IIHF World U20 Championship Division I

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IIHF World U20 Championship Division I
Most recent season or competition:
2022 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I
FormerlyB-series (1979–2000)
SportIce hockey
Founded1979 (B-series)
2001 (Division I)
No. of teams12
Most recent
champion(s)		 Austria
Most titles Germany (7 titles)
Promotion toIIHF World U20 Championship
Relegation toDivision II
Official websiteIIHF.com

The IIHF World U20 Championship Division I is played every year among the ice hockey teams under the age of 20 who were placed in Division I in the previous year.[1][2]

Until 2001 the tournament was known as the B-series.

Results[]

Year Promoted Relegated
To IIHF U20 Top division To Division I A To Division I B To IIHF U20 Division II
2001  France – –  Latvia
2002  Germany – – No Relegated
2003  Ukraine,  Austria – –  Croatia,  Poland
2004  Germany,  Belarus – –  Hungary,  Japan
2005  Norway,  Latvia – –  Great Britain,  Estonia
2006  Germany,  Belarus – –  Japan,  Hungary
2007  Denmark,  Kazakhstan – –  Estonia,  Italy
2008  Germany,  Latvia – –  Lithuania,  Great Britain
2009   Switzerland,  Austria – –  Estonia, Hungary
2010  Germany,  Norway – –  France,  Poland
2011  Latvia,  Denmark – –  Ukraine,  Lithuania
2012  Germany  France  Great Britain  Japan
2013  Norway  Poland  France  Croatia
2014  Denmark  Italy  Poland  Japan
2015  Belarus  Kazakhstan  Slovenia  Hungary
2016  Latvia  France  Italy  Japan
2017  Belarus  Hungary  Norway  Great Britain
2018  Kazakhstan  Norway  Hungary  Lithuania
2019  Germany  Slovenia  France  Japan
2020  Austria  Hungary  Slovenia  Italy
2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2022  Belarus  France  Hungary  Poland

References[]

  1. ^ https://www.iihf.com/en/tournaments?tournamentType=WM20&selectedSeason=2019&tournamentCategory=worlds
  2. ^ http://webarchive.iihf.com/iihf-home/history/past-tournaments/
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