Ice Hockey World Juniors 2016

2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

>> The 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship will be the 40th World Junior Ice Hockey Championship. It will be hosted in Helsinki in Finland. It begins on December 26, 2015, and will end with the gold medal game being played on January 5, 2016. This marks the 6th time that Finland has hosted the WJC.

>> The IIHF Ice Hockey World Junior Championships, commonly known simply as the World Juniors, is an annual event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation for national under-20 ice hockey teams from around the world. It is traditionally held in late December, ending in the beginning of January.

>> The main tournament features the top ten ranked hockey nations in the world, comprising the 'Top Division', from which a world champion is crowned. There are also three lower pools—Divisions I, II and III—that each play separate tournaments playing for the right to be promoted to a higher pool, or face relegation to a lower pool.

>> The tournament was first held in 1977 (1974–1976 were not official tournaments). The tournament has been dominated by the teams from Russia/Soviet Union and Canada, together accounting for 29 of the 39 overall gold medals awarded. The USSR won the first four official tournaments, while the Canadians put together five straight championships between 1993 and 1997, and another five straight from 2005 to 2009. Canada leads the all-time gold medal count with 16, while USSR/Russia leads the all-time overall medal count with 32. Head-to-head matches between these two countries are always much anticipated.

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