The IIHF World Junior Championship Winners and Medalists
Canada currently holds the record for the most World Junior Gold medals, with a total of 19 gold medals. The tournament is held each year and typically features the best young players from around the world.
Year | Host country | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
2023 | Canada | TBD | TBD | TBD |
2022 | Canada | Canada | Finland | Sweden |
2021 | Canada | United States | Canada | Finland |
2020 | Czech Republic | Canada | Russia | Sweden |
2019 | Canada | Finland | United States | Russia |
2018 | United States | Canada | Sweden | United States |
2017 | Canada | United States | Canada | Russia |
2016 | Finland | Finland | Russia | United States |
2015 | Canada | Canada | Russia | Slovakia |
2014 | Sweden | Finland | Sweden | Russia |
2013 | Russia | United States | Sweden | Russia |
2012 | Canada | Sweden | Russia | Canada |
2011 | United States | Russia | Canada | United States |
2010 | Canada | United States | Canada | Sweden |
2009 | Canada | Canada | Sweden | Russia |
2008 | Czech Republic | Canada | Sweden | Russia |
2007 | Sweden | Canada | Russia | United States |
2006 | Canada | Canada | Russia | Finland |
2005 | United States | Canada | Russia | Czech Republic |
2004 | Finland | United States | Canada | Finland |
2003 | Canada | Russia | Canada | Finland |
2002 | Czech Republic | Russia | Canada | Finland |
2001 | Russia | Czech Republic | Finland | Canada |
2000 | Sweden | Czech Republic | Russia | Canada |
1999 | Canada | Russia | Canada | Slovakia |
1998 | Finland | Finland | Russia | Switzerland |
1997 | Switzerland | Canada | United States | Russia |
1996 | United States | Canada | Sweden | Russia |
1995 | Canada | Canada | Russia | Sweden |
1994 | Czech Republic | Canada | Sweden | Russia |
1993 | Sweden | Canada | Sweden | Czechoslovakia |
1992 | Germany | CIS | Sweden | United States |
1991 | Canada | Canada | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia |
1990 | Finland | Canada | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia |
1989 | United States | Soviet Union | Sweden | Czechoslovakia |
1988 | Soviet Union | Canada | Soviet Union | Finland |
1987 | Czechoslovakia | Finland | Czechoslovakia | Sweden |
1986 | Canada | Soviet Union | Canada | United States |
1985 | Finland | Canada | Czechoslovakia | Soviet Union |
1984 | Sweden | Soviet Union | Finland | Czechoslovakia |
1983 | Soviet Union | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | Canada |
1982 | United States / Canada | Canada | Czechoslovakia | Finland |
1981 | West Germany | Sweden | Finland | Soviet Union |
1980 | Finland | Soviet Union | Finland | Sweden |
1979 | Sweden | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | Sweden |
1978 | Canada | Soviet Union | Sweden | Canada |
1977 | Czechoslovakia | Soviet Union | Canada | Czechoslovakia |
1976 | Finland | Soviet Union | Canada | Czechoslovakia |
1975 | United States / Canada | Soviet Union | Canada | Sweden |
1974 | Soviet Union | Soviet Union | Finland | Canada |