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The IIHF World Junior Championship is an annual event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation for national under-20 ice hockey teams from around the world. The 'Top Division' features the top ten ranked hockey nations in the world. After each tournament, the Directorate of the IIHF selects the Best Goaltender, Best Defenceman, and Best Forward of the tournament. Winners of these awards, along with the countries they represent are shown below from the first official tournament (1977) until present.

Year Best Goaltender Best Defenceman Best Forward Note
1977 Jan Hrabák   Czechoslovakia Viacheslav Fetisov   Soviet Union Dale McCourt   Canada [1]
1978 Alexander Tyznych   Soviet Union Viacheslav Fetisov   Soviet Union Wayne Gretzky   Canada [2]
1979 Pelle Lindbergh   Sweden Alexei Kasatonov   Soviet Union Vladimir Krutov   Soviet Union [3]
1980 Jari Paavola   Finland Reijo Ruotsalainen   Finland Vladimir Krutov   Soviet Union [4]
1981 Lars Eriksson   Sweden Miloslav Horava   Czechoslovakia Patrik Sundström   Sweden [5]
1982 Mike Moffat   Canada Gord Kluzak   Canada Petri Skriko   Finland [6]
1983 Dominik Hašek   Czechoslovakia Ilya Byakin   Soviet Union Tomas Sandström   Sweden [7]
1984 Alan Perry   United States Alexei Gusarov   Soviet Union Raimo Helminen   Finland [8]
1985 Craig Billington   Canada Vesa Salo   Finland Michal Pivonka   Czechoslovakia [9]
1986 Evgeny Belosheikin   Soviet Union Mikhail Tatarinov   Soviet Union Jim Sandlak   Canada [10]
1987 Markus Ketterer   Finland Calle Johansson   Sweden Robert Kron   Czechoslovakia [11]
1988 Jimmy Waite   Canada Teppo Numminen   Finland Alexander Mogilny   Soviet Union [12]
1989 Alexei Ivashkin   Soviet Union Ricard Persson   Sweden Pavel Bure   Soviet Union [13]
1990 Stéphane Fiset   Canada Alexander Godynyuk   Soviet Union Robert Reichel   Czechoslovakia [14]
1991 Pauli Jaks   Switzerland Jiří Šlégr   Czechoslovakia Eric Lindros   Canada [15]
1992 Mike Dunham   United States Darius Kasparaitis   CIS Michael Nylander   Sweden [16]
1993 Manny Legacé   Canada Janne Grönvall   Finland Peter Forsberg   Sweden [17]
1994 Jamie Storr   Canada Kenny Jönsson   Sweden Niklas Sundström   Sweden [18]
1995 Yevgeni Tarasov   Russia Bryan McCabe   Canada Marty Murray   Canada [19]
1996 José Théodore   Canada Mattias Öhlund   Sweden Jarome Iginla   Canada [20]
1997 Marc Denis   Canada Joe Corvo   United States Alexei Morozov   Russia [21]
1998 David Aebischer   Switzerland Pavel Skrbek   Czech Republic Olli Jokinen   Finland [22]
1999 Roberto Luongo   Canada Vitali Vishnevsky   Russia Maxim Afinogenov   Russia [23]
2000 Rick DiPietro   United States Alex Riazantsev   Russia Milan Kraft   Czech Republic [23]
2001 Tomáš Duba   Czech Republic Rostislav Klesla   Czech Republic Pavel Brendl   Czech Republic [23]
2002 Kari Lehtonen   Finland Igor Knyazev   Russia Mike Cammalleri   Canada [23]
2003 Marc-André Fleury   Canada Joni Pitkänen   Finland Igor Grigorenko   Russia [23]
2004 Al Montoya   United States Sami Lepistö   Finland Zach Parise   United States [23]
2005 Marek Schwarz   Czech Republic Dion Phaneuf   Canada Alexander Ovechkin   Russia [23]
2006 Tuukka Rask   Finland Marc Staal   Canada Evgeni Malkin   Russia [23]
2007 Carey Price   Canada Erik Johnson   United States Alexei Cherepanov   Russia [23]
2008 Steve Mason   Canada Drew Doughty   Canada Viktor Tikhonov   Russia [24]
2009 Jacob Markström   Sweden Erik Karlsson   Sweden John Tavares   Canada [25]
2010 Benjamin Conz   Switzerland Alex Pietrangelo   Canada Jordan Eberle   Canada
2011 Jack Campbell   United States Ryan Ellis   Canada Brayden Schenn   Canada [26]
2012 Petr Mrázek   Czech Republic Brandon Gormley   Canada Yevgeni Kuznetsov   Russia [27]
2013 John Gibson   United States Jacob Trouba   United States Ryan Nugent-Hopkins   Canada
2014 Oscar Dansk   Sweden Rasmus Ristolainen   Finland Filip Forsberg   Sweden [28]
2015 Denis Godla   Slovakia Vladislav Gavrikov   Russia Max Domi   Canada [29]
2016 Linus Söderström   Sweden Zach Werenski   United States Jesse Puljujärvi   Finland [30]
2017 Felix Sandström   Sweden Thomas Chabot   Canada Kirill Kaprizov   Russia
2018 Filip Gustavsson   Sweden Rasmus Dahlin   Sweden Casey Mittelstadt   United States
2019 Pyotr Kochetkov   Russia Alexander Romanov   Russia Ryan Poehling   United States
2020 Joel Hofer   Canada Rasmus Sandin   Sweden Alexis Lafrenière   Canada
2021 Devon Levi   Canada Topi Niemelä   Finland Tim Stützle   Germany
2022 Jesper Wallstedt   Sweden Kasper Puutio   Finland Mason McTavish   Canada IIHF
2023 Adam Gajan   Slovakia David Jiříček   Czech Republic Connor Bedard   Canada [31]
2024 Hugo Hävelid   Sweden Axel Sandin Pellikka   Sweden Cutter Gauthier   United States [32]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Podnieks, p. 20.
  2. ^ Podnieks, p. 35.
  3. ^ Podnieks, p. 51.
  4. ^ Podnieks, p. 63.
  5. ^ Podnieks, p. 76.
  6. ^ Podnieks, p. 90.
  7. ^ Podnieks, p. 106.
  8. ^ Podnieks, p. 121.
  9. ^ Podnieks, p. 135.
  10. ^ Podnieks, p. 150.
  11. ^ Podnieks, p. 165.
  12. ^ Podnieks, p. 180.
  13. ^ Podnieks, p. 194.
  14. ^ Podnieks, p. 207.
  15. ^ Podnieks, p. 222.
  16. ^ Podnieks, p. 238.
  17. ^ Podnieks, p. 253.
  18. ^ Podnieks, p. 269.
  19. ^ Podnieks, p. 282.
  20. ^ Podnieks, p. 297.
  21. ^ Podnieks, p. 312.
  22. ^ Podnieks, p. 328.
  23. ^ a b c d e f g h i "IIHF Directorate Awards". Hockey Canada. 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-04.
  24. ^ "Canada's Mason sweeps awards". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2008-01-05. Archived from the original on 2011-05-26. Retrieved 2008-07-04.
  25. ^ "Tavares named MVP". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2009-01-06.
  26. ^ "Brayden Schenn sweeps honours". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2011-01-05. Archived from the original on 2012-10-18. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
  27. ^ "Kuznetsov named U20 MVP". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2012-01-05. Archived from the original on 2012-01-11. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
  28. ^ "Forsberg named MVP". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2014-01-05.
  29. ^ "World juniors 2015 live: Canada wins gold at world juniors after beating Russia". National Post. 2015-01-05.
  30. ^ "Puljujarvi MVP, Best Forward". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-01-05. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
  31. ^ "Best Players Selected by the Directorate". International Ice Hockey Federation. January 5, 2023. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
  32. ^ "Lekkerimaki named MVP". International Ice Hockey Federation. January 5, 2024. Retrieved January 5, 2024.

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