IIHF World U18 Championship

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IIHF World U18 Championship
Upcoming season or competition:
Current sports event 2022 IIHF World U18 Championships
SportIce hockey
Inaugural season1999
No. of teams10
Most recent
champion(s)		 Canada (4th title)
Most titles United States
(10 titles)
Relegation to
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 U20 Championship (World Junior Ice Hockey Championship).

History[]

The United States leads the tournament with ten championships followed by Finland and Canada with four championships, and Russia with three and Sweden with one. [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 Cancelled[3] Plymouth and Ann Arbor  United States
2021  Canada (4)  Russia (6)  Sweden (5) Frisco and Plano  United States
2022 Landshut and Kaufbeuren  Germany

Medal table[]

Country 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Medals
 United States 10 4 3 17
 Finland 4 3 4 11
 Canada 4 1 3 8
 Russia 3 6 3 12
 Sweden 1 5 5 11
 Czech Republic 0 1 3 4
 Slovakia 0 1 1 2
  Switzerland 0 1 0 1
Total 22 22 22 66

Hosting countries[]

Host country Tournaments
 Russia 4
 Finland 3
 United States 3
 Belarus 2
 Czech Republic 2
 Germany 2
 Slovakia 2
 Sweden 2
  Switzerland 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 [June 2016 the original] on 6 June 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  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.

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