# List of IIHF World Junior Championship medalists

The IIHF World Junior Championship is an annual event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation for national under-20 ice hockey teams from around the world. It is traditionally held from late December to the beginning of January. The main tournament features the top ten ranked hockey nations in the world, comprising the "Top Division", from which a world champion is crowned. There are also three lower pools—Divisions I, II and III—that each play separate tournaments playing for the right to be promoted to a higher pool with the last place team facing relegation to a lower pool.
The first official tournament was held in 1977. Prior to that, there had been invitational tournaments in 1974, 1975 and 1976 that were not sanctioned by the IIHF.
As of 2025, 49 official tournaments have been staged, while the 2022 tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Historically, the tournament has been dominated by Canada (20 gold medals) and the Soviet Union/CIS/Russia (13 gold medals). The USSR won the first four official tournaments, while the Canadians put together five straight championships between 1993 and 1997, and another five straight from 2005 to 2009.

## Medalists

The winners by season listed below.

### Unofficial tournaments

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | 4th place | Host city (cities) | Host country (countries) |
| 1974 | Soviet Union | Finland | Canada | Sweden | Leningrad | Soviet Union |
| 1975 | Soviet Union | Canada | Sweden | Czechoslovakia | Winnipeg and Brandon Minneapolis, Bloomington and Fargo | Canada United States |
| 1976 | Soviet Union | Canada | Czechoslovakia | Finland | Tampere, Turku, Pori and Rauma | Finland |

### Official tournaments
#### Key

* (#) Number of tournaments (or 2nd, 3rd or 4th places) won at the time.
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | 4th place | Host city (cities) | Host country (countries) |
| 1977 | Soviet Union (1) | Canada (1) | Czechoslovakia (1) | Finland (1) | Zvolen and Banská Bystrica | Czechoslovakia |
| 1978 | Soviet Union (2) | Sweden (1) | Canada (1) | Czechoslovakia (1) | Montreal and Quebec City | Canada |
| 1979 | Soviet Union (3) | Czechoslovakia (1) | Sweden (1) | Finland (2) | Karlstad and Karlskoga | Sweden |
| 1980 | Soviet Union (4) | Finland (1) | Sweden (2) | Czechoslovakia (2) | Helsinki and Vantaa | Finland |
| 1981 | Sweden (1) | Finland (2) | Soviet Union (1) | Czechoslovakia (3) | Füssen, Landsberg and Kaufbeuren | West Germany |
| 1982 | Canada (1) | Czechoslovakia (2) | Finland (1) | Soviet Union (1) | Bloomington, Minneapolis and Duluth Winnipeg and Kenora | United States Canada |
| 1983 | Soviet Union (5) | Czechoslovakia (3) | Canada (2) | Sweden (1) | Leningrad | Soviet Union |
| 1984 | Soviet Union (6) | Finland (3) | Czechoslovakia (2) | Canada (1) | Norrköping and Nyköping | Sweden |
| 1985 | Canada (2) | Czechoslovakia (4) | Soviet Union (2) | Finland (3) | Helsinki and Turku | Finland |
| 1986 | Soviet Union (7) | Canada (2) | United States (1) | Czechoslovakia (4) | Hamilton, Toronto and London | Canada |
| 1987 | Finland (1) | Czechoslovakia (5) | Sweden (3) | United States (1) | Piešťany, Topoľčany, Trenčín and Nitra | Czechoslovakia |
| 1988 | Canada (3) | Soviet Union (1) | Finland (2) | Czechoslovakia (5) | Moscow | Soviet Union |
| 1989 | Soviet Union (8) | Sweden (2) | Czechoslovakia (3) | Canada (2) | Anchorage and Eagle River | United States |
| 1990 | Canada (4) | Soviet Union (2) | Czechoslovakia (4) | Finland (4) | Helsinki and Turku | Finland |
| 1991 | Canada (5) | Soviet Union (3) | Czechoslovakia (5) | United States (2) | Saskatoon | Canada |
| 1992 | CIS (1) | Sweden (3) | United States (2) | Finland (5) | Füssen and Kaufbeuren | Germany |
| 1993 | Canada (6) | Sweden (4) | Czech Republic and Slovakia (6) | United States (3) | Gävle, Uppsala and Falun | Sweden |
| 1994 | Canada (7) | Sweden (5) | Russia (1) | Finland (6) | Ostrava and Frýdek-Místek | Czech Republic |
| 1995 | Canada (8) | Russia (1) | Sweden (4) | Finland (7) | Red Deer, Edmonton and Calgary | Canada |
| 1996 | Canada (9) | Sweden (6) | Russia (2) | Czech Republic (1) | Boston, Amherst and Marlborough | United States |
| 1997 | Canada (10) | United States (1) | Russia (3) | Czech Republic (2) | Geneva and Morges | Switzerland |
| 1998 | Finland (2) | Russia (2) | Switzerland (1) | Czech Republic (3) | Helsinki and Hämeenlinna | Finland |
| 1999 | Russia (1) | Canada (3) | Slovakia (1) | Sweden (2) | Winnipeg, Brandon and Selkirk | Canada |
| 2000 | Czech Republic (1) | Russia (3) | Canada (3) | United States (4) | Skellefteå and Umeå | Sweden |
| 2001 | Czech Republic (2) | Finland (4) | Canada (4) | Sweden (3) | Moscow and Podolsk | Russia |
| 2002 | Russia (2) | Canada (4) | Finland (3) | Switzerland (1) | Pardubice and Hradec Králové | Czech Republic |
| 2003 | Russia (3) | Canada (5) | Finland (4) | United States (5) | Halifax and Sydney | Canada |
| 2004 | United States (1) | Canada (6) | Finland (5) | Czech Republic (4) | Helsinki and Hämeenlinna | Finland |
| 2005 | Canada (11) | Russia (4) | Czech Republic (1) | United States (6) | Grand Forks and Thief River Falls | United States |
| 2006 | Canada (12) | Russia (5) | Finland (6) | United States (7) | Vancouver, Kelowna and Kamloops | Canada |
| 2007 | Canada (13) | Russia (6) | United States (3) | Sweden (4) | Leksand and Mora | Sweden |
| 2008 | Canada (14) | Sweden (7) | Russia (4) | United States (8) | Pardubice and Liberec | Czech Republic |
| 2009 | Canada (15) | Sweden (8) | Russia (5) | Slovakia (1) | Ottawa | Canada |
| 2010 | United States (2) | Canada (7) | Sweden (5) | Switzerland (2) | Saskatoon and Regina | Canada |
| 2011 | Russia (4) | Canada (8) | United States (4) | Sweden (5) | Buffalo and Lewiston | United States |
| 2012 | Sweden (2) | Russia (7) | Canada (5) | Finland (8) | Calgary and Edmonton | Canada |
| 2013 | United States (3) | Sweden (9) | Russia (6) | Canada (3) | Ufa | Russia |
| 2014 | Finland (3) | Sweden (10) | Russia (7) | Canada (4) | Malmö | Sweden |
| 2015 | Canada (16) | Russia (8) | Slovakia (2) | Sweden (6) | Toronto and Montreal | Canada |
| 2016 | Finland (4) | Russia (9) | United States (5) | Sweden (7) | Helsinki | Finland |
| 2017 | United States (4) | Canada (9) | Russia (8) | Sweden (8) | Montreal and Toronto | Canada |
| 2018 | Canada (17) | Sweden (11) | United States (6) | Czech Republic (5) | Buffalo and Orchard Park | United States |
| 2019 | Finland (5) | United States (2) | Russia (9) | Switzerland (3) | Vancouver and Victoria | Canada |
| 2020 | Canada (18) | Russia (10) | Sweden (6) | Finland (9) | Ostrava and Třinec | Czech Republic |
| 2021 | United States (5) | Canada (10) | Finland (7) | Russia (1) | Edmonton | Canada |
| 2022 | Canada (19) | Finland (5) | Sweden (7) | Czechia (6) | Edmonton | Canada |
| 2023 | Canada (20) | Czechia (1) | United States (7) | Sweden (9) | Halifax and Moncton | Canada |
| 2024 | United States (6) | Sweden (12) | Czechia (2) | Finland (10) | Gothenburg | Sweden |
| 2025 | United States (7) | Finland (6) | Czechia (3) | Sweden (10) | Ottawa | Canada |
| 2026 | | | | | Minneapolis and Saint Paul | United States |
| 2027 | | | | | | Canada |
| 2028 | | | | | | Finland |
| 2029 | | | | | | Canada |

## Medal table

The unofficial tournaments held prior to 1977 are not included in this table.
Countries in italics no longer compete at the World Championships.
| Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Medals |
| Canada | 20 | 10 | 5 | 35 |
| Russia Soviet Union CIS Total | 4 8 1 13 | 10 3 0 13 | 9 2 0 11 | 23 13 1 37 |
| United States | 7 | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| Finland | 5 | 6 | 7 | 18 |
| Sweden | 2 | 12 | 7 | 21 |
| Czechia Czechoslovakia Total | 2 0 2 | 1 5 6 | 3 6 9 | 6 11 17 |
| Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 49 | 49 | 49 | 147 |