The Slovakia men's national under-18 ice hockey team is the men's national under-18 ice hockey team of Slovakia. The team is controlled by the Slovak Ice Hockey Federation, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. The team represents Slovakia at the IIHF World U18 Championships. The team also competes in The Slovak 1. Liga, the second tier of Slovak hockey pyramid, as a preparation for the World U18 Championship.
International competitions
IIHF European U18 Championships
Lower divisions DivisionTournamentGPWTLGFGAFinishRankC 1993 Riga 6 4 0 1 54 6 Final Round 2ndC 1994 Bled 5 5 0 0 111 14 Winner, Promoted 1stB 1995 Senica / Skalica 5 5 0 0 583 Winner, Promoted 1st
Top division TournamentGPWTLGFGAFinishRank 1996 Ufa 5 1 0 4 17 24 Placing Round 7th 1997 Znojmo / Třebíč 6 1 0 5 14 28 Final Round 6th 1998 Mora / Malung 6 1 0 5 15 21 Final Round 6th
IIHF World U18 Championships
Top division
TournamentGPWOWTOLLGFGAFinishRank 1999 Füssen / Kaufbeuren 8 5 – 0 – 2 26 17 Final Group 2000 Kloten / Weinfelden 6 2 1 2 0 1 16 16 5th Place Game 5th 2001 Heinola / Helsinki / Lahti 6 1 – 4 – 1 19 24 Relegation Group 8th 2002 Piešťany / Trnava 8 3 – 0 – 5 18 25 Relegation Group 8th 2003 Yaroslavl 7 5 0 0 0 2 22 14 Final 2004 Minsk 6 1 0 3 0 2 18 15 5th Place Game 6th 2005 České Budějovice / Plzeň 5 2 0 0 03 9 14 Quarterfinals 6th 2006 Ängelholm / Halmstad 6 1 –0–4 13 19 Relegation Group 7th 2007 Tampere / Rauma 6 3 0 – 1 2 15 18 5th Place Game 5h 2008 Kazan 6 2 0 – 1 2 22 22 Relegation Group 7th 2009 Fargo 6 2 0 – 1 3 15 35 Relegation Group 7th 2010 Minsk / Babruysk 6 2 0 – 0 4 17 20 Relegation Group 8th 2011 Crimmitschau / Dresden 6 1 0 – 0 5 14 29 Relegated 10th 2012 Brno, Znojmo and Břeclav Playing in lower division 2013 Sochi 6 2 0 – 0 4 15 23 Relegation Round 9th 2014 Lappeenranta / Imatra 5 1 0 – 1 3 11 18 Quarterfinals 8th 2015 Zug / Lucerne 5 1 1 – 0 3 9 21 Quarterfinals 7th 2016 Grand Forks 5 2 0 – 0 3 14 21 Quarterfinals 5th 2017 Poprad / Spišská Nová Ves 5 2 0 – 2 1 15 13 Quarterfinals 6th 2018 Chelyabinsk / Magnitogorsk 5 2 0 – 1 2 20 20 Quarterfinals 7th 2019 Örnsköldsvik / Umeå 7 1 0 – 0 6 17 38 Relegated 10th 2020 Plymouth / Ann Arbor Playing in lower division 2021 Frisco / Plano Playing in lower division 2022 Landshut / Kaufbeuren Playing in lower division 2023 Basel / Porrentruy 7 2 1 – 1 3 22 28 Bronze medal game 4th 2024 Espoo / Vantaa 7 2 – – – 5 19 32 Bronze medal game 4th 2025 Frisco / Allen 7 3 1 – 1 2 20 23 Bronze medal game 4th 2026 Trenčín / Bratislava 7 5 0 – 1 1 27 14 Final
Lower divisions DivisionTournamentGPWOWTOLLGFGAFinishRankIA 2012 Piešťany 5 5 0 – 0 0 30 6 Winner, Promoted 1stIA 2020 Spišská Nová Ves Cancelled by the IIHF due to COVID-19 pandemic IA 2021 Spišská Nová Ves Cancelled by the IIHF due to COVID-19 pandemic IA 2022 Piešťany 5 5 0 – 0 0 27 11 Winner, Promoted 1st
Hlinka Gretzky Cup
1997: Bronze 1998: Bronze 1999: 4th place 2000: 4th place 2001: 5th place 2002: 7th place 2003: 5th place 2004: 6th place 2005: 6th place 2006: 7th place 2007: 8th place 2008: 6th place 2009: 6th place 2010: 8th place
2011: 8th place 2012: 8th place 2013: 8th place 2014: 8th place 2015: 8th place 2016: 7th place 2017: 8th place 2018: 6th place 2019: 7th place 2021: Silver 2022: 6th place 2023: 8th place 2024: 5th place
1.Liga Since the 2013-14 season, Slovakia national under-18 ice hockey team competes in 1.Liga, the second tier of Slovak hockey pyramid, in order to prepare for the IIHF World U18 Championship. Throughout the season, the team plays 44 matches as all other teams, but without a possibility of relegation or promotion. The team plays under the name SR 18 and plays its home matches at a stadium in Trnava.
Source: YearGPWOWOLLGFGAPtsFinish2013–14 44 9 2 3 30 98 164 34 11th
External links Team Slovakia all time scoring leaders in IIHF U18 World Championships Slovakia at IIHF.com Official Website
References