Nickname(s) | Pikkuleijonat (The little Lions) |
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Association | Suomen jääkiekkoliitto |
Head coach | Jussi Ahokas |
Team colors | |
First international | |
Finland 10–1 East Germany (Yaroslavl, Soviet Union; 1 April 1967) Sweden 8–1 Finland (Bremerhaven, West Germany; 1 April 1977) | |
Biggest win | |
Finland 28–0 Italy (Tychy, Poland; 1 April 1979) | |
Biggest defeat | |
Soviet Union 14–2 Finland (Bremerhaven, West Germany; 2 April 1977) | |
IIHF World U18 Championship | |
Appearances | 23 (first in 1999) |
Best result | Gold: 1999, 2000, 2016, 2018 |
The Finland men's national under-18 ice hockey team is the men's national under-18 ice hockey team of Finland. The team is controlled by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. The team represents Finland at the IIHF World U18 Championships.
Tournament | Rank |
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1967 Yaroslavl, Russian SFSR | |
1968 Tampere | 4th |
1969 Garmisch-Partenkirchen / Bavaria | 4th |
1970 Geneva | 4th |
1971 Prešov, Slovak SR | 4th |
1972 Boden / Luleå / Skellefteå | 4th |
1973 Leningrad, Russian SFSR | 4th |
1974 Herisau / Appenzell / Ausserrhoden | |
1975 Grenoble | 4th |
1976 Kopřivnice / Opava, Czech SR | |
1977 Bremerhaven / Bremen | 4th |
1978 Vantaa | |
1979 Tychy / Katowice | |
1980 Brno / Hradec Králové, Czech SR | 4th |
1981 Minsk, Belorussian SSR | 4th |
1982 Ängelholm / Tyringe | 4th |
1983 Oslo | |
1984 Rosenheim / Garmisch-Partenkirchen / Füssen / Bad Tölz / Bavaria | 4th |
1985 Anglet | 5th |
1986 Düsseldorf / Ratingen / Krefeld / North Rhine-Westphalia | |
1987 Tampere / Kouvola / Hämeenlinna | 4th |
1988 Frýdek-Místek / Vsetín / Olomouc / Přerov, Czech SR | |
1989 Kiev, Ukrainian SSR | |
1990 Örnsköldsvik / Sollefteå | 4th |
1991 Spišská Nová Ves / Prešov, Slovak SR | |
1992 Lillehammer / Hamar | 4th |
1993 Nowy Targ / Oswiecim | 4th |
1994 Jyväskylä | 4th |
1995 Berlin | |
1996 Ufa | |
1997 Znojmo / Třebíč | |
1998 Malung / Mora |
Tournament | Rank |
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1999 Füssen / Kaufbeuren | |
2000 Kloten / Weinfelden | |
2001 Heinola / Helsinki / Lahti | |
2002 Piešťany / Trnava | 4th |
2003 Yaroslavl | 7th |
2004 Minsk | 7th |
2005 České Budějovice / Plzeň | 7th |
2006 Ängelholm / Halmstad | |
2007 Tampere / Rauma | 7th |
2008 Kazan | 6th |
2009 Fargo | |
2010 Minsk / Babruysk | |
2011 Crimmitschau / Dresden | 5th |
2012 Brno / Znojmo / Břeclav | 4th |
2013 Sochi | |
2014 Lappeenranta / Imatra | 6th |
2015 Zug / Lucerne | |
2016 Grand Forks | |
2017 Poprad / Spišská Nová Ves | |
2018 Chelyabinsk / Magnitogorsk | |
2019 Örnsköldsvik / Umeå | 7th |
2020 Plymouth / Ann Arbor | Cancelled [1] |
2021 Frisco / Plano | 4th |
2022 Landshut / Kaufbeuren | |
2023 Basel / Porrentruy | 5th |
2024 Espoo / Vantaa | 5th |
2025 Frisco / Allen |
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