Who is the head coach of Sweden U18?

The head coach of Sweden U18 is Torgny Bendelin.

Who is the captain of Sweden U18?

The captain of Sweden U18 is Adam Ginning.

What are the team colors of Sweden U18?

The team colors of Sweden U18 are Blue + Yellow.

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2017-2018

2017-2018 Season

Sweden U18 were 3-0-1 in the 2017-18 WJC-18 season with 10 points, 2nd in the A and 3rd overall.

2017-2018 Sweden U18 Club Stats

Sweden U18 — 2017-2018 Club Stats — Skaters
Skater	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
Jonatan Berggren (RW/LW)	totals		49	18	40	58	34	21
	Skellefteå AIK J20	J20 SuperElit	38	18	39	57	34	24
	Skellefteå AIK	SHL	10	0	0	0	0	-3
	Skellefteå AIK J18	J18 Allsvenskan	1	0	1	1	0	0
Carl Jakobsson (LW/RW)	totals		58	18	21	39	26	13
	Färjestad BK J20	J20 SuperElit	41	14	13	27	20	13
	Färjestad BK J18	J18 Elit	3	1	5	6	2	-
	Färjestad BK	SHL	11	0	0	0	2	-1
	Färjestad BK J18	J18 Allsvenskan	3	3	3	6	2	1
Oskar Bäck (C/LW)	totals		55	11	26	37	6	9
	Färjestad BK J20	J20 SuperElit	38	10	22	32	4	13
	Färjestad BK	SHL	14	0	0	0	0	-4
	Färjestad BK J18	J18 Allsvenskan	3	1	4	5	2	0
Marcus Westfält (C)	totals		62	15	21	36	44	20
	Brynäs IF J20	J20 SuperElit	26	12	15	27	38	19
	Brynäs IF	SHL	31	1	3	4	6	-5
	Brynäs IF J18	J18 Allsvenskan	5	2	3	5	0	6
Samuel Fagemo (LW/RW)	totals		43	22	11	33	32	-3
	Frölunda HC J20	J20 SuperElit	37	19	11	30	30	0
	Frölunda HC	SHL	2	0	0	0	0	-1
	Södertälje SK	HockeyAllsvenskan	3	1	0	1	2	0
	Frölunda HC J18	J18 Allsvenskan	1	2	0	2	0	-2
Albin Grewe (LW/RW)	totals		38	11	21	32	58	8
	Djurgårdens IF J18	J18 Elit	1	0	3	3	0	4
	Djurgårdens IF J20	J20 SuperElit	36	10	17	27	54	2
	Djurgårdens IF J18	J18 Allsvenskan	1	1	1	2	4	2
David Lilja (LW/C)	totals		50	14	17	31	90	-5
	BIK Karlskoga J20	J20 Elit	3	2	4	6	2	-
	BIK Karlskoga	HockeyAllsvenskan	37	3	5	8	33	-8
	BIK Karlskoga J18	J18 Elit	4	4	6	10	25	-
	BIK Karlskoga J18	J18 Allsvenskan	6	5	2	7	30	3
Axel Andersson (D)	totals		42	6	25	31	20	14
	Djurgårdens IF J20	J20 SuperElit	42	6	25	31	20	14
	Djurgårdens IF J18	J18 Allsvenskan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nils Höglander (LW/RW)	totals		57	18	12	30	61	9
	AIK J20	J20 SuperElit	22	14	8	22	53	6
	AIK	HockeyAllsvenskan	34	3	4	7	6	1
	AIK J18	J18 Elit	1	1	0	1	2	2
Nikola Pasic (LW/RW)	totals		53	13	16	29	2	10
	Linköping HC J18	J18 Elit	5	2	3	5	0	1
	Linköping HC J20	J20 SuperElit	43	10	11	21	2	8
	Linköping HC J18	J18 Allsvenskan	2	1	2	3	0	2
	Linköping HC	SHL	3	0	0	0	0	-1
Tobias Björnfot (D)	totals		46	10	19	29	12	2
	Djurgårdens IF J20	J20 SuperElit	42	6	16	22	8	-4
	Djurgårdens IF J18	J18 Allsvenskan	4	4	3	7	4	6
Adam Boqvist (D)	totals		47	14	13	27	24	0
	Brynäs IF J20	J20 SuperElit	25	14	10	24	18	6
	Brynäs IF	SHL	15	0	1	1	4	-7
	Almtuna IS	HockeyAllsvenskan	7	0	2	2	2	1
Lukas Wernblom (C/W)	totals		49	8	17	25	112	-8
	MODO Hockey J20	J20 SuperElit	20	5	13	18	46	-3
	MODO Hockey	HockeyAllsvenskan	22	0	0	0	33	-5
	MODO Hockey J18	J18 Elit	1	1	2	3	0	2
	Örnsköldsvik HF	HockeyEttan	5	2	1	3	6	0
	MODO Hockey J18	J18 Allsvenskan	1	0	1	1	27	-2
Jacob Olofsson (C)	Timrå IK	HockeyAllsvenskan	43	10	11	21	10	10
David Gustafsson (C)	totals		50	9	12	21	12	8
	HV71 J20	J20 SuperElit	4	1	4	5	2	-1
	HV71	SHL	45	6	6	12	8	5
	HV71 J18	J18 Elit	1	2	2	4	2	4
Nils Lundkvist (D)	totals		54	5	14	19	18	4
	Luleå HF J20	J20 SuperElit	26	3	11	14	18	2
	Luleå HF	SHL	28	2	3	5	0	2
Filip Johansson (D)	totals		58	8	9	17	24	9
	Leksands IF J18	J18 Elit	4	2	3	5	4	-
	Leksands IF J20	J20 SuperElit	29	4	5	9	12	6
	Leksands IF	HockeyAllsvenskan	23	1	0	1	4	2
	Leksands IF J18	J18 Allsvenskan	2	1	1	2	4	1
Fredrik Granberg (D)	totals		43	4	10	14	54	6
	Skellefteå AIK J20	J20 SuperElit	40	4	9	13	54	5
	Skellefteå AIK J18	J18 Allsvenskan	3	0	1	1	0	1
Linus Nässén (C/W)	totals		31	3	9	12	20	-3
	Frölunda HC J20	J20 SuperElit	28	3	8	11	16	-1
	Frölunda HC J18	J18 Allsvenskan	3	0	1	1	4	-2
Adam Ginning (D)	totals		45	2	6	8	32	0
	Linköping HC	SHL	28	1	1	2	10	-7
	Linköping HC J20	J20 SuperElit	17	1	5	6	22	7
	Linköping HC J18	J18 Allsvenskan	0	0	0	0	0	0

Sweden U18 — 2017-2018 Club Stats — Goalies
Goalie	Team	League	GP	GAA	SV%	SO	W-L-T	TOI
Jesper Wallstedt (G)	totals		32	2.32	.922	2	19-11-0	1838:00
	VIK Västerås HK J18	J18 Elit	7	2.43	.928	1	4-3-0	420:00
	VIK Västerås HK J20	J20 SuperElit	25	2.28	.921	1	15-8-0	1418:00
Olof Lindbom (G)	totals		21	3.00	.900	2	8-13-0	1279:52
	Djurgårdens IF J20	J20 SuperElit	20	3.10	.897	2	7-13-0	1219:21
	Djurgårdens IF J18	J18 Allsvenskan	1	0.99	.958	0	1-0-0	60:31
Jesper Eliasson (G)	totals		49	-	-	3	21-9-0	1760:20
	IF Troja-Ljungby J18	J18 Elit	18	1.73	.946	3	15-3-0	1038:53
	IF Troja-Ljungby J20	J20 Elit	19	1.93	.930	-	-	-
	IF Troja-Ljungby	HockeyAllsvenskan	0	-	-	-	-	0:00
	IF Troja-Ljungby J18	J18 Allsvenskan	12	3.24	.899	0	6-6-0	721:27

2017-2018 Sweden U18 Staff

Head CoachTorgny Bendelin
Asst. CoachMagnus Hävelid
Asst. CoachNiclas Hävelid
Goaltending CoachAnders Palm
Team ManagerAndreas Spångberg
Equipment ManagerPeter Sahlins

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2017-2018 Sweden U18 Captains

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2025: WJC-18 Silver
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2017-2018 Sweden U18 Roster Facts

Nationalities

23 players

Experience

Sweden U18: 180 GP
SHL: 199 GP
HockeyAllsvenskan: 229 GP

Affiliated Team(s)

Sweden (WC)
Sweden (all) (International)
Sweden (CC)
Sweden (EC)
Sweden (EHT)
Sweden (WC (W))
Sweden (WCup)
Sweden B (all) (International)
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Sweden U18/19
Sweden U19 (all) (International-Jr)
Sweden U20 (WJC-20)
Sweden U20 (all) (International-Jr)

Sweden U18 Games

Sweden U18 — 2017-2018 Games
date	home	visiting	score	league
05/02/2026 05:00 PM UTC	Slovakia U18	Sweden U18	2 - 4	U18 WJC
05/01/2026 05:00 PM UTC	Czechia U18	Sweden U18	3 - 4 (OT 69:18)	U18 WJC
04/29/2026 12:00 PM UTC	Canada U18	Sweden U18	2 - 4	U18 WJC
04/27/2026 10:00 AM UTC	Denmark U18	Sweden U18	1 - 10	U18 WJC
04/25/2026 02:00 PM UTC	Sweden U18	USA U18	1 - 9	U18 WJC

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Sweden U18 History and Standings

Sweden U18 — Season History
season	league	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS	PPG	rank	postseason
2026-2027	WJC-18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2025-2026	WJC-18	4	2	2	-	0	0	19	14	6	1.5	3	Champion
2024-2025	WJC-18	4	3	1	-	0	0	29	16	9	2.25	2	Final loss
2023-2024	WJC-18	4	1	1	-	1	1	15	12	6	1.5	3	Bronze game win
2022-2023	WJC-18	4	4	0	-	0	0	18	3	12	3	1	Final loss
2021-2022	WJC-18	3	2	1	-	0	0	12	8	6	2	1	Champion
2020-2021	WJC-18	4	3	1	-	0	0	16	14	9	2.25	2	Bronze game win
2019-2020	WJC-18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tournament Cancelled
2018-2019	WJC-18	4	3	1	-	0	0	14	9	9	2.25	2	Champion
2017-2018	WJC-18	4	3	0	-	0	1	12	8	10	2.5	2	Bronze game win
2016-2017	WJC-18	4	2	2	-	0	0	8	12	6	1.5	3	Bronze game loss
2015-2016	WJC-18	4	2	1	-	1	0	18	11	8	2	2	Final loss
2014-2015	WJC-18	4	1	3	-	0	0	16	17	3	0.75	4	Quarterfinal loss
2013-2014	WJC-18	4	2	1	-	1	0	20	11	8	2	2	Bronze game loss
2012-2013	WJC-18	4	3	1	-	0	0	20	9	9	2.25	2	Quarterfinal loss
2011-2012	WJC-18	4	4	0	-	0	0	20	4	12	3	1	Final loss
2010-2011	WJC-18	4	3	1	-	0	0	20	8	9	2.25	1	Final loss
2009-2010	WJC-18	4	4	0	-	0	0	26	8	12	3	1	Final loss
2008-2009	WJC-18	4	3	1	-	0	0	25	8	9	2.25	2	Quarterfinal loss
2007-2008	WJC-18	4	4	0	-	0	0	23	9	12	3	1	Bronze game loss
2006-2007	WJC-18	4	2	1	-	1	0	10	7	8	2	1	Bronze game win
2005-2006	WJC-18	4	3	1	0	-	-	15	8	6	1.5	2	Quarterfinal loss
2004-2005	WJC-18	4	3	1	0	-	-	9	6	6	1.5	2	Bronze game win
2003-2004	WJC-18	4	2	2	0	-	-	8	12	4	1	3	Quarterfinal loss
2002-2003	WJC-18	4	1	2	1	-	-	15	13	3	0.75	3	Quarterfinal loss
2001-2002	WJC-18	5	3	2	0	-	-	20	13	6	1.2	9	Saved in relegation
	WJC-18	5	2	3	0	-	-	16	16	4	0.8	4	-
2000-2001	WJC-18	4	2	2	0	-	-	10	10	4	1	4	-
1999-2000	WJC-18	4	4	0	0	-	-	21	5	8	2	1	Bronze game win
1998-1999	WJC-18	5	2	1	2	-	-	15	10	6	1.2		-

Where Are They Now?

Played in the team during season

Sweden U18 — Where Are They Now
#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	William Wallén (F)	2026-2027	Tre Kannor	IAHL	4	17	13	30	-
2.	Jonas Liwing (D)	2026-2027	FoodMarket	IAHL	4	9	17	26	-
3.	Hampus Zirath (F)	2026-2027	Djurgårdens IF U20	U20 Nationell	9	6	10	16	10
4.	Max Isaksson (F)	2026-2027	Växjö Lakers HC U20	U20 Nationell	10	9	6	15	6
5.	Adam Andersson (F)	2026-2027	Leksands IF U20	U20 Nationell	9	7	8	15	8
6.	Lukas Wernblom (F)	2026-2027	TPS	Liiga	10	4	9	13	2
7.	Lucas Elvenes (F)	2026-2027	Växjö Lakers HC	SHL	6	2	11	13	0
8.	Oscar Lindberg (F)	2026-2027	Skellefteå AIK	SHL	6	3	7	10	6
9.	Patrik Zackrisson (F)	2026-2027	Leksands IF	HockeyAllsvenskan	8	4	5	9	0
10.	Jacob Larsson (D)	2026-2027	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	NL	9	1	8	9	10

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Average Height, Weight, Age Per Season

Sweden U18 — Roster Demographics
Season	Roster	Height	Weight	Age
2025-2026	View Roster	6'0"	185 lbs	17.83
2024-2025	View Roster	6'0"	187 lbs	17.88
2023-2024	View Roster	6'0"	187 lbs	17.87
2022-2023	View Roster	6'1"	190 lbs	17.96
2021-2022	View Roster	6'0"	185 lbs	17.88

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Regular Season

Franchise All-Time Points

Sweden U18 — Franchise All-Time Points
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Martin Karlsson (F)	10	15	11	26
2.	Kent Nilsson (F)	10	13	13	26
3.	Niklas Andersson (F)	12	10	12	22
4.	Thomas Gradin (F)	15	11	10	21
5.	Anders Hedberg (F)	15	17	3	20

Franchise All-Time Goals

Sweden U18 — Franchise All-Time Goals
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Anders Hedberg (F)	15	17	3	20
2.	Martin Karlsson (F)	10	15	11	26
3.	Markus Näslund (F)	12	14	2	16
4.	Kent Nilsson (F)	10	13	13	26
5.	Dan Labraaten (F)	15	13	5	18

Franchise All-Time Assists

Sweden U18 — Franchise All-Time Assists
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Kent Nilsson (F)	10	13	13	26
2.	Sascha Boumedienne (D)	7	1	13	14
3.	Niklas Andersson (F)	12	10	12	22
4.	Peter Forsberg (F)	6	5	12	17
5.	Daniel Sedin (F)	12	5	12	17

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min.

Sweden U18 — Franchise All-Time Penalty Min.
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Niklas Sundblad (F)	11	7	13	58
2.	Liam Lindström (F)	6	1	4	45
3.	Hugo Danielsson (D)	7	0	2	43
4.	Mattias Tedenby (F)	12	6	11	39
5.	Patrick Cehlin (F)	6	2	4	37

Franchise All-Time Games Played

Sweden U18 — Franchise All-Time Games Played
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Thomas Gradin (F)	15	11	10	21
2.	Anders Hedberg (F)	15	17	3	20
3.	Dan Labraaten (F)	15	13	5	18
4.	Börje Salming (D)	15	2	2	4
5.	David Gustafsson (F)	14	4	5	9

Franchise All-Time Points Per Game

Sweden U18 — Franchise All-Time Points Per Game
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Conny Silfverberg (F)	6	9	17	2.83
2.	Peter Forsberg (F)	6	5	17	2.83
3.	Johan Larsson (F)	5	6	14	2.80
4.	Martin Karlsson (F)	10	15	26	2.60
5.	Kent Nilsson (F)	10	13	26	2.60

Franchise All-Time Points Per Season

Sweden U18 — Franchise All-Time Points Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Filip Ekberg (F)	2024-2025	WJC-18	7	10	8	18	2.57	6
2.	Martin Karlsson (F)	1970-1971	EJC-19	5	10	7	17	3.40	5
3.	Conny Silfverberg (F)	1976-1977	EJC-18	6	9	8	17	2.83	4
4.	Peter Forsberg (F)	1990-1991	EJC-18	6	5	12	17	2.83	16
5.	Markus Näslund (F)	1990-1991	EJC-18	6	14	2	16	2.67	14

Franchise All-Time Goals Per Season

Sweden U18 — Franchise All-Time Goals Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Markus Näslund (F)	1990-1991	EJC-18	6	14	2	16	2.67	14
2.	Filip Ekberg (F)	2024-2025	WJC-18	7	10	8	18	2.57	6
3.	Martin Karlsson (F)	1970-1971	EJC-19	5	10	7	17	3.40	5
4.	Daniel Rydmark (F)	1987-1988	EJC-18	6	10	5	15	2.50	4
5.	Michael Wikström (F)	1981-1982	EJC-18	5	10	0	10	2.00	8

Franchise All-Time Assists Per Season

Sweden U18 — Franchise All-Time Assists Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Sascha Boumedienne (D)	2024-2025	WJC-18	7	1	13	14	2.00	2
2.	Peter Forsberg (F)	1990-1991	EJC-18	6	5	12	17	2.83	16
3.	William Nylander (F)	2013-2014	WJC-18	7	6	10	16	2.29	0
4.	Jonathan Lekkerimäki (F)	2021-2022	WJC-18	6	5	10	15	2.50	4
5.	Otto Stenberg (F)	2022-2023	WJC-18	7	7	9	16	2.29	4

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

Sweden U18 — Franchise All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Liam Lindström (F)	2002-2003	WJC-18	6	1	3	4	0.67	45
2.	Hugo Danielsson (D)	2015-2016	WJC-18	7	0	2	2	0.29	43
3.	Niklas Sundblad (F)	1990-1991	EJC-18	5	4	1	5	1.00	38
4.	Patrick Cehlin (F)	2008-2009	WJC-18	6	2	2	4	0.67	37
5.	Andreas Valdix (F)	2001-2002	WJC-18	8	0	0	0	0.00	37