The World Junior Championships are always massively popular in Canada and this years tournament should be no different with Canada looking to regain the gold medal after failing to medal the past two years (losing to Czechia in the quarterfinals both years).
The 2026 tournament got underway on boxing day (December 26th) with the tourney running until the gold medal game taking place tomorrow (January 5th, 2026) in Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota. This is the first time the tournament is being held in the United States since the 2018 tournament in Buffalo, which was won by Canada.
The tournament always carries a lot of interest in Canada over the holidays, with a ton of TSN coverage at a time when most Canadians are home on Christmas vacation with time to get invested in the tourney. I’ve received quite a bit of interest from Canadians interesting in wagering on the World Junior games and the tournament winner in the past, so I decided to add this article outlining exactly how to get your bets in on the IIHF World Junior Championships this year.
Bet On The World Juniors – Step By Step Guide
Follow these simple three steps to place your bets on this years World Juniors.
Step 1. Sign up at Bet365.com
Bet365 is our top rated sportsbook for the World Juniors. They are offering a wide variety of odds on every single game from this years tournament, including money line, spread, and over/under betting lines.
Bet365 is focused on providing the best online betting experience for Canadian residents. This includes the best possible deposit and withdrawal options, plenty of betting lines for the events Canadians are most interested in and also a better customer service experience.
Step 2. Deposit
Next you’ll have to fund your account in order to have some money to bet on the World Juniors. After logging into your Bet365 account click on the ‘Deposit’ link. Choose your preferred deposit method, enter the amount, and follow the instructions to fund your account.
Bet365 accepts Interac (recommended), Visa, MasterCard, ApplePay, paysafecard, and PayPal deposits. You can check out breakdowns of some of these deposit methods via our deposit methods page.
Step 3. Bet
It’s time to bet. To find the odds for the World Junior games at Bet365 navigate to the ‘Hockey’ page. This will bring up all upcoming World Juniors games under the Featured tab.
You can also select ‘Leagues’ on the Hockey page followed by ‘U20 World Championships’ to navigate to the specific World Juniors section. Select the team names to see the full list of betting markets available for each game.
Here’s an example of the puck line, total, and money line odds from Canada’s semifinal game vs Czechia at Bet365.com (odds taken December 21st at 8:18am ET):
Canada is a 1.28 favourite to win this game and advance to the Finals. Those odds indicate that Canada has an implied probability of 78.1% to win the game. Czechia has odds of 3.70 to win the game, which implies that Czechia has a 27% chance to pull off the upset. The extra 5.1% is the juice in the money line betting market. Canada is also a 1.5 goal favourite and the total for the game is set at 5.5 goals.
Here are the futures odds for the tournament winner heading into the semifinals:
If you’re having trouble understanding what the various bets mean then you should check out our hockey betting page which breaks down all of the main bets you can make on a hockey game.
Ready to bet? Click here to visit the Bet365 website.
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