2014 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 2014 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 38th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, hosted in Malmö, Sweden. The 13,700-seat Malmö Arena was the main venue, with the smaller Malmö Isstadion the secondary venue. It began on December 26, 2013, and ended with the gold medal game on January 5, 2014.
Finland defeated host team Sweden in the final 3–2 in overtime and won their first gold medal since 1998, as well as their third gold medal in total. It was also their first medal in the tournament since 2006. Sweden earned their second consecutive silver medal, their ninth silver medal in total, as well as their third consecutive medal in the tournament.
For the first time since 1979–81, Canada failed to capture a medal for the second consecutive year by losing the bronze medal game 1–2 to Russia, who captured the team's fourth consecutive medal at the tournament. The 2014 tournament marked the first time since 1998 that all three medalists were European teams.
A total of 144,268 spectators attended the 31 games, setting a new attendance record for IIHF World Junior Championship tournaments hosted in Europe. 12,023 spectators attended the gold medal game, setting a new record for a single IIHF World Junior Championship game in Europe.
The playoff round was expanded to eight teams, with group leaders no longer getting a bye into the semifinals. The first time since the 2002 tournament.
Venues
Officials
The IIHF selected 12 referees and 10 linesmen to work the 2014 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World ChampionshipThey were the following:
;Referees
- Tobias Björk
- Antti Boman
- Jacob Grumsen
- Rene Hradil
- Jozef Kubus
- Marcus Linde
- Timothy Mayer
- Steve Papp
- Devin Piccott
- Evgeniy Romasko
- Daniel Stricker
- Marc Wiegand
- Kenji Kosaka
- Andreas Kowert
- Benoît Martineau
- Fraser McIntyre
- Eduard Metalnikov
- Joris Müller
- Henrik Pihlblad
- Joonas Saha
- Peter Šefčík
- Rudolf Tosenovjan
Format
Player eligibility
A player is eligible to play in the 2014 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships if:- the player is of male gender;
- the player was born at the earliest in 1994, and at the latest, in 1999;
- the player is a citizen in the country he represents;
- the player is under the jurisdiction of a national association that is a member of the IIHF.
Top Division
Rosters
Preliminary round
All times are local.| Team qualified to Quarterfinals | |
| Team will play in Relegation round |
Group A
Group B
Relegation round
The relegation round was a best-of-three series. Norway lost two games and was relegated to Division I for 2015.Playoff round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal game
Final
Statistics
Scoring leaders
| Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| 1 | Teuvo Teräväinen | 7 | 2 | 13 | 15 | +11 | 2 | |
| 2 | Filip Forsberg | 7 | 4 | 8 | 12 | +3 | 2 | |
| 3 | Saku Mäenalanen | 7 | 7 | 4 | 11 | +9 | 0 | |
| 4 | Anthony Mantha | 7 | 5 | 6 | 11 | +6 | 0 | |
| 5 | Martin Réway | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 4 | |
| 6 | Dávid Gríger | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | +1 | 0 | |
| 7 | Jonathan Drouin | 7 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +5 | 24 | |
| 8 | Elias Lindholm | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −1 | 6 | |
| 9 | Mikhail Grigorenko | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +6 | 0 | |
| 10 | Milan Kolena | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −1 | 6 |
Source:
Goaltending leaders
| Pos | Player | Country | TOI | GA | GAA | Sv% | SO |
| 1 | Juuse Saros | 344:53 | 9 | 1.57 | 94.30 | 0 | |
| 2 | Andrei Vasilevski | 327:50 | 10 | 1.83 | 93.33 | 0 | |
| 3 | Oscar Dansk | 369:42 | 11 | 1.79 | 92.86 | 1 | |
| 4 | Joachim Svendsen | 318:01 | 16 | 3.02 | 91.53 | 1 | |
| 5 | Marek Langhamer | 243:47 | 12 | 2.95 | 90.62 | 0 |
Source:
Tournament awards
Reference:;Most Valuable Player
- Forward: Filip Forsberg
- Goaltender: Juuse Saros
- Defencemen: Nikita Zadorov, Rasmus Ristolainen
- Forwards: Anthony Mantha, Teuvo Teräväinen, Filip Forsberg
- Goaltender: Oscar Dansk
- Defenceman: Rasmus Ristolainen
- Forward: Filip Forsberg
Final standings