IIHF World U18 Championship

{{Short description|Recurring ice hockey tournament for men's U-18 junior national teams}}

{{for|the women's senior tournament|IIHF World Women's Championship}}

{{for|the women's under-18 tournament|IIHF World Women's U18 Championship}}

{{Infobox sports league

| title = IIHF World U18 Championships

| image = IIHF World U18 Championship.png

| size =

| current_season = 2025 IIHF World U18 Championships

| sport = Ice hockey

| inaugural = 1999

| teams = 10

| champion = {{ih18|Canada}}
(5th title)

| most_champs = {{ih18|United States}}
(11 titles)

| relegation = Division I

| website = [http://www.iihf.com/ 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 Junior Championship. The tournament was first held in 1999.

History

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/canadian_hockey/news_story/?ID=174055&hubname= |publisher=tsn.ca |access-date=2006-08-12 |date=2006-08-12 |author=Canadian Press |title=Canada blanks U.S. to win under-18 gold |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060826145730/http://www.tsn.ca/canadian_hockey/news_story/?ID=174055&hubname= |archive-date=2006-08-26 |url-status=dead }} 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.

Results

{{small|(#)}} Number of tournaments (or 2nd placed/3rd places) won at the time.

class="wikitable sortable"
bgcolor="#efefef" align="left" ! Year ! width=145 style="background-color: #F7F6A8;" \| {{gold1}} Gold ! width=135 style="background-color: #DCE5E5;" \| {{silver2}} Silver ! width=135 style="background-color: #FFDAB9;" \| {{bronze3}} Bronze !scope="col" style="background-color:\| 4th place ! width=230 \| Host city (cities) ! width=125 \| Host country
1999	{{ih18\|FIN}} {{small\|(1)}}	{{ih18\|SWE}} {{small\|(1)}}	{{ih18\|SVK}} {{small\|(1)}}	{{ih18\|SUI}} {{small\|(1)}}	Füssen and Kaufbeuren	{{GER}}
2000	{{ih18\|FIN}} {{small\|(2)}}	{{ih18\|RUS}} {{small\|(1)}}	{{ih18\|SWE}} {{small\|(1)}}	{{ih18\|SUI}} {{small\|(2)}}	Kloten and Weinfelden	{{SUI}}
2001	{{ih18\|RUS}} {{small\|(1)}}	{{ih18\|SUI}} {{small\|(1)}}	{{ih18\|FIN}} {{small\|(1)}}	{{ih18\|CZE}} {{small\|(1)}}	Helsinki, Lahti and Heinola	{{FIN}}
2002	{{ih18\|USA}} {{small\|(1)}}	{{ih18\|RUS}} {{small\|(2)}}	{{ih18\|CZE}} {{small\|(1)}}	{{ih18\|FIN}} {{small\|(1)}}	Piešťany and Trnava	{{SVK}}
2003	{{ih18\|CAN}} {{small\|(1)}}	{{ih18\|SVK}} {{small\|(1)}}	{{ih18\|RUS}} {{small\|(1)}}	{{ih18\|USA}} {{small\|(1)}}	Yaroslavl	{{RUS}}
2004	{{ih18\|RUS}} {{small\|(2)}}	{{ih18\|USA}} {{small\|(1)}}	{{ih18\|CZE}} {{small\|(2)}}	{{ih18\|CAN}} {{small\|(1)}}	Minsk	{{flagcountry\|BLR\|1995}}
2005	{{ih18\|USA}} {{small\|(2)}}	{{ih18\|CAN}} {{small\|(1)}}	{{ih18\|SWE}} {{small\|(2)}}	{{ih18\|CZE}} {{small\|(2)}}	Plzeň and České Budějovice	{{CZE}}
2006	{{ih18\|USA}} {{small\|(3)}}	{{ih18\|FIN}} {{small\|(1)}}	{{ih18\|CZE}} {{small\|(3)}}	{{ih18\|CAN}} {{small\|(2)}}	Ängelholm and Halmstad	{{SWE}}
2007	{{ih18\|RUS}} {{small\|(3)}}	{{ih18\|USA}} {{small\|(2)}}	{{ih18\|SWE}} {{small\|(3)}}	{{ih18\|CAN}} {{small\|(3)}}	Tampere and Rauma	{{FIN}}
2008	{{ih18\|CAN}} {{small\|(2)}}	{{ih18\|RUS}} {{small\|(3)}}	{{ih18\|USA}} {{small\|(1)}}	{{ih18\|SWE}} {{small\|(1)}}	Kazan	{{RUS}}
2009	{{ih18\|USA}} {{small\|(4)}}	{{ih18\|RUS}} {{small\|(4)}}	{{ih18\|FIN}} {{small\|(2)}}	{{ih18\|CAN}} {{small\|(4)}}	Fargo and Moorhead	{{USA}}
2010	{{ih18\|USA}} {{small\|(5)}}	{{ih18\|SWE}} {{small\|(2)}}	{{ih18\|FIN}} {{small\|(3)}}	{{ih18\|RUS}} {{small\|(1)}}	Minsk and Babruysk	{{flagcountry\|BLR\|1995}}
2011	{{ih18\|USA}} {{small\|(6)}}	{{ih18\|SWE}} {{small\|(3)}}	{{ih18\|RUS}} {{small\|(2)}}	{{ih18\|CAN}} {{small\|(5)}}	Crimmitschau and Dresden	{{GER}}
2012	{{ih18\|USA}} {{small\|(7)}}	{{ih18\|SWE}} {{small\|(4)}}	{{ih18\|CAN}} {{small\|(1)}}	{{ih18\|FIN}} {{small\|(2)}}	Brno, Znojmo and Břeclav	{{CZE}}
2013	{{ih18\|CAN}} {{small\|(3)}}	{{ih18\|USA}} {{small\|(3)}}	{{ih18\|FIN}} {{small\|(4)}}	{{ih18\|RUS}} {{small\|(2)}}	Sochi	{{RUS}}
2014	{{ih18\|USA}} {{small\|(8)}}	{{ih18\|CZE}} {{small\|(1)}}	{{ih18\|CAN}} {{small\|(2)}}	{{ih18\|SWE}} {{small\|(2)}}	Lappeenranta and Imatra	{{FIN}}
2015	{{ih18\|USA}} {{small\|(9)}}	{{ih18\|FIN}} {{small\|(2)}}	{{ih18\|CAN}} {{small\|(3)}}	{{ih18\|SUI}} {{small\|(3)}}	Zug and Lucerne	{{SUI}}
2016	{{ih18\|FIN}} {{small\|(3)}}	{{ih18\|SWE}} {{small\|(5)}}	{{ih18\|USA}} {{small\|(2)}}	{{ih18\|CAN}} {{small\|(6)}}	Grand Forks	{{USA}}
2017	{{ih18\|USA}} {{small\|(10)}}	{{ih18\|FIN}} {{small\|(3)}}	{{ih18\|RUS}} {{small\|(3)}}	{{ih18\|SWE}} {{small\|(3)}}	Poprad and Spišská Nová Ves{{cite web\|title=2016 IIHF Calendar of Events\|url=http://www.iihf.com/fileadmin/user_upload/PDF/2016-2017_IIHF_Calendar_of_Events_01.06.2016.pdf\|access-date=28 June 2016\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160606165632/http://www.iihf.com/fileadmin/user_upload/PDF/2016-2017_IIHF_Calendar_of_Events_01.06.2016.pdf\|archive-date=6 June 2016}}	{{SVK}}
2018	{{ih18\|FIN}} {{small\|(4)}}	{{ih18\|USA}} {{small\|(4)}}	{{ih18\|SWE}} {{small\|(4)}}	{{ih18\|CZE}} {{small\|(3)}}	Chelyabinsk and Magnitogorsk	{{RUS}}
2019	{{ih18\|SWE}} {{small\|(1)}}	{{ih18\|RUS}} {{small\|(5)}}	{{ih18\|USA}} {{small\|(3)}}	{{ih18\|CAN}} {{small\|(7)}}	Örnsköldsvik and Umeå	{{SWE}}
2020	colspan=4 align=center\|Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic{{cite press release \| title=IIHF cancels U18 Worlds \| url=https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2020/wm18/news/18313/iihf-cancels-u18-world-chhmpionship \| location=Plymouth Charter Township, Michigan & Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States \| publisher=International Ice Hockey Federation \| author=Adam Steiss \| date=March 13, 2020}}
2021	{{ih18\|CAN}} {{small\|(4)}}	{{ih18\|RUS}} {{small\|(6)}}	{{ih18\|SWE}} {{small\|(5)}}	{{ih18\|FIN}} {{small\|(3)}}	Frisco and Plano	{{USA}}
2022	{{ih18\|SWE}} {{small\|(2)}}	{{ih18\|USA}} {{small\|(5)}}	{{ih18\|FIN}} {{small\|(5)}}	{{ih18\|CZE}} {{small\|(4)}}	Landshut and Kaufbeuren	{{GER}}
2023	{{ih18\|USA}} {{small\|(11)}}	{{ih18\|SWE}} {{small\|(6)}}	{{ih18\|CAN}} {{small\|(4)}}	{{ih18\|SVK}} {{small\|(1)}}	Basel and Porrentruy	{{SUI}}
2024	{{ih18\|CAN}} {{small\|(5)}}	{{ih18\|USA}} {{small\|(6)}}	{{ih18\|SWE}} {{small\|(6)}}	{{ih18\|SVK}} {{small\|(2)}}	Espoo and Vantaa	{{FIN}}
2025					Frisco and Allen	{{USA}}{{cite web \|last1=Potts \|first1=Andy \|title=Recap: 2023 IIHF – Semi-Annual Congress \|url=https://www.iihf.com/en/news/54940/recap_2023_iihf_semi-annual_congress \|website=IIHF \|access-date=10 October 2023}}
2026					TBD	{{SVK}}
2027					TBD	{{USA}}{{cite web \|last1=Potts \|first1=Andy \|title=Recap: 2024 Semi-Annual Congress \|url=https://www.iihf.com/en/news/62792/recap_2024_semi-annual_congress \|website=IIHF \|access-date=18 January 2025}}
2028					TBD
2029					TBD	{{USA}}

=Medal table=

Total	25	25	25	75
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bgcolor="#efefef" align=center !align=left \|Country !style="background-color: #F7F6A8;" \|{{gold1}} Gold !style="background-color: #DCE5E5;" \|{{silver2}} Silver !style="background-color: #FFDAB9;" \|{{bronze3}} Bronze !Medals
align=center \|align=left\|{{ih18\|USA}}	11	6	3	20
align=center \|align=left\|{{ih18\|CAN}}	5	1	4	10
align=center \|align=left\|{{ih18\|FIN}}	4	3	5	12
align=center \|align=left\|{{ih18\|RUS}}	3	6	3	12
align=center \|align=left\|{{ih18\|SWE}}	2	6	6	14
align=center \|align=left\|{{ih18\|CZE\|name=Czechia}}	0	1	3	4
align=center \|align=left\|{{ih18\|SVK}}	0	1	1	2
align=center \|align=left\|{{ih18\|SUI}}	0	1	0	1

Hosting countries

class="wikitable sortable"

bgcolor="#efefef" align=left

! Host country

! Tournaments

align=center

| align="left" | {{FIN}}

| 4

align=center

| align="left" | {{RUS}}

| 4

align=center

| align="left" | {{GER}}

| 3

align=center

| align="left" | {{SUI}}

| 3

align=center

| align="left" | {{USA}}

| 3

align=center

| align="left" | {{BLR}}

| 2

align=center

| align="left" | {{CZE|name=Czechia}}

| 2

align=center

| align="left" | {{SVK}}

| 2

align=center

| align="left" | {{SWE}}

| 2

Notes

External links

[http://www.iihf.com/sk/iihf-home/history/all-medallists/u18.html All Medalists - U18] - Full results for men's, women's and junior championships since 1999 and medalists for all tournaments.
[http://u18worlds2015.iihf.com/ 2015 official site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150328162656/http://u18worlds2015.iihf.com/ |date=28 March 2015 }}
[http://www.quanthockey.com/wjc-u18/en/records/wjc-u18-players-all-time-points-leaders.html IIHF World U18 all-time scoring leaders]

Category:International Ice Hockey Federation tournaments

Category:International ice hockey competitions for junior teams

Category:Under-18 ice hockey

Category:April in sports

U18

class="wikitable sortable"
bgcolor="#efefef" align="left" ! Year ! width=145 style="background-color: #F7F6A8;" \| {{gold1}} Gold ! width=135 style="background-color: #DCE5E5;" \| {{silver2}} Silver ! width=135 style="background-color: #FFDAB9;" \| {{bronze3}} Bronze !scope="col" style="background-color:\| 4th place ! width=230 \| Host city (cities) ! width=125 \| Host country
1999	{{ih18\|FIN}} {{small\|(1)}}	{{ih18\|SWE}} {{small\|(1)}}	{{ih18\|SVK}} {{small\|(1)}}	{{ih18\|SUI}} {{small\|(1)}}	Füssen and Kaufbeuren	{{GER}}
2000	{{ih18\|FIN}} {{small\|(2)}}	{{ih18\|RUS}} {{small\|(1)}}	{{ih18\|SWE}} {{small\|(1)}}	{{ih18\|SUI}} {{small\|(2)}}	Kloten and Weinfelden	{{SUI}}
2001	{{ih18\|RUS}} {{small\|(1)}}	{{ih18\|SUI}} {{small\|(1)}}	{{ih18\|FIN}} {{small\|(1)}}	{{ih18\|CZE}} {{small\|(1)}}	Helsinki, Lahti and Heinola	{{FIN}}
2002	{{ih18\|USA}} {{small\|(1)}}	{{ih18\|RUS}} {{small\|(2)}}	{{ih18\|CZE}} {{small\|(1)}}	{{ih18\|FIN}} {{small\|(1)}}	Piešťany and Trnava	{{SVK}}
2003	{{ih18\|CAN}} {{small\|(1)}}	{{ih18\|SVK}} {{small\|(1)}}	{{ih18\|RUS}} {{small\|(1)}}	{{ih18\|USA}} {{small\|(1)}}	Yaroslavl	{{RUS}}
2004	{{ih18\|RUS}} {{small\|(2)}}	{{ih18\|USA}} {{small\|(1)}}	{{ih18\|CZE}} {{small\|(2)}}	{{ih18\|CAN}} {{small\|(1)}}	Minsk	{{flagcountry\|BLR\|1995}}
2005	{{ih18\|USA}} {{small\|(2)}}	{{ih18\|CAN}} {{small\|(1)}}	{{ih18\|SWE}} {{small\|(2)}}	{{ih18\|CZE}} {{small\|(2)}}	Plzeň and České Budějovice	{{CZE}}
2006	{{ih18\|USA}} {{small\|(3)}}	{{ih18\|FIN}} {{small\|(1)}}	{{ih18\|CZE}} {{small\|(3)}}	{{ih18\|CAN}} {{small\|(2)}}	Ängelholm and Halmstad	{{SWE}}
2007	{{ih18\|RUS}} {{small\|(3)}}	{{ih18\|USA}} {{small\|(2)}}	{{ih18\|SWE}} {{small\|(3)}}	{{ih18\|CAN}} {{small\|(3)}}	Tampere and Rauma	{{FIN}}
2008	{{ih18\|CAN}} {{small\|(2)}}	{{ih18\|RUS}} {{small\|(3)}}	{{ih18\|USA}} {{small\|(1)}}	{{ih18\|SWE}} {{small\|(1)}}	Kazan	{{RUS}}
2009	{{ih18\|USA}} {{small\|(4)}}	{{ih18\|RUS}} {{small\|(4)}}	{{ih18\|FIN}} {{small\|(2)}}	{{ih18\|CAN}} {{small\|(4)}}	Fargo and Moorhead	{{USA}}
2010	{{ih18\|USA}} {{small\|(5)}}	{{ih18\|SWE}} {{small\|(2)}}	{{ih18\|FIN}} {{small\|(3)}}	{{ih18\|RUS}} {{small\|(1)}}	Minsk and Babruysk	{{flagcountry\|BLR\|1995}}
2011	{{ih18\|USA}} {{small\|(6)}}	{{ih18\|SWE}} {{small\|(3)}}	{{ih18\|RUS}} {{small\|(2)}}	{{ih18\|CAN}} {{small\|(5)}}	Crimmitschau and Dresden	{{GER}}
2012	{{ih18\|USA}} {{small\|(7)}}	{{ih18\|SWE}} {{small\|(4)}}	{{ih18\|CAN}} {{small\|(1)}}	{{ih18\|FIN}} {{small\|(2)}}	Brno, Znojmo and Břeclav	{{CZE}}
2013	{{ih18\|CAN}} {{small\|(3)}}	{{ih18\|USA}} {{small\|(3)}}	{{ih18\|FIN}} {{small\|(4)}}	{{ih18\|RUS}} {{small\|(2)}}	Sochi	{{RUS}}
2014	{{ih18\|USA}} {{small\|(8)}}	{{ih18\|CZE}} {{small\|(1)}}	{{ih18\|CAN}} {{small\|(2)}}	{{ih18\|SWE}} {{small\|(2)}}	Lappeenranta and Imatra	{{FIN}}
2015	{{ih18\|USA}} {{small\|(9)}}	{{ih18\|FIN}} {{small\|(2)}}	{{ih18\|CAN}} {{small\|(3)}}	{{ih18\|SUI}} {{small\|(3)}}	Zug and Lucerne	{{SUI}}
2016	{{ih18\|FIN}} {{small\|(3)}}	{{ih18\|SWE}} {{small\|(5)}}	{{ih18\|USA}} {{small\|(2)}}	{{ih18\|CAN}} {{small\|(6)}}	Grand Forks	{{USA}}
2017	{{ih18\|USA}} {{small\|(10)}}	{{ih18\|FIN}} {{small\|(3)}}	{{ih18\|RUS}} {{small\|(3)}}	{{ih18\|SWE}} {{small\|(3)}}	Poprad and Spišská Nová Ves{{cite web\|title=2016 IIHF Calendar of Events\|url=http://www.iihf.com/fileadmin/user_upload/PDF/2016-2017_IIHF_Calendar_of_Events_01.06.2016.pdf\|access-date=28 June 2016\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160606165632/http://www.iihf.com/fileadmin/user_upload/PDF/2016-2017_IIHF_Calendar_of_Events_01.06.2016.pdf\|archive-date=6 June 2016}}	{{SVK}}
2018	{{ih18\|FIN}} {{small\|(4)}}	{{ih18\|USA}} {{small\|(4)}}	{{ih18\|SWE}} {{small\|(4)}}	{{ih18\|CZE}} {{small\|(3)}}	Chelyabinsk and Magnitogorsk	{{RUS}}
2019	{{ih18\|SWE}} {{small\|(1)}}	{{ih18\|RUS}} {{small\|(5)}}	{{ih18\|USA}} {{small\|(3)}}	{{ih18\|CAN}} {{small\|(7)}}	Örnsköldsvik and Umeå	{{SWE}}
2020	colspan=4 align=center\|Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic{{cite press release \| title=IIHF cancels U18 Worlds \| url=https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2020/wm18/news/18313/iihf-cancels-u18-world-chhmpionship \| location=Plymouth Charter Township, Michigan & Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States \| publisher=International Ice Hockey Federation \| author=Adam Steiss \| date=March 13, 2020}}
2021	{{ih18\|CAN}} {{small\|(4)}}	{{ih18\|RUS}} {{small\|(6)}}	{{ih18\|SWE}} {{small\|(5)}}	{{ih18\|FIN}} {{small\|(3)}}	Frisco and Plano	{{USA}}
2022	{{ih18\|SWE}} {{small\|(2)}}	{{ih18\|USA}} {{small\|(5)}}	{{ih18\|FIN}} {{small\|(5)}}	{{ih18\|CZE}} {{small\|(4)}}	Landshut and Kaufbeuren	{{GER}}
2023	{{ih18\|USA}} {{small\|(11)}}	{{ih18\|SWE}} {{small\|(6)}}	{{ih18\|CAN}} {{small\|(4)}}	{{ih18\|SVK}} {{small\|(1)}}	Basel and Porrentruy	{{SUI}}
2024	{{ih18\|CAN}} {{small\|(5)}}	{{ih18\|USA}} {{small\|(6)}}	{{ih18\|SWE}} {{small\|(6)}}	{{ih18\|SVK}} {{small\|(2)}}	Espoo and Vantaa	{{FIN}}
2025					Frisco and Allen	{{USA}}{{cite web \|last1=Potts \|first1=Andy \|title=Recap: 2023 IIHF – Semi-Annual Congress \|url=https://www.iihf.com/en/news/54940/recap_2023_iihf_semi-annual_congress \|website=IIHF \|access-date=10 October 2023}}
2026					TBD	{{SVK}}
2027					TBD	{{USA}}{{cite web \|last1=Potts \|first1=Andy \|title=Recap: 2024 Semi-Annual Congress \|url=https://www.iihf.com/en/news/62792/recap_2024_semi-annual_congress \|website=IIHF \|access-date=18 January 2025}}
2028					TBD
2029					TBD	{{USA}}

IIHF World U18 Championship

History

Results

=Medal table=

Hosting countries

See also

Notes

External links