2021 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

2021 IIHF World Junior Championships

Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Venue(s)	Rogers Place  (in 1 host city)
Dates	December 25, 2020 – January 5, 2021
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	United States (5th title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Russia
Tournament statistics
Games played	28
Goals scored	176 (6.29 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Trevor Zegras (18 points)
MVP	Trevor Zegras
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The 2021 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2021 WJHC) was the 45th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, held from 25 December 2020 to 5 January 2021. ^{[1] [2] [3]} This marked the 16th time that Canada hosted the WJIHC. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, it was hosted in a "bubble" behind closed doors in Edmonton, Alberta, with no spectators admitted for any game.

Background

On 6 December 2018, it was announced that Edmonton and Red Deer, in the province of Alberta, would be the host cities. ^[4] It was the third time Edmonton had been selected to host the tournament, after previously hosting in 1995 and 2012, and the first to use Rogers Place as a venue.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the IIHF cancelled all lower-division U20 championships on September 17, 2020 (thus there was no promotion or relegation), ^[5] and announced that the top division tournament would be hosted solely by Edmonton using a "bubble" strategy similar to what was used for the NHL's 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs in Edmonton and Toronto. This decision resulted in the elimination of Red Deer as the secondary host city of the 2021 tournament. All games were held behind closed doors with no outside spectators. It was subsequently announced that Edmonton and Red Deer would host the 2022 tournament, and that Gothenburg, Sweden would be shifted from 2022 to 2024. ^{[6] [7]}

On 19 October 2020, the full schedule for the tournament was announced, with play beginning on Christmas for the first time since the 2004–05 edition. ^[8]

On 25 November 2020, Hockey Canada suspended its selection camp and quarantined all players for a fortnight (retroactive to November 23) due to two positive COVID-19 tests among participants. ^[9] Swedish head coach Tomas Montén, along with two assistant leaders, and four players (William Eklund, Karl Henriksson, William Wallinder, and Albin Grewe) from the Swedish preliminary roster had to leave the team after having tested positive for COVID-19 very close to the beginning of the championship. ^[10]

Team Canada captain Kirby Dach sustained an injury in Canada's pre-tournament game against Russia, and was ruled out for the rest of the tournament. ^[11]

Nine German players were quarantined under COVID-19 protocols through the first two games due to positive tests prior to the tournament. ^[12] No new COVID-19 positives were detected within the bubble through the conclusion of the tournament. ^[13]

Blackhawks prospect and 2020 first rounder and Team Germany forward Lukas Reichel was unable to play at the tournament, after having tested positive for COVID-19. ^[14]

Top Division

Venue

Edmonton	Edmonton
Rogers Place Capacity: 18,347

Match officials

The following officials were assigned by the IIHF to officiate the 2021 World Junior Championships. ^[15] All officials are Canadian due to restrictions from COVID-19 pandemic on travel and ease of getting officials on site. ^[16]

Referees

• Adam Bloski
• Michael Campbell
• Alexandre Garon
• Olivier Gouin
• Kyle Kowalski
• Guillaume Labonté
• Mike Langin
• Fraser Lawrence
• Kevin Maille
• Mathieu Menniti
• Mark Pearce
• Brett Roeland
• Carter Sandlak
• Tyson Stewart

Linesmen

• Guillaume Brunelle
• Maxime Chaput
• Jonathan Deschamps
• Deion Foster
• Adam Harris
• Brett Mackey
• Kelsey Mahoney
• Matthew Mannella
• Michael McGowan
• Ben O'Quinn
• Nathan Vanoosten
• Tarrington Wyonzek

Rosters

Main article: 2021 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters

Preliminary round

Seeding

Seeds for the preliminary round were based on the 2020 tournament's final standings using the serpentine system. The IIHF announced the groups on 5 January 2020, with Austria being promoted from Division I A, after having won the 2020 Division I A Tournament. ^[17]

Group A
(Rogers Place)

•   Canada (1)
•   Finland (4)
•    Switzerland (5)
•   Slovakia (8)
•   Germany (9)

Group B
(Rogers Place)

•   Russia (2)
•   Sweden (3)
•   United States (6)
•   Czech Republic (7)
•   Austria (11-Promoted)

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada (H)	4	4	0	0	0	33	4	+29	12	Quarterfinals
2	Finland	4	3	0	0	1	16	8	+8	9
3	Germany	4	1	1	0	2	14	28	−14	5
4	Slovakia	4	1	0	1	2	5	13	−8	4
5	Switzerland	4	0	0	0	4	5	20	−15	0

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

25 December 2020 12:00

Switzerland

0–1 (0–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Slovakia

Rogers Place, Edmonton Attendance: 0

Game reference
	Thibault Fatton	Goalies	Simon Latkoczy	Referees: Fraser Lawrence Carter Sandlak Linesmen: Maxime Chaput Adam Harris
	0–1 54:17 – Faith (Nemec, Mrázik)
	12 min	Penalties	18 min
	28	Shots	32

25 December 2020 16:00

Germany

3–5 (0–2, 2–3, 1–0)

Finland

Rogers Place, Edmonton Attendance: 0

Game reference
	Arno Tiefensee	Goalies	Kari Piiroinen	Referees: Kyle Kowalski Tyson Stewart Linesmen: Brett Mackey Matthew Mannella
	0–1 03:38 – Lundell (Hatakka, Hirvonen) 0–2 19:48 – Räty (Nikkanen, Heinola) 0–3 21:39 – Pyyhtiä (Kokkonen, Räty) Dubé (Volek) (PP) – 25:34 1–3 Stützle (Peterka, Elias) – 30:35 2–3 2–4 31:53 – Niemelä (Simontaival) 2–5 33:51 – Nikkanen (Pärssinen, Niemelä) (PP) Elias (Stützle) – 48:13 3–5
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	22	Shots	50

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26 December 2020 16:00

Germany

2–16 (1–4, 0–7, 1–5)

Canada

Rogers Place, Edmonton Attendance: 0

Game reference
	Arno Tiefensee Jonas Gahr	Goalies	Devon Levi Dylan Garand	Referees: Adam Bloski Mark Pearce Linesmen: Guillaume Brunelle Kelsey Mahoney
	0–1 01:54 – Guhle (Quinn, Barron) 0–2 07:27 – Mercer (SH) Peterka (Elias, Alberg) (PP) – 13:12 1–2 1–3 14:20 – Tomasino 1–4 19:58 – Krebs (Cozens, McMichael) (PP) 1–5 22:40 – Mercer (Tomasino, Drysdale) 1–6 25:36 – Suzuki (Mercer) 1–7 26:40 – Newhook (Cozens) 1–8 30:59 – Newhook (Cozens) 1–9 33:01 – Tomasino (Barron, Mercer) 1–10 38:14 – Cozens 1–11 39:51 – Krebs (Byram, Perfetti) 1–12 40:37 – Cozens (McMichael, Perfetti) (PP) 1–13 44:33 – Cozens (Newhook, Holloway) 1–14 45:02 – Pelletier (Byram, Byfield) 1–15 46:24 – Harley (Perfetti, Krebs) 1–16 46:38 – McMichael (SH) Elias (Peterka, Gnyp) (PP) – 59:42 2–16
	8 min	Penalties	33 min
	15	Shots	44

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27 December 2020 12:00

Finland

4–1 (1–1, 1–0, 2–0)

Switzerland

Rogers Place, Edmonton Attendance: 0

Game reference
	Roope Taponen	Goalies	Thibault Fatton	Referees: Alendre Garon Kevin Maille Linesmen: Adam Harris Ben O'Quinn
	0–1 03:44 – Biasca (Fust, Allenspach) (PP) Lundell (Simontaival) – 04:20 1–1 Pärssinen (Niemelä, Lambert) (PP) – 24:35 2–1 Räty (Lambert, Niemelä) (PP) – 50:41 3–1 Simontaival (Hirvonen, Lundell) (PP) – 56:49 4–1
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	43	Shots	14

27 December 2020 16:00

Slovakia

1–3 (0–1, 0–0, 1–2)

Canada

Rogers Place, Edmonton Attendance: 0

Game reference
	Samuel Hlavaj	Goalies	Devon Levi	Referees: Mike Langin Tyson Stewart Linesmen: Jonathan Deschamps Matthew Mannella
	0–1 04:08 – Spence (Tomasino, Mercer) 0–2 56:25 – Tomasino (Cozens) Chromiak (Faith, Nemec) (PP, EA) – 58:36 1–2 1–3 59:47 – Quinn (ENG)
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	18	Shots	23

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28 December 2020 19:30

Slovakia

3–4 OT (1–1, 2–2, 0–0) (OT: 0–1)

Germany

Rogers Place, Edmonton Attendance: 0

Game reference
	Simon Latkoczy	Goalies	Florian Bugl	Referees: Mathieu Menniti Brett Roeland Linesmen: Brett Mackey Tarrington Wyonzek
	0–1 05:39 – Stützle (Elias, Gnyp) Mrázik (Golian) (SH) – 10:07 1–1 Myklukha (Kolenič, Eliaš) – 23:10 2–1 2–2 28:13 – Stützle (Gnyp, Bugl) (PP) Mrázik (Nemec, Jellúš) (PP) – 34:41 3–2 3–3 39:14 – Elias (Gnyp, Peterka) (PP) 3–4 64:01 – Zimmermann (Peterka, Stützle) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	6 min
	25	Shots	32

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29 December 2020 16:00

Canada

10–0 (1–0, 4–0, 5–0)

Switzerland

Rogers Place, Edmonton Attendance: 0

Game reference
	Devon Levi	Goalies	Noah Patenaude	Referees: Alexandre Garon Fraser Lawrence Linesmen: Brett Mackey Nathan Vanoosten
	Tomasino (Byfield, Quinn) – 01:30 1–0 Cozens (Perfetti, McMichael) (PP) – 21:40 2–0 Pelletier (Zary, Byfield) – 28:02 3–0 Suzuki (Byfield, Newhook) (PP) – 33:44 4–0 McMichael (Cozens) – 37:53 5–0 Byfield (Drysdale, Suzuki) (PP) – 45:16 6–0 Byfield (Quinn, Pelletier) – 48:07 7–0 Perfetti (Krebs, Newhook) – 49:09 8–0 Guhle (Korczak, Krebs) – 53:28 9–0 Pelletier (Byfield) – 55:35 10–0
	12 min	Penalties	22 min
	52	Shots	15

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30 December 2020 12:00

Finland

6–0 (1–0, 2–0, 3–0)

Slovakia

Rogers Place, Edmonton Attendance: 0

Game reference
	Kari Piiroinen	Goalies	Samuel Hlavaj	Referees: Adam Bloski Kevin Maille Linesmen: Deion Foster Michael McGowan
	Lundell (Simontaival, Hirvonen – 08:57 1–0 Niemelä (Lundell) (EA) – 26:09 2–0 Simontaival (Lundell, Niemelä) – 28:35 3–0 Hatakka (Hirvonen) – 46:10 4–0 Helenius (Korhonen, Petman) – 47:27 5–0 Helenius (Korhonen) – 53:49 6–0
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	50	Shots	12

30 December 2020 16:00

Switzerland

4–5 (0–3, 0–1, 4–1)

Germany

Rogers Place, Edmonton Attendance: 0

Game reference
	Thibault Fatton	Goalies	Florian Bugl	Referees: Guillaume Labonte Mark Pearce Linesmen: Guillaume Brunelle Maxime Chaput
	0–1 04:38 – Peterka (Stützle, Elias) 0–2 09:08 – Stützle (Elias, Peterka) 0–3 17:16 – Peterka (Stützle, Alberg) (PP2) 0–4 33:19 – Stützle (Peterka) (PP) Delemont (Allenspach, Canonica) – 49:59 1–4 Daehler – 50:55 2–4 2–5 57:39 – Peterka (Stützle) (ENG) Meier (Allenspach) (PP, EA) – 58:14 3–5 Knak (Meier, Baragano) (PP, EA) – 59:36 4–5
	16 min	Penalties	37 min
	35	Shots	25

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31 December 2020 16:00

Canada

4–1 (1–0, 2–0, 1–1)

Finland

Rogers Place, Edmonton Attendance: 0

Game reference
	Devon Levi	Goalies	Kari Piiroinen	Referees: Michael Campbell Mike Langin Linesmen: Jonathan Deschamps Ben O'Quinn
	Cozens – 03:49 1–0 Holloway (Pelletier, Schneider) – 26:54 2–0 Krebs (Byram, Zary) – 32:58 3–0 3–1 45:05 – Lambert (Niemelä, Pärssinen) (PP) Cozens (ENG) – 58:43 4–1
	2 min	Penalties	10 min
	40	Shots	19

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	4	3	0	0	1	25	5	+20	9	Quarterfinals
2	Russia	4	2	1	0	1	16	9	+7	8
3	Sweden	4	2	0	1	1	14	9	+5	7
4	Czech Republic	4	2	0	0	2	10	14	−4	6
5	Austria	4	0	0	0	4	1	29	−28	0

Source: IIHF

25 December 2020 19:30

Russia

5–3 (1–1, 3–0, 1–2)

United States

Rogers Place, Edmonton Attendance: 0

Game reference
	Yaroslav Askarov	Goalies	Spencer Knight Dustin Wolf	Referees: Olivier Gouin Brett Roeland Linesmen: Ben O'Quinn Nathan Vanoosten
	Ponomaryov (Knyazev, Kirsanov) – 08:07 1–0 1–1 14:01 – York (Caufield, Boldy) Bardakov (Groshev) – 23:12 2–1 Ponomaryov – 31:08 3–1 Safonov – 32:15 4–1 4–2 49:57 – Farinacci (Helleson, Brink) 4–3 57:42 – Zegras (York) (PP, EA) Chinakhov (Amirov, Khusnutdinov) (ENG) – 59:39 5–3
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	24	Shots	26

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26 December 2020 12:00

Sweden

7–1 (1–1, 3–0, 3–0)

Czech Republic

Rogers Place, Edmonton Attendance: 0

Game reference
	Hugo Alnefelt	Goalies	Nick Malík	Referees: Michael Campbell Guillaume Labonté Linesmen: Jonathan Deschamps Tarrington Wyonzek
	0–1 10:14 – Myšák (Pytlík, Teplý) Costmar (Söderström, Johansson) – 10:46 1–1 Sundsvik (Holmström, Broberg) (PP) – 29:08 2–1 Heineman (Broberg, Björnfot) (SH) – 31:55 3–1 Niederbach (Broberg, Söderblom) – 36:05 4–1 Söderblom (Raymond, Söderström) (PP) – 45:04 5–1 Bjerselius (Björnfot, Nybeck) – 52:22 6–1 Gunler (Söderström, Holmström) (PP) – 57:37 7–1
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	41	Shots	25

26 December 2020 19:30

United States

11–0 (1–0, 6–0, 4–0)

Austria

Rogers Place, Edmonton Attendance: 0

Game reference
	Dustin Wolf	Goalies	Sebastian Wraneschitz Jakob Brandner	Referees: Mike Langin Mathieu Menniti Linesmen: Deion Foster Michael McGowan
	Helleson (Turcotte, Zegras) – 15:31 1–0 Zegras (Turcotte, Kaliyev) – 24:35 2–0 Farinacci (Johnson, Berard) – 25:03 3–0 Brisson (Sanderson) (PP) – 28:05 4–0 Zegras (Turcotte) – 31:59 5–0 Boldy (Beniers, Faber) – 34:15 6–0 Boldy (Kaliyev, York) (PP) – 38:24 7–0 Berard (Farinacci) – 42:25 8–0 Brisson (Kleven, Moynihan) – 43:07 9–0 Boldy (Zegras, Moynihan) – 45:52 10–0 Colangelo (Faber, Berard) – 49:45 11–0
	4 min	Penalties	29 min
	73	Shots	10

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27 December 2020 19:30

Czech Republic

2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Russia

Rogers Place, Edmonton Attendance: 0

Game reference
	Lukáš Pařík	Goalies	Yaroslav Askarov	Referees: Olivier Gouin Kyle Kowalski Linesmen: Maxime Chaput Kelsey Mahoney
	Koffer (Rychlovský) – 36:38 1–0 Lang – 45:07 2–0
	20 min	Penalties	4 min
	29	Shots	30

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28 December 2020 16:00

Austria

0–4 (0–1, 0–2, 0–1)

Sweden

Rogers Place, Edmonton Attendance: 0

Game reference
	Sebastian Wraneschitz	Goalies	Hugo Alnefelt	Referees: Guillaume Labonte Kevin Maille Linesmen: Guillaume Brunelle Michael McGowan
	0–1 17:45 – Gunler (Johansson, Holmström) (PP) 0–2 24:36 – Niederbach (Söderström, Raymond) (PP) 0–3 30:57 – Gunler (Holmström, Berglund) 0–4 52:37 – Raymond (Holtz, Sundsvik)
	8 min	Penalties	0 min
	6	Shots	65

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29 December 2020 12:00

United States

7–0 (0–0, 3–0, 4–0)

Czech Republic

Rogers Place, Edmonton Attendance: 0

Game reference
	Spencer Knight	Goalies	Lukáš Pařík Nick Malik	Referees: Michael Campbell Carter Sandlak Linesmen: Matthew Mannella Ben O'Quinn
	Brink (Berard) – 25:33 1–0 Zegras (Thrun) – 33:30 2–0 Brink (Beniers, Johnson) – 35:56 3–0 Zegras (Faber, York) (EA) – 46:03 4–0 Kaliyev (York, Zegras) (PP) – 48:18 5–0 Caufield (Zegras, York) (PP) – 50:22 6–0 Boldy (Zegras, Caufield) (PP) – 51:22 7–0
	4 min	Penalties	24 min
	32	Shots	22

29 December 2020 19:30

Austria

1–7 (0–4, 1–0, 0–3)

Russia

Rogers Place, Edmonton Attendance: 0

Game reference
	Jakob Brandner	Goalies	Artur Akhtyamov	Referees: Adam Bloski Mark Pearce Linesmen: Jonathan Deschamps Deion Foster
	0–1 04:40 – Amirov (PS) 0–2 06:11 – Podkolzin (Bychkov, Chistyakov) 0–3 13:44 – Podkolzin (Knyazev, Amirov) 0–4 16:19 – Khusnutdinov (Podkolzin, Bychkov) Peeters (Kasper) – 27:38 1–4 1–5 41:46 – Knyazev (Afanasyev, Khusnutdinov) (PP) 1–6 57:44 – Afanasyev (Abramov, Gritsyuk) 1–7 58:29 – Gritsyuk (Afanasyev, Bychkov)
	4 min	Penalties	14 min
	18	Shots	50

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30 December 2020 19:30

Russia

4–3 OT (2–1, 0–1, 1–1) (OT: 1–0)

Sweden

Rogers Place, Edmonton Attendance: 0

Game reference
	Yaroslav Askarov	Goalies	Jesper Wallstedt	Referees: Brett Roeland Carter Sandlak Linesmen: Adam Harris Tarrington Wyonzek
	Afanasyev (Abramov, Gritsyuk) – 07:28 1–0 1–1 14:33 – Costmar (Gunler, Holmström) Amirov (Podkolzin, Khusnutdinov) (PP) – 19:14 2–1 2–2 35:59 – Holtz (Sundsvik, Andrae) Kirsanov (Knyazev, Amirov) (PP) – 49:46 3–2 3–3 59:00 – Gunler (Holtz, Söderström) (EA) Khusnutdinov (Amirov, Chistyakov) (PP) – 64:54 4–3
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	35	Shots	36

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31 December 2020 12:00

Czech Republic

7–0 (0–0, 3–0, 4–0)

Austria

Rogers Place, Edmonton Attendance: 0

Game reference
	Nick Malik	Goalies	Sebastian Wraneschitz	Referees: Alexandre Garon Kyle Kowalski Linesmen: Deion Foster Michael McGowan
	Kubíček (Vitouch, Novák) – 26:21 1–0 Lang (Haš, Svozil) – 32:05 2–0 Lang (Myšák, Kubíček) – 38:11 3–0 Přikryl (Mužík, Beránek) – 39:27 4–0 Novák (Raška, Jiříček) – 41:39 5–0 Jiříček (Vitouch, Novák) – 56:45 6–0 Myšák (Lang, Teplý) – 59:34 7–0
	0 min	Penalties	2 min
	61	Shots	15

31 December 2020 19:30

Sweden

0–4 (0–2, 0–2, 0–0)

United States

Rogers Place, Edmonton Attendance: 0

Game reference
	Hugo Alnefelt	Goalies	Spencer Knight	Referees: Olivier Gouin Tyson Stewart Linesmen: Kelsey Mahoney Nathan Vanoosten
	0–1 01:09 – Helleson (Farinacci, Brink) 0–2 03:58 – Zegras (Faber) 0–3 22:00 – Johnson (Zegras, Turcotte) 0–4 23:55 – Turcotte (Kaliyev, Zegras)
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	27	Shots	37

Playoff round

Winning teams will be reseeded for the semi-finals in accordance with the following ranking: ^[18]

1. higher position in the group
2. higher number of points
3. better goal difference
4. higher number of goals scored for
5. better seeding coming into the tournament (final placement at the 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships).

Rank	Team	Group	Pos	Pts	GD	GF	Seed
1	Canada	A	1	12	+29	33	1
2	United States	B	1	9	+20	25	6
3	Finland	A	2	9	+8	16	4
4	Russia	B	2	8	+7	16	2
5	Sweden	B	3	7	+5	14	3
6	Germany	A	3	5	−14	14	9
7	Czech Republic	B	4	6	–4	10	7
8	Slovakia	A	4	4	–8	5	8

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	2 January – Rogers Place
	2B   Russia	2
					4 January – Rogers Place
	3A   Germany	1
					1   Canada	5
	2 January – Rogers Place
					4   Russia	0
	2A   Finland	3
									5 January – Rogers Place
	3B   Sweden	2
									1   Canada	0
	2 January – Rogers Place
									2   United States	2
	1A   Canada	3
					4 January – Rogers Place
	4B   Czech Republic	0
					2   United States	4
	2 January – Rogers Place
					3   Finland	3			Third place
	1B   United States	5
									5 January – Rogers Place
	4A   Slovakia	2
									3   Finland	4
									4   Russia	1

Quarterfinals

2 January 2021 10:00

Russia

2–1 (1–0, 1–0, 0–1)

Germany

Rogers Place, Edmonton Attendance: 0

Game reference
	Yaroslav Askarov	Goalies	Florian Bugl	Referees: Kyle Kowalski Mathieu Menniti Linesmen: Adam Harris Brett Mackey
	Ponomaryov (Chistyakov, Bardakov) (SH) – 09:06 1–0 Bashkirov (Afanasyev, Gritsyuk) – 28:27 2–0 2–1 43:24 – Elias
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	27	Shots	19

2 January 2021 13:30

Finland

3–2 (0–2, 1–0, 2–0)

Sweden

Rogers Place, Edmonton Attendance: 0

Game reference
	Kari Piiroinen	Goalies	Hugo Alnefelt	Referees: Olivier Gouin Mike Langin Linesmen: Matthew Mannella Ben O'Quinn
	0–1 14:28 – Raymond (Johansson) 0–2 16:05 – Söderblom (Raymond) (PP) Nikkanen (Viro, Lambert) – 25:32 1–2 Lundell (Heinola) (PP) – 51:04 2–2 Hirvonen (Petman) – 59:35 3–2
	20 min	Penalties	16 min
	31	Shots	24

2 January 2021 17:00

Canada

3–0 (2–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Czech Republic

Rogers Place, Edmonton Attendance: 0

Game reference
	Devon Levi	Goalies	Nick Malik	Referees: Fraser Lawrence Tyson Stewart Linesmen: Maxime Chaput Kelsey Mahoney
	Cozens (McMichael) – 08:22 1–0 Byram (Krebs, Cozens) – 11:39 2–0 McMichael (Guhle, Krebs) (ENG) – 57:11 3–0
	2 min	Penalties	2 min
	25	Shots	29

2 January 2021 20:30

United States

5–2 (1–0, 2–1, 2–1)

Slovakia

Rogers Place, Edmonton Attendance: 0

Game reference
	Spencer Knight	Goalies	Simon Latkoczy	Referees: Guillaume Labonte Mark Pearce Linesmen: Guillaume Brunelle Tarrington Wyonzek
	Kaliyev (Boldy, Zegras) (PP) – 10:44 1–0 Farinacci (Johnson, Berard) – 31:55 2–0 Caufield (Zegras) (PP2) – 36:53 3–0 3–1 38:32 – Kašlík (Nemec, Kolenič) 3–2 49:50 – Sojka (Kňažko) (PP) Farinacci (Brink) – 55:46 4–2 Beniers (Brink) (ENG) – 58:36 5–2
	18 min	Penalties	10 min
	43	Shots	18

Semifinals

4 January 2021 16:00

Canada

5–0 (3–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Russia

Rogers Place, Edmonton Attendance: 0

Game reference
	Devon Levi	Goalies	Yaroslav Askarov	Referees: Olivier Gouin Brett Roeland Linesmen: Jonathan Deschamps Ben O'Quinn
	Newhook (Schneider, Quinn) – 00:59 1–0 McMichael (Pelletier, Cozens) – 10:33 2–0 Perfetti (Byram, Cozens) (PP) – 15:05 3–0 Schneider (Suzuki, Mercer) – 24:09 4–0 Cozens (Pelletier) (ENG) – 58:31 5-0
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	35	Shots	28

4 January 2021 19:30

United States

4–3 (1–1, 2–0, 1–2)

Finland

Rogers Place, Edmonton Attendance: 0

Game reference
	Spencer Knight	Goalies	Kari Piiroinen	Referees: Michael Campbell Carter Sandlak Linesmen: Nathan Vanoosten Tarrington Wynozek
	Turcotte (Kaliyev, Faber) – 12:39 1–0 1–1 14:06 – Simontaival (Puutio, Heinola) (PP) Farinacci (Lacombe) – 35:53 2–1 Boldy (Zegras, Caufield) (PP) – 37:00 3–1 3–2 51:38 – Simontaival (Puutio, Helenius) 3–3 56:17 – Hirvonen (Lundell, Heinola) (PP) Kaliyev (Turcotte, Sanderson) – 58:44 4–3
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	26	Shots	36

Bronze medal game

5 January 2021 15:30

Finland

4–1 (0–1, 1–0, 3–0)

Russia

Rogers Place, Edmonton Attendance: 0

Game reference
	Kari Piiroinen	Goalies	Yaroslav Askarov	Referees: Michael Campbell Kyle Kowalski Linesmen: Maxime Chaput Ben O'Quinn
	0–1 06:03 – Safonov (Groshev) Lundell (Niemelä, Mäntykivi) – 25:05 1–1 Petman (Viro, Helenius) – 41:13 2–1 Lundell (ENG) – 58:32 3–1 Pärssinen (Pyyhtiä) (ENG) – 59:47 4–1
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	29

Gold medal match

5 January 2021 19:30

Canada

0–2 (0–1, 0–1, 0–0)

United States

Rogers Place, Edmonton Attendance: 0

Game reference
	Devon Levi	Goalies	Spencer Knight	Referees: Olivier Gouin Carter Sandlak Linesmen: Jonathan Deschamps Nathan Vanoosten
	0–1 13:25 – Turcotte (Helleson, Zegras) 0–2 20:32 – Zegras (Kaliyev)
	2 min	Penalties	2 min
	34	Shots	21

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Trevor Zegras	United States	7	7	11	18	+9	0
2	Dylan Cozens	Canada	7	8	8	16	+11	6
3	Anton Lundell	Finland	7	6	4	10	+7	4
4	Tim Stützle	Germany	5	5	5	10	−4	8
5	John-Jason Peterka	Germany	5	4	6	10	–5	2
6	Florian Elias	Germany	5	4	5	9	−2	4
7	Connor McMichael	Canada	7	4	4	8	+8	4
8	Arthur Kaliyev	United States	7	3	5	8	+9	4
8	Peyton Krebs	Canada	7	3	5	8	+8	4
8	Alex Turcotte	United States	7	3	5	8	+8	2

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

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
1	Devon Levi	Canada	398:07	5	0.75	139	96.40	3
2	Spencer Knight	United States	332:15	9	1.63	149	93.96	3
3	Simon Latkoczy	Slovakia	183:54	8	2.61	102	92.16	1
4	Kari Piiroinen	Finland	357:57	13	2.18	152	91.45	1
5	Yaroslav Askarov	Russia	360:11	15	2.50	174	91.38	0

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

Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Devon Levi
  • Best Defenceman: Topi Niemelä
  • Best Forward: Tim Stützle

Source: IIHF

• Media All-Stars:
  • MVP: Trevor Zegras
  • Goaltender: Devon Levi
  • Defencemen: Bowen Byram / Ville Heinola
  • Forwards: Trevor Zegras / Dylan Cozens / Tim Stützle

Source: IIHF

Final standings

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	B	United States	7	6	0	0	1	36	10	+26	18	Champions
2	A	Canada (H)	7	6	0	0	1	41	6	+35	18	Runners-up
3	A	Finland	7	5	0	0	2	26	15	+11	15	Third place
4	B	Russia	7	3	1	0	3	19	19	0	11	Fourth place
5	B	Sweden	5	2	0	1	2	16	12	+4	7	Eliminated in Quarterfinals
6	A	Germany	5	1	1	0	3	15	30	−15	5
7	B	Czech Republic	5	2	0	0	3	10	17	−7	6
8	A	Slovakia	5	1	0	1	3	7	18	−11	4
9	A	Switzerland	4	0	0	0	4	5	20	−15	0	Eliminated in Preliminary round
10	B	Austria	4	0	0	0	4	1	29	−28	0

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Division I

Division I, II, and III tournaments were cancelled. ^{[19] [20]}

Group A

The tournament would have been held in Hørsholm, Denmark, from December 13 to 19, 2020. ^[21]

•   Belarus
•   Denmark
•   Hungary – Promoted from Division I B
•   Kazakhstan – Relegated from Top Division
•   Latvia
•   Norway

Group B

The tournament would have been held in Tallinn, Estonia, from February 10 to 17, 2021. ^[21]

•   Estonia
•   France
•   Japan – Promoted from Division II A
•   Poland
•   Slovenia – Relegated from Division I A
•   Ukraine

Division II

Division I, II, and III tournaments were cancelled. ^{[19] [20]}

Group A

The tournament would have been held in Brașov, Romania, from February 8 to 14, 2021. ^[21]

•   Great Britain
•   Italy – Relegated from Division I B
•   Lithuania
•   Romania
•   South Korea – Promoted from Division II B
•   Spain

Group B

The tournament would have been held in Belgrade, Serbia, from February 8 to 14, 2021. ^[21]

•   Belgium
•   China
•   Croatia
•   Iceland – Promoted from Division III
•   Netherlands
•   Serbia – Relegated from Division II A

Division III

The tournament would have been held in Mexico City, Mexico, from January 10 to 17, 2021, ^[21] but was cancelled. ^{[19] [20]}

•   Bulgaria
•   Chinese Taipei
•   Israel – Relegated from Division II B
•   Mexico
•   South Africa
•   Turkey

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External links

• Official website of IIHF