
4	Jonathan Lekkerimäki	Sweden	7	7	3	10	+2	0
5	Gavin Brindley	United States	7	6	4	10	+7	0
6	Ondřej Becher	Czechia	7	3	7	10	+6	4
6	Noah Östlund	Sweden	7	3	7	10	+3	16
6	Gabe Perreault	United States	7	3	7	10	+4	2
9	Isaac Howard	United States	7	7	2	9	+10	0
10	Servác Petrovský	Slovakia	5	5	4	9	0	0

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
1	Trey Augustine	United States	240:00	7	1.75	110	93.64	0
2	Hugo Hävelid	Sweden	305:05	9	1.77	109	91.74	2
3	Adam Gajan	Slovakia	239:52	10	2.50	119	91.60	1
4	Mathis Rousseau	Canada	299:39	10	2.00	114	91.23	1
5	Alessio Beglieri	Switzerland	243:16	10	2.47	107	90.65	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Hugo Hävelid
  • Best Defenceman: Axel Sandin Pellikka
  • Best Forward: Cutter Gauthier

Source: [1]

• Media All-Stars:
  • MVP: Jonathan Lekkerimäki
  • Goaltender: Hugo Hävelid
  • Defencemen: Lane Hutson / Theo Lindstein
  • Forwards: Cutter Gauthier / Jiří Kulich / Jonathan Lekkerimäki

Source: [2]

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final Result
1	United States	7	6	1	0	0	45	15	+30	20	Champions
2	Sweden	7	4	1	1	1	27	15	+12	15	Runners-up
3	Czechia	7	4	0	1	2	30	25	+5	13	Third Place
4	Finland	7	1	2	0	4	25	27	−2	7	Fourth Place
5	Canada	5	3	0	0	2	23	10	+13	9	Eliminated in quarter-finals
6	Slovakia	5	3	0	1	1	22	20	+2	10
7	Switzerland	5	1	0	1	3	13	23	−10	4
8	Latvia	5	1	0	0	4	8	29	−21	3
9	Germany	5	1	1	0	3	14	24	−10	5	Avoided relegation
10	Norway	5	0	0	1	4	12	31	−19	1	Relegated to the 2025 Division I A

Division I

Group A

The Division I Group A tournament was held in Budapest, Hungary, from 10 to 16 December 2023. Kazakhstan won promotion to the top division for the 2025 World Junior Championships, their first appearance since the 2020 edition of the tournament. Japan was relegated to Division I B for 2025. ^[5]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Kazakhstan	5	4	0	1	0	21	12	+9	13	Promoted to the 2025 Top Division
2	France	5	3	0	0	2	18	19	−1	9 [a]
3	Denmark	5	3	0	0	2	18	14	+4	9 [a]
4	Austria	5	2	1	0	2	22	21	+1	8
5	Hungary (H)	5	1	0	1	3	13	16	−3	4
6	Japan	5	0	1	0	4	12	22	−10	2	Relegated to the 2025 Division I B

Group B

The Division I Group B tournament was held in Bled, Slovenia, from 11 to 17 December 2023. Host nation Slovenia won promotion to Division I A, while Croatia was relegated to Division II A.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Slovenia (H)	5	5	0	0	0	25	6	+19	15	Promoted to the 2025 Division I A
2	Ukraine	5	3	1	0	1	23	13	+10	11
3	Italy	5	2	0	1	2	24	17	+7	7
4	Estonia	5	2	0	0	3	15	18	−3	6
5	Poland	5	1	0	1	3	9	19	−10	4
6	Croatia	5	0	1	0	4	12	35	−23	2	Relegated to the 2025 Division II A

Division II

Group A

The Division II Group A tournament was held in Dumfries, Great Britain, from 11 to 17 December 2023. South Korea was promoted to Division I B, while Spain was relegated to Division II B. ^[6]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	South Korea	5	5	0	0	0	29	10	+19	15	Promoted to the 2025 Division I B
2	Lithuania	5	3	1	0	1	27	13	+14	11
3	Great Britain (H)	5	3	0	1	1	21	12	+9	10
4	China	5	1	0	0	4	13	20	−7	3 [a]
5	Netherlands	5	1	0	0	4	10	25	−15	3 [a]
6	Spain	5	1	0	0	4	8	28	−20	3 [a]	Relegated to the 2025 Division II B

Group B

The Division II Group B tournament was held in Belgrade, Serbia, from 14 to 20 January 2024. ^[7]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Romania	5	4	1	0	0	25	5	+20	14	Promoted to the 2025 Division II A
2	Serbia (H)	5	4	0	1	0	21	5	+16	13
3	Iceland	5	3	0	0	2	21	14	+7	9
4	Australia	5	2	0	0	3	9	16	−7	6
5	Belgium	5	1	0	0	4	7	17	−10	3
6	Chinese Taipei	5	0	0	0	5	8	34	−26	0	Relegated to the 2025 Division III A

Division III

Group A

The Division III Group A tournament was held in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 22 to 28 January 2024. ^[8]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Israel	5	5	0	0	0	41	14	+27	15	Promoted to the 2025 Division II B
2	New Zealand	5	3	1	0	1	31	17	+14	11
3	Bulgaria (H)	5	3	0	1	1	22	19	+3	10
4	Turkey	5	2	0	0	3	15	19	−4	6
5	Mexico	5	1	0	0	4	17	20	−3	3
6	Kyrgyzstan	5	0	0	0	5	9	46	−37	0	Relegated to the 2025 Division III B

Group B

The Division III Group B tournament was held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, from 25 to 30 January 2024. ^[9]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina (H)	4	3	1	0	0	30	17	+13	11	Promoted to the 2025 Division III A
2	Luxembourg	4	2	0	1	1	33	13	+20	7
3	South Africa	4	0	0	0	4	10	43	−33	0

References