Finland
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Pikkuleijonat (The little Lions)
AssociationSuomen jääkiekkoliitto
Head coachFinland Jussi Ahokas
Team colors   
First international
 Finland 10–1 East Germany 
(Yaroslavl, Soviet Union; 1 April 1967)
 Sweden 8–1 Finland 
(Bremerhaven, West Germany; 1 April 1977)
Biggest win
 Finland 28–0 Italy 
(Tychy, Poland; 1 April 1979)
Biggest defeat
 Soviet Union 14–2 Finland 
(Bremerhaven, West Germany; 2 April 1977)
IIHF World U18 Championship
Appearances23 (first in 1999)
Best result Gold: 1999, 2000, 2016, 2018
Medal record
World U18 Championships
Gold medal – first place1999 Germany
Gold medal – first place2000 Switzerland
Gold medal – first place2016 USA
Gold medal – first place2018 Russia
Silver medal – second place2006 Sweden
Silver medal – second place2015 Switzerland
Silver medal – second place2017 Slovakia
Bronze medal – third place2001 Finland
Bronze medal – third place2009 USA
Bronze medal – third place2010 Belarus
Bronze medal – third place2013 Russia
Bronze medal – third place2022 Germany
Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament
Silver medal – second place2007 Czech Republic/Slovakia
Silver medal – second place2012 Czech Republic/Slovakia
Bronze medal – third place1996 Canada
Bronze medal – third place2005 Czech Republic/Slovakia
Bronze medal – third place2022 Canada
IIHF European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place1978 Finland
Gold medal – first place1986 West Germany
Gold medal – first place1995 Germany
Gold medal – first place1997 Czech Republic
Silver medal – second place1967 Soviet union
Silver medal – second place1979 Poland
Silver medal – second place1983 Norway
Silver medal – second place1988 Czechoslovakia
Silver medal – second place1996 Russia
Silver medal – second place1998 Sweden
Bronze medal – third place1974 Switzerland
Bronze medal – third place1976 Czechoslovakia
Bronze medal – third place1989 Soviet Union
Bronze medal – third place1991 Czechoslovakia
Medal record
World U-17 Hockey Challenge
Gold medal – first place1990 Canada
Silver medal – second place1995 Canada
Silver medal – second place2018 Canada
Bronze medal – third place1998 Canada
Bronze medal – third place2022 Canada
European Youth Olympic Winter Festival
Gold medal – first place1999 SlovakiaTeam
Gold medal – first place2013 RomaniaTeam
Gold medal – first place2022 FinlandTeam
Silver medal – second place2007 SpainTeam
Silver medal – second place2011 Czech RepublicTeam
Bronze medal – third place1997 SwedenTeam
Bronze medal – third place2001 FinlandTeam
Bronze medal – third place2003 SloveniaTeam
Bronze medal – third place2009 PolandTeam
Bronze medal – third place2015 Austria\LiechtensteinTeam
Bronze medal – third place2019 Bosnia and HerzegovinaTeam
Bronze medal – third place2023 ItalyTeam

The Finland men's national under-18 ice hockey team is the men's national under-18 ice hockey team of Finland. The team is controlled by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. The team represents Finland at the IIHF World U18 Championships.

International competitions

IIHF European U18 / U19 Championships

Tournament Rank
Soviet Union 1967 Yaroslavl, Russian SFSR2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Finland 1968 Tampere4th
West Germany 1969 Garmisch-Partenkirchen / Bavaria4th
Switzerland 1970 Geneva4th
Czechoslovakia 1971 Prešov, Slovak SR4th
Sweden 1972 Boden / Luleå / Skellefteå4th
Soviet Union 1973 Leningrad, Russian SFSR4th
Switzerland 1974 Herisau / Appenzell / Ausserrhoden3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
France 1975 Grenoble4th
Czechoslovakia 1976 Kopřivnice / Opava, Czech SR3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
West Germany 1977 Bremerhaven / Bremen4th
Finland 1978 Vantaa1st place, gold medalist(s)
Poland 1979 Tychy / Katowice2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Czechoslovakia 1980 Brno / Hradec Králové, Czech SR4th
Soviet Union 1981 Minsk, Belorussian SSR4th
Sweden 1982 Ängelholm / Tyringe4th
Norway 1983 Oslo2nd place, silver medalist(s)
West Germany 1984 Rosenheim / Garmisch-Partenkirchen / Füssen / Bad Tölz / Bavaria4th
France 1985 Anglet5th
West Germany 1986 Düsseldorf / Ratingen / Krefeld / North Rhine-Westphalia1st place, gold medalist(s)
Finland 1987 Tampere / Kouvola / Hämeenlinna4th
Czechoslovakia 1988 Frýdek-Místek / Vsetín / Olomouc / Přerov, Czech SR2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Soviet Union 1989 Kiev, Ukrainian SSR3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Sweden 1990 Örnsköldsvik / Sollefteå4th
Czechoslovakia 1991 Spišská Nová Ves / Prešov, Slovak SR3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Norway 1992 Lillehammer / Hamar4th
Poland 1993 Nowy Targ / Oswiecim4th
Finland 1994 Jyväskylä4th
Germany 1995 Berlin1st place, gold medalist(s)
Russia 1996 Ufa2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Czech Republic 1997 Znojmo / Třebíč1st place, gold medalist(s)
Sweden 1998 Malung / Mora2nd place, silver medalist(s)

IIHF World U18 Championships

Tournament Rank
Germany 1999 Füssen / Kaufbeuren1st place, gold medalist(s)
Switzerland 2000 Kloten / Weinfelden1st place, gold medalist(s)
Finland 2001 Heinola / Helsinki / Lahti3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Slovakia 2002 Piešťany / Trnava4th
Russia 2003 Yaroslavl7th
Belarus 2004 Minsk7th
Czech Republic 2005 České Budějovice / Plzeň7th
Sweden 2006 Ängelholm / Halmstad2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Finland 2007 Tampere / Rauma7th
Russia 2008 Kazan6th
United States 2009 Fargo3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Belarus 2010 Minsk / Babruysk3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Germany 2011 Crimmitschau / Dresden5th
Czech Republic 2012 Brno / Znojmo / Břeclav4th
Russia 2013 Sochi3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Finland 2014 Lappeenranta / Imatra6th
Switzerland 2015 Zug / Lucerne2nd place, silver medalist(s)
United States 2016 Grand Forks1st place, gold medalist(s)
Slovakia 2017 Poprad / Spišská Nová Ves2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Russia 2018 Chelyabinsk / Magnitogorsk1st place, gold medalist(s)
Sweden 2019 Örnsköldsvik / Umeå7th
United States 2020 Plymouth / Ann ArborCancelled[1]
United States 2021 Frisco / Plano4th
Germany 2022 Landshut / Kaufbeuren3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Switzerland 2023 Basel / Porrentruy5th
Finland 2024 Espoo / Vantaa

References

  1. ↑ Steiss, Adam. "2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship cancelled". iihf.com. IIHF. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
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