The 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 44th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. It began on 26 December 2019, and ended with the gold medal game being played on 5 January 2020. Canada defeated Russia 4–3 to win the gold medal and their 18th world junior hockey championship. This marks the fourth time that the Czech Republic hosted the WJHC.

Samuel Fagemo is a Swedish professional ice hockey player currently playing with the Ontario Reign in the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected by the Kings in the second round, 50th overall, of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft.