Russia men's national junior ice hockey team
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| Association | Ice Hockey Federation of Russia |
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| General Manager | Alexei Kochetkov |
| Head coach | Valeri Bragin |
| Captain | Kirill Kaprizov |
| Most points |
Evgeny Kuznetsov (26) Nikita Filatov (26) |
| IIHF code | RUS |
| First international | |
 Russia 16–0 Japan  (Falun, Sweden; 26 December 1992) |
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| Biggest win | |
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Russia 16–0 Japan (Falun, Sweden; 26 December 1992) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 Canada 9–1 Russia (Gävle, Sweden; 27 December 1992) |
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| IIHF World U20 Championship | |
| Appearances | 24 (first in 1993) |
| Best result |
 (1999, 2002, 2003, 2011) |
| International record (W–L–T) | |
| 97–40–11 | |
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| IIHF World U20 Championship | ||
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1994 Czech Republic | Team |
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1995 Canada | Team |
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1996 USA | Team |
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1997 Switzerland | Team |
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1998 Finland | Team |
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1999 Canada | Team |
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2000 Sweden | Team |
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2002 Czech Republic | Team |
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2003 Canada | Team |
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2005 USA | Team |
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2006 Canada | Team |
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2007 Sweden | Team |
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2008 Czech Republic | Team |
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2009 Canada | Team |
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2011 USA | Team |
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2012 Canada | Team |
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2013 Russia | Team |
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2014 Sweden | Team |
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2015 Canada | Team |
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2016 Finland | Team |
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2017 Canada | Team |
The Russian men's national under 20 ice hockey team is the national under-20 ice hockey team in Russia. The team represents Russia at the International Ice Hockey Federation's World Junior Hockey Championship, held annually every December and January.
Russia competed as a nation at the 1993 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Gävle, Sweden. Russia won their first medal, a bronze at the 1994 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Russia would earn silver in 1995, bronze in 1996 and 1997, and silver in 1998 after a devastating 2–1 overtime loss to Finland. Russia won their first gold medal in 1999, after defeating Canada 3–2 in overtime when Artem Chubarov scored the goal when the puck was shot past Canada goalie Roberto Luongo. Russia developed a rivalry with Kazakhstan up until the 2000 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Umeå, Sweden where Russia racked up a 14–1 win on Christmas Day. Russian improved their record against the Kazakhs 3–0. Russia also developed rivalries with Ukraine and Belarus.
Russia's biggest rivalry was against the Czech Republic where both teams met for the first time in a medal game since 1997. The game went to a shootout in 2000, where the game was scoreless through regulation and overtime. Goaltenders Zdenek Smid of the Czech Republic and Ilya Brysgalov of Russia earn player-of-the-game honors. Russia's Evgeny Muratov opened the scoring for Russia, but Milan Kraft and Libor Pivko would score to put Russia out of reach. Russia head coach Pavel Vorobiev spotted the weakness in Brysgalov, and was replaced by Alexei Volkov, who went on to stop Zbenek Irgl, who had a chance to win it for the Czechs. Russia's Evgeny Federov (no relation to Sergei Federov), had the chance to keep Russia alive, but was stopped by Smid as the Czech Republic won their first-ever gold at the WJC. Russia's players stunned in disbelief sat on the bench watching the Czechs celebrating.
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