World Junior Hockey Championships

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: USA
• Silver: Canada
• Bronze: Russia

2016 (Helsinki)

• Gold: Finland
• Silver: Russia
• Bronze: USA

2015 (Toronto, Ontario, Montreal)

• Gold: Canada
• Silver: Russia
• Bronze: Slovakia

2014 (Malmo, Sweden)

• Gold: Finland
• Silver: Sweden
• Bronze: Russia

2013 (Ufa, Russia)

• Gold: USA
• Silver: Sweden
• Bronze: Russia

2012 (Edmonton and Calgary, Canada)

• Gold: Sweden
• Silver: Russia
• Bronze: Canada

2011 (Buffalo and Niagara, USA)

• Gold: Russia
• Silver: Canada
• Bronze: USA

2010 (Saskatoon and Regina, Canada)

• Gold: USA
• Silver: Canada
• Bronze: 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: Canada
• Silver: Sweden
• Bronze: Russia

2008 (Pardubice and Liberec, Czech Republic)

• Gold: Canada
• Silver: Sweden
• Bronze: Russia

2007 (Leksand and Mora, Sweden)

• Gold: Canada
• Silver: Russia
• Bronze: USA

2006 (Vancouver, Kelowna and Kamloops, Canada)

• Gold: Canada
• Silver: Russia
• Bronze: Finland

2005 (Grand Forks and Thief River Falls, North Dakota)

• Gold: Canada
• Silver: Russia
• Bronze: Czech Republic

2004 (Helsinki and Hameenlinna, Finland)

• Gold: USA
• Silver: Canada
• Bronze: Finland

2003: Halifax and Sydney, Canada)

• Gold: Russia
• Silver: Canada
• Bronze: Finland

2002 (Pardubice and Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic)

• Gold: Russia
• Silver: Canada
• Bronze: Finland

2001 (Moscow and Podolsk, Russia)

• Gold: Czech Republic
• Silver: Finland
• Bronze: Canada

2000 (Skelleftea and Umea, Sweden)

• Gold: Czech Republic
• Silver: Russia
• Bronze: 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: Russia
• Silver: Canada
• Bronze: Slovakia

1998 (Helsinki and Hameenlinna, Finland)

• Gold: Finland
• Silver: Russia
• Bronze: Switzerland

1997 (Geneva and Morges, Switzerland)

• Gold: Canada
• Silver: USA
• Bronze: Russia

1996 (Boston)

• Gold: Canada
• Silver: Sweden
• Bronze: Russia

1995 (Red Deer, Canada)

• Gold: Canada
• Silver: Russia
• Bronze: Sweden

1994 (Ostrava and Frydek-Mistek, Czech Republic)

• Gold: Canada
• Silver: Sweden
• Bronze: Russia

1993 (Gavle, Sweden)

• Gold: Canada
• Silver: Sweden
• Bronze: Czechoslovakia

1992 (Fussen and Kaufbeuren, Germany)

• Gold: Commonwealth of Independent States
• Silver: Sweden
• Bronze: USA

1991 (Saskatoon, Canada)

• Gold: Canada
• Silver: Soviet Union
• Bronze: Czechoslovakia

1990 (Helsinki and Turku, Finland)

• Gold: Canada
• Silver: Soviet Union
• Bronze: 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 Union
• Silver: Sweden
• Bronze: Czechoslovakia

1988 (Moscow)

• Gold: Canada
• Silver: Soviet Union
• Bronze: Finland

1987 (Piestany, Czechoslovakia)

• Gold: Finland
• Silver: Czechoslovakia
• Bronze: Sweden

1986 (Hamilton, Canada)

• Gold: Soviet Union
• Silver: Canada
• Bronze: USA

1985 (Helsinki and Turku, Finland)

• Gold: Canada
• Silver: Czechoslovakia
• Bronze: Soviet Union

1984 (Norrköping and Nyköping, Sweden)

• Gold: Soviet Union
• Silver: Finland
• Bronze: Czechoslovakia

1983 (Leningrad, Soviet Union)

• Gold: Soviet Union
• Silver: Czechoslovakia
• Bronze: Canada

1982 (Minnesota)

• Gold: Canada
• Silver: Czechoslovakia
• Bronze: Finland

1981 (Fussen, Germany)

• Gold: Sweden
• Silver: Finland
• Bronze: Soviet Union

1980 (Helsinki)

• Gold: Soviet Union
• Silver: Finland
• Bronze: 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 Union
• Silver: Czechoslovakia
• Bronze: Sweden

1978 (Montreal)

• Gold: Soviet Union
• Silver: Sweden
• Bronze: Canada

1977 (Banská Bystrica and Zvolen, Czechoslovakia)

• Gold: Soviet Union
• Silver: Canada
• Bronze: Finland

1976 (Turku, Finland)

• Gold: Soviet Union
• Silver: Canada
• Bronze: Czechoslovakia

1975 (Winnipeg, Canada)

• Gold: Soviet Union
• Silver: Canada
• Bronze: Sweden

1974 (Leningrad)

• Gold: Soviet Union
• Silver: Finland
• Bronze: Canada