The 2017 IIHF World Junior Championship will be the 41st World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (WJC). The main tournament will be co-hosted in Montreal, Quebec and Toronto, Ontario, in Canada.[1][2] This marks the 12th time that Canada has hosted the WJHC, and the first time since the 1978 edition that Montreal has hosted the finals.[3] The tournament will feature 31 games between 10 nations.[4]
Toronto will host the preliminary round for the Canadian team. The medal round will be hosted by Montreal. Montreal and Toronto last jointly hosted the 2015 edition.[3] All the games in Montreal will be played at the Bell Centre.[5] 2017 WJHC also initiates several year-long celebrations, the 375th anniversary of Montreal's founding; the 100th anniversary of the National Hockey League's founding in Montreal;[6] the 100th anniversary of Hockey Canada's origins; the 50th anniversary of Montreal's Expo 67; the 150th anniversary of Canadian confederation; and the 100th anniversary of the Toronto Maple Leafs.[7] The Maple Leafs plan to make the WJHC the centrepiece of their 100th anniversary celebrations.[8]
The event will be organized by Hockey Canada, Hockey Quebec, Ontario Hockey Federation, Montreal Canadiens, Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment and Evenko.[4] Montreal and Quebec will provide C$1 million and C$2 million in funding, respectively, for both the 2015 and 2017 editions.
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