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2010 IIHF World U20 Championship
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Tournament details
Host country Flag of Canada Canada
Dates December 26 - January 5
Teams 10
Venue(s) Credit Union Centre and
Brandt Centre (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions   United States of America (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 31
Goals scored 266 (8.58 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of the United States Derek Stepan (14 points)
MVP Flag of Canada Jordan Eberle

The 2010 IIHF World U20 Championship, commonly referred to as the 2010 World Junior Hockey Championships (2010 WJHC), was the 34th edition of World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. The tournament was hosted in Saskatoon and Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, from December 26, 2009 to January 5, 2010. This was 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, took place in Saskatoon at the Credit Union Centre. The arena underwent renovations and upgrades before the 2010 tournament, including an increase in capacity.[1] Other games were played at the Brandt Centre in Regina, which also received upgrades.[2] In addition, pre-tournament exhibition games were held in other towns and cities throughout the province as well as Calgary, Alberta.[3][4] In the gold-medal match, the United States defeated the pre-tournament favorites and host country Canada 6-5 in overtime to win their second gold medal.[5]

Other host candidates[]

Initially, Switzerland was chosen to host the tournament, but later withdrew.[6]

Three bid groups submitted letters of intent to host the 2010 tournament prior to the February 1, 2008 deadline:[7]

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.[7]

On July 7, 2008, Hockey Canada and the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) announced Saskatoon and Regina have been chosen to host the tournament. This was Saskatchewan's first successful bid in five recent attempts, after failing to land the 1999, 2003, 2006, and 2009 tournaments.[1]

Top division[]

Only teams playing in the top division are eligible to win a medal in any given year. The lowest-ranked teams in the top division are relegated to Division I for the following year's tournament.

Rosters[]

Main article: 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters

Preliminary round[]

Ten teams were divided into two groups of five, each of which play in a single round-robin format. The winner of each group proceeded directly to the tournament semifinals, with the second- and third-place finishers advancing to the quarterfinals. The remaining four teams participated in the relegation round to determine which teams will be relegated to Division I the following year.

Group A[]

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts Advance to...
 Canada 4 3 1 0 0 35 6 11 Semifinals
 United States of America 4 3 0 1 0 26 9 10 Quarterfinals
 Switzerland 4 2 0 0 2 11 15 6 Quarterfinals
 Slovakia 4 1 0 0 3 14 22 3 Relegation round
 Latvia 4 0 0 0 4 9 43 0 Relegation round


All times local (Central Time Zone/UTC-6)

December 26, 2009
15:00 		Latvia  0 – 16
  Canada Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705)
Attendance: 12,469 (84.8%)
December 26, 2009
19:00 		Slovakia  3 – 7
  United States of America Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705)
Attendance: 11,318 (77.0%)
December 27, 2009
15:00 		United States of America  3 – 0
  Switzerland Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705)
Attendance: 12,853 (87.4%)
December 27, 2009
19:00 		Slovakia  8 – 3
  Latvia Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705)
Attendance: 12,628 (85.9%)
December 28, 2009
15:00 		Canada  6 – 0
  Switzerland Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705)
Attendance: 13,301 (90.5%)
December 29, 2009
15:00 		Latvia  1 – 12
  United States of America Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705)
Attendance: 11,494 (78.2%)
December 29, 2009
19:00 		Canada  8 – 2
  Slovakia Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705)
Attendance: 13,232 (90.0%)
December 30, 2009
15:00 		Switzerland  7 – 5
  Latvia Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705)
Attendance: 13,193 (89.7%)
December 31, 2009
15:00 		Switzerland  4 – 1
  Slovakia Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705)
Attendance: 13,177 (89.6%)
December 31, 2009
19:00 		United States of America  4 – 5 GWS
  Canada Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705)
Attendance: 15,171 (103.2%)

Group B[]

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts Advance to...
 Sweden 4 4 0 0 0 28 6 12 Semifinals
 Russia 4 3 0 0 1 14 8 9 Quarterfinals
 Finland 4 2 0 0 2 15 13 6 Quarterfinals
 Czech Republic 4 1 0 0 3 13 20 3 Relegation round
 Austria 4 0 0 0 4 7 30 0 Relegation round

All times local (Central Time Zone/UTC-6)

December 26, 2009
13:00 		Czech Republic  1 – 10
  Sweden Brandt Centre (capacity: 7,000)
Attendance: 5,191 (74.2%)
December 26, 2009
17:00 		Russia  6 – 2
  Austria Brandt Centre (capacity: 7,000)
Attendance: 4,990 (71.3%)
December 27, 2009
13:00 		Austria  3 – 7
  Sweden Brandt Centre (capacity: 7,000)
Attendance: 5,025 (71.8%)
December 27, 2009
17:00 		Czech Republic  3 – 4
  Finland Brandt Centre (capacity: 7,000)
Attendance: 5,572 (79.6%)
December 28, 2009
17:00 		Finland  0 – 2
  Russia Brandt Centre (capacity: 7,000)
Attendance: 5,675 (81.1%)
December 29, 2009
13:00 		Austria  1 – 7
  Czech Republic Brandt Centre (capacity: 7,000)
Attendance: 5,334 (76.2%)
December 29, 2009
17:00 		Sweden  4 – 1
  Russia Brandt Centre (capacity: 7,000)
Attendance: 6,234 (89.1%)
December 30, 2009
13:00 		Finland  10 – 1
  Austria Brandt Centre (capacity: 7,000)
Attendance: 5,193 (74.2%)
December 31, 2009
13:00 		Sweden  7 – 1
  Finland Brandt Centre (capacity: 7,000)
Attendance: 5,145 (73.5%)
December 31, 2009
17:00 		Russia  5 – 2
  Czech Republic Brandt Centre (capacity: 7,000)
Attendance: 5,293 (75.6%)

Relegation round[]

Results from any games that were played during the preliminary round were carried forward to the relegation round.

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts
 Czech Republic 3 3 0 0 0 22 5 9
 Slovakia 3 2 0 0 1 13 10 6
 Latvia 3 1 0 0 2 11 22 3
 Austria 3 0 0 0 3 7 16 0

All times local (Central Time Zone/UTC-6)

January 2, 2010
12:00 		Slovakia  3 – 2
  Austria Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705)
Attendance: 8,634 (58.7%)
January 3, 2010
12:00 		Czech Republic  10 – 2
  Latvia Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705)
Attendance: 8,294 (56.4%)
January 4, 2010
12:00 		Slovakia  2 – 5
  Czech Republic Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705)
Attendance: 6,221 (42.3%)
January 4, 2010
16:00 		Latvia  6 – 4
  Austria Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705)
Attendance: 7,238 (49.2%)

 Latvia and  Austria were relegated to Division I for the 2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Final round[]

  Quarterfinals     Semifinals     Final
                           
      A2   United States of America 5  
  A2   United States of America 6     B1   Sweden 2    
  B3   Finland 2         A2   United States of America 6*
      A1   Canada 5
      A3   Switzerland 1    
  B2   Russia 2     A1   Canada 6   Third place
  A3   Switzerland 3*   B1   Sweden 11
  A3   Switzerland 4

* Decided in overtime.

Quarterfinals[]

January 2, 2010
16:00 		Russia  2 – 3 OT
  Switzerland Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705)
Attendance: 12,278 (83.5%)
January 2, 2010
20:00 		United States of America  6 – 2
  Finland Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705)
Attendance: 12,701 (86.4%)

Semifinals[]

January 3, 2010
16:00 		Canada  6 – 1
  Switzerland Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705)
Attendance: 13,427 (91.3%)
January 3, 2010
20:00 		Sweden  2 – 5
  United States of America Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705)
Attendance: 12,137 (82.5%)

5th place playoff[]

January 4, 2010
20:00 		Russia  3 – 4
  Finland Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705)
Attendance: 11,214 (76.3%)

Bronze medal game[]

January 5, 2010
15:00 		Switzerland  4 – 11
  Sweden Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705)
Attendance: 12,121 (82.4%)

Gold medal game[]

January 5, 2010
19:00 		Canada  5 – 6 OT
  United States of America Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705)
Attendance: 15,171 (103.2%)

Top 10 scorers[]

Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/- PIM
1 Derek Stepan Flag of the United States United States 7 4 10 14 +9 4
2 Jordan Eberle Flag of Canada Canada 6 8 5 13 +3 4
3 Taylor Hall Flag of Canada Canada 6 6 6 12 +3 0
4 Jerry D'Amigo Flag of the United States United States 7 6 6 12 +7 0
5 Alex Pietrangelo Flag of Canada Canada 6 3 9 12 +9 14
6 André Petersson Flag of Sweden Sweden 6 8 3 11 +8 4
7 Nino Niederreiter Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 7 6 4 10 -2 10
8 Kirill Petrov Flag of Russia Russia 6 4 6 10 +7 6
9 Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson Flag of Sweden Sweden 6 3 7 10 +6 2
9 Anton Rödin Flag of Sweden Sweden 6 3 7 10 +4 2

Goaltending leaders[]

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos Player Country MINS GA Sv% GAA SO
1 Igor Bobkov Flag of Russia Russia 343:05 14 93.00 2.45 1
2 Jacob Markström Flag of Sweden Sweden 298:50 11 92.72 2.21 0
3 Mike Lee Flag of the United States United States 263:56 11 90.76 2.50 0
4 Jake Allen Flag of Canada Canada 291:23 10 90.20 2.06 2
5 Benjamin Conz Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 428:10 34 89.31 4.76 0

Tournament awards[]

Most Valuable Player
All-star team
IIHF best player awards

Final standings[]

Team
 United States of America
 Canada
 Sweden
4th  Switzerland
5th  Finland
6th  Russia
7th  Czech Republic
8th  Slovakia
9th  Latvia
10th  Austria

Division I[]

For more detailed information see 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships - Division I The following teams took part in the Division I tournament. Group A played in Megeve & Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, France between December 14 and December 20, 2009. Group B played in Gdansk, Poland between December 14 and December 20, 2009:

Group A[]

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF Pts
 Germany 5 5 0 0 0 27 3 24 15
 Denmark 5 4 0 0 1 21 9 12 12
 Slovenia 5 2 1 0 2 8 12 -4 8
 Ukraine 5 1 0 1 3 15 23 -8 4
 Japan 5 1 0 0 4 9 26 -17 3
 France 5 1 0 0 4 9 16 -7 3

 Germany was promoted to the Top Division and  France was relegated to Division II for the 2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Group B[]

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF Pts
 Norway 5 4 1 0 0 33 8 25 14
 Belarus 5 3 0 2 0 30 12 18 11
 Italy 5 2 1 0 2 8 8 0 8
 Kazakhstan 5 2 0 0 3 20 16 4 6
 Croatia 5 1 0 0 4 14 51 -37 3
 Poland 5 1 0 0 4 12 22 -10 3

 Norway was promoted to the Top Division and  Poland was relegated to Division II for the 2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Division II[]

Main article: 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships - Division II
Main article: 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

</noinclude> The following teams took part in the Division II tournament. Group A played in Debrecen, Hungary between December 13 and December 19, 2009. Group B played in Narva, Estonia between December 12 and December 18, 2009:

Group A

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF Pts
 United Kingdom 5 3 2 0 0 51 11 40 13
 Hungary 5 4 0 1 0 66 8 58 13
 Spain 5 3 0 1 1 30 17 13 10
 South Korea 5 2 0 0 3 20 18 2 6
 China 5 1 0 0 4 8 48 -40 3
 Mexico 5 0 0 0 5 4 77 -73 0

 United Kingdom was promoted to Division I and  Mexico was relegated to Division III for the 2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Group B

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF Pts
 Lithuania 5 5 0 0 0 34 12 22 15
 Netherlands 5 4 0 0 1 26 19 7 12
 Romania 5 2 1 0 2 21 21 0 8
 Belgium 5 1 1 0 3 15 24 -9 5
 Estonia 5 0 0 3 2 15 24 -9 3
 Serbia 5 0 1 0 4 17 28 -11 2

 Lithuania was promoted to the Division I and  Serbia was relegated to Division III for the 2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.


Division III[]

Main article: 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships - Division III

The tournament took place in Istanbul, Turkey from January 4 to January 10, 2010.  Australia and  Iceland have gained promotion to Division II for the 2011 IIHF World U20 Championship.


Team Photos[]

References[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Saskatoon-Regina to get 2010 World Juniors. The Leader Post (Regina) (7July 2008). Retrieved on January 6, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Regina, Saskatoon to host 2010 world juniors", CBC, 7July 2008. Retrieved on January 6, 2010. Archived from the original on July 8, 2008. 
  3. ↑ Saskatchewan to host 2010 World Junior Hockey Championship. Government of Saskatchewan (7July 2008). Retrieved on January 6, 2010.
  4. ↑ Canada beats Finland in junior exhibition. Red Deer Advocate (December 23, 2009). Retrieved on January 6, 2010.
  5. ↑ Aykroyd, Lukas (January 5, 2010). New champs: USA stuns Canada. International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved on January 6, 2010.
  6. ↑ Toronto, Regina-Saskatoon formally bid to stage World Juniors. TSN (June 10, 2008). Retrieved on January 6, 2010.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Six letters of intent to bid received by Hockey Canada from potential hosts for the 2010 and 2012 IIHF World Junior Championships. Hockey Canada (February 1, 2008). Retrieved on January 6, 2010.
Preceded by
2009 World Juniors 		World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

See also: 2010 World Championships

Succeeded by
2011 World Juniors
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