2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

2023 IIHF World Junior Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Canada
City	Halifax, Moncton
Venue(s)	Scotiabank Centre Avenir Centre (in 2 host cities)
Dates	December 26, 2022 – January 5, 2023
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Canada (20th title)
Runner-up	Czechia
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Games played	30
Goals scored	216 (7.2 per game)
Attendance	221,904 (7,397 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Connor Bedard (23 points)
MVP	Connor Bedard
Official website
www.iihf.com
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The 2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 47th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, held between December 26, 2022, and January 5, 2023.^[1][2] It was won by Canada, in overtime of the gold-medal game. Czechia won the silver, their first medal since 2005.

The venue was originally scheduled to be Novosibirsk and Omsk, Russia, but Russia's hosting rights were pulled in February 2022 after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The replacement hosts were Halifax, Nova Scotia and Moncton, New Brunswick, both in Canada. It was the 18th time Canada has hosted the tournament, and the third consecutively.

The relegation round was revived, after a two-year hiatus due to the 2021 Division I, II, and III tournaments having been cancelled, and in 2022, both Russia and Belarus were automatically expelled from the competition.