IIHF World U20 Championship Division I

The IIHF World U20 Championship Division I is played every year among the ice hockey teams under the age of 20 who were placed in Division I in the previous year.[1][2]

IIHF World U20 Championship Division I
Most recent season or competition:
2024 IIHF U20 World Championship Division I
FormerlyB-series (1979–2000)
SportIce hockey
Founded1979 (B-series)
2001 (Division I)
No. of teams12
Most recent
champion(s)
 Kazakhstan (Group A)
 Slovenia (Group B)
Most titles Germany (7 titles)
Promotion toIIHF World U20 Championship
Relegation toDivision II
Official websiteIIHF.com

Until 2001 the tournament was known as the B-series.

Results edit

Year Promoted Relegated
To IIHF U20 Top division To Division I A To Division I B To IIHF U20 Division II
2001   France   Latvia
2002   Germany No relegated team
2003   Ukraine,   Austria   Croatia,   Poland
2004   Germany,   Belarus   Hungary,   Japan
2005   Norway,   Latvia   Great Britain,   Estonia
2006   Germany,   Belarus   Japan,   Hungary
2007   Denmark,   Kazakhstan   Estonia,   Italy
2008   Germany,   Latvia   Lithuania,   Great Britain
2009    Switzerland,   Austria   Estonia,   Hungary
2010   Germany,   Norway   France,   Poland
2011   Latvia,   Denmark   Ukraine,   Lithuania
2012   Germany   France   Great Britain   Japan
2013   Norway   Poland   France   Croatia
2014   Denmark   Italy   Poland   Japan
2015   Belarus   Kazakhstan   Slovenia   Hungary
2016   Latvia   France   Italy   Japan
2017   Belarus   Hungary   Norway   Great Britain
2018   Kazakhstan   Norway   Hungary   Lithuania
2019   Germany   Slovenia   France   Japan
2020   Austria   Hungary   Slovenia   Italy
2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2022   Latvia   France,   Slovenia No relegated team No relegated team
2023   Norway   Japan   Slovenia   South Korea
2024   Kazakhstan   Slovenia   Japan   Croatia

Pool B edit

Champions (1979–2000) edit

Year National team
1979    Switzerland
1980   Austria
1981    Switzerland
1982   Norway
1983    Switzerland
1984   Poland
1985    Switzerland
1986   Poland
1987   West Germany
1988   Norway
1989   Poland
1990    Switzerland
1991   Germany
1992   Japan
1993    Switzerland
1994   Ukraine
1995    Switzerland,   Slovakia
1996   Poland
1997   Kazakhstan
1998   Belarus
1999   Ukraine
2000   Belarus

References edit

  1. ^ "IIHF - Tournaments".
  2. ^ "Past Tournaments".