Youth Ranking (2019)
The Youth Ranking consists of the results of the 2018 and 2019 IIHF U18 Men’s and Women’s Ice Hockey World Championships. The points have been awarded in a descending manner so that the top ranked team receives 25 points and the 25th ranked one point. Countries that were outside the top 25 or did not participate at all received no points. In the case of a tie, the most recent ranking serves as the tie-breaker.

The Youth Ranking is as follows:
Rank: Country: TOTAL:
1 USA 96
2 Sweden 93
3 Canada 91
4 Russia 88
5 Finland 88
6 Czech Republic 81
7 Switzerland 73
8 Slovakia 68
9 Germany 63
10 Japan 51
11 Denmark 50
12 France 48
13 Norway 45
14 Austria 42
15 Hungary 41
16 Italy 40
17 Belarus 39
18 Kazakhstan 34
19 Latvia 33
20 Great Britain 23
21 Poland 21
22 Ukraine 19
23 Slovenia 15
24 China 15
25 Netherlands 11
26 Australia 10
27 Korea 7
28 Spain 6
29 Chinese Taipei 5
30 Mexico 5
31 Lithuania 4
32 Romania 4
33 Turkey 3
34 Estonia 1