 Finland won the IIHF World U20 Championships in 2014, 2016 and 2019.In the 2016 NHL Draft, three of the top five picks were Finnish.Born in the early 1970s, the Swedish national ice hockey team had a golden generation of players that achieved great success in the NHL and eventually won gold at the 2006 Winter Olympics, beating Finland with 3–2 in the gold medal game.