2024 World Junior Championships: Ranking the Contenders

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By Lucas AYKROYD|20 DEC 2023

The 2024 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship in Gothenburg, Sweden will feature hockey that’s as unpredictable as it’s exciting. Questions abound.

Could a non-North American team win the gold medal for the first time since Finland in 2019? Will it be tears of joy or despair for the host nation? Might the Czechs medal again? Or will another nation end its long podium drought?

Here is a pre-tournament ranking of the 10 competing teams. This ranking is based on the author’s assessments and does not reflect any official opinions of the IIHF.

Source: iihf.com

2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships at Gothenburg, Sweden | Power Rankings

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By iihf.com

December 25, 2023

Welcome to our first Power Rankings of the 2024 IIHF World Junior Championship.

It will begin on December 26, 2023, and will end with the gold medal game being played on January 5, 2024.

This marks the seventh time that Sweden will host the WJIHC and the first time in Gothenburg. Canada will be entering the tournament as two-time defending champions.

Blessed with what might be the tournament’s most potent attack, the U.S. opens in first place. Defending champion Canada, featuring great depth among its skaters, is second, and the talented Swedes sit third as they aspire to win an unforgettable gold medal on home ice. Let’s get this party started in Gothenburg!