The 2010 IIHF World U20 Championship, commonly referred to as the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2010 WJHC), is the 2010 edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and will be hosted in Saskatoon and Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, from December 26, 2009 to January 5, 2010. This will be the second time Saskatoon has hosted the tournament, after hosting it in 1991. The medal round, as well as all Canada's preliminary round games, will take place in Saskatoon at the Credit Union Centre. The arena is scheduled to undergo renovations and upgrades before the 2010 tournament, including an increase in capacity.[1] Other games will be played at the Brandt Centre in Regina, which is also due to receive upgrades.[2] In addition, the Saskatchewan bid committee plans to host pre-tournament exhibition games in other towns and cities throughout the province.[3] The game schedule will not be announced until early 2009.[4]
[edit] Other Host Candidates
Initially, Switzerland was chosen to host the tournament, but later withdrew.[5]
Three bid groups submitted letters of intent to host the 2010 tournament prior to the February 1, 2008 deadline:[6]
All three bid groups formally placed their bids before the April 1, 2008 deadline and made their final presentations to the selection committee in Toronto on June 9-June 10, 2008.[4][6]
On July 7, 2008, Hockey Canada and the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) announced Saskatoon and Regina have been chosen to host the tournament.[4] This was Saskatchewan's first successful bid in five recent attempts, after failing to land the 1999, 2003, 2006, and 2009 tournaments.[1]
[edit] Top Division
[edit] Preliminary round
[edit] Group A
All times local (CST/UTC-6)
[edit] Group B
All times local (CST/UTC-6)
[edit] Relegation round
The results from matches between teams from the same group in the preliminary round are carried forward to this round.
| Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| A4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
[edit] Schedule
All times local (CST/UTC-6)
January 2, 2010 12:00 |
| A4 | ' | B5 | |
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January 3, 2010 12:00 |
| B4 | ' | A5 | |
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January 4, 2010 12:00 |
| A4 | ' | B4 | |
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January 4, 2010 16:00 |
| A5 | ' | B5 | |
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[edit] Final round
| | Quarterfinals | | | Semifinals | | | Final |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 1 | | | WQF1 | | | |
| | A2 | | | | | B1 | | | | |
| | B3 | | | | | | | WSF1 | | |
| | | | WSF2 | | |
| | 3 | | | WQF2 | | | | |
| | B2 | | | | | A1 | | | | | Third place |
| | A3 | | | | | LSF1 | | |
| | | LSF2 | | |
[edit] Quarterfinals
January 2, 2010 16:00 |
| A2 | ' | B3 | |
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January 2, 2010 20:00 |
| B2 | ' | A3 | |
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[edit] Semifinals
January 3, 2010 16:0 |
| A1 | ' | WQF2 | |
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January 3, 2010 20:00 |
| B1 | ' | WQF1 | |
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[edit] 5th place playoff
January 4, 2010 20:00 |
| LQF1 | ' | LQF2 | |
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[edit] Bronze medal game
January 5, 2010 15:00 |
| LSF1 | ' | LSF2 | |
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[edit] Gold medal game
January 5, 2010 19:00 |
| WSF1 | ' | WSF2 | |
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[edit] Division I
The following teams took part in the Division I tournament. Group A will be playing in Megeve & Saint-Gervais, France between December 14 and December 20, 2009. Group B will be playing in Gdansk, Poland between December 14 and December 20, 2009:
Group A:
Denmark
France
Germany
Japan
Slovenia
Ukraine
Group B:
Belarus
Croatia
Italy
Kazakhstan
Norway
Poland
[edit] Division II
The following teams took part in the Division II tournament. Group A will be playing in Debrecen, Hungary between December 13 and December 19, 2009. Group B will be playing in Narva, Estonia between December 12 and December 18, 2009:
Group A:
China
Great Britain
Hungary
South Korea
Mexico
Spain
Group B:
Belgium
Estonia
Lithuania
Netherlands
Romania
Serbia
[edit] Division III
The following teams took part in the Division III tournament in Istanbul, Turkey between January 4 and January 10, 2010:
Australia
Bulgaria
Chinese Taipei
Iceland
North Korea
New Zealand
Turkey
[edit] References
[edit] See also