List of IIHF World Under-20 Championship medalists
- List of IIHF World Under-20 Championship medalists
The IIHF World Under-20 Championships (colloquially known as the World Junior Hockey Championship) is an annual event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation for national under-20 ice hockey teams from around the world. It is traditionally held from late December to the beginning of January. The main tournament features the top ten ranked hockey nations in the world, comprising the "Top Division", from which a world champion is crowned. There are also three lower pools—divisions I, II and III—that each play separate tournaments playing for the right to be promoted to a higher pool, or face relegation to a lower pool. []
*Canada will host the tournament every 3 or 4 years. In 1990 Canada decided to switch years with Finland.;General
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* [http://www.iihf.com/ International Ice Hockey Federation]
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