List of IIHF World Junior Championship Directorate award winners

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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 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia Viacheslav Fetisov File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Dale McCourt File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada [1]
1978 Alexander Tyznych File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Viacheslav Fetisov File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Wayne Gretzky File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada [2]
1979 Pelle Lindbergh File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Alexei Kasatonov File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Vladimir Krutov File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union [3]
1980 Jari Paavola File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland Reijo Ruotsalainen File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland Vladimir Krutov File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union [4]
1981 Lars Eriksson File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Miloslav Horava File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia Patrik Sundström File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden [5]
1982 Mike Moffat File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Gord Kluzak File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Petri Skriko File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland [6]
1983 Dominik Hašek File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia Ilya Byakin File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Tomas Sandström File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden [7]
1984 Alan Perry File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Alexei Gusarov File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Raimo Helminen File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland [8]
1985 Craig Billington File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Vesa Salo File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland Michal Pivonka File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia [9]
1986 Evgeny Belosheikin File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Mikhail Tatarinov File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Jim Sandlak File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada [10]
1987 Markus Ketterer File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland Calle Johansson File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Robert Kron File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia [11]
1988 Jimmy Waite File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Teppo Numminen File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland Alexander Mogilny File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union [12]
1989 Alexei Ivashkin File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Ricard Persson File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Pavel Bure File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union [13]
1990 Stéphane Fiset File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Alexander Godynyuk File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Robert Reichel File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia [14]
1991 Pauli Jaks File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland Jiří Šlégr File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia Eric Lindros File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada [15]
1992 Mike Dunham File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Darius Kasparaitis File:Flag of the CIS.svg CIS Michael Nylander File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden [16]
1993 Manny Legacé File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Janne Grönvall File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland Peter Forsberg File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden [17]
1994 Jamie Storr File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Kenny Jönsson File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Niklas Sundström File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden [18]
1995 Yevgeni Tarasov File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Bryan McCabe File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Marty Murray File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada [19]
1996 José Théodore File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Mattias Öhlund File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Jarome Iginla File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada [20]
1997 Marc Denis File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Joe Corvo File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Alexei Morozov File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia [21]
1998 David Aebischer File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland Pavel Skrbek File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic Olli Jokinen File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland [22]
1999 Roberto Luongo File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Vitali Vishnevsky File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Maxim Afinogenov File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia [23]
2000 Rick DiPietro File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Alex Riazantsev File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Milan Kraft File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic [23]
2001 Tomáš Duba File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic Rostislav Klesla File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic Pavel Brendl File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic [23]
2002 Kari Lehtonen File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland Igor Knyazev File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Mike Cammalleri File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada [23]
2003 Marc-André Fleury File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Joni Pitkänen File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland Igor Grigorenko File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia [23]
2004 Al Montoya File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Sami Lepistö File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland Zach Parise File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States [23]
2005 Marek Schwarz File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic Dion Phaneuf File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Alexander Ovechkin File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia [23]
2006 Tuukka Rask File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland Marc Staal File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Evgeni Malkin File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia [23]
2007 Carey Price File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Erik Johnson File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Alexei Cherepanov File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia [23]
2008 Steve Mason File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Drew Doughty File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Viktor Tikhonov File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia [24]
2009 Jacob Markström File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Erik Karlsson File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden John Tavares File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada [25]
2010 Benjamin Conz File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland Alex Pietrangelo File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Jordan Eberle File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
2011 Jack Campbell File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Ryan Ellis File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Brayden Schenn File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada [26]
2012 Petr Mrázek File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic Brandon Gormley File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Yevgeni Kuznetsov File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia [27]
2013 John Gibson File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Jacob Trouba File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Ryan Nugent-Hopkins File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
2014 Oscar Dansk File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Rasmus Ristolainen File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland Filip Forsberg File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden [28]
2015 Denis Godla File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia Vladislav Gavrikov File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Max Domi File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada [29]
2016 Linus Söderström File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Zach Werenski File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Jesse Puljujärvi File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland [30]
2017 Felix Sandström File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Thomas Chabot File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Kirill Kaprizov File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
2018 Filip Gustavsson File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Rasmus Dahlin File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Casey Mittelstadt File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States
2019 Pyotr Kochetkov File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Alexander Romanov File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Ryan Poehling File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States
2020 Joel Hofer File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Rasmus Sandin File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Alexis Lafrenière File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
2021 Devon Levi File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Topi Niemelä File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland Tim Stützle File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
2022 Jesper Wallstedt File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Kasper Puutio File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland Mason McTavish File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada IIHF
2023 Adam Gajan File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia David Jiříček File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic Connor Bedard File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada [31]
2024 Hugo Hävelid File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Axel Sandin Pellikka File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Cutter Gauthier File:Flag of the United States (23px).png 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. 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 23.5 23.6 23.7 23.8 "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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