What league does Switzerland U20 play in?

Switzerland U20 play in the WJC-20.

Who is the head coach of Switzerland U20?

The head coach of Switzerland U20 is Colin Muller.

Who is the captain of Switzerland U20?

The captain of Switzerland U20 is Lukas Balmelli.

Who is the general manager of Switzerland U20?

The general manager of Switzerland U20 is Sean Simpson.

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2013-2014

2013-2014 Season

Switzerland U20 were 2-2-0 in the 2013-14 WJC-20 season with 5 points, 4th in the B and 7th overall.

2013-2014 Switzerland U20 Club Stats

Skater	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
Fabrice Herzog (RW/LW)	totals		66	32	26	58	34	18
	Québec Remparts	QMJHL	61	32	26	58	34	19
	Toronto Marlies	AHL	5	0	0	0	0	-1
Vincent Praplan (C/RW)	North Bay Battalion	OHL	61	19	34	53	16	15
Nico Dünner (C/RW)	totals		41	15	37	52	30	-1
	EV Zug U20	Elite Jr. A	36	15	37	52	28	-
	EV Zug	NLA	5	0	0	0	2	-1
Jason Fuchs (C)	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies	QMJHL	57	14	31	45	20	6
Kevin Fiala (W/C)	totals		44	13	23	36	50	8
	HV71 J20	J20 SuperElit	27	10	15	25	40	10
	HV71	SHL	17	3	8	11	10	-2
Mirco Müller (D)	totals		69	5	24	29	33	-4
	Everett Silvertips	WHL	60	5	22	27	31	1
	Worcester Sharks	AHL	9	0	2	2	2	-5
Julian Schmutz (C/RW)	totals		44	11	11	22	38	0
	SC Bern Future U20	Elite Jr. A	4	4	4	8	4	-
	SC Bern	NLA	3	0	0	0	0	0
	EHC Basel Sharks	NLB	37	7	7	14	34	-
Marco Müller (C/W)	totals		42	10	12	22	18	-2
	SC Bern Future U20	Elite Jr. A	2	1	2	3	4	-
	SC Bern	NLA	8	0	0	0	2	-2
	EHC Basel Sharks	NLB	32	9	10	19	12	-
Yannick Rathgeb (D)	Plymouth Whalers	OHL	57	7	14	21	48	-14
Anthony Rouiller (D)	totals		40	6	13	19	20	-5
	EHC Biel-Bienne Spirit U20	Elite Jr. A	10	3	6	9	10	-
	EHC Biel-Bienne	NLA	15	0	2	2	2	-5
	EHC Basel Sharks	NLB	15	3	5	8	8	-
	EHC Biel-Bienne	NLA Q	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sandro Zangger (RW/LW)	totals		44	5	10	15	16	1
	ZSC Lions	NLA	23	1	3	4	4	1
	GC Küsnacht Lions	NLB	21	4	7	11	12	-
	GCK Lions U20	Elite Jr. A	0	0	0	0	0	-
Phil Baltisberger (D)	Guelph Storm	OHL	57	1	14	15	36	25
Lukas Balmelli (C)	totals		42	7	6	13	18	-3
	HC Lugano	NLA	18	1	2	3	4	-3
	HC Thurgau	NLB	23	6	4	10	14	-
	HC Lugano U20	Elite Jr. A	1	0	0	0	0	-
Benoit Jecker (D)	totals		48	4	9	13	6	0
	EHC Biel-Bienne Spirit U20	Elite Jr. A	17	3	7	10	4	-
	EHC Biel-Bienne	NLA	31	1	2	3	2	0
	EHC Biel-Bienne	NLA Q	-	-	-	-	-	-
Samuel Kreis (D)	totals		46	4	8	12	20	8
	SC Bern Future U20	Elite Jr. A	0	0	0	0	0	-
	SC Bern	NLA	38	2	8	10	16	8
	EHC Basel Sharks	NLB	8	2	0	2	4	-
Lukas Sieber (LW/RW)	totals		38	3	9	12	24	-3
	HC Davos	NLA	35	2	4	6	18	-3
	HC Davos U20	Elite Jr. A	3	1	5	6	6	-
Claude-Curdin Paschoud (D)	totals		45	2	9	11	12	4
	HC Davos U20	Elite Jr. A	18	2	6	8	12	-
	HC Davos	NLA	27	0	3	3	0	4
Flavio Schmutz (C/LW)	VIK Västerås HK J20	J20 SuperElit	25	4	6	10	16	-3
Dario Simion (LW/RW)	totals		46	5	4	9	10	-8
	HC Lugano	NLA	42	3	2	5	8	-8
	HC Lugano U20	Elite Jr. A	4	2	2	4	2	-
Lukas Frick (D)	totals		42	2	6	8	12	1
	Kloten Flyers U20	Elite Jr. A	8	1	4	5	8	-
	Kloten Flyers	NLA	34	1	2	3	4	1

Goalie	Team	League	GP	GAA	SV%	SO	W-L-T	TOI
Daniel Guntern (G)	totals		16	2.65	-	0	9-4-0	815:12
	GCK Lions U20	Elite Jr. A	15	2.65	-	0	9-4-0	815:00
	GC Küsnacht Lions	NLB	0	-	-	-	-	0:00
	ZSC Lions	NLA	1	0.00	-	0	0-0-0	0:12
Melvin Nyffeler (G)	totals		35	2.17	-	3	18-10-6	2021:38
	GC Küsnacht Lions	NLB	23	2.52	-	1	11-8-4	1380:33
	ZSC Lions	NLA	11	1.25	.960	2	7-2-1	577:23
	GCK Lions U20	Elite Jr. A	1	2.83	-	0	0-0-1	63:42
Sascha Rochow (G)	totals		23	2.06	-	5	13-6-3	1312:27
	SC Bern Future U20	Elite Jr. A	23	2.06	-	5	13-6-3	1312:27
	SC Bern	NLA	0	-	-	-	-	0:00

2013-2014 Switzerland U20 Staff

Head CoachColin Muller
Assoc. CoachGerd Zenhäusern
Goaltending CoachPauli Jaks
General ManagerSean Simpson
Team ManagerBruno Suri
Equipment ManagerToni Müller

Team Staff History

2013-2014 Switzerland U20 Captains

"C"

Lukas Balmelli

"A"

Team Captaincy History

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Switzerland U20 Facts

Plays in: U20 World Junior Championship
2026: WJC-20 Quarterfinal loss
2025: WJC-20 Quarterfinal loss
2024: WJC-20 Quarterfinal loss
2023: WJC-20 Quarterfinal loss

2013-2014 Switzerland U20 Roster Facts

Nationalities

23 players

Experience

Switzerland U20: 155 GP
WC: 7 GP
SHL: 17 GP
AHL: 14 GP
NL: 549 GP

Affiliated Team(s)

Schweiz U-20
Switzerland (WC)
Switzerland (all) (International)
Switzerland Olympics (OG)
Switzerland U18 (WJC-18 D1A)
Switzerland U19 (all) (International-Jr)
Switzerland U20 (all) (International-Jr)

Switzerland U20 Games

date	home	visiting	score	league
01/02/2026 09:30 PM UTC	Czechia U20	Switzerland U20	6 - 2	World Juniors
12/31/2025 06:00 PM UTC	Switzerland U20	Slovakia U20	3 - 2	World Juniors
12/30/2025 07:00 PM UTC	Switzerland U20	Germany U20	4 - 0	World Juniors
12/28/2025 07:00 PM UTC	Sweden U20	Switzerland U20	4 - 2	World Juniors
12/27/2025 11:00 PM UTC	USA U20	Switzerland U20	2 - 1	World Juniors

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Switzerland U20 History and Standings

season	league	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS	PPG	rank	postseason
2025-2026	WJC-20	4	2	2	-	0	0	10	8	6	1.5	3	Quarterfinal loss
2024-2025	WJC-20	4	1	3	-	0	0	10	15	3	0.75	4	Quarterfinal loss
2023-2024	WJC-20	4	1	3	-	0	0	11	20	3	0.75	4	Quarterfinal loss
2022-2023	WJC-20	4	0	3	-	0	1	11	12	6	1.5	4	Quarterfinal loss
2021-2022	WJC-20	4	1	3	-	0	0	8	15	3	0.75	4	Quarterfinal loss
2020-2021	WJC-20	4	0	4	-	0	0	5	20	0	0	5	Did not make playoffs
2019-2020	WJC-20	4	3	1	-	0	0	19	12	9	2.25	2	Quarterfinal loss
2018-2019	WJC-20	4	1	2	-	0	1	11	12	4	1	4	Bronze game loss
2017-2018	WJC-20	4	1	3	-	0	0	10	20	3	0.75	4	Quarterfinal loss
2016-2017	WJC-20	4	0	2	-	2	0	11	13	4	1	4	Quarterfinal loss
2015-2016	WJC-20	2	2	0	-	0	0	11	3	6	3	1	Saved in relegation
	WJC-20	4	0	3	-	0	1	7	23	1	0.25	5	Saved in relegation
2014-2015	WJC-20	2	2	0	-	0	0	10	4	6	3	1	Saved in relegation
	WJC-20	4	1	2	-	0	1	9	18	4	1	5	-
2013-2014	WJC-20	4	1	2	-	1	0	11	17	5	1.25	4	Quarterfinal loss
2012-2013	WJC-20	6	1	1	-	0	4	22	22	7	1.17	6	Placement game loss
2011-2012	WJC-20	6	1	3	-	1	1	17	21	6	1	8	Saved in relegation
2010-2011	WJC-20	6	2	3	-	1	0	15	19	8	1.33	5	Placement game win
2009-2010	WJC-20	7	2	4	-	1	0	19	34	8	1.14	4	Bronze game loss
2008-2009	WJC-20 D1	5	5	0	-	0	0	31	7	15	3		Promoted
2007-2008	WJC-20	7	1	5	-	0	1	17	25	4	0.57	9	Relegated
2006-2007	WJC-20	7	4	3	-	0	0	17	20	12	1.71	7	Saved in relegation
2005-2006	WJC-20	6	3	2	1	-	-	16	15	7	1.17	7	Saved in relegation
2004-2005	WJC-20	6	2	4	0	-	-	19	20	4	0.67	8	Saved in relegation
2003-2004	WJC-20	6	2	4	0	-	-	23	17	4	0.67	8	Saved in relegation
2002-2003	WJC-20	6	3	3	0	-	-	21	20	6	1	7	Saved in relegation
2001-2002	WJC-20	7	3	4	0	-	-	16	21	6	0.86	4	Bronze game loss
2000-2001	WJC-20	7	2	4	1	-	-	18	25	5	0.71	6	Placement game loss
1999-2000	WJC-20	7	3	4	0	-	-	23	31	6	0.86	6	Placement game loss
1998-1999	WJC-20	6	1	5	0	-	-	13	27	2	0.33	9	Saved in relegation

Switzerland U20 Tournament Statistics

season	tournament	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS	PPG	rank	postseason
2021-2022	WJC-20 Cancelled	2	1	1	-	0	0	3	4	3	1.5	3	Tournament Cancelled

Where Are They Now?

Played in the team during season

#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Denis Malgin (F)	2026-2027	ZSC Lions	NL	7	3	7	10	6
2.	Simon Knak (F)	2026-2027	ZSC Lions	NL	7	6	3	9	0
3.	Sandro Schmid (F)	2026-2027	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	NL	7	6	3	9	10
4.	Endo Meier (F)	2026-2027	GC Küsnacht Lions	SL	5	2	7	9	0
5.	Marco Cavalleri (F)	2026-2027	Tilburg Trappers	Oberliga	4	5	3	8	16
6.	Kay Schweri (F)	2026-2027	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds	SL	5	4	3	7	4
7.	Calvin Thürkauf (F)	2026-2027	HC Lugano	NL	5	3	4	7	4
8.	Sven Andrighetto (F)	2026-2027	ZSC Lions	NL	7	2	5	7	2
9.	Jonah Neuenschwander (F)	2026-2027	Switzerland U18	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	4	3	3	6	8
10.	Jonah Neuenschwander (F)	2026-2027	Switzerland U18 (all)	International-Jr	5	3	3	6	10

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Average Height, Weight, Age Per Season

Season	Roster	Height	Weight	Age
2025-2026	View Roster	6'0"	183 lbs	19.60
2024-2025	View Roster	6'0"	185 lbs	19.32
2023-2024	View Roster	6'0"	183 lbs	19.32
2022-2023	View Roster	6'0"	185 lbs	19.58
2021-2022	View Roster	6'0"	185 lbs	19.04

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Regular Season

Franchise All-Time Points

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Peter Jaks (F)	14	17	10	27
2.	Patrik Bärtschi (F)	19	11	11	22
3.	Peter Schlagenhauf (F)	9	16	5	21
4.	André Rötheli (F)	7	12	6	18
5.	Beat Lautenschlager (F)	10	4	12	16

Franchise All-Time Goals

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Peter Jaks (F)	14	17	10	27
2.	Peter Schlagenhauf (F)	9	16	5	21
3.	André Rötheli (F)	7	12	6	18
4.	Patrik Bärtschi (F)	19	11	11	22
5.	Michel Riesen (F)	25	9	6	15

Franchise All-Time Assists

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Denis Malgin (F)	12	2	14	16
2.	Beat Lautenschlager (F)	10	4	12	16
3.	Patrik Bärtschi (F)	19	11	11	22
4.	Peter Jaks (F)	14	17	10	27
5.	Etienne Froidevaux (F)	17	4	10	14

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min.

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Thomas Nüssli (F)	14	5	9	62
2.	Fabian Guignard (D)	13	1	1	55
3.	Reto von Arx (F)	13	8	11	52
4.	Mathias Seger (D)	11	1	3	50
5.	Axel Heim (F)	14	5	12	48

Franchise All-Time Games Played

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Björn Christen (F)	26	8	4	12
2.	Michel Riesen (F)	25	9	6	15
3.	Phil Baltisberger (D)	22	0	1	1
4.	Sven Helfenstein (F)	21	5	7	12
5.	Björn Schneider (D)	21	5	4	9

Franchise All-Time Points Per Game

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Peter Schlagenhauf (F)	9	16	21	2.33
2.	Fredy Lüthi (F)	5	7	11	2.20
3.	Peter Jaks (F)	14	17	27	1.93
4.	Claudio Micheli (F)	7	4	12	1.71
5.	Benjamin Müller (F)	3	2	5	1.67

Franchise All-Time Points Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Peter Jaks (F)	1984-1985	7	11	19
2.	André Rötheli (F)	1989-1990	7	12	18
3.	Peter Schlagenhauf (F)	1978-1979	4	13	17
4.	Beat Lautenschlager (F)	1978-1979	4	3	15
5.	Patrick Howald (F)	1987-1988	7	6	12

Franchise All-Time Goals Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Peter Schlagenhauf (F)	1978-1979	4	13	17
2.	André Rötheli (F)	1989-1990	7	12	18
3.	Peter Jaks (F)	1984-1985	7	11	19
4.	Vjieran Ivankovic (F)	1994-1995	7	8	10
5.	Fredy Lüthi (F)	1980-1981	5	7	11

Franchise All-Time Assists Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	A	TP
1.	Beat Lautenschlager (F)	1978-1979	4	12	15
2.	Peter Jaks (F)	1984-1985	7	8	19
3.	Claudio Micheli (F)	1989-1990	7	8	12
4.	Kevin Schläpfer (F)	1987-1988	7	8	11
5.	Denis Malgin (F)	2015-2016	6	8	9

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	TP	PIM
1.	Fabian Guignard (D)	1994-1995	7	1	47
2.	Mathias Seger (D)	1995-1996	5	1	40
3.	Reto von Arx (F)	1995-1996	6	7	35
4.	Jeffrey Füglister (F)	2009-2010	7	4	33
5.	Thomas Nüssli (F)	2000-2001	7	3	33