World Junior Ice Hockey Championships History

The iihf ice hockey world junior championships wjc commonly known simply as the world juniors are an annual event organized by the international ice hockey federation iihf for national under 20 ice hockey teams from around the world.

World junior ice hockey championships history. All medallists u20. History international ice hockey federation. By tom robinson 10 21 2020 9 00am edt. The winter olympic games ice hockey tournament held that year counted as the world championships.

They are traditionally held in late december ending in early january. Second number indicates total while country was part of the soviet union or czechoslovakia. 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.

Year gold silver bronze host city cities host country countries 1977 soviet union 1 canada 1 czechoslovakia 1 zvolen and banská bystrica czechoslovakia 1978 soviet union 2 sweden 1 canada 1 montreal and quebec city canada 1979 soviet union 3 czechoslovakia 1 sweden 1 karlstad and karlskoga sweden 1980 soviet union 4 finland 1 sweden 2. The tournament is sometimes played in multiple cities as indicated in parentheses after the date of the tourney. The world junior hockey championships began as a six team invitational tournament in 1974. Sweden finland and canada have participated in all 40 iihf world junior hockey championships as well as the three unofficial world junior hockey championships.

Evaluation camp provides crucial opportunity in assembling national junior team. The first official. Number of tournaments won at the time. With shortened college and junior hockey season on ice looks will be rare for coaches.