World Cup

About the tournament

Tournament preview

The Junior Hockey League In Moscow proudly announces herewith a new international competition, The Junior U20 Club World Cup second edition.

The tournament, now carrying an IIHF sanctioned tournament status will be held from 18 to 26 August 2012, in the South-West Siberian city of Omsk. No other international hockey season’s opening event just into its second year of existence, was privileged to have been noticed by the hockey world governing body.

We wish to remind the informed reader that the first 2011 Club World Cup edition was attended by the IIHF  delegate/observer Mr. Ernest Aljancic who afterward spoke highly of the  Omsk Tournament organization, reporting to the IIHF Semi-Annual Congress in Istanbul  in September 22, 2011.

While the concept, format and venue of the Tournament remain unchanged, the number of competing clubs will be increased: apart from the last year’s participants, the Tournament will see newcomers from Denmark, Norway and Finland joining the wagon. The teams shall be divided into two groups of 6 clubs each, playing single round robin. Group winners will qualify for the final to determine the new winner of the Junior Club World Cup.

Russia will be represented by the reigning Kharlamov Cup holders (Russia’s Junior Champions), the Omsk Hawks.

There will be a lot of exciting hockey events in Omsk this fall. For one, the first to play on the Siberian soil will be the Ontario Junior A Sudbury Wolves. Hockey Canada, apparently frustrated by the last year’s defeat that the Red Amy, last season champs, furnished to Fort McMurray Junior A Oil Barons , decided to take revenge this year, sending on one of its strongest teams. Other newcomers, for instance, Danish HA, have opted to delegate their junior clubs’ selections, apparently in a desire to sharpen competitive edge against world junior elite squads.

The Cup will be contested at two ice arenas, Viktor Blinov Memorial and Arena Omsk. As in the last season, one group will play in the former (home ice of local KHL Avangard team, 2004 Russian Champion), and the other - in the latter, accommodating 10318 spectators.