Finland men's national under-18 ice hockey team
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.
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| Nickname(s) | Pikkuleijonat (The little Lions) |
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| Association | Suomen jääkiekkoliitto |
| Head coach |  Jussi Ahokas |
| Team colors | |
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| First international | |
 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 | 19 (first in 1999) |
| Best result |  Gold: 1999, 2000, 2016, 2018 |
| Medal record | ||
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| World U-17 Hockey Challenge | ||
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| 2018 Canada | |
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| European Youth Olympic Winter Festival | ||
| 2013 Romania | Team |
| 2007 Spain | Team |
| 2011 Czech Republic | Team |
| 2003 Slovenia | Team |
| 2009 Poland | Team |
| 2015 Austria\Liechtenstein | Team |
| 2019 Bosnia and Herzegovina | Team |
International competitions
IIHF European U18 / U19 Championships
| Tournament | Rank |
|---|---|
| 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 Koprivnice / 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 / Prerov, 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 / Trebic | |
| 1998 Malung / Mora | |
IIHF World U18 Championships
| Tournament | Rank |
|---|---|
| 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 Plymouth / Ann Arbor |
References
- Steiss, Adam. "2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship cancelled". iihf.com. IIHF. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
External links
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