History
IIHF U18 World Championship is played since 1999 as a successor to European Junior Ice Hockey Championship. Czech Republic hosts the tournament for the second time, first event took place in 2005 at Pilsen and Ceske Budejovice.
In recent years, future top stars of ice hockey world have taken part in this championship, including players like Alexandr Ovechkin, Ilya Kovalchuk, Steven Stamkos or Patrik Elias, Tomas Vokoun, Jiri Hudler to name a few from Czech team.
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st WC 1999 |  Finland |  Sweden |  Slovakia |  Germany - Füssen, Kaufbeuren |
| 2nd WC 2000 | Finland |  Russia | Sweden | Finland - Kloten, Weinfelden |
| 3rd WC 2001 | Russia |  Switzerland | Finland | Finland - Heinola, Helsinki, Lahti |
| 4th WC 2002 |  USA | Russia |  Czech Rep. | Slovakia - Piešťany, Trnava |
| 5th WC 2003 |  Canada | Slovakia | Russia | Russia - Jaroslavl |
| 6th WC 2004 | Russia | USA | Czech Rep. |  Belarus - Minsk |
| 7th WC 2005 | USA | Canada | Sweden | Czech Rep. - České Budějovice, Plzeň |
| 8th WC 2006 | USA | Finland | Czech Rep. | Sweden - Ängelholm, Halmstad |
| 9th WC 2007 | Russia | USA | Sweden | Finland - Tampere, Rauma |
| 10th WC 2008 | Canada | Russia | USA | Russia - Kazan |
| 11th WC 2009 | USA | Russia | Finland | USA - Fargo, Moorhead |
| 12th WC 2010 | USA | Sweden | Finland | Belarus - Minsk, Bobrujsk |
| 13th WC 2011 | USA | Sweden | Russia | Germany - Crimmitschau, Dresden |
- General information
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- Arenas
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- History
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