The World Junior Club Cup (WJCC) is an international junior ice hockey

Junior ice hockey

Junior hockey is a catch-all term used to describe various levels of ice hockey competition for players generally between 16 and 20 years of age...

 tournament. The first edition of the tournament will take place between 30 August, 2011 and 3 September 2011 in Omsk

Omsk

-History:The wooden fort of Omsk was erected in 1716 to protect the expanding Russian frontier along the Ishim and the Irtysh rivers against the Kyrgyz nomads of the Steppes...

. It will feature 8 teams from 8 different countries.

Group A

Team	City, Country	League	Affiliation	Note
EJHL Eastern Junior Hockey League The Eastern Junior Hockey League is an American Tier III Junior A ice hockey league. Founded in 1993 by Dan Esdale, the EJHL has fourteen teams from across the Northeastern United States. The EJHL is a member of USA Hockey, and the EJHL champion goes on to play for the National Championship...  All-Stars	Northeastern United States Northeastern United States The Northeastern United States is a region of the United States as defined by the United States Census Bureau.-Composition:The region comprises nine states: the New England states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont; and the Mid-Atlantic states of New...	Eastern Junior Hockey League Eastern Junior Hockey League The Eastern Junior Hockey League is an American Tier III Junior A ice hockey league. Founded in 1993 by Dan Esdale, the EJHL has fourteen teams from across the Northeastern United States. The EJHL is a member of USA Hockey, and the EJHL champion goes on to play for the National Championship...	USA Hockey USA Hockey USA Hockey is recognized by the International Olympic Committee and the United States Olympic Committee as the governing body for amateur ice hockey in the United States and is a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. The organization is based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and has...
HK Riga	Riga Riga Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,... , Latvia Latvia Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...	Minor Hockey League	Dinamo Riga Dinamo Riga Dinamo Riga was an ice hockey club, based in Riga, Latvia. It was founded in 1946 and disestablished in 1995 as Pārdaugava Rīga.-History of Dinamo Riga:...  (Kontinental Hockey League Kontinental Hockey League The Kontinental Hockey League is an international professional ice hockey league in Eurasia founded in 2008. As of 2009, it is ranked as the strongest hockey league in Europe.... )
Krasnaya Armiya	Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent... , Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...	Minor Hockey League	HC CSKA Moscow HC CSKA Moscow HC CSKA Moscow is a Russian ice hockey club that plays in the Kontinental Hockey League. It is referred to in the West as "Central Red Army" or the "Red Army Team" for its past affiliation with the Soviet Army, popularly known as the Red Army...  (Kontinental Hockey League Kontinental Hockey League The Kontinental Hockey League is an international professional ice hockey league in Eurasia founded in 2008. As of 2009, it is ranked as the strongest hockey league in Europe.... )	2011 MHL Kharlamov Cup Kharlamov Cup The Kharlamov Cup is the trophy presented to the winner of the Minor Hockey League playoffs, and is named after ice hockey player Valeri Kharlamov, considered to be one of the greatest ice hockey players of the World....  champion
Tatranskí vlci	Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia Slovakia The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...	Minor Hockey League	Lev Poprad Lev Poprad Hockey Club Lev , also known as HC Lev Poprad, is a professional ice hockey team based in Poprad, Slovakia that plays in the Kontinental Hockey League .-History:...  (Kontinental Hockey League Kontinental Hockey League The Kontinental Hockey League is an international professional ice hockey league in Eurasia founded in 2008. As of 2009, it is ranked as the strongest hockey league in Europe.... )

Group B

Team	City, Country	League	Affiliation	Note
Dinamo-Shinnik	Minsk Minsk - Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened... , Belarus Belarus Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...	Minor Hockey League	HC Dinamo Minsk HC Dinamo Minsk Dinamo Minsk is an ice hockey team based in Minsk, Belarus. They are members of the Tarasov Division of the Kontinental Hockey League.Dinamo has qualified for the KHL playoffs only once, during the 2010-11 KHL season....  (Kontinental Hockey League Kontinental Hockey League The Kontinental Hockey League is an international professional ice hockey league in Eurasia founded in 2008. As of 2009, it is ranked as the strongest hockey league in Europe.... )	Formerly Minskie Zubry
Fort McMurray Oil Barons Fort McMurray Oil Barons The Fort McMurray Oil Barons are an ice hockey team in the Alberta Junior Hockey League. They play in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada at the Thickwood Heights Arena, capacity 2300....	Fort McMurray, Alberta Alberta Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces... , Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...	Alberta Junior Hockey League Alberta Junior Hockey League The Alberta Junior Hockey League is an Alberta-based Junior A hockey league that belongs to the Canadian Junior Hockey League . It was formed as a five-team league in 1964. There are currently 16 teams in the league. The regular season league champions receive the Dave Duchak Trophy... Canadian Junior Hockey League	Hockey Canada Hockey Canada Hockey Canada, formally known as the Canadian Hockey Association, is the national governing body of ice hockey in Canada and is a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. Hockey Canada controls a vast majority of ice hockey in Canada, with a few exceptions...	Semi-finalist in 2011 AJHL playoffs
HC Energie Karlovy Vary	Karlovy Vary Karlovy Vary Karlovy Vary is a spa city situated in western Bohemia, Czech Republic, on the confluence of the rivers Ohře and Teplá, approximately west of Prague . It is named after King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV, who founded the city in 1370... , Czech Republic Czech Republic The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....	NOEN Extraliga U20	HC Energie Karlovy Vary (Czech Extraliga Czech Extraliga The Czech Extraliga is the highest-level ice hockey league in the Czech Republic. As of 2009, it is ranked by the IIHF as the third strongest league in Europe.... )	Finalist of the 2011 playoffs of the Czech Junior League
Malmö Redhawks Malmö Redhawks The Malmö Redhawks is an ice hockey club from Malmö, Sweden. The team is currently playing in the second highest league in Sweden, HockeyAllsvenskan. Malmö has played 16 seasons in the top Swedish league Elitserien .-History:...	Malmö Malmö Malmö , in the southernmost province of Scania, is the third most populous city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg.Malmö is the seat of Malmö Municipality and the capital of Skåne County... , Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....	J20 SuperElit J20 SuperElit J20 SuperElit is a junior ice hockey league composed of 20 teams in Sweden. It is the highest-level junior ice hockey league in Sweden. The teams are divided in two groups, or divisions, Norra and Södra , and are usually associated with a professional team in either Elitserien or HockeyAllsvenskan...	Malmö Redhawks Malmö Redhawks The Malmö Redhawks is an ice hockey club from Malmö, Sweden. The team is currently playing in the second highest league in Sweden, HockeyAllsvenskan. Malmö has played 16 seasons in the top Swedish league Elitserien .-History:...  (HockeyAllsvenskan)

2011 Tournament

Group A matches will be played in Omsk Arena, Group B matches in SCC V. Blinova.

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Venue
30 August	EJHL All Stars	4:2	HK Riga	Omsk Arena Omsk Arena The Arena Omsk is a 10,318-seat multi-purpose arena in Omsk, Russia. It opened in 2007, replacing Sports-Concerts Complex Viktora Blinova as the home of Kontinental Hockey League ice hockey team, Avangard Omsk.-External links:* *...
30 August	Krasnaya Armiya	4:3	Tatranskí vlci	Omsk Arena
30 August	Energie Karlovy Vary	4:0	Malmö Redhawks	SCC V. Blinova Sports-Concerts Complex Viktora Blinova Sports-Concerts Complex Viktora Blinova is an indoor sporting arena located in Omsk, Russia. The capacity of the arena is 5,500. It was the home arena of the Avangard Omsk ice hockey team since 1986 till 2007...
30 August	Ft. McMurray Oil Barons	0:3	Dinamo-Shinnik	SCC V. Blinova
31 August	Tatranskí vlci	2:7	EJHL All Stars	Omsk Arena
31 August	HK Riga	2:0	Krasnaya Armiya	Omsk Arena
31 August	Dinamo-Shinnik	0:1	Energie Karlovy Vary	SCC V. Blinova
31 August	Malmö Redhawks	3:2	Fort McMurray	SCC V. Blinova
2 September	HK Riga	8:0	Tatranskí vlci	Omsk Arena
2 September	Krasnaya Armiya	9:1	EJHL All Stars	Omsk Arena
2 September	Malmö Redhawks	5:6 SO	Dinamo-Shinnik	SCC V. Blinova
2 September	Fort McMurray	1:4	Energie Karlovy Vary	SCC V. Blinova
3 September	Krasnaya Armiya	7:2	Energie Karlovy Vary	Omsk Arena

Krasnaya Armiya became the first World Junior Club Champion in 2011 after defeating Energie Karlovy Vary in the final game, played between their top teams of the respective groups.

Top Players

The following players were chosen as best in their position.

Position	Name	Team
Forward	Roman Lyubimov	Krasnaya Armiya
Defense	Andrei Sergeyev	Krasnaya Armiya
Goalie	Kristers Gudlevskis Kristers Gudļevskis Kristers Gudļevskis is a Latvian ice hockey goaltender, currently playing for HK Riga of the Minor Hockey League...	HK Riga
Top Scorer	Miks Indrasis Miks Indrašis Miks Indrašis is a Latvian ice hockey player, currently playing for HK Riga of the Minor Hockey League...	HK Riga