IIHF World U18 Championship
Upcoming season or competition: 2022 IIHF World U18 Championships | |
Sport | Ice hockey |
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Inaugural season | 1999 |
No. of teams | 10 |
Most recent champion(s) | Canada (4th title) |
Most titles | United States (10 titles) |
Relegation to | |
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 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.
Medal table[]
Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Medals |
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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 |
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Russia | 4 |
Finland | 3 |
United States | 3 |
Belarus | 2 |
Czech Republic | 2 |
Germany | 2 |
Slovakia | 2 |
Sweden | 2 |
Switzerland | 2 |
See also[]
- IIHF World Ranking
- Ice Hockey World Championships
- World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
- World Junior A Challenge
- World U-17 Hockey Challenge
Notes[]
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c "2016 IIHF Calendar of Events" (PDF). Archived from [June 2016 the original] on 6 June 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
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External links[]
- All Medalists - U18 - Full results for men's, women's and junior championships since 1999 and medalists for all tournaments.
- 2015 official site
- IIHF World U18 all-time scoring leaders
Categories:
- IIHF World U18 Championships
- International Ice Hockey Federation tournaments
- International ice hockey competitions for junior teams
- Under-18 ice hockey
- April sporting events
- World championships in ice hockey