IIHF World U18 Championship

IIHF World U18 Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2018 IIHF World U18 Championships
Sport Ice hockey
Inaugural season 1999
No. of teams 10
Most recent
champion(s)		  Finland (4th title)
Most titles  United States (10 titles)
Relegation to Division I
Official website IIHF.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 Ice Hockey World Championships and World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. The United States has dominated the tournament with ten championships followed by Finland with four championships, and Canada and Russia with three. Countries generally send their best team to this tournament, however, several top North American and European amateurs may not participate as in April the top American (USHL and NAHL) and Canadian (CHL and CJHL) junior leagues have not concluded their seasons and thus cannot release their players.[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 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament in August.[1]

Results

  • (#) Number of tournaments won at the time.
Year 1st, gold medalist(s) Gold 2nd, silver medalist(s) Silver 3rd, 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
2019Örnsköldsvik and Umeå Sweden[2]

Medal table

Country 1st, gold medalist(s) Gold 2nd, silver medalist(s) Silver 3rd, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Medals
 United States104216
 Finland43411
 Russia34310
 Canada3137
 Sweden0549
 Czech Republic0134
 Slovakia0112
  Switzerland0101
Total20202060

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Canadian Press (2006-08-12). "Canada blanks U.S. to win under-18 gold". tsn.ca. Archived from the original on 2006-08-26. Retrieved 2006-08-12.
  2. 1 2 3 "2016 IIHF Calendar of Events" (PDF). IIHF.com. 1 June 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
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