IIHF World U18 Championship

Last updated

IIHF World U18 Championships
Most recent season or competition:
2024 IIHF World U18 Championships
Sport Ice hockey
First season1999
No. of teams10
Most recent
champion(s)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
(5th title)
Most titlesFlag of the United States.svg  United States
(11 titles)
Relegation to Division I
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 Junior Championship. The tournament was first held in 1999.

Contents

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. [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 non-IIHF Hlinka Gretzky Cup in August. [1]

Results

YearGold medal icon.svg GoldSilver medal icon.svg SilverBronze medal icon.svg BronzeHost city (cities)Host country
1999 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (1)Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (1)Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia (1) Füssen and Kaufbeuren Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
2000 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (2)Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (1)Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (1) Kloten and Weinfelden Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
2001 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (1)Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland (1)Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (1) Helsinki, Lahti and Heinola Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
2002 Flag of the United States.svg  United States (1)Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (2)Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic (1) Piešťany and Trnava Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
2003 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (1)Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia (1)Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (1) Yaroslavl Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
2004 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (2)Flag of the United States.svg  United States (1)Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic (2) Minsk Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus
2005 Flag of the United States.svg  United States (2)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (1)Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (2) Plzeň and České Budějovice Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
2006 Flag of the United States.svg  United States (3)Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (1)Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic (3) Ängelholm and Halmstad Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
2007 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (3)Flag of the United States.svg  United States (2)Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (3) Tampere and Rauma Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
2008 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (2)Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (3)Flag of the United States.svg  United States (1) Kazan Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
2009 Flag of the United States.svg  United States (4)Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (4)Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (2) Fargo and Moorhead Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
2010 Flag of the United States.svg  United States (5)Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (2)Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (3) Minsk and Babruysk Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus
2011 Flag of the United States.svg  United States (6)Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (3)Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (2) Crimmitschau and Dresden Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
2012 Flag of the United States.svg  United States (7)Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (4)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (1) Brno, Znojmo and Břeclav Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
2013 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (3)Flag of the United States.svg  United States (3)Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (4) Sochi Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
2014 Flag of the United States.svg  United States (8)Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic (1)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (2) Lappeenranta and Imatra Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
2015 Flag of the United States.svg  United States (9)Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (2)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (3) Zug and Lucerne Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
2016 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (3)Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (5)Flag of the United States.svg  United States (2) Grand Forks Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
2017 Flag of the United States.svg  United States (10)Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (3)Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (3) Poprad and Spišská Nová Ves [2] Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
2018 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (4)Flag of the United States.svg  United States (4)Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (4) Chelyabinsk and Magnitogorsk [2] Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
2019 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (1)Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (5)Flag of the United States.svg  United States (3) Örnsköldsvik and Umeå Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden [2]
2020 Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [3]
2021 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (4)Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (6)Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (5) Frisco and Plano Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
2022 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (2)Flag of the United States.svg  United States (5)Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (5) Landshut and Kaufbeuren Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
2023 Flag of the United States.svg  United States (11)Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (6)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (4) Basel and Porrentruy Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
2024 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (5)Flag of the United States.svg  United States (6)Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (6) Espoo and Vantaa Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
2025TBDFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States [4]
2026TBDFlag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia [4]

Medal table

CountryGold medal icon.svg GoldSilver medal icon.svg SilverBronze medal icon.svg BronzeMedals
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 116320
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 51410
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 43512
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 36312
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 26614
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechia 0134
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 0112
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 0101
Total25252575

Hosting countries

Host countryTournaments
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 4
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 4
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 3
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 3
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 2
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechia 2
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 2
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. 1 2 3 "2016 IIHF Calendar of Events" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  3. Adam Steiss (13 March 2020). "IIHF cancels U18 Worlds" (Press release). Plymouth Charter Township, Michigan & Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States: International Ice Hockey Federation.
  4. 1 2 Potts, Andy. "Recap: 2023 IIHF – Semi-Annual Congress". IIHF. Retrieved 10 October 2023.

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