IIHF World U18 Championship
| Most recent season or competition: 2022 IIHF World U18 Championships | |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
|---|---|
| First season | 1999 |
| No. of teams | 10 |
| Most recent champion(s) |  Sweden (2nd title) |
| Most titles |  United States (10 titles) |
| 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.
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. [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 Hlinka Gretzky Cup in August.[1]
Results
- (#) Number of tournaments (or 2nd placed/3rd places) won at the time.
Medal table
| Country |  Gold
|
 Silver
|
 Bronze
|
Medals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States |
10 | 5 | 3 | 18 |
 Finland |
4 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
 Canada |
4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
 Russia |
3 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| Sweden |
2 | 5 | 5 | 12 |
 Czechia |
0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
 Slovakia |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Switzerland |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 22 | 22 | 22 | 66 |
Hosting countries
| Host country | Tournaments |
|---|---|
| Russia
|
4 |
| Finland
|
3 |
 United States
|
3 |
 Belarus
|
2 |
| Czechia
|
2 |
 Germany
|
2 |
| Slovakia
|
2 |
| Sweden
|
2 |
 Switzerland
|
2 |
See also
- IIHF World Ranking
- Ice Hockey World Championships
- World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
- World Junior A Challenge
- World U-17 Hockey Challenge
Notes
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c "2016 IIHF Calendar of Events" (PDF). Archived from [June 2016 the original] on 6 June 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ Adam Steiss (13 March 2020). "IIHF cancels U18 Worlds" (Press release). Plymouth Charter Township, Michigan & Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States: International Ice Hockey Federation.
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
Current champions (2024): Canada | |
| 2023 Championship teams | |
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| Division I | |
| Division II | |
| Division III | |
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