Japanese national U20 ice hockey team
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| Association | Nihon Aisuhokkē Renmei |
| Trainer | Teruhiko Okita |
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Hiroshi Shiratori Yuya Yamada |
| Most games | Hiroshi Satō (17) |
| Most of the points | Shunsuke Shigeno (22) |
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First international match Norway 4-2 Japan Heerenveen , Netherlands ; March 16, 1982 |
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Biggest win Japan 26-0 Republic of China Seoul , South Korea ; May 28, 2012 |
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Biggest defeat Sweden 20: 1 Japan Gävle , Sweden ; December 26, 1992 |
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| Participation | since 1982 |
| best result | 8th place ( 1993 ) |
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The Japanese U20 national ice hockey team represents the Japanese ice hockey association in the U20 junior performance level in international competitions. She plays mostly lower class. Only in 1993 was she able to take part in the A World Championship, which was then the highest performance class in the junior division.
history
The Swedish U20 national ice hockey team was founded in 1982 and took part in the B World Championship in the same year , where it immediately took third place behind Norway and Austria . Up to and including 1998, the U20 national team covered the entire junior area at the World Championships, while the U18 national team took part in the U18 junior championships of Asia and Oceania . Since the introduction of the U18 World Championships in 1999 , the U20 national team of Japan has only represented the age group of the U20 juniors at world championships.
The Japanese U20 national team belongs to the midfield in terms of performance. She plays mostly second class (formerly B-World Championship, today Division I). Only in 1993 was she able to take part in the A World Championship, the highest performance class in the junior division at the time, but after seven mostly double-digit defeats, she had to accept immediate relegation to the B group. This tournament also resulted in the biggest defeat of the East Asians, when they lost 1:20 to the hosts and vice world champions Sweden . In 1998 the Japanese offspring descended into the third class C group for the first time. Only after the conversion to the current division system in 2002 succeeded in returning to the second performance level, which was now called Division I, by winning Division II. In 2005, 2007–2009, 2013 and 2017–2018, the Japanese played in the third-rate Division II.
In addition to world championships, the Japanese junior selection also competes in the U20 tournaments of the IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia . The tournament won in 2013, while in 2012 a selection of the Russian junior league MHL had to go first. At the 2012 tournament, the Japanese also scored the highest victory in their history by beating the Republic of China 26-0. In 2014, the team finished third behind the MHL selection and Kazakhstan .
World Cup placements
- 1982 - B-WM, 3rd place
- 1983 - B-WM, 2nd place
- 1984 - B-WM, 3rd place
- 1985 - B-WM, 3rd place
- 1986 - B-WM, 5th place
- 1987 - B-WM, 3rd place
- 1988 - B-WM, 4th place
- 1989 - B-WM, 4th place
- 1990 - B-WM, 3rd place
- 1991 - B-WM, 4th place
- 1992 - B-WM, 1st place
- 1993 - 8th place
- 1994 - B-WM, 7th place
- 1995 - B-WM, 7th place
- 1996 - B-WM, 6th place
- 1997 - B-WM, 6th place
- 1998 - B-WM, 8th place
- 1999 - C-WM, 2nd place
- 2000 - C-WM, 5th place
- 2001 - Div. II, 2nd place
- 2002 - Div. II, 1st place
- 2003 - Div. I, 2nd place
- 2004 - Div. I, 6th place
- 2005 - Div. II, 1st place
- 2006 - Div. I, 6th place
- 2007 - Div. II, 3rd place
- 2008 - Div. II, 2nd place
- 2009 - Div. II, 1st place
- 2010 - Div. I, 5th place
- 2011 - Div. I, 5th place
- 2012 - Div. IB, 6th place
- 2013 - Div. IIA, 1st place
- 2014 - Div. IB, 6th place
- 2015 - Div. IB, 5th place
- 2016 - no participation
- 2017 - Div. IIA, 2nd place
- 2018 - Div. IIA, 1st place
- 2019 - Div. IB, 6th place
- 2020 - Div. IIA, 1st place
* = Despite the last place, the Japanese team did not have to relegate from Division I in 2014, as the British team was subsequently disqualified for playing a player who was not eligible to play.
Challenge Cup placements
- 2012 - 2nd place
- 2013 - 1st place
- 2014 - 3rd place
Web links
- Overview of international matches for the U20 national team of Japan (PDF file; 1.34 MB) on nationalteamsoficehockey.com