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IIHF Under-18 Men's World Championship

IIHF Under-18 Men's World Championship

The annual event features the top players in the world under the age of 18, many who go on to be stars in college hockey, the NHL and on the international stage. The U.S. Men's National Under-18 Team, which competes annually in the IIHF Under-18 Men's World Championship, is comprised mainly of NTDP players.

The U.S. has won gold 11 times at the IIHF U18 Men's World Championship, more than any other country.

The 2023 IIHF U18 Men's World Championship was held April 20-30 in Basel and Porrentruy, Switzerland, where Team USA won the gold medal. It was the 19th medal overall for the U.S. in the event all-time.

For complete information on the tournament, including a comprehensive history section, click the links below.

2023 U18 MWC

Tournament History

Tournament Website

All-Time U.S. Finishes

YEAR LOCATION U.S. FINISH
2023 Basel & Porrentruy, Switzerland Gold Medal
2022 Landshut & Kaufbeuren, Germany Silver Medal
2021 Frisco & Plano, Texas Fifth Place
2020 Plymouth & Ann Arbor, Mich., USA Tournament Canceled
2019 Örnsköldsvik & Umeå, Sweden Bronze Medal
2018 Chelyabinsk & Magnitogorsk, Russia Silver Medal
2017 Poprad & Spisska Nova Ves, Slovakia Gold Medal
2016 Grand Forks, N.D., USA Bronze Medal
2015 Zug & Lucerne, Switzerland Gold Medal
2014 Lappeenranta & Imatra, Finland Gold Medal
2013 Sochi, Russia Silver Medal
2012 Brno & Znojmo, Czech Republic Gold Medal
2011 Crimmitschau & Dresden, Germany Gold Medal
2010 Minsk & Bobruisk, Belarus Gold Medal
2009 Fargo, N.D. & Moorhead, Minn., USA Gold Medal
2008 Kazan, Russia Bronze Medal
2007 Tampere & Rauma, Finland Silver Medal
2006 Angelholm & Halmstad, Sweden Gold Medal
2005 Ceske Budejovice & Plzen, Czech Republic Gold Medal
2004 Minsk, Belarus Silver Medal
2003 Yaroslavl, Russia Fourth Place
2002 Trnava & Piestany, Slovakia Gold Medal
2001 Heinola & Helsinki & Lahti, Finland Sixth Place
2000 Kloten & Weinfelden, Switzerland Eighth Place
1999 Fussen & Kaufbeuren, Germany Seventh Place