IIHF World U18 Championship
Upcoming season or competition: 2026 IIHF World U18 Championships | |
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| Sport | Ice hockey |
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| First season | 1999 |
| No. of teams | 10 |
Most recent champions |  Sweden(3rd title) |
| Most titles |  United States(11 titles) |
| Relegation to | Division I |
| 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 eleven championships followed by Canada with six championships, Finland with four, 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 non-IIHF Hlinka Gretzky Cup in August.[1]
Results
- (#) Number of tournaments placing in a particular top-four position at the time.
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Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 11 | 6 | 4 | 21 |
| 2 | .svg.png){kind=small} Canada | 6 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 |  Finland | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | Sweden | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
| 5 |  Russia | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 6 |  Slovakia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 |  Czechia | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | .svg.png){kind=small} Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | 27 | 27 | 27 | 81 | |
Hosting countries
| Host country | Tournaments |
|---|---|
| Finland |
4 |
| Russia |
4 |
.png){kind=small} United States |
4 |
 Germany |
3 |
| Slovakia |
3 |
| Switzerland |
3 |
 Belarus |
2 |
| Czechia |
2 |
| Sweden |
2 |
See also
Notes
- 1 2 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.
- 1 2 3 "2016 IIHF Calendar of Events" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
- ↑ Adam Steiss (13 March 2020). "IIHF cancels U18 Worlds" (Press release). International Ice Hockey Federation.
- 1 2 Potts, Andy. "Recap: 2023 IIHF – Semi-Annual Congress". IIHF. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ↑ O'Brien, Derek (23 May 2025). "2026 U-18 World Championship To Bratislava & Piestany; Probable Groups". The Hockey News. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
- 1 2 Potts, Andy. "Recap: 2024 Semi-Annual Congress". IIHF. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
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 Archived 28 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- IIHF World U18 all-time scoring leaders
Current champions (2026): Sweden | |
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