IIHF World U18 Championship

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 U20 Championship (World Junior Ice Hockey Championship).

IIHF World U18 Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
2021 IIHF World U18 Championships
SportIce hockey
Inaugural season1999
No. of teams10
Most recent
champion(s)		 Sweden (1st title)
Most titles United States (10 titles)
Relegation toDivision I
Official websiteIIHF.com

History

The United States leads the tournament with ten championships followed by Finland with four championships, and Canada and Russia with three. [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 Hlinka Gretzky Cup in August.[1]

Results
  • (#) Number of tournaments (or 2nd placed/3rd places) won at the time.
Year Gold Silver Bronze Host city (cities) Host country
1999 Finland (1) Sweden (1) Slovakia (1)Füssen and Kaufbeuren Germany
2000 Finland (2) Russia (1) Sweden (1)Kloten and Weinfelden  Switzerland
2001 Russia (1)  Switzerland (1) Finland (1)Helsinki, Lahti and Heinola Finland
2002 United States (1) Russia (2) Czech Republic (1)Piešťany and Trnava Slovakia
2003 Canada (1) Slovakia (1) Russia (1)Yaroslavl Russia
2004 Russia (2) United States (1) Czech Republic (2)Minsk Belarus
2005 United States (2) Canada (1) Sweden (2)Plzeň and České Budějovice Czech Republic
2006 United States (3) Finland (1) Czech Republic (3)Ängelholm and Halmstad Sweden
2007 Russia (3) United States (2) Sweden (3)Tampere and Rauma Finland
2008 Canada (2) Russia (3) United States (1)Kazan Russia
2009 United States (4) Russia (4) Finland (2)Fargo and Moorhead United States
2010 United States (5) Sweden (2) Finland (3)Minsk and Babruysk Belarus
2011 United States (6) Sweden (3) Russia (2)Crimmitschau and Dresden Germany
2012 United States (7) Sweden (4) Canada (1)Brno, Znojmo and Břeclav Czech Republic
2013 Canada (3) United States (3) Finland (4)Sochi Russia
2014 United States (8) Czech Republic (1) Canada (2)Lappeenranta and Imatra Finland
2015 United States (9) Finland (2) Canada (3)Zug and Lucerne  Switzerland
2016 Finland (3) Sweden (5) United States (2)Grand Forks United States
2017 United States (10) Finland (3) Russia (3)Poprad and Spišská Nová Ves[2] Slovakia
2018 Finland (4) United States (4) Sweden (4)Chelyabinsk and Magnitogorsk[2] Russia
2019 Sweden (1) Russia (5) United States (3)Örnsköldsvik and Umeå Sweden[2]
2020Cancelled[3]Plymouth and Ann Arbor United States

Medal table
Country Gold Silver Bronze Medals
 United States104317
 Finland43411
 Russia35311
 Canada3137
 Sweden15410
 Czech Republic0134
 Slovakia0112
  Switzerland0101
Total21212163

Hosting countries
Host country Tournaments
 Russia 4
 Finland 3
 Belarus 2
 Czech Republic 2
 Germany 2
 Slovakia 2
 Sweden 2
  Switzerland 2
 United States 2

See also

Notes
  1. 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. "2016 IIHF Calendar of Events" (PDF). IIHF.com. 1 June 2016. 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.
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