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2024 IIHF World Junior Championship Tournament | U20 Ice Hockey World Juniors games on TV, live stream

The 48th IIHF World Junior Championship will take place in 2024 at the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (WJHC). The gold medal World Juniors game is scheduled to take place on January 5, 2024, marking the conclusion of the event on December 26, 2023.

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The world’s best under-20 hockey players from 10 countries all around the globe will compete for gold on Canadian ice at the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship! 

Here is what you need to know about the location of the 2024 World Juniors and future sites for the IIIHF tournament. 

Where are the 2024 World Juniors?

  • Location: Halifax N.S./Moncton, N.B.
  • Venue: Scotiabank Centre/Avenir Centre

The World Juniors will once again be split between two host cities, as the u20 ice hockey tournament will be held in Halifax, Nova Scotia and Moncton, New Brunswick.  

World Juniors

Christmas is coming early this year, as the 2024 version of the IIHF World Junior Championship is set to take place in August. The tournament which usually begins the day after the holiday was canceled in December due to COVID-19 but is getting picked up again this summer. 

The 10-team tournament will start fresh, with some new rosters, new teams and a completely new schedule. Results from the winter will not carry over into summer so you can flush everything from December away. 

When do the 2024 World Juniors start?

  • Start date: December 26, 2023
  • End date: January 5, 2024

With the 2024 tournament starting at the normal time of the year, that means the competition kicks off on Boxing Day, December 26. 

The group stage starts will take place over the first six days. The quarterfinals will be played on Jan. 2, the semifinals on Jan. 4 and the tournament will conclude with the bronze and gold medal games on Jan. 5.  

How to watch 2024 World Juniors games on TV, live stream

  • ​TV channel (Canada): TSN
  • Live stream (Canada): TSN.ca, TSN app
  • TV channel (U.S.): NHL Network
  • Live stream (U.S.): fuboTV 

TSN and the NHL Network will once again be home to all of the action for the 2024 World Juniors.

Canadian viewers can watch the competition on TSN or can stream the games through TSN.ca or on the TSN app.

The American audience can view the games live on TV on the NHL Network or can stream them through fuboTV.

u20 ice hockey tournament odds

According to Sports Interaction, the 2024 tournament is a four-horse race. 

Canada, Finland, the United States and Sweden are the clear frontrunners to win this year’s tournament, with the Canadians holding the best odds at +121. All four countries are +464 or higher while the other six teams are +1299 or lower. 

Here are the odds as of now for the 2024 tournament. 

 
Team Odds
Canada +121
Finland +232
USA +348
Sweden +464
Czechia +1299
Slovakia +5010
Germany +9280
Switzerland +9280
Austria +50000
Latvia +50000

2024 World Juniors groups

Group A Group B
Canada USA
Sweden Finland
Czechia Switzerland
Germany Slovakia
Austria Latvia
 

Teams will play four preliminary games in a round-robin format within their group, followed by a three-round playoff.

In the group stage, teams earn three points for a regulation win, two points for an overtime win, one point for an overtime loss and no points for a regulation loss.

The top four teams from each group advance to the quarterfinals, where the matchups are determined by seeding. They will cross over between groups for these games: 1A vs. 4B, 1B vs. 4A, 2A vs. 3B and 2B vs. 3A. The teams that advance to the semifinals will be reseeded. 

2024 World Juniors schedule | u20 ice hockey tournament Fixtures

Monday, Dec. 26

Matchup Time (ET) TV
Finland vs. Switzerland 11 a.m. TSN/NHL Network
Sweden vs. Austria 1:30 p.m. TSN/NHL Network
Latvia vs. USA 4 p.m. TSN/NHL Network
Czechia vs. Canada 6:30 p.m. TSN/NHL Network

Tuesday, Dec. 27

Matchup Time (ET) TV
Finland vs. Slovakia 11 a.m. TSN/NHL Network
Germany vs. Sweden 1:30 p.m. TSN/NHL Network
Switzerland vs. Latvia 4 p.m. TSN/NHL Network
Austria vs. Czechia 6:30 p.m. TSN/NHL Network

Wednesday, Dec. 28

Matchup Time (ET) TV
Slovakia vs. USA 4 p.m. TSN/NHL Network
Canada vs,. Germany 6:30 p.m. TSN/NHL Network
 

Thursday, Dec. 29

Matchup Time (ET) TV
Latvia vs. Finland 11 a.m. TSN/NHL Network
Sweden vs. Czechia 1:30 p.m. TSN/NHL Network
USA vs. Switzerland 4 p.m. TSN/NHL Network
Austria vs. Canada 6:30 p.m. TSN/NHL Network

Friday, Dec. 30

Matchup Time (ET) TV
Slovakia vs. Latvia 11 a.m. TSN/NHL Network
Germany vs. Austria 4:30 p.m. TSN/NHL Network

Saturday, Dec. 31

Matchup Time (ET) TV
Switzerland vs. Slovakia 11 a.m. TSN/NHL Network
Czechia vs. Germany 1:30 p.m. TSN/NHL Network
USA vs. Finland 4 p.m. TSN/NHL Network
Canada vs. Sweden 6:30 p.m. TSN/NHL Network

Monday, Jan. 2

Matchup Time (ET) TV
Placement Game 9:30 a.m. TSN/NHL Network
Quarterfinal 11 a.m. TSN/NHL Network
Quarterfinal 1:30 p.m. TSN/NHL Network
Quarterfinal 4 p.m. TSN/NHL Network
Quarterfinal 6:30 p.m. TSN/NHL Network

Wednesday, Jan. 4

Matchup Time (ET) TV
Placement Game 11 a.m. TSN/NHL Network
Semifinal 2:30 p.m. TSN/NHL Network
Semifinal 6:30 p.m. TSN/NHL Network

Thursday, Jan. 5

Matchup Time (ET) TV
Placement Game 11 a.m. TSN/NHL Network
Bronze Medal Game 2:30 p.m. TSN/NHL Network
Gold Medal Game 6:30 p.m. TSN/NHL Network

World Juniors Ticket packages for the 2024 IIHF World Junior Championship, taking in place Dec. 26, 2023, to Jan. 5, 2024 in Halifax and Moncton, are on sale to the public!

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