Israel U20
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Results
| IIHF U20 World Championships Div 2B | 01/25 11:30 | 5 |
Iceland U20
v
Israel U20 
|
W | 2-3 | |
| IIHF U20 World Championships Div 2B | 01/23 15:00 | 4 |
[3] Israel U20 v
Spain U20
[1] 
|
L | 3-7 | |
| IIHF U20 World Championships Div 2B | 01/22 18:30 | 3 |
[6] Serbia U20
v
Israel U20 [2]
|
L | 5-2 | |
| IIHF U20 World Championships Div 2B | 01/20 15:00 | 2 |
[3] Belgium U20
v
Israel U20 [2]
|
W | 3-5 | |
| IIHF U20 World Championships Div 2B | 01/19 11:30 | 1 |
Israel U20 v
Australia U20
|
W | 5-2 | |
| IIHF U20 World Champs Div 3 | 01/28 14:30 | 5 |
[5] Mexico U20
v
Israel U20 [1]
|
W | 3-6 | |
| IIHF U20 World Champs Div 3 | 01/27 11:00 | 4 |
[4] Turkey U20
v
Israel U20 [1]
|
W | 1-4 | |
| IIHF U20 World Champs Div 3 | 01/25 14:30 | 3 |
[1] Israel U20 v
Kyrgyzstan U20
[6] 
|
W | 16-1 | |
| IIHF U20 World Champs Div 3 | 01/23 18:00 | 2 |
Israel U20 v
Bulgaria U20
|
W | 7-3 | |
| IIHF U20 World Champs Div 3 | 01/22 14:30 | 1 |
Israel U20 v
New Zealand U20
|
W | 8-6 | |
| IIHF U20 World Champs Div 3 | 02/02 17:30 | 1 |
Australia U20
v
Israel U20
|
L | 4-1 | |
| IIHF U20 World Champs Div 3 | 02/01 17:30 | 2 |
[1] Israel U20 v
Turkey U20
[3]
|
W | 6-4 |
Wikipedia - Israel men's national junior ice hockey team
The Israel men's national under 20 ice hockey team is the national under-20 ice hockey team of Israel. The team is controlled by the Ice Hockey Federation of Israel, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. Israel first played at the 1997 World Junior Championships, but did not return until 2016.
History
Israel played its first U20 game during the 1997 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. They were placed in Pool D with the games being held in Sofia, Bulgaria. Israel's first game was against Estonia which they lost 12–3. The game is also recorded as Israel's largest ever loss. Within Pool D Israel was drawn into a preliminary group against Estonia, South Africa, and Yugoslavia. They finished the preliminary round in third place after managing to win their game against South Africa. Based on the positions in the preliminary round the teams were then drawn into placement games against the other preliminary group. Israel was drawn into the placement game for fifth place against the hosts Bulgaria. They won the game 7–3, which is also their largest ever win in international participation.
After leaving the U20 level for several years, the team returned to the tournament for 2016. Playing in Division III, the lowest tier, they finished fourth out of the seven teams. The following year Israel finished fifth. They won the 2018 tournament, and were promoted to Division IIB for 2019. A fifth-place finish ensured they stayed in Division IIB for 2020.
In the first match of the 2025 tournament, an incident occurred in which the Australian team refused to respect the Israeli national anthem and did not shake hands with the Israeli players. After wins in the first two matches against Australia and Belgium, Israel lost to Serbia and the eventual tournament winners Spain. In the last round, Israel defeated Iceland and took second place in the group. This was Israel's best result through 10 World Championship tournaments. Mike Levin, who plays for the Niagara IceDogs in the OHL, was the top scorer of the tournament (7 goals, 4 assists), and was recognized as the best player on the team. Samson Goldstein placed second in scorers (3 goals, 6 assists) and was recognized as the best forward of the tournament.