Swedish U20 national ice hockey team
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| Association | Swedish Ice Hockey Federation |
| Trainer | Tomas Montén |
| Assistant coach | Anders Johansson , Henrik Stridh |
| Most games | different (21 each) |
| Most of the points | Peter Forsberg (42) |
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First international match Czechoslovakia 6: 4 Sweden Leningrad , Soviet Union ; December 27, 1973 |
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Biggest win Sweden 20: 1 Japan Sweden , Gävle ; December 26, 1992 |
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Biggest defeat Canada 10: 2 Sweden Winnipeg , Canada ; December 30, 1974 |
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| Participation | since 1974 |
| best result | 2 × world champions |
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The Swedish U20 national ice hockey team represents the Swedish ice hockey federation in the U20 junior level in international competitions. She was world champion in her age group in 1981 and 2012 .
history
The Swedish U20 national ice hockey team was founded in 1974 on the occasion of the first unofficial hosting of a junior world championship . Up to and including 1998, the U20 national team covered the entire junior area at the World Championships, while the U19 national team took part in the Junior European Championships. Since the introduction of the U18 World Championships in 1999 , the Swedish U20 national team has only represented the U20 junior level at world championships.
The Swedish U20 national team is one of the strongest in the world and is fifth in the all-time medal table following the 2018 U20 World Cup with two world championship titles, eleven silver and five bronze medals. After the first bronze medal was won at the second (still unofficial) world championship in 1975 , the Swedes won silver for the first time in 1978 behind the Soviet Union . Another three years later, the Tre Kronors , in which the later NHL players Jan Erixon , Patrik Sundström , Peter Sundström and Michael Thelvén were on the ice, won the title at the Junior World Championship in 1981 for the first time. It was only more than 30 years later that the Swedish offspring could repeat this success at the U20 World Cup in 2012 .
World Cup placements
Squad of the world championship teams
World Champion 1981 
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Peter Andersson , Peter Åslin , Anders Björklund , Lars Eriksson , Jan Erixon , Michael Granstedt , Roger Hägglund , Jan Ingman , Anders Johnson , Peter Madach , Dan Niklasson , Peter Nilsson , Håkan Nordin , Jens Öhling , Martin Pettersson , Ove Pettersson , Patrik Sundström , Peter Sundström , Michael Thelvén Trainer: |
World Champion 2012
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Mattias Bäckman , Jeremy Boyce-Rotevall , Jonas Brodin , Fredrik Claesson , Sebastian Collberg , Anton Forsberg , Filip Forsberg , Max Friberg , Petter Granberg , Johan Gustafsson , William Karlsson , Oscar Klefbom , John Klingberg , Johan Larsson , Johan Mattsson , Patrik Nemeth , Joakim Nordström , Rickard Rakell , Victor Rask , Ludvig Rensfeldt , Johan Sundström , Erik Thorell , Mika Zibanejad Trainer: Roger Rönnberg |
Web links
- Overview of international matches for Sweden's U20 national team (PDF file; 1.34 MB) at nationalteamsoficehockey.com