IIHF World Junior Championship

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international ice hockey tournament under-20 ice hockey competition

The IIHF World Junior Championship is an annual international ice hockey tournament featuring national under-20 teams competing for the junior world title.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
World Junior Ice Hockey Championships 5
IIHF World U20 Championship 3
World Junior Championship gold medal 2

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf international ice hockey tournament ⓘ
under-20 ice hockey competition ⓘ
ageCategory under-20 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs IIHF World Junior Championship ⓘ
surface form: IIHF World U20 Championship

IIHF World Junior Championship ⓘ
surface form: World Juniors
category IIHF competition ⓘ
junior sports competition ⓘ
world championship ⓘ
competitionLevel international ⓘ
continentScope worldwide ⓘ
firstOfficialTournament 1977 ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
gender men ⓘ
governingBody International Ice Hockey Federation ⓘ
governingBodyCountry Switzerland ⓘ
governingBodyHeadquarters Zurich ⓘ
hasDivision Division I ⓘ
Division II ⓘ
Division III ⓘ
Top Division ⓘ
hasMedalType bronze medal ⓘ
gold medal ⓘ
silver medal ⓘ
hasQualificationStructure divisional system with promotion and relegation ⓘ
hostSelection awarded by IIHF congress ⓘ
inception 1977 ⓘ
officialLanguageOfGoverningBody English ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
organizer International Ice Hockey Federation ⓘ
participantAgeLimit 20 ⓘ
participantType men's national under-20 ice hockey teams ⓘ
primaryAudienceRegions Canada ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
promotionRelegationSystem yes ⓘ
recognizedBy International Olympic Committee ⓘ
rulesFollowed IIHF ice hockey rules ⓘ
seasonTiming Northern Hemisphere winter ⓘ
sport ice hockey ⓘ
teamType national teams ⓘ
televisionCoverage international ⓘ
trophy World Junior Championship trophy ⓘ
typicalEndMonth January ⓘ
typicalNumberOfTopDivisionTeams 10 ⓘ
typicalStartMonth December ⓘ
unofficialTournamentsHeld 1974 ⓘ
1975 ⓘ
1976 ⓘ
website https://www.iihf.com ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

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IIHF World Junior Championship → alsoKnownAs → IIHF World Junior Championship ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Juniors
IIHF World Junior Championship → alsoKnownAs → IIHF World Junior Championship ⓘ
this entity surface form: IIHF World U20 Championship
Corey Perry → awardReceived → IIHF World Junior Championship ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Junior Championship gold medal
Finland men's national junior ice hockey team → competition → IIHF World Junior Championship ⓘ
Finland men's national junior ice hockey team → competition → IIHF World Junior Championship ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
Slovakia men's national junior ice hockey team → competition → IIHF World Junior Championship ⓘ
Patrice Bergeron → competitionParticipatedIn → IIHF World Junior Championship ⓘ
Connor McDavid → hasWonAward → IIHF World Junior Championship ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Junior Championship gold medal
The Sports Network → notableCoverage → IIHF World Junior Championship ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
this entity surface form: IIHF World Junior Championship top division
International Ice Hockey Federation → organizes → IIHF World Junior Championship ⓘ
John Tavares → participatedIn → IIHF World Junior Championship ⓘ
Marc-André Fleury → participatedIn → IIHF World Junior Championship ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
Miro Heiskanen → participatedIn → IIHF World Junior Championship ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
World Championships → relatedCompetition → IIHF World Junior Championship ⓘ
subject surface form: IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship
IIHF U18 World Championship → relatedCompetition → IIHF World Junior Championship ⓘ
this entity surface form: IIHF World U20 Championship
IIHF World Championship → relatedCompetition → IIHF World Junior Championship ⓘ
this entity surface form: IIHF World U20 Championship
Eric Lindros → represented country at tournament → IIHF World Junior Championship ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
IIHF Official Rule Book → scope → IIHF World Junior Championship ⓘ
this entity surface form: IIHF World Junior Championships
Canada men's national junior ice hockey team → tournamentFormat → IIHF World Junior Championship ⓘ
Pat Quinn → wonTournament → IIHF World Junior Championship ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships with Canada