IIHF World U18 Championship

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IIHF World U18 Championships
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2024 IIHF World U18 Championships
SportIce hockey
First season1999
No. of teams10
Most recent
champion(s)
 United States
(11th title)
Most titles United States
(11 titles)
Relegation toDivision I
Official websiteIIHF.com

The IIHF U18 World Championship is an annual event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation for national under-18 ice hockey teams from around the world. The tournament is usually played in April and is organized according to a system similar to the Ice Hockey World Championships and the IIHF World Junior Championship. The tournament was first held in 1999.

History

The United States leads the tournament with eleven championships followed by Finland and Canada with four championships, and Russia with three and Sweden with two.[1] Players who do not participate in the World Championship due to their respective league postseasons have the alternative of representing their country in the Hlinka Gretzky Cup in August.[1]

Results

  • (#) Number of tournaments (or 2nd placed/3rd places) won at the time.
Year 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Host city (cities) Host country
1999  Finland (1)  Sweden (1)  Slovakia (1) Füssen and Kaufbeuren  Germany
2000  Finland (2)  Russia (1)  Sweden (1) Kloten and Weinfelden  Switzerland
2001  Russia (1)   Switzerland (1)  Finland (1) Helsinki, Lahti and Heinola  Finland
2002  United States (1)  Russia (2)  Czech Republic (1) Piešťany and Trnava  Slovakia
2003  Canada (1)  Slovakia (1)  Russia (1) Yaroslavl  Russia
2004  Russia (2)  United States (1)  Czech Republic (2) Minsk  Belarus
2005  United States (2)  Canada (1)  Sweden (2) Plzeň and České Budějovice  Czech Republic
2006  United States (3)  Finland (1)  Czech Republic (3) Ängelholm and Halmstad  Sweden
2007  Russia (3)  United States (2)  Sweden (3) Tampere and Rauma  Finland
2008  Canada (2)  Russia (3)  United States (1) Kazan  Russia
2009  United States (4)  Russia (4)  Finland (2) Fargo and Moorhead  United States
2010  United States (5)  Sweden (2)  Finland (3) Minsk and Babruysk  Belarus
2011  United States (6)  Sweden (3)  Russia (2) Crimmitschau and Dresden  Germany
2012  United States (7)  Sweden (4)  Canada (1) Brno, Znojmo and Břeclav  Czech Republic
2013  Canada (3)  United States (3)  Finland (4) Sochi  Russia
2014  United States (8)  Czech Republic (1)  Canada (2) Lappeenranta and Imatra  Finland
2015  United States (9)  Finland (2)  Canada (3) Zug and Lucerne  Switzerland
2016  Finland (3)  Sweden (5)  United States (2) Grand Forks  United States
2017  United States (10)  Finland (3)  Russia (3) Poprad and Spišská Nová Ves[2]  Slovakia
2018  Finland (4)  United States (4)  Sweden (4) Chelyabinsk and Magnitogorsk[2]  Russia
2019  Sweden (1)  Russia (5)  United States (3) Örnsköldsvik and Umeå  Sweden[2]
2020 Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[3]
2021  Canada (4)  Russia (6)  Sweden (5) Frisco and Plano  United States
2022  Sweden (2)  United States (5)  Finland (5) Landshut and Kaufbeuren  Germany
2023  United States (11)  Sweden (6)  Canada (4) Basel and Porrentruy  Switzerland
2024 Espoo and Vantaa  Finland
2025 TBD  United States[4]
2026 TBD  Slovakia[4]

Medal table

Country 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Medals
 United States 11 5 3 19
 Finland 4 3 5 12
 Canada 4 1 4 9
 Russia 3 6 3 12
 Sweden 2 6 5 13
 Czech Republic 0 1 3 4
 Slovakia 0 1 1 2
  Switzerland 0 1 0 1
Total 24 24 24 72

Hosting countries

Host country Tournaments
 Russia 4
 Finland 3
 Germany 3
 Switzerland 3
 United States 3
 Belarus 2
 Czechia 2
 Slovakia 2
 Sweden 2

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Canadian Press (12 August 2006). "Canada blanks U.S. to win under-18 gold". tsn.ca. Archived from the original on 26 August 2006. Retrieved 12 August 2006.
  2. ^ a b c "2016 IIHF Calendar of Events" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  3. ^ Adam Steiss (13 March 2020). "IIHF cancels U18 Worlds" (Press release). Plymouth Charter Township, Michigan & Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States: International Ice Hockey Federation.
  4. ^ a b Potts, Andy. "Recap: 2023 IIHF – Semi-Annual Congress". IIHF. Retrieved 10 October 2023.

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