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World Junior Hockey Champions
The IIHF World Junior Championship (WJC), or simply the "World Juniors", is an annual event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) for national under-20 ice hockey teams from around the world. It is traditionally held in late December, ending in early January. The tournament attracts the top hockey players in this age category. The tournament features the top ten ranked hockey nations in the world, competing in a round robin format of two pools and single elimination playoff rounds.
World Junior Hockey Champions Past Winners
| Year |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Location |
| 2026 | Sweden | Czechia | Canada | Minneapolis and Saint Paul, United States |
| 2025 | United States | Finland | Czechia | Ottawa, Canada |
| 2024 | United States | Sweden | Czechia | Gothenburg, Sweden |
| 2023 | Canada | Czechia | United States | Halifax and Moncton, Canada |
| 2022 | Canada | Finland | Sweden | Edmonton, Canada |
| 2021 | United States | Canada | Finland | Edmonton, Canada |
| 2020 | Canada | Russia | Sweden | Ostrava and Trinec, Czech Republic |
| 2019 | Finland | United States | Russia | Vancouver and Victoria, Canada |
| 2018 | Canada | Sweden | United States | Buffalo, United States |
| 2017 | United States | Canada | Russia | Toronto and Montreal, Canada |
| 2016 | Finland | Russia | United States | Helsinki, Finland |
| 2015 | Canada | Russia | Slovakia | Toronto and Montreal, Canada |
| 2014 | Finland | Sweden | Russia | Malmo, Sweden |
| 2013 | United States | Sweden | Russia | Ufa, Russia |
| 2012 | Sweden | Russia | Canada | Calgary and Edmonton, Canada |
| 2011 | Russia | Canada | United States | Buffalo, United States |
| 2010 | United States | Canada | Sweden | Saskatoon and Regina, Canada |
| 2009 | Canada | Sweden | Russia | Ottawa, Canada |
| 2008 | Canada | Sweden | Russia | Pardubice/Liberec Czech Republic |
| 2007 | Canada | Russia | USA | Leksand/ Mora Sweden |
| 2006 | Canada | Russia | Finland | Vancouver, Canada |
| 2005 | Canada | Russia | Czech Republic | Grand Forks, USA |
| 2004 | United States | Canada | Czech Republic | Helsinki, Finland |
| 2003 | Russia | Canada | Finland | Halifax, Canada |
| 2002 | Russia | Canada | Finland | Czech Republic |
| 2001 | Czech Republic | Finland | Canada | Moscow, Russia |
| 2000 | Czech Republic | Russia | Canada | Skelleftea, Sweden |
| 1999 | Russia | Canada | Slovakia | Winnipeg, Canada |
| 1998 | Finland | Russia | Switzerland | Helsinki, Finland |
| 1997 | Canada | United States | Russia | Geneva, Switzerland |
| 1996 | Canada | Sweden | Russia | Boston, USA |
| 1995 | Canada | Russia | Sweden | Red Deer, Canada |
| 1994 | Canada | Sweden | Russia | Czech Republic |
| 1993 | Canada | Sweden | Czechoslovakia | Gaevle, Sweden |
| 1992 | CIS | Sweden | United States | Germany |
| 1991 | Canada | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | Canada |
| 1990 | Canada | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | Finland |
| 1989 | Soviet Union | Sweden | Czechoslovakia | Anchorage, USA |
| 1988 | Canada | Soviet Union | Finland | Moscow, USSR |
| 1987 | Finland | Czechoslovakia | Sweden | Czechoslovakia |
| 1986 | Soviet Union | Canada | United States | Canada |
| 1985 | Canada | Czechoslovakia | Soviet Union | Finland |
| 1984 | Soviet Union | Finland | Czechoslovakia | Sweden |
| 1983 | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | Canada | Leningrad, USSR |
| 1982 | Canada | Czechoslovakia | Finland | Rochester, USA |
| 1981 | Sweden | Finland | Soviet Union | Germany |
| 1980 | Soviet Union | Finland | Sweden | Helsinki, Finland |
| 1979 | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | Sweden | Karlstad, Sweden |
| 1978 | Soviet Union | Sweden | Canada | Montreal, Canada |
| 1977 | Soviet Union | Canada | Finland | Banska Bystrica |
| 1976 | Soviet Union | Canada | Czechoslovakia | Turku, Finland |
| 1975 | Soviet Union | Canada | Sweden | Winnipeg, Canada |
| 1974 | Soviet Union | Finland | Canada | Leningrad, USSR |