List of IIHF World Junior Championship Directorate award winners

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The IIHF World Junior Championship is an annual event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation for national under-20 ice hockey teams from around the world. The 'Top Division' features the top ten ranked hockey nations in the world. After each tournament, the Directorate of the IIHF selects the Best Goaltender, Best Defenceman, and Best Forward of the tournament. Winners of these awards, along with the countries they represent are shown below from the first official tournament (1977) until present.

YearBest GoaltenderBest DefencemanBest ForwardNote
1977 Jan Hrabák Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia Viacheslav Fetisov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Dale McCourt Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada [1]
1978 Alexander Tyznych Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Viacheslav Fetisov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Wayne Gretzky Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada [2]
1979 Pelle Lindbergh Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Alexei Kasatonov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Vladimir Krutov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union [3]
1980 Jari Paavola Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Reijo Ruotsalainen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Vladimir Krutov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union [4]
1981 Lars Eriksson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Miloslav Horava Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia Patrik Sundström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden [5]
1982 Mike Moffat Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Gord Kluzak Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Petri Skriko Flag of Finland.svg  Finland [6]
1983 Dominik Hašek Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia Ilya Byakin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Tomas Sandström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden [7]
1984 Alan Perry Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Alexei Gusarov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Raimo Helminen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland [8]
1985 Craig Billington Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Vesa Salo Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Michal Pivonka Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia [9]
1986 Evgeny Belosheikin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Mikhail Tatarinov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Jim Sandlak Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada [10]
1987 Markus Ketterer Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Calle Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Robert Kron Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia [11]
1988 Jimmy Waite Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Teppo Numminen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Alexander Mogilny Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union [12]
1989 Alexei Ivashkin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Ricard Persson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Pavel Bure Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union [13]
1990 Stéphane Fiset Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Alexander Godynyuk Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Robert Reichel Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia [14]
1991 Pauli Jaks Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Jiří Šlégr Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia Eric Lindros Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada [15]
1992 Mike Dunham Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Darius Kasparaitis Flag of the CIS.svg  CIS Michael Nylander Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden [16]
1993 Manny Legacé Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Janne Grönvall Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Peter Forsberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden [17]
1994 Jamie Storr Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Kenny Jönsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Niklas Sundström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden [18]
1995 Yevgeni Tarasov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Bryan McCabe Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Marty Murray Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada [19]
1996 José Théodore Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Mattias Öhlund Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Jarome Iginla Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada [20]
1997 Marc Denis Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Joe Corvo Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Alexei Morozov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia [21]
1998 David Aebischer Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Pavel Skrbek Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Olli Jokinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland [22]
1999 Roberto Luongo Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Vitali Vishnevsky Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Maxim Afinogenov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia [23]
2000 Rick DiPietro Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Alex Riazantsev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Milan Kraft Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic [23]
2001 Tomáš Duba Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Rostislav Klesla Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Pavel Brendl Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic [23]
2002 Kari Lehtonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Igor Knyazev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Mike Cammalleri Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada [23]
2003 Marc-André Fleury Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Joni Pitkänen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Igor Grigorenko Flag of Russia.svg  Russia [23]
2004 Al Montoya Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Sami Lepistö Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Zach Parise Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States [23]
2005 Marek Schwarz Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Dion Phaneuf Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Alexander Ovechkin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia [23]
2006 Tuukka Rask Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Marc Staal Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Evgeni Malkin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia [23]
2007 Carey Price Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Erik Johnson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Alexei Cherepanov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia [23]
2008 Steve Mason Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Drew Doughty Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Viktor Tikhonov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia [24]
2009 Jacob Markström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Erik Karlsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden John Tavares Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada [25]
2010 Benjamin Conz Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Alex Pietrangelo Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Jordan Eberle Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
2011 Jack Campbell Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Ryan Ellis Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Brayden Schenn Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada [26]
2012 Petr Mrázek Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Brandon Gormley Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Yevgeni Kuznetsov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia [27]
2013 John Gibson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Jacob Trouba Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Ryan Nugent-Hopkins Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
2014 Oscar Dansk Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Rasmus Ristolainen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Filip Forsberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden [28]
2015 Denis Godla Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Vladislav Gavrikov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Max Domi Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada [29]
2016 Linus Söderström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Zach Werenski Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Jesse Puljujärvi Flag of Finland.svg  Finland [30]
2017 Felix Sandström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Thomas Chabot Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Kirill Kaprizov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
2018 Filip Gustavsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Rasmus Dahlin Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Casey Mittelstadt Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
2019 Pyotr Kochetkov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Alexander Romanov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Ryan Poehling Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
2020 Joel Hofer Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Rasmus Sandin Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Alexis Lafrenière Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
2021 Devon Levi Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Topi Niemelä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Tim Stützle Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
2022 Jesper Wallstedt Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Kasper Puutio Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Mason McTavish Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada IIHF
2023 Adam Gajan Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia David Jiříček Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Connor Bedard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada [31]
2024 Hugo Hävelid Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Axel Sandin Pellikka Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Cutter Gauthier Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States [32]

Footnotes

  1. Podnieks, p. 20.
  2. Podnieks, p. 35.
  3. Podnieks, p. 51.
  4. Podnieks, p. 63.
  5. Podnieks, p. 76.
  6. Podnieks, p. 90.
  7. Podnieks, p. 106.
  8. Podnieks, p. 121.
  9. Podnieks, p. 135.
  10. Podnieks, p. 150.
  11. Podnieks, p. 165.
  12. Podnieks, p. 180.
  13. Podnieks, p. 194.
  14. Podnieks, p. 207.
  15. Podnieks, p. 222.
  16. Podnieks, p. 238.
  17. Podnieks, p. 253.
  18. Podnieks, p. 269.
  19. Podnieks, p. 282.
  20. Podnieks, p. 297.
  21. Podnieks, p. 312.
  22. Podnieks, p. 328.
  23. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "IIHF Directorate Awards". Hockey Canada. 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-04.
  24. "Canada's Mason sweeps awards". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2008-01-05. Archived from the original on 2011-05-26. Retrieved 2008-07-04.
  25. "Tavares named MVP". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2009-01-06.
  26. "Brayden Schenn sweeps honours". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2011-01-05. Archived from the original on 2012-10-18. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
  27. "Kuznetsov named U20 MVP". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2012-01-05. Archived from the original on 2012-01-11. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
  28. "Forsberg named MVP". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2014-01-05.
  29. "World juniors 2015 live: Canada wins gold at world juniors after beating Russia". National Post. 2015-01-05.
  30. "Puljujarvi MVP, Best Forward". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-01-05. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
  31. "Best Players Selected by the Directorate". International Ice Hockey Federation. January 5, 2023. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
  32. "Lekkerimaki named MVP". International Ice Hockey Federation. January 5, 2024. Retrieved January 5, 2024.

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