5. 4. 2024 - Pavol Humeník
There is no doubt that the most successful country in the U16 category is Canada
Six times was held in the Czech Republic. This year will be third times held by Slovakia and one championship took place in Great Britain.
The most successful country in this category is Canada, they won the gold medal five times. Czech Republic won twice, as did Slovakia.
The number of medals position, first place is Canada together with the Czech Republic each won 9 medals, Slovakia seven medals and USA twice.
It’s interesting that the medals were distributed to only four countries in this category.
We will see what to expect from newcomer from Hungary, will they increase number of countries holding at least one medal in U16 category?
Only the tournament will answer that question.
Here is an overview of the U16 championships so far:
2008 | Zvolen (Slovakia) | 1. Canada | 2. Czech Rep. | 3. Slovakia |
2010 | Most (Czech Republic) | 1. Canada | 2. Slovakia | 3. Czech Rep. |
2012 | Písek (Czech Rep.) | 1. Slovakia | 2. Czech Rep. | 3. Canada |
2014 | Bratislava (Slovakia) | 1. Slovakia | 2. Canada | 3. Czech Rep. |
2016 | Sheffield (Great Britain) | 1. Canada | 2. Slovakia | 3. USA |
2018 | Přerov/Zlín (Czech Rep.) | 1. Canada | 2. Slovakia | 3. Czech Rep. |
2019 | Česká Třebová (Czech Rep.) | 1. Canada West | 2. Canada East | 3. Czech Rep. |
2022 | Pardubice (Czech Rep.) | 1. Czech Rep. Red | 2. Czech Rep. White | 3. Slovakia |
2023 | Liberec (Czech Rep.) | 1. Czech Rep. | 2. Canada West | 3. USA |