2019 World Junior A Challenge

The 2019 World Junior A Challenge is an international Junior A  tournament held in Dawson Creek, British Columbia at the Dawson Creek Memorial Arena from December 7 to 15, 2019.
The selection of Dawson Creek as host was announced December 12, 2018https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/news/2019-wjac-dawson-creek-to-host-wjac
The tournament is comprised of five teams and they played a single round robin followed by the top four teams advancing to the semifinal round with the semifinal winners meeting for the gold medal and the losers meeting for bronze medal.
The United States are the defending champions.
==Schedule==
December 7th
*Russia defeated Canada East 3-2 (ot)
*USA defeatd Canada West 3-2
December 8th
*Czech Republic defeated Russia 4-3 (ot)
*Canada East defeated Canada West 5-1
December 9th
*USA defeated Czech Republic 5-4 (ot)
December 11th
*Canada West defeated Russia 1-0 (so)
*United States defeated Canada East 7-3
December 12th
*Czech Republic defeated Canada West 4-3
December 13th
*USA defeated Russia 7-2
*Czech Republic defeated Canada East 6-4
==Round Robin Standings==
The top four teams in the standings advance to the semifinals
Team 	GP	W	OW	OL	L	GF	GA	Pts
United States 	4 	3	1 	0 	0	25	14	11
Czech Republic	4 	2	1 	1 	0	20	22	9
Russia 	4 	0	1 	2 	1	15	16	4
Canada East 	4 	1	0 	1 	2	17	20	4
Canada West 	4 	0	1 	0 	3	7 	12	2
==Medal Round==
===Semifinals===
December 14th
*Canada East defeated United States 2-1 (so)
*Russia defeated Czech Republic 5-1
===Bronze Medal Game===
December 15
*United States defeated Czech Republic 2-1 (ot)
===Gold Medal Game===
December 15
*Russia defeated Canada East 2-1 (2ot)
==References==
Category:2019 in hockey
Category:World Junior A Challenge