The 2025 World Junior Championships are here as the ten best nations in the world put together the best junior team possible to compete for the chance at a world championship gold.
The standings determine who moves on and will help determine tiebreakers if necessary as teams progress into the final rounds.
This year, you’ll be able to follow rising hockey stars on their path to the NHL like James Hagens, Porter Martone, and Berkly Catton.
Competition started on Dec. 26 and will go through Jan. 5, and will feature elite youth prospects from all over the world.
View the standings below for the 2025 IIHF World Juniors before Thursday’s quarterfinals games. The standings will be updated after Canada vs Czechia at 7:30 p.m. ET.
Group A
Team
GP
PTS
W
OTW
OTL
USA
4
10
3
0
1
Finland
4
8
2
1
0
Canada
4
7
2
0
1
Latvia
4
4
0
2
0
Germany
4
1
0
0
1
Group B
Team
GP
PTS
W
OTW
OTL
Sweden
4
12
4
0
0
Czechia
4
9
3
0
0
Slovakia
4
5
1
1
0
Switzerland
4
3
1
0
0
Kazakhstan
4
1
0
0
1
Each year, the top ten ranked hockey nations in the world put together a roster of their best under-20 players to convene for a multi-round tournament to earn the title of IIHF World Junior champion. This year, the tournament is in Ottawa, Canada.
In 2025, the tournament follows a similar format to previous seasons. The tournament uses a three point system:
Similar to the NHL regular season rules, overtime is played with each team icing three skaters and a goalie.
The tournament starts with two round-robin tournaments five teams each and then moves into single-elimination playoff games.
Ten teams are divided into two, five-team groups in a preliminary round, also called the group stage. After a single round-robin series in each group, the top four teams as scored by points in each group advance to the playoff rounds.
Relegation Game
The fifth place teams move to the relegation round. The winner play in the next IIHF World Junior Championship. The loser is relegated to the U20 World Championships Division I Group A.
Quarterfinal & Semifinal Games
Based on placements from the group stage, the remaining eight teams move into single-elimination playoffs to compete in a cross-over quarterfinal game. The top placed team in one group play the lowest placed team from the other group, and so forth.
Heading into the semifinal round, the remaining four teams are reseeded based on the following criteria:
Finally, the semifinal winners move into the Gold medal game while the losers play for the bronze medal.
The 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship will air on TSN and RDS on television in Canada. The tournament will be streamed on TSN+ in Canada, as well.
In the United States, NHL Network will be the television home of the World Junior Championship.
Thursday, Jan. 2
Saturday, Jan. 4
Sunday, Jan. 5
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Group B
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