The Polish men's national junior ice hockey team is the national under-20 ice hockey team in Poland. The team represents Poland at the International Ice Hockey Federation's World Junior Hockey Championship Division I. Poland first played at the World Juniors in 1977, and throughout the 1980s moved between the Pool A and B, before dropping down in the 1990s. They last played at the top level in the 1997 World Juniors.
Association | Polish Ice Hockey Federation |
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Head coach | David Leger |
Assistants | Grzegorz Klich Arkadiusz Sobecki |
Captain | Bartlomiej Jeziorski |
Most games | Michal Garbocz (21) Dariusz Lyszczarczyk (21) |
Top scorer | Aron Chmielewski (17) |
Most points | Michal Garbocz (29) |
IIHF code | POL |
First international | |
Canada 14 - 0 Poland (Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia; December 23, 1976) | |
Biggest win | |
Poland 26 - 1 Iceland (Sosnowiec, Poland; December 31, 2003) | |
Biggest defeat | |
Canada 18 - 3 Poland (Nitra, Czechoslovakia; December 30, 1986) | |
IIHF World Junior Championship | |
Appearances | 42 (first in 1977) |
Best result | 5th (1987) |
International record (W–L–T) | |
91-91-13 |
International competitions
editWorld Junior Championships
edit- 1977 – 8th place
- 1979 – 11th place (3rd in Pool B)
- 1980 – 10th place (2nd in Pool B)
- 1981 – 11th place (3rd in Pool B)
- 1983 – 11th place (3rd in Pool B)
- 1984 – 9th place (1st in Pool B)
- 1985 – 8th place
- 1986 – 9th place (1st in Pool B)
- 1987 – 5th place
- 1988 – 8th place
- 1989 – 9th place (1st in Pool B)
- 1990 – 8th place
- 1991 – 10th place (2nd in Pool B)
- 1992 – 10th place (2nd in Pool B)
- 1993 – 14th place (6th in Pool B)
- 1994 – 12th place (4th in Pool B)
- 1995 – 11th place (3rd in Pool B)
- 1996 – 11th place (1st in Pool B)
- 1997 – 10th place
- 1998 – 13th place (3rd in Pool B)
- 1999 – 12th place (2nd in Pool B)
- 2000 – 15th place (5th in Pool B)
- 2001 – 16th place (6th in Division I)
- 2002 – 17th place (7th in Division I)
- 2003 – 21st place (6th in Division I, Group B)
- 2004 – 23rd place (1st in Division II, Group A)
- 2005 – 17th place (4th in Division I, Group B)
- 2006 – 18th place (4th in Division I, Group B)
- 2007 – 18th place (4th in Division I, Group A)
- 2008 – 18th place (4th in Division I, Group A)
- 2009 – 20th place (5th in Division I, Group A)
- 2010 – 22nd place (6th in Division I, Group B)
- 2011 – 23rd place (1st in Division II, Group B)
- 2012 – 20th place (4th in Division IB)
- 2013 – 17th place (1st in Division IB)
- 2014 – 16th place (6th in Division IA)
- 2015 – 19th place (3rd in Division IB)
- 2016 – 18th place (2nd in Division IB)
- 2017 – 18th place (2nd in Division IB)
- 2018 – 18th place (2nd in Division IB)
- 2019 – 18th place (2nd in Division IB)
- 2020 – 20th place (4th in Division IB)
- 2021 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
- 2022 – 22nd place (6th in Division IB)
- 2023 – 20th place (4th in Division IB)
- 2024 – 22nd place (6th in Division IB)
References
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