
The final step in Hockey Canada’s Program of Excellence, Canada's National Junior Team has found record-setting success at the IIHF World Junior Championship since the first year of the POE in 1982, winning 20 gold medals, including five-year runs from 1993-97 and 2005-09.
World Juniors
All-Time Results |
Year |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
CAN |
Location |
2023 |
CAN |
CZE |
USA |
1st |
Halifax, N.S. & Moncton, N.B. |
2022 |
CAN |
FIN |
SWE |
1st |
Edmonton, Alta. |
2021 |
USA |
CAN |
FIN |
2nd |
Edmonton, Alta. |
2020 |
CAN |
RUS |
SWE |
1st |
Ostrava & Trinec, CZE |
2019 |
FIN |
USA |
RUS |
6th |
Vancouver & Victoria, B.C. |
2018 |
CAN |
SWE |
USA |
1st |
Buffalo, N.Y. |
2017 |
USA |
CAN |
RUS |
2nd |
Montreal, Que. & Toronto, Ont. |
2016 |
FIN |
RUS |
USA |
6th |
Helsinki, FIN |
2015 |
CAN |
RUS |
SVK |
1st |
Toronto, Ont. & Montreal, Que. |
2014 |
FIN |
SWE |
RUS |
4th |
Malmö, SWE |
2013 |
USA |
SWE |
RUS |
4th |
Ufa, RUS |
2012 |
SWE |
RUS |
CAN |
3rd |
Calgary & Edmonton, Alta |
2011 |
RUS |
CAN |
USA |
2nd |
Buffalo, N.Y. |
2010 |
USA |
CAN |
SWE |
2nd |
Saskatoon & Regina, Sask. |
2009 |
CAN |
SWE |
RUS |
1st |
Ottawa, Ont. |
2008 |
CAN |
SWE |
RUS |
1st |
Pardubice & Liberec, CZE |
2007 |
CAN |
RUS |
USA |
1st |
Leksand & Mora, SWE |
2006 |
CAN |
RUS |
FIN |
1st |
Vancouver, Kamloops & Kelowna, B.C. |
2005 |
CAN |
RUS |
CZE |
1st |
Grand Forks, N.D. |
2004 |
USA |
CAN |
FIN |
2nd |
Helsinki & Hämeenlinna, FIN |
2003 |
RUS |
CAN |
FIN |
2nd |
Halifax & Sydney, N.S. |
2002 |
RUS |
CAN |
FIN |
2nd |
Pardubice & Hradec Kralove, CZE |
2001 |
CZE |
FIN |
CAN |
3rd |
Moscow, RUS |
2000 |
CZE |
RUS |
CAN |
3rd |
Skellefteå & Umeå, SWE |
1999 |
RUS |
CAN |
SVK |
2nd |
Winnipeg, Man. |
1998 |
FIN |
RUS |
SUI |
8th |
Helsinki & Hämeenlinna, FIN |
1997 |
CAN |
USA |
RUS |
1st |
Geneva & Morges, SUI |
1996 |
CAN |
SWE |
RUS |
1st |
Boston, Mass. |
1995 |
CAN |
RUS |
SWE |
1st |
Red Deer, Alta. |
1994 |
CAN |
SWE |
RUS |
1st |
Ostrava & Frydek-Mistek, CZE |
1993 |
CAN |
SWE |
CZE/SVK |
1st |
Gävle, SWE |
1992 |
CIS |
SWE |
USA |
6th |
Füssen & Kaufbeuren, GER |
1991 |
CAN |
USSR |
TCH |
1st |
Saskatoon, Sask. |
1990 |
CAN |
USSR |
TCH |
1st |
Helsinki, FIN |
1989 |
USSR |
SWE |
TCH |
4th |
Anchorage, Alaska |
1988 |
CAN |
USSR |
FIN |
1st |
Moscow, URS |
1987 |
FIN |
TCH |
SWE |
7th |
Piestany, TCH |
1986 |
USSR |
CAN |
USA |
2nd |
Hamilton, Ont. |
1985 |
CAN |
TCH |
USSR |
1st |
Helsinki, FIN |
1984 |
USSR |
FIN |
TCH |
4th |
Norrköping & Nyköping, SWE |
1983 |
USSR |
TCH |
CAN |
3rd |
Leningrad, URS |
1982 |
CAN |
TCH |
FIN |
1st |
Minneapolis, Minn. |
1981 |
SWE |
FIN |
USSR |
7th |
Füssen, Landsberg & Kaufbeuren, FRG |
1980 |
USSR |
FIN |
SWE |
5th |
Helsinki, FIN |
1979 |
USSR |
SWE |
TCH |
5th |
Karlstad, SWE |
1978 |
USSR |
SWE |
CAN |
3rd |
Montreal, Que. |
1977 |
USSR |
CAN |
TCH |
2nd |
Zvolen & Banská Bystrica, TCH |
1976 |
USSR |
CAN |
TCH |
2nd |
Tampere, FIN |
1975 |
USSR |
CAN |
SWE |
2nd |
Winnipeg, Man. & Minneapolis, Minn. |
1974 |
USSR |
FIN |
CAN |
3rd |
Leningrad, URS |
NOTE: Prior to the 1977 IIHF World Junior Championship, the World Juniors was an invitational tournament and not an IIHF-sanctioned world championship.
National Junior Team