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 Christian Wohlwend.

Who is the captain of Switzerland U20?

The captain of Switzerland U20 is Nando Eggenberger.

Who is the general manager of Switzerland U20?

The general manager of Switzerland U20 is Raeto Raffainer.

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2018-2019 Switzerland U20 Club Stats

Skater	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
Philipp Kurashev (C/W)	totals		62	29	36	65	33	-10
	Québec Remparts	QMJHL	59	29	36	65	33	-8
	Rockford IceHogs	AHL	3	0	0	0	0	-2
Matthew Verboon (RW/C)	Salmon Arm Silverbacks	BCHL	50	28	28	56	30	-
Nando Eggenberger (LW/RW)	Oshawa Generals	OHL	59	25	22	47	16	12
Justin Sigrist (C/LW)	totals		45	16	25	41	32	-13
	GCK Lions U20	Elite Jr. A	11	11	12	23	8	-
	GC Küsnacht Lions	SL	25	5	13	18	24	-7
	ZSC Lions	NL	9	0	0	0	0	-6
Sandro Schmid (C/RW)	Malmö Redhawks J20	J20 SuperElit	39	21	19	40	36	0
Nicolas Müller (C/RW)	MODO Hockey J20	J20 SuperElit	42	13	27	40	34	16
Valentin Nussbaumer (C/LW)	Shawinigan Cataractes	QMJHL	58	17	21	38	16	-49
Yannick Brüschweiler (C/LW)	totals		44	16	22	38	42	-1
	GCK Lions U20	Elite Jr. A	10	5	12	17	14	-
	GC Küsnacht Lions	SL	32	11	10	21	28	0
	ZSC Lions	NL	2	0	0	0	0	-1
Jeremi Gerber (LW/RW)	totals		29	15	21	36	12	2
	SC Bern Future U20	Elite Jr. A	16	14	18	32	10	-
	SC Bern	NL	6	0	0	0	0	0
	EHC Visp	SL	7	1	3	4	2	2
David Aebischer (D)	Gatineau Olympiques	QMJHL	59	4	24	28	25	-6
Nico Gross (D)	Oshawa Generals	OHL	56	3	17	20	81	19
Simon Le Coultre (D)	Moncton Wildcats	QMJHL	27	10	7	17	22	8
Sven Leuenberger (C/RW)	totals		41	6	11	17	8	2
	EVZ Academy	SL	8	5	5	10	0	4
	EV Zug	NL	33	1	6	7	8	-2
Gianluca Burger (D)	totals		47	2	13	15	50	-6
	GCK Lions U20	Elite Jr. A	17	2	9	11	36	-
	GC Küsnacht Lions	SL	30	0	4	4	14	-6
Marco Lehmann (C/W)	totals		37	3	9	12	12	-5
	EHC Kloten	SL	34	2	5	7	10	-5
	EHC Kloten U20	Elite Jr. A	3	1	4	5	2	-
Ramon Tanner (C)	totals		42	3	8	11	28	1
	EHC Biel-Bienne Spirit U20	Elite Jr. A	4	1	3	4	0	-
	EHC Biel-Bienne	NL	7	1	0	1	2	0
	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds	SL	31	1	5	6	26	1
Tim Berni (D)	totals		44	2	7	9	8	-12
	ZSC Lions	NL	41	1	7	8	8	-11
	GC Küsnacht Lions	SL	3	1	0	1	0	-1
	GCK Lions U20	Elite Jr. A	0	0	0	0	0	-
Luca Wyss (LW)	totals		40	3	4	7	8	3
	SC Langenthal	SL	38	3	3	6	8	3
	Hockey Huttwil	MSL	2	0	1	1	0	-
	SC Langenthal U20	Elite Jr. B	0	0	0	0	0	-
	SC Langenthal U20	U20-Top Q	-	-	-	-	-	-
Janis Moser (D)	EHC Biel-Bienne	NL	43	0	7	7	20	8
Davyd Barandun (D)	totals		36	1	5	6	30	-6
	HC Davos U20	Elite Jr. A	1	0	1	1	0	-
	HC Davos	NL	33	1	3	4	28	-4
	HCB Ticino Rockets	SL	2	0	1	1	2	-2

Goalie	Team	League	GP	GAA	SV%	SO	W-L-T	TOI
Akira Schmid (G)	totals		40	2.28	.923	2	18-15-2	2189:00
	Lethbridge Hurricanes	WHL	1	7.43	.741	0	0-1-0	57:00
	Corpus Christi IceRays	NAHL	2	1.50	.948	0	2-0-0	120:00
	Omaha Lancers	USHL	37	2.18	.926	2	16-14-2	2012:00
Gianluca Zaetta (G)	totals		19	3.42	-	0	1-4-0	999:18
	EVZ Academy	SL	13	3.75	.887	-	-	640:16
	EV Zug U20	Elite Jr. A	6	2.84	-	0	1-4-0	359:02
	EV Zug	NL	0	-	-	-	-	-
Luca Hollenstein (G)	totals		19	3.08	-	0	1-1-0	1070:21
	EV Zug U20	Elite Jr. A	2	3.00	-	0	1-1-0	120:00
	EVZ Academy	SL	17	3.09	.900	-	-	950:21
	EV Zug	NL	0	-	-	-	-	-

2018-2019 Switzerland U20 Staff

Head CoachChristian Wohlwend
Asst. CoachTommy Albelin
Asst. CoachPaul DiPietro
Goaltending CoachPeter Mettler
General ManagerRaeto Raffainer
Team ManagerLukas Baumgartner
Team ManagerMartin Büsser
Conditioning CoachJanosch Nietlispach
Equipment ManagerToni Müller
Physical TherapistThomas Ritter
Video CoachJan Egert

Team Staff History

2018-2019 Switzerland U20 Captains

"C"

Nando Eggenberger

"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

2018-2019 Switzerland U20 Roster Facts

Nationalities

23 players

Experience

Switzerland U20: 203 GP
WC: 11 GP
AHL: 3 GP
NL: 297 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.	Jonah Neuenschwander (F)	2026-2027	Switzerland U18	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	4	3	3	6	8
2.	Jonah Neuenschwander (F)	2026-2027	Switzerland U18 (all)	International-Jr	5	3	3	6	10
3.	Lukas Frick (D)	2026-2027	HC Davos	Champions HL	2	0	3	3	0
4.	Jonas Taibel (F)	2026-2027	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	Champions HL	2	2	0	2	0
5.	Valentin Nussbaumer (F)	2026-2027	HC Davos	Champions HL	2	1	1	2	0
6.	Yannick Rathgeb (D)	2026-2027	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	Champions HL	2	1	1	2	6
7.	Kevin Nicolet (F)	2026-2027	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	Champions HL	2	0	2	2	0
8.	Simon Le Coultre (D)	2026-2027	Genève-Servette HC	Champions HL	2	0	2	2	0
9.	Ken Jäger (F)	2026-2027	HC Davos	Champions HL	2	0	2	2	0
10.	Noah Rod (F)	2026-2027	Genève-Servette HC	Champions HL	2	1	0	1	0

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Average Height, Weight, Age Per Season

Season	Roster	Height	Weight	Age
2025-2026	View Roster	6'0"	183 lbs	19.52
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