January 5, 2012

The top three finishers in world junior hockey championships since 1974:
2012 -- Sweden, Russia, Canada.
2011 -- Russia, Canada, U.S.
2010 -- U.S., Canada, Sweden.
2009 -- Canada, Sweden, Russia.
2008 -- Canada, Sweden, Russia.
2007 -- Canada, Russia, U.S.
2006 -- Canada, Russia, Finland.
2005 -- Canada, Russia, Czech Republic.
2004 -- U.S., Canada, Finland.
2003 -- Russia, Canada, Finland.
2002 -- Russia, Canada, Finland.
2001 -- Czech Republic, Finland, Canada.
2000 -- Czech Republic, Russia, Canada.
1999 -- Russia, Canada, Slovakia.
1998 -- Finland, Russia, Switzerland.
1997 -- Canada, U.S., Russia.
1996 -- Canada, Sweden, Russia.
1995 -- Canada, Russia, Sweden.
1994 -- Canada, Sweden, Russia.
1993 -- Canada, Sweden, Czech-Slovak.
1992 -- C.I.S., Sweden, U.S.
1991 -- Canada, Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia.
1990 -- Canada, Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia.
1989 -- Soviet Union, Sweden, Czechoslovakia.
1988 -- Canada, Soviet Union, Finland
1987 -- Finland, Czechoslovakia, Sweden
1986 -- Soviet Union, Canada, U.S.
1985 -- Canada, Czechoslovakia, Soviet Union
1984 -- Soviet Union, Finland, Czechoslovakia
1983 -- Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Canada
1982 -- Canada, Czechoslovakia, Finland
1981 -- Sweden, Finland, Soviet Union
1980 -- Soviet Union, Finland, Sweden
1979 -- Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Sweden
1978 -- Soviet Union, Sweden, Canada
1977 -- Soviet Union, Canada, Czechoslovakia
1976 -- Soviet Union, Canada, Czechoslovakia
1975 -- Soviet Union, Canada, Sweden
1974 -- Soviet Union, Finland, Canada