Men's U-20 international ice hockey tournament
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]
Until 2001 the tournament was known as the B-series.
Results
| 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
|
| 2025
|
Denmark
|
|
Hungary
|
|
Pool B
Champions (1979–2000)
References
