Finland men's national under-18 ice hockey team

Finland
Nickname(s)Pikkuleijonat (The little Lions)
AssociationSuomen jääkiekkoliitto
Head coach 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
1999 Germany
2000 Switzerland
2016 USA
2018 Russia
2006 Sweden
2015 Switzerland
2017 Slovakia
2001 Finland
2009 USA
2010 Belarus
2013 Russia
2022 Germany
Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament
2007 Czech Republic/Slovakia
2012 Czech Republic/Slovakia
1996 Canada
2005 Czech Republic/Slovakia
2022 Canada
IIHF European Junior Championships
1978 Finland
1986 West Germany
1995 Germany
1997 Czech Republic
1967 Soviet union
1979 Poland
1983 Norway
1988 Czechoslovakia
1996 Russia
1998 Sweden
1974 Switzerland
1976 Czechoslovakia
1989 Soviet Union
1991 Czechoslovakia
Medal record
World U-17 Hockey Challenge
1990 Canada
1995 Canada
2018 Canada
1998 Canada
2022 Canada
European Youth Olympic Winter Festival
1999 Slovakia Team
2013 Romania Team
2022 Finland Team
2007 Spain Team
2011 Czech Republic Team
1997 Sweden Team
2001 Finland Team
2003 Slovenia Team
2009 Poland Team
2015 Austria\Liechtenstein Team
2019 Bosnia and Herzegovina Team
2023 Italy Team

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
1967 Yaroslavl, Russian SFSR
1968 Tampere 4th
1969 Garmisch-Partenkirchen / Bavaria 4th
1970 Geneva 4th
1971 Prešov, Slovak SR 4th
1972 Boden / Luleå / Skellefteå 4th
1973 Leningrad, Russian SFSR 4th
1974 Herisau / Appenzell / Ausserrhoden
1975 Grenoble 4th
1976 Kopřivnice / Opava, Czech SR
1977 Bremerhaven / Bremen 4th
1978 Vantaa
1979 Tychy / Katowice
1980 Brno / Hradec Králové, Czech SR 4th
1981 Minsk, Belorussian SSR 4th
1982 Ängelholm / Tyringe 4th
1983 Oslo
1984 Rosenheim / Garmisch-Partenkirchen / Füssen / Bad Tölz / Bavaria 4th
1985 Anglet 5th
1986 Düsseldorf / Ratingen / Krefeld / North Rhine-Westphalia
1987 Tampere / Kouvola / Hämeenlinna 4th
1988 Frýdek-Místek / Vsetín / Olomouc / Přerov, Czech SR
1989 Kiev, Ukrainian SSR
1990 Örnsköldsvik / Sollefteå 4th
1991 Spišská Nová Ves / Prešov, Slovak SR
1992 Lillehammer / Hamar 4th
1993 Nowy Targ / Oswiecim 4th
1994 Jyväskylä 4th
1995 Berlin
1996 Ufa
1997 Znojmo / Třebíč
1998 Malung / Mora

IIHF World U18 Championships

Finland U18 against Czech Republic U18 in 2011
Tournament Rank
1999 Füssen / Kaufbeuren
2000 Kloten / Weinfelden
2001 Heinola / Helsinki / Lahti
2002 Piešťany / Trnava 4th
2003 Yaroslavl 7th
2004 Minsk 7th
2005 České Budějovice / Plzeň 7th
2006 Ängelholm / Halmstad
2007 Tampere / Rauma 7th
2008 Kazan 6th
2009 Fargo
2010 Minsk / Babruysk
2011 Crimmitschau / Dresden 5th
2012 Brno / Znojmo / Břeclav 4th
2013 Sochi
2014 Lappeenranta / Imatra 6th
2015 Zug / Lucerne
2016 Grand Forks
2017 Poprad / Spišská Nová Ves
2018 Chelyabinsk / Magnitogorsk
2019 Örnsköldsvik / Umeå 7th
2020 Plymouth / Ann Arbor Cancelled
2021 Frisco / Plano 4th
2022 Landshut / Kaufbeuren
2023 Basel / Porrentruy 5th
2024 Espoo / Vantaa 5th
2025 Frisco / Allen

References

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