Finland men's national under-18 ice hockey team

Finland
Nickname(s) Pikkuleijonat (The little Lions)
Association Suomen jääkiekkoliitto
Head coach Finland Jussi Ahokas
First international
 Sweden 8–1 Finland 
(Bremerhaven, West Germany; 1 April 1977)
Biggest win
 Finland 28–0 Italy 
(Tychy, Poland; 1 April 1979)
Biggest defeat
 Soviet Union 14–2 Finland 
(Bremerhaven, West Germany; 2 April 1977)
IIHF World U18 Championship
Appearances 19 (first in 1999)
Best result Gold: 1999, 2000, 2016, 2018
Medal record
World U18 Championships
1999 Germany
2000 Switzerland
2016 USA
2018 Russia
2006 Sweden
2015 Switzerland
2017 Slovakia
2001 Finland
2009 USA
2010 Belarus
2013 Russia
Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament
2007 Czech Republic/Slovakia
2012 Czech Republic/Slovakia
1996 Canada
2005 Czech Republic/Slovakia
IIHF European Junior Championships
1978 Finland
1986 Czechoslovakia
1995 Germany
1997 Czech Republic
1967 Soviet union
1979 Poland
1983 Norway
1996 Russia
1998 Sweden
1974 Switzerland
1976 Czechoslovakia
1989 Soviet Union
1991 Czechoslovakia

The Finland men's national under-18 ice hockey team is the men's national under-18 ice hockey team of Finland. The team is controlled by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. The team represents Finland at the IIHF World U18 Championships.

IIHF U18 World Championship roster

Roster for the 2017 World Junior Championships:[1]

Pos. No. Player Team
GK 1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Finland HPK Hämeenlinna
GK 30 Lassi Lehtinen Finland Rauman Lukko
GK 31 Oskar Autio Finland Espoo Blues
D 2 Toni Utunen Finland Tappara Tampere
D 4 Aleksi Anttalainen Finland TPS Turku
D 5 Eero Teräväinen United States Lincoln Stars
D 6 Bernard Isiguzo Finland Espoo Blues
D 7 Urho Vaakanainen Finland JYP Jyväskylä
D 21 Otto Latvala Finland HPK Hämeenlinna
D 27 Eemeli Räsänen Canada Kingston Frontenacs
D 33 Miro Heiskanen Finland HIFK Helsinki
F 9 Santeri Aalto Finland Tappara Tampere
F 10 Kristian Vesalainen Sweden Frölunda HC
F 13 Joni Ikonen "A" Sweden Frölunda HC
F 18 Teemu Engberg Finland HIFK Helsinki
F 19 Jesperi Kotkaniemi Finland Porin Ässät
F 20 Linus Nyman Canada Kingston Frontenacs
F 22 Santeri Virtanen Finland TPS Turku
F 25 Aarne Talvitie "C" Finland Espoo Blues
F 29 Jesse Ylönen Finland Espoo Blues
F 32 Jesse Koskenkorva "A" Finland Oulun Kärpät
F 34 Rasmus Kupari Finland Oulun Kärpät
F 36 Olli Maansaari Finland HPK Hämeenlinna

International competitions

IIHF European U18 / U19 Championships

Tournament Rank
Soviet Union 1967 Yaroslavl, Russian SFSR2nd, silver medalist(s)
Finland 1968 Tampere4th
West Germany 1969 Garmisch-Partenkirchen / Bavaria4th
Switzerland 1970 Geneva4th
Czechoslovakia 1971 Prešov, Slovak SR4th
Sweden 1972 Boden / Luleå / Skellefteå4th
Soviet Union 1973 Leningrad, Russian SFSR4th
Switzerland 1974 Herisau / Appenzell / Ausserrhoden3rd, bronze medalist(s)
France 1975 Grenoble4th
Czechoslovakia 1976 Koprivnice / Opava, Czech SR3rd, bronze medalist(s)
West Germany 1977 Bremerhaven / Bremen4th
Finland 1978 Vantaa1st, gold medalist(s)
Poland 1979 Tychy / Katowice2nd, silver medalist(s)
Czechoslovakia 1980 Brno / Hradec Králové, Czech SR4th
Soviet Union 1981 Minsk, Belorussian SSR4th
Sweden 1982 Ängelholm / Tyringe4th
Norway 1983 Oslo2nd, silver medalist(s)
West Germany 1984 Rosenheim / Garmisch-Partenkirchen / Füssen / Bad Tölz / Bavaria4th
France 1985 Anglet5th
West Germany 1986 Düsseldorf / Ratingen / Krefeld / North Rhine-Westphalia1st, gold medalist(s)
Finland 1987 Tampere / Kouvola / Hämeenlinna4th
Czechoslovakia 1988 Frýdek-Místek / Vsetín / Olomouc / Prerov, Czech SR2nd, silver medalist(s)
Soviet Union 1989 Kiev, Ukrainian SSR3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Sweden 1990 Örnsköldsvik / Sollefteå4th
Czechoslovakia 1991 Spišská Nová Ves / Prešov, Slovak SR3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Norway 1992 Lillehammer / Hamar4th
Poland 1993 Nowy Targ / Oswiecim4th
Finland 1994 Jyväskylä4th
Germany 1995 Berlin1st, gold medalist(s)
Russia 1996 Ufa2nd, silver medalist(s)
Czech Republic 1997 Znojmo / Trebic1st, gold medalist(s)
Sweden 1998 Malung / Mora2nd, silver medalist(s)

IIHF World U18 Championships

Tournament Rank
Germany 1999 Füssen / Kaufbeuren1st, gold medalist(s)
Switzerland 2000 Kloten / Weinfelden1st, gold medalist(s)
Finland 2001 Heinola / Helsinki / Lahti3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Slovakia 2002 Piešťany / Trnava4th
Russia 2003 Yaroslavl7th
Belarus 2004 Minsk7th
Czech Republic 2005 České Budějovice / Plzeň7th
Sweden 2006 Ängelholm / Halmstad2nd, silver medalist(s)
Finland 2007 Tampere / Rauma7h
Russia 2008 Kazan6th
United States 2009 Fargo3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Belarus 2010 Minsk / Babruysk3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Germany 2011 Crimmitschau / Dresden5th
Czech Republic 2012 Brno / Znojmo / Břeclav4th
Russia 2013 Sochi3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Finland 2014 Lappeenranta / Imatra6th
Switzerland 2015 Zug / Lucerne2nd, silver medalist(s)
United States 2016 Grand Forks1st, gold medalist(s)
Slovakia 2017 Poprad / Spišská Nová Ves2nd, silver medalist(s)
Russia 2018 Chelyabinsk / Magnitogorsk1st, gold medalist(s)
Sweden 2019 Örnsköldsvik / Umeå

References

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