The Switzerland men's national under 20 ice hockey team is the national under-20

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team of

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. The team is controlled by the

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, a member of the

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History

Switzerland played its first game in 1977 against the

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during the 1978 IIHF World U20 Championship. Switzerland lost the game 1–18 and finished last in the tournament and were relegated to the Pool B tournament for the following year. After winning the 1979 Pool B tournament of the 1979 IIHF World U20 Championship they were promoted back to the top Pool A championship. During the 1980 IIHF World U20 Championship Switzerland suffered their worst defeat in international participation after being beaten by

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1–19. Switzerland went on to finish last in the tournament and were relegated back to Pool B for the following year. Switzerland continued to move between the top division and the Pool B tournament. During the Pool B tournament of the 1985 IIHF World U20 Championship Switzerland achieved their largest win in international participation when they defeated

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20–7. In 1998 Switzerland won their first medal at the World U20 Championships after finishing in third at the 1998 IIHF World U20 Championship by defeating the

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in the bronze medal game. In 2008 Switzerland finished ninth and were relegated to Division I for the following year. This was the first time in a lower division since competing in the 1995 Pool B tournament. They returned to the top division for 2010 after winning their 2009 Division I Group A tournament. At the 2012 IIHF World U20 Championship being held in

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, Canada, Switzerland finished in eight place. Peter Jaks currently holds the team record for most points with 19.

International competitions

1978 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 1978 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (''1978 WJHC'') was the second edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held from December 22, 1977, until January 3, 1978. The tournament was held in Canada, mainly in Montreal and ...

. Finish: 8th *

1979 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 1979 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (''1979 WJHC'') was the third edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held from 27 December 1978 until 3 January 1979. The tournament was held in Karlstad and Karlskoga, Sweden. ...

. Finish: 1st in Pool B (9th overall) *

1980 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 1980 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (''1980 WJHC'') was the fourth edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held from December 27, 1979, until January 2, 1980. The tournament was held in Helsinki, Finland. The Soviet ...

. Finish: 8th *

1981 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 1981 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (''1981 WJHC'') was the fifth edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held from December 27, 1980, until January 2, 1981. The tournament was held in Füssen, West Germany. Sweden ...

. Finish: 1st in Pool B (9th overall) *

1982 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 1982 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (''1982 WJHC'') was the sixth edition Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held from December 22, 1981, until January 2, 1982. The tournament was hosted by the United States in various cities ...

. Finish: 8th *

1983 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 1983 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (''1983 WJHC'') was the seventh edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held in Leningrad, Soviet Union between December 26, 1982, and January 4, 1983. The host Soviet team won ...

. Finish: 1st in Pool B (9th overall) *

1984 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 1984 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (''1984 WJHC'') was the eighth edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. It was held from December 25, 1983, to January 3, 1984, in Norrköping and Nyköping, Sweden. The Soviet Union won ...

. Finish: 8th *

1985 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 1985 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (''1985 WJHC'') was the ninth edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held mainly in Turku and Helsinki, Finland. Canada won the gold medal, its second championship, Czechoslov ...

. Finish: 1st in Pool B (9th overall) *

1986 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 1986 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (''1986 WJHC'') was the tenth edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held from December 26, 1985, until January 4, 1986. It was held mainly in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The S ...

. Finish: 7th *

1987 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 1987 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (''1987 WJHC'') was the 11th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held in Piešťany, Trenčín, Nitra, and Topoľčany, Czechoslovakia. Finland captured its first World J ...

. Finish: 6th *

1988 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 1988 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 12th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held in Moscow, Soviet Union. Canada and the Soviet Union won the gold and silver medals respectively as the two nations rede ...

. Finish: 3rd in Pool B (11th overall) *

1989 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 1989 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (''1989 WJHC'') was the 13th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held in Anchorage, Alaska, United States at the Sullivan Arena. The Soviet Union won the gold medal, its e ...

. Finish: 2nd in Pool B (10th overall) * 1990 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. Finish: 1st in Pool B (9th overall) *

1991 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 1991 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (''1991 WJHC'') was the 15th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held in various communities in Saskatchewan, Canada. Canada won its second consecutive gold medal, and fifth o ...

. Finish: 7th * 1992 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. Finish: 8th * 1993 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. Finish: 1st in Pool B (9th overall) * 1994 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. Finish: 8th *

1995 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 1995 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (''1995 WJHC'') was the 19th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was hosted in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada with games held throughout central Alberta. The host Canadians won their ...

. Finish: 1st in Pool B (9th overall) *

1996 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 1996 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (''1996 WJHC'') was the 20th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, hosted in Massachusetts, United States. The tournament was won by Canada—defeating Sweden 4–1 in the gold-medal ...

. Finish: 9th * 1997 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. Finish: 7th * 1998 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. Finish: 3rd * 1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. Finish: 9th * 2000 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. Finish: 6th * 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. Finish: 6th * 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. Finish: 4th * 2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. Finish: 7th *

2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (''2004 WJHC'') was held between December 26, 2003, and January 5, 2004, in Helsinki and Hämeenlinna, Finland. The United States won their first ever gold medal, defeating Canada 4–3 in the final. ...

. Finish: 8th *

2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (''2005 WJC'') was held between December 25, 2004, and January 4, 2005, at the Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and at the Ralph Engelstad Arena (Minnesota), Ralph Engelstad Arena ...

. Finish: 8th *

2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (''2006 WJHC'') were held in Vancouver, Kelowna and Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. The championships began on December 26, 2005, and finished on January 5, 2006. Games were played at GM Place and ...

. Finish: 7th *

2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (''2007 WJHC'') was the 2007 edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held in Mora and Leksand, Sweden between December 26, 2006 and January 5, 2007. The venues were FM Mattsson ...

. Finish: 7th *

2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 2008 IIHF World U20 Championship, commonly referred to as the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2008 WJHC), was the 32nd edition of the IIHF World U20 Championship, Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. The tournamement was held in ...

. Finish: 9th *

2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (''2009 WJHC''), was the 33rd edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was played in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, between December 26, 2008, and January 5, 2009. Games were held at the O ...

. Finish: 1st in Division I Group A (11th overall) *

2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 2010 World Junior Hockey Championships (''2010 WJHC''), was the 34th edition of IIHF World Junior Championship, Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. The tournament was hosted by Saskatoon and Regina, Saskatchewan, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canad ...

. Finish: 4th *

2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 2011 IIHF World U20 Championship, commonly referred to as the 2011 World Junior Hockey Championships (''2011 WJHC''), was the 35th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was hosted by the United States. The games were play ...

. Finish: 5th * 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. Finish: 8th *

2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 2013 IIHF World U20 Championship (commonly known as the 2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships) was the 37th edition of the IIHF World U20 Championship, Ice Hockey World Junior Championship (WJC). It was hosted in Ufa, Russia. It began o ...

. Finish: 6th * 2014 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. Finish: 7th * 2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. Finish: 9th *

2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship was the 40th Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. It was hosted in Helsinki, Finland. It began on December 26, 2015, and ended with the gold medal game on January 5, 2016. This marked the sixth time ...

. Finish: 9th *

2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 41st edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship (WJC or WM20). The main tournament was co-hosted by the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec and Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario. ...

. Finish: 7th *

2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship was the 42nd edition of the IIHF World U20 Championship, Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, and was hosted by the city of Buffalo, New York at KeyBank Center and HarborCenter. It opened on Decembe ...

. Finish: 8th * 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. Finish: 4th *

2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (''2020 WJHC'') was the 44th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, held from 26 December 2019 to 5 January 2020. Canada defeated Russia 4–3 to win the gold medal and their 18th wor ...

. Finish: 5th *

2021 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 2021 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (''2021 WJHC'') was the 45th edition of the IIHF World Junior Championship, Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, held from 25 December 2020 to 5 January 2021. This marked the 16th time that Canada ...

. Finish: 9th * 2022 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. Finish: 8th * 2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. Finish: 7th * 2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. Finish: 7th *

2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (''2025 WJHC'') was the 49th edition of the IIHF World Junior Championship, Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, held from December 26, 2024 to January 5, 2025. The United States men's national jun ...

. Finish: 8th * 2026 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. Finish:

References

External links

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History

International competitions

See also

References

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