| Year - Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | U.S. Record | U.S. Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 - Gothenburg, Sweden | United States | Sweden | Czechia | 6-1-0-0^ | Gold |
| 2023 - Moncton/Halifax, Canada | Canada | Czechia | United States | 4-1-0-2^ | Bronze |
| 2022 - Edmonton, Canada | Canada | Finland | Sweden | 4-0-0-1^ | 5th |
| 2021 - Edmonton, Canada | United States | Canada | Finland | 6-0-0-1^ | Gold |
| 2020 - Ostrava & Trinec, Czech Republic | Canada | Russia | Sweden | 2-1-0-2^ | 6th |
| 2019 - Vancouver & Victoria, Canada | Finland | United States | Russia | 5-0-1-1^ | Silver |
| 2018 - Buffalo, N.Y. | Canada | Sweden | United States | 4-1-0-2^ | Bronze |
| 2017 - Montreal and Toronto, Canada | United States | Canada | Russia | 5-2-0-0^ | Gold |
| 2016 - Helsinki, Finland | Finland | Russia | United States | 5-0-0-2^ | Bronze |
| 2015 - Montreal/Toronto, Canada | Canada | Russia | Slovakia | 2-1-0-2^ | 5th |
| 2014 - Malmo, Sweden | Finland | Sweden | Russia | 3-0-0-2^ | 5th |
| 2013 - Ufa, Russia | United States | Sweden | Russia | 5-0-0-2^ | Gold |
| 2012 - Calgary/Edmonton, Canada | Sweden | Russia | Canada | 3-0-0-3^ | 7th |
| 2011 - Buffalo/Niagara, N.Y. | Russia | Canada | United States | 5-0-0-1^ | Bronze |
| 2010 - Regina/Saskatoon, Canada | United States | Canada | Sweden | 5-1-1-0^ | Gold |
| 2009 - Ottawa, Canada | Canada | Sweden | Russia | 3-1-0-2^ | 5th |
| 2008 - Pardubice/Liberec, Czech Republic | Canada | Sweden | Russia | 4-0-0-2^ | 4th |
| 2007 - Leksand/Mora, Sweden | Canada | Russia | United States | 3-1-2-1^ | Bronze |
| 2006 - Kamloops/Kelowna/Vancouver, Canada | Canada | Russia | Finland | 3-3-1 | 4th |
| 2005 - Grand Forks, N.D./Thief River Falls, Minn. | Canada | Russia | Czech Republic | 3-4-0 | 4th |
| 2004 - Helsinki/Hameenlinna, Finland | United States | Canada | Finland | 6-0-0 | Gold |
| 2003 - Halifax/Sydney, Canada | Russia | Canada | Finland | 4-3-0 | 4th |
| 2002 - Pardubice/Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic | Russia | Canada | Finland | 4-1-2 | 5th |
| 2001 - Moscow/Podolsk, Russia | Czech Republic | Finland | Canada | 5-2-0 | 5th |
| 2000 - Skelleftea/Umea, Sweden | Czech Republic | Russia | Canada | 2-3-2 | 4th |
| 1999 - Winnipeg, Canada | Russia | Canada | Slovakia | 3-3-0 | 8th |
| 1998 - Helsinki/Hameenlinna, Finland | Finland | Russia | Switzerland | 4-3-0 | 5th |
| 1997 - Geneva/Morges, Switzerland | Canada | United States | Russia | 4-1-1 | Silver |
| 1996 - Boston, Mass. | Canada | Sweden | Russia | 3-3-0 | 5th |
| 1995 - Red Deer, Canada | Canada | Russia | Sweden | 3-4-0 | 5th |
| 1994 - Ostrava/Frydek-Mistek, Czech Republic | Canada | Sweden | Russia | 1-5-1 | 6th |
| 1993 - Gavle/Fulun, Sweden | Canada | Sweden | Czechoslovakia | 4-3-0 | 4th |
| 1992 - Fussen/Kaufbeuren, Germany | CIS | Sweden | United States | 5-2-0 | Bronze |
| 1991 - Saskatoon, Canada | Canada | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | 4-2-1 | 4th |
| 1990 - Helsinki/Turku, Finland | Canada | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | 1-6-0 | 7th |
| 1989 - Anchorage, Alaska, United States | Soviet Union | Sweden | Czechoslovakia | 3-3-1 | 5th |
| 1988 - Moscow, Soviet Union | Canada | Soviet Union | Finland | 1-6-0 | 6th |
| 1987 - Piestany, Czechoslovakia | Finland | Czechoslovakia | Sweden | 4-3-0 | 4th |
| 1986 - Hamilton, Canada | Soviet Union | Canada | United States | 4-3-0 | Bronze |
| 1985 - Helsinki/Turku, Finland | Canada | Czechoslovakia | Soviet Union | 2-5-0 | 6th |
| 1984 - Nykoping, Sweden | Soviet Union | Finland | Czechoslovakia | 2-5-0 | 6th |
| 1983 - Leningrad, Soviet Union | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | Canada | 3-4-0 | 5th |
| 1982 - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn. | Canada | Czechoslovakia | Finland | 2-5-0 | 6th |
| 1981 - Fussen/Augsburg, Germany | Sweden | Finland | Soviet Union | 2-3-0 | 6th |
| 1980 - Helsinki, Finland | Soviet Union | Finland | Sweden | 1-3-1 | 7th |
| 1979 - Karlstad, Sweden | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | Sweden | 2-3-0 | 6th |
| 1978 - Montreal, Canada | Soviet Union | Sweden | Canada | 4-2-0 | 5th |
| 1977 - Bystrica-Zvolen, Czechoslovakia | Soviet Union | Canada | Czechoslovakia | 1-5-1 | 7th |
| 1976* - Tampere, Finland | Soviet Union | Canada | Czechoslovakia | DNP | -- |
| 1975* - U.S./Canada | Soviet Union | Canada | Sweden | 0-5-0 | 6th |
| 1974* - Leningrad, Soviet Union | Soviet Union | Finland | Canada | 1-4-0 | 5th |
^-Win-Overtime Win-Overtime Loss-Loss
* - IIHF began officially sponsoring World Junior Championship in 1977