Ice hockey players from different countries pose for a joint team photo after a mixed game at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lillehammer.
photo: Fredrik Olastuen
The new ice hockey arena in Lausanne for 9,600 fans opened last week and now the schedules have been released for its first international tournaments during the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games from 10 to 22 January 2020.
The venue will later also host the 2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship with Zurich from 8 to 24 May 2020.
With less than three months to go the schedules of all ice hockey competitions at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games have been published.
The 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games will consist of two phases. For ice hockey, the first phase will feature a new competition format, 3-on-3 cross-ice tournaments, while the second phase will have a more traditional, six-team tournament with five-on-five skaters in place. Both tournaments will feature male and female categories for players born 2004 and 2005, meaning that in total four ice hockey competitions will be held.
For the new 3-on-3 competitions played from 10 to 15 January the tournaments will consist of 8 teams per gender category. The teams will be mixed and therefore consist of players from numerous countries all over the world, mixed into teams of 11 skaters and two goaltenders. The players will be selected through Skills Challenge qualification events in each country and be announced later.
After the first medals will be given at the 3-on-3 tournaments, the classic ice hockey tournaments will be played from 17 to 22 January.
There will be six teams each in the men’s and women’s tournaments. Switzerland as the host country qualifies automatically to both men’s and women’s tournaments and the remaining countries were chosen based on the youth ranking that combines the results of the 2018 and 2019 IIHF Men’s U18 and Women’s U18 Ice Hockey World Championships.
The United States (defending champion), Canada, Russia, Finland, Switzerland and Denmark will play in the men’s tournament while Sweden (defending champion), the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Slovakia, Germany and Japan entered the women’s tournament. The team rosters will be announced later.
Click here to find all schedules.
For more information on the ice hockey competitions check out our Lausanne 2020 page.
The venue will later also host the 2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship with Zurich from 8 to 24 May 2020.
With less than three months to go the schedules of all ice hockey competitions at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games have been published.
The 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games will consist of two phases. For ice hockey, the first phase will feature a new competition format, 3-on-3 cross-ice tournaments, while the second phase will have a more traditional, six-team tournament with five-on-five skaters in place. Both tournaments will feature male and female categories for players born 2004 and 2005, meaning that in total four ice hockey competitions will be held.
For the new 3-on-3 competitions played from 10 to 15 January the tournaments will consist of 8 teams per gender category. The teams will be mixed and therefore consist of players from numerous countries all over the world, mixed into teams of 11 skaters and two goaltenders. The players will be selected through Skills Challenge qualification events in each country and be announced later.
After the first medals will be given at the 3-on-3 tournaments, the classic ice hockey tournaments will be played from 17 to 22 January.
There will be six teams each in the men’s and women’s tournaments. Switzerland as the host country qualifies automatically to both men’s and women’s tournaments and the remaining countries were chosen based on the youth ranking that combines the results of the 2018 and 2019 IIHF Men’s U18 and Women’s U18 Ice Hockey World Championships.
The United States (defending champion), Canada, Russia, Finland, Switzerland and Denmark will play in the men’s tournament while Sweden (defending champion), the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Slovakia, Germany and Japan entered the women’s tournament. The team rosters will be announced later.
Click here to find all schedules.
For more information on the ice hockey competitions check out our Lausanne 2020 page.