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 country1999 Füssen and Kaufbeuren 2000 Kloten and Weinfelden 2001 Helsinki, Lahti and Heinola 2002 Piešťany and Trnava 2003 Yaroslavl 2004 Minsk 2005 Plzeň and České Budějovice 2006 Ängelholm and Halmstad 2007 Tampere and Rauma 2008 Kazan 2009 Fargo and Moorhead 2010 Minsk and Babruysk 2011 Crimmitschau and Dresden 2012 Brno, Znojmo and Břeclav 2013 Sochi 2014 Lappeenranta and Imatra 2015 Zug and Lucerne 2016 Grand Forks 2017 Poprad and Spišská Nová Ves 2018 Chelyabinsk and Magnitogorsk 2019 Örnsköldsvik and Umeå 2020 Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic Plymouth and Ann Arbor, United States 2021 Plano and Frisco 2022 Landshut and Kaufbeuren 2023 Basel and Porrentruy 2024 Espoo and Vantaa 2025 Frisco and Allen 2026 Trenčín and Bratislava 2027 Duluth 2028 TBD 2029 TBD
Medal table
Hosting countries Host country Tournaments 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
See also IIHF World Ranking Ice Hockey World Championships IIHF World Junior Championship World Junior A Challenge World U-17 Hockey Challenge
Notes
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