List of IIHF World Under-20 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 2022, 45 official tournaments have been staged, while the 2022 tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{ Six nations have won a gold medal and ten have won medals. Historically, the tournament has been dominated by Canada (19 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. Canada leads the all-time gold medal count with 19 golds, while the Soviet Union/CIS/Russia have 13 golds. 
==Medalists==
The winners by season listed below.
===Unofficial tournaments===
Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th place	Host city (cities) 	Host country (countries)
1974	 	 	 	 	Leningrad 	
1975	 	 	 	 	Winnipeg and BrandonMinneapolis, Bloomington and Fargo	
1976	 	 	 	 	Tampere, Turku, Pori and Rauma 	
===Official tournaments===
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* Number of tournaments (or 2nd placed/3rd places) won at the time.
Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th place	Host city (cities) 	Host country (countries)
1977	 	 	 	 	Zvolen and Banská Bystrica 	
1978	 	 	 	 	Montreal and Quebec City 	
1979	 	 	 	 	Karlstad and Karlskoga 	
1980	 	 	 	 	Helsinki and Vantaa 	
1981	 	 	 	 	Füssen, Landsberg and Kaufbeuren 	
1982	 	 	 	 	Bloomington, Minneapolis and DuluthWinnipeg and Kenora	
1983	 	 	 	 	Leningrad 	
1984	 	 	 	 	Norrköping and Nyköping 	
1985	 	 	 	 	Helsinki and Turku 	
1986	 	 	 	 	Hamilton, Toronto and London 	
1987	 	 	 	 	Piešťany, Topoľčany, Trenčín and Nitra 	
1988	 	 	 	 	Moscow 	
1989	 	 	 	 	Anchorage and Eagle River 	
1990	 	 	 	 	Helsinki and Turku 	
1991	 	 	 	 	Saskatoon 	
1992	 	 	 	 	Füssen and Kaufbeuren 	
1993	 	 	 	 	Gävle, Uppsala and Falun 	
1994	 	 	 	 	Ostrava and Frýdek-Místek 	
1995	 	 	 	 	Red Deer, Edmonton and Calgary 	
1996	 	 	 	 	Boston, Amherst and Marlborough 	
1997	 	 	 	 	Geneva and Morges 	
1998	 	 	 	 	Helsinki and Hämeenlinna 	
1999	 	 	 	 	Winnipeg, Brandon and Selkirk 	
2000	 	 	 	 	Skellefteå and Umeå 	
2001	 	 	 	 	Moscow and Podolsk 	
2002	 	 	 	 	Pardubice and Hradec Králové 	
2003	 	 	 	 	Halifax and Sydney 	
2004	 	 	 	 	Helsinki and Hämeenlinna 	
2005	 	 	 	 	Grand Forks and Thief River Falls 	
2006	 	 	 	 	Vancouver, Kelowna and Kamloops 	
2007	 	 	 	 	Leksand and Mora 	
2008	 	 	 	 	Pardubice and Liberec 	
2009	 	 	 	 	Ottawa 	
2010	 	 	 	 	Saskatoon and Regina 	
2011	 	 	 	 	Buffalo (various venues) 	
2012	 	 	 	 	Calgary and Edmonton 	
2013	 	 	 	 	Ufa 	
2014	 	 	 	 	Malmö 	
2015	 	 	 	 	Toronto and Montreal 	
2016	 	 	 	 	Helsinki 	
2017	 	 	 	 	Montreal and Toronto 	
2018	 	 	 	 	Buffalo (various venues) 	
2019	 	 	 	 	Vancouver and Victoria 	
2020	 	 	 	 	Ostrava and Třinec 	
2021	 	 	 	 	Edmonton 	
2022	 	 	 	 	Edmonton 	
2023	 	 	 	 	Halifax and Moncton 	
2024	 	 	 	 	Gothenburg 	
2025	 	 	 	 	 	
==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
 	19 	10 	5 	34
Total  	 	 	 	
 	5 	5 	7 	17
 	5 	2 	6 	13
 	2 	11 	7 	20
/Total 	 	 	 	
 	0 	0 	2 	2
 	0 	0 	1 	1
Total 	46 	46 	46 	138
==See also==
* List of IIHF World Championship medalists
==References==
;Footnotes
* During the final game of the tournament, Canada and the Soviet Union became engaged in a violent bench-clearing brawl while Canada was leading 4–2. Consequently, the game was declared null and void, and both teams were ejected from the tournament; while the Soviets were out of medal contention, Canada was playing for the gold medal and were guaranteed at least a bronze.
* Canada will host the tournament every 3 or 4 years. In 1990, Canada decided to switch years with Finland.
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==External links==
* International Ice Hockey Federation
Medalists
IIHF World Under-20
World Championship, Under-20, IIHF, medalists
IIHF World Under-20 Championship