TORONTO — Bell Media’s TSN, along with Hockey Canada and the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), announced Monday the tournament schedule for this year’s hockey holiday tradition, the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship.
Like this year’s NHL playoff finals, the World Juniors will be played in a hockey bubble at Rogers Place in Edmonton. TSN will provide live coverage of all 28 tournament games, beginning on Christmas Day, and culminating with coverage of all four quarterfinal games on Saturday, January 2, both semi-finals on Sunday, January 3, and the gold medal game on Tuesday, January 5.
The three opening-day games on December 25 feature Switzerland vs. Slovakia, Germany vs. Finland, and Russia vs. United States. Team Canada opens their tournament on Boxing Day against Germany, and then competes against Slovakia on December 27, Switzerland on December 29, and closes out the preliminary round on December 31 against Finland.
TSN’s complete World Juniors tournament broadcast schedule is available here. TSN will also broadcast all 10 pre-tournament games, starting Sunday, December 20.
Leading up to the tournament, TSN is reliving some of the most memorable World Juniors moments of the last three decades with World Junior Encores, airing Mondays from October 19 to December 14 on TSN2. (Last night’s broadcasts featured round robin games between Canada and the United States from the 2009 and 2006 tournaments.) The full World Junior Encores broadcast schedule is available here.
The 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship marks the 31st anniversary of the tournament airing on TSN.
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Pictured is Team Canada’s 2020 IIHF World Junior Championship gold medal-winning team.
