IIHF U18 World Championship

E28302

international ice hockey tournament under-18 ice hockey competition

The IIHF U18 World Championship is an annual international ice hockey tournament that showcases the world’s top men’s players under 18 representing their national teams.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Disambiguation Statements Elicitation Referenced by

AI illustration

All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
IIHF World U18 Championship	15
IIHF U18 World Championship canonical	4
IIHF World U18 Championships	3
2008 IIHF World U18 Championship	1
2008 IIHF World U18 Championship with Canada	1
2011 IIHF World U18 Championships (games)	1
2011 IIHF World U18 Championships games	1
Hlinka Gretzky Cup	1
IIHF U18 World Championship Top Division	1
IIHF U18 Worlds	1
IIHF World U18 Championship (men’s)	1
IIHF World U18 Championship Top Division	1
IIHF under-18 events	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T214866 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: IIHF U18 World Championship
Context triple: [International Ice Hockey Federation, organizes, IIHF U18 World Championship]

A. IIHF World Junior Championship
The IIHF World Junior Championship is an annual international ice hockey tournament featuring national under-20 teams competing for the junior world title.
B. IIHF World Championship
The IIHF World Championship is an annual international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation that features top national teams from around the world competing for the world title.
C. World Cup of Hockey
The World Cup of Hockey is an international ice hockey tournament featuring top national teams and elite professional players, organized primarily by the NHL and NHLPA.
D. IIHF World Ranking
The IIHF World Ranking is the official system used by the International Ice Hockey Federation to rate and seed national ice hockey teams based on their performance in recent international tournaments.
E. 2000 IIHF World Championship
The 2000 IIHF World Championship was an international men's ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation, notable for featuring many of the world's top national teams competing for the annual world title.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: IIHF U18 World Championship
Target entity description: The IIHF U18 World Championship is an annual international ice hockey tournament that showcases the world’s top men’s players under 18 representing their national teams.

A. IIHF World Junior Championship
The IIHF World Junior Championship is an annual international ice hockey tournament featuring national under-20 teams competing for the junior world title.
B. IIHF World Championship
The IIHF World Championship is an annual international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation that features top national teams from around the world competing for the world title.
C. World Cup of Hockey
The World Cup of Hockey is an international ice hockey tournament featuring top national teams and elite professional players, organized primarily by the NHL and NHLPA.
D. IIHF World Ranking
The IIHF World Ranking is the official system used by the International Ice Hockey Federation to rate and seed national ice hockey teams based on their performance in recent international tournaments.
E. 2000 IIHF World Championship
The 2000 IIHF World Championship was an international men's ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation, notable for featuring many of the world's top national teams competing for the annual world title.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international ice hockey tournament ⓘ under-18 ice hockey competition ⓘ
ageCategory	under 18 ⓘ
category	international sports competition ⓘ world championship ⓘ youth sports competition ⓘ
competitionFormat	playoff round ⓘ relegation round ⓘ round-robin preliminary round ⓘ
confederation	IIHF ⓘ linked to: International Ice Hockey Federation
continentCoverage	Africa ⓘ Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ Oceania ⓘ
eligibilityCriteria	players under 18 years of age ⓘ
firstHeld	1999 ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
gameType	full-ice 5-on-5 ice hockey ⓘ
gender	men ⓘ
governingBody	International Ice Hockey Federation ⓘ
hasDivision	Division I ⓘ Division II ⓘ Division III ⓘ Top Division ⓘ
level	junior ⓘ
medalType	bronze medal ⓘ gold medal ⓘ silver medal ⓘ
organizer	IIHF ⓘ linked to: International Ice Hockey Federation International Ice Hockey Federation ⓘ
participantType	national under-18 ice hockey teams ⓘ
purpose	development of junior ice hockey players ⓘ international competition for under-18 national teams ⓘ
relatedCompetition	IIHF World Championship ⓘ IIHF World U20 Championship ⓘ linked to: IIHF World Junior Championship
ruleSet	IIHF rules of ice hockey ⓘ linked to: IIHF Official Rule Book
scope	world ⓘ
selectionMethod	players selected by national ice hockey federations ⓘ
shortName	IIHF U18 World Championship Top Division ⓘ linked to: IIHF U18 World Championship IIHF U18 Worlds ⓘ linked to: IIHF U18 World Championship
sport	ice hockey ⓘ
status	active ⓘ
surface	ice rink ⓘ
teamRepresentation	member national associations of IIHF ⓘ
teamType	national team ⓘ
trophy	IIHF U18 World Championship trophy ⓘ

How these facts were elicited