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MINNEAPOLIS — The 50th edition of the IIHF world junior championship will be played in Minnesota. The Twin Cities will host the 2025-26 tournament in just the seventh time the event is held in the U.S. The 29 games in the 10-nation, 10-day tournament will be played at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul and Mariucci Arena in Minneapolis. The announcement came before the gold-medal game for the annual under-20 tournament that's being held this year in Gothenburg, Sweden. The U.S. and Sweden were the two finalists. The 2024-25 event will be played in Ottawa, Canada.
