World Cup Challenge ( Eng. World U-17 Hockey Challenge ) is an international hockey tournament held annually in Canada . The tournament is not organized during the Canadian Winter Games. Thus, the Challenge Cup is held three times in four years. The tournament is organized by the Canadian Hockey Federation and is the first major international tournament for hockey players under 17 years old. In fact, the Challenge Cup is a transitional tournament from youth hockey to the junior level.
| World Challenge Cup | |
|---|---|
| A country |  Canada |
| Kind of sport | hockey |
| original name | English World U-17 Hockey Challenge |
| Based | 1986 year |
| Founder | Hockey Federation of Canada |
| Number of clubs | ten |
| Acting |  Russia |
| Titled | Canada Ontario (8) |
| Related Competition | Canadian Junior Hockey League World Cup U-18 |
| Official site | World Challenge Cup |
Content
Tournament Format
The tournament involved 10 teams, of which half represent Canada: the national teams of Ontario, the Atlantic, Quebec, Western Canada and the Pacific coast. The remaining five are selected by the organizers. Usually these are the national teams of Russia, Finland, the USA and Sweden.
At the preliminary stage, teams are divided into two groups of five teams. The teams taking the first two places in their groups reach the semifinals. In the first semi-final there are the team that won first place in group “A”, and the team that took second place in group “B”. In the second semi-final, two other best teams play. In the final, the winner of the World Challenge Cup is determined.
First year
The first Challenge Cup took place in Quebec in 1986, known as the Esso Cup 1986. At that time it was believed that this was an unofficial world championship for juniors under 17 years of age. It is also used as a tool for the development of Canadian amateur hockey, as well as to teach hockey players to play internationally. Ten teams participated in the tournament: five regional teams from Canada and the national teams of Finland, Czechoslovakia, the USA, Sweden and the USSR. The Quebec team led by Pierre Targin won gold, defeating the USSR team in the final, which included Sergey Fedorov and Alexander Mogilny .
Tournament Value
The World Challenge Cup continues to gain in popularity, and this cup is one of the most important competitions in Canada. The tournament is not an official world championship, as it is organized exclusively by the Canadian Hockey Federation. There is an official World Championship U18 , which is held annually by the International Hockey Federation in April.
Until 2014, the tournament was usually held during the Christmas holidays, at the same time as the World Youth Championship . Since 2014, the tournament has been held in November (for this reason, in 2014 the tournament was held twice: 1) 12/29/2013 - 4/01/2014; 2) November 2 - November 8, 2014, while both tournaments are called on the official website "2014 WORLD UNDER-17 HOCKEY CHALLENGE").
Participating Teams
Canada is represented by five regional teams:
- Canada Atlantic
- Canada Quebec
- Canada Ontario
- Canada West ( Manitoba and Saskatchewan )
- Canada Pacific Coast ( Alberta and British Columbia )
Other participating countries:
- USA
- Finland
- Russia
- Sweden
- Slovakia
- Czech Republic
- Germany
- Soviet Union (now defunct)
- Czechoslovakia (now defunct)
Winners and Prizewinners
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 [1] | Russia | Finland | Sweden | Saint john |
| 2017 [2] | USA | Canada (RED) | Czech | Dawson Creek |
| 2016 [3] | Sweden | Canada (BLACK) | Russia | Sous saint marie |
| 2015 [4] | Canada (WHITE) | Russia | Sweden | Dawson Creek |
| 2014 [5] [6] | Russia | USA | Sweden | Sarnia |
| 2014 | USA | Canada Pacific Coast | Russia | Nova Scotia , Cape Breton |
| 2013 | Sweden | Russia | USA | Quebec , Drummondville , Victoriaville |
| 2012 | Russia | USA | Ontario | Windsor |
| 2011 [7] | Ontario | USA | Canada Pacific | Winnipeg / Portage La Prairie |
| 2010 | USA | Ontario | Sweden | Timmins / Iroquois Falls / Cochrane / Kapuskasing / Kirkland Lake / New Liskeard |
| 2009 | Ontario | Pacific | USA | Campbell River / Courtenay / Duncan / Nanaimo / Parksville / Port Alberni |
| 2008 | Ontario | USA | Canada West | London / Lucan / St. Thomas / Stratford / Strathroy / Woodstock |
| 2007 | The ice hockey tournament at the 2007 Canada Games was held in place of a 2007 tournament. | |||
| 2006 | Quebec | USA | Czech | Balgonie / Fort Qu'Appelle / Indian Head / Milestone / Moose Jaw / Regina / Southey / Weyburn |
| 2005 | West | Pacific | Atlantic | Lethbridge |
| 2004 | Ontario | Pacific | Quebec | St. John's |
| 2003 | The ice hockey tournament at the 2003 Canada Games was held in place of a 2003 tournament. | |||
| 2002 | USA | Pacific | Ontario | Selkirk / stonewall |
| 2001 | USA | Pacific | Ontario | New glasgow / truro |
| 2000 | Russia | Ontario | Pacific | / Timmins / Chapleau / Cochrane / Haileybury / Hearst / Kapuskasing / Kirkland Lake / New Liskeard / Smooth Rock Falls / Rouyn-Noranda |
| 1999 | The ice hockey tournament at the 1999 Canada Games was held in place of a 1999 tournament. | |||
| 1998 II [8] | West | USA | Finland | Swift current |
| 1998 I [8] | Ontario | Czech | Quebec | Kitchener |
| 1997 | Ontario | Sweden | Quebec | Red deer |
| 1995 | Ontario | Finland | Quebec | Moncton |
| 1994 | Quebec | USA | Pacific | Amos |
| 1992 | Ontario | Quebec | Czechoslovakia | Sudbury |
| 1991 | The ice hockey tournament at the 1991 Canada Games was held in place of a 1991 tournament. | |||
| 1990 | Finland | Quebec | the USSR | Quebec |
| 1988 | the USSR | Sweden | Quebec | Quebec |
| 1986 | Quebec | the USSR | Pacific Ocean | Quebec |
Notes
- ↑ Game Summary . Date of treatment November 11, 2018.
- ↑ Game Summary . Date of treatment November 11, 2018.
- ↑ Game Summary . Date of treatment November 11, 2018.
- ↑ Game Summary . Date of treatment November 11, 2018.
- ↑ Game Summary . Date of treatment November 12, 2018.
- ↑ In 2014, World Cuba called twice: 1) December 29, 2013 - January 4, 2014 2) November 2 - November 8, 2014. Both tournaments are called on the official website "2014 WORLD UNDER-17 HOCKEY CHALLENGE"
- ↑ The ice hockey tournament at the 2011 Canada Games was supposed to be held in place of a 2011 tournament. This is no longer true. The Canada Games tourney is now for U16 players, which will be played at the 2011 Games in Halifax. The U17 tournament will be played as planned in Winnipeg and Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. The female U18s nationals is off this year due to the Canada Games, but not the men.
- ↑ 1 2 Split events were held in 1998