Ottawa to host 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship
OTTAWA, Ont. – Hockey Canada, in partnership with the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) and International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), has introduced that the 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship will likely be performed in Ottawa, Ont., from Dec. 26, 2024 to Jan. 5, 2025.
The profitable bid represents a partnership between the Ottawa Senators, Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (OSEG), Ottawa Tourism, Hockey Eastern Ontario (HEO), the City of Ottawa and the Province of Ontario.
“We are thrilled that the IIHF World Junior Championship will return to Canada and our nation’s capital in 2025,” mentioned Pat McLaughlin, chief working officer of Hockey Canada. “The bid that was submitted to host the World Juniors in Ottawa was distinctive, and we can not look ahead to followers all through Canada and the world to expertise the celebration of hockey for themselves.
“Hosting the World Juniors is a privilege, and we are grateful to the IIHF for its trust in allowing us to deliver the event on its behalf for the 19th time in Canada, and to the CHL for its continued support of the tournament each year.”
The 18,652-seat Canadian Tire Centre, residence of the National Hockey League’s Ottawa Senators, will function the first competitors venue and host 17 video games, together with each semifinals and the bronze and gold medal video games. The further 14 video games are set for TD Place, residence of the Ontario Hockey League’s Ottawa 67’s, which might welcome roughly 9,000 followers.
“The IIHF is thrilled to return to Canada for the 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship,” mentioned Luc Tardif, president of the International Ice Hockey Federation. “Ottawa is undoubtedly a metropolis that rallies behind hockey, as we will keep in mind from the distinctive environment in the course of the 2009 IIHF World Junior Championship. The World Juniors has a singular place within the calendar because it takes place in the course of the vacation season and is an eagerly awaited occasion.
“We look forward to seeing fans from the four corners of Canada and all around the world in Ottawa in December 2024.”
In 2009, the IIHF World Junior Championship generated $80.5 million in financial affect in Ontario, with over 450,000 followers attending the match. On the ice, Canada’s Jordan Eberle’s game-tying and game-winning targets in a semifinal win over Russia set off celebrations throughout the nation, in the end resulting in Canada’s fifth-consecutive gold medal in entrance of a sold-out crowd of pink and white.
“Ottawa is the ideal place to host the 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship,” mentioned Mark Sutcliffe, mayor of Ottawa. “Our love for hockey is second to none and our metropolis rallies behind hockey at each degree of the sport, from youth hockey to our very profitable junior hockey workforce, the Ottawa 67’s, to the very best degree of the skilled sport, the Ottawa Senators. Ottawa hosted some of the profitable World Junior tournaments in 2009 and we repeatedly host nationwide and worldwide tournaments in our metropolis.
“The 2025 World Juniors will be a great boost for our city, our economy, and our thousands of hockey fans and players of all ages, and it will showcase Ottawa to the world.”
Jamie Lee Rattray, a member of Canada’s National Women’s Team and 2022 Olympic gold medallist, would be the honorary chair of the Ottawa host committee, whereas James Boyd (Ottawa 67’s), Erin Crowe (Ottawa Senators), Valerie Hughes (OSEG), Krista Outhwaite (HEO), Chris Phillips (Ottawa Senators) and Lesley Pincombe (Ottawa Tourism) will function co-chairs.
Pre-tournament video games for the 2025 World Juniors are anticipated to happen in Ottawa and surrounding communities, permitting followers in and across the nation’s capital to observe the very best under-20 hockey gamers on this planet earlier than the puck formally drops on Boxing Day.
With demand for tickets anticipated to exceed availability, extra details about a precedence ticket draw and match ticket packages will likely be introduced within the coming months. Fans seeking to obtain updates in regards to the 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship as quickly as they change into obtainable can signal as much as change into a Hockey Canada Insider right this moment.
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