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IIHF World U18 Championship
Men's national under-18 ice hockey tournament
Men's national under-18 ice hockey tournament
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| title | IIHF World U18 Championships |
| image | IIHF World U18 Championship.png |
| logo_size | x250px |
| upcoming_season | 2026 IIHF World U18 Championships |
| sport | Ice hockey |
| inaugural | 1999 |
| teams | 10 |
| champion | |
| (6th title) | |
| most_champs | |
| (11 titles) | |
| relegation | Division I |
| website | IIHF.com |
(6th title) (11 titles)
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.
History
The United States leads the tournament with eleven championships followed by Canada with six championships, Finland with four, Russia with three, and Sweden with two. 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.
Results
- (#) Number of tournaments placing in a particular top-four position at the time.
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | 4th place | Host city (cities) | Host country | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | Füssen and Kaufbeuren | ||||||
| 2000 | (2) | (1) | (1) | (2) | Kloten and Weinfelden | ||||||
| 2001 | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | Helsinki, Lahti and Heinola | ||||||
| 2002 | (1) | (2) | (1) | (1) | Piešťany and Trnava | ||||||
| 2003 | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | Yaroslavl | ||||||
| 2004 | (2) | (1) | (2) | (1) | Minsk | BLR | |||||
| 2005 | (2) | (1) | (2) | (2) | Plzeň and České Budějovice | ||||||
| 2006 | (3) | (1) | (3) | (2) | Ängelholm and Halmstad | ||||||
| 2007 | (3) | (2) | (3) | (3) | Tampere and Rauma | ||||||
| 2008 | (2) | (3) | (1) | (1) | Kazan | ||||||
| 2009 | (4) | (4) | (2) | (4) | Fargo and Moorhead | ||||||
| 2010 | (5) | (2) | (3) | (1) | Minsk and Babruysk | BLR | |||||
| 2011 | (6) | (3) | (2) | (5) | Crimmitschau and Dresden | ||||||
| 2012 | (7) | (4) | (1) | (2) | Brno, Znojmo and Břeclav | ||||||
| 2013 | (3) | (3) | (4) | (2) | Sochi | ||||||
| 2014 | (8) | (1) | (2) | (2) | Lappeenranta and Imatra | ||||||
| 2015 | (9) | (2) | (3) | (3) | Zug and Lucerne | ||||||
| 2016 | (3) | (5) | (2) | (6) | Grand Forks | ||||||
| 2017 | (10) | (3) | (3) | (3) | title=2016 IIHF Calendar of Events | url=http://www.iihf.com/fileadmin/user_upload/PDF/2016-2017_IIHF_Calendar_of_Events_01.06.2016.pdf | access-date=28 June 2016 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160606165632/http://www.iihf.com/fileadmin/user_upload/PDF/2016-2017_IIHF_Calendar_of_Events_01.06.2016.pdf | archive-date=6 June 2016}} | |
| 2018 | (4) | (4) | (4) | (3) | Chelyabinsk and Magnitogorsk | ||||||
| 2019 | (1) | (5) | (3) | (7) | Örnsköldsvik and Umeå | ||||||
| 2020 | Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Plymouth and Ann Arbor, United States | |||||||||
| 2021 | (4) | (6) | (5) | (3) | Plano and Frisco | ||||||
| 2022 | (2) | (5) | (5) | (4) | Landshut and Kaufbeuren | ||||||
| 2023 | (11) | (6) | (4) | (1) | Basel and Porrentruy | ||||||
| 2024 | (5) | (6) | (6) | (2) | Espoo and Vantaa | ||||||
| 2025 | (6) | (7) | (4) | (3) | Frisco and Allen | last1=Potts | first1=Andy | title=Recap: 2023 IIHF – Semi-Annual Congress | url=https://www.iihf.com/en/news/54940/recap_2023_iihf_semi-annual_congress | website=IIHF | access-date=10 October 2023}} |
| 2026 | Piešťany and Bratislava | ||||||||||
| 2027 | TBD | last1=Potts | first1=Andy | title=Recap: 2024 Semi-Annual Congress | url=https://www.iihf.com/en/news/62792/recap_2024_semi-annual_congress | website=IIHF | access-date=18 January 2025}} | ||||
| 2028 | TBD | ||||||||||
| 2029 | TBD |
Medal table
| Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Medals | Total | 25 | 25 | 25 | 75 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 6 | 4 | 21 | ||||||
| 6 | 1 | 4 | 11 | ||||||
| 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | ||||||
| 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | ||||||
| 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | ||||||
| 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Hosting countries
| Host country | Tournaments |
|---|---|
| 4 | |
| 4 | |
| 3 | |
| 3 | |
| 4 | |
| 2 | |
| 2 | |
| 2 | |
| 2 |
Notes
References
- Canadian Press. (2006-08-12). "Canada blanks U.S. to win under-18 gold". tsn.ca.
- "2016 IIHF Calendar of Events".
- Adam Steiss. (March 13, 2020). "IIHF cancels U18 Worlds". [[International Ice Hockey Federation]].
- "Recap: 2023 IIHF – Semi-Annual Congress".
- O'Brien, Derek. (23 May 2025). "2026 U-18 World Championship To Bratislava & Piestany; Probable Groups".
- "Recap: 2024 Semi-Annual Congress".
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