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| Largest loss    = {{ihj|RUS}} 12 - 1 {{ihj-rt|BLR}} <br> ([[Podolsk]], [[Russia]]; December 27, 2000)
| Largest loss    = {{ihj|RUS}} 12 - 1 {{ihj-rt|BLR}} <br> ([[Podolsk]], [[Russia]]; December 27, 2000)
| World champ2 name  = [[IIHF World U20 Championship]]
| World champ2 name  = [[IIHF World U20 Championship]]
| World champ2 apps  = 24
| World champ2 apps  = 28
| World champ2 first = [[1993 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1993]]
| World champ2 first = [[1993 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1993]]
| World champ2 best  = 9th (''[[2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2001]], [[2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2002]]'')
| World champ2 best  = 9th (''[[2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2001]], [[2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2002]]'')
| Record          = 50–47–6
| Record          =  
}}
}}


The '''Belarusian men's national under 20 ice hockey team''' is the national under-20 [[ice hockey]] team in [[Belarus]]. The team represents Belarus at the [[International Ice Hockey Federation]]'s [[IIHF World U20 Championship|World Junior Hockey Championship Division I]].
The '''Belarusian men's national under 20 ice hockey team''' is the national under-20 [[ice hockey]] team in [[Belarus]]. The team represents Belarus at the [[International Ice Hockey Federation]]'s [[IIHF World U20 Championship|World Junior Hockey Championship Division I]]. Prior to independence in 1991, Belarusian players played for the Soviet Union, which played in the World Juniors from its inception in 1974. Belarus has played in the top division eight times, first in 1999 and most recently in 2018, with their best finish being ninth overall in both 2001 and 2002.
 
Due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Ice Hockey Federation banned all Belarusian national and club teams from its events indefinitely, and Hockey Canada banned Belarus's “participation in events held in Canada that do not fall under the IIHF’s jurisdiction.”


Belarus became an independent nation in 1991, and the team made their first appearance at the top level World Junior Hockey Championships in 1998, when Belarus won Pool B (now Division I). The U20 team attracted plenty of NHL scouts at the [[1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]] in Winnipeg, but the Belarusians never won a game and tied Kazakhstan in round-robin play. Belarus finished 10th and were relegated to Pool B for 2000, which was staged in [[Minsk, Belarus]]. The team easily returned to the top level by defeating Germany in the final. Belarus had little trouble adjusting to the 2001 World Junior Championships in Moscow, Russia since players played all over Russia and the former Soviet states [[Latvia]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Ukraine]] and [[Belarus]]. Vitali Aristau was 15 years old when he was part of the team in 1999, was still not good enough to be the starting goaltender for the 2001 squad. The team had two more returnees from the 1999 squad - Konstantin Koltsov and Andrei Maroz. The Belarusians avoided relegation by winning and tying a game against the Kazakhs. Belarus would compete in the next 2002 and 2003 World Junior Championships, until finally being relegated along with Germany under the new IIHF format. Belarus would return to the top division in 2005, where they would upset the hosts USA 5-2 in round-robin play, but were relegated again with Germany. Belarus made their last World Junior Championships appearance at the top level in 2007, and have struggled since to be promoted. Belarus won the 2015 Division I A tournament, finishing with a record of 4-1. This means they will play in the top division in 2016.
==History==
==History==
*[[1993 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]]. 3rd in Group C qualifying Pool B (not ranked).
Belarus became an independent nation in 1991, and the team made their first appearance at the World Junior Hockey Championships in 1998, when Belarus won Pool B (now Division I). The U20 team played at the [[1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]] in Winnipeg, but the Belarusians never won a game. Belarus finished 10th and were relegated to Pool B for 2000. The team returned to the top level by defeating Germany in the final. The Belarusians avoided relegation by winning and tying a game against the Kazakhs.
*[[1994 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]]. 26th.
*[[1995 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]]. 20th
*[[1996 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]]. 22nd
*[[1997 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]]. 19th
*[[1998 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]]. 11th
*[[1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]]. 10th
*[[2000 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]]. 11th
*[[2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]]. 9th
*[[2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]]. 9th
*[[2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]]. 10th
*[[2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]]. 11th
*[[2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]]. 10th
*[[2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]]. 12th
*[[2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]]. 10th
*[[2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]]. 13th
*[[2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]]. 13th
*[[2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]]. 14th
*[[2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]]. 13th
*[[2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]]. 12th
*[[2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]]. 12th
*[[2014 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]]. 13th
*[[2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]]. 11th
*[[2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]]. 10th
 
==U18 Team==
The '''Belarus men's national under-18 ice hockey team''' is the men's national under-18 [[ice hockey]] team of [[Belarus]]. The team is controlled by the [[Belarus Ice Hockey Federation]], a member of the [[International Ice Hockey Federation]]. The team represents Belarus at the [[IIHF World U18 Championship]]s.


===International competitions===
Belarus competed in the 2002 and 2003 World Junior Championships, until finally being relegated under the new IIHF format. Belarus returned to the top division in 2005, but were relegated again. Belarus has mainly been in the second-tier Division I level since then, though have been promoted to the top division on occasion, most recently in [[2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2018]].
;IIHF World U18 Championships
==World Junior Championship record==
{{main|IIHF World U18 Championship}}
{| class="wikitable"
{{col-begin}}
|-
{{col-2}}
! Year
*1999: 1st in Pool B
! Rank
*2000: 10th
|-
*2001: 1st in Division I
|1974–1992 || colspan=13|''As part of {{ihj|URS}}''
*2002: 5th
|-
*2003: 8th
| {{flagicon|BLR|1991}} [[1993 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1993]] || 3rd in Minsk Group (Pool C)
*2004: 9th
|-
*2005: 1st in Division I Group A
| {{flagicon|SVK}} [[1994 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1994]] || 26th (Pool C)
{{col-2}}
|-
*2006: 9th
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[1995 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1995]] || 20th (Pool C1)
*2007: 1st in Division I Group A
|-
*2008: 9th
| {{flagicon|SLO}} [[1996 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1996]] || 22nd (Pool C)
*2009: 1st in Division I Group A
|-
*2010: 10th
| {{flagicon|ROM}} [[1997 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1997]] || style="background:gold;"|'''1st''', Promoted to Pool B
*2011: 4th in Division I Group B
|-
*2012: 1st in Division I Group B
| {{flagicon|POL}} [[1998 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1998]] || style="background:gold;"|'''1st''', Promoted to Top Division
{{col-end}}
|-
| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1999]] || 10th place (Relegated to Pool B)
|-
| {{flagicon|BLR}} [[2000 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2000]] || style="background:gold;"|'''1st''', Promoted to Top Division
|-
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2001]] || 9th place
|-
| {{flagicon|CZE}} [[2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2002]] || 9th place
|-
| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2003]] || 10th place (Relegated to Division I)
|-
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2004]] || style="background:gold;"|'''1st''', Promoted to Top Division
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2005]] || 10th place (Relegated to Division I)
|-
| {{flagicon|BLR}} [[2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2006]] || style="background:gold;"|'''1st''', Promoted to Top Division
|-
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2007]] || 13th place (Relegated to Division I)
|-
| {{flagicon|LAT}} [[2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I|2008]] || 13th place (Division I)
|-
| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I|2009]] || 13th place (Division I)
|-
| {{flagicon|POL}} [[2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I|2010]] || 14th place (Division I)
|-
| {{flagicon|BLR}} [[2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I|2011]] || 13th place (Division I)
|-
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I|2012]] || 12th place (Division I)
|-
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I|2013]] || 12th place (Division I)
|-
| {{flagicon|POL}} [[2014 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I|2014]] || 13th place (Division I)
|-
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I|2015]] || style="background:gold;"|'''1st''', Promoted to Top Division
|-
| {{flagicon|FIN}} [[2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2016]] || 10th place (Relegated to Division I)
|-
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I|2017]] || style="background:gold;"|'''1st''', Promoted to Top Division
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2018]] || 10th place (Relegated to Division I)
|-
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I|2019]] || 12th place (Division I)
|-
| {{flagicon|BLR}} [[2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I|2020]] || 13th place (Division I)
|-
| {{flagicon|DEN}} [[2021 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2021]] || colspan=4 align=center|Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
|-
| {{flagicon|DEN}} [[2022 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I|2022]] || style="background:gold;"|'''1st''', Promoted to Top Division (expelled)
|-
| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2023]] || Expelled
|-
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2024]] || Expelled
|}


==External links==
==External links==

Latest revision as of 19:06, 7 August 2024

Belarus
Shirt badge/Association crest
Association Belarusian Ice Hockey Association
Most points Andrei Kostitsyn (21)
IIHF code BLR
First international
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png Kazakhstan 4 - 0 Belarus Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995).png
(Minsk, Belarus; November 10, 1992)
Biggest win
Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995).png Belarus 19 - 0 Lithuania Flag of Lithuania.svg.png
(Minsk, Belarus; November 12, 1992)
Biggest defeat
Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia 12 - 1 Belarus Flag of Belarus.svg.png
(Podolsk, Russia; December 27, 2000)
IIHF World U20 Championship
Appearances 28 (first in 1993)
Best result 9th (2001, 2002)

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The Belarusian men's national under 20 ice hockey team is the national under-20 ice hockey team in Belarus. The team represents Belarus at the International Ice Hockey Federation's World Junior Hockey Championship Division I. Prior to independence in 1991, Belarusian players played for the Soviet Union, which played in the World Juniors from its inception in 1974. Belarus has played in the top division eight times, first in 1999 and most recently in 2018, with their best finish being ninth overall in both 2001 and 2002.

Due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Ice Hockey Federation banned all Belarusian national and club teams from its events indefinitely, and Hockey Canada banned Belarus's “participation in events held in Canada that do not fall under the IIHF’s jurisdiction.”

History

Belarus became an independent nation in 1991, and the team made their first appearance at the World Junior Hockey Championships in 1998, when Belarus won Pool B (now Division I). The U20 team played at the 1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Winnipeg, but the Belarusians never won a game. Belarus finished 10th and were relegated to Pool B for 2000. The team returned to the top level by defeating Germany in the final. The Belarusians avoided relegation by winning and tying a game against the Kazakhs.

Belarus competed in the 2002 and 2003 World Junior Championships, until finally being relegated under the new IIHF format. Belarus returned to the top division in 2005, but were relegated again. Belarus has mainly been in the second-tier Division I level since then, though have been promoted to the top division on occasion, most recently in 2018.

World Junior Championship record

Year Rank
1974–1992 As part of Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png Soviet Union
Flag of Belarus 1993 3rd in Minsk Group (Pool C)
Flag of Slovakia 1994 26th (Pool C)
Flag of Spain 1995 20th (Pool C1)
Flag of Slovenia 1996 22nd (Pool C)
Flag of Romania 1997 1st, Promoted to Pool B
Flag of Poland 1998 1st, Promoted to Top Division
Flag of Canada 1999 10th place (Relegated to Pool B)
Flag of Belarus 2000 1st, Promoted to Top Division
Flag of Russia 2001 9th place
Flag of the Czech Republic 2002 9th place
Flag of Canada 2003 10th place (Relegated to Division I)
Flag of France 2004 1st, Promoted to Top Division
Flag of United States 2005 10th place (Relegated to Division I)
Flag of Belarus 2006 1st, Promoted to Top Division
Flag of Sweden 2007 13th place (Relegated to Division I)
Flag of Latvia 2008 13th place (Division I)
Flag of Switzerland 2009 13th place (Division I)
Flag of Poland 2010 14th place (Division I)
Flag of Belarus 2011 13th place (Division I)
Flag of Germany 2012 12th place (Division I)
Flag of France 2013 12th place (Division I)
Flag of Poland 2014 13th place (Division I)
Flag of Italy 2015 1st, Promoted to Top Division
Flag of Finland 2016 10th place (Relegated to Division I)
Flag of Germany 2017 1st, Promoted to Top Division
Flag of United States 2018 10th place (Relegated to Division I)
Flag of Germany 2019 12th place (Division I)
Flag of Belarus 2020 13th place (Division I)
Flag of Denmark 2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Flag of Denmark 2022 1st, Promoted to Top Division (expelled)
Flag of Canada 2023 Expelled
Flag of Sweden 2024 Expelled

External links


Junior National teams

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