The pre-tournament schedule for the 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship has been announced and it includes Belleville’s CAA Arena.
The defending silver medalists Team Sweden will play Team Germany on Monday December 23 at 3 p.m.
The Belleville Senators, in partnership with the Bay of Quinte Regional Marketing Board, also announced that Sweden and Czechia will hold pre-tournament camps at the Quinte Sports and Wellness Centre from December 12 to December 23. Czechia will be on ice daily starting December 12. Sweden begins daily practice on December 15.
The Executive Director of the Bay of Quinte Marketing Board Dug Stevenson says, “What an amazing opportunity to team up with the Belleville Sens and host a World Junior Pre-tournament game right here in Belleville, at CAA Arena. We always want to do what we can to support bringing major sporting events to the region, so partnering with the Belleville Sens to bring hockey fans from across Eastern Ontario and beyond for a first-class experience in the Bay of Quinte is incredible.”
Tickets for the December 23, 2024, World Junior Pre-Tournament game between Sweden and Germany at CAA Arena will go on sale via Ticketmaster this Friday, October 25, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. ET.
A Belleville Sens Season Seat Member presale will begin at 10:00 a.m.on Thursday. More information will be sent directly to season seat members.
This year’s World Junior Hockey Championship will be staged in Ottawa.
Canada opens the tournament on December 26 at 7 p.m. against Finland.