The 20 games of the preliminary round have been played and the quarter-final pairings of the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship are set.

On 2 January the final round will start with a Nordic clash between Finland and Sweden in Moncton, and end with host nation and defending champion battling it out against Slovakia the same night in Halifax.

Quarter-Finals, 2 January 2023:

• Finland vs. Sweden in Moncton at 12:00 (17:00 CET, 18:00 EET)
• Czechia vs. Switzerland in Halifax at 14:30 (19:30 CET)
• USA vs. Germany in Moncton at 17:00 (4pm ET, 22:00 CET)
• Canada vs. Slovakia in Halifax at 19:30 (6:30pm ET, 0:30 CET)

The semi-finals will be played on 4 January 2023 in Halifax. If qualified, host Canada will play the late game (19:30) in Halifax. Otherwise the top-seeded semi-finalist will get the early game (15:30).

The semi-final pairings will be reseeded with the top-seeded semi-finalist playing the lowest-seeded semi-finalist and the second-seeded team playing the third-seeded team according to the following overall preliminary-round ranking: 1. Czechia, 2. USA, 3. Canada, 4. Finland, 5. Sweden, 6. Slovakia, 7. Switzerland, 8. Germany.

Latvia and Austria didn’t qualify for the quarter-finals and will play a best-of-three relegation round in Halifax on 2 January (10:30), 4 January (11:00) and if needed 5 January (11:00).