2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

2010 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country  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
Runner-up   Canada
Third place   Sweden
Fourth place  Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played 31
Goals scored 266 (8.58 per match)
Attendance 301,944 (9,740 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Derek Stepan
(14 points)
MVP Jordan Eberle
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2011 →

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 U.S.A. defeated the pre-tournament favourites and host country Canada 6-5 in overtime to win their second gold medal and first since 2004, thus ending Canada's bid for a record-breaking sixth consecutive gold medal.[5][6]

Contents

Other host candidates

Initially, Switzerland was chosen to host the tournament, but later withdrew.[7]

Three bid groups submitted letters of intent to host the 2010 tournament prior to the February 1, 2008 deadline:[8]

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.[8]

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

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 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 (CST/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 Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705)
Attendance: 11,318 (77.0%)
December 27, 2009
15:00		 United States  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 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  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 (CST/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 (CST/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 5  
  A2   United States 6     B1   Sweden 2    
  B3   Finland 2         A2   United States 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  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 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 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  United States 7 4 10 14 +9 4
2 Jordan Eberle  Canada 6 8 5 13 +3 4
3 Taylor Hall  Canada 6 6 6 12 +3 0
4 Jerry D'Amigo  United States 7 6 6 12 +7 0
5 Alex Pietrangelo  Canada 6 3 9 12 +9 14
6 André Petersson  Sweden 6 8 3 11 +8 4
7 Nino Niederreiter  Switzerland 7 6 4 10 -2 10
8 Kirill Petrov  Russia 6 4 6 10 +7 6
9 Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson  Sweden 6 3 7 10 +6 2
9 Anton Rödin  Sweden 6 3 7 10 +4 2

Top 10 goalscorers

Pos Player Country GP G Shots SG% PPG SHG
1 Jordan Eberle  Canada 6 8 25 32.00 4 0
1 André Petersson  Sweden 6 8 17 47.06 2 1
3 Roberts Bukarts  Latvia 6 6 25 24.00 3 0
3 Taylor Hall  Canada 6 6 21 28.57 2 0
3 Richard Panik  Slovakia 6 6 32 18.75 3 0
6 Jerry D'Amigo  United States 7 6 23 26.09 0 1
6 Chris Kreider  United States 7 6 25 24.00 3 0
6 Nino Niederreiter  Switzerland 7 6 26 23.08 2 0
9 Konstantin Komarek  Austria 6 5 12 41.67 4 0
9 Anton Lander  Sweden 6 5 18 27.78 0 0

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos Player Country MINS GA Sv% GAA SO
1 Igor Bobkov  Russia 343:05 14 93.00 2.45 1
2 Jacob Markström  Sweden 298:50 11 92.72 2.21 0
3 Mike Lee  United States 263:56 11 90.76 2.50 0
4 Jake Allen  Canada 291:23 10 90.20 2.06 2
5 Benjamin Conz  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
 Canada
 Sweden
4th  Switzerland
5th  Finland
6th  Russia
7th  Czech Republic
8th  Slovakia
9th  Latvia
10th  Austria

IIHF Broadcasting rights

Country Broadcaster
 Canada TSN*
TSN2
RDS
 Czech Republic ČT
 France
 United Kingdom
 Ireland
 Italy
 Germany
 Greece
 Hungary
 Russia
 Bulgaria
 Poland
 Portugal
 Romania
 Serbia
 Turkey
Denmark
 Ukraine		 Eurosport 2
 Finland MTV3
 Russia NTV Plus Sport
 Slovakia STV
 Sweden SVT
 United States NHL Network

Division I

The following teams took part in the Division I tournament. Group A played in Megeve & Saint-Gervais, 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

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
 Great Britain 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

 Great Britain 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.

References

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