Which team has won the most gold medals? Which team scored the most goals in a game? How many U17 alumni have played in the NHL? Get all the answers in the U17 World Challenge Guide & Record Book.
Schedule
Team Canada (Men)
4 Nations Face-Off | Feb 12-20, 2025
IIHF U18 World Championship | April 23-May 3, 2025
IIHF World Championship | May 9-25, 2025
U17 World Challenge | Nov. 3-9, 2024
Hlinka Gretzky Cup | Aug. 5-10, 2024
Junior A World Challenge | Dec. 9-15, 2024
National Junior Team vs. USPORTS | Dec 12-13, 2024
Spengler Cup | Dec. 26-31, 2024
IIHF World Junior Championship | Dec. 26, 2024-Jan. 5, 2025
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The first step in Hockey Canada's Program of Excellence, the U17 World Challenge includes two Canadian teams and four international entries in a tournament that showcases of the future stars of the game. Since the first U17 tournament in 1986, Canada has been joined by 10 different countries: Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Finland, Germany, Norway, Russia, Slovakia, Soviet Union, Sweden and the United States.
From 1986 to 2014, Canada was represented by five regional teams – Atlantic, Ontario, Pacific, Quebec and West – with Ontario winning a record-setting eight gold medals. Beginning in 2014, Hockey Canada went to a national team format, allowing players from across the country to play together immediately as they enter the POE.
The U17 World Challenge has long been a starting point for professional careers, with more than 2,000 NHL draft picks having played in the tournament. That number includes 21 players selected first overall – Pierre Turgeon, Mats Sundin, Alexandre Daigle, Bryan Berard, Joe Thornton, Vincent Lecavalier, Ilya Kovalchuk, Rick Nash, Marc-André Fleury, Alexander Ovechkin, Eric Johnson, Patrick Kane, John Tavares, Taylor Hall, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Aaron Ekblad, Connor McDavid, Auston Matthews, Jack Hughes, Alexis Lafrenière and Owen Power.
U17 World Challenge
| All-Time Results | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Location |
| 2023 | CAN-W | USA | SWE | Charlottetown & Summerside, PE |
| 2022 | USA | CAN-R | FIN | Langley & Delta, BC |
| 2021 (Capital City Challenge) | CAN-B | CAN-R | CAN-W | Ottawa, ON |
| 2020 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Charlottetown & Summerside, PE | ||
| 2019 | RUS | USA | CZE | Medicine Hat, AB & Swift Current, SK |
| 2018 | RUS | FIN | SWE | Saint John & Quispamsis, NB |
| 2017 | USA | CAN-R | CZE | Dawson Creek & Fort St. John, BC |
| 2016 | SWE | CAN-B | RUS | Sault Ste. Marie, ON |
| 2015 | CAN-W | RUS | SWE | Dawson Creek & Fort St. John, BC |
| 2014 (Nov.) | RUS | USA | SWE | Sarnia-Lambton, ON |
| 2014 (Jan.) | USA | PAC | RUS | Cape Breton, NS |
| 2013 | SWE | RUS | USA | Victoriaville & Drummondville, QC |
| 2012 | RUS | USA | ONT | Windsor, ON |
| 2011 | ONT | USA | PAC | Winnipeg, MB |
| 2010 | USA | ONT | SWE | Timmins, ON |
| 2009 | ONT | PAC | USA | Port Alberni, BC |
| 2008 | ONT | USA | WST | London, ON |
| 2006 | QUE | USA | CZE | Regina, SK |
| 2005 | WST | PAC | ATL | Lethbridge, AB |
| 2004 | ONT | PAC | QUE | St. John's, NL |
| 2002 | USA | PAC | ONT | Selkirk & Stonewall, MB |
| 2001 | USA | PAC | ONT | New Glasgow & Truro, NS |
| 2000 | RUS | ONT | PAC | Timmins, ON |
| 1998 | WST | USA | FIN | Swift Current, SK |
| 1998 | ONT | CZE | QUE | Kitchener, ON |
| 1997 | ONT | SWE | QUE | Central Alberta |
| 1995 | ONT | FIN | QUE | Moncton, NB |
| 1994 | QUE | USA | PAC | Amos, QC |
| 1992 | ONT | QUE | TCH | Sudbury, ON |
| 1990 | FIN | QUE | URS | Quebec |
| 1988 | URS | SWE | QUE | Quebec |
| 1986 | QUE | URS | PAC | Quebec |
Photos
Videos
2024 U17 Challenge: Day 7 (Saturday, November 9)
2024 U17 Challenge: Day 5 (Thursday, November 7)
2024 U17 Challenge: Day 6 (Friday, November 8)
2024 U17 Challenge: Day 3 (Tuesday, November 5)
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