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Finland men's national junior ice hockey team

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Finland
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Nuoret Leijonat
(The Young Lions)
AssociationFinnish Ice Hockey Association
General managerFinland Kimmo Oikarinen
Head coachFinland Jussi Ahokas
AssistantsFinland Tuomo Ruutu
Finland Olli Salo
Finland Jukka Varmanen
CaptainAarne Talvitie
Top scorerEsa Tikkanen (17)
Most pointsEsa Tikkanen (36)
Team colors   
IIHF codeFIN
First international
 Soviet Union 6 – 2 Finland 
(Leningrad, Soviet Union; December 27, 1973)
Biggest win
 Finland 19 – 1 Switzerland 
(Helsinki, Finland; March 27, 1979)
Biggest defeat
 Sweden 9 – 2 Finland 
(Gävle, Sweden; January 2, 1993)
 Canada 8 – 1 Finland 
(Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States; December 27, 2004)
 Canada 8 – 1 Finland 
(Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; December 26, 2011)
IIHF World U20 Championship
Appearances43 (first in 1974)
Best result Gold: (1987, 1998, 2014, 2016, 2019)
International record (W–L–T)
161–116–17
Medal record
IIHF World U20 Championship
Gold medal – first place 1987 Czechoslovakia Finland
Gold medal – first place 1998 Finland Finland
Gold medal – first place 2014 Sweden Finland
Gold medal – first place 2016 Finland Finland
Gold medal – first place 2019 Canada Finland
Silver medal – second place 1974 Soviet Union Finland
Silver medal – second place 1980 Finland Finland
Silver medal – second place 1981 West Germany Finland
Silver medal – second place 1984 Sweden Finland
Silver medal – second place 2001 Russia Finland
Bronze medal – third place 1982 USA/Canada Finland
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Soviet Union Finland
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Czech Republic Finland
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Canada Finland
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Finland Finland
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Canada Finland

The Finnish men's national under 20 ice hockey team is the national under-20 ice hockey team in Finland. The team represents Finland at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World U20 Championship.

WJC 2019 roster

Roster for the 2019 World Junior Championships:[1]

Pos. No. Player Team NHL rights
GK 1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Canada Sudbury Wolves Buffalo Sabres
GK 31 Filip Lindberg United States University of Massachusetts Amherst
D 2 Oskari Laaksonen Finland Tampereen Ilves Buffalo Sabres
D 3 Toni Utunen Finland Tappara Tampere Vancouver Canucks
D 7 Urho Vaakanainen "A" United States Providence Bruins Boston Bruins
D 15 Henri Jokiharju "A" United States Buffalo Sabres Buffalo Sabres
D 21 Otto Latvala Finland LeKi Lempäälä
D 34 Ville Heinola Finland Rauman Lukko Winnipeg Jets
D 36 Anttoni Honka Finland JYP Jyväskylä Carolina Hurricanes
F 10 Aleksi Heponiemi Finland Oulun Kärpät Florida Panthers
F 12 Samuli Vainionpää Finland Tampereen Ilves
F 13 Valtteri Puustinen Finland HPK Hämeenlinna Pittsburgh Penguins
F 18 Teemu Engberg Finland HIFK Helsinki
F 19 Rasmus Kupari Finland Oulun Kärpät Los Angeles Kings
F 20 Eeli Tolvanen United States Milwaukee Admirals Nashville Predators
F 22 Santeri Virtanen Finland SaiPa Lappeenranta Winnipeg Jets
F 23 Linus Nyman Finland Rauman Lukko
F 24 Kaapo Kakko Finland New York Rangers New York Rangers
F 25 Aarne Talvitie "C" United States Penn State University New Jersey Devils
F 27 Jesse Ylönen Finland Pelicans Lahti Montreal Canadiens
F 28 Sami Moilanen Finland Tappara Tampere
F 29 Anton Lundell Finland HIFK Helsinki

World Junior Championship record

Year GP W L T GF GA Pts Rank
Soviet Union 1974 Leningrad 5 3 2 0 21 23 6 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Canada / United States 1975 Winnipeg and Brandon / Minneapolis, Bloomington and Fargo 5 1 3 1 10 14 3 5th
Finland 1976 Tampere, Turku, Pori and Rauma 4 1 3 0 12 14 2 4th
Czechoslovakia 1977 Banská Bystrica and Zvolen 7 4 3 0 35 29 8 4th
Canada 1978 Montreal and Quebec City 6 3 2 1 45 25 7 6th
Sweden 1979 Karlstad and Karlskoga 6 2 4 0 20 19 4 4th
Finland 1980 Helsinki and Vantaa 5 4 1 0 29 8 8 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
West Germany 1981 Füssen and Landsberg 5 3 1 1 29 18 7 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
United States / Canada 1982 Minnesota / Manitoba and Ontario 7 5 2 0 47 29 10 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Soviet Union 1983 Leningrad 7 3 4 0 35 29 6 6th
Sweden 1984 Norrköping and Nyköping 7 6 1 0 44 21 12 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Finland 1985 Turku and Helsinki 7 4 1 2 42 20 9 4th
Canada 1986 Mainly in Hamilton, Ontario 7 3 4 0 31 23 6 6th
Czechoslovakia 1987 Piešťany, Trenčín, Nitra, and Topoľčany 7 5 1 1 45 23 11 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Soviet Union 1988 Moscow 7 5 1 1 36 20 11 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
United States 1989 Anchorage and Alaska 7 2 4 1 29 37 5 6th
Finland 1990 Held mainly in Helsinki 7 4 2 1 32 21 9 4th
Canada 1991 Held in various communities in Saskatchewan 7 3 3 1 35 30 7 5th
Germany 1992 Füssen and Kaufbeuren 7 3 3 1 22 21 7 4th
Sweden 1993 Held mainly in Gävle 7 3 3 1 31 20 7 5th
Czech Republic 1994 Ostrava and Frydek-Mistek 7 4 3 0 27 24 8 4th
Canada 1995 Held mainly in Red Deer, Alberta 7 3 3 1 29 26 7 4th
United States 1996 Massachusetts 6 2 4 0 23 24 4 6th
Switzerland 1997 Geneva and Morges 6 4 2 0 26 18 8 5th
Finland 1998 Helsinki and Hämeenlinna 7 6 0 1 35 13 13 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Canada 1999 Winnipeg, and five other communities in Manitoba 6 3 3 0 25 20 6 5th
Sweden 2000 Skellefteå and Umeå 7 2 4 1 20 19 5 7th
Russia 2001 Moscow and Podolsk 7 5 1 1 22 10 11 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Czech Republic 2002 Pardubice and Hradec Králové 7 5 2+ 0 23 9 10 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Canada 2003 Halifax and Sydney, Nova Scotia 7 4 2 1 22 15 9 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Finland 2004 Helsinki and Hämeenlinna 7 5 2 0 26 12 10 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
United States 2005 Grand Forks and Thief River Falls 6 3* 3 0 14 21 6 5th
Canada 2006 Vancouver, Kelowna and Kamloops 7 4* 3 0 24 19 8 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Sweden 2007 Mora and Leksand 6 2 4 0 18 23 6 6th
Czech Republic 2008 Pardubice and Liberec 6 2† 4 0 19 24 5 6th
Canada 2009 Ottawa 6 3 3^ 0 20 14 10 7th
Canada 2010 Saskatchewan 6 3 3 0 21 22 9 5th
United States 2011 Buffalo / Western New York 6 3 3+ 0 22 11 12 6th
Canada 2012 Calgary and Edmonton 7 5 2+ 0 29 22 13 4th
Russia 2013 Ufa 6 4† 2 0 34 19 11 7th
Sweden 2014 Malmö 7 5* 2^ 0 27 17 15 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Canada 2015 Toronto and Montreal 5 1 4^ 0 8 14 4 7th
Finland 2016 Helsinki 7 6* 1 0 35 22 17 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Canada 2017 Montreal and Toronto 6 3 3 0 12 10 9 9th
United States 2018 Buffalo 5 2 3+ 0 18 16 7 6th
Canada 2019 Vancouver and Victoria 7 5* 2 0 23 11 14 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Czech Republic 2020 Ostrava and Třinec 7 3 4^ 22 18 4 10 4th
Canada 2021 Edmonton and Red Deer

† Includes one win in extra time (in the preliminary round)
^ Includes one loss in extra time (in the preliminary round)
* Includes one win in extra time (in the playoff round)
+ Includes one loss in extra time (in the playoff round)

Head coaches (WJC)

References

  1. ^ "Team Finland Roster". IIHF. Retrieved 28 December 2018.

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