The World Junior Hockey Championships began as a six-team invitational tournament in 1974. In 1977, the International Ice Hockey Federation-sanctioned the event and assumed control. Below are the year-by-year results of this important annual tournament. The tournament is sometimes played in multiple cities, as indicated in parentheses after the date of the tourney.
The 2010s - USA Three-Peat
In a stunning win – its third title of the decade – Team USA rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat a powerful Canadian team during the January 2017 final. “What a terrific game between two fantastic hockey countries,” Bob Motzko, head coach of Team USA, told USA Hockey. “When we got together in Michigan for our camp this summer, there was something special with these guys. … This is a special group that will forever walk together.”
2017 (Montreal and Toronto)
Gold: USASilver: CanadaBronze: Russia
2016 (Helsinki)
Gold: FinlandSilver: RussiaBronze: USA
2015 (Toronto, Ontario, Montreal)
Gold: CanadaSilver: RussiaBronze: Slovakia
2014 (Malmo, Sweden)
Gold: FinlandSilver: SwedenBronze: Russia
2013 (Ufa, Russia)
Gold: USASilver: SwedenBronze: Russia
2012 (Edmonton and Calgary, Canada)
Gold: SwedenSilver: RussiaBronze: Canada
2011 (Buffalo and Niagara, USA)
Gold: RussiaSilver: CanadaBronze: USA
2010 (Saskatoon and Regina, Canada)
Gold: USASilver: CanadaBronze: Sweden
The 2000s - Canada Dominates
Canada took the championship five straight years in the second half of the decade and never finished lower than third place in the 2000s.
2009 (Ottawa, Canada)
Gold: CanadaSilver: SwedenBronze: Russia
2008 (Pardubice and Liberec, Czech Republic)
Gold: CanadaSilver: SwedenBronze: Russia
2007 (Leksand and Mora, Sweden)
Gold: CanadaSilver: RussiaBronze: USA
2006 (Vancouver, Kelowna and Kamloops, Canada)
Gold: CanadaSilver: RussiaBronze: Finland
2005 (Grand Forks and Thief River Falls, North Dakota)
Gold: CanadaSilver: RussiaBronze: Czech Republic
2004 (Helsinki and Hameenlinna, Finland)
Gold: USASilver: CanadaBronze: Finland
2003: Halifax and Sydney, Canada)
Gold: RussiaSilver: CanadaBronze: Finland
2002 (Pardubice and Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic)
Gold: RussiaSilver: CanadaBronze: Finland
2001 (Moscow and Podolsk, Russia)
Gold: Czech RepublicSilver: FinlandBronze: Canada
2000 (Skelleftea and Umea, Sweden)
Gold: Czech RepublicSilver: RussiaBronze: Canada
The 1990s - Canada On Top
Powerful Canadian teams won six of nine golds during the decade – including five in a row in the early to middle part of the 1990s.
1999 (Winnipeg, Canada)
Gold: RussiaSilver: CanadaBronze: Slovakia
1998 (Helsinki and Hameenlinna, Finland)
Gold: FinlandSilver: RussiaBronze: Switzerland
1997 (Geneva and Morges, Switzerland)
Gold: CanadaSilver: USABronze: Russia
1996 (Boston)
Gold: CanadaSilver: SwedenBronze: Russia
1995 (Red Deer, Canada)
Gold: CanadaSilver: RussiaBronze: Sweden
1994 (Ostrava and Frydek-Mistek, Czech Republic)
Gold: CanadaSilver: SwedenBronze: Russia
1993 (Gavle, Sweden)
Gold: CanadaSilver: SwedenBronze: Czechoslovakia
1992 (Fussen and Kaufbeuren, Germany)
Gold: Commonwealth of Independent StatesSilver: SwedenBronze: USA
1991 (Saskatoon, Canada)
Gold: CanadaSilver: Soviet UnionBronze: Czechoslovakia
1990 (Helsinki and Turku, Finland)
Gold: CanadaSilver: Soviet UnionBronze: Czechoslovakia
The 1980s - Favorites on Top
Canada and the Soviet Union were disqualified from the 1987 tournament after a bench-clearing brawl. Other than that, the decade yielded the favored list of winners.
1989 (Anchorage, Alaska)
Gold: Soviet UnionSilver: SwedenBronze: Czechoslovakia
1988 (Moscow)
Gold: CanadaSilver: Soviet UnionBronze: Finland
1987 (Piestany, Czechoslovakia)
Gold: FinlandSilver: CzechoslovakiaBronze: Sweden
1986 (Hamilton, Canada)
Gold: Soviet UnionSilver: CanadaBronze: USA
1985 (Helsinki and Turku, Finland)
Gold: CanadaSilver: CzechoslovakiaBronze: Soviet Union
1984 (Norrköping and Nyköping, Sweden)
Gold: Soviet UnionSilver: FinlandBronze: Czechoslovakia
1983 (Leningrad, Soviet Union)
Gold: Soviet UnionSilver: CzechoslovakiaBronze: Canada
1982 (Minnesota)
Gold: CanadaSilver: CzechoslovakiaBronze: Finland
1981 (Fussen, Germany)
Gold: SwedenSilver: FinlandBronze: Soviet Union
1980 (Helsinki)
Gold: Soviet UnionSilver: FinlandBronze: Sweden
1970s - Soviets Dominate
Before the breakup of the Soviet Union, the Soviets dominated the tournament – winning gold in the event’s first six years.
1979 (Karlstad, Sweden)
Gold: Soviet UnionSilver: CzechoslovakiaBronze: Sweden
1978 (Montreal)
Gold: Soviet UnionSilver: SwedenBronze: Canada
1977 (Banská Bystrica and Zvolen, Czechoslovakia)
Gold: Soviet UnionSilver: CanadaBronze: Finland
1976 (Turku, Finland)
Gold: Soviet UnionSilver: CanadaBronze: Czechoslovakia
1975 (Winnipeg, Canada)
Gold: Soviet UnionSilver: CanadaBronze: Sweden
1974 (Leningrad)
Gold: Soviet UnionSilver: FinlandBronze: Canada
The World Junior Hockey Championships began as a six-team invitational tournament in 1974. In 1977, the International Ice Hockey Federation-sanctioned the event and assumed control. Below are the year-by-year results of this important annual tournament. The tournament is sometimes played in multiple cities, as indicated in parentheses after the date of the tourney.
The 2010s - USA Three-Peat
In a stunning win – its third title of the decade – Team USA rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat a powerful Canadian team during the January 2017 final. “What a terrific game between two fantastic hockey countries,” Bob Motzko, head coach of Team USA, told USA Hockey. “When we got together in Michigan for our camp this summer, there was something special with these guys. … This is a special group that will forever walk together.”
2017 (Montreal and Toronto)
Gold: USASilver: CanadaBronze: Russia
2016 (Helsinki)
Gold: FinlandSilver: RussiaBronze: USA
2015 (Toronto, Ontario, Montreal)
Gold: CanadaSilver: RussiaBronze: Slovakia
2014 (Malmo, Sweden)
Gold: FinlandSilver: SwedenBronze: Russia
2013 (Ufa, Russia)
Gold: USASilver: SwedenBronze: Russia
2012 (Edmonton and Calgary, Canada)
Gold: SwedenSilver: RussiaBronze: Canada
2011 (Buffalo and Niagara, USA)
Gold: RussiaSilver: CanadaBronze: USA
2010 (Saskatoon and Regina, Canada)
Gold: USASilver: CanadaBronze: Sweden
The 2000s - Canada Dominates
Canada took the championship five straight years in the second half of the decade and never finished lower than third place in the 2000s.
2009 (Ottawa, Canada)
Gold: CanadaSilver: SwedenBronze: Russia
2008 (Pardubice and Liberec, Czech Republic)
Gold: CanadaSilver: SwedenBronze: Russia
2007 (Leksand and Mora, Sweden)
Gold: CanadaSilver: RussiaBronze: USA
2006 (Vancouver, Kelowna and Kamloops, Canada)
Gold: CanadaSilver: RussiaBronze: Finland
2005 (Grand Forks and Thief River Falls, North Dakota)
Gold: CanadaSilver: RussiaBronze: Czech Republic
2004 (Helsinki and Hameenlinna, Finland)
Gold: USASilver: CanadaBronze: Finland
2003: Halifax and Sydney, Canada)
Gold: RussiaSilver: CanadaBronze: Finland
2002 (Pardubice and Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic)
Gold: RussiaSilver: CanadaBronze: Finland
2001 (Moscow and Podolsk, Russia)
Gold: Czech RepublicSilver: FinlandBronze: Canada
2000 (Skelleftea and Umea, Sweden)
Gold: Czech RepublicSilver: RussiaBronze: Canada
The 1990s - Canada On Top
Powerful Canadian teams won six of nine golds during the decade – including five in a row in the early to middle part of the 1990s.
1999 (Winnipeg, Canada)
Gold: RussiaSilver: CanadaBronze: Slovakia
1998 (Helsinki and Hameenlinna, Finland)
Gold: FinlandSilver: RussiaBronze: Switzerland
1997 (Geneva and Morges, Switzerland)
Gold: CanadaSilver: USABronze: Russia
1996 (Boston)
Gold: CanadaSilver: SwedenBronze: Russia
1995 (Red Deer, Canada)
Gold: CanadaSilver: RussiaBronze: Sweden
1994 (Ostrava and Frydek-Mistek, Czech Republic)
Gold: CanadaSilver: SwedenBronze: Russia
1993 (Gavle, Sweden)
Gold: CanadaSilver: SwedenBronze: Czechoslovakia
1992 (Fussen and Kaufbeuren, Germany)
Gold: Commonwealth of Independent StatesSilver: SwedenBronze: USA
1991 (Saskatoon, Canada)
Gold: CanadaSilver: Soviet UnionBronze: Czechoslovakia
1990 (Helsinki and Turku, Finland)
Gold: CanadaSilver: Soviet UnionBronze: Czechoslovakia
The 1980s - Favorites on Top
Canada and the Soviet Union were disqualified from the 1987 tournament after a bench-clearing brawl. Other than that, the decade yielded the favored list of winners.
1989 (Anchorage, Alaska)
Gold: Soviet UnionSilver: SwedenBronze: Czechoslovakia
1988 (Moscow)
Gold: CanadaSilver: Soviet UnionBronze: Finland
1987 (Piestany, Czechoslovakia)
Gold: FinlandSilver: CzechoslovakiaBronze: Sweden
1986 (Hamilton, Canada)
Gold: Soviet UnionSilver: CanadaBronze: USA
1985 (Helsinki and Turku, Finland)
Gold: CanadaSilver: CzechoslovakiaBronze: Soviet Union
1984 (Norrköping and Nyköping, Sweden)
Gold: Soviet UnionSilver: FinlandBronze: Czechoslovakia
1983 (Leningrad, Soviet Union)
Gold: Soviet UnionSilver: CzechoslovakiaBronze: Canada
1982 (Minnesota)
Gold: CanadaSilver: CzechoslovakiaBronze: Finland
1981 (Fussen, Germany)
Gold: SwedenSilver: FinlandBronze: Soviet Union
1980 (Helsinki)
Gold: Soviet UnionSilver: FinlandBronze: Sweden
1970s - Soviets Dominate
Before the breakup of the Soviet Union, the Soviets dominated the tournament – winning gold in the event’s first six years.
1979 (Karlstad, Sweden)
Gold: Soviet UnionSilver: CzechoslovakiaBronze: Sweden
1978 (Montreal)
Gold: Soviet UnionSilver: SwedenBronze: Canada
1977 (Banská Bystrica and Zvolen, Czechoslovakia)
Gold: Soviet UnionSilver: CanadaBronze: Finland
1976 (Turku, Finland)
Gold: Soviet UnionSilver: CanadaBronze: Czechoslovakia
1975 (Winnipeg, Canada)
Gold: Soviet UnionSilver: CanadaBronze: Sweden
1974 (Leningrad)
Gold: Soviet UnionSilver: FinlandBronze: Canada
The World Junior Hockey Championships began as a six-team invitational tournament in 1974. In 1977, the International Ice Hockey Federation-sanctioned the event and assumed control. Below are the year-by-year results of this important annual tournament. The tournament is sometimes played in multiple cities, as indicated in parentheses after the date of the tourney.
The 2010s - USA Three-Peat
In a stunning win – its third title of the decade – Team USA rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat a powerful Canadian team during the January 2017 final. “What a terrific game between two fantastic hockey countries,” Bob Motzko, head coach of Team USA, told USA Hockey. “When we got together in Michigan for our camp this summer, there was something special with these guys. … This is a special group that will forever walk together.”
2017 (Montreal and Toronto)
Gold: USASilver: CanadaBronze: Russia
2016 (Helsinki)
Gold: FinlandSilver: RussiaBronze: USA
2015 (Toronto, Ontario, Montreal)
Gold: CanadaSilver: RussiaBronze: Slovakia
2014 (Malmo, Sweden)
Gold: FinlandSilver: SwedenBronze: Russia
2013 (Ufa, Russia)
Gold: USASilver: SwedenBronze: Russia
2012 (Edmonton and Calgary, Canada)
Gold: SwedenSilver: RussiaBronze: Canada
2011 (Buffalo and Niagara, USA)
Gold: RussiaSilver: CanadaBronze: USA
2010 (Saskatoon and Regina, Canada)
Gold: USASilver: CanadaBronze: Sweden
The 2000s - Canada Dominates
Canada took the championship five straight years in the second half of the decade and never finished lower than third place in the 2000s.
2009 (Ottawa, Canada)
Gold: CanadaSilver: SwedenBronze: Russia
2008 (Pardubice and Liberec, Czech Republic)
Gold: CanadaSilver: SwedenBronze: Russia
2007 (Leksand and Mora, Sweden)
Gold: CanadaSilver: RussiaBronze: USA
2006 (Vancouver, Kelowna and Kamloops, Canada)
Gold: CanadaSilver: RussiaBronze: Finland
2005 (Grand Forks and Thief River Falls, North Dakota)
Gold: CanadaSilver: RussiaBronze: Czech Republic
2004 (Helsinki and Hameenlinna, Finland)
Gold: USASilver: CanadaBronze: Finland
2003: Halifax and Sydney, Canada)
Gold: RussiaSilver: CanadaBronze: Finland
2002 (Pardubice and Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic)
Gold: RussiaSilver: CanadaBronze: Finland
2001 (Moscow and Podolsk, Russia)
Gold: Czech RepublicSilver: FinlandBronze: Canada
2000 (Skelleftea and Umea, Sweden)
Gold: Czech RepublicSilver: RussiaBronze: Canada
The 1990s - Canada On Top
Powerful Canadian teams won six of nine golds during the decade – including five in a row in the early to middle part of the 1990s.
1999 (Winnipeg, Canada)
Gold: RussiaSilver: CanadaBronze: Slovakia
1998 (Helsinki and Hameenlinna, Finland)
Gold: FinlandSilver: RussiaBronze: Switzerland
1997 (Geneva and Morges, Switzerland)
Gold: CanadaSilver: USABronze: Russia
1996 (Boston)
Gold: CanadaSilver: SwedenBronze: Russia
1995 (Red Deer, Canada)
Gold: CanadaSilver: RussiaBronze: Sweden
1994 (Ostrava and Frydek-Mistek, Czech Republic)
Gold: CanadaSilver: SwedenBronze: Russia
1993 (Gavle, Sweden)
Gold: CanadaSilver: SwedenBronze: Czechoslovakia
1992 (Fussen and Kaufbeuren, Germany)
Gold: Commonwealth of Independent StatesSilver: SwedenBronze: USA
1991 (Saskatoon, Canada)
Gold: CanadaSilver: Soviet UnionBronze: Czechoslovakia
1990 (Helsinki and Turku, Finland)
Gold: CanadaSilver: Soviet UnionBronze: Czechoslovakia
The 1980s - Favorites on Top
Canada and the Soviet Union were disqualified from the 1987 tournament after a bench-clearing brawl. Other than that, the decade yielded the favored list of winners.
1989 (Anchorage, Alaska)
Gold: Soviet UnionSilver: SwedenBronze: Czechoslovakia
1988 (Moscow)
Gold: CanadaSilver: Soviet UnionBronze: Finland
1987 (Piestany, Czechoslovakia)
Gold: FinlandSilver: CzechoslovakiaBronze: Sweden
1986 (Hamilton, Canada)
Gold: Soviet UnionSilver: CanadaBronze: USA
1985 (Helsinki and Turku, Finland)
Gold: CanadaSilver: CzechoslovakiaBronze: Soviet Union
1984 (Norrköping and Nyköping, Sweden)
Gold: Soviet UnionSilver: FinlandBronze: Czechoslovakia
1983 (Leningrad, Soviet Union)
Gold: Soviet UnionSilver: CzechoslovakiaBronze: Canada
1982 (Minnesota)
Gold: CanadaSilver: CzechoslovakiaBronze: Finland
1981 (Fussen, Germany)
Gold: SwedenSilver: FinlandBronze: Soviet Union
1980 (Helsinki)
Gold: Soviet UnionSilver: FinlandBronze: Sweden
1970s - Soviets Dominate
Before the breakup of the Soviet Union, the Soviets dominated the tournament – winning gold in the event’s first six years.
1979 (Karlstad, Sweden)
Gold: Soviet UnionSilver: CzechoslovakiaBronze: Sweden
1978 (Montreal)
Gold: Soviet UnionSilver: SwedenBronze: Canada
1977 (Banská Bystrica and Zvolen, Czechoslovakia)
Gold: Soviet UnionSilver: CanadaBronze: Finland
1976 (Turku, Finland)
Gold: Soviet UnionSilver: CanadaBronze: Czechoslovakia
1975 (Winnipeg, Canada)
Gold: Soviet UnionSilver: CanadaBronze: Sweden
1974 (Leningrad)
Gold: Soviet UnionSilver: FinlandBronze: Canada
The World Junior Hockey Championships began as a six-team invitational tournament in 1974. In 1977, the International Ice Hockey Federation-sanctioned the event and assumed control. Below are the year-by-year results of this important annual tournament. The tournament is sometimes played in multiple cities, as indicated in parentheses after the date of the tourney.
The 2010s - USA Three-Peat
In a stunning win – its third title of the decade – Team USA rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat a powerful Canadian team during the January 2017 final. “What a terrific game between two fantastic hockey countries,” Bob Motzko, head coach of Team USA, told USA Hockey. “When we got together in Michigan for our camp this summer, there was something special with these guys. … This is a special group that will forever walk together.”
2017 (Montreal and Toronto)
- Gold: USASilver: CanadaBronze: Russia
2016 (Helsinki)
- Gold: FinlandSilver: RussiaBronze: USA
2015 (Toronto, Ontario, Montreal)
- Gold: CanadaSilver: RussiaBronze: Slovakia
2014 (Malmo, Sweden)
- Gold: FinlandSilver: SwedenBronze: Russia
2013 (Ufa, Russia)
- Gold: USASilver: SwedenBronze: Russia
2012 (Edmonton and Calgary, Canada)
- Gold: SwedenSilver: RussiaBronze: Canada
2011 (Buffalo and Niagara, USA)
- Gold: RussiaSilver: CanadaBronze: USA
2010 (Saskatoon and Regina, Canada)
- Gold: USASilver: CanadaBronze: Sweden
The 2000s - Canada Dominates
Canada took the championship five straight years in the second half of the decade and never finished lower than third place in the 2000s.
2009 (Ottawa, Canada)
- Gold: CanadaSilver: SwedenBronze: Russia
2008 (Pardubice and Liberec, Czech Republic)
2007 (Leksand and Mora, Sweden)
- Gold: CanadaSilver: RussiaBronze: USA
2006 (Vancouver, Kelowna and Kamloops, Canada)
- Gold: CanadaSilver: RussiaBronze: Finland
2005 (Grand Forks and Thief River Falls, North Dakota)
- Gold: CanadaSilver: RussiaBronze: Czech Republic
2004 (Helsinki and Hameenlinna, Finland)
- Gold: USASilver: CanadaBronze: Finland
2003: Halifax and Sydney, Canada)
- Gold: RussiaSilver: CanadaBronze: Finland
2002 (Pardubice and Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic)
2001 (Moscow and Podolsk, Russia)
- Gold: Czech RepublicSilver: FinlandBronze: Canada
2000 (Skelleftea and Umea, Sweden)
- Gold: Czech RepublicSilver: RussiaBronze: Canada
The 1990s - Canada On Top
Powerful Canadian teams won six of nine golds during the decade – including five in a row in the early to middle part of the 1990s.
1999 (Winnipeg, Canada)
- Gold: RussiaSilver: CanadaBronze: Slovakia
1998 (Helsinki and Hameenlinna, Finland)
- Gold: FinlandSilver: RussiaBronze: Switzerland
1997 (Geneva and Morges, Switzerland)
- Gold: CanadaSilver: USABronze: Russia
1996 (Boston)
1995 (Red Deer, Canada)
- Gold: CanadaSilver: RussiaBronze: Sweden
1994 (Ostrava and Frydek-Mistek, Czech Republic)
1993 (Gavle, Sweden)
- Gold: CanadaSilver: SwedenBronze: Czechoslovakia
1992 (Fussen and Kaufbeuren, Germany)
- Gold: Commonwealth of Independent StatesSilver: SwedenBronze: USA
1991 (Saskatoon, Canada)
- Gold: CanadaSilver: Soviet UnionBronze: Czechoslovakia
1990 (Helsinki and Turku, Finland)
The 1980s - Favorites on Top
Canada and the Soviet Union were disqualified from the 1987 tournament after a bench-clearing brawl. Other than that, the decade yielded the favored list of winners.
1989 (Anchorage, Alaska)
- Gold: Soviet UnionSilver: SwedenBronze: Czechoslovakia
1988 (Moscow)
- Gold: CanadaSilver: Soviet UnionBronze: Finland
1987 (Piestany, Czechoslovakia)
- Gold: FinlandSilver: CzechoslovakiaBronze: Sweden
1986 (Hamilton, Canada)
- Gold: Soviet UnionSilver: CanadaBronze: USA
1985 (Helsinki and Turku, Finland)
- Gold: CanadaSilver: CzechoslovakiaBronze: Soviet Union
1984 (Norrköping and Nyköping, Sweden)
- Gold: Soviet UnionSilver: FinlandBronze: Czechoslovakia
1983 (Leningrad, Soviet Union)
- Gold: Soviet UnionSilver: CzechoslovakiaBronze: Canada
1982 (Minnesota)
- Gold: CanadaSilver: CzechoslovakiaBronze: Finland
1981 (Fussen, Germany)
- Gold: SwedenSilver: FinlandBronze: Soviet Union
1980 (Helsinki)
- Gold: Soviet UnionSilver: FinlandBronze: Sweden
1970s - Soviets Dominate
Before the breakup of the Soviet Union, the Soviets dominated the tournament – winning gold in the event’s first six years.
1979 (Karlstad, Sweden)
- Gold: Soviet UnionSilver: CzechoslovakiaBronze: Sweden
1978 (Montreal)
- Gold: Soviet UnionSilver: SwedenBronze: Canada
1977 (Banská Bystrica and Zvolen, Czechoslovakia)
- Gold: Soviet UnionSilver: CanadaBronze: Finland
1976 (Turku, Finland)
- Gold: Soviet UnionSilver: CanadaBronze: Czechoslovakia
1975 (Winnipeg, Canada)
- Gold: Soviet UnionSilver: CanadaBronze: Sweden
1974 (Leningrad)
- Gold: Soviet UnionSilver: FinlandBronze: Canada
