Australian Junior National Team

The Australian men's national under 20 ice hockey team is the national under-20 ice hockey team of Australia. The team represents Australia at the International Ice Hockey Federation's World Junior Hockey Championship Division II.

History
The men's junior team played its first game on 3 March 1983 against Romania which they lost 10 – 2. They played five other games in 1983 against Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania losing every game. The following year Australia played four games, again losing every game and achieving their largest ever loss with a 21 – 1 defeat by Yugoslavia. Australia did not play again until 1987 where they again lost all their games. The team took a longer break, not returning to international play until 2000 where they recorded their first win against Iceland, outscoring them 8 – 4. In 2008 Australia achieved their highest winning margin with a 16 – 0 win over Bulgaria. Australia finished first in the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships - Division III tournament and gained promotion to Division II of the 2011 tournament.

International competitions

 * 1983 IIHF World U20 Championship. Finish: 4th in Pool C (20th overall)
 * 1984 IIHF World U20 Championship. Finish: 7th in Pool C (23rd overall)
 * 1987 IIHF World U20 Championship. Finish: 6th in Pool C (22nd overall)
 * 2000 IIHF World U20 Championship. Finish: 7th in Pool D (33rd overall)
 * 2001 IIHF World U20 Championship. Finish: 8th in Division III (34th overall)
 * 2003 IIHF World U20 Championship. Finish: 4th in Division III (38th overall)
 * 2004 IIHF World U20 Championship. Finish: 1st in Division III (35th overall)
 * 2005 IIHF World U20 Championship. Finish: 5th in Division II Group B (31st overall)


 * 2006 IIHF World U20 Championship. Finish: 5th in Division II Group A (31st overall)
 * 2007 IIHF World U20 Championship. Finish: 6th in Division II Group A (34th overall)
 * 2008 IIHF World U20 Championship. Finish: 4th in Division III (38th overall)
 * 2010 IIHF World U20 Championship. Finish: 1st in Division III (35th overall)
 * 2011 IIHF World U20 Championship. Finish: 5th in Division II Group B (32nd overall)
 * 2012 IIHF World U20 Championship. Finish: 5th in Division II Group B (33rd overall)
 * 2013 IIHF World U20 Championship. Finish: 4th in Division II Group B (32nd overall)
 * 2014 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. Finish: 4th in Division II Group B (32nd overall)
 * 2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. Finish: 3rd in Division II Group B (31st overall)

U18 Team
The Australia men's national under-18 ice hockey team is controlled by Ice Hockey Australia and represents Australia in international under-18 ice hockey competitions. Australia plays in Division III of the IIHF World U18 Championships.

History
In 1984 Australia first competed in the inaugural IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championships held in Kushiro and Tomakomai, Japan. Australia lost all six of their games being beaten by Japan, China and South Korea. Australia continued to compete in the annual IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championships missing only the 1989, 1991, 1995, 1996 and 1997 tournaments. In 2002 Australia competed in the final edition of the Championships which was being discontinued in favour of teams being offered a place in Division III of the IIHF World U18 Championships.

In 2003 Australia competed in their first World Championships. Playing in Division III Group A Australia finished on top of the group and gained promotion to Division II for 2004. The 2004 World Championship saw Australia relegated back to Division III after finishing last in Division II Group B. In the 2005 tournament Australia again gained promotion back to Division II after winning all five of their games.

Australia improved in the 2006 Championship finishing third in their group and staying in Division II for the 2007 tournament. In 2007 Australia finished fifth in their group, avoiding relegating after finishing above Serbia with four points. At the 2008 World Championship Australia lost all five of their games in Division II Group A and were relegated back to Division III. In 2009 Australia won all of its Division III games and gained promotion back to Division II for 2010. However Australia was again relegated back to Division III after finishing last in their group at the 2010 Division II Group B championship in Ukraine.

IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 championships

 * 1984 – 4th place
 * 1985 – 3rd place
 * 1986 – 4th place
 * 1987 – 4th place
 * 1988 – 4th place
 * 1989 – did not participate
 * 1990 – 4th place
 * 1991 – did not participate
 * 1992 – 4th place


 * 1993 – 5th place
 * 1994 – 5th place
 * 1995–1997 – did not participate
 * 1998 – 4th place
 * 1999 – 4th place, failed to qualify for IIHF World U18 Championship Pool B
 * 2000 – 4th place, failed to qualify for IIHF World U18 Championship Division I
 * 2001 – 3rd place, failed to qualify for IIHF World U18 Championship Division III
 * 2002 – 2nd place

IIHF World U18 championships

 * 2000–2002 – Did not qualify
 * 2003 – 35th (1st in Division III Group A. Promoted to Division II)
 * 2004 – 34th (6th in Division II Group B. Relegated to Division III)
 * 2005 – 35th (1st in Division III. Promoted to Division II)
 * 2006 – 28th (3rd in Division II Group B)
 * 2007 – 31st (5th in Division II Group B)
 * 2008 – 33rd (6th in Division II Group A. Relegated to Division III)
 * 2009 – 35th (1st in Division III Group A. Promoted to Division II)


 * 2010 – 34th (6th in Division II Group B. Relegated to Division III)
 * 2011 – 35th (1st in Division III Group A. Promoted to Division II)
 * 2012 – 33rd (5th in Division II Group B)
 * 2013 – 34th (6th in Division II Group B, Relegated to Division III)
 * 2014 – 35th (1st in Division III Group A, Promoted to Division II)
 * 2015 – 34th (6th in Division II Group B, Relegated to Division III)
 * 2016 – 35th (1st in Division III Group A, Promoted to Division II Group A)