On April 29, the playoff round of the 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship (U-18) gets underway at ice arenas in Bratislava and Trenčín, Slovakia.
Today’s schedule features the quarterfinals, as well as a relegation-round game between the junior teams of Germany and Norway to determine their place in the top division.
Among the teams competing for a place in the semifinals of the World Juniors will be Latvia. The Baltic side will take on their star-studded peers from the United States.
2026 World Junior Championship standings
Here’s the schedule for the group-stage games at the 2026 World Junior Championship in hockey. Match results will be posted here at the end of each game day. Stay tuned for updates on this page…
2026 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship. Playoff schedule and results for April 29 (Eastern European Time, UTC+2).
Relegation round:
11:00 Germany U18 – Norway U18 3:4 (0-1, 1-1, 2-2)
Quarterfinals:
13:00 Czechia U18 – Finland U18 2:1 (1-0, 1-1, 0-0)
15:00 Canada U18 – Sweden U18 2:4 (0-2, 2-0, 0-2)
17:00 USA U18 – Latvia U18 2:5 (0-1, 0-1, 2-3)
19:00 Slovakia U18 – Denmark U18 7:1 (5-1, 1-0, 1-0)
