IIHF World U18 Championship

For the men's senior tournament, see Ice Hockey World Championships.

For the men's under-20 tournament, see IIHF World Junior Championship.

For the women's under-18 tournament, see IIHF World Women's U18 Championship.

IIHF World U18 Championships

Upcoming season or competition: 2024 IIHF World U18 Championships
Sport	Ice hockey
Inaugural season	1999
No. of teams	10
Most recent champion(s)	United States (11th title)
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.

History

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

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	Slovakia
2018	Finland (4)	United States (4)	Sweden (4)	Chelyabinsk and Magnitogorsk	Russia
2019	Sweden (1)	Russia (5)	United States (3)	Örnsköldsvik and Umeå	Sweden
2020	Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
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

Medal table

Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Medals
United States	11	5	3	19
Finland	4	3	5	12
Canada	4	1	4	9
Russia	3	6	3	12
Sweden	2	6	5	13
Czech Republic	0	1	3	4
Slovakia	0	1	1	2
Switzerland	0	1	0	1
Total	24	24	24	72

Hosting countries

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

See also

• IIHF World Ranking
• Ice Hockey World Championships
• World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
• World Junior A Challenge
• World U-17 Hockey Challenge

External links

• All Medalists - U18 - Full results for men's, women's and junior championships since 1999 and medalists for all tournaments.
• 2015 official site
• IIHF World U18 all-time scoring leaders