2026 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Background

The tournament returned to Minneapolis–Saint Paul after being previously co-hosted there in 1982. This was the seventh time that the United States hosted the WJC and first time since 2018.^[2][3]

Venues

The tournament games were played at two arenas:^[4][5][6]

• Grand Casino Arena in Saint Paul, and
• 3M Arena at Mariucci in Minneapolis.

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Saint Paul	Minneapolis–Saint Paul		Minneapolis
Grand Casino Arena Capacity: 17,954			3M Arena at Mariucci Capacity: 10,257

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Qualified teams

Ten teams took part in the competition. Denmark returned for the first time since 2019, replacing Kazakhstan who were relegated back to Division I, Group A, after finishing last in 2025.

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Team	Qualification method	Appearance(s)[a]				Previous best performance[b]
		Total	First	Last	Streak
United States	First in 2025	50th	1977	2025	50	Champions (2004, 2010, 2013, 2017, 2021, 2024, 2025)
Finland	Second in 2025	50th			50	Champions (1987, 1998, 2014, 2016, 2019)
Czechia	Third in 2025	50th			50	Champions (2000, 2001)
Sweden	Fourth in 2025	50th			50	Champions (1981, 2012)
Canada	Fifth in 2025	50th			50	Champions (20 times)[c]
Slovakia	Sixth in 2025	31st	1996		31	Third place (1999, 2015)
Latvia	Seventh in 2025	11th	2006		5	Seventh place (2022, 2025)
Switzerland	Eighth in 2025	39th	1978		17	Third place (1998)
Germany	Ninth in 2025	32nd	1977		7	Fifth place (1981)
Denmark	Champions of Division I A	8th	2008	2019	1	Fifth place (2017)

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Match officials

The following officials were assigned by the IIHF to officiate the 2026 World Junior Championships.^[7][8]

Rosters

To be eligible as a junior player, a player couldn't be born earlier than 2006. A maximum of 22 skaters and 3 goalkeepers could be named to a roster, with a maximum of 20 skaters and 2 goalkeepers dressing each game.

Preliminary round

Group A

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	4	4	0	0	0	21	8	+13	12	Quarterfinals
2	United States (H)	4	3	0	0	1	17	15	+2	9
3	Switzerland	4	2	0	0	2	10	8	+2	6
4	Slovakia	4	1	0	0	3	13	13	0	3
5	Germany	4	0	0	0	4	5	22	−17	0	Relegation round

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Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host

December 26, 2025 12:00pm

Sweden

3–2 (0–0, 2–1, 1–1)

Slovakia

Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul Attendance: 5,125

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	Love Härenstam	Goalies	Alan Lendák	Referees: John Lindner Janne Wuorenheimo Linesmen: Nicholas Albinati David Thuma
	Frondell (Freij, Stenberg) (PP) – 29:05 1–0 Eklund (Frondell, Berglund) (PP) – 33:16 2–0 2–1 39:56 – Pobežal (Mišiak) (PP2) 2–2 50:55 – Tomík (Pitka) Stenberg (Genborg) – 56:03 3–2
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	32	Shots	25

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December 26, 2025 5:00pm

Germany

3–6 (1–3, 2–3, 0–0)

United States

Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul Attendance: 14,276

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	Lennart Neisse	Goalies	Caleb Heil	Referees: Cedric Borga Richard Magnusson Linesmen: Anthony LaPointe Joni Pekkala
	0–1 05:34 – Plante (Stiga, Kleber) 0–2 10:53 – Reid (Zellers, McMorrow) 0–3 15:55 – Horcoff (Ziemer, Hagens) Kose (Händel, Schwarz) – 17:39 1–3 Seidl (Willhoft) – 25:46 2–3 2–4 30:31 – Zellers (Hutson, Spellacy) Boos (Willhoft, Kretzschmar) – 31:27 3–4 3–5 34:58 – Zellers (Spellacy) 3–6 38:07 – Eiserman (Hutson)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	21	Shots	47

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December 27, 2025 1:00pm

Slovakia

4–1 (2–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Germany

Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul Attendance: 3,702

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	Michal Prádel	Goalies	Linus Veillard	Referees: Andreas Huber Hayden Verbeek Linesmen: Luke Pye Michael Stalder
	Chrenko (Nemec, Murin) – 05:34 1–0 Chrenko (Nemec, Straka) (PP) – 19:12 2–0 Chrenko (Svrček, Radivojevič) (PP) – 33:23 3–0 3–1 51:09 – Willhoft (Lewandowski) Beluško (SH, ENG) – 59:07 4–1
	4 min	Penalties	14 min
	38	Shots	35

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December 27, 2025 5:00pm

United States

2–1 (0–0, 2–1, 0–0)

Switzerland

Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul Attendance: 13,984

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	Nicholas Kempf	Goalies	Christian Kirsch	Referees: Tomáš Mejzlík Troy Murray Linesmen: Nicholas Albinati Luka Mäkinen
	Ziemer (Hagens, Horcoff) – 21:12 1–0 1–1 32:34 – Sansonnens (Grossniklaus, Steiner) Zellers (McKinney) – 34:40 2–1
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	20	Shots	17

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December 28, 2025 1:00pm

Sweden

4–2 (1–1, 0–1, 3–0)

Switzerland

Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul Attendance: 4,825

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	Love Härenstam	Goalies	Elijah Neuenschwander	Referees: Tomáš Mejzlík Janne Wuorenheimo Linesmen: Scott Allan Anthony LaPointe
	Nilson (Sahlin Wallenius) – 00:53 1–0 1–1 14:27 – Waidacher (Muggli, Ustinkov) 1–2 38:22 – Steiner (Ustinkov, Muggli) V. Björck (Freij, Frondell) – 40:57 2–2 Pettersson (Danielsson, Nilson) – 46:28 3–2 Pettersson (Stenberg) (ENG) – 59:13 4–2
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	30	Shots	30

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December 29, 2025 12:00pm

Germany

1–8 (1–1, 0–4, 0–3)

Sweden

Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul Attendance: 4,122

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	Linus Veillard Lukas Stuhrmann	Goalies	Herman Liv	Referees: Rocco Stachowiak Adam Tobias Linesmen: Bryan Gorcoff Matthew Heinen
	0–1 01:45 – Frondell (Freij, Eklund) (PP) Pul (Schafer) – 07:04 1–1 1–2 21:03 – V. Björck (Boumedienne, Ohrqvist) 1–3 28:11 – Berglund (Sahlin Wallenius, Carell) 1–4 35:26 – V. Björck (Sahlin Wallenius, Danielsson) (PP) 1–5 39:29 – Boumedienne (Ohrqvist) 1–6 45:34 – Frondell (Freij) (PP) 1–7 57:25 – Danielsson (Petterson, Genborg) (PP) 1–8 59:59 – Berglund (Genborg, Håkansson)
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	17	Shots	44

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December 29, 2025 5:00pm

Slovakia

5–6 (2–0, 2–4, 1–2)

United States

Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul Attendance: 13,052

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	Michal Prádel	Goalies	Caleb Heil	Referees: Cedric Borgia Andreas Huber Linesmen: Nicholas Albinati Luka Mäkinen
	Pitka (Tomík, Fabus) – 08:53 1–0 Chrenko (Radivojevič) (PP) – 11:15 2–0 2–1 21:50 – Spellacy (McMorrow) (SH) Beluško (Straka) (SH) – 26:46 3–1 3–2 28:33 – McMorrow (Bednarik, Spellacy) 3–3 31:00 – Lee (Mooney, Zellers) (PP) Svrček (Straka) (PP) – 34:44 4–3 4–4 39:15 – Hagens (Stiga, Reid) 4–5 40:18 – Hagens (Reid, Ziemer) 4–6 44:34 – Zellers (Ziemer, Mooney) (PP) Chrenko (Radivojevič, Nemec) (EA) – 58:06 5–6
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	31	Shots	41

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December 30, 2025 1:00pm

Switzerland

4–0 (2–0, 2–0, 0–0)

Germany

Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul Attendance: 3,805

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	Christian Kirsch	Goalies	Lennart Neisse	Referees: Martin Jobbágy Alexander Österberg Linesmen: Scott Allan Joni Pekkala
	Koerbler (Meier, Blessing) – 11:42 1–0 Reber (Muggli, Steiner) (PP) – 13:10 2–0 Koerbler – 21:06 3–0 Johnson (Sansonnens, Mottard) – 26:10 4–0
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	48	Shots	20

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December 31, 2025 12:00pm

Switzerland

3–2 (2–0, 1–0, 0–2)

Slovakia

Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul Attendance: 3,864

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	Elijah Neuenschwander	Goalies	Michal Prádel	Referees: Richard Magnusson Hayden Verbeek Linesmen: Luke Pye Rasmus Stromberg
	Wey (Reber, Johnson) (PP) – 18:05 1–0 Aeschlimann (Ustinkov, Muggli) (PP) – 18:27 2–0 Haas (Koerbler, Meier) — 36:43 3–0 3–1 47:41 – Nemec (Chrenko, Radivojevič) 3–2 59:50 – Radivojevič (Nemec, Chrenko) (EA)
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	18	Shots	22

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December 31, 2025 5:00pm

United States

3–6 (0–1, 2–4, 1–1)

Sweden

Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul Attendance: 18,618

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	Brady Knowling Nick Kempf	Goalies	Love Härenstam	Referees: Troy Murray Janne Wuorenheimo Linesmen: Anthony LaPointe Joni Pekkala
	0–1 09:17 – Juustovaara (Freij, Nilson) 0–2 23:01 – Genborg (Danielsson, V. Björck) (PP) 0–3 26:01 – Pettersson (Berglund, Håkansson) Reid (Eiserman, Ziemer) (PP) – 28:55 1–3 1–4 32:44 – Pettersson (Berglund) (SH) 1–5 35:15 – Genborg (V. Björck, Danielsson) (PP) Zellers (Ziemer, Hagens) – 36:44 2–5 Stiga (Mooney, Lee) (PP) – 42:30 3–5 3–6 46:43 – Stenberg (Berglund, Eklund) (PP2)
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	31	Shots	43

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Group B

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	4	3	1	0	0	25	11	+14	11	Quarterfinals
2	Czechia	4	2	1	0	1	18	12	+6	8
3	Finland	4	2	0	1	1	19	11	+8	7
4	Latvia	4	1	0	1	2	9	17	−8	4
5	Denmark	4	0	0	0	4	8	28	−20	0	Relegation round

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Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

December 26, 2025 2:30pm

Denmark

2–6 (1–3, 0–3, 1–0)

Finland

3M Arena at Mariucci, Minneapolis Attendance: 2,935

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	Anton Wilde	Goalies	Petteri Rimpinen	Referees: Andreas Huber Troy Murray Linesmen: Matthew Heinen Michael Stalder
	0–1 01:49 – Vesterinen (Kuhta, Tuuva) 0–2 02:19 – Kalto (Westergård, Kiviharju) Bundegaard (Amondsen, E. Jakobsen) – 06:08 1–2 1–3 10:07 – Suvanto (Kuhta, Boelius) (PP) 1–4 24:45 – Koivu (Kiviharju, Ruohonen) 1–5 26:19 – Saarelainen (Boelius, Vanhanen) (PP) 1–6 31:21 – Vesterinen (Kuhta, Tuuva) Linde (M. Jakobsen, Larsen) (PP) – 42:22 2–6
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	10	Shots	43

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December 26, 2025 7:30pm

Czechia

5–7 (1–2, 2–1, 2–4)

Canada

3M Arena at Mariucci, Minneapolis Attendance: 5,502

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	Michal Orsulák	Goalies	Carter George	Referees: Alexander Österberg Adam Tobias Linesmen: Scott Allan Luka Mäkinen
	0–1 13:53 – Martin (McKenna, Hage) Poletín (Benák, Pšenička) – 17:01 1–1 1–2 17:38 – Hage (Martin, Danford) Čihař (Benák, Man) (EA) – 24:02 2–2 Sikora (Čihař, Nestrašil) – 32:13 3–2 3–3 37:02 – Parekh (Reid, Desnoyers) 3–4 43:09 – Parekh (McKenna, Reschny) (PP) Poletín (Sikora, Galvas) – 45:21 4–4 4–5 46:32 – Iginla (Misa, MacKenzie) 4–6 49:12 – MacKenzie (Hage) Galvas (Nestrašil, Čihař) – 55:26 5–6 5–7 59:00 – Martone (Beaudoin, MacKenzie) (ENG)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	33	Shots	27

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December 27, 2025 3:30pm

Latvia

1–2 OT (0–0, 0–1, 1–0) (OT: 0–1)

Canada

3M Arena at Mariucci, Minneapolis Attendance: 4,146

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	Nils Mauriņš	Goalies	Jack Ivankovic	Referees: Martin Jobbágy Richard Magnusson Linesmen: Albert Ankerst Jerne Rasmus Strömberg
	0–1 22:22 – Reschny (McKenna, Brunicke) (PP) Bērzkalns (Sārts, Diļevka) – 58:02 1–1 1–2 60:44 – Hage (McKenna, Parekh) (PP)
	29 min	Penalties	6 min
	27	Shots	38

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December 27, 2025 7:30pm

Denmark

2–7 (1–2, 1–3, 0–2)

Czechia

3M Arena at Mariucci, Minneapolis Attendance: 3,067

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	Anton Wilde	Goalies	Matyáš Mařík	Referees: Cedric Borga Rocco Stachowiak Linesmen: Bryan Gorcoff Matthew Heinen
	0–1 02:56 – Čihař (Galvas, Nestrašil) Petersen (E. Jakobsen, Olesen) – 05:53 1–1 1–2 11:57 – Kubiesa (Sikora, Galvas) (PP) 1–3 21:45 – Nestrašil (Jiříček, Benák) (PP) Larsen (Baerentsen) – 24:39 2–3 2–4 31:20 – Jiříček (Novotný) 2–5 35:01 – Hoch (Klíma) 2–6 45:41 – Galvas (Sikora, Novotný) (PP) 2–7 46:39 – Žemlička
	35 min	Penalties	6 min
	22	Shots	53

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December 28, 2025 3:30pm

Finland

8–0 (3–0, 2–0, 3–0)

Latvia

3M Arena at Mariucci, Minneapolis Attendance: 3,152

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	Petteri Rimpinen	Goalies	Mikus Vecvanags	Referees: Alexander Österberg Adam Tobias Linesmen: Bryan Gorcoff David Thuma
	Hemming (Vanhanen) – 04:11 1–0 Kuhta (Westergård) – 14:19 2–0 Westergard (Nykyri, Miettinen) – 19:16 3–0 Hemming (Vanhanen, Kiviharju) (PP2) – 21:37 4–0 Saarelainen (Ruohonen, Boelius) – 34:06 5–0 Vesterinen (Nykyri, Kuhta) – 42:51 6–0 Ruohonen (Koivu, Piiparinen) – 45:35 7–0 Boelius (Ruohonen, Saarelainen) – 50:31 8–0
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	41	Shots	7

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December 29, 2025 2:30pm

Finland

1–2 OT (0–1, 0–0, 1–0) (OT: 0–1)

Czechia

3M Arena at Mariucci, Minneapolis Attendance: 3,235

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	Petteri Rimpinen	Goalies	Michal Orsulák	Referees: Troy Murray Hayden Verbeek Linesmen: Albert Ankerst Jerne Luke Pye
	0–1 01:52 – Kubiesa (Galvas, Čihař) (PP) Hemming (Tuuva, Ruohonen) (EA) – 59:40 1–1 1–2 63:39 – Jiříček (Sikora, Čihař)
	31 min	Penalties	10 min
	24	Shots	26

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December 29, 2025 7:30pm

Canada

9–1 (3–0, 2–1, 4–0)

Denmark

3M Arena at Mariucci, Minneapolis Attendance: 4,401

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	Carter George	Goalies	Patrick Tiedjen	Referees: Martin Jobbágy Janne Wuorenheimo Linesmen: Joni Pekkala Rasmus Strömberg
	McKenna (Hage, Martin) (PP) – 03:17 1–0 Cootes (Iginla, Verhoeff) – 08:36 2–0 Parekh (Desnoyers, Beaudoin) – 10:03 3–0 3–1 20:28 – Klyvo Martone (Parekh, Misa) (PP) – 26:11 4–1 McKenna (Martin, MacKenzie) – 35:03 5–1 Misa (Martone, Aitcheson) – 44:41 6–1 McKenna (Hage, Martin) – 45:44 7–1 Aitcheson (Desnoyers, O'Reilly) – 54:16 8–1 Martone (Misa, Iginla) – 54:40 9–1
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	49	Shots	13

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December 30, 2025 3:30pm

Latvia

6–3 (1–0, 3–2, 2–1)

Denmark

3M Arena at Mariucci, Minneapolis Attendance: 2,781

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	Nils Mauriņš	Goalies	Anton Wilde	Referees: John Lindner Tomáš Mejzlík Linesmen: Anthony LaPointe Michael Stalder
	Sārts (Osmanis, Ansons) – 16:52 1–0 Šmits (Ansons, Murnieks) (PP) – 23:00 2–0 2–1 31:37 – Larsen (Bundegaard, Petersen) Sieradzkis (Šmits, Ansons) (PP) – 34:54 3–1 Antons Macijevskis (Vītols, Naudiņš) – 36:43 4–1 4–2 38:31 – Bundegaard (Larsen, Rundh) Osmanis (Šmits, Sieradzkis) (PP) – 49:52 5–2 5–3 58:43 – Linde (M. Jakobsen, Bundegaard) (EA) Šmits (Murnieks) (ENG) – 59:59 6–3
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	42	Shots	12

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December 31, 2025 2:30pm

Czechia

4–2 (2–1, 1–0, 1–1)

Latvia

3M Arena at Mariucci, Minneapolis Attendance: 3,301

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	Matyáš Mařík	Goalies	Nils Mauriņš Mikus Vecvanags	Referees: Cedric Borga Adam Tobias Linesmen: Albert Ankerstjerne Luka Makinen
	0–1 06:00 – Ansons (Osmanis, Šmits) (PP) Poletín (Galvas, Curran) – 10:04 1–1 Jiříček (Benák, Nestrašil) (PP) – 11:19 2–1 Pšenička (Curran, Man) – 25:31 3–1 3–2 46:39 – Sieradzkis (Osmanis, Murnieks) (PP) Nestrašil (Čihař) (ENG) – 58:43 4–2
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	29	Shots	10

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December 31, 2025 7:30pm

Canada

7–4 (3–3, 2–1, 2–0)

Finland

3M Arena at Mariucci, Minneapolis Attendance: 7,582

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	Carter George	Goalies	Petteri Rimpinen	Referees: John Lindner Rocco Stachowiak Linesmen: Matthew Heinen David Thuma
	Parekh (Martone, Iginla) – 01:13 1–0 1–1 03:54 – Miettinen (Vanhanen) Martin (Hage, McKenna) – 04:26 2–1 2–2 05:40 – Suvanto (Vesterinen) Martin (Hage, Parekh) (PP) – 10:40 3–2 3–3 12:59 – Boelius (Vanhanen, Kuhta) (PP) Iginla (Parekh, George) (PP) – 29:35 4–3 Beaudoin (Desnoyers, O'Reilly) – 37:05 5–3 5–4 37:40 – Vesterinen Beaudoin (O'Reilly, Desnoyers) – 48:20 6–4 O'Reilly (Beaudoin) (ENG) – 58:56 7–4
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	32	Shots	18

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Relegation round

January 2, 2026 11:30am

Germany

8–4 (2–1, 2–2, 4–1)

Denmark

3M Arena at Mariucci, Minneapolis Attendance: 2,645

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	Linus Vieillard	Goalies	Anton Wilde	Referees: Tomáš Mejzlík Hayden Verbeek Linesmen: Michael Stalder Rasmus Strömberg
	Lewandowski (Willhoft, Boos) – 03:37 1–0 Schäfer (Boos, Händel) (PP) – 07:06 2–0 2–1 17:10 – Klyvo (Larsen, M. Jakobsen) (PP) Schams (Lewandowski, Boos) – 22:08 3–1 Seidl (Willhoft) – 24:48 4–1 4–2 26:28 – Klyvo (Larsen, M. Jakobsen) (PP) 4–3 30:05 – Green (Bundgaard) Willhoft (Lewandowski, Händel) (PP2) – 45:04 5–3 Schams (Händel, Seidl) – 50:04 6–3 6–4 51:21 – Linde (Schioldan, Klyvo) Boos (Schäfer, Willhoft) (PP) – 52:23 7–4 Schwarz (Seidl, ENG) – 58:57 8–4
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	37	Shots	22

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Playoff round

Quarterfinal winners were reseeded for the semifinals in accordance with the following ranking:

1. Placement in group
2. Points in preliminary round
3. Goal differential in preliminary round
4. Number of goals scored in preliminary round
5. Seeding coming into the tournament

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Rank	Team	Group	Pos	Pts	GD	GF	Seed
1	Sweden	A	1	12	+13	21	4
2	Canada	B	1	11	+14	25	5
3	United States	A	2	9	+2	17	1
4	Czechia	B	2	8	+6	18	3
5	Finland	B	3	7	+8	19	2
6	Switzerland	A	3	6	+2	10	8
7	Latvia	B	4	4	–8	9	7
8	Slovakia	A	4	3	0	13	6

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Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	January 2 – Grand Casino Arena
	1A  Sweden	6
					January 4 – Grand Casino Arena
	4B  Latvia	3
					1  Sweden (SO)	4
	January 2 – Grand Casino Arena
					5  Finland	3
	2A  United States	3
									January 5 – Grand Casino Arena
	3B  Finland (OT)	4
									1  Sweden	4
	January 2 – 3M Arena
									4  Czechia	2
	1B  Canada	7
					January 4 – Grand Casino Arena
	4A  Slovakia	1
					2  Canada	4
	January 2 – 3M Arena
					4  Czechia	6			Third place
	2B  Czechia	6
									January 5 – Grand Casino Arena
	3A   Switzerland	2
									2  Canada	6
									5  Finland	3

Quarterfinals

January 2, 2026 1:00pm

Sweden

6–3 (2–1, 2–0, 2–2)

Latvia

Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul Attendance: 4,946

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	Love Härenstam	Goalies	Nils Mauriņš	Referees: Cedric Borgia John Lindner Linesmen: Nicholas Albinati Allan Scott
	Frondell (Wallenius) – 00:10 1–0 1–1 13:07 – Ansons (Osmanis, Šmits) (PP) Berglund (Pettersson, Genborg) – 16:15 2–1 Boumedienne (Freij, Stenberg) – 34:05 3–1 Carell (Eklund, Wallenius) – 35:40 4–1 Frondell (V. Björck, Freij) – 41:58 5–1 5–2 43:50 – Flugins (Klaucāns, Vītols) Wallenius (Eriksson, Eklund) – 55:54 6–2 6–3 58:10 – Mūrnieks (Sieradzkis, Osmanis) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	38	Shots	16

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January 2, 2026 3:30pm

Czechia

6–2 (0–1, 4–1, 2–0)

Switzerland

3M Arena at Mariucci, Minneapolis Attendance: 3,102

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	Michal Orsulák	Goalies	Christian Kirsch	Referees: Andreas Huber Rocco Stachowiak Linesmen: Anthony LaPointe Luka Makinen
	0–1 03:47 – Muggli (Ustinkov, Aeschlimann) Galvas (Sikora) – 20:54 1–1 1–2 26:43 – Reber (Neuenschwander, Steiner) (PP) Drancak (Kubiesa, Klíma) – 30:28 2–2 Jiříček (Benák, Poletín) – 31:12 3–2 Sikora (Čihař, Klíma) – 35:32 4–2 Klíma (Kubiesa, Fibigr) – 50:25 5–2 Fibigr (Čihař) (PP) – 57:37 6–2
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	43	Shots	20

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January 2, 2026 5:00pm

United States

3–4 OT (0–0, 2–1, 1–2) (OT: 0–1)

Finland

Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul Attendance: 11,779

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	Nicholas Kempf	Goalies	Petteri Rimpinen	Referees: Troy Murray Alexander Österberg Linesmen: Albert Ankerstjerne Luke Pye
	Hutson (Bednarik, Brendan McMorrow) – 20:35 1–0 1–1 24:46 – Ruohonen (Westergård) Eiserman (Hutson, Hagens) (PP) – 30:15 2–1 2–2 52:43 – Tuuva (Kiviharju, Saarelainen) 2–3 53:38 – Saarelainen (Tuuva, Boelius) Lee (Hagens, Zellers) (EA) – 58:27 3–3 3–4 62:11 – Välilä (Vanhanen, Miettinen)
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	31	Shots	25

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January 2, 2026 7:30pm

Canada

7–1 (5–0, 2–1, 0–0)

Slovakia

3M Arena at Mariucci, Minneapolis Attendance: 5,250

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	Jack Ivankovic	Goalies	Michal Prádel Alan Lendak	Referees: Adam Tobias Janne Wuorenheimo Linesmen: Bryan Gorcoff David Thuma
	Reschny (Verhoeff, Beaudoin) – 13:58 1–0 Iginla (Martone) – 14:42 2–0 Misa (Parekh, MacKenzie) – 16:11 3–0 O'Reilly (Carels, Desnoyers) – 17:03 4–0 Martin (McKenna, Hage) (PP) – 19:47 5–0 Martone (Verhoeff, Misa) – 29:31 6–0 Beaudoin (O'Reilly, Parekh) – 30:41 7–0 7–1 36:50 – Chovan (Kalman, Tomík)
	12 min	Penalties	32 min
	43	Shots	22

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Semifinals

January 4, 2026 3:30pm

Sweden

4–3 GWS (1–1, 2–1, 0–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Finland

Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul Attendance: 7,245

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	Love Härenstam	Goalies	Petteri Rimpinen	Referees: John Lindner Troy Murray Linesmen: Matthew Heinen David Thuma
	Eriksson (Frondell, Eklund) – 00:36 1–0 1–1 16:26 – Joki (Kiviharju) Stenberg (Berglund, Genborg) (EA) – 21:20 2–1 2–2 22:10 – Kuhta (Pikkarainen, Jokinen) Genborg (Stenberg) – 34:07 3–2 3–3 54:01 – Saarelainen (Ruohonen, Valila)
	V. Björck Frondell Stenberg Eklund Berglund Frondell Berglund Frondell	Shootout	Tuuva Vanhanen Hemming Kuhta Miettinen Vanhanen Hemming Vanhanen
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	33	Shots	36

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January 4, 2026 7:30pm

Canada

4–6 (1–1, 1–2, 2–3)

Czechia

Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul Attendance: 7,215

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	Jack Ivankovic Carter George	Goalies	Michal Oršulák	Referees: Alexander Österberg Rocco Stachowiak Linesmen: Luka Makinen Joni Pekkala
	Iginla (Misa, Luchanko) (PP) – 15:14 1–0 1–1 16:56 – Curran (Galvas, Benák) 1–2 23:44 – Titlbach (Pšenička, Novotný) Parekh (Hage, O'Reilly) (PP2) – 32:38 2–2 2–3 39:17 – Benák (Curran, Poletín) Reschny (Hage, McKenna) – 43:59 3–3 3–4 49:49 – Čihař (Nestrašil) Martone (Brunicke, Aitcheson) – 57:19 4–4 4–5 58:46 – Poletín (Curran, Benák) 4–6 59:34 – Čihař (Sikora) (PP) (ENG)
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	24	Shots	37

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Bronze medal game

January 5, 2026 3:30pm

Canada

6–3 (3–2, 2–1, 1–0)

Finland

Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul Attendance: 7,298

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	Carter George	Goalies	Petteri Rimpinen	Referees: John Lindner Adam Tobias Linesmen: Albert Ankerstjerne Matthew Heinen
	O'Reilly (Hage, McKenna) – 01:10 1–0 1–1 03:23 – Valila (Ruohonen) Cootes (Verhoeff, Greentree) – 04:57 2–1 2–2 11:58 – Miettinen (Boelius, Kuhta) (PP) Parekh (Hage, McKenna) (PP) – 18:41 3–2 Martone (Iginla, Parekh) – 21:47 4–2 O'Reilly (McKenna, Hage) (PP) – 25:27 5–2 5–3 34:18 – Ruohonen (Tuuva) McKenna (Hage) – 53:35 6–3
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	34	Shots	35

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Gold medal game

January 5, 2026 7:30pm

Sweden

4–2 (1–0, 1–0, 2–2)

Czechia

Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul Attendance: 9,753

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	Love Härenstam	Goalies	Michal Oršulák	Referees: Troy Murray Janne Wuorenheimo Linesmen: Anthony LaPointe Joni Pekkala
	Juustovaara (Berglund) (SH) – 14:46 1–0 Eklund (Berglund, Stenberg) (PP) – 29:21 2–0 Boumedienne (Stenberg, V. Björck) – 43:47 3–0 3–1 57:36 – Jiříček (Fibigr, Nestrašil) (EA) 3–2 59:36 – Kubiesa (Fibigr, Čihař) (EA) Stenberg (Eklund, V. Björck) (ENG) – 59:52 4–2
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	35	Shots	29

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Statistics

As of 2026-01-06 (13:48 GMT), iihf.com has not updated tournament stats to include the gold medal game.

Scoring leaders

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Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Michael Hage	Canada	7	2	13	15	+7	0
2	Gavin McKenna	Canada	7	4	10	14	+7	14
3	Zayne Parekh	Canada	7	5	8	13	+5	10
4	Vojtěch Čihař	Czechia	7	4	8	12	+7	2
5	Ivar Stenberg	Sweden	7	4	6	10	+5	6
6	Jack Berglund	Sweden	7	3	7	10	+9	4
7	Porter Martone	Canada	7	6	3	9	+4	6
8	Viggo Björck	Sweden	7	3	6	9	+5	2
8	Tomáš Galvas	Czechia	7	3	6	9	+7	0
8	Heikki Ruohonen	Finland	7	3	6	9	+6	4

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GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source 1: IIHF.com (pdf)
Source 2: IIHF.com
Source 3: eliteprospects.com

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

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Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
1	Jack Ivankovic	Canada	179:43	7	2.34	85	91.76	0
2	Love Härenstam	Sweden	370:00	15	2.43	168	91.07	0
3	Christian Kirsch	Switzerland	178:23	8	2.69	83	90.36	1
4	Elijah Neuenschwander	Switzerland	119:23	5	2.51	51	90.20	0
5	Nicholas Kempf	United States	140:06	6	2.57	57	89.47	0

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TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source1: IIHF.com (pdf)
Source2: IIHF.com

Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Love Härenstam
  • Best Defenceman: Adam Jiříček
  • Best Forward: Anton Frondell

• Media All-Stars:
  • MVP: Vojtěch Čihař
  • Goaltender: Love Härenstam
  • Defencemen: Zayne Parekh / Tomáš Galvas
  • Forwards: Michael Hage / Anton Frondell / Vojtěch Čihař

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Final standings

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Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	A	Sweden	7	6	1	0	0	35	16	+19	20	Champions
2	B	Czechia	7	4	1	0	2	32	22	+10	14	Runners-up
3	B	Canada	7	5	1	0	1	42	21	+21	17	Third place
4	B	Finland	7	2	1	2	2	29	24	+5	10	Fourth place
5	A	United States (H)	5	3	0	1	1	20	19	+1	10	Eliminated in quarterfinals
6	A	Switzerland	5	2	0	0	3	12	14	−2	6
7	B	Latvia	5	1	0	1	3	12	23	−11	4
8	A	Slovakia	5	1	0	0	4	14	20	−6	3
9	A	Germany	5	1	0	0	4	13	26	−13	3	Avoided relegation
10	B	Denmark	5	0	0	0	5	12	36	−24	0	Relegated to the 2027 Division I A

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Group A

The Division I, Group A, tournament was played in Bled, Slovenia, between December 7 and 13, 2025.

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Norway	5	4	1	0	0	37	11	+26	14	Promotion to the 2027 Top Division
2	Kazakhstan	5	2	1	1	1	27	26	+1	9[a]
3	Austria	5	3	0	0	2	25	18	+7	9[a]
4	Slovenia (H)	5	1	1	1	2	17	26	−9	6[b]
5	Ukraine	5	1	1	1	2	12	19	−7	6[b]
6	France	5	0	0	1	4	16	34	−18	1	Relegation to the 2027 Division I B

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Group B

The Division I, Group B, tournament was played in Milan, Italy, between December 8 and 14, 2025.

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hungary	5	3	1	0	1	18	9	+9	11	Promotion to the 2027 Division I A
2	Estonia	5	2	1	1	1	18	14	+4	9[a]
3	Lithuania	5	3	0	0	2	10	11	−1	9[a]
4	Poland	5	2	0	2	1	13	13	0	8
5	Japan	5	1	1	0	3	12	16	−4	5
6	Italy (H)	5	1	0	0	4	11	19	−8	3	Relegation to the 2027 Division II A

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Group A

The Division II, Group A, tournament was played in Bucharest, Romania, between January 4 and 10, 2026.

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	South Korea	5	5	0	0	0	33	6	+27	15	Promotion to the 2027 Division I B
2	Great Britain	5	3	1	0	1	15	13	+2	11
3	Croatia	5	2	1	0	2	18	27	−9	8
4	Romania (H)	5	1	1	1	2	16	19	−3	6
5	China	5	1	0	2	2	15	18	−3	5
6	Spain	5	0	0	0	5	11	25	−14	0	Relegation to the 2027 Division II B

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Group B

The Division II, Group B, tournament was played in Belgrade, Serbia, between January 18 and 24, 2026.

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Netherlands	5	5	0	0	0	40	3	+37	15	Promotion to the 2027 Division II A
2	Australia	5	3	0	0	2	29	21	+8	9
3	Israel	5	2	1	0	2	20	18	+2	8
4	Serbia (H)	5	2	0	1	2	14	19	−5	7
5	New Zealand	5	1	0	0	4	11	44	−33	3[a]
6	Iceland	5	1	0	0	4	15	24	−9	3[a]	Relegation to the 2027 Division III A

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Group A

The Division III, Group A, tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, between January 19 and 25, 2026.

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Chinese Taipei	5	4	1	0	0	42	14	+28	14	Promotion to the 2027 Division II B
2	Bulgaria (H)	5	3	1	0	1	29	13	+16	11
3	Belgium	5	2	0	3	0	27	16	+11	9
4	Turkey	5	2	1	0	2	34	15	+19	8
5	Thailand	5	1	0	0	4	11	35	−24	3
6	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5	0	0	0	5	6	56	−50	0	Relegation to the 2027 Division III B

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Group B

The Division III, Group B, tournament was played in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, between January 18 and 24, 2026.

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Kyrgyzstan (H)	5	5	0	0	0	38	10	+28	15	Promotion to the 2027 Division III A
2	Hong Kong	5	4	0	0	1	31	11	+20	12
3	Mexico	5	3	0	0	2	18	15	+3	9
4	Luxembourg	5	2	0	0	3	21	15	+6	6
5	South Africa	5	1	0	0	4	9	25	−16	3
6	Iran	5	0	0	0	5	6	47	−41	0

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