2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

2018 IIHF World U20 Championships
Tournament details
Host country  United States
Dates December 26 – January 5
Teams 10
Venue(s) KeyBank Center
HarborCenter
New Era Field[1] (in 1 host city)
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The 2018 IIHF World Junior Championship will be the 42nd Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. It will be hosted by the National Hockey League's Buffalo Sabres[2] at the KeyBank Center and HarborCenter in Buffalo, New York. It will begin on December 26, 2017, and will end with the gold medal game being played on January 5, 2018. This marks the sixth time that the United States has hosted the IHWJC and the second time that Buffalo has done so (Buffalo also hosted the event in 2011).

A preliminary game between Canada and the United States will also be played outdoors at New Era Field in nearby Orchard Park, New York on December 29, 2017. It will mark the first ever outdoor game played during an IIHF world championship at any level.[3]

Venues

KeyBank Center
Capacity: 19,070		 HarborCenter
Capacity: 1,800		 New Era Field
Capacity: 71,870
 United States – Buffalo  United States – Buffalo  United States – Orchard Park

Potential Hosts

On July 28, 2015, USA Hockey named the five initial finalists for hosting the event:[4]

Chicago and Tampa were eliminated on September 15.[5] Buffalo was chosen as the host site on December 3, with a formal announcement on December 4.[6] In a first for the series, at least one of the games is expected to be hosted outdoors.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 http://www.tsn.ca/sources-outdoor-game-planned-for-2018-world-juniors-in-buffalo-1.403558
  2. ↑ "USA HOCKEY SELECTS BUFFALO SABRES AS HOST OF 2018 IIHF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP". Sabres.com. December 4, 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Canada faces U.S. outdoors at 2018 WJC". TSN.ca. Bell Media. Retrieved 28 October 2016. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
  4. ↑ "Finalists Named for Hosting 2018 IIHF World Juniors". USA Hockey. July 28, 2015. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Host Finalists Announced for 2018 World Juniors". USA Hockey. September 15, 2015. Retrieved September 15, 2015.
  6. ↑ http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/14c4e4c9ee6a44589225bc1863c6b30e/HKO--World-Junior-Championship-Buffalo

See also

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