Where is the 2023 World Juniors? Host city, venue for IIHF junior championship hockey tournament

For the third consecutive tournament, Canada will be the home for the IIHF World Juniors. 

We are about a month away from seeing the best U20 players in the world meet for one of the most anticipated hockey events of the year. Ten teams will gather in the Maritimes to fight for a gold medal. 

Canada is the reigning champion in the tournament. The team defeated Finland this summer in the gold medal at the 2022 World Juniors, thanks to Kent Johnson's OT winner. 

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Here is what you need to know about the location of the 2023 World Juniors and future sites for the IIIHF tournament. 

Where is the 2023 World Juniors?

• Location: Halifax N.S./Moncton, N.B.
• Venue: Scotiabank Centre/Avenir Centre

The World Juniors will once again be split between two host cities, as the tournament will be held in Halifax, Nova Scotia and Moncton, New Brunswick.  

The games in Halifax will be played at the Scotiabank Centre, the home of the QMJHL's Halifax Mooseheads. Any of the contests in Moncton will be played at the Avenir Centre, where the QMJHL's Moncton Wildcats call home.

This will be the second time Halifax is a host city for the World Juniors. Previously, the 2003 World Juniors were split between Halifax and Sydney, N.S. Moncton has never hosted the World Juniors before.

What cities have hosted the World Juniors in the past?

The 2023 tournament marks the first time since 2020 that the tournament will be split between two cities. In the last two editions of the event, the IIHF was forced to limit the games to just one venue due to COVID-19.

It will be Canada's third time in a row hosting and the fourth in the last five years.

What cities are hosting the World Juniors in the future?

The IIHF previously announced the host countries all the way until the 2032 tournament, however, the host cities are only known for the next two tournaments. 

Gothenburg, Sweden was initially scheduled to have the 2022 tournament, but due to COVID restrictions, they swapped spots with Canada, taking their place as the hosts for 2024. 

When do the 2023 World Juniors start?

• Start date: December 26, 2022
• End date: January 5, 2023

With the 2023 tournament starting at the normal time of the year, that means the competition kicks off on Boxing Day, December 26. 

The group stage starts will take place over the first six days. The quarterfinals will be played on Jan. 2, the semifinals on Jan. 4 and the tournament will conclude with the bronze and gold medal games on Jan. 5.  

There will be pre-tournament exhibition games played ahead of the official start of the World Juniors. In total, 11 games will be played in either New Brunswick and Nova Scotia between Dec. 19 and Dec. 23.

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.

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 +121. All four countries are +464 or higher, while the other six teams are +1299 or lower. 

Here are the odds as of now for the 2023 tournament. 

2023 World Juniors groups

Teams will play four preliminary games in a round-robin format within their group, followed by a three-round playoff.

In the group stage, teams earn three points for a regulation win, two points for an overtime win, one point for an overtime loss and no points for a regulation loss.

The top four teams from each group advance to the quarterfinals, where the matchups are determined by seeding. They will cross over between groups for these games: 1A vs. 4B, 1B vs. 4A, 2A vs. 3B and 2B vs. 3A. The teams that advance to the semifinals will be reseeded. 

The winners of the semifinals will face off in the gold medal game. The losers will play for bronze. 

Due to the irregular timing of the 2022 tournament, the IIHF announced that no team would be relegated. So it will be the same 10 teams that competed in August at the 2023 tourney. 

2023 World Juniors schedule

Monday, Dec. 26

Tuesday, Dec. 27

Wednesday, Dec. 28

Thursday, Dec. 29

Friday, Dec. 30

Saturday, Dec. 31

Monday, Jan. 2

Wednesday, Jan. 4

Thursday, Jan. 5