IIHF World U18 Championships

right|200px|thumb|A gold medal that was awarded at the 2004 tournament
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 Ice Hockey World Championships and World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. The United States has dominated the tournament with ten championships followed by Finland with four championships, and Canada and Russia with three. Countries generally send their best team to this tournament, however, several top North American and European amateurs may not participate as in April the top American (USHL and NAHL) and Canadian (CHL and CJHL) junior leagues have not concluded their seasons and thus cannot release their players. Players who do not participate in the World Championship due to their respective league postseasons have the alternative of representing their country in the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament in August.
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==Results==
* Number of tournaments won at the time.
Year	Gold 	Silver 	Bronze 	Host city (cities) 	Host country
1999	 	 	 	Füssen and Kaufbeuren 	
2000	 	 	 	Kloten and Weinfelden 	
2001	 	 	 	Helsinki, Lahti and Heinola 	
2002	 	 	 	Piešťany and Trnava 	
2003	 	 	 	Yaroslavl 	
2004	 	 	 	Minsk 	Belarus
2005	 	 	 	Plzeň and České Budějovice 	
2006	 	 	 	Ängelholm and Halmstad 	
2007	 	 	 	Tampere and Rauma 	
2008	 	 	 	Kazan 	
2009	 	 	 	Fargo and Moorhead 	
2010	 	 	 	Minsk and Babruysk 	
2011	 	 	 	Crimmitschau and Dresden 	
2012	 	 	 	Brno, Znojmo and Břeclav 	
2013	 	 	 	Sochi 	
2014	 	 	 	Lappeenranta and Imatra 	
2015	 	 	 	Zug and Lucerne 	
2016	 	 	 	Grand Forks 	
2017	 	 	 	Poprad and Spišská Nová Ves 	
2018	 	 	 	Chelyabinsk and Magnitogorsk	
2019	 	 	 	Örnsköldsvik and Umeå 	
2020	Cancelled	Cancelled	Cancelled	Plymouth and Ann Arbor 	
2021	 	 	 	Frisco and Plano 	
2022	 	 	 	Landshut and Kaufbeuren 	
2023	 	 	 	Basel and Porrentruy 	
2024	 	 	 	Espoo and Vantaa 	
2025	 	 	 	Frisco and Allen 	
2026	 	 	 	TBD 	
===Medal table===
Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Medals
 	11 	6 	3 	20
 	5 	1 	4 	10
 	4 	3 	5 	12
 	3 	6 	3 	12
 	2 	6 	6 	14
 	0 	1 	3 	4
 	0 	1 	1 	2
 	0 	1 	0 	1
Total 	25 	25 	25 	75
==Hosting countries==
Host country	Tournaments
 	4
 	4
 	3
 	3
 	3
 	2
 	2
 	2
 	2
==See also==
* IIHF World Ranking
* Ice Hockey World Championships
* World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
* World Junior A Challenge
* World U-17 Hockey Challenge
==Notes==
==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
* IIHF World U18 all-time scoring leaders
 
Category:International Ice Hockey Federation tournaments
Category:International ice hockey competitions for junior teams