Ice hockey at the Winter Youth Olympics

Ice hockey was introduced at the Youth Olympic Games at the inaugural edition in 2012 for both boys and girls. For the 2012 and 2016 editions a 5-on-5 team competition and an individual skills challenge were open to both genders. In 2020, the skills challenge was replaced by a mixed-NOC 3-on-3 tournament. In 2024 the mixed-NOC 3-on-3 tournament was replaced by a 3-on-3 tournament format for the 12th through 28th ranked NOCs.[1]

Ice hockey at the Winter Youth Olympics
Governing bodyIIHF
Events4 (boys: 2; girls: 2)
Games

Boys edit

Tournament edit

Year Host Gold medal game Bronze medal game Teams
Gold medalist Score Silver medalist Bronze medalist Score Fourth place
2012
Details
Innsbruck  
Finland
2 – 1
(SO)
 
Russia
 
Canada
7 – 5  
United States
5
2016
Details
Lillehammer  
United States
5 – 2  
Canada
 
Russia
6 – 2  
Finland
5
2020
Details
Lausanne  
Russia
4 – 0  
United States
 
Canada
4 – 2  
Finland
6
2024
Details
Gangwon  
United States
4 – 0  
Czech Republic
 
Finland
5 – 4  
Canada
6

3-on-3 cross ice tournament edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2020 Lausanne
details
  Team Green (MIX)
  Nicolas Elgas (LUX)
  Artyom Pronichkin (RUS)
  Nathan Nicoud (FRA)
  Volodymyr Troshkin (UKR)
  Pablo González (ESP)
  Maks Perčič (SLO)
  Yam Yau (HKG)
  Alessandro Segafredo (ITA)
  Marek Potšinok (EST)
  Patrik Dalen (NOR)
  Ilya Korzun (BLR)
  Levente Hegedűs (HUN)
  Štěpán Maleček (CZE)
  Team Red (MIX)
  Juho Lukkari (FIN)
  Denis Pasko (UKR)
  Lin Wei-yu (TPE)
  Aleks Menc (POL)
  Matija Dinić (SRB)
  Peter Repčík (SVK)
  Mackenzie Stewart (GBR)
  Dylan Wesseling (NED)
  Tjaš Lesničar (SLO)
  Sander Salvær (NOR)
  Jan Hornecker (SUI)
  Matthias Bittner (GER)
  Maël Halladj (FRA)
  Team Brown (MIX)
  Luka Banek (CRO)
  Sai Lake (AUS)
  Hugo Galvez (FRA)
  Elvis Hsu (HKG)
  Axel Ruski-Jones (NZL)
  Marlon D'Acunto (GER)
  Erik Potšinok (EST)
  Evan Nauth (GBR)
  Artur Seniut (LTU)
  Matyáš Šapovaliv (CZE)
  Milán Ivády (HUN)
  Rastislav Eliáš (SVK)
  Sebastian Aarsund (NOR)

Individual skills challenge edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2012 Innsbruck
details
Augusts Vasiļonoks
  Latvia
Attila Kovács
  Hungary
Seiya Furukawa
  Japan
2016 Lillehammer
details
Eduard Casaneanu
  Romania
Sebastian Cederle
  Slovakia
Erik Betzold
  Germany
Aleks Haatanen
  Finland

Girls edit

Tournament edit

Year Host Gold medal game Bronze medal game Teams
Gold medalist Score Silver medalist Bronze medalist Score Fourth place
2012
Details
Innsbruck  
Sweden
3 – 0  
Austria
 
Germany
7 – 4  
Kazakhstan
5
2016
Details
Lillehammer  
Sweden
3 – 1  
Czech Republic
 
Switzerland
5 – 2  
Slovakia
5
2020
Details
Lausanne  
Japan
4 – 1  
Sweden
 
Slovakia
2 – 1  
Switzerland
6
2024
Details
Gangwon  
Sweden
4 – 0  
Japan
 
Germany
3 – 1  
Switzerland
6

3-on-3 cross ice tournament edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2020 Lausanne
details
  Team Yellow (MIX)
  Anke Steeno (BEL)
  Eva Aizpurua (ESP)
  Ludmilla Bourcet (FRA)
  Elisa Innocenti (ITA)
  Katya Blong (NZL)
  Iris van Houten (NED)
  Zuzana Trnková (CZE)
  Luisa Wilson (MEX)
  Shin Seo-yoon (KOR)
  Leonie Böttcher (GER)
  Nora Pollestad (NOR)
  Nubya Aeschlimann (SUI)
  Magdalena Luggin (AUT)
  Team Black (MIX)
  Angelina Hurschler (SUI)
  Courtney Mahoney (AUS)
  Zhang Xinyue (CHN)
  Chang En-ni (TPE)
  Alicja Mota (POL)
  Nikola Janeková (SVK)
  Amy Robery (GBR)
  Daria Petrova (RUS)
  Kimberly Collard (NED)
  Luca Márton (HUN)
  Reina Sato (JPN)
  Emilia Kyrkkö (FIN)
  Carlotta Regine (ITA)
  Team Blue (MIX)
  Sidre Özer (TUR)
  Valerie Christmann (SUI)
  Anna Kot (POL)
  Maria Runevska (BUL)
  Mirren Foy (GBR)
  Zuzana Dobiašová (SVK)
  Yana Krasheninina (RUS)
  Maya Stober (GER)
  Regina Metzler (HUN)
  Karolina Hengelmüller (AUT)
  Nikki Sharp (AUS)
  Yuna Kusama (JPN)
  Aya Juhl Petersen (DEN)

Individual skills challenge edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2012 Innsbruck
details
  Julie Zwarthoed (NED)   Fanni Gasparics (HUN)   Sharnita Crompton (AUS)
2016 Lillehammer
details
  Sena Takanaka (JPN)   Anita Muraro (ITA)   Theresa Schafzahl (AUT)

Medal table edit

As of the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics.
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Sweden3104
2  Japan2114
3  United States2103
4  Russia1113
5  Finland1023
6  Latvia1001
  Netherlands1001
  Romania1001
9  Czech Republic0202
  Hungary0202
11  Canada0123
12  Austria0112
  Slovakia0112
14  Italy0101
15  Germany0033
16  Australia0011
  Switzerland0011
Totals (17 entries)12121337

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "IIHF - Youth Olympic Games". IIHF International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 22 October 2018.

External links edit