List of IIHF World Junior Championship medalists

The IIHF World Junior Championship is an annual event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation for national under-20 ice hockey teams from around the world. It is traditionally held from late December to the beginning of January. The main tournament features the top ten ranked hockey nations in the world, comprising the "Top Division", from which a world champion is crowned. There are also three lower pools—Divisions I, II and III—that each play separate tournaments playing for the right to be promoted to a higher pool with the last place team facing relegation to a lower pool.[1]

The first official tournament was held in 1977. Prior to that, there had been invitational tournaments in 1974, 1975 and 1976 that were not sanctioned by the IIHF.[2]

As of 2024, 48 official tournaments have been staged, while the 2022 tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] Historically, the tournament has been dominated by Canada (20 gold medals) and the Soviet Union/CIS/Russia (13 gold medals). The USSR won the first four official tournaments, while the Canadians put together five straight championships between 1993 and 1997, and another five straight from 2005 to 2009.

Medalists

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The winners by season listed below.

Unofficial tournaments

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Year   Gold   Silver   Bronze 4th place Host city (cities) Host country (countries)
1974   Soviet Union   Finland   Canada   Sweden Leningrad   Soviet Union
1975   Soviet Union   Canada   Sweden   Czechoslovakia Winnipeg and Brandon
Minneapolis, Bloomington and Fargo
  Canada
  United States
1976   Soviet Union   Canada   Czechoslovakia   Finland Tampere, Turku, Pori and Rauma   Finland

Official tournaments

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Key
  • (#) Number of tournaments (or 2nd, 3rd or 4th places) won at the time.
Year   Gold   Silver   Bronze 4th place Host city (cities) Host country (countries)
1977   Soviet Union (1)   Canada (1)   Czechoslovakia (1)   Finland (1) Zvolen and Banská Bystrica   Czechoslovakia
1978   Soviet Union (2)   Sweden (1)   Canada (1)   Czechoslovakia (1) Montreal and Quebec City   Canada
1979   Soviet Union (3)   Czechoslovakia (1)   Sweden (1)   Finland (2) Karlstad and Karlskoga   Sweden
1980   Soviet Union (4)   Finland (1)   Sweden (2)   Czechoslovakia (2) Helsinki and Vantaa   Finland
1981   Sweden (1)   Finland (2)   Soviet Union (1)   Czechoslovakia (3) Füssen, Landsberg and Kaufbeuren   West Germany
1982   Canada (1)   Czechoslovakia (2)   Finland (1)   Soviet Union (1) Bloomington, Minneapolis and Duluth
Winnipeg and Kenora
  United States
  Canada
1983   Soviet Union (5)   Czechoslovakia (3)   Canada (2)   Sweden (1) Leningrad   Soviet Union
1984   Soviet Union (6)   Finland (3)   Czechoslovakia (2)   Canada (1) Norrköping and Nyköping   Sweden
1985   Canada (2)   Czechoslovakia (4)   Soviet Union (2)   Finland (3) Helsinki and Turku   Finland
1986   Soviet Union (7)   Canada (2)   United States (1)   Czechoslovakia (4) Hamilton, Toronto and London   Canada
1987   Finland[a] (1)   Czechoslovakia[a] (5)   Sweden[a] (3)   United States (1) Piešťany, Topoľčany, Trenčín and Nitra   Czechoslovakia
1988   Canada (3)   Soviet Union (1)   Finland (2)   Czechoslovakia (5) Moscow   Soviet Union
1989   Soviet Union (8)   Sweden (2)   Czechoslovakia (3)   Canada (2) Anchorage and Eagle River   United States
1990   Canada (4)   Soviet Union (2)   Czechoslovakia (4)   Finland (4) Helsinki and Turku   Finland[b]
1991   Canada (5)   Soviet Union (3)   Czechoslovakia (5)   United States (2) Saskatoon   Canada
1992   CIS[6] (1)   Sweden (3)   United States (2)   Finland (5) Füssen and Kaufbeuren   Germany
1993   Canada (6)   Sweden (4) Czech Republic and Slovakia [7] (6)   United States (3) Gävle, Uppsala and Falun   Sweden
1994   Canada (7)   Sweden (5)   Russia (1)   Finland (6) Ostrava and Frýdek-Místek   Czech Republic
1995   Canada (8)   Russia (1)   Sweden (4)   Finland (7) Red Deer, Edmonton and Calgary   Canada
1996   Canada (9)   Sweden (6)   Russia (2)   Czech Republic (1) Boston, Amherst and Marlborough   United States
1997   Canada (10)   United States (1)   Russia (3)   Czech Republic (2) Geneva and Morges   Switzerland
1998   Finland (2)   Russia (2)    Switzerland (1)   Czech Republic (3) Helsinki and Hämeenlinna   Finland
1999   Russia (1)   Canada (3)   Slovakia (1)   Sweden (2) Winnipeg, Brandon and Selkirk   Canada
2000   Czech Republic (1)   Russia (3)   Canada (3)   United States (4) Skellefteå and Umeå   Sweden
2001   Czech Republic (2)   Finland (4)   Canada (4)   Sweden (3) Moscow and Podolsk   Russia
2002   Russia (2)   Canada (4)   Finland (3)    Switzerland (1) Pardubice and Hradec Králové   Czech Republic
2003   Russia (3)   Canada (5)   Finland (4)   United States (5) Halifax and Sydney   Canada
2004   United States (1)   Canada (6)   Finland (5)   Czech Republic (4) Helsinki and Hämeenlinna   Finland
2005   Canada (11)   Russia (4)   Czech Republic (1)   United States (6) Grand Forks and Thief River Falls   United States
2006   Canada (12)   Russia (5)   Finland (6)   United States (7) Vancouver, Kelowna and Kamloops   Canada
2007   Canada (13)   Russia (6)   United States (3)   Sweden (4) Leksand and Mora   Sweden
2008   Canada (14)   Sweden (7)   Russia (4)   United States (8) Pardubice and Liberec   Czech Republic
2009   Canada (15)   Sweden (8)   Russia (5)   Slovakia (1) Ottawa   Canada
2010   United States (2)   Canada (7)   Sweden (5)    Switzerland (2) Saskatoon and Regina   Canada
2011   Russia (4)   Canada (8)   United States (4)   Sweden (5) Buffalo and Lewiston[8]   United States
2012   Sweden (2)   Russia (7)   Canada (5)   Finland (8) Calgary and Edmonton   Canada
2013   United States (3)   Sweden (9)   Russia (6)   Canada (3) Ufa   Russia
2014   Finland (3)   Sweden (10)   Russia (7)   Canada (4) Malmö   Sweden
2015   Canada (16)   Russia (8)   Slovakia (2)   Sweden (6) Toronto and Montreal   Canada
2016   Finland (4)   Russia (9)   United States (5)   Sweden (7) Helsinki   Finland
2017   United States (4)   Canada (9)   Russia (8)   Sweden (8) Montreal and Toronto[9]   Canada
2018   Canada (17)   Sweden (11)   United States (6)   Czech Republic (5) Buffalo and Orchard Park[10]   United States
2019   Finland (5)   United States (2)   Russia (9)    Switzerland (3) Vancouver and Victoria   Canada
2020   Canada (18)   Russia (10)   Sweden (6)   Finland (9) Ostrava and Třinec   Czech Republic
2021   United States (5)   Canada (10)   Finland (7)   Russia (1) Edmonton   Canada
2022   Canada (19)   Finland (5)   Sweden (7)   Czechia (6) Edmonton   Canada
2023   Canada (20)   Czechia (1)   United States (7)   Sweden (9) Halifax and Moncton   Canada
2024   United States (6)   Sweden (12)   Czechia (2)   Finland (10) Gothenburg   Sweden
2025 Ottawa   Canada
2026 Minneapolis and Saint Paul   United States
2027 Calgary and Edmonton   Canada

Medal table

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Map of countries' best results

The unofficial tournaments held prior to 1977 are not included in this table.

Countries in italics no longer compete at the World Championships.

Country   Gold   Silver   Bronze Medals
  Canada 20 10 5 35
  Russia
  Soviet Union
  CIS
Total 
4
8
1
13
10
3
0
13
9
2
0
11
23
13
1
37
  United States 6 2 7 15
  Finland 5 5 7 17
  Sweden 2 12 7 21
  Czechia
  Czechoslovakia
Total 
2
0
2
1
5
6
2
6
8
5
11
16
  Slovakia 0 0 2 2
   Switzerland 0 0 1 1
Total 48 48 48 144

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c During the final game of the tournament, Canada and the Soviet Union became engaged in a violent bench-clearing brawl while Canada was leading 4–2. Consequently, the game was declared null and void, and both teams were ejected from the tournament; while the Soviets were out of medal contention, Canada was playing for the gold medal and were guaranteed at least a bronze.[4][5]
  2. ^ Canada was hosting the tournament every 3 or 4 years. In 1990, Canada decided to switch years with Finland.

References

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General
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  4. ^ Doug Harrison. "Backgrounder–2008 World Junior Hockey Championship". CBC Sports. Archived from the original on 2007-01-01. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
  5. ^ "Team Canada > National Junior Team > History". Hockey Canada. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2008-06-12.
  6. ^ "Story 59" Archived 2013-01-26 at archive.today International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2016-06-28.
  7. ^ "Brotherly but divided". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2016-09-18. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
  8. ^ "2011 IIHF World U20 Championship". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2010-12-27.
  9. ^ "Toronto and Montreal to host 2015 and 2017 world juniors". TSN. 19 June 2013. Archived from the original on 6 January 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
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