IIHF World U18 Championship

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.

IIHF World U18 Championships
Most recent season or competition:
2024 IIHF World U18 Championships
SportIce hockey
First season1999
No. of teams10
Most recent
champion(s)
 Canada
(5th title)
Most titles United States
(11 titles)
Relegation toDivision I
Official websiteIIHF.com

History

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The United States leads the tournament with eleven championships followed by Canada with five championships, Finland with four, 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 non-IIHF Hlinka Gretzky Cup in August.[1]

Results

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  • (#) Number of tournaments (or 2nd placed/3rd places) won at the time.
Year   Gold   Silver   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   Canada (5)   United States (6)   Sweden (6) Espoo and Vantaa   Finland
2025 Frisco and Allen   United States[4]
2026 TBD   Slovakia[4]

Medal table

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Country   Gold   Silver   Bronze Medals
  United States 11 6 3 20
  Canada 5 1 4 10
  Finland 4 3 5 12
  Russia 3 6 3 12
  Sweden 2 6 6 14
  Czechia 0 1 3 4
  Slovakia 0 1 1 2
   Switzerland 0 1 0 1
Total 25 25 25 75

Hosting countries

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

See also

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Notes

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  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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