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 Junior Championship. The tournament was first held in 1999.

For the women's senior tournament, see IIHF World Women's Championship.
For the women's under-18 tournament, see IIHF World Women's U18 Championship.
IIHF World U18 Championships
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2024 IIHF World U18 Championships
SportIce hockey
First season1999
No. of teams10
Most recent
champion(s)		 Canada
(5th title)
Most titles United States
(11 titles)
Relegation toDivision I
Official websiteIIHF.com

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
  • (#) Number of tournaments (or 2nd placed/3rd places) won at the time.
Year 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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]
2020Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[3]
2021 Canada (4) Russia (6) Sweden (5)Frisco and Plano United States
2022 Sweden (2) United States (5) Finland (5)Landshut and Kaufbeuren Germany
2023 United States (11) Sweden (6) Canada (4)Basel and Porrentruy Switzerland
2024 Canada (5) United States (6) Sweden (6)Espoo and Vantaa Finland
2025TBD United States[4]
2026TBD Slovakia[4]

Medal table
Country 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Medals
 United States116320
 Canada51410
 Finland43512
 Russia36312
 Sweden26614
 Czechia0134
 Slovakia0112
  Switzerland0101
Total25252575

Hosting countries
Host country Tournaments
 Finland 4
 Russia 4
 Germany 3
 Switzerland 3
 United States 3
 Belarus 2
 Czechia 2
 Slovakia 2
 Sweden 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). 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. Potts, Andy. "Recap: 2023 IIHF – Semi-Annual Congress". IIHF. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
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