2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2024 WJHC) will be the 48th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. It will begin on December 26, 2023 and will end with the gold medal game being played on January 5, 2024. This marks the 7th time that Sweden will host the WJIHC.
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Dates | December 26, 2023 – January 5, 2024 |
Teams | 10 |
Venue(s) | Scandinavium and Frölundaborg (in 1 host city) |
← 2023 2025 → |
It will be the first time that Gothenburg, Sweden has hosted the tournament having previously hosted the Senior IIHF World Championships twice in 1981 and 2002.
Background
On March 14, 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 | ||
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Scandinavium Capacity: 12,044 |
Frölundaborg Capacity: 7,600 | |
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References
- "World Juniors in Gothenburg". IIHF. March 14, 2019. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
- "World Juniors will be hosted in an Edmonton bubble: TSN". Edmonton. September 17, 2020. Retrieved September 17, 2020.