World Juniors standings: Updated playoff bracket, scores, schedule for 2023 IIHF World U20 Championships

Bryan Murphy

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The preliminary round at the 2023 World Juniors is complete and we're onto the knockout stage. 

Group play was the most chaotic fans have seen in years. There were multiple upsets, a handful of games decided by overtime/shootouts and of course, plenty of blowouts. Czechia was crowned the winner of Group A after finishing with 10 points in the group, while the United States earn the top spot in Group B with nine points. 

Now, eight teams advance to the knockout stage, where it is single elimination the rest of the way. Latvia and Austria are playing a best-of-three series to determine who is relegated to the lower division for the 2024 tournament. 

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Here are the latest standings and scores from the 2023 World Juniors. 

2023 World Juniors knockout stage bracket

Quarterfinals

2B Finland vs. 3A Sweden

1A Czechia vs. 4B Switzerland

1B United States vs. 4A Germany

2A Canada vs. 3B Slovakia

Semifinals

Czechia vs. Sweden

USA vs. Canada

Bronze-Medal Game

Sweden vs. USA

Gold-Medal Game

Czechia vs. Canada

2023 World Juniors standings

In IIHF competition, a regulation win is worth three points, an OT/shootout win is two and an OT/shootout loss is one. No points are rewarded to a team for losing in regulation. 

Group A

Team Games Wins OT Wins OT Losses Losses Points
Czechia* 4 3 0 1 0 10
Canada* 4 3 0 0 1 9
Sweden* 4 2 1 0 1 8
Germany* 4 1 0 0 3 3
Austria** 4 0 0 0 4 0

Group B

Team Games Wins OT Wins OT Losses Losses Points
USA* 4 3 0 0 1 9
Finland* 4 2 0 1 1 7
Slovakia* 4 2 0 1 1 7
Switzerland* 4 0 3 0 1 6
Latvia** 4 0 0 1 3 1

* = advances to knockout stage

** = plays in relegation series

2023 World Juniors point leaders

Points updated as of the Jan. 4 games. 

Player Team Games Goals Assists Points
Connor Bedard Canada 6 9 14 23
Logan Cooley USA 6 6 6 12
Jimmy Snuggerud USA 6 5 6 11
Logan Stankoven Canada 6 3 8 11
Joshua Roy Canada 6 5 5 10
Cutter Gauthier USA 6 2 6 8
Stanislav Svozil Czechia 6 1 7 8
David Spacek Czechia 6 3 5 8
Jiri Kulich Czechia 6 6 2 8
Gabriel Szturc Czechia 6 5 3 8
Ludvig Jansson Sweden 6 4 4 8
Ryan Ufko USA 6 0 8 8

How to watch 2023 World Juniors games on TV, live stream

  • ​TV channel (Canada): TSN
  • Live stream (Canada): TSN.ca, TSN app
  • TV channel (U.S.): NHL Network
  • Live stream (U.S.): fuboTV 

TSN and the NHL Network will once again be home to all of the action for the 2023 World Juniors.

Canadian viewers can watch the competition on TSN or can stream the games through TSN.ca or on the TSN app. 

The American audience can view the games live on TV on the NHL Network, or can stream them through fuboTV. 

MORE: Watch the 2023 World Juniors live with fuboTV (free trial, U.S. only)

2023 World Juniors odds

According to Sports Interaction, the 2023 tournament is a four-horse race. 

Canada, Finland, the United States and Sweden are the clear frontrunners to win this year's tournament, with the Canadians holding the best odds at -125. 

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Here are the odds entering the 2023 tournament.

Team Odds
Canada -125
USA +338
Finland +419
Sweden +625
Czechia +1641
Slovakia +4676
Switzerland +6430
Germany +11600
Latvia +50000
Austria +50000

2023 World Juniors schedule, results

Monday, Dec. 26

Matchup Time (ET) Result
Finland vs. Switzerland FINAL Switzerland 3, Finland 2 (OT)
Sweden vs. Austria FINAL Sweden 11, Austria 0
Latvia vs. USA FINAL USA 5, Latvia 2
Czechia vs. Canada FINAL Czechia 5, Canada 2

Tuesday, Dec. 27

Matchup Time (ET) Result
Finland vs. Slovakia FINAL Finland 5, Slovakia 2
Germany vs. Sweden FINAL Sweden 1, Germany 0
Switzerland vs. Latvia FINAL Switzerland 3, Latvia 2 (SO)
Austria vs. Czechia FINAL Czechia 9, Austria 0

Wednesday, Dec. 28

Matchup Time (ET) Result
Slovakia vs. USA FINAL Slovakia 6, USA 3
Canada vs. Germany FINAL Canada 11, Germany 2

Thursday, Dec. 29

Matchup Time (ET) Result
Latvia vs. Finland FINAL Finland 3, Latvia 0
Sweden vs. Czechia FINAL Sweden 3, Czechia 2 (OT)
USA vs. Switzerland FINAL USA 5, Switzerland 1
Austria vs. Canada FINAL Canada 11, Austria 0

Friday, Dec. 30

Matchup Time (ET) Result
Slovakia vs. Latvia FINAL Slovakia 3, Latvia 0
Germany vs. Austria FINAL Germany 4, Austria 2

Saturday, Dec. 31

Matchup Time (ET) Result
Switzerland vs. Slovakia FINAL Switzerland 4, Slovakia 3 (SO)
Czechia vs. Germany FINAL Czechia 8, Germany 1
USA vs. Finland FINAL USA 6, Finland 2
Canada vs. Sweden FINAL Canada 5, Sweden 1

Monday, Jan. 2

Matchup Time (ET) Result
Latvia vs. Austria (Relegation Series) FINAL Latvia 5, Austria 2
Finland vs. Sweden (Quarterfinal) FINAL Sweden 3, Finland 2
Czechia vs. Switzerland (Quarterfinal) FINAL Czechia 9, Switzerland 1
USA vs. Germany (Quarterfinal) FINAL USA 11, Germany 1
Canada vs. Slovakia (Quarterfinal) FINAL Canada 4, Slovakia 3 (OT)

Wednesday, Jan. 4

Matchup Time (ET) Result
Latvia vs. Austria (Relegation Series) FINAL Latvia 4, Austria 2
Czechia vs. Sweden (Semifinal) FINAL Czechia 2, Sweden 1 (OT)
USA vs. Canada (Semifinal) FINAL Canada 6, USA 2

Thursday, Jan. 5

Matchup Time (ET) TV
Sweden vs. USA (Bronze Medal Game) FINAL USA 8, Sweden 7 (OT)
Czechia vs. Canada (Gold Medal Game) FINAL Canada 3, Czechia 2 (OT)

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Bryan Murphy joined The Sporting News in 2022 as the NHL/Canada content producer. Previously he worked for NBC Sports on their national news desk reporting on breaking news for the NFL, MLB, NBA and NHL, in addition to covering the 2020 and 2022 Olympic Games. A graduate of Quinnipiac University, he spent time in college as a beat reporter covering the men’s ice hockey team.